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tī-kò̤?

Where is is laid away?

khǹg ŭ ku-ā cun;

he has put away several bottles of it.

i khǹg ŭ tōa-bó̤-mûeh cîⁿ;

he has a large amount of money laid away.

khǹg tŏ̤ càng tèng;

stored in the go-down.

lṳ́ hó̤ kio úa khǹg hó̤;

you keep it carefully for me.

bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ khǹg;

I have no place to keep it.

hṳ́ ciah tû khǹg sĭm-mûeh?

What is in that cupboard?

• ‮勸‬khǹg4531918
• To exhort; to expostulate with; to urge.

khǹg kòi kàu i hûe sim tńg ì;

plead with him till he changes his mind.

khǹg ì hûa;

exhort to peace.

cía sĭ khǹg sì bûn;

these are moral exhortations.

khǹg nâng tôi cîⁿ;

urge people to contribute money.

khǹg cíu;

urge to take wine.

kho

• ‮呼‬kho221305
• To call animals.

kho koi;

call the fowls.

kho káu, kho ngio;

call the dog and the cat.

kho i lâi cîah;

call it to come and get its food.

• ‮圈‬kho451318
• A small circle; a full stop; to punctuate; to encircle; a hoop, a ring.

cí kù ūe hó̤ phah cak kho;

mark this sentence as a complete verse.

nín nŏ̤ nâng kâi cúa-khò tī-tîang ke kho?

Which of you two has the greater number of marks indicating approval, in his copy-book?

úa thó̤iⁿ lṳ́ kâi jī cêk phien kúi kâi kho;

I see that one page of your writing has several letters marked as well written.

cí kù ūe sît-căi hó̤ phah sang kho;

this sentence should indeed be marked for its importance.

cêng kho tíam hó̤ a būe;

have you finished punctuating it?

kho tīo;

to erase, by drawing a circle around it.

ūe kâi kho;

draw a circle.

àiⁿ kho kàu kù a sĭ àiⁿ tíam kàu kù?

Are you going to put a circle or a dot at the end of each sentence?

cêk kho nĕ îⁿ-îⁿ;

a very perfect circle.

i kháu tŏ̤ thâu kho kò̤;

after examination his name was written into the circle with those who stood highest.

lóng-cóng chut ŭ jîeh cōi kho?

How many lists of names, written in circles, were issued?

hàm kâi kho-tháng-kâi lâi kho;

call a cooper to come and hoop it.

khîeh tîo kho lâi kho;

take a hoop and hoop it.

bói kâi cháu-kho lâi kúe cìaⁿ bŏi sieⁿ tîeh mûeh;

buy a straw hoop for it to stand on, then it won't injure other things.

i kâi nâng-īeⁿ tōa-tōa kho;

he is of immense girth.

àiⁿ tok cò̤ kúi kho;

will cut it into several disks.

bói i kâi tìn-tang kho;

buy its middle portion, (as of a fish).

i kùa chíu kho sĭ tòa tī-tîang kâi hà?

For whom does he wear mourning bracelets?

phah nŏ̤ kâi kho sie lap tŏ̤ kò̤;

wrought out two rings interlinked.

cí kâi kûn àiⁿ kún cêk kho;

am going to trim this skirt all around.

i kâi ńg-kho kún lío, kún ke cêk kho pĭⁿ;

having trimmed the bottom of her sleeve she laid on still another circle of braid.

hue kho; céⁿ kho;

chunam circles, used in laying up the sides of wells.

i kâi mâk-kho âng-âng, sĭ tó̤ khàu a m̄ sĭ?

Her eyes are red, she is crying is she not?

i kâi mâk-kho o-o sĭ só̤ seⁿ kâi, a sĭ ŭ pēⁿ?

Are the dark circles around his eyes natural, or are they caused by sickness?

• ‮滓‬kho10318510
• Dregs; lees; grounds.

tê-kho; tê-cí-kho;

a cake made from tea-seeds from which the oil has been extracted, used as soap.

ceng tê-cí-kho bûah hó̤ sói thâu-mô̤ⁿ;

use some pulverized tea-seed cake for washing the hair.

tāu-kho;

the refuse left after the oil has been expressed from beans; (it is used as a fertilizer).

hiang-kho;

a kind of soap made from fragrant seeds from which the oil has been pressed.

• ‮苦‬khó4361405
• Bitter; distressing; hard; painful.

siu-khó căi;

very distressing.

i cò̤ khṳ̀ câp-hun lâu-khó;

he has done it in the most painstaking manner.

hô̤ khó, la?

Why take so much trouble about it?

lṳ́ hô̤ khó cìeⁿ-seⁿ?

Why do you take so much trouble?

khak-khó;

persevere.

khak-khó lŭn;

hold out against difficulties.

khó-lāng;

hardship;

sĭu khó sĭu lāng; endure trouble and affliction.

i būe pat sĭu kùe khó;

he has not yet suffered hardship.

cē sĭu tîeh khó cū cai cŭe;

when he is once in trouble, he will then be aware of his error.

khó mīaⁿ kâi nâng;

one who has a hard lot.

ẁn khó mīaⁿ;

complains of his bitter fate.

cía khó mīaⁿ kúi;

this is a miserable devil.

mīaⁿ hó̤ bŏi tùi mīaⁿ khó nâng;

one with a happy lot cannot pair with one whose fate is hard.

cîah tîeh khó;

found it bitter in the eating.

i kâi bī khó;

it has a bitter taste.

khó kàu khîeh m̄ jîp chùi;

so bitter that I cannot take it.

cí hûe kâi kéng-ngŏ̤ khó căi;

his present circumstances are very grievous.

cía khó-kéng lâng tng;

this trouble is hard to bear.

• ‮褲‬khò43714510
• Trowsers.

cêk ie khò;

a pair of trowsers.

saⁿ-khò;

clothes.

khò-thúi; khò-thàu;

leggins.

khò-thúi khè;

trowsers that are tied at the ankle.

khò-kûeh;

very short trowsers.

kha-khò;

pantalets.

kha-khò tòa;

the garters used by bound-footed women.

làng tói khò;

trowsers open in the seat, worn by children.

láng khò;

overalls.

khò kîam, ūaⁿ khṳ̀ sói;

your