腔
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The patois or brogue of a place; affected; pretentious.
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lî hiang put lî khiang;
when one leaves his village he does not leave its mode of speech behind him.
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hàm i màiⁿ tó̤ cuang khiang;
tell him not to adopt an affected style of speaking.
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i sĭ tó̤ cuang khiang kâi; he has an
affected manner of speaking.
坎
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To ring, as a whole dish does when tapped.
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khà khiang;
to sound anything which rings.
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khà thóiⁿ ŏi khiang a bŏi;
tap it and see whether it will ring.
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khà tîeh khiang-khiang híang, cóng bŏi pit;
it rings loudly when tapped, it is not cracked at all.
強
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Sturdy; brawny; forcible; overbearing.
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i cí-hûe khîang-càng căi;
he is now very robust.
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in pí ún kèng khîang;
they are more powerful than we.
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cí-kò̤ bô̤ lŭn khîang jîak;
here we do not consider whether one is strong or weak.
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sĭ khîang-tău a sĭ chîap-châk?
Is it a highwayman or a thief?
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i kâi kun-sṳ̆ hùe m̄ ká khîang bói khîang bōi;
their soldiery do not resort to intimidation in buying or in selling.
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i cìeⁿ-seⁿ sĭ sĭ-khîang khi-hŭ nâng;
he thus relies on force regardless of right in dominating people.
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i kâi sèⁿ-chêng kang-khîang, bŏi jîu-jîak;
his disposition is arbitrary not yielding.
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khîang chíeⁿ
take by force.
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khîang kang
rape.
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khîang khṳt
to beg, with threats of violence.
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a-tĭ khîang kùe a-hiaⁿ
the younger brother overbears the elder.