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has cataract.

mâk ĕ sĭm-mih sṳ̄?
What have you to do in the immediate future?
kim mâk lăi-cìang;
stone blind, with apparently faultless eyes.
mâk-ciu cheⁿ-mêⁿ;
blind.
sì mâk bô̤ chin;
a stranger in a strange land.
m̄ hâh mâk;
not according to my taste.
hâh mâk;
pleasing to the eye; suiting the taste.
măng, cêk mâk cêk mâk;
the net has meshes.
mâk lôk;
an index, list, or summary.
mâk kim-kim tó̤ thóiⁿ;
looking with unwinking eyes.
mâk bîe-bîe;
squint-eyed.
sîa mâk thóiⁿ i;
glanced at him.
mâk hâp-bûa;
close the eyes.
mâk hâp m̄ míⁿ;
his eyes are not shut tightly.
mâk peh-khui lâi thóiⁿ;
open your eyes and look.
mâk-ciu tìeⁿ-phû;
look upward.
mâk-ciu cai mō̤ⁿ kĕ;
look downward.
bô̤ mīn bô̤ mâk;
is very indistinctly drawn.
kùa mâk-kìaⁿ;
wears spectacles.
sĭ kùa íang mâk, a sĭ mâk hue?
Does he wear them to protect his eyes, or because his sight is dim?
mâk cam-chiah;
eyes weak.
seⁿ mâk-cam;
has a sty on the eye.
mâk tōa lîap; mâk khang khuah;
has large eyes.
thóiⁿ nâng bô̤ tŏ̤ mâk kah;
look upon with contempt.
sieh m̄ jîp mâk;
kindness has no good effect on him.
thóiⁿ m̄ cĭeⁿ mâk;
look upon superciliously.
sìo-mâk;
numbers; statistics.
chut sĭm-mih tôi-mâk?
What theme has been given out for the essays?
i sĭ khue mâk chut sin;
he rose to office by merit, not by purchasing a post.
i mâk tang bô̤ nâng;
he regards nobody.
mâk côiⁿ hó̤
Are the immediate prospects good?
jṳ́ mâk tn̂g căi;
has long ears and eyes; is not easily guiled.
ēng i tó̤ cò̤ jṳ́ mâk;
employ him as a detective.
mâk bô̤ ûang huap;
does not regard the laws.
sang mâk lêng-lāi;
sharp-sighted.
mâk kău-ham;
heavy lidded eyes.
i kâi mâk hó̤;
he has good eyesight; is quick to perceive.
mâk kṳ̆n-sì;
near-sighted.
tôk mâk;
one eyed.
chô̤h mâk;
cross-eyed.
mâk châ-châ!
Your eyes are of little use to you!
mâk sîn;
the expression of the eye.
lîh mâk;
an eye with a defective lid.
nih mâk;
to wink.
thiⁿ-kong nih mâk;
it lightens.
tek mâk;
the joints in bamboos.
cí kò̤ pang seⁿ mâk;
this board has knots in it.
kha mâk;
the ankle bone.
chíu mâk;
the wrist bone.
tūi mâk;
the head of a company or squad.
thâu mâk;
the head man.
tẁn ieh tàⁿ cē sûh mâk cū tŏng chíu;
made an agreement that as soon as the wink was given they would lay their hands to it.
sûh mâk, hàm i màiⁿ;
winked to him not to do it.
i kâi mâk cē sûh i cū cai;
he knew as soon as she gave him the wink.
mâk kak;
the corner of the eye.
mâk kṳ̂-kṳ̂; mâk châ-kṳ̂ châ-kṳ
the eyes fixed and staring.


mang

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  • A pinnace; a long boat.
thâu-mang-cûn;
a small junk.
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  • Mosquitoes.
pŭaⁿ máng; jīo mâng;
drive out the mosquitoes.
chih máng;
fumigate and destroy the mosquitoes.
hun máng;
smoke out the mosquitoes.
líam máng-hun;
burn pastiles to drive away the mosquitoes.
tìo máng-tìeⁿ;
hang up a mosquito bar.
bói ki máng-kô̤ lâi kô̤ máng;
buy a mosquito-trap and catch the mosquitoes.
máng-teng;
a lamp which draws in and burns up mosquitoes.
bô̤ bun, bô̤ máng;
no gnats nor mosquitoes.
máng kău;
the mosquitoes are very thick.
mīn cêk tíam cêk tíam sĭ máng-chùi a m̄ sĭ?
The little dots all over your face are mosquito bites are they not?
máng hng-hng-kìe;
mosquitoes buzz.
máng cuh hueh;
mosquitoes suck blood.
khṳt máng kă kàu kâi lâu;
bitten by a mosquito so as to have a great blotch raised.
saⁿ jṳ́ tîeh máng hueh;
the tunic has a daub of mosquito’s blood on it.
kâi cîⁿ máng tàng tîeh to m̄-àiⁿ!
If a mosquito has stung the cash you won't take it; you are very exacting in regard to the quality of the money you take.
àm chì máng;
fierce mosquitoes that do not buzz.
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  • A large serpent.
máng cûa;
a python with yellow scales, found in Yunan and Anam.
chēng máng-phâu;
wear a robe having a python embroidered on jt.
jû khṳ̀ kùe máng-suaⁿ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
like crossing the mountains among which the pythons live.
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  • Pertaining to funeral obsequies.
cò̤ máng-si;
compose a funeral chant or monody.
máng ko̤;
a dirge.
máng lîn;
funeral scrolls.
máng-têk;
a large banner in black and white, or blue and gold cloth, hung between two staffs, and used as a funeral decoration.
i cí pang kâi sng sṳ̄ sĭu ŭ jîeh cōi máng-têk?
How many funeral banners did they receive during these obsequies?
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  • Regardless of etiquette; perturbed and therefore unable to attend to business.
lú-máng;
beedless; rude; inattentive and untrustworthy.
cho-máng;
brusque; blunt.
i sĭ cho-máng kâi nâng, m̄ sĭ ìuⁿ-sìu kâi nâng;
he is a boor not a refined person.
cò̤ sṳ̄ lú-lú máng-máng, êng kâi m̄ ceng-sòi;
does things in a blundering way, with no circumspection.