驅
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To drive on; to urge; to force; to lash on.
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khu sîaⁿ tôk mût;
to dispel noxious influences.
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tī-tîang khu-sái lṳ́ lâi?
Who urged you into coming?
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khu piaⁿ côiⁿ-cìn;
urge the troops forward.
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khu kàu i m̄ káⁿ lâi;
worked upon his fears so that he did not come.
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i ŏi khu sîn hîah kúi;
he can animate the gods, and detain the demons.
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khu cêk kâi kúi chut lâi teng-tùe;
forced a demon to come out and attend upon him.
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khu huang;
expel the wind.
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khu sip;
expel bad humors.
坵
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A classifier of parcels of land.
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cêk khu châng;
a field.
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cí cêk khu hn̂g cū khuah;
this garden plot is wide.
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cí khu tī tǹg nâng ŭ nŏ̤ saⁿ khu khuah;
this piece of ground is three or four times as wide as theirs.
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in cí-kò̤ kâi chang-khu ío ôih;
their fields here are narrower.
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kek piah khu;
the adjoining lot.
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i nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ teh kha-khu;
the two are playing draughts.
拘
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To restrain; to moderate; bigoted; to grasp so as to detain.
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put khu ke cíe to hó̤;
whether more or less is no matter.
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m̄ khu tōa sòi úa lóng-cóng àiⁿ;
whether large or small I want all of them.
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míen khu tīaⁿ tī cêk jît;
need not fix any particular day.
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màiⁿ khu lói-sìo;
do not be formal.
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i kâi nâng khah khu-cip;
he is too set in his own way.
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cò̤ sṳ̄ khah khu-nĭ;
acts too willfully.
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cē bô̤ nâng khu-sok cū thèng cò̤;
whenever be is without some one to restain him he acts recklessly.
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thek che khu kìu;
send constables to seize and examine.
軀
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The body, the person.
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i kâi sin-khu ío kûiⁿ-tōa;
he is rather tall and stout.
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i kâi siu-khu ío ói sòi;
he is rather short and small.
區
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To assign a place for.
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úa cṳ̆ ŭ khu-chú;
I have a good plan for it.
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khu-pîet mêng-pêh;
discriminate clearly.
蹲
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To sit on the heels; to squat.
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khû lô̤h khṳ̀, tô̤h khí lâi;
squat down and pick it up.
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i khû tó̤ hṳ́-kò̤, táng i;
he is squatting there waiting for him.
臼
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A mortar; a socket.
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cía bí sĭ ceng hue khŭ kâi a sĭ ceng cîeh khŭ kâi;
was this rice pounded in a chunan mortar or in a stone mortar?
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khŭ sói cheng-khih lío khṳt i lā: ùaⁿ cē àiⁿ ceng kùe;
wash the mortar clean and let it dry in the air: after a little while I am going to pound up the ingredients for a cake.
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khŭ-kíaⁿ;
a small mortar.
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îeh-khŭ;
a mortar for triturating medicines.
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ci kâi mn̂g-kha-khŭ tîeh ūaⁿ;
the socket in which this door turns must be renewed.
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hṳ́ ki khŭ-kíaⁿ-thûi m̄-kìⁿ-khṳ̀;
the pestle to this little mortar is missing.
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kha kut pûah chut khŭ;
he fell and dislocated his thigh bone.
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i kâi chíu cò̤-nî ŏi chut khŭ?
How did he dislocate his shoulder joint?
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nín cêk jît sio ŭ jîeh cōi khŭ bí?
How many mortars full of rice do you consume in a day?
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thang-îu-hue khŭ;
a mortar used in making putty.
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sṳ̄ to m̄ kui khŭ;
the matter does not take a manageable shape.
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cí kâi tûi m̄ kah cí kâi khŭ;
this pounder does not fit this mortar.
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cò̤ cêk khŭ khah tĭⁿ, tîeh cò̤ nŏ̤ khŭ ceng;
there is too much for one pounding, you must make two of it.
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mn̂g-tŏiⁿ khŭ;
sockets in a doorsill, for bars to stand in.