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  • kṳn397500
  • A napkin; a kerchief.
chíu kṳn; kūaⁿ kṳn;
a handkerchief.
thâu kṳn;
a head-cloth.
thâu-tèng tà cêk kò̤ o kṳn;
wore a black head-cloth.
jìo-se tèng tùe kŭa cêk lîap o kṳn kho-hue;
on the crape was fixed such an ornament as elderly women usually wear on a black head-cloth.
so kṳn;
a plain herchief.
tang-îeⁿ kṳn;
a foreign kerchief.
  • kṳn418324
  • To equalize; to adjust; even; level.
pun lâi m̄ kṳn-pêⁿ;
they are not impartially distributed.
tăi-ke lâi kṳn hun;
come all of you and take equal shares.
kṳn sĭ ŭ iah kâi sṳ̄;
impartial adjustment is beneficial.
  • kṳ́n399911
  • Nothing over; hardly enough; scarcely; little short only; nothing more.
i kṳ́n sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
he said just this and nothing more.
úa kṳ́n lâi cêk hûe;
I came but once.
kṳ́n-kṳ́n kio i cò̤-pṳ̂ cîah cêk tńg tīaⁿ;
ate with him only once.
put kùe kṳ́n-kṳ́n kàu ēng;
have no more than barely enough.
kṳ́n sĭ i cai tīaⁿ, pât nâng m̄ cai;
he only knows, no one else knows.
  • kṳ́n39914911
  • Diligent; careful; vigilant; serious; attentive; respectful.
lṳ́ tîeh kṳ́n sim;
you must give your whole mind to it.
cang lói-mûeh khṳ̀ kṳ́n kŭ i;
take offerings and respectfully present them to him.
kṳ́n cun i kâi mĕng-lĕng;
sedulously attend to his orders.
  • kṳ́n399266
  • The nuptial wine cup.
kîaⁿ hâh-kṳ́n kâi lói;
perform the rite of partaking of the nuptial wine.
  • kṳ̀n40018411
  • A dearth of vegetables.
keⁿ-chài bô̤ siu-sêng kìe-cò̤ kṳ̀n;
when vegetables do not come to perfection there is said to be a vegetable famine.
ki-kṳ̀n kâi sî-hāu;
a time of dearth.
  • kṳ̀n1824421
  • To exert all one's strength; to struggle on.
i kâi lâk sòi, sĭ khak-khó kṳ̀n kâi, m̄ sĭ cò̤ tit lâi;
she has little strength, and it is done with great effort, it is not what she is really able to do.
úa thóiⁿ i ciu jît kṳ̀n kàu chám căi;
I see that he exerts himself painfully all day.
tàⁿ li tăng, lâk li bô̤, khak-sí-khó tó̤ kṳ̀n;
the burden is heavy, the strength gone, and he is struggling on as if for life.

  • kṳ̀n3171380
  • The third of the eight diagrams.
pok tîeh kâi kṳ̀n khùe;
cast the eighth diagram when divining.
  • kṳ̂n6371514
  • To congeal; to coagulate; to curdle; to stiffen; to freeze.
cē lā chìn cū kṳ̂n;
as soon as it cools it will stiffen.
íⁿ-keng kṳ̂n mīn;
has already stiffened on the surface.
kṳn kàu kò̤;
the fat has stiffened and formed a single lump.
chìn kàu în kṳ̂n-tàng;
so cold that the oil has become solid.
thiⁿ-sî jṳ̂ah, nêk-thng phû lío, bŏi kṳ̂n-tàng;
when the weather is hot, the soup does not stiffen after being cooked.
  • kṳ̆n651306
  • The gizzard.
koi kṳ̆n, ah kṳ̆n, gô̤ kṳ̆n;
the gizzards of chickens, ducks, and geese.
chá kuaⁿ kṳ̆n;
fried gibblets.
  • kṳ̆n4011624
  • Near in time or place; to draw close to; adjoining.
kṳ̆n-kṳ̆n nē;
close at hand.
i kṳ̆n jît cìaⁿ lâi;
he came not long since.
úa kṳ̆n sî cìaⁿ lâi;
I came lately.
ciang kṳ̆n àiⁿ hó̤ lío;
it will very soon be finished.
kṳ̆n hái kâi tī-hng;
regions near the sea.
kṳ̆n-lâi ŭ sĭm-mih sin bŭn?
What news is there of late?
cía sĭ tŏ̤ cí kṳ̆n nî cìaⁿ sin khí lī;
these are the new regulations, established within the last few years.
tùi cí tîo lō ío kṳ̆n;
it is nearer to go by this road.
cŏ̤ kṳ̆n i sin-piⁿ;
sit close to him.
kîaⁿ kṳ̆n lō;
go the nearest way.
i kâi mâk kṳ̆n-sĭ;
she is near sighted.
cí kù ūe tàⁿ lâi ío kṳ̆n lí;
this is nearer the truth.
hn̆g kṳ̆n thŵn mîaⁿ;
spread its fame far and near.
lîn-kṳ̆n hieⁿ;
neighboring villages.
àiⁿ kîaⁿ kṳ̆n, tin-tò̤ hn̆g;
wanted to go by the nearest route, and went by the farthest instead.
hŭ-kṳ̆n kâi tī-hng;
adjacent land.
kṳ̆n tō;
the present generation.
i m̄ káⁿ kṳ̆n côiⁿ;
he dare not approach.
cía kâi nâng, hó̤ kio i chin-kṳ̆n;
this person is one we may affiliate with.
cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ i kâi sèⁿ ío kṳ̆n;
this is something that he would learn more easily, having a natural bent toward it.
thóiⁿ-kìⁿ li kṳ̆n, kîaⁿ tîeh cìaⁿ cai hn̆g;
it appeared to be close at hand, but on walking there we found it far off.
hn̆g chìo m̄ jû kṳ̆n phûh;
a strong friend far away is not so good as a weak one near by.
íen cúi kìu put tit kṳ̆n húe;
water that is distant cannot put out a fire close at hand.


kṳ̂t

  • kṳ̂t511158
  • Thick, stiff, viscid; close, compact.
nâng-mûeh nĕ kṳ̂t-kṳ̂t, cōi căi;
the crowd is