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RECLAIM
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REFINE

reclaim, from evil, khǹg-kòi kui-chiàⁿ.

recline, khùa-ie; uá-ie; gu̍t--lo̍h-khṳ̀.

recluse, ṳ́n-kṳ; tiàm-bûa.

recognize, jīn; pat-tò-jīn; jīn-tshut. slightly, pùaⁿ-mīn sie-pat. not to, m̄-pat tò-jīn; jīn m̄-pat; jīn m̄-pat tò-khṳ̀. not to (acknowledge), m̃-jīn.

recoil, as gun, tò-cheng-tńg. as bow, póiⁿ-tńg; húan-tńg.

recommend, ín-chìn; chìn-kṳ́; kṳ́-chìn; kṳ́-ín; tshue-hṳ; o-ló.

recompense, pò; siéⁿ; pò-siéⁿ; pò-èng; chhiû-tap; chhiû-siā; tap-siā.

reconcile, kiâⁿ-hûa; khǹg-hûa; lêng-ūaⁿ tsài-hó; i-kū hûa-hó; sek-uàn hûa-hó; lêng-ūaⁿ ho̍k-tńg lâi-chhin-kṳ̃n.

record, to, kì; kì-lo̍k. a, tn̄g; chì; kang-kàm; sṳ́-kì.

recover, tshú-tńg; khie̍h-tńg; tshūe--tie̍h; chhîm--tie̍h. from sickness, pēⁿ hó; pēⁿ phêng; ho̍k-zú; tshûan-zú; khì-thói phêng-ho̍k.

recreation, tshut--lâi sùaⁿ-sîn; siau-iâu; thit-thô; iû-kuan; kîn-kiâⁿ; iáu-tõng khì-thói.

recruit, one's strength, póu-la̍t; póu-sîn-khì; iáng-sîn-khì; tsõ-kṳn-la̍t; tsõ-iáng kṳn-la̍t.

rectify, kói-chiàⁿ; chhiâⁿ-kói.

rectitude, chiàⁿ-ti̍t; mêng-chiàⁿ; kuaⁿ-chiàⁿ.

red, âng. whitish, hún-âng. as of card paper, thô-âng. rich bright (vermilion), tsu-âng. very red, as eyes of drunk man, ham-ham-âng. to paint, iû-âng.

redeem, so̍k-tsũe. from pawn or mortgage, chhiú; chhiú-so̍k; so̍k-tńg; so̍k-hûe.

redress, sin-uan; póu-hôiⁿ; pûe.

reduce, the price, khà-kiám; tṳ̂-kiám. a dislocation, á-lo̍h-ngám; tshâu-lo̍h-ngám; tshut-khũ túi-hó. a fracture, ah-chi̍h-kut. to dollars, chiet-tsò-ngṳ̂n; sīn-tsò-ngṳ̂n.

redundant, tshong-tsok ũ-ṳ̂; ũ-tshûn.

reed, lû-tia̍h; kuaⁿ-mâng.

reel, pháng-chhia. to, pháng-se; khuãng-se. to stagger, kiâⁿ kàu kha-phõng-pheng.

refer, chí; ín-tsṳ (to a passage).

refine, gold, liēn-kim. the heart, liēn-sím. sugar, se̍k-thn̂g; lāu-thn̂g; pak-pe̍h-thn̂g. lacking refinement, tshou-lõu.