keh edit

  • keh4281770
  • To degrade from office; to dismiss.
keh tīo mîaⁿ;
strike his name off the roll.
i sĭ gê-mn̂g kâi keh tîah, in-ûi gō kong sṳ̄ keh-thò̤ kâi;
he is a constable who has been dismissed on account of having blundered in public business.
keh ceh, hûe ke;
degraded in office and sent home.
iⁿ-keng chut keh-tîo lío;
has already issued a notice of dismissal.
keh tīo i kâi hìang;
take away his allowance.
in-ûi sĭm-mih sṳ̄ pun kuaⁿ keh tīo nē?
Why did the magistrate dismiss him from his post?
  • keh3941204
  • A step in a ladder or stairs.
tah-pō-câng àiⁿ cò̤ kúi keh?
How many steps will you make in the stairs?
cêk keh cêk keh khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ peh, m̄-hó̤ pûah;
go up slowly step by step, and do not fall.
  • keh42813010
  • The diaphragm; inability to eat.
nâng kâi sim-hùi hṳ́ ĕ cêk têng keh-mô̤h cia tŏ̤ kò̤;
below the heart and lungs there is a midriff stretched across.
hêng kek kò̤ thìaⁿ;
a pain in the pit of the stomach.
i ŭ kâi keh cîah kâi pēⁿ;
his food disagrees with him.
khai heng, lĭ keh;
to settle the stomach.
  • keh426756
  • A space bounded by straight lines; a limit; a pattern; a rule.
keh gūa si ṳn;
bestow extra kindness.
cí koiⁿ chù kâi koiⁿ keh cōi;
this house has many rooms.
cí khí kńg jîeh cōi keh?
How many spaces on this sheet containing lines between which characters are to be written?
keh-sek;
a pattern.
keh-kêk soiⁿ phah hó̤ lío cìaⁿ lâi khí;
first lay the plan and then build.
tîeh thóiⁿ i kâi kut keh, cìaⁿ cai;
must watch him narrowly, then we shall know.
i kâi kut-keh hó̤;
the indications are that his nature is good.
cí kâi jī sía chut lâi ŭ kut-keh;
these letters are written with fine bold strokes.
cía mûeh bô̤ kut bô̤ keh;
this thing has no distinct divisions and joinings.
kêh cò̤ saⁿ keh;
divide it into three spaces.
tîeh khieh mûeh teh kín cìaⁿ bŏi cáu keh;
you must set something on it, then it will not get out of place.
sía tieⁿ cúa khò-keh;
make a sheet of squares for writing Chinese letters.
pàng tŏ̤ tī cék keh?
Which space shall I put it in?
cò cêk keh cêk keh;
make spaces divided from each other by straight lines.
sang pôiⁿ nŏ̤ kâi keh;
a compartment on each of the two sides.
  • keh42717010
  • To intervene; to interpose; separated; a partition; next to; parted.
sie keh piah;
having the same partition wall.
keh cêk lîah hn̆g;
a span apart.
keh têng chîeⁿ tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
separated by a wall only.
keh jît cū lâi;
came after a day had elapsed.
keh ke nŏ̤ jît;
after a lapse of two days.
keh cêk mêⁿ;
stopped there and spent the night.
tìn-tang keh cêk tîo cúi;
a stream of water interposed.
keh-pîet cōi nî lío;
separated for many years.
chŵn bô̤ có̤-keh;
no obstacle interposes.
keh khṳ̀ hn̆g;
lying far apart.
cŏ̤ keh piah;
sit side by side.
keh kâi châng-îeⁿ;
across a field.
keh kâi suaⁿ;
divided by a mountain.
keh khoi thóiⁿ cûa nih mâk;
seeing a snake wink from across a river.
keh hái;
on the other side the sea.
  • keh427646
  • To strike; to attack; to ward off a blow.
i sĭ îu keh-tò tì mīaⁿ;
he lost his life in a brawl.
kíaⁿ-jît n6ang lâi phùa mīaⁿ ùaⁿ, sĭ keh-suah kâi;
the case that is brought forward to-day, is that of a man slain in a brawl.
keh-suah kâi le sĭ kui piaⁿ-pâng, a sĭ kui hîaⁿ pâng?
Is the case of a murder in a brawl carried before the military tribunal or before the provincial branch of the Board of Punishment?


  • kêh42717010
  • To obstruct; to embarrass; to hinder.
kò̤-kêh;
to delay, to impede.
kêh tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤ jîeh kú, bŏi tit chut;
was hindered there for ever so long and could not get away.
khṳt i kêh kín tŏ̤ kò̤;
was completely stopped by it.
  • kêh6361626
  • To resist; to oppose; contumacious.
i màiⁿ kêh tîeh úa;
he must not oppose me.
mó̤ kio i kêh;
do not put yourself in opposition to him.
mó̤ kêh i kâi ì;
do not go counter to his wishes.
kêh tîeh i cū m̄ hàuⁿ;
if yon are refractory he will not consent.
kêh hĭⁿ;
to offend the ear.
kêh mâk;
displease the eye.
kêh cúi sì;
go against the current.
kio tŏ̤-lí sie kêh;
go contrary to correct doctrine.
  • kêh427646
  • To fend off; to ward off.
i kâi thûi khṳ̀ kêh khui i kâi to̤;
he warded off the knife with his club.
khîa ki pê-thâu tó̤ kio i kêh;
took a pitchfork and was warding it off with that.
cang tò̤ chíu khṳ̀ kêh khui i kâi kûn-thâu;
made use of his left hand to ward off the blows from their fists.
cêk ki ke-húe kêh i ku-ā ki;
warded off several weapons with one.