Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kiak

by Adele Marion Fielde

kiak

• 潔kiak3778512
• Clean, free from defilement.

sói kàu kiak-kiak pêh;

wash it perfectly white.

cêk koiⁿ sìu-sîp kàu kiak-cṳ̀;

the whole place is made perfectly clean.

i cheng-khih-sìeⁿ căi, thong sin kâi i-hôk nĕ kiak-kiak;

she is very cleanly, and all the clothes she has on are spotlessly clean.