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for him.

cí īeⁿ mûeh sĭm kùi;
this article is very dear.
cía ío phīⁿ, hía ío kùi;
this is cheaper, that is dearer.
cīeⁿ jît khṳt úa bói lâi khah kùi;
I paid too high a price for it the other day.
sin-seⁿ tàⁿ cía huang-cúi móng sî ŏi chut kùi;
the interpreter of the results of geomantic influences, says that these will at a certain time produce family agrandizement.
kùi thói sĭ cò̤-nî m̄ thîo-hûa?
What is the ailment which your Excellency has?
bó̤ íⁿ cṳ̄ kùi;
the mother is ennobled through her son.
sang seⁿ kùi cṳ́;
twin sons.
kùi khì kâi nâng;
a person of rare excellence.
cí cêk ūi sĭ nín kâi kùi chin;
this is a relative of yours.
cí īeⁿ mûeh ŭ jîeh kùi?
What is the value of this article?
kùi bói li kùi bōi;
what is bought for a high price must sell for a high price.
  • kûi28994
  • Able to bear; to allow to be done; to undergo.
kûi i khṳ̀;
let it go; never mind; let it pass.
kûi hùaⁿ nâng khṳ̀ jíang, i tǹg-kùe thiaⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;
underwent the hooting of the whole crowd, and acted as though he did not hear it at all.
i ka-kī cai m̄ tîeh, kûi i hîam;
he himself knew that he was in the wrong, and submitted to her reproof.
kûi i mēⁿ, m̄ káⁿ ìn;
took the scolding and said nothing.
cò̤-nî m̄ tok-ceh i, kûi i khṳ̀ lăng-tăng nē?
Why do you not reprimand him, instead of allowing him to be so heedless?
  • kŭi4841576
  • To kneel; to bow down in reverence.
kŭi lô̤h khṳ̀;
to kneel down.
pài kŭi kâi lói-sìo, nín kùi kok ŭ cí kâi lói a bô̤?
In the honorable kingdom to which you belong, is the ceremony of kneeling in obeisance practiced?
ún kò̤ bô̤ pài kŭi kâi lói-sìo;
we do not practice this form of obeisance.
lîah i tó̤ kŭi thih-só̤;
made him kneel on chains (a form of punishment).
i kâi kha tîeh kŭi lô̤h khṳ̀ cìaⁿ hó̤ cò̤;
he must kneel and then he can do it.
cèng n̂ang lô̤h khṳ̀ kŭi-sàng;
all made their parting obeisance.
cía sĭ ēng cêk kŭi saⁿ khàu-thâu kâi lói, hía sĭ ēng nŏ̤ kŭi lâk khàu-thâu kâi lói;
for this the ceremony of once kneeling and three times touching the ground with the forehead is used; for that the ceremony of kneeling twice, and touching the forehead to the ground six times is customary.
tá-chiam sĭ kŭi cêk ciah kha;
to half kneel is to kneel on one knee.
i kâi bó lâi kàu pài-pài kŭi-kŭi, lí-kẃn khîu nâng;
his wife came and kept kneeling down and vehemently pleading.
kŭi lô̤h khṳ̀ cū peh m̄ cáu-khí;
having knelt down could not rise.
i íⁿ-keng khéng khṳ̀ kŭi-hûe
i, i cò̤-nî hŵn-lío m̄ hàuⁿ hiah;
he has already been and acknowledged his sin and besought forgiveness, so why is he yet unwilling to forbear.
kìⁿ-tîeh, kŭi kàu tak-tak;
when he saw him, he knelt down so that his legs from the knee downward rested on the ground.
  • kŭi2658512
  • A rout; a defeat; dispersed.
kŭi-pāi;
defeated.
kŭi-sùaⁿ;
completely routed.
kŭi-lw̆n;
put to flight.
  • kŭi44615712
  • To stumble, to slip.
phah-cek-kŭi;
to miss one's footing, to stumble and nearly fall.
cáu lío phah-cek-kŭi lô̤h khṳ̀;
ran and tumbled down.

kùiⁿ

  • kùiⁿ4766111
  • Accustomed; used to; inured to.
ēng tîeh m̄ kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;
he is not accustomed to the use of it.
iang-o̤ lío le kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;
accustomed to indulgence.
i tâng soiⁿ cîah kùiⁿ;
he was accustomed to eating it before.
chēng kùiⁿ;
used to wearing it.
cí-kò̤ khĭa-khí kùiⁿ lío, pât kò̤ ùi khĭa-khí m̄ kùiⁿ;
have lived here till I am habituated to the place and fear I should not feel at home elsewhere.
taⁿ i cò̤ khṳ̀ nĕ kùiⁿ-kùiⁿ nē;
he has now practised it till he is very familiar with the way of doing it.
  • kûiⁿ3241890
  • High; tall.
i kâi cì-khì kûiⁿ;
his aspirations are high.
taⁿ cū cìeⁿ kûiⁿ tōa lío!
How much he has grown!
i sui sĭ cìeⁿ kûiⁿ cìeⁿ tōa hŵn-lío sĭ a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ khì;
although he is so large, he is still a child in his ways.
cìeⁿ-sî kâi kè kûiⁿ;
the present price is high.
cí īeⁿ kâi kè ío kûiⁿ;
this sort is of still higher price.
ŭ ío kûiⁿ kâi a bô̤?
Have you any taller ones?
bô̤, cū sĭ cí hō̤ sĭang kûiⁿ lío;
this sort is the tallest we have.
nín nŏ̤ nâng phit thóiⁿ tī-tîang kûiⁿ;
you two stand up here and see which is the taller.
ŭ kâi kûiⁿ, ŭ kâi ói;
some are tall and some are short.
cêk tn̆g kûiⁿ, káu chieh bô̤ ēng;
for reaching to a height of ten feet, a nine foot pole is useless.
i kâi nâng kûiⁿ-tio kûiⁿ-tio;
he is tall and slender.
lṳ́ kâi chíu khîeh-khí kûiⁿ;
lift your arm high.
thèⁿ kûiⁿ cē;
prop it up higher.
i ío kûiⁿ mîaⁿ;
his name stands higher on the list.
i kâi sin-hàng bô̤ hìeⁿ kûiⁿ, ngó-tún ngó-tún nē;
he is not very tall, but is sturdy and well built.
cí kâi ŭ jîeh kûiⁿ?
How tall is this?
àiⁿ cò̤ kúi tn̆g kûiⁿ?
How many tens of feet high are you going to make it?
i nâng kûiⁿ tōa;
he is a large man.
kàu sì ngŏ chùn kûiⁿ;
it is four or five inches high.
i ŏi chēng kûiⁿ kîah-thô̤;
she wears high heels.
cía īa-sĭ tîⁿ sang kha,