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  • keh426756
  • A space bounded by straight lines; a limit; a pattern; a rule.
keh gūa si ṳn;
bestow extra kindness.
cí koiⁿ chù kâi koiⁿ keh cōi;
this house has many rooms.
cí khí kńg jîeh cōi keh?
How many spaces on this sheet containing lines between which characters are to be written?
keh-sek;
a pattern.
keh-kêk soiⁿ phah hó̤ lío cìaⁿ lâi khí;
first lay the plan and then build.
tîeh thóiⁿ i kâi kut keh, cìaⁿ cai;
must watch him narrowly, then we shall know.
i kâi kut-keh hó̤;
the indications are that his nature is good.
cí kâi jī sía chut lâi ŭ kut-keh;
these letters are written with fine bold strokes.
cía mûeh bô̤ kut bô̤ keh;
this thing has no distinct divisions and joinings.
kêh cò̤ saⁿ keh;
divide it into three spaces.
tîeh khieh mûeh teh kín cìaⁿ bŏi cáu keh;
you must set something on it, then it will not get out of place.
sía tieⁿ cúa khò-keh;
make a sheet of squares for writing Chinese letters.
pàng tŏ̤ tī cék keh?
Which space shall I put it in?
cò cêk keh cêk keh;
make spaces divided from each other by straight lines.
sang pôiⁿ nŏ̤ kâi keh;
a compartment on each of the two sides.
  • keh42717010
  • To intervene; to interpose; separated; a partition; next to; parted.
sie keh piah;
having the same partition wall.
keh cêk lîah hn̆g;
a span apart.
keh têng chîeⁿ tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
separated by a wall only.
keh jît cū lâi;
came after a day had elapsed.
keh ke nŏ̤ jît;
after a lapse of two days.
keh cêk mêⁿ;
stopped there and spent the night.
tìn-tang keh cêk tîo cúi;
a stream of water interposed.
keh-pîet cōi nî lío;
separated for many years.
chŵn bô̤ có̤-keh;
no obstacle interposes.
keh khṳ̀ hn̆g;
lying far apart.
cŏ̤ keh piah;
sit side by side.
keh kâi châng-îeⁿ;
across a field.
keh kâi suaⁿ;
divided by a mountain.
keh khoi thóiⁿ cûa nih mâk;
seeing a snake wink from across a river.
keh hái;
on the other side the sea.
  • keh427646
  • To strike; to attack; to ward off a blow.
i sĭ îu keh-tò tì mīaⁿ;
he lost his life in a brawl.
kíaⁿ-jît n6ang lâi phùa mīaⁿ ùaⁿ, sĭ keh-suah kâi;
the case that is brought forward to-day, is that of a man slain in a brawl.
keh-suah kâi le sĭ kui piaⁿ-pâng, a sĭ kui hîaⁿ pâng?
Is the case of a murder in a brawl carried before the military tribunal or before the provincial branch of the Board of Punishment?

  • kêh42717010
  • To obstruct; to embarrass; to hinder.
kò̤-kêh;
to delay, to impede.
kêh tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤ jîeh kú, bŏi tit chut;
was hindered there for ever so long and could not get away.
khṳt i kêh kín tŏ̤ kò̤;
was completely stopped by it.
  • kêh6361626
  • To resist; to oppose; contumacious.
i màiⁿ kêh tîeh úa;
he must not oppose me.
mó̤ kio i kêh;
do not put yourself in opposition to him.
mó̤ kêh i kâi ì;
do not go counter to his wishes.
kêh tîeh i cū m̄ hàuⁿ;
if yon are refractory he will not consent.
kêh hĭⁿ;
to offend the ear.
kêh mâk;
displease the eye.
kêh cúi sì;
go against the current.
kio tŏ̤-lí sie kêh;
go contrary to correct doctrine.
  • kêh427646
  • To fend off; to ward off.
i kâi thûi khṳ̀ kêh khui i kâi to̤;
he warded off the knife with his club.
khîa ki pê-thâu tó̤ kio i kêh;
took a pitchfork and was warding it off with that.
cang tò̤ chíu khṳ̀ kêh khui i kâi kûn-thâu;
made use of his left hand to ward off the blows from their fists.
cêk ki ke-húe kêh i ku-ā ki;
warded off several weapons with one.


kek

  • kek392628
  • A lance with two points.
chieⁿ to̤ kìam kek;
spears, knives, swords, and lances.
sái kek;
wield a lance.
ūe-kek;
a halberd with a crescent shaped blade on the side.
  • kek393788
  • To leave to perish; to cast off.
hùaⁿ nâng kek tīo i;
they all repudiated him.
i kh̤t nâng kek tīo lío bŏi tit tńg lâi, tó̤ hṳ́-kò̤ sí khṳ̀;
being cast off by them, he could not return, and died there.
khṳt hieⁿ-lí hùe kek tīo, khṳ̀ kùe hwn;
being exiled by the people of his village, he went to foreign parts.
kek cíu;
to distill liquors.
kek cíu tháng;
brewers' vats.
cêk táu bí kek ŭ jîeh cōi cíu?
How much whiskey is made from one peck of rice?
  • kek3958513
  • To rouse the feelings; to impel; to excite; to vex; to beat on; to set back, as water; to turn a current.
kek i seⁿ khì;
makes him angry.
i m̄ năi nâng kek;
he cannot bear being irritated.
khṳt nâng cē kek tîeh i cū khṳ̀ cò̤;
if he is urged on by anybody he will go and do it.