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LESSON XVIII (CONTINUED).
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Adjectives.
- khiâng-jia̍k,
- strong and weak.
- chhiò-phu̍h,
- influential and insignificant.
- húan-chiàⁿ,
- inverted and direct (style).
- tī-luãn,
- peaceable and turbulent.
- heng-sue,
- prosperous and adverse.
- hũa-hok,
- calamitous and blessed.
- khui-bûa,
- off and near.
- khó-hóuⁿ,
- suitable and not (suitable).
- chhou-iùⁿ,
- coarse and fine.
- siù-ba̍t,
- open and close.
- liâng-jua̍h,
- cool and hot.
- jṳ̂-ti̍t,
- tangled and straight (as of thread).
Adjectives of the same signification are often used in pairs for the sake of clearness and euphony. Such words are called liáng-jī tâng-lūi kâi-ūe, or, tâng-ì-sṳ̀ kâi-ūe, synonymes,
- chun-kùi,
- honorable and valuable.
- phîn-khiông,
- poor and impoverished.
- kùi-tōng,
- honorable and just.
- hiã-chūaⁿ,
- low and mean.
- sêng-si̍t,
- true and veritable.
- kuaⁿ-chiàⁿ,
- correct and upright.
- pe̍h-ti̍t,
- clear and straight-forward.
- hṳ-ngũi,
- empty and false.
- tong-kãu,
- liberal and generous.
- chha-chhò,
- erroneous and mistaken.
- úi-khiok,
- false and crooked.
- u-ùe,
- vile and contaminating.
- siàⁿ-siẽn,
- holy and righteous.
- uân-chhûan,
- finished and completed.
- hṳn-khṳ̂n,
- diligent and earnest.
- kàu-chok,
- sufficient and ample.—m̄-kàu-chok, insufficient.
- kan-lân,
- hard and difficult.
- chhṳ̂-pui,
- merciful and compassionate.
- khiam-sùn,
- humble and complaisant.
- un-jiû,
- meek and gentle.
- kiâm-siap,
- niggardly and stingy.
- kiau-ngãu,
- proud and haughty.
- huàng-sṳ̀,
- impertinent and impudent.
