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  • 353913
  • The price; the value of a thing.
phû kè;
raise the price.
kíam kè;
diminish the price.
háiⁿ m̄ kàu kè;
paid less than the price.
sîn-sien lâng līo cíⁿ bí kè;
the gods even find it difficult to estimate the rate of exchange and the cost of rice.
cá mńg sî kè put tâng;
the current price varies with the season.
kè cîⁿ khah kùi;
the price is too high.
cí khí kè cū phīⁿ;
this sort is cheaper.
put jṳ̆ kè; bô̤ nŏ̤ īeⁿ kè;
no two prices.
cí saⁿ sì khẃn to sĭ cêk īeⁿ kè;
these three or four kinds are all the same price.
úa thó̤ sĭ kè, lṳ́ hâiⁿ sĭ cîⁿ;
what I ask is the price, what you offer is the cost.
cía sĭ bô̤ kè pó̤ kâi mûeh;
this is a priceless thing.
cìeⁿ-sî cí īeⁿ mûeh sĭ cĭeⁿ kè a sĭ lô̤h kè?
Is the price of these articles rising or falling now?
kíam kè phīⁿ bōi;
prices diminished, and selling off cheap.
sît kè, bô̤ sṳ-nîe;
the real price, with no bargaining about it.
bô̤ tàⁿ kè;
no false prices.
lṳ́ màiⁿ tàⁿ kè, sît-sît jîeh cōi cîⁿ;
do not put on a fancy price, but tell exactly how much is to be paid for it.
  • 3543810
  • To marry a husband.
bô̤ kè bô̤ chūa;
neither marry nor are given in marriage.
kè ang;
wed a husband.
i kè tîeh cêk kâi ang hía cìaⁿ hó̤!
She has married such a good husband!
i cêng chut kè a būe?
Is she married yet?
ĭu àiⁿ kè chut, ĭu àiⁿ chūa jîp: sṳ̄ cōi căi;
what with marrying off daughters, and bringing home daughters-in-law, there is much business on hand.
kè cáu-kíaⁿ;
marry off a daughter.
kè-cng cōi căi;
the dowry is large.
cáu-kíaⁿ chī tōa cū tîeh kè;
when a daughter has been brought up, she must be married off.
cêk kâi li kói-kè, cêk kâi li m̄ khéng kói-kè;
one of them married again, and the other refused to marry a second time.
cí kâi khiah-kha sĭ sûi nîe kè kâi;
this large footed maid came with her mistress when the latter entered the family.
kè koi tùe koi pue, kè káu tùe káu cán;
if you marry a cock you thereafter fly, if you marry a dog you thereafter trot; the wife takes the social station of her husband.
  • 3531875
  • A chariot; to drive or sit in a carriage; one who sits in a carriage; a title of respect.
lṳ́ kâi kùi kè tiang-sî kàu?
When did Your Excellency arrive?
cun kè sĭ ŭ mih sṳ̄?
What business has Your Excellency?
lâu lṳ́ kâi kè mùa-khí lâi thóiⁿ;
will trouble you, Respected Sir, to come to-morrow and see.
cía khah lâu-tŏng kùi kè;
this is troubling you,
sir, too much.
hŵn lṳ́ kâi kè lâi cí-kò̤;
put you to the trouble of coming here.
gṳ̄ kè chin ceng;
the Emperor himself goes forth to subdue.
sìaⁿ kè;
His Majesty.
i ŏi thêng hûn kè bū;
he mounts the clouds and rides the mist.
sûi kè chut îu;
follow the chariot (of a god) out for an airing.
táng kè bô̤ kìⁿ;
excuse one's self to a visitor.
  • 353755
  • An open frame on which to place things; a rack; a staging; to support; to fend off.
cio-kè m̄ tîo;
could not fend it off.
cṳ kè;
a book rack.
sieⁿ kè;
a trunk stand.
câp jī kè;
a cross; a frame like the character which denotes ten.
pàng kò̤ hó̤ kè mûeh-kĭa;
leave it to lay things on.
kè cêk tîo pang-kîe cū hó̤ kîaⁿ kùe khù;
lay down a board as a bridge then we can cross over.
lṳ́ màiⁿ lâi tiaⁿ-tó̤ kó-kè;
do not you come and knock over the drum-stand.
i mih sṳ̄ to sĭ tó̤-pái kè-cṳ́;
he does everything in a stilted style.
cìeⁿ pôiⁿ kè kùe hìeⁿ pôiⁿ, ēng jîeh tn̂g cìaⁿ kè tit kùe;
how long need the staging be in order to extend across from this side to that?
hàm bâk-kang lâi cò̤ kâi pò-phâng kè;
call a carpenter to come and make the tent poles.
phàu kè;
a frame to hang a cloak on.
kè sṳ̂ kâi;
bolster up calumnious charges.
  • 350755
  • The cangue, a wooden collar worn as a punishment.
liah khù taⁿ kê;
seized and put in the cangue.
kê hō̤ cêk kâi gûeh;
sentenced to the cangue for a month.
phi kê tòa só̤;
carry the cangue, and wear fetters.
sang phau kê;
a cangue made for two persons.
kê ceh lío ŵn ùaⁿ;
after the cangue has been worn, the case is done with.
cêk mĭn kê;
a cangue.
khĭa huang-lô kê;
put into a cangue in which one dies from weariness and hunger.
  • 87795
  • Low; below the standard; low-priced.
cí tîo lō kûiⁿ kĕ-kĕ o̤h kîaⁿ;
this road is very uneven and difficult to travel.
siu-sîp kàu lō pêⁿ-pêⁿ, bŏi kûiⁿ kĕ;
level the road, so that it will have no inequalities.
thâu phak kĕ;
bend down the head.
i kâi mó̤ⁿ-kha seⁿ khah kĕ;
her hair grows too low on her forehead.
i sang bâi khah kĕ;
his eyebrows are too lowering.
chn̂g kĕ;
to squat.
pàng kàu kĕ-kĕ;
let it down much lower.
kĕ-kĕ siaⁿ kio i tàⁿ;
told him in a very low tone.
i tàⁿ khṳ̀ kĕ siaⁿ kĕ siaⁿ, thiaⁿ m̄ hīn;
he speaks very low, and is not heard distinctly.
i kâi khek chie lâi ŭ kûiⁿ ŭ kĕ hó̤ thiaⁿ;
he chants his ballads