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• ‮警‬kéng40514913
• To warn; to caution.

kéng sì kâi ūe;

language tending to reform the age.

kèng-kài ĕ chṳ̀ m̄ káⁿ;

warn not to do the same another time.

cía sĭ tó̤ kéng-chéⁿ nâng kâi ūe;

these are words of warning to the people.

suah cêk, kéng peh;

executing one deters a hundred.

• ‮境‬kéng4053211
• A boundary; a limit; a region.

kéng-kài;

the frontier.

jīo kàu kùe kéng khṳ̀;

pursued him beyond the border.

siu-sîp kàu cū sĭ sien-kéng;

have made it like fairy-land.

i kâi kéng-ngŏ̤ hó̤;

his condition in life is comfortable.

lîn kéng k6ai tī-hng ŭ mē?

Are there any in the adjacent places?

hâh kéng phêng-ang;

the whole neighborhood is at peace.

• ‮弓‬kéng461570
• Crescent; bowed; arched.

wn-kéng;

like a bow; curved.

i kâi kha wn-kéng wn-kéng nē;

he is bow-legged.

i sang chíu wn-kéng wn-kéng;

his arms are very much curved.

• ‮竟‬kéng4061176
• Finally; to go through a matter to the end.

kìu-kéng sĭ cò̤-nî?

Sifted to the bottom, what does it amount to? After all, what is it?

• ‮敬‬kèng406669
• To honor; to venerate; to show respect to.

hàuⁿ-kèng pĕ-bó̤;

reverence one's parents.

kèng sîn sĭ cêk kâi sim;

veneration for the gods is of the heart.

kèng cíu;

to respectfully offer a glass of wine.

cía khah sit kèng;

this is too disrespectful.

kèng sieh jī cúa;

respect written paper; when added to handbills, it means, "do not deface nor tear this down."

sìn thâu to̤-to̤ sĭ sía kèng khí cía;

letters generally have some respectful terms written at the beginning.

kèng-tŏng;

treat respectfully.

to bô̤ mûeh hó̤ lâi kèng lṳ́;

have nothing to offer you as an expression of my respect for you.

chîo-thêng hŵn-lío sĭ kèng láu, cun hîen;

even the high officers of government show respect to the aged, and veneration for the wise.

kèng pât nâng cū sĭ kèng ka-kī;

to respect others is to respect one's self.

lṳ́ li kèng nâng, nâng li kèng lṳ́;

treat others respectfully, and others will treat you respectfully.

• ‮更‬kèng321733
• More; still more.

cí kâi kèng tōa;

this is still larger.

cía sui sĭ hó̤, hía kèng hó̤;

although this is good, that is still better.

jú-kèng kú;

still longer.

jú-kèng hn̆g;

still farther.

cía úa kèng àiⁿ;

this I desire yet more.

• ‮竟‬kèng4061176
• To go through a matter to the end; finally.

i kèng bô̤ cêk kù ūe;

he never said a word.

i kèng-jîen m̄ hío;

after all he did not comprehend it.

• ‮窮‬kêng42011610
• Impoverished; the poor.

i sĭ khio-kêng kâi nâng;

they are very poor people.

kêng ke nâng;

poverty stricken people.

i cí ău kêng lío;

he has become very poor lately.

ki

• ‮期‬ki344748
• A full year of twelve or thirteen months.

ki nî kâi hà;

a full year of mourning.

i kâi thiap cò̤-nî chut cò ki-hôk hu, bô̤ chut cò̤ cĭang-ki hu?

How is it that the notice she has issued of her husband's funeral says "mourning" instead of "deep mourning"?

• ‮姬‬ki336388
• A handsome girl or woman.

ki-chiap;

a concubine.

cía sĭ i lăi kâi ki-chiap hùe;

this is one of his concubines.

i lăi ŭ jîeh cōi kâi ko̤-ki?

How many singing-girls do they keep?

• ‮機‬ki3337512
• Changes; motions; the origin or spring of; a principle; a natural cause.

ki-hŭe;

an occasion, an opportunity, a chance.

ŭ sĭm-mih ki-hŭe a bô̤?

Is there any favorable opening for it or not?

sĕng cí k6ai ki-hŭe;

avail ourselves of this opportunity.

cí hûe ŭ hó̤ ki-hŭe;

there is just now a good chance.

chūe thóiⁿ ŭ ki-hŭe a-bô̤;

find out whether there is a favorable opportunity.

ki-kwn;

designs, intentions, motives.

cí kâi ki-kwn chíen;

the design is very transparent.

úa thóiⁿ phùa i kâi ki-kwn;

I see through his design.

ŭ kìen-sek kâi nâng kìⁿ ki jṳ̂ cak;

an experienced person sees his chance and improves it at the right moment.

cía sît căi sĭ sîn ki mīo sǹg;

this is indeed a marvelous contrivance.

sit cí kâi ki-hŭe khó̤-sieh căi;

it is a great pity that this chance should be lost.

i kâi nâng thien-ki căi;

he has a natural bent toward thought and meditation.

thien-ki m̄ hó̤ siap-lāu;

the decrees of fate are not to be divulged.

ki-khá;

dextrously, skillfully; shrewd, astute, clever.

kun-ki-chù;

the General Council of State.

ēng cĭn sim ki;

using every power of mind for its accomplishment.

sien ki to bô̤ siap-lāu;

destiny is not divulged.

cía sĭ ki-cĭeⁿ-pêh, a sĭ sin-hŭe-tĭu?

Is this Swatow grass-cloth or Cantonese grass-cloth?

i kâi ki-pìen peh chut;

his device is