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• ‮貫‬kẁn4751547
• To connect; to traverse; to permeate; linked with.

sía mêng tô-tô cĭa-kẁn;

write out plainly the residence and parentage.

cía ūe tàⁿ lâi m̄ kẁn-chẁn;

this is not spoken with continuity and relevancy.

i ŭ bw̄n ke châi;

he is very rich.

cí kù cṳ kâi ì-sṳ̀ kẁn kàu thong phien;

the meaning of this sentence is connected with all that is on this page.

i kàu cí-kò̤ lâi cŭe-ak kẁn-îong;

having reached this point, his iniquity is full.

• ‮癱瘓‬kẁn-pien854
• Paralysis, or stiffness of the tendons.

i kẁn-pien kàu cí-kò̤ lâi ku-ā nî lío;

he has been paralyzed for many years.

• ‮券‬kẁn453186
• Legal documents.

tìo cīeⁿ-jît kâi ùaⁿ-kẁn lâi thóiⁿ;

call for the documents relating to the case and see.

tìo kẁn lâi hek tîeh m̄ hû;

called for the documents and found by examining them that they did not agree.

chau kẁn;

copy deeds.

• ‮顴‬kẁn45218118
• The cheek bones.

nŏ̤ kâi kẁn-kut tōa-tōa;

very high cheek bones.

kẁn-kut tōa, kâi nâng ío ŭ suah khì;

people with high cheek bones are rather savage looking.

• ‮罐‬kẁn47612118
• A gallipot; a pot with a cover and spout.

tê-kẁn;

a tea-pot.

cúi kẁn;

a water-pot.

hûi kẁn;

an earthen pot.

kẁn kùa;

the cover of a pot.

kẁn lih, kẁn pèⁿ;

the handle.

kẁn sui; kẁn chùi;

the spout.

• ‮睠‬kẁn4511098
• To turn the eyes back upon fondly.

kẁn-lw̄n-lw̄n, m̄ kam sìa tīo;

looked back to it with longing eyes, and was unwilling to part from it.

i kâi chêng cn̂g kâi kẁn-lw̄n tŏ̤ i kò̤;

his whole heart turns fondly toward it.

• ‮裸‬kẁn4761138
• To pour out libations before the dead.

kîaⁿ kẁn cíu kâi lói;

to offer a libation of spirits.

• ‮蠕‬kw̆n30514214
• To squirm; to wriggle.

cêk tîo kău-ún tó̤ kw̆n;

an earth-worm is squirming there.

i cē so̤h tîeh i li-li kw̆n;

as soon as it smarts, it keeps squirming.

ŭ cêk īeⁿ thâng tŏ̤ cúi tói tó̤ kw̆n, àiⁿ lîah khí lâi li bô̤: kâi sĭm-mûeh?

There is a sort of worm wriggling at the bottom of the water, if you try to seize it and bring it out it proves to be nothing: what can it be?

• ‮倦‬kw̆n45098
• Tired; fatigued.

nâng khùn-kw̆n;

am tired.

kâi nâng phî-kw̆n căi;

am very languid.

bûa kàu hṳ́ hûe kâi ceng-sîn kw̆n căi;

had drudged till at that time I was quite fagged out.

• ‮掙‬kw̆n30648
• To break away; to jerk one's self away.

kw̆n cáu;

to jerk away and escape.

kw̆n khui;

to jerk off.

kw̆n chut khṳ̀;

jerk out.

phŏ̤ kín kàu bŏi kw̆n;

hold him tightly so that he cannot break away.

khṳt i kw̆n lut khṳ̀;

it was jerked off by him.

khṳt i cē kw̆n cĭu pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;

having jerked away he fell down.

• ‮曳‬kw̆n282732
• To wave to and fro; to shake; to sway.

i kâi búe tó̤ kw̆n;

his tail is wagging.

ki-búe li tó̤ kw̆n;

the twigs flutter in the wind.

kwt

• ‮决‬kwt447154
• To decide; to settle; decidedly.

i íⁿ-keng kwt-ì àiⁿ cò̤;

he has already decided that he will do it.

hṳ́ kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ ŭ cêk kwt a būe ŭ?

Is that matter decided yet or not?

i kâi nâng cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄ kúaⁿ-kwt;

he acts in an undecided way.

i a-bó̤ cò̤ sū kèng kwt-tẁn;

his mother acts with greater decision.

i hŵn-lío chî gî, būe kwt;

he still delays and doubts, and is not yet decided about it.

kwt-kwt m̄ hù ieh cū sĭ;

certainly will not fail to carry out the contract.

kwt put cîah ngân;

will positively not retract.

kwt-tīaⁿ ŏi tit sêng;

certainly may succeed.

• ‮訣‬kwt4471494
• Parting or dying words; an art, a rule; a mystery, occult doctrines, a trick in legerdemain; hidden; abstruse.

tit tîeh i kâi pì-kwt;

got the secret of it, (as of a trade).

kháu kwt;

gibberish.

i kâi kwt-sût cōi;

they have many superstitious observances.

mih īeⁿ sṳ̄ ā-sĭ tit kwt cū kōi cò̤;

anything is easily done if you can get at the art of doing it.

• ‮括‬kwt469646
• To inclose in a bundle; to envelop; to include; to comprehend.

kai-kwt;

to contain; to embrace.

pau-kwt;

to include.

cí kù ūe pau-kwt thong cieⁿ kâi ì-sṳ̀;

this sentence contains the gist of the whole chapter.

pât nâng tàⁿ cōi-cōi hŵn-lío m̄ cheng-chó̤, khṳt i tàⁿ cò̤ nŏ̤ kù cū kai-kwt khṳ̀;

other people talk a great deal and still do not express what he will say in two sentences.