decease, kùe-sì; kùe-sin. deceased parents, kháu-pí. my deceased father, lẽng-soiⁿ-kháu; lẽng-soiⁿ-tsun.
deceit, kan-tsà; khũi-kòi; kan-kòi; khũi-phièn; kuang-phièn; tshuah (in trade). deception, ké-sṳ̄; mûaⁿ-mâng-ma̍k; iám-sek.
decency, ha̍h-lí; ha̍h-sek. decent, hiáu-lí.
decide, kuat-tùan; tiāⁿ-tie̍h; tsú-ì; li̍p-tiāⁿ tsú-ì. decided, kuat-ì; che̍k-kuat; kuat-tùan; ũ-tsú-ì; ũ-tsú-kièn; ũ-tiāⁿ-kièn; ũ-pá-thî. legal decision, kuat-tùan ùaⁿ-kiãⁿ.
decimate, tsa̍p-hūn thiu-che̍k.
deck, ship's, tsûn-mīn; pũn-mīn. adorn, siu-tsuang; tá-pàn; tsuang-sek; tsuang-tshái; pái-tshái; tsuang-pái. see decorate.
declaration, official, hiáu-zũ; kò-sī.
declare, káng-mêng; tàⁿ-mêng-pe̍h.
decline, sun to West, ji̍t siâ-sai. grow weaker, sue-mûiⁿ; khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ sue-jia̍k. refuse, m̄-tsún; tho-khui; tho-sî; m̄-ngũan; put-hṳ́. invitation, chhiáⁿ-sî; sî-siā; kiong-sî-siā. a present, piah-siā. receiving visitors, sî-m̄-kìⁿ; sî-m̄-kìⁿ-mīn; tho-m̄-tõ (not "at home").
declivity, pho-lo-sia.
decoct, pû-ie̍h; chien-ie̍h. decoction, ie̍h-thng; ie̍h-tê.
decorate, tá-pàn; siu-tsuang; siu-si̍p phâi-chhiâng; siu-si̍p hó-thóiⁿ; siu-si̍p-ngiá; siu-si̍p kuang-tshái; iām-lĩ. see deck.
decorous, tuan-chiàⁿ; hẽng-chí tuan-chiàⁿ; ũ-thí-mīn. decorum, lói-ngî; kui-kṳ́.
decoy, ín-iú; iú-ho̍k, phièn nâng ji̍p-io̍k; iú-phièn. decoy-bird, chiáu-bûe. see abduct.
decrease, húan-kiám; chiãm-chiãm-kiám; siau-si̍h; sue-mûiⁿ.
decree, mẽng-lẽng. Emperor's. siãng-zũ. heaven's, thien-mẽng. issue a decree, tshut-zũ; thûan-mẽng.
decrepit, khì-hueh sue; kiu tsò-che̍k-tu; sok tsò-che̍k-pé.
dedicate, hõng; kèng-hõng. an idol, an-sîn; uaⁿ-sîn; uaⁿ-sîn-ūi; an-kham.
deduce, tshui-lũn; tshui zṳ̂-lũn--tsṳ.
deduct, khà-tṳ̂; khà-kiám; tṳ̂-kiám.
deed, action, sṳ̄; hêng-ûi; kiâⁿ-sṳ̄. written, khòi.
deem, siẽⁿ. to deem it insufficient, thóiⁿ-tsò m̄-kàu; íⁿ-ûi put-tsok.
