kùiⁿ

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  • Accustomed; used to; inured to.
ēng tîeh m̄ kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;
he is not accustomed to the use of it.
iang-o̤ lío le kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;
accustomed to indulgence.
i tâng soiⁿ cîah kùiⁿ;
he was accustomed to eating it before.
chēng kùiⁿ;
used to wearing it.
cí-kò̤ khĭa-khí kùiⁿ lío, pât kò̤ ùi khĭa-khí m̄ kùiⁿ;
have lived here till I am habituated to the place and fear I should not feel at home elsewhere.
taⁿ i cò̤ khṳ̀ nĕ kùiⁿ-kùiⁿ nē;
he has now practised it till he is very familiar with the way of doing it.
i kâi cì-khì kûiⁿ;
his aspirations are high.
taⁿ cū cìeⁿ kûiⁿ tōa lío!
How much he has grown!
i sui sĭ cìeⁿ kûiⁿ cìeⁿ tōa hŵn-lío sĭ a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ khì;
although he is so large, he is still a child in his ways.
cìeⁿ-sî kâi kè kûiⁿ;
the present price is high.
cí īeⁿ kâi kè ío kûiⁿ;
this sort is of still higher price.
ŭ ío kûiⁿ kâi a bô̤?
Have you any taller ones?
bô̤, cū sĭ cí hō̤ sĭang kûiⁿ lío;
this sort is the tallest we have.
nín nŏ̤ nâng phit thóiⁿ tī-tîang kûiⁿ;
you two stand up here and see which is the taller.
ŭ kâi kûiⁿ, ŭ kâi ói;
some are tall and some are short.
cêk tn̆g kûiⁿ, káu chieh bô̤ ēng;
for reaching to a height of ten feet, a nine foot pole is useless.
i kâi nâng kûiⁿ-tio kûiⁿ-tio;
he is tall and slender.
lṳ́ kâi chíu khîeh-khí kûiⁿ;
lift your arm high.
thèⁿ kûiⁿ cē;
prop it up higher.
i ío kûiⁿ mîaⁿ;
his name stands higher on the list.
i kâi sin-hàng bô̤ hìeⁿ kûiⁿ, ngó-tún ngó-tún nē;
he is not very tall, but is sturdy and well built.
cí kâi ŭ jîeh kûiⁿ?
How tall is this?
àiⁿ cò̤ kúi tn̆g kûiⁿ?
How many tens of feet high are you going to make it?
i nâng kûiⁿ tōa;
he is a large man.
kàu sì ngŏ chùn kûiⁿ;
it is four or five inches high.
i ŏi chēng kûiⁿ kîah-thô̤;
she wears high heels.
cía īa-sĭ tîⁿ sang kha, siu kâi thâu lô̤h khṳ̀ to kio tōa nâng pêⁿ-pêⁿ kûiⁿ ló;
if she were to bind her feet, and arrange a coiffure, she would be as tall as a grown person.
peh cĭeⁿ kûiⁿ-kûiⁿ kâi suaⁿ téng;
climb a high hill.
tah kâi pêⁿ kûiⁿ-kûiⁿ;
make a high platform.
jît chut ho̤h kûiⁿ lío;
the sun is already high.
kûiⁿ suaⁿ kûiⁿ chîo tùi;
high hills have high hills to face them.
uang-uang kûiⁿ;
tall and personable.
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  • A political division answering to a district; the fifth order of territorial divisions, sometimes called a county.
i kíaⁿ tó̤ cò̤ kūiⁿ kuaⁿ;
his son is district magistrate.
hīn jīm móng kò̤ kâi ti-kūiⁿ;
is now filling the office of district magistrate in a certain place.
kūiⁿ sîaⁿ;
district cities.
káu kūiⁿ;
the nine districts.
nín sĭ tī cêk kūiⁿ kẃn kâi?
In which district are you?
kūiⁿ cú; kūiⁿ thài-îa;
the district magistrate.
kūiⁿ ô̤h;
the district examinations.
keh kūiⁿ;
the adjoining district.
lîn kūiⁿ;
neighboring districts.
nŏ̤ kūiⁿ kiam kài;
the two districts are contiguous.
suaⁿ kūiⁿ;
a mountainous district.
sĭ tōa kūiⁿ a sĭ síe kūiⁿ?
Is it a large or a small district?
cí-kò̤ sĭ sôk tī cêk kūiⁿ hūn kẃn?
What district magistrate holds this place under his jurisdiction?
síu kūiⁿ;
the chief district.
kūiⁿ gê-mn̂g;
the district yamun.
kūiⁿ sêng;
the deputy magistrate of the district.
kūiⁿ-kháu kháu ŵn a būe?
Are the district examinations through with yet?
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  • A case with drawers or a door; a press; a locker; a chest.
tōa kūiⁿ, kūiⁿ kíaⁿ;
large and small lockers.
chn̂g-kūiⁿ;
a sideboard.
to̤h-kūiⁿ;
a side table with drawers.
kūiⁿ-thâi;
a counter in a shop.
cúi kūiⁿ;
large covered water-jars.
lō kūiⁿ;
water jars kept along the street, as a precaution against fires.