Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khiap

by Adele Marion Fielde

khiap

• 歹khiap844780
• Bad, vicious, evil, vice.

nâng ŭ hó̤, ŭ khiap;

there are both good and bad people.

i to m̄ pat hó̤ khiap;

he does not know good from evil.

hó̤ khiap sṳ̄, to m̄ chap;

does not mix himself up in affairs whether proper or disreputable.

i sĭang cai hó̤ khiap;

he clearly discriminates between virtue and vice.

• 怯khiap379615
• Timorous, fearful.

i kâi sim ùi-khiap;

he is faint-hearted.

i sim khiap, m̄ káⁿ cìn-côiⁿ

he is timorous, and dare not go forward.