kio

  • kio3683812
  • Delicate; comely; graceful; stylish; petted.
i cṳ̆ sòi kio-íang kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;
from childhood she has been accustomed to indulgence.
sía put tit kio chi;
a comely wife cannot be put away.
tá-pàng khí lâi kio-kiah;
very elegantly dressed.
kio-lùn;
seductive.
lău lâi kio;
beauty in old age.
siu-sîp kàu kio tih-tih;
arranged very elegantly.
  • kio11251348
  • With, by, to, for.
lṳ́ cò̤-nî m̄ kio úa tàⁿ cai?
Why did you not tell me about it?
kio nâng m̄ sie tâng;
unlike other people.
úa kio lṳ̀ cò̤-pû lâi khṳ̀;
I will go along with you.
û ôiⁿ, àiⁿ kio lṳ́ tàⁿ ūe;
when at leisure, I wish to speak with you.
i kio lṳ́ ío siang-hó̤;
he is rather friendly with jou.
úa kio i m̄ sêk;
I am not intimately acquainted with him.
lṳ́ hó̤ khṳ̀ kio i tàⁿ;
you go and tell him.
kio i a-tĭ cò̤-pû lâi;
came with his younger brother.
kio i cò̤-pû cîah;
mess with him.
lṳ́ kio úa bói;
you buy some for me.
úa íⁿ-keng kìe i kio úa cò̤;
I have already ordered him to make one for me.
úa kio lṳ́ sṳ̆-lí kàu hó̤-hó̤;
I will set them all in order for you.
cía kio úa bô̤ kang-sîap;
this is nothing to me.
  • kio36818712
  • Proud; ungovernable; self-confident.
kio-ngău; overbearing;
arrogant.
kio-kio keng-keng;
very presumptuous.
tîeh cai kẃn-hak i, màiⁿ khṳt i kio-chia, îm-ît;
you must keep him under control, and not allow him to be proud and self-indulgent.
i kâi tàⁿ ūe kio căi;
he talks in a very conceited way.
sĭen kio cía cū pit-tīaⁿ sĭen mĭⁿ;
the haughty are sure to be sycophantic.
hía m̄ kio-ngău nâng kâi, i cū bô̤ mih thíam-mĭⁿ nâng;
he who is not supercilious toward people, is not apt to be subservient to people.
  • kío37011112
  • To exercise undue authority; obstinate.
màiⁿ kió-kíang i;
do not force him to it.
cìeⁿ-seⁿ sǹg sĭ kío jîu caŭ cak; that is acting as the exigencies suggest;
being firm or yielding as one's interest demands.
  • kío70195
  • To assist; to help; to succor.
tī-tîang kío lṳ́? Who helped you about it?
kío i khui hâng; help him to open a store.
i cē ŭ nâng kío cū sêng;
if he gets help from some one he will accomplish it.
  • kío829649
  • To roll up the sleeves.
ciú-ńg m̄ tîeh kío phû cē?
Why do you not roll your sleeves higher?
chíu-ńg kío khah phû;
your sleeves are rolled up too high.
cía chíu-ńg khah tó̤: hó̤ kío cêk kho, m̄-hó̤ kío nŏ̤ kho;
these sleeves are too short they may be turned up one fold but not two.
  • kío3721846
  • A meat dumpling.
hṳ́ kháu khiak-khiak-kìe sĭ tó̤ bōi hió a m̄ sĭ?
The sound of a rattle out there is made by some one who is selling dumplings is it not?
khṳ̀ phàu úaⁿ kío lâi tíam-sim;
go and warm up a bowl of dumplings for luncheon.
úa àiⁿ cò̤ cò̤ kío cîah;
I want to make it into dumplings.
kío phûe, kío āⁿ;
the paste, and the filling of a dumpling.
sâh kío;
to boil dumplings.
i kâi kío pau hê-bí;
his dumplings are stuffed with dessicated prawns.
  • kío3716420
  • To excite; to stir up.
kío-jío;
to disturb.
i sĭ tó̤ kío sĭ kío hui;
he is exciting discussion.
i cong-kú lâi kío-kío jío-jío;
he is always coming and annoying me.
cía lâi kío-jío pàng lṳ́ kò̤, m̄ kai;
I have discommoded you, as I ought not.
kío lĕng;
to deliver orders.
kío knǵ;
to hand in an essay.
kío-hâiⁿ i lío;
already delivered over to him.
būe cêng kío;
undelivered.
cng kĭaⁿ kío tŏ̤ kuaⁿ tèng;
the stolen goods are delivered to the officials,
kío phìe;
deliver the written directions.
hăng saⁿ jît lăi cĭu àiⁿ kío cheng-chó̤;
all to be delivered within three days.
kío khòi;
to hand over the deeds.
kío sìo;
to band over the accounts.
  • kĭo3706412
  • To raise with a lever; to pry up.
kĭo khí lâi;
pry it up.
khṳt i kĭo cîh;
broken in being pried up.
khîeh ki phûe-chîang khṳ̀ kĭo;
take a crowbar and pry it up.
kĭo m̄ khí;
cannot pry it up.
i thī khṳ̀ méⁿ căi: thóiⁿ i kâi cam li-li kĭo;
she sews very fast: see her needle fly.
khîeh ki cam lâi kio úa kĭo chúaⁿ;
take a needle and pick out this sliver for me.
kío ô̤;
dig oysters from their shells.