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áik-uāng 扼腕 to seize by the wrist, met., angry, urgent.
áik a strategic point, a narrow road,
a hindrance, an obstruction, a calamity, distress.
áik-gṳ̀ng 阨窮 extremely poor.
áik-mò̤-dék-guó 阨毛的過 can't escape the calamity.
áik-nâng 阨難 distress, sorrow, (cǎi-áik).
áik a yoke.
áing (read íék) 𤑷 to smother, as a fire.
áing-huōi 𤑷火 to extinguish fire.
áing-táng 𤑷炭 to smother burning coals in a jar.
âing 阝阜 ㄒㄧㄢ to limit, to restrict, a boundary, a threshold, a limit.
âing-cī 限止 fix the limits, as of time.
âing-cié 限制 to restrict, to limit, delimitation.
âing-diâng 限定 to fix a limit to. (ù-âing).
âing-gá 限價 to limit prices.
âing-gĭ 限期 limited time, (diâng-gǐ).
âing-gīng 限緊 to set strict limits.
âing-kuăng 限寬 to set large limit, as to time.
âing-liê 限例 to fix regulations, as to time and work.
âing-liông 限量 a measure, a limit.
âing-muāng 限滿 time expired, (diēng-âing).
âing-nĭk 限日 to fix the day.
âing-nô̤i 限內 within the limit, (gúo-âing).
âing-ngiăh 限額 a limited number.
âing-uāng 限碗 to limit the number of bowls of rice.
áiu (ěu). to soak, to steep.
áiu mà 漚麻 to steep hemp.
ák 才手 ㄧㄚ to control, to escort, to force, to pawn, to mortgage, to affix a seal.
ák-buăng 押搬 officially to compel one to move.
ák-dáung 押當 to pawn.
ák-dèu 押條 the accusation placed on the back of criminals.
ák-gá̤-chă̤ 押解差 an escort of taxes or prisoners.