Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khio

by Adele Marion Fielde

khio

• 貧khio6971544
• Destitute, poor, impoverished.

i câp-hun khio căi;

he is very destitute.

khio ke;

poor people.

tŏ̤ nín kùi kok khio hùe cōi, a pù hùe cōi?

In your honorable country, which are more numerous, the poor or the rich?

i cí-hûe khio kùe chit so̤h;

he is now poorer than the jack of spades.

chit khio tak tîeh i poih khio;

the very poor man stumbles upon one still poorer.

khio-khîong kâi nâng;

one in extreme poverty.

cí phàⁿ khio, m̄ phàⁿ tio;

fear poverty only, not difficulty.

• 敲khio3736610
• To tap; to rap.

khio ceng, lûi kó;

to rap on bells and beat drums.

i thâi sí nâng lío ka-kī khṳ̀ khio kó;

after he had committed the murder, he himself went and sounded the drum.

lṳ́ hó̤ khṳ̀ chui khio i;

you go and hurry him up by rapping.

• 蹺khio37315712
• The feet raised, as when sitting.

kha khio-khio;

the legs bent up.

khio kha sai;

a lame dog.

• 高khio3241890
• The position of a steelyard beam when the end of the short arm is somewhat lower than the end of the long arm.

chìn téng khio cē;

give good weight.

téng khṳ̀ put kùe khio bî cē, cûah li bŏi;

the weight differs only in that it inclines the beam a little more or less, the steelyard weight being at the same notch, it is not short weight.

cí kâi ngṳ̂n téng tîeh chit it pùaⁿ li ío khio, chit jī li ío bî;

this dollar when weighed inclines the beam downward a little at seven mace one and a half candareens and inclines the beam up-ward a little at seven mace two candareens; it is a little over seven mace one and a half candareens, and a little under seven mace two candareens.

• 巧khío374482
• Clever; handy; ingenious; skillfully made; portable.

cò̤ chut lâi khío căi;

very ingeniously constructed.

màiⁿ tó̤ khío cò̤;

do not make it too complex.

i sui sĭ sòi, sĭm sĭ kúai-khío;

although he is small he is very shrewd.

cí ki hŏ-sùaⁿ khin-khío khin-khío;

this umbrella is light and well made.

sòi-sòi khío-khío nē;

delicate work showing great mechanical skill.

taⁿ kâi hok-sek khío căi, pí soiⁿ m̄ tâng;

garments are now made with great mechanical skill, unlike what they were in former times.

• 姣khío369386
• Pretty; handsome.

i seⁿ lâi khío căi;

she is very pretty.

tá-pàng khí lâi sît-căi khío;

really very prettily dressed.

lṳ́ thóiⁿ cí-kâi khío a hṳ́-kâi khío?

Do you think this or that the prettier?

cí-kâi cū khío nō̤!

This is pretty!

seⁿ lâi khío-khío;

very pretty.

• 竅khìo37511613
• An orifice; an aperture; a pore; a hollow; a cavity; the heart as the physical organ of thought.

káu khìo;

the nine passages of the body.

chit khìo;

the seven orifices of the head.

i ío sòi, bŏi khui khìo;

he is rather young, and his perceptions are not yet awakened.

cí kâi sui-sĭ sòi, i kâi sim-khìo hó̤ căi;

though this one is small his power of comprehension is excellent.

cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi thong khìo kâi îeh;

this sort of medicine is sudorific and sternutatory.

mâk cē thóiⁿ i cū tóng khìo;

as soon as he sees it he takes in the meaning.

hó̤ khìo thâu;

having quick perceptions.

khì kàu chit khìo chut in;

so angry that the fumes issued from all the orifices in his head.

i kṳ́n sĭ cêk khìo m̄ thong;

it has one aperture not stopped up; he is not altogether stupid.

cí cṳ-ce lăi tī kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ ío ŭ khìo?

In this school which of the children is the quickest to understand?

cí kâi huaⁿ-hí cìeⁿ tōa kâi, cn̂g kâi bô̤ khìo bô̤ mío;

this one who is happily so large, is wholly destitute of wit.

• 反khìo126292
• To act contrary to; to oppose.

sie khìo;

discordant.

i cwn tó̤ kio i sie khìo;

he is intentionally acting in opposition to him.

i nŏ̤ nâng cò̤ sṳ̄ sie-sie khìo-khìo, cò̤ căi tit sêng;

the two are always pulling against each other and how can the thing be brought to an accomplishment.

• 㚁khìo3753221
• Turned up at the end; raised or curled above the level; recurved.

sang thâu li khìo khí lâi, tìn-tang li nap lô̤h khṳ̀;

the ends turn upward, and the middle is depressed, like a crescent with the curve downward.

tó cē tăng, piⁿ cū khìo;

as soon as his belly is full his queue flops (and he is ready for anything).

cêk ki piⁿ khìo cĭeⁿ thiⁿ;

his queue stands straight upward.

i kâi phīⁿ ía īeⁿ căi, tò̤-khìo khí lâi;

his nose is very savage looking, and turns up.

cē tâh cū khìo khí lâi;

as soon as I stepped on it the other end tilted upward.

kheh-cûn kâi cûn-thâu nĕ khìo-khìo khí lâi;

the prow of a Hakka boat is much recurved.

i cêk ki búe nĕ khìo-khìo;

its tail turns up at the end.

• 蹻khìo37315712
• To lift up the leg, as when climbing; to raise a limb.

cîah pá bô̤ sṳ̄, khìo khí kha à ôiⁿ ūe;

after eating he has nothing to do but put his feet up and talk idly.

lṳ́ kâi kha khìo-phû úa thóiⁿ;

lift up your foot and let me look at it.

i kâi kha-kṳn tau kàu bŏi khìo-phû;

the cords of his legs are so stiff that he cannot raise his feet.

cêk ciah kha khìo-phû, cêk ciah kha tó̤ chĭang;

lift one foot, and jump along on the other.

lṳ́ kâi kha m̄ tîeh khìo-phû i cìaⁿ hó̤ ĭa;

why don't you bend up your legs so that he can carry you on his back?

i kâi chíu hŵn-lío ŏi khìo-phû;

he can still raise his hands.

lṳ́ kâi cîh khìo-phû; cîh tìe khìo;

raise your tongue.

chùi-lîm-phûe khìo-khí lâi;

pursed up his lips.

• 錁khìo489678
• Bullion; paper money.

khìo-thâu-si;

a small ingot with a coil on its top.

khìo-thau-si cang;

a style of coiffure, resembling an ingot with a coil on its top.

• 翹khîo37412412
• Elevated; high; to raise the head.

khîo síu phàng mō̤ⁿ;

raise the head and gaze attent.

cí kâi nâng tŏ̤ i kò̤ sǹg-cò̤ khîo-chó̤, tŏ̤ cí-kò̤ cū sǹg būe tîeh;

there they consider this man eminent, here we have not yet considered him.

pí cèng nâng ío chut tho̤h kâi kìe-cò̤ khîo-chó̤;

those who excel others are called eminent.