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and father.

sĭ i kâi pún ke;
it is his own family.
ang ke;
support a family.
hâp ke phêng-ang;
the whole family is well.
i ke ēng jîeh tōa?
What are his household expenses?
peh chíu sêng ke;
a self-made man.
hín-khek íⁿ-keng cîaⁿ ke, cîaⁿ tàu;
has now a home of his own.
tōa ke nâng;
a member of a large family.
hṳ́-kò̤ ŭ jîh-gūa ke;
there are over twenty families there.
tăi-ke; tăi cèng ke;
all of you; the whole of us.
kok ke;
the sovereign.
sì ke kâi kíaⁿ-tĭ;
the children of an ancient and honorable house.
chut ke îong-kōi, kui ke lâng;
to become a priest is easy, to return to domestic life afterward is difficult.
ke-ke hŏ-hŏ to khṳ̀ chê;
go to every house and examine.
i sĭ seng-lí ke a sĭ thâk-cṳ ke?
Are they a mercantile people or are they engaged chiefly in literary pursuits?
tŏ̤ ke;
at home.
ke ău;
the wife and her relatives.
ke lăi;
in the house; the wife.
  • ke909363
  • More; many; much; to add.
bô̤ ke;
no more.
cí cho̤h tīaⁿ, bô̤ ke;
only this and no more.
ke nâng ke hok;
the more the merrier.
ke căi;
very many.
ke kŭi nî cū hó̤ chūa bó̤;
in a few years more, he may bring home a wife.
ke kâi gûeh cū siu tang;
in another month the crops will be gathered.
ke kúi jît cū sêk;
they will be ripe in a few days more.
àiⁿ ke cêk kâi;
want one more.
ke saⁿ jît;
three days later.
ke ho̤h cōi;
much more.
ke lâng-ló̤;
a little more.
ke bô̤ ŭa;
not much more.
ke cêk tńg;
once more.
ke cêk ē;
one stroke more.
ke khùn;
a moment more.
ke cêk khùn-kíaⁿ;
a little while after.
taⁿ ke saⁿ tàⁿ;
carry three more loads.
ke siap-sî;
presently ; a little later.
phah ke cêk ē;
hit another blow.
ke kúi ē;
a few strokes more.
khṳ̀ ke sì hăng;
go four times more.
ke cho̤h pun úa;
give me a little more of it.
bô̤ ke nâng tŏ̤;
no one else was there.
pun úa ke cêk hûe;
give me one more turn at it.
lâi ke cêk cūa;
come once more.
bói ke nŏ̤ bó;
buy two acres more.
nín kò̤ kâi nâng ŭ chūa ke bó a bô̤?
Among your people is more than one wife taken?
seⁿ ke kúi kâi kíaⁿ;
has borne several more children.
bói ke cêk koiⁿ chù;
buy another house.
ke tōa-bó̤-mûeh súaⁿ-ngîap;
much more real estate.
ŭ ke īeⁿ a bô̤?
Have you any other kind?
bô̤ ke khí;
no other sort.
nâng ŭ ke téng;
there are different sorts of people.
cîah ke cho̤h;
eat some more.
m̄ cai ŭ ke a bô̤;
do not know whether there are any more or not.
chûn bô̤ ke;
no more left.
cài k kúi cāi;
carry a few more boatloads.
khah ke;
too many.
mài tàⁿ ke kù;
do not say a word more about it.

  • ke350193
  • To add to; to superadd; to increase.
ke kíam sûi tŏ̤ i;
increase or diminish according to his wish.
àiⁿ ke jîeh cōi?
How much more does he want?
ke cêk pŭe;
double the amount.
ke it thiu;
add one tenth.
kàu cí-kò̤ lâi tîeh ke saⁿ sì cîⁿ sṳ-hùi;
in getting it here three or four mace must be added for expenses.
  • 袈裟ke-se350
  • A cassock, worn by Buddhist priests, made of coarse, sleazy camlet.
i kâi hûe-sīeⁿ cò̤-nî bô̤ chēng ke-se?
Why do not these priests wear priests' robes?
i tîeh cò̤ hût sṳ̄ cíaⁿ ŭ chēng ke-se;
when they are performing priestly rites then they must wear their cassocks.
  • 35299
  • False; fictitious; unreal; to feign; illusory.
m̄ cai cin ké;
does not know the true from the false.
úa thóiⁿ sĭ cin kâi, lṳ́ cò̤-nî thóiⁿ cò̤ ké?
It appears to me to be real, why do you consider it an imitation?
ké mîaⁿ ūaⁿ sèⁿ;
take a false name.
ké-măuⁿ kuaⁿ-tíeⁿ;
pretended to be an official.
ké hŵt;
a grave in which there is no coffin.
i ké cò̤ khṳt-cîah;
he put on the costume and manners of a beggar.
gūa mīn ké cò̤ hó̤ nâng;
put on the external appearance of an honest man.
i ké kàu sĭo căi;
he imitates it to perfection.
úa cū pat, i ké m̄ khṳ̀;
I knew him, he could not deceive me.
cía sĭ ké i kâi pit ciah kâi kâi;
this is an attempt to imitate his penmanship.
ké-ké nē cū sêng;
if the imitation be perfect it will succeed.
i cò̤ lâi lĕ-ké
he has made a good counterfeit.
sît căi lĕ-lĕ ké-ké;
is really spurious.
tàⁿ hṳ-ké kâi ūe;
speak falsely.
i kâi mûeh to sĭ ké kha ké chíu;
all his things are imitations.
lăng ké sêng cin;
from jest to earnest; to fulfill what was begun as a joke.
  • 稼穡kè-sek354
  • Grain ; cereals.
kè-sek mûeh-kĭaⁿ lóng-cóng pun cúi cìm tīo;
the grain is all spoiled by being merged in the water.
kim nî mih īeⁿ kè-sek mûeh-kĭaⁿ tōa siu sêng;
large crops of all sorts of cereals have been gathered in this year.
  • 35299
  • A leave of absence; a furlough; an interim in a long session.
tiang-sî àiⁿ pàng kè?
When will the vacation begin?
i pàng kè ău hŵn-lío tŏ̤ hṳ́ lăi thâk cṳ;
after the vacation had begun, he still remained there studying.