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âng-huòng 旱蝗 drought and locusts.
âng-tè̤ng 旱蟲 drought insects in grain.
âng-tiĕng 旱天 drought, dry season, (co-âng).
âng-tiĕng-dŏ̤-ṳ̄-é 旱天多雨意 in a time of drought there are frequent longings for rain.
âng, coll. (hâng) to solder.
âng-lâiu 銲料 solder.
âng-sé 銲錫 to solder pewter.
ông-tàu 銲頭 the place where the solder is applied.
ông coll. (băng) stuffing for cakes.
âng a colloquial word used in urging infants to eat.
ang, ông, 〇〇 take it in ! take it in.
âng to bribe, (īi-lô), (sêu-sự).
âng-gioh-dô giving bribe.
ǎu (nál, náh) concave, a hollow.
äu-cê 凹字 characters cut in bas-relief.
âu đê 凹地 a hollow place.
äu-dök 凹凸 concave and convex.
ăn giáng 凹鏡 a concave mirrow.
ǎu a hollow in the ground, a cavity.
au, coll. (eu) to vomit.
au-áẹh 嘔有 to retch or vomit slightly.
äu-äu-sáik 嘔嘔色 an old, faded color.
au-háik 嘔血 to vomit blood.
āu-ké 嘔氣 to provoke, to anger.
äu-nèng 嘔乳 to vomit milk, as an infant.
au-sioh chói 嘔一嘴 to belch up a mouthful.
äu-tó 嘔吐 to vomit.
āu (ā, áu) 才手 ㄧㄠ to snap, to break.
au-gau-cáik 拗九節 a festival of 1st month 29th day.
äu-gāu-ceuk 拗九粥 congee, offered at this festival.
ấu-gau-hàng 拗九寒 the cold weather of this festival.
áu (ā, āu) 才手 refractory, obstinate.
áu-cū 拗子 a disobedient, undutiful child.
áu-mảng (i) lĩ 拗暝(無)理 opposed to reason, had, wrong.
áu-näu 拗撓 greedy, grasping.
au-nâu 拗閙 noisy and refractory.