and cold and are distressed: the rich have an easier time, for before they are hungry food is brought them and before they are cold their clothes made ready for them to put on.
笄 ki 335 118 6 A broad hair-pin laid across the back of the head so as to bind and support the coiffure; to do up the hair in the style of a girl of marriageable age. nî iⁿ-keng kîp ki;
she is now of a marriageable age.
cṳ-nîe hùe câp-ngŏ hùe cū kîaⁿ ki-lói, ta-op hùe cū kīaⁿ kẁn-lói;
girls of fifteen have their hair dressed in the style for married women, and boys of the same age are capped. 稽 ki 335 115 10 To examine into by comparing documents, facts, or circumstances. bô̤ hó̤ ki-chê;
have not the means of investigating.
ki-chê m̄ chut;
cannot search it out.
cía sǹg sĭ bô̤ ki cṳ thâm;
these may be reckoned as unfounded assertions.
ki-chak tham kuaⁿ u-lī;
investigate the wrong doings of covetous officials.
bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ ki kháu;
have no books wherein to hunt out the quotation. 羈 ki 335 122 19 To detain in durance; a lockup. i tó̤ kẃn ki-só̤;
he has charge of the lockup in a yamun .
kuaⁿ lîah i khṳ̀ siu ki;
the magistrate seized him and put him in jail.
i chíaⁿ nâng khṳ̀ káng ki lói;
he has asked some one to go and negociate concerning the amount of money to be presented to the jailor on letting him out.
kẃn ki kâi nâng kah ki lăi kâi lău hŭam cū àiⁿ lâng-ûi i;
the jailor and the criminals in the lockup try to torment him.
ki kâi;
a tablet on which verdicts are written. 譏 ki 334 149 12 To mock; to satirize; to laugh at. cang ūe ki-chǹg;
jeered at him.
cèng nâng tó̤ ki-chìe i;
they are all deriding him.
ki-chío;
to ridicule.
nâng tó̤ ki-chío i, i thiaⁿ m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;
when people are scoffing at him, he does not understand what they say. 畿 ki 334 102 10 The demesne which in ancient times pertained to the Emperor; it measured a thousand li on each side, the court being in the centre; the court. kiaⁿ-ki;
the capital, the region about the palace.
kiaⁿ-ki kâi tī-hng ío ngîam-sok
in the vicinity of the Imperial palace, the regulations are strict.
肌 ki 334 130 2 The flesh or firm muscle under the skin. pôih tâk seⁿ ki;
draw out the poison and produce firm flesh.
ki-hu sòi-jī;
of fine firm fiber; muscular; brawny. 指 kí 57 64 6 To indicate by pointing toward. i tó̤ kí cí kí hṳ́;
he is pointing hither and thither.
kí lâi kí khṳ̀;
point back and forth.
lṳ́ kí úa thóiⁿ;
you point it out to me.
thóiⁿ i kí tùe tī-kò̤ khṳ̀;
see where he points.
thèng kí;
point at random.
kí tang kí sai;
pointing indiscriminately.
kô līo kô kàu sí, būe lă sai-kong cêk ē kí;
you may work yourself to death making paper articles, but you can't make too many for a priest to dispose of at one wave of his hand. 己 kí 337 49 0 One's self; myself; private, personal, special. cṳ̆-kí;
one's self.
cṳ̆-kí àiⁿ kâi;
what I myself desire.
lṳ́ úa sǹg sĭ ti kí phêng-íu;
you and I may be reckoned as friends who know each other.
uaⁿ hūn síu kí;
attend to one's own special duties.
khŵn put îu kí;
I am not my own master.
thăi nâng jû kí;
treat others as you would yourself be treated.
cèng cîⁿ m̄ siêh, kí cîⁿ bô̤;
if you are not saving of the common fund, your own share will he missing. 几 kí 337 16 0 A bench or low table. úa àiⁿ cò̤ tieⁿ kí-chn̂g;
I want a small low table made.
tê kí;
a tea-poy.
khàng kí;
a low table, placed on a divan, to lean upon.
phŭe kí;
small stands used upon a couche .
kha-búe-kí;
a lamp-stand to set at the foot of a bed. 紀 kí 337 120 3 A year; a period of twelve years; annals; to write down. i kim nî ŭ sĭm-mih nî-kí?
What is his age now?
i kâi nî-kí ío khin, m̄ pí i sĭ nî-kí lău;
he is still rather young, and it is not as if he was aged.
kí-lôk cêk chṳ̤̀;
honorably recorded in the Civil Office.
ceng sīu cêk kí;
added twelve more years to his life.
i sĭ cò̤ síe keng-kí kâi nâng;
he is one who trades in a small way.
nî kí cē lău-tōa mih sṳ̄ cū cò̤ m̄ lâi;
when advanced in years, one can do nothing. 計 kì 338 149 2 A partner; an assistant; a comrade. phò lăi ēng kúi kâi húe-kì?
How many clerks are employed in the shop?
cí kâi seng-lí sĭ ka-kī kâi, a sĭ kio nâng cò̤ húe-kì;
is this business wholly your own, or have you a partner in it?
cêk húe-kì íⁿ-keng thiah chut khṳ̀;
one partner has withdrawn from the firm. 