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sĭ kâu kíaⁿ a sĭ tōa kâu?: Is it a monkey or an ape?
khang kâu kâi tó̤d phò kha khṳt cîⁿ;: one who leads a monkey about is before the shop begging cash.
thóiⁿ nâng mŏng kâu hì;: see a play in which monkeys perform.
tok koi kà kâu;: chop up a fowl in order to scare a monkey into better behaviour.
i sang mâk cū sĭ cheⁿ cang kâu;: he looks around like a newly caught monkey.
i sang mâk kâu-kâu iang;: he rolls his eyes about as a monkey does.
kâi kâu khîa ciah káu;: a monkey riding on a dog's back.
ŵn-kâu;: a baboon.
kim-si-kâu;: a small gray monkey.
ní-kâu;: an ape.

ŭ jîeh kău?: How thick is it?
saⁿ chùn kău;: three inches thick.
cí khí cúa ío kău, hṳ́ khí khah pô̤h;: this sort of paper is thicker, that sort is too thin.
i chēng sang kău-tói-ôi;: he wore a pair of thick-soled shoes.
úa àiⁿ cho kău kâi pò hó̤;: I want coarse, thick cloth.
cí kâi kaⁿ khah kău phûe;: the rinds of these oranges are too thick.
i său kùe i kâi kău hŭi;: he has experienced his magnanimity; he has received a liberal donation from him.
úa kău thăi i;: I treat him courteously.
i cò̤ sṳ̄ sĭm sĭ kău tău;: he acts very generously.
i seⁿ lâi kău tăng;: he is very stout.
tong-kău;: honest-hearted; faithful.
mīn phûe kău;: brazen-faced; shameless.
thiⁿ-sî chìn, tîeh chēng kău cē;: the weather is cold, you must dress more warmly.
lṳ́ kâi pang àiⁿ ēng jîeh kău kâi?: How thick do you want your boards to be?
khîeh ki kău to̤ khṳ̀ phùa châ;: take a heavy knife and go and split some wood.
tîeh kău lâ chá khí lâi cìaⁿ hó̤ cîah;: you must fry it in plenty of lard then it will be palatable.
tê khah pô̤h, chong kău cē;: the tea is too weak, make it stronger.
úa àiⁿ cò̤ hía kău-kău kâi;: I want a very substantial one made.
pí chṳ́ bô̤ kău pô̤h;: there is no difference in thickness between this and that.
i kẃn-thăi i ío kia-kău;: he treated him more liberally.

kŵn-thăi lṳ́ nŏ̤ nâng bô̤ kău pô̤h;: I treat you two without partiality toward either.
i kìⁿ tîeh chim chêng kău măuⁿ;: when he saw him he received him with great cordiality and deference.
chîeⁿ aìⁿ ceng jîeh kău?: How thick is the wall to be made?
cía sĭ i cêk tn̄g kău ì;: this is his dominant notion.

lîam kauh khí lâi;: roll up the splint curtain,
phŭe kauh bûa;: roll up the coverlet.
cháu-chîeh kauh khí;: roll up the matting.
luah cò̤ n̆ng kauh;: fry it in an omelet.
cang mī-hue lâi kauh;: roll it in batter.
cē phâk taⁿ i sang kîⁿ cū àiⁿ kauh;: when it is dried in the sun, its edges curl up.
khṳt huang chue lío kauh cò̤ cêk pé;: after being exposed to the wind it curled up into the shape of a stick.
tōa kî khṳt i nŏ ē kauh cū bûa;: he rolled up the large flag by two sudden jerks.
kauh cò̤ cêk kho cêk kho îⁿ-îⁿ;: curled up in rings.
kauh líoo sang-sùaⁿ;: flew open after being rolled up.
jû lêng kauh cúi;: as a dragon swirls the water.

kauh kàu thăng kîeh cū phùa;: it has become so tender by long continued dampness that, if you touch it, it tears.
kauh kàu chàu;: has laid away in a damp place till it smells.
kauh cò̤ tŏ-pùn;: left unused and damp till it is nothing but rubbish.
mûeh kauh tīo khṳ̀;: the thing is ruined by dampness and disuse.
hó̤-hó̤ saⁿ-khò tih tîeh hŏ lāu, cò̤ cē kauh tīo khṳ̀;: this perfectly good clothing, having been wet by the rain leaking through upon it, is all spoiled.