灌
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To pour into holes; to fill them.
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swn în;
run full of lead.
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swn în teng;
fill with leaden plugs.
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cí kâi ngṳ̂n khṳt i swn nŏ̤ saⁿ lîap în tŏ̤-kò̤;
this dollar has had its holes filled in with lead.
選
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To select; to choose out or elect; to pick out.
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sûi i sẃn-tô̤h;
let her take whichever she choose.
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sẃn kâi hó̤ kâi;
select a good one.
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cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū tòng-sẃn;
that is making a wise choice.
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jĭm sẃn put náuⁿ;
allow you to take your choice without being displeased about it.
放
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To discharge; to emit; to deposit.
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hṳ̂ sẁn chun tŏ̤ cháu kò̤, ĕ jît cū pìⁿ cò̤ hṳ̂-kíaⁿ;
fishes deposit their spawn among the rushes, and afterward it is metamorphosed into little fishes.
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cí cêk to̤ chun sẁn chut lâi, cîang-lâi cū káng choiⁿ káng bw̄n búe;
one paunchful of spawn being deposited, thousands and tens of thousands are developed from it.
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thâng sẁn n̆ng tŏ̤ hṳ́-tói;
insects lay their eggs in there.
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chôiⁿ-îah àiⁿ sẁn n̆ng, tîeh khîeh kò̤ cúa khṳt i sèn;
when the silk moth is ready to deposit its eggs, a piece of paper most be placed for it to lay them in.
算
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To calculate; to estimate; to reckon; a plan.
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cía, m̄ sẁn;
make no account of this.
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khṳt i khṳ̀ tá-sẁn cē;
let him go and cogitate over it.
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tá-sèn kàu hó̤-hó̤ cìaⁿ lâi ;
when your plan is definitely made, then come.
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sîn-ki, mĭo-sẁn;
a clever design.
選
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To select for office.
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sẁn chut khṳ̀ cò̤ kuaⁿ;
under appointment as officers.
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hāu sẁn;
awaiting appointment to office; expectant of office.
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ciet sẁn;
presently to be appointed to office.
旋
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To more in an orbit; to come back to the same point; to revolve.
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cúi lâu kàu hṳ́ kó̤ ŏi tò̤-sŵn;
on reaching that point the current sets backward.
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tó̤-sŵn thâu tńg lâi mōⁿ;
turned his head and looked back.
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ciu-sŵn;
to greet and entertain.
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i ciu-sŵn kàu kàu-kak căi;
he went about among them in a very courteous manner.
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ŭ nâng kheh to sĭ i chut lâi ciu-sŵn;
whenever there are guests, it is he who comes out to entertain them.
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phŵn-sŵn;
to look after the comfort of a strange guest.
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sŵn-tńg thâu lâi thóiⁿ;
turned her head and looked.
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lâu-cúi-koi tò̤-sŵn;
the gulls circle round and round.
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tī-kò̤ sŵn;
wheel hither and thither.
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sŵn lâi sŵn khṳ̀, múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ chūe;
went round and round searching everywhere for it.
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sŵn tit sŵn sit;
lost it as soon as he got it.
射
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To spurt; to gush forth.
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cē líu khui hía cúi jw̆n sw̆n chut lâi;
as soon as it was dug open the water spurted out in every direction.
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hṳ́ cîeh ngâm kó̤ kâi cûaⁿ cheⁿ sw̆n chut lâi;
a spring gushes forth from that rocky ledge.
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cam lô̤h khṳ̀ hía hueh sw̆n kàu jîeh hn̆g kò̤ khṳ̀;
when it was lanced the blood spurted ever so far.
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cúi-tháng lāu, cúi li-li sw̆n;
the bucket leaks, and the water spurts forth.