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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
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kau
- 抅kau328644
- To get; to grasp; to lug-along,
- hàm nâng khṳ̀ kau i lâi;
- tell some one to go and bring him here.
- úa lâi khṳ̀ kau i lâi mn̄g;
- I will go and fetch him here to be questioned.
- 轇輵kau-kuah369
- Something indistinctly seen in the distance; perplexed and unsettled.
- kau-kuah, m̄ cheng-chó̤;
- vague and incomplete.
- i kio i pit sĭ ŭ sĭm-mih kau-kuah;
- there is certainly some antagonism between them.
- sìo-bâk kau-kuah, m̄ cheng;
- the accounts are juggled, and remain unbalanced.
- cĭeⁿ chíu kio ĕ chíu kau-kuah, m̄ cheng;
- the foregoing and the following are inconsistent with each other, and confusion arises from the lack of clearness.
- 泥垢kau-koih630
- Scurf ; grime.
- háng sói-êk, cêk sin cĕng-cĕng kau-koih;
- he seldom bathes, and his whole body is covered with grime.
- sói cheng-khih lío hŵn-lío ŭ kau-koih bô̤ kùe tàⁿ nâng sĭ thô cò̤ kâi;
- having washed one's self clean, one can still rub up the grime, so no wonder it is said that man is made from clay.
- hía kau-koih m̄ tîeh chìu cheng-khih?
- Why do you not scour off all the scurf?
- 勾kau328202
- To mark off; to entice; to hook on.
- cêk pit kau-sio;
- to cancel an account.
- sĭ i khṳ̀ kau-ín i lâi;
- it was he who inveigled him here.
- i tó̤ cò̤ sĭm-mih kau tàng?
- What under-hand job is he at?
- kau-thong húiⁿ lūi;
- in league with the conspirators.
- bûn-cieⁿ àiⁿ kau kó tíam kù;
- this essay is to be punctuated.
- kau-lau tîeh i kâi sim sṳ̄;
- made out what he had in his mind.
- jī-ke tó̤ kau-lau sim sṳ̄;
- each is trying to make out what the other is plotting.
- 交kau36784
- To hand over to; to have dealings with; intercourse; to blend; to communicate with; to join.
- kau-ìⁿ;
- an arm chair.
- bô̤ kio i kau-chap;
- does not associate with him.
- cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n lŭn kau chíu;
- money passes from hand to hand.
- úa kâi só̤-sî kau tó̤ i chíu tèng;
- my key is in his hands.
- seng-lí kau-êk;
- trade and barter.
- i kio i ŭ kau-chêng;
- they hold pleasant intercourse with each other.
- ìⁿ-keng kio i cô̤h kau;
- has already ceased from intercourse with him.
- tŏ̤ cí gūa kau phêng chú íu tiêh ŭ sín ;
- in forming friendships out here one has to exercise faith.
- kau pue ūaⁿ cúaⁿ;
- the wedding cup.
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- būe cêng kau-hong cū soiⁿ cáu;
- retreated before having joined in battle.
- kau-kwn bói bōi;
- exchange of commodities.
- nín thīn i ŭ kau-sîap a bô̤?
- Are you on intimate terms with them?
- kau ngŏ-sî a būe?
- Is it eleven o'clock yet?
- kau kùe pêh-lō cū sǹg cò̤ poih gûeh;
- after the White Dew it is the eighth month.
- kau-tài cheng-chó̤;
- delivered over the full tale.
- kau-îu sĭm sĭ khuah;
- his relationships are of wide extent.
- cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ kau-tài lṳ́ cò̤;
- hand this business over to you for accomplishment.
- sĭ úa kau-khṳt lṳ́ kâi;
- it is what I delivered over to you.
- lṳ́ li kau úa, úa li kau i;
- you delivered it over to me, and I handed it over to him.
- cêng kau pûaⁿ a būe?
- Is the cargo delivered over yet?
- put hṳ́ nâng kau thâu ciap hĭⁿ;
- not allow people to put their heads together.
- ŭ nŏ̤ kâi sim kau kâi phêng-íu;
- has two congenial friends.
- sĭ toaⁿ cang sim kau-chap tīaⁿ, būe pat hŭe mīn;
- have had mental communion only, not having yet seen each other.
- 高kau3241890
- Elevated; eminent; of high degree; old; tall; advanced.
- lṳ́ ío kau kìen;
- your opinion is of greater value.
- i kâi kìen-sek pí nâng ío kau ;
- his experience is wider than that of others.
- kau seⁿ tōa mîaⁿ;
- your name and surname.
- lâi kio i kìⁿ kâi kau-ti cē;
- come and see which can get the better of the other in a contest.
- ngō̤ tîeh cí hûe kau-héng;
- it happens that he is just now much elated.
- kau-thâi sî kè;
- raise the current price.
- chông-îang coih ŭ teng kau kâi hong-sôk;
- it is customary to mount to high places on the ninth of the ninth month.
- kau-lî siam;
- Corean ginseng.
- tăi hŭam nâng àiⁿ híang kau nî to tîeh ŭ kâi īeⁿ;
- whoever wishes to live to great age, must have a plan in living.
- kau có;
- great great grandfather.
- kau-lâu;
- a restaurant.
- kau-lâu-kẃn kâi chài pí cíu-kẃn kâi ío hó̤ ;
- the fare at the restaurant is better than that at the wine shop.
- cí kâi sîn-seⁿ sĭm kau mîaⁿ;
- this teacher has a great name.
- i cē peh cĭeⁿ kau suaⁿ cū mō̤ⁿ m̄ kìⁿ pêⁿ tī;
- as soon as he mounts to a height he is unable to behold what is on the plain.
- nâng sim put cok kau;
- the heart of man is never satisfied with what ambition has attained.
- lṳ́ kâi chíu-tw̄n pí i ío kau;
- your strength of arm is greater than his.
- 鈎kau3281674
- A hook; a barb; a fluke; to hook.
- tìeⁿ hṳ̂ kâi tìeⁿ-kau;
- a hook to catch fish with.
- máng-tìeⁿ kau;
- a hook to hold up a mosquito bar.
- khîeh ki tah-kau kâi i tah tìaⁿ;
- take a
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