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kàu sim-kuaⁿ-thâu pôk-pôk thìo;

so frightened that my heart leaped into my throat.
thóiⁿ tîeh kiaⁿ sí;
was almost frightened to death when I saw it.
lṳ́ ŏi kiaⁿ a bŏi?
Are you alarmed?
i cò̤ sṳ̄ ío ŭ kiaⁿ sim;
he acts with caution.
thâk-cṳ ã sĭ bô̤ kiaⁿ sim, thâk căi tit pat?
If one studies without solicitude as to the result, how can he learn?
màiⁿ khṳ̀ kiaⁿ-jío i;
do not go and disturb him.
kiaⁿ kàu auⁿ-auⁿ-kìe;
so frightened that I screamed.
kiaⁿ kàu sit hûn; kiaⁿ kàu bô̤ hûn;
frightened out of his wits.
kiaⁿ kàu hèⁿ-hè-kìe;
so frightened that he fainted.
kiaⁿ kàu îang pûah lô̤h;
so frightened that she fell down in a swoon.
màiⁿ kiaⁿ cáu i;
do not scare him away.
kiaⁿ kàu a-nôⁿ chéⁿ; a-nôⁿ khṳt lṳ́ kiaⁿ chéⁿ;
you have wakened the baby.
màiⁿ kiaⁿ chéⁿ i;
do not startle and waken him.
i bô táⁿ, ùi-kiaⁿ;
he is easily frightened.
cí kâi táⁿ tōa căi, cn̂g kâi m̄ ùi-kiaⁿ;
this one is very courageous, and is not easily perturbed.
i sĭ tó̤ phìen kiaⁿ i;
he is trying to frighten her.
sît căi kiaⁿ nâng;
really frightful.
màiⁿ tăi kiaⁿ sío kùai;
do not be alarmed.
kiaⁿ kiu;
shrink through fear.
ku kâi thâu kiaⁿ kiu khṳ̀;
the tortoise draws in its head when scared.
màiⁿ kiaⁿ cìeⁿ kiaⁿ hìeⁿ;
do not be disturbed by every thing.
  • kiaⁿ4041988
  • A large deer, described as having one horn and a cow's tail, probably referring to the nylghau.
têk-kiaⁿ;
the chevrotain, or mouse-deer; a small antelope.
têk-kiaⁿ nêk;
antelope flesh.
kiaⁿ phûe tō̤;
a leather fob.
  • kíaⁿ39892
  • Now; the present.
kíaⁿ-jît;
to-day.
kíaⁿ-jît ŭ mē?
Have you any to-day?
kíaⁿ-jît būe ŭ, tîeh mùa-cá;
we have none to-day, and you must wait till to-morrow.
  • kíaⁿ1030390
  • A child; a son; diminutive; small.
kíaⁿ-tĭ;
sons.
tōa kíaⁿ;
the eldest son.
sòi kíaⁿ;
a young child.
búe kíaⁿ;
the youngest child.
kíaⁿ sun;
children and grandchildren.
kíaⁿ-sài;
son-in-law.
tau-kíaⁿ;
a son.
cáu-kíaⁿ;
a daughter.
cṳ-nîe kíaⁿ;
a young damsel.
ca-bó kíaⁿ;
a female child.
a nîe kíaⁿ;
a young lady.
ta-po kíaⁿ;
a male child.
sun-kíaⁿ;
little grandson.
kíaⁿ jî;
children.
bô̤ kíaⁿ bô̤ jî;
childless.
sieh ang sieh kíaⁿ;
a loving wife and mother.
lṳ́ kúi kâi kíaⁿ?
How many children have you?
phŏ a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ;
carry a child in the arms.
a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ hùe cōi;
has many children.
kio kíaⁿ;
to take care of a child.
seⁿ kíaⁿ;
give birth to a child.
kāng
kíaⁿ;
with child.
íang kâi kíaⁿ;
adopt a child.
mêng-lêng kâi kíaⁿ;
an adopted child.
chin seⁿ kíaⁿ;
own child.
chī kíaⁿ;
rear children.
kíaⁿ chī kàu tōa;
bring up a child.
hó̤ kíaⁿ;
a good son.
hó̤ kíaⁿ míen-ēng ke;
if your sons are good you do not need many of them.
ah kíaⁿ;
a duckling.
chn̂g kíaⁿ;
a small table.
íⁿ kíaⁿ;
a little chair.
bé kíaⁿ;
a colt.
ngio kíaⁿ;
a kitten.
gû kíaⁿ;
a calf.
káu kíaⁿ;
a puppy.
cûn kíaⁿ;
a small boat.
chù kíaⁿ;
a hut.
pûaⁿ kíaⁿ;
a little plate.
úaⁿ kíaⁿ;
a little bowl.
to̤ kíaⁿ;
a pen knife.
ka-to̤ kíaⁿ;
scissors.
kaⁿ-kíaⁿ;
small oranges.
tíaⁿ kíaⁿ;
a saucepan.
sang kha kíakíaⁿ ìuⁿ-ìuⁿ;
very small feet.
  • kìaⁿ40616711
  • A mirror; any reflecting surface; to brighten; to illustrate; lustrous.
mâk-kìaⁿ;
spectacles.
kùa mâk-kìaⁿ;
wear eye-glasses.
íam choiⁿ-lí-kìaⁿ;
to look through a spy-glass.
kìaⁿ-kíaⁿ;
a small mirror.
tâng-thâu kìaⁿ;
a small looking-glass suspended from the lapel of the tunic.
chíu kìaⁿ;
a hand-glass.
kìaⁿ phîn;
a mirror on a stand.
kìaⁿ thâi;
a cheval-glass.
hâp kìaⁿ;
a mirror which folds together in the middle.
chŵn sin kìaⁿ;
a pier-glass.
tâng kìaⁿ;
a metalic mirror.
híen-mûiⁿ-kìaⁿ;
a microscope.
cìe-siu kìaⁿ;
a looking-glass.
peh-hue-kìaⁿ;
a kaleidoscope.
hŭ-sim-kìaⁿ;
a breastplate.
kìaⁿ khuang;
a picture frame.
kìaⁿ nêk;
the picture itself.
kṳ̆n-sĭ kâi mâk-kìaⁿ;
glasses for the near sighted.
o-ciaⁿ mâk-kìaⁿ;
colored spectacles.
hue kìaⁿ;
glasses that are convex.
îang mâk kâi kìaⁿ;
glass screens for the eyes.
cang cúi cún-cò̤ kìaⁿ hó̤ íam;
use water as a reflector to see it in.
cîⁿ tŏ̤ a-má kìaⁿ tói;
unsubstantial wealth.
mêng kìaⁿ;
clear glasses.
phī-jŭ kìaⁿ tói kâi hue, cúi tói kâi gûeh;
like the reflection of a flower in a mirror or of the moon in a pool.
chìu kàu kng-kìaⁿ kng-kìaⁿ nē;
polish it till it is lustrous.
kìaⁿ-mīn kìaⁿ-mīn;
gleaming.
i kâi mīn phûe khah kng-kìaⁿ;
his skin is two shiny.
íam kìaⁿ;
look in the mirror.
bûa kìaⁿ;
to polish, to burnish.
phùa kìaⁿ têng îⁿ;
to match the pieces of a broken looking-glass.
kìaⁿ câi;
the centre of a mirror.
po̤-lî kìaⁿ;
glass mirrors.
ô̤ kìaⁿ theng;
a shell window.
kìaⁿ-seⁿ;
a parasitic growth; fungus.
sieh-lîu kìaⁿ-se, sng-sûi kìaⁿ-seⁿ; hó̤ cò̤ îeh;
the fungus that grows upon pomegranate and mulberry trees is used in medicine.
cí câng chīu hwt kàu cĕng-cĕng kìaⁿ-seⁿ;
this tree is all covered with fungus.