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áuk 金鑒 to wash with silver or gold, to plate.
áuk chalk, limestone, clay.
áung to guard, to look after.
aung-bâng 〇病 to watch with the sick.
aung-chěk 〇賊 to watch against thieves, (quòng)
áung-chió 〇厝 to watch the house.
aung-nuông 〇門 to guard the gates, (sif-mutòng),
áung-muòng duk-keng páh-kéuk-siǎh 〇門逐犬拍乞食 fig., made responsible for everything.
aung-noh to guard anything.
áung-siàng-lâu 〇城樓 to guard the city watch towers.
âung a bamboo pole.
same, (see hàng), (hồng), (àng).
âung-chă 桁叉 a forked pole, (déuk-âung).
âung-giảng 桁仔 a small pole, (dióng-âung).
dung-siěk 桁折 the pole is broken.
âung to rub with the hands.
àung-dă 〇乾 to rub dry.
dung-guăng 〇光 to rub smooth.
aung-hù 〇〇 sleeve torn, tattered, as the end of worn
aung-êu 〇〇 to wear away by rubbing.



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巴 ㄚ an ancient country, S.
ba-bi-lùng 巴比倫 Babylonia.
bà-ciống 巴掌 the palm of the hand, (chiñ-công).
bã đậu 巴荳 croton oil bean, croton tiglium, L.
bà-đầu iu 巴荳油 croton oil.
bà-giék 巴結 to exert one's self, to flatter.
bă-giék-mà-siông cannot accomplish by any effort.
ba-i-gáng 巴爾幹 Balkan.
bă-là 巴黎 Paris, (huák-làng-să).
bǎ-nā-mā 巴拿馬 Panama.
bǎ-să 巴西 Brazil.
bă-siè 巴蛇 a python.
ba-sik 巴蜀 a name for Szechuen, (séu-chiăng).