to trial.
kùa khîeh lâi lap lô̤h khṳ̀;
bring the cover and slip it on. 染 lap 286 75 5 To inoculate or infect with a disease. i lap tâk, lap kàu cêk sin lok-lok;
he has taken a vile disease and has it so badly that he is rotten with it. 舀 lap 1076 134 7 To bale out; to dip out. cûn tói kâi cúi khṳ̀ lap cheng-khih;
bale out all the water from the bottom of the boat.
lap úaⁿ cui lâi khṳt úa;
dip up a bowlful of water and give it to me. 納 lâp 611 120 4 To pay at stated times; to pay or present to government. lâp hìang;
pay duties.
lâp ûang-nîe;
pay the land tax.
bó châng ēng lâp jîeh cōi nîe?
What tax is paid on each acre of arable land.
cía phò cêk nî lâp i jîeh cōi?
How much do you pay him per year for the use of this shop?
sĭ lâp ngĕ kâi a sĭ cìe sǹg?
Is it paid in money at a fixed time, or is it reckoned in account?
kui-lī sĭ soiⁿ lâp ău keⁿ, a sĭ soiⁿ keⁿ ău lâp?
Which is the local usage, to pay the rent and then till the ground, or to first till the ground and then pay the rent?
lâp co;
pay rent.
cí kâi kuaⁿ sĭ kĭen-lâp kâi kuaⁿ;
this magistrate is one who got his office by purchase. lap-cap ;
mixed; unassorted, confused; sweepings; rubbish.
bói chûn kâi cíⁿ bói cò̤ lâp-câp mûeh;
the money that I had left after making my purchases, I spent in buying various little things.
ēng i tó̤ lí lâp-câp kâi sṳ̄;
employ him to do odd jobs.
cí cho̤h lâp-lâp câp-câp kâi mûeh siu cò̤ cêk tàⁿ;
put these various articles all into one carry.
i cí khí lâp-câp jī bô̤ mih pat;
he is not well acquainted with these unclassified characters.
láu 老 láu 508 125 0 Aged; venerable; a term of respect, resembling Sire; old; out of date; inert. láu sṳ;
honored Sir.
láu ìuⁿ cn̂g kâi lâi;
old and young all came.
láu-jîak;
feeble from age.
kèng láu, cun hîen;
revere the aged, and honor the learned.
láu-sît;
harmless; witless; simple; gullible; gentle; tractable.
cò̤ sṳ̄ láu-līen;
versed in affairs.
sìo nì láu sêng;
an old head on young shoulders.
láu-kun; láu-cṳ́;
names of the founder of the sect of Rationalists, or Tauists.
hût láu nŏ̤ kà;
the two sects, Buddhists and Tauists.
佬 láu 529 9 6 A person; a fellow; one of a class; a demeaning term not infrequently added to the name of a calling. hiang-pa láu;
a boor, a clod-hopper.
cuang cò̤ gūa-káng láu;
pretended to be a fellow from some distant place.
kî-ĕ láu;
a Tartar. 簍 láu 514 118 11 A basket woven of withes and made water tight. cêk kha îu-láu;
an oil hamper. 騙 láu 691 187 9 To swindle; to take advantage of. i tó̤ kuang-láu nâng;
he swindles people.
láu-kíaⁿ;
a swindler. 荖 láu 508 140 6 The siri used with betel. láu-hîeh;
siri leaf.
phah kháu láu-hîeh;
roll up a mouthful of siri leaf. 帶 làu 846 50 8 To girdle with; to wear làu thih-só̤;
to wear fetters.
làu cháu-so̤h;
be led by a straw rope, as are women who are rejected and sent back to their father's house from a husband's home.
i chíu tèng làu cêk pak hieⁿ-cu;
he wore a string of scented beads on his wrist.
làu chíu-so̤h;
wear chain bracelets. 瀉 làu 797 85 14 To purge; to flow off. làu-sái;
diarrhea.
i sĭ cn̂g kâi làu sái-cúi, m̄ sêng pùn;
he has none but watery stools.
làu hùaⁿ kâi o-lô̤ hueh chut lâi;
passed dark murky blood several times. 遛 lâu 548 162 10 To linger; to delay; to saunter. cêk lō cí-kò̤ tau-lâu kúi jît, hṳ́-kó̤ tau-lâu kúi jît, cn̂g kâi m̄ cìn-côiⁿ;
on the way lingered here a few days and there a few days, and made no progress at all. 勞 lâu 507 19 10 To toil, to labor, to fag at; to exert one's self for another; to trouble one, as with a commission; to distress; careworn, burdened; services to the state; meritorious deeds. lâu-tŏng lṳ́;
I am putting you to trouble on my account.
lâu-tŏng kùi-kè;
I wish to engage your valuable help.
m̄ hó̤ khah lâu sīn;
do not take too much anxious thought about it.
lâu sim thài kùe;
overburdened with care.
i cò̤ sṳ̄ khṳ̂n-lâu căi;
he does things in a very painstaking way.
i cêk seⁿ lâu-khó;
hers is a life of toil.
lâu-lâu lôk-lôk kùe cêk sì;
toil and moil through life.
cai i kâi kong-lâu;
know his merit.
lâu kè;
excuse my troubling 