耕
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To till; to cultivate; to plow.
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keⁿ châng;
to cultivate the fields.
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keⁿ co̤h kâi nâng;
farm laborers.
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keⁿ gû;
cattle used in tilling the soil.
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cîh keⁿ;
to plow with the tongue; to teach for a living.
織
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To weave.
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keⁿ pò;
to weave cloth.
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keⁿ-pò kui;
a loom.
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keⁿ khṳ̀ ìuⁿ căi;
it is very finely woven.
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keⁿ ŭ hue-jī;
woven in figures.
經
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The warp of a web in the loom; what runs lengthwise; the meridians of longitude.
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si keⁿ pò hūi;
silk warp and linen woof.
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cang si lâi cò̤ tît kâi keⁿ, cang mîⁿ-se lâi cò̤ hûeⁿ kâi hūi;
take silk for the warp, and cotton for the woof.
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lô̤-keⁿ;
a compass.
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i pì kâi lô̤-keⁿ khṳ̀ thóiⁿ suaⁿ;
he took a compass and went to locate a grave.
羹
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A thick broth; pottage; porridge.
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cò̤ kâi keⁿ pn̄g;
make rice porridge; dainties offered to parents on their birthdays.
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hŏi-keⁿ;
crab soup.
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câp gûeh keⁿ chài côi;
there are all sorts of edibles in the tenth month.
更
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A watch of the night, two hours in length.
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saⁿ keⁿ pùaⁿ mêⁿ;
in the dead of night.
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ang keⁿ;
the first watch, beginning at dark.
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lṳ́ cò̤-nî khṳ̀ kàu sì ngŏ keⁿ?
Why were you gone till near morning?
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i jī keⁿ cū ût;
in the second watch, between nine and eleven o’clock, he went to sleep.
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sîaⁿ-lâu sùi phùaⁿ keⁿ-kó hŵn căi;
though the tower be dilapidated the watchman is still there.
庚
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The seventh of the ten stems; years.
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i nŏ̤ nâng tâng keⁿ;
the two are of the same age.
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lṳ́ kùi keⁿ?
How old are you?
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sĭm-mih nî keⁿ poih jī?
What are the eight cyclic characters which express the time of his birth?
鯁
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To stick in the throat.
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kéⁿ tîeh hṳ̂ kut;
got a fish-bone in his throat.
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i sĭ khṳt ah kut kéⁿ tîeh;
he was choked by a bit of bone from the duck.
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kéⁿ tŏ̤ âu-lêng kò̤, bŏi tit lô̤h;
stuck in hia throat and would not go down.
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kut t6ieh cai níu tīo, m̄-hó̤ khṳt i kéⁿ tîeh;
you must pick the bones out (after you have put the food in your mouth) and not get choked by them.
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i kâi cîah lío īa m̄-ùi kéⁿ tîeh;
he takes it and does not fear its sticking in his throat; he takes what he likes without regard to future consequences.
梗
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The petiole; the midrib of a leaf.
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tìam kit kéⁿ;
sweet lime stems.
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cí īeⁿ îeh sĭ àiⁿ ēng kéⁿ a sĭ àiⁿ ēng hîeh?
Is the leaf or the petiole made use of for this medicine?
逕
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A by-way; a path; a short cut.
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khui cêk tîo lō-kèⁿ;
open a road.
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lṳ́ khṳ̀ thóiⁿ, thóiⁿ sĭm-mih kèⁿ-lō̤;
you go and see what sort of path there is.
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cía múa-tī-kò̤ kâi lō-kèⁿ phe-phah lâi cū hó̤;
the roads about here are well planned.
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cèng saⁿ kèⁿ hue;
planted three rows of flowers.