乖
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Perverse; sulky; cunning; crafty.
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i kâi nâng kuai-khá căi;
he is very wily.
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sòi-sòi cū kuai-kuai khá-khá;
though very young he is very artful.
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cí kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ khah kuai-ciang;
this child is too intractable.
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úa thóiⁿ-tîeh khah kuai;
he appears to me to be too cross grained.
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i pí pât nâng lêng-ūaⁿ kuai;
he is more difficult to get along with than other people.
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sĭm sĭ kuai-khío;
is very cunning.
䲅
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A species of sunfish, of which it is said that “it can inflate its belly and float; it has no gills or gall-bladder, and when it hits against any- thing it makes a noise.”
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kuai hṳ̂;
the sunfish.
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kuai pó;
dried sunfish.
柺
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A staff for old men.
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kúai-cĭang;
a cane.
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phah sang kúai;
go on crutches.
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kṳ̂ kúai-cĭang;
leans on a crutch.
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kúai-thûi;
a staff.
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chut jîp tîeh kṳ̂ kúai-thûi;
wherever she goes has to lean on a staff.
跛
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Halt, lame, crippled.
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kúai-kha;
lame of leg.
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kúai-kha kúai chíu;
crippled in both feet and hands.
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kîaⁿ khṳ̀ kúai-a-kúai;
walks very lamely; limps as he goes.
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kúai-kha hùe, cheⁿ-mêⁿ hùe;
the halt and the blind.
拐
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To deceive; to swindle; to decoy; to entrap.
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kúai-phìen nâng;
to swindle people.
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kúai-tô̤ nâng kâi cṳ-nîe;
seduce other men’s wives.
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a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ khṳt i kúai-phìen khù bōi;
children were decoyed away and sold by him.
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kang kúai tău tô̤ kâi cŭe-hŭam;
the crime of kidnapping.
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kúai bōi tṳ-kíaⁿ;
entrap and sell coolies.
怪
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To blame; to find fault with; to deem strange; strange; marvellous; portentous; supernatural.
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kùai-ĭ kâi sṳ̄;
a very surprising thing.
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sĭm sĭ khî-kùai;
it is exceedingly queer.
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i kâi nâng īeⁿ seⁿ lâi khî-khî kùai-kùai;
he has a very weird appearance.
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kùai mûeh;
an apparition; a monster.
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ìo-ciaⁿ, kúi-kùai;
elves and spooks.
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kú nî cū sêng cò̤ ciaⁿ-kùai;
after a lapse of many years, becomes a goblin.
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i cò̤-nî tin-tò̤ lâi kùai lṳ́?
Why does he turn about and blame you?
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lṳ́ màiⁿ kùai;
do not deem it surprising.
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úa bô̤ kùai lṳ́;
I do not find fault with you therefor.
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i kùai i bô̤ pât sṳ̄, kùai kìe sĭ i m̄ thiaⁿ i kâi ūe;
she does not find fault with him for anything else, but blames him simply for not heeding what she says.
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kùai put tit i m̄ hàuⁿ;
it is not surprising that he is unwilling.
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kùai tăng kâi sṳ̄;
it passes belief; it is incredibly strange.
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bô̤ kùai i cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;
I do not blame him for doing so.
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môk kùai i cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
it is no fault of his that he is thus.
儈
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One who acts as broker; to keep up or settle the price of goods.
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chĭ kùai;
one who studies the markets, and acts as agent in sales; a bull or a bear in the stock market.
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cí pang chĭ-kùai hùe, sim pí nâng to m̄ tâng;
these stock brokers have not hearts like other people.
繪
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To paint; to draw; to limn.
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kùai cêk pak sìeⁿ;
paint a portrait.
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kùai tī-tô;
draw a map.
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kùai tô;
to draw a plan.
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kùai tieⁿ suaⁿ tô;
sketch a landscape.