- cêk tu tōa kùe suaⁿ;
- a heap bigger than a mountain.
- kâi khang chim kùe hái;
- a hole deeper than the sea.
- seⁿ lâi ngía kùe kúi;
- is handsomer than an imp.
- i kâi ŏi kùe kúi;
- his abilities are surpassing.
- cìeⁿ-seⁿ khah kùe cíe, hìeⁿ-seⁿ khah kùe cōi;
- this is too little, and that is over much.
- i ŏi cai kùe-khṳ̀, būe-lâi kâi sṳ̄;
- he can discover what has passed and what has not yet happened.
- kùe hūn;
- officious; to exceed one's functions.
- lṳ́ m̄ hó̤ kùe hūn;
- do not meddle in what does not pertain to your office.
- ûeh kùe hûn;
- set a mark beyond the crease.
- īa bô̤ khṳt nâng ûeh kùe, īa bô̤ ûeh kùe nâng kâi;
- neither give nor take more than is due.
- hṳ́-kò̤ úa pat khṳ̀ kùe lâi;
- I have been there.
- úa pat thóiⁿ kùe ku-ā chṳ̀;
- I have seen it several times.
- cía cṳ úa thâk kùe kâi;
- this book is one that I have read.
- thiaⁿ kùe m̄ jû thóiⁿ kùe, thóiⁿ kùe m̄ jû cò̤ kùe;
- to have heard about a thing is not so good as to have seen it, and to have seen it is not so good as to have made it.
- i li thài kùe, i li khah put kîp;
- the one is excessive, and the other is impracticable.
- cí kâi kîeⁿ kùe hṳ́ kâi;
- this is superior to that.
- úa cêng tâu kùe i tōa nâng;
- I have informed his superior.
- cí kâi tōa kùe hṳ́ kâi;
- this is larger than that.
- kûiⁿ kùe i;
- taller than he.
- i sieh lṳ́ cōi kùe lṳ́ sieh i;
- he loves you more than you love him.
- to̤ kùe cúi bô̤ hûn;
- a knife drawn across water leaves no mark.
- i sĭ cáu kùe sì úang kâi nâng;
- he is one who has been everywhere.
- àiⁿ lâu i nā cí kò̤ kùe mêⁿ, i m̆;
- wanted him to stay here all night but he would not.
- kùe ke nŏ̤ jît cū sĭ kùe nî;
- after two days more, we pass from one year to the next.
- mn̄g i àiⁿ tńg khṳ̀ chù kùe coih mē;
- ask him if he is going home to spend the holidays.
- ŭ kùe;
- is at fault.
- bô̤ kùe;
- has not erred.
- cía sĭ i kâi cŭe-kùe;
- this is his fault.
- bô̤ cŭe bô̤ kùe;
- blameless.
- úa sĭ chì kùe kâi;
- I have tried it.
- lâng kùe i cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- it is difficult to get over his acting thus.
- cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ kùe ì căi;
- this far surpasses my expectations.
- íⁿ-keng kùe khî lío;
- passing strange.
- sìaⁿ kùe ku;
- infallible as fate.
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- To extinguish; to quench.
- ìm kùe húe;
- put out the fire by raking the ashes over it.
- pûn kùe teng;
- blow out the lamp.
- cek pun huang chue kùe khṳ̀;
- the candle has been blown out by the wind.
- cí ki cúa-âng-teng, tōa ki, còng pun huang chue kùe, hŵn-lío hut ŏi tô̤h;
- this paper torch is a large one, and although it should be blown out by the wind, it may still be set blazing by blowing it.
- lṳ́ m̄ hó̤ tiaⁿ kùe teng;
- do not put out the lamp by touching it.
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- húe-pé hó̤ phah kùe;
- put out the torch by knocking it.
- kìu húe kìu kàu taⁿ cìaⁿ kùe;
- they have been striving to extinguish the fire, and have only just now succeeded.
- kìu khṳ̀ kùe a būe?
- Have they yet got the fire extinguished?
- cang cúi lâm kùe;
- dash on water to quench the fire.
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- A false coiffure, made of cloth and metal, worn by women of middle age.
- phah cêk kâi kim kùe;
- make a gilded coiffure.
- i tì cêk kâi ngṳ̂n kùe līu kàu tak-tak-chiah;
- she wears a silver coiffure, washed with gold till it gleams.
- i kâi kùe pak lío, khǹg lô̤h kùe âp;
- having taken off her coiffure she put it in its box.
- thâu-mô̤ⁿ siu hó̤ tì kâi kùe lô̤h khṳ̀;
- having combed her hair, she put on her head-dress.
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- To make a circuit; to go around; the whole.
- úa íⁿ-keng thâk cêk kùe;
- I have already read it through once.
- kîaⁿ kùe saⁿ sì kùe;
- have been over the whole ground three or four times.
- thâk bô̤ kúi kùe cū pat;
- by reading it through only a few times he knows it.
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- Large leaved plants.
- kûe-hîeh;
- palm leaves.
- kûe-sìⁿ;
- palm leaf fans.
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- To be in the way; to be an impediment; to stumble upon.
- kha kûe tîeh cū pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;
- if one stumbles against it, he will fall down.
- màiⁿ pàng kò̤ kûe kha, kûe chíu;
- do not leave it there to be in the way.
- khṳt i kûe-cŭ tŏ̤-kò̤;
- has been stopped by stumbling upon it.
- kûe lô̤h khṳ̀, tó̤ kàu lī-lī;
- stumbled and fell flat.
- khṳt tŏ̤-lí kûe kín, bŏi tit khṳ̀;
- cannot go because the rules of etiquette stand in the way.
- màiⁿ kûe tîeh lō;
- don't block up the way.
kueⁿ
To close a door; to shut.
- kueⁿ mn̂g;
- shut the door.
- khṳ̀ kàu, i kâi mn̂g kueⁿ miⁿ-miⁿ;
- when I got there his door was tightly closed.
- mn̂g kueⁿ hó̤;
- the house is closed for the night.
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- To abrade; to scrape.
- kueh tīo mô̤ⁿ;
- scrape off the fuzz.
- kueh tīo phûe;
- scraped off the rind.
- kueh lío, cêk têng cêk têng chut lâi;
- scrape it, and then take it off layer by layer.
- kueh tīo i
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