khang

  • 工夫khang-khùe460
  • Labor; work.
i tó̤ cò̤ khàng-khùe;
he is at work.
i kâi khang-khùe lō tn̂g căi;
he is able to do a vast amount of work.
ciu jît gîap-gîap to sĭ cò̤ khang-khue;
is at work incessantly all day long.
i tó̤ cò̤ mih khang-khùe?
What sort of work is he doing?
cí kâi, chú i kâi khang-khùe lō hó̤;
take this one on account of his ability to work.
cho khang-khùe;
coarse work.
  • khang4641163
  • Empty; vacant; unoccupied.
khang chù;
an empty house.
phò íⁿ-keng puaⁿ khang hâiⁿ úa lío;
everything is moved out from the shop, and it is delivered over to me.
m̄ hó̤ sái i khang chíu tńg khṳ̀;
do not send him back empty handed.
hăm ke nâng cáu kàu khang-khang;
the whole family have run away.
khang-khak;
hollow.
cí kâi gê-cí khang-khang khak-khak, bô̤ nek;
this cocoa-nut is perfectly hollow, and has no meat in it.
tâng mn̂g- khí-cá cîah kàu taⁿ tn̂g khang tó khang;
since breakfast this morning my stomach has remained unfilled.
cêk sieⁿ mûeh khṳt châk thau kàu khang-khang;
the whole trunkful of things was taken by the thief, and nothing left.
khang tī;
unoccupied land.
khang chùi tàⁿ, bô̤ thóiⁿ cheh;
say it off without looking at your book.
khang pak;
an empty belly.
bōi kàu khang-khang;
all sold off.
sái i tó̤ khang sĭeⁿ;
set him to vainly wishing.
chíu m̄ khang;
have no unemployed hand; am busy.
  • khang465391
  • A hole; an orifice; an aperture.
cam khang;
the eye of a needle.
ûai phīⁿ-khang mô̤ⁿ;
dig the hairs from the nostrils.
hĭⁿ khang;
the ear passages.
khang kíaⁿ;
a very small orifice.
líu kâi khang;
dig a hole.
hṳ́ kâi khang ŭ jîeh chim?
How deep is that hole?
khui kâi khang khṳt i thong khì;
make an aperture for ventilation.
sìo thĭo châk khang;
reckon the number of pillars and then chisel out the mortises.
mâk khang khuah;
has large eyes.
suaⁿ khang;
a cave.
cûa khang;
a serpent's hole.
nío-chṳ́ khang;
rat-holes.
mông tîeh bô̤ khang bô̤ uh;
could feel no crevices.
khang sún tàu lâi m̄ kín;
the mortise and tenon are not tightly joined.
bùn jîp khang;
wriggled into his hole.
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  • To haul along, to pull, to lead, to lug in, to induce.
nŏ̤ nâng sie khang chíu tó̤ kîaⁿ;
the two were pulling each other along by the hand.
khang i kîaⁿ;
pull him along by the hand.
khang gû;
lead a buffalo by a rope.
cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ khang-lîen kàu tōa bó̤ mûeh nâng;
this affair compromises a great number of people.
úa kio i bô̤ khang bô̤ khùa;
I am in no way connected with him.
khang-máng;
haul along.
khang-khieh kàu i sêng jîn;
help him on till he is of age.
khang ciah kâu;
lead a monkey about.
cū sĭ khang káu lô̤h îu thng;
it is leading a dog to the frying pan.
cū sĭ i tó̤ khang-ín;
it is he who brings it upon us.
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  • To lead by the hand.
khang i kâi chíu;
lead him by the hand.
nŏ̤ nâng sie khang chíu;
the two took hold of hands.
khang i cò̤-pû khṳ̀;
lead him along with you.
khang a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ;
to lead a child.
khang-thòa i lâi;
pull him along by the hand.
  • khang38812011
  • To tow; to connect by a cord.
khîeh tîo sùaⁿ lâi khang i tùe;
take a thread and join it on.
khîeh tîo so̤h-kíaⁿ lâi khang;
take a cord and tow it after.
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  • A healthy body and quiet mind.
i lău nâng jîeh khang-kĭen!
What a hale old man he is!
lṳ́ lău nâng kâi khì-thói khang-kĭen căi;
venerable sir, you are very hale and hearty.
khang-hi jī-tíen ŭ sa-câp gūa pńg, ŭ saⁿ sì bw̄n jī.
Khang Hi's dictionary is in over thirty volumes and contains thirty or forty thousand characters.
  • khang3206111
  • Magnanimous; decided in a good cause; generous.
cí kâi nâng câp-hun khang-khài;
this person is very public-spirited.
i kẃn-thăi nâng to sĭ khang-khang khài-khài;
he always treats one with great liberality.
cí kâi li khah khang-khài, hṳ́ kâi li khah nioh-sioh;
this one is too liberal, and that one is too narrow minded.
  • khang4801096
  • The depression in the face where the eye is.
mâk khang o-o;
dark circles around the eyes.
mâk khang chim-chim;
the eyes sunken.
  • khàng4641163
  • Blank; to leave a space; an interval; a deficit; un-employed.
ṳ̆ ìn khàng pêh;
previously stamped in blank.
cí cêk kâi gûeh bô̤ cêk jît ŏi khàng;
this month there is not a day unoccupied.
sím kàu i cē lô̤h khàng cū toah phah;
continued the trial till there was an interim and then threatened and beat him.
cìeⁿ-sî cū khàng ku-ā jît bô̤ cò̤;
lately there was an interval of several days when nothing was done.
khàng kâi keh lío, cìaⁿ lâi sía;
leave one space empty and then write.
i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi bŏi lô̤h khàng;
he talked on without any pause.
khí chûn ŭ cêk kò̤ khàng tī;
after building, a piece of unused ground was left.
  • khàng320224
  • A wide couch; a divan.
khàng-kí, tieⁿ cò̤ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?
How much did you pay apiece for the divan tables?
úa àiⁿ cò̤ tieⁿ tōa khàng-chn̂g;
I wish to make a divan.
khàng-chn̂g téng pái tieⁿ khàng-kí;
on the divan was a divan table.
i la i cŏ̤ khàng, i m̄ káⁿ cŏ̤;
he pressed him to sit on the divan, but he would not presume to do so.
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  • To look at with displeasure.
mâk khàng-khàng tŏ̤ thóiⁿ i;
glared at him.
lṳ́ thóiⁿ i kâi mâk khàng-khàng, i sĭ hĕng i kâi īeⁿ;
see how he looks at him askance, as if he hated him.
  • khàng32082
  • Excessive; violent; strong.
thiⁿ-sî khah khàng ŭaⁿ;
the season is one of excessive drought.
cí kâi tī-hng khah khàng îang;
this place is excessively bare and destitute of shade.
i kâi mêh khah khàng îang;
his pulse is very high.
i cò̤ lâi put pui, put khàng, khap-khap hâh lói;
he was neither obsequious nor arrogant, but simply polite.
  • khàng320864
  • To dry by a fire; to toast; a brick bed.
khîeh khṳ̀ húe tèng khàng;
put it by the fire and dry it.
cía khàng lâi m̄ so;
this is not toasted enough to make it crisp.
khàng kàu chiah-pauh chiah-pauh;
toast it till it is brown.
phah húe khàng;
make a brick bed, under which a slow fire may be made, to keep the bed warm.
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  • To resist; to oppose; to rebel against.
khàng kṳ̆;
stand in opposition.
khàng cí;
resist the will of the emperor.
i khàng nîe jîeh kú lío;
how long has he refused to pay the land tax.
i cò̤-nî káⁿ khàng kuaⁿ?
How dare he resist the magistrate?
i īa sĭ khàng tẁn m̄ cun cū tîeh phah;
if he resists and refuses to obey he must be beaten.
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  • To examine; to take a careful view of.
khàng-sìeⁿ;
take a careful view.
cē sòi sim khàng-sìeⁿ cū cai;
if you consider it carefully you will know.
m̄ khàng-sìeⁿ to m̄ cai;
without examination of it, I cannot know.
  • khâng159648
  • To hold in both hands, as in offering to a superior.
khṳ̀ kàu, i cū khâng tê lâi cîah;
when we arrived she brought tea for us to drink.
chō̤ cò̤ cêk tháng-pûaⁿ khâng lâi;
put them all on a salver and bring them.
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  • To engrave blocks for printing.
khâng ŭ póiⁿ a bô̤?
Are there blocks for printing it?
khâng-kheh bûn-jī;
to engrave characters on wood.