A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Hau

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Hau.

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A small hair or down; small; very little.
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Eminent talents and virtue; great superiority; chief.
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A ditch round a city wall; name of a river and province.
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Appearance of summer; brilliant.
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Name of a bird, not eatable and of unpleasant note.
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The noise of weeping and crying; the roar of a tiger.
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Gluttonous; greedy; rapacious.
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Light and splendor of the sky; vast. numerous; happy.
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Calling out; a loud cry; roar of animals.
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The voice of any animal.
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The roar like a tiger; to intimidate.
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A deluge of water; vast; abundant; overflowing.
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To compare; examine; a public school.
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To imitate; to regard as a law or rule.
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To wait for; to inquire; expect.
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The king crab.
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To apply one's strength in obedience to some order or in imitation of a pattern; to aim.
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Like; to learn of; imitate; effort; merit; efficacious.
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To desire.
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Filial regard, obedience and service from children to parents.