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sĭ kṳ̀-kíaⁿ a sĭ tōa kṳ̀?: Is it a hand-saw, or a wood-saw?
kṳ̀ cò̤ nŏ̤ kûeh;: saw it in two.
cí ki kṳ̀ hó̤ kṳ̀ tek m̄ hó̤ kṳ̀ sam;: this saw is good to saw bamboo with but not to saw pine.
kṳ̀ khí;: the teeth of a saw.
tô̤ kṳ̀;: to file a saw.
kṳ̀ cí-hûe cìaⁿ tô̤ kàu lāi-lāi;: the saw has just been sharpened.
hîeh kîⁿ kio kṳ̀-khí hìeⁿ-seⁿ;: the edges of the leaf are serrated.
kṳ̀ âu;: to cut one's own throat.
jw̆n kṳ̀, kṳ̀ m̄ tn̆g;: however much I saw upon it, I cannot sever it.
kṳ̀-sut;: sawdust.
kṳ̀ cêk kùa kâi kè-cîⁿ, hŵn-lío kṳ̀ būe lô̤h;: has spent time enough to get half a day's wages at sawing, and has not yet sawed into it.
kṳ̀ nêk;: the blade of the saw.

kṳ̆-tìn tŏ̤ hṳ́ kâi tī-hng;: took up their quarters there.
hṳ́-kò̤ sĭ i kṳ̆-tìn tŏ̤ kò̤;: that is where they have planted themselves.
i hóⁿ-kṳ̆ tŏ hṳ́-kò̤, bô̤ nâng káⁿ khṳ̀ thīn i;: they have forcibly taken possession of the place, and no one dare go and oust them.

‮拒‬kṳ̆441645
To ward off with the hand; to obstruct; to withstand; to reject; to stop; to oppose a plan.

kṳ̆-cô̤h, m̄ kio i kau-chap;: broke off intercourse, and would not associate with him.
cē chia lío cū kṳ̆-cô̤h bô̤ hâiⁿ;: as soon as he had got something from him on credit, he ceased from intercourse with him, and would not pay him.
i cò̤-nî káⁿ khàng-kṳ̆ i?: How dare he oppose him by force?
i cí-kò̤ m̄ káⁿ kṳ̆ kuaⁿ;: those living here, dare not resist the magistrates.
châk kṳ̆-pŭ tì-kàu sieⁿ tîeh kuaⁿ-piaⁿ;: the rebels resisted to the extent of wounding the regular troops.
kṳ̆-têk;: to stand out against.
kṳ̆ i m̄ cŭ;: could not successfully stand out against.
khṳt i kṳ̆ co, kṳ̆ nŏ̤ saⁿ nî;: he stood out against paying his rent for two or three years.

lău nâng khṳt pn̄g kṳ̆ tîeh;: the old man was choked by the rice.
cîah pn̄g, cîah lío kṳ̆-kṳ̆ nē;: after eating the rice, it produces a choking sensation by stopping in the passage to the stomach.

‮據‬kṳ̆4426413
Evidence; warranty; to have form or substance; to occupy a place; to maintain; to fend off; according to; conformably to.

ŭ sĭm-mih pêng-kṳ̆?: What proof is there of it?
cí kâi cū sĭ cèng-kṳ̆;: this is the evidence of it.
cìam-kṳ̆ i kâi tī-hng;: encroach on his ground.
lîp ieh ûi kṳ̆;: make a contract as evidence.
kṳ̆ i tàⁿ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;: from what he says it appears to be thus.
kṳ̆ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ lâi thóiⁿ cū sĭ i m̄ tîeh;: judging from this, it appears to be he who is in the wrong.
kṳ̆ tŏ̤-lí lâi lŭn li, bô̤ cía sṳ̄;: taking correct principles as the ground for argument, the thing cannot be done.
kṳ̆ pín sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;: according to the warrant, it is so.
bô̤ pêng bô̤ kṳ̆, hàm úa cò̤-nî tẁn?: With no proof nor evidence, how would you have me decide the case?
cía sĭ ŭ cèng ŭ kṳ̆ kâi sṳ̄;: this is a thing about which there is testimony to be had.
kṳ̆ i kâi cú-ì li àiⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;: conformably to his will, let it be thus done.
kṳ̆-tìn i kâi phò, m̄ khéng puaⁿ;: took possession of his shop, and would not move out.
īu-kṳ̆ bô̤ hâiⁿ i kâi co cîⁿ;: and furthermore withheld his rent from him.

tŏ̤ kip-kṳ̆ kâi sî-hāu cū àiⁿ m̄ cai-hûang;: when in a hurry one does not take precaution.
kṳ̆-jîen cū àiⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ kîaⁿ, kiaⁿ-ùi kîaⁿ m̄ khṳ̀;: if you want to do that on the spur of the moment, I fear it cannot be done.

i kâi nâng kṳ̆-ngău căi;: he is very domineering.
hàm tîeh i kṳ̆-kṳ̆ nē;: when you call him he pays no attention to it.
cho̤h noⁿ-kíaⁿ chŵn bô̤ kui-kṳ́, to sĭ kṳ̆-ngău, síen-tíen;: those children are wholly destitute of correct training, and are insolent and impudent.