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LESSON XVIII (CONTINUED).
Adjectives.
- pãu-ngia̍k,
- fierce and cruel.
- chhia-chhí,
- wasteful and squandering.
- keng-khua,
- self-important and consequential.
- jîn-ài,
- benevolent and kind.
- jím-nãi,
- patient and enduring.
- huân-hua,
- lavish in display.
- phok-sit,
- plain and simple.
- huaⁿ-hí,
- pleased and delighted.
Pairs of adjectives are often joined together.
- kûiⁿ-kûiⁿ kẽ-kẽ,
- some high and some low (plural signification).
- tōa-tōa sòi-sòi,
- large and large, small and small, i.e. large and small all together.
- tn̂g-tn̂g tó-tó,
- long and short.
- khi-khi khu-khu,
- rough and uneven.
- pêⁿ-pêⁿ tháⁿ-tháⁿ,
- even and level.
- uan-uan khek-khek,
- bent and kinked.
- mêng-mêng pe̍h-pe̍h,
- obvious and clear.
- chin-chin si̍t-si̍t,
- true and real.
- kong-kong tãu-tãu,
- just and right.
- ou-ou àm-àm,
- sombre and dark.
- láu-láu phièn-phièn,
- knavish and tricky.
- lo-lo so-so,
- perverted and exaggerated.
- jû-jû chán-chán,
- confused and inconsistent.
- kng-kng ku̍t-ku̍t,
- bright and smooth.
- chhou-chhou sut-sut,
- coarse and rough.
- jiâu-jiâu háiⁿ-háiⁿ,
- creased and crumpled.
- thiám-thiám mĩⁿ-mĩⁿ,
- flattering and subservient.
- uaⁿ-uaⁿ la̍k-la̍k,
- delighted and happy.
- un-un chhun-chhun,
- mild and gentle.
- kek-kek chok-chok,
- impulsive and hasty.
- huang-huang mâng-mâng,
- hurried and perturbed.
- cheng-cheng khãm-khãm,
- reckless and precipitate.
- oi-oi chìⁿ-chìⁿ,
- pushing and jostling.
- chôi-chôi chiáⁿ-chiáⁿ,
- arranged and orderly.
- huan-huan ho̍k-ho̍k,
- fickle and changeable.
- chhit-chhit chho̍k-chho̍k,
- cluttering and shuffling along.
- iⁿ-iⁿ uaiⁿ-uaiⁿ,
- grating and creaking (as of a door).
- ihⁿ-ihⁿ uai̍hⁿ-uai̍hⁿ,
- grating and„ creaking„ (as of a chair).
- îⁿ-îⁿ lìn-lìn,
- round and rolling.
