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whirlwind comes, it will blow the whole away.
- cūn káu-kâⁿ-huang lâi kàu tùi i kâi pò ká tŏ̤ pùaⁿ-thiⁿ tó̤ pue;
- a whirlwind came and took her cloth into the air and whirled it round and round.
- 到kàu867186
- To arrive at; to reach; finished; until; at; up to; still; yet; sign of the past tense.
- àiⁿ kàu a būe?
- Are we nearly there?
- cîah kàu pá;
- eat till the appetite is satisfied.
- thóiⁿ kàu lă;
- to look at as much as one wishes.
- phah kàu phàaⁿ-sìeⁿ;
- beat so much as to maim.
- thìaⁿ kàu năi m̄ khṳ̀;
- ached so that I could not bear it.
- kiaⁿ kàu hêk;
- walked until tired.
- ke cêk kò̤-kíaⁿ cū kàu;
- a little bit more will be the full amount.
- cò̤-nî kàu taⁿ hŵn būe kàu?
- How is it that up to this time he has not yet arrived?
- bói kàu taⁿ ŭ jîeh kú?
- How long ago did you buy it?
- kàu tī-tiang-sî i cū àiⁿ kè;
- at that time she is to be married.
- i kàu ke câp nî lío;
- he came home ten years since.
- lṳ́ àiⁿ kàu tī kó̤?
- Whither are you going?
- úa àiⁿ kàu nín kò̤ thit-thô̤;
- I am going to your house for recreation.
- cí kò̤ úa pat kàu kùe kâi;
- I have been here before.
- i sĭeⁿ tit kàu, ua sĭeⁿ m̄ kàu;
- he thought of it, but I did not.
- sṳ̄ kàu thâu lâi put cṳ̆ îu;
- when the thing has happened you cannot choose concerning it.
- kò̤ kò̤ úa pat kàu;
- I have been to all those places.
- bŏi tit khùe-khùe kàu;
- cannot get there soon enough.
- kîaⁿ kàu àiⁿ kàu cū ngŏ̤-tîeh i;
- when nearly there we met him.
- cha-m̄-to̤ àiⁿ kàu lío;
- almost there.
- kàu sî lṳ́ cū cai;
- when the time arrives you will know.
- kîaⁿ kàu lō tèng cìaⁿ sĭeⁿ tîeh;
- when I was on the way I thought of it.
- sî kàu, hue cū khui;
- when the time comes, the flowers will blossom.
- kàu chù cêk īeⁿ;
- it is the same everywhere.
- lâi kàu cí kò̤ sim cìaⁿ uaⁿ;
- when I arrived at this point, my mind became calm.
- bô̤ huang bŏi tit kàu;
- if there is no wind we shall not reach there.
- kàu chù a būe?
- Has he reached home yet?
- kàu tói sĭ cò̤-nî?
- What are the bottom facts?
- 全kàu1013114
- Entire in all its parts; whole; unbroken.
- cía sí kàu-kâi kâi;
- this is a whole one.
- a-phìen thô bói kàu lîap ŏi ío phíⁿ mē?
- Is opium cheaper if you buy a whole ball?
- bói kàu sieⁿ kèng phīⁿ;
- it is cheaper when bought by the whole box.
- kàu koiⁿ chù kâi tī ēng jîeh khuah?
- How much space is required for the whole house?
- i àiⁿ sùe kàu koiⁿ, a sĭ àiⁿ sùe cêk pôiⁿ?
- Does he wish to rent the whole, or only a part of it?
- koi, kàu ciah sie;
- roast the fowl whole.
- îⁿ kàu lîap thun lô̤h khṳ̀;
- swallow
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the pill whole.
- kàu kò̤, kùe i khṳ̀;
- let him take the whole lump.
- cí pang cṳ kàu pang mē?
- Is this set of volumes a complete series?
- cía sĭ kàu hù kâi;
- this is a complete set.
- 彀kàu3315710
- Sufficient; enough; adequate.
- kàu a m̄ kàu?
- there enough of it?
- m̄ kàu ēng;
- it is insufficient.
- tîeh khîeh kàu i kàu ēng;
- you must take as much as he needs to use.
- hŵn-lío būe kàu-cok;
- still there is not enough.
- cí cêk cho̤h m̄ kàu i cīah;
- this is not as much as he wants to eat.
- khut i thit-thô̤ kàu kàu;
- let him amuse himself as much as he pleases.
- cí kò̤ m̄ kàu cò̤;
- this piece is not enough to make it of.
- nín ke lǎi kâi gûeh câp-kâi-ngṳ̂n kàu nín sṳ-hùi mĕ?
- Is ten dollars a month sufficient to meet the expenses of your household?
- 告kàu326804
- To announce to a superior.
- kàu-kài tĭ-cṳ́;
- warn his pupils.
- úa kàu-sù lṳ́ cai;
- I beg to inform you of it.
- kàu sî lío;
- I am about to take my leave, (said by a visitor to his host).
- 誥kàu3261497
- A patent or seals; to signify one's wishes.
- kàu-mĕng;
- credentials.
- kàu-mĕng hu-jîn;
- a patent enobling the mother of an official.
- kàu hong saⁿ tō̤;
- he ennobled three generations of his ancestors.
- híam-híam pĭ chîo-thêng tô̤h tńg kàu-mĕng;
- came very near having his patent of nobility taken back by the government.
- i kàu-cāng sĭm-mih kuaⁿ?
- To what official rank is he raised?
- 得kàu872608
- When used after another verb, expresses the potential mood or a form of the past tense; to become; to attain.
- cò̤ kàu ngía;
- has made it very handsome.
- tàⁿ kàu hó̤ thiaⁿ hó̤ thiaⁿ;
- spoke very properly.
- siu-sîp káu iap-thiap iap-thiap;
- arranged in the neatest manner.
- 商kàu739808
- To deliberate; to consult; to adjust by consultation.
- kàu-nîe;
- to talk over and arrange a plan.
- nán lâi kàu-nîe;
- let us talk it over.
- kàu-nîe kàu hó̤ cìaⁿ lâi kîaⁿ;
- when we have through consultation come to a conclusion, then we will proceed to carry out our decision.
- i nŏ̤ nâng ío ŭ kàu-nîe;
- the two talk over and arrange matters with each other.
- 跨kâu4681576
- To bestride; astride.
- kha cū kâu kùe khṳ̀;
- threw his leg over it.
- kâu tŏ̤ bé sin téng;
- astride of a horse.
- kâu tŏ̤ koiⁿ-thâu;
- sitting astride of his shoulder.
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