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i jîp khṳ̀ pâng lăi;: he has gone into the bedroom.
ŭ kúi koiⁿ pâng? pâng-koiⁿ ŭ jîeh cōi?: How many rooms are there?
kâi thiaⁿ nŏ̤ kâi pâng;: one main room and two side rooms.
tōa thiaⁿ tōa pâng;: roomy; large rooms.
pâng kíaⁿ;: a small room.
sói-êk pâng;: bath room.
bé pâng;: stables.
tṳ-pâng;: the pig sty.
khò-pâng;: a treasury.
chng-pâng;: a granary.
mn̂g-pâng;: anteroom.
mn̂g-lâu koiⁿ pâng;: a hall.
nâng-kheh pâng;: guest’s bedroom.
húe-sît pâng;: kitchen.
tô-pâng;: cook-house.
pâng ok;: rooms.
lăi-pâng;: inner rooms; female apartments.
côiⁿ thiaⁿ ău pâng;: the front and back rooms.
chù kâi phien pâng;: the rooms of the second wife; the second wife.
cṳ-pâng;: a library.
sĭang pâng;: the female apartments in a yamun.
tâng pâng;: to room together.
tâng pâng hue cek;: the first night after marriage.
i lâi lío, būe ŭ kap pâng;: after she had come, but before they had occupied the same room.
pâng mn̂g chùaⁿ kín: bolt the bedroom door tightly.
tíeⁿ pâng;: the household of the eldest.
nín cò̤ kúi pâng-thâu khui?: How many households are there of you?
pâng tíeⁿ;: the head of this branch of the family.
pâng côk;: families and clans.
lâk pâng khue;: the six bureaus in a yamun.
îeh pâng;: a dispensary.

lō siu-sîp kàu pêⁿ-pêⁿ păng-păng, bŏi khi-khu;: the road has been repaired so that it is very level, and not at all rough.

khîa ki jû-i păng;: held a mace in his hand.
ô̤h khûn păng;: learn to box and to fence with clubs.
i kâi thûi-păng cho căi;: her clubs are of a promiscuous sort; she uses anything she can get hold of to whip with.

slander; to vilify;

cía sĭ tó̤ húiⁿ-păng i kâi, i bô̤ cía sṳ̄;: this is said to injure his good name, he did no such thing.

i kâi ki-păng seⁿ lâi hó̤;: it is very symmetrical in its growth.
cí câng hue kâi ki-păng ngía căi;: the branches and trunk of this plant are very well formed.

tōa pāng;: liberal; extensive; large.
cí kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ seⁿ lâi tōa pāng;: this infant is of fine proportions.
i cò̤ sṳ̄ sĭm sĭ tōa pāng;: he does things on a very large scale.
i kâi kṳ́-tŏng to sĭ tōa-tōa pāng-pāng;: his actions are always such as show breadth of mind.

m̄ pat;: do not know.
m̄ pat lō;: do not know the way.
úa m̄ pat i;: I am not acquainted with him.
i m̄ pat tŏ̤-lí;: he does not understand the doctrine.
i m̄ pat nâng;: he does not understand human nature.
m̄ pat hó̤ khiap;: does not know how to discriminate between good and evil.
sie pat kâi nâng;: an acquaintance.
úa kāng i sie pat;: I am acquainted with him.
lṳ́ sĭ kio i sie pat a m̄ sĭ?: He is an acquaintance of yours, is he not?
pat lói-sìo kâi nâng;: one who knows how to behave himself in company.
pat jī pat bâk;: familiar with literature.
lṳ́ jīn thóiⁿ pat mē?: Do you recognize it?
úa pat tò̤ jīn;: I recognize it.
úa thiaⁿ m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;: I do not understand what is said.
ùa thóiⁿ m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;: I do not know how to look at it insuch a way as to see it.
úa tàⁿ m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;: I do not know what I ought to say.
cò̤-nî tàⁿ i to m̄ pat;: whatever you say to him he does not understand it.
tàⁿ kàu mêng-mêng pêh-pêh i cong-kú m̄ pat;: though you speak in the plainest way, he never understands.

úa pat thóiⁿ-kìⁿ i;: I have seen it before.
būe pat thiaⁿ-kìⁿ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̆;: I had not heard of this.
cí kâi tī-hng úa m̄ pat kàu;: I have not before been here.
úa pat kàu nín cí kò̤ ŭ saⁿ sì hûe;: I have been here at your house two or three times.
úa cṳ̆-lâi m̄ pat pēⁿ-thìaⁿ;: I have never before been ill.
úa pat thiaⁿ-kìⁿ nâng tàⁿ;: I have heard it said.
i pat cò̤ kùe;: he has made them before.