khai

  • khai3081694
  • To open; to liberate; to enact, as rites.
tiang-sî àiⁿ khai-ciang?
When will you display your wares?
khai kuang;
vivify an idol, by putting a white dot on its eyes.
khai-sek khṳt i khṳ̀;
liberate him and let him go.
bŏi tit khai khio;
cannot finish it up.
i cò̤-nî khai kháu?
What does he say about it?
keng i chíu khai hwt;
paid it over into his own hands.
m̄ kàu khai-hwt hâiⁿ nâng;
have not sufficient to pay people with.
khai-hwt kàu cheng-chó̤;
paid up in full.
tī-hng khai phek;
an open country with a wide view.
  • khái362759
  • A model; a pattern; an example; regular.
sĭ àiⁿ sía khái cṳ a sĭ àiⁿ sía hâng cṳ?
Do you want it written in the square characters or in the running hand?
i kâi sòi khái sía khṳ̀ ngía;
his small square characters are well written.
jī tîeh sía twn-khái cē;
you must write your characters more regularly.
cí cho̤h jī sía kàu khái-khái;
these characters are written very precisely.
khái-kah;
mailed armor.
tá-pàn kàu bú-khái bú-khái;
dressed in coats of mail.
chēng cò̤ bú-khái;
wearing armor.
  • khái3081610
  • A victory; the triumphant return of an army.
càu khái tńg lâi;
celebrate a victorious return.
tī-tiang-sî cìaⁿ hó̤ khái-sŵn;
when we return in triumph.
  • khái3071810
  • Assiduously; diligently; fully.
khái-chiet;
with assiduity.
kò̤-sī tàⁿ lâi khái-chiet căi;
the proclamation sets it forth very fully.
khái-khái chiet-chiet hío-jŭ peh-sèⁿ;
let all the people clearly understand this (a phrase common in edicts).
  • 覬覦khái-jû1124
  • To covet; to envy; to desire to obtain, though by foul means.
nâng tó̤ khái-jû i kâi tī-hng;
people envy him the possession of his place.
cèng nâng m̄ káⁿ khai-jû;
others dare not aspire to the possession of it.
i cē cìeⁿ-seⁿ nâng cū seⁿ khái-jû kâi sim;
if he acts thus, people will have their envy aroused.
  • khài3077511
  • To sum up; a résumé.
tăi-khài;
in general; generally speaking; on the whole.
tăi-khài sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ kâi ì-sṳ̀;
in a general way, that is the meaning of it.
úa put kùe tàⁿ kâi tăi-khài;
I tell you only what it is in a general way.
cêk khài ŭ jîeh cōi?
When summed up, how much is there altogether?
  • khài3096111
  • Generous; honorable.
khài thàng!
What a pity! How sad!
cí kâi nâng khang khài;
this man is disinterested.
i sĭ khang-khang khài-khài kâi nâng cò̤ ŭ cìeⁿ-se?
If he is disinterested how does it happen that this has come to pass?