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  • 3401493
  • To record; to register; to fix in the mind.
i kâi mîaⁿ kì-lôk tŏ̤ kò̤;
his name is registered.
cò̤ kâi kì-hō̤;
make a written sign.
sìaⁿ cṳ tèng ŭ kì;
it is written in the holy books.
sí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ kiaⁿ tèng cò̤-nî kì?
What is written in the scriptures in regard to this?
úa īa-sĭ kíang kì saⁿ kùe cū pat;
if I read it over three times with my mind firmly fixed upon it I shall know it.
míen-kíang lâi kì;
force one's self to keep a thing in mind.
úa bûang-kì khṳ̀;
I have forgotten it.
kì-lĭam;
to bear in mind.
  • 339717
  • An adverb of time; when; since; already; a sign of the past tense.
kì sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū tîeh cai;
since it is thus, it is best to know it.
kì-jîen jû chṳ́, màiⁿ tàⁿ;
it being thus, say nothing about it.
ki sĭ thóiⁿ-kìn, cò̤-nî m̄ pat i?
Since you have seen him why do you not know him?
cía sǹg sĭ kì úang kâi sṳ̄;
this is something that is past and gone.
kì ŭ cí kâi sṳ̄ lṳ́ cò̤-nî m̄ tàⁿ?
Since this condition of things exists, why do you not say so?
kì-jîen sĭ hàuⁿ, cò̤-nî hŵn lío tó̤ tau khie?
Since he assents to it, why is he still putting impediments in the way?
kì-keng kuaⁿ-hú sím kùe kúi chṳ̀ cò̤-nî bŏi tît?
Seeing that the magistrate has already had the case before him several times why is it not settled?
  • 33812014
  • A line of succession in kindred; to continue on, as one taking the duties or place of another; to adopt an heir; successively; hereditary.
kì bó̤;
a step-mother, or an adopted mother.
kì sit;
a second wife.
sĭ kì chú kâi bó;
it is the wife that was taken in addition to one already married.
cêk kì bô̤ nŏ̤ kì;
only one can occupy the second place.
i kâi sòi kâi kíaⁿ kùe kì pun i a-hiaⁿ;
he passed his youngest son over to his elder brother, to be his heir.
i hṳ́ cêk pang-thâu kì m̄ phû, kàu kúi câp nî ău cìaⁿ kì tit khí;
that branch of the family did not increase in numbers through the adopted heir, until after several tens of years, when it flourished through the young clansmen adopted.
cí kâi kíaⁿ kì tit khí i a-pê kâi cì;
this son carries out his father's plans.
cía kì i a-pĕ kâi sṳ̄, kì m̄ khí;
this one is not able to fill his father's place.
  • 611047
  • A mole; black or red spots on the body.
i kâi mīn tèng cêk lîap kì;
she has a mole on her face.
sĭ o kì a sĭ âng kì?
Is it a black or a brown mole?
kì tèng kah nŏ̤ tîo mô̤ⁿ ho̤h tn̂g;
there are two long hairs growing from the mole.

  • 343758
  • The game of chess, played with thirty-two men; games similar to chess.
nán lâi teh kî;
let us play chess.
sĭ àⁿ teh chĭeⁿ-kî, a teh ûi-kî?
Shall we play chess or draughts?
ûi-kî;
a game played with 360 pieces, on a board with 361 squares.
kî pō;
the moves in chess.
cí pō kî tōiⁿ căi;
that was a first rate move.
cí pō kî kîaⁿ khṳ̀ kàu, cū cîah tîeh i cêk lîap;
by this move you will take one of his men.
phah kî-kêk, kîaⁿ pō sĭ âng soiⁿ, o ău;
in laying out a game of chess, the red moves first, and the black next.
úa pái kâi kî kêk lṳ́ phah;
I will lay out a problem in chess for you to solve.
tāⁿ cêk pō, kî tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ cū su;
if you make but one false move you will lose the game.
i âi kî ío tōiⁿ, lṳ́ kâi kî teh i m̄ kùe;
he is a better player than you, and you cannot win the game against him.
lṳ́ ŭ kî-pûaⁿ li bô̤ kî-cí, úa ŭ kî-cí li bô̤ kî-pûaⁿ;
you have a chess-board, but no men: I have chess-men, but no board.
taⁿ cí cêk tieh kî cū cûah tōa-bó-mûeh;
this set of chess-men now lacks ever so many of being complete.
lṳ́ kâi kî hó̤ nĭe i ŭ cêk lîap cí;
in the game played you should give him a man.
phàⁿ-kî īa ŭ sîn sien pō;
even in the game of fox-and-geese there are deep moves.
hûa kî;
a drawn game.
âng sèng;
the red won.
cêk hù kî cí;
a set of chess-men.
kî bô̤ chîang kun;
one does not repeatedly check with the same move.
i kâi kî sí lío;
he is check-mated.
  • 3447010
  • A flag, a banner, a standard.
kî-kuaⁿ;
a flag staff.
cêk ki kî;
a flag.
kî-jîn;
bannermen.
kî-kūaⁿ táu;
an ornament at the top of a flagstaff.
seng kî;
hoist a flag.
kî līu khí khṳ̀ a būe?
Is the flag run up yet?
lṳ́ thóiⁿ kî cêng lô̤h a būe;
see whether the flag is hauled down yet or not.
cí ki kî tōa ki, o̤h līu;
this flag being large is difficult to hoist.
cheng tău kî;
a banner borne ahead, to clear the way for a procession.
i kâi kî sĭ sĭm-mih hō̤?
What is the device on his banner?
kî-chì pái-lîet kàu chīam-chīam;
flags and streamers ranged at symmetrical distances.
i kâi cûn chah ŭ kî;
their boat carries a flag.
i tó̤ khîa cóng tūi kî;
he carries the regimental flag.
sì-pang kî;
oblong flags.
saⁿ-kak kî;
triangular flags.
kî-lĕng thiaⁿ;
the head-quarters of the commander.
hue-kî-kok;
a common name for the United tates.
Stăi-cheng-kok kâi kî-hō̤ sĭ ēng saⁿ-kak n̂g kî, tìn-tang ūe lêng kâi;
the Chinese flag is a yellow triangular one, with a dragon in the centre.
ngŏ sek kî;
a many colored flag.
nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ cùe àiⁿ kă khîa tōa kî