Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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- 恰khap357616
- Opportunely; to the purpose; fitly.
- cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤ cū khap tàng;
- that is just the thing to do.
- khap hó̤ ngŏ̤ tîeh móng nâng lâi cìaⁿ cai;
- it happened very opportunely that a certain person just then came and made the thing known to us.
- cò̤ kàu khap hó̤ kâi ūi-chṳ̀;
- prepared a suitable place.
- 闔khap21816910
- The whole; the entire body of.
- khap kun kong khi;
- the whole department unites in this public notice.
- khap ip kâi sin sṳ̆ lóng-cóng khṳ̀ lâu jīm;
- all the gentry and literati of the place have gone to perform the duties of their offices.
- 磕khâp43011210
- To hit against.
- khâp thâu; khâp thâu khâp hîah;
- bumped their heads together.
- khâp saⁿ ē thau;
- lay the forehead on the floor three times.
- pûah lô̤h khṳ̀ khâp tîeh mīn;
- fell and hit his face.
- ŏi khâp hueh lâu a bŏi?
- Did the concussion cause bleeding?
- i kâi thâu khâp kàu kâi ăⁿ;
- he bumped his head so hard as to make a bruise.
- 兢khâp4051012
- To fear; to forbear from; cautious.
- kiaⁿ kàu khap-khap-sih;
- in an agony of fear.
- 扻khâp315644
- To strike, to knock.
- nŏ̤ nâng khâp thóiⁿ tī-tîang îaⁿ;
- they are seeing which of the two can out-do the other in a fight.
khau
- 鬮khau41219117
- A lot, made of wood or paper.
- sía cò̤ kúi lîap khau lâi khieh cū bô̤ sṳ-phiⁿ;
- write a few lots and draw from them, then there will be no partiality shown.
- liam khau;
- draw lots.
- jûe khau;
- make lots by twisting slips of paper.
- koih khau;
- pick out a lot with chopsticks.
- lṳ́ kâi khau sĭ khieh tîeh sĭm-mûeh?
- What did you draw, as your lot?
- khau tháu-khui lâi thóiⁿ sĭ khieh tîeh tì-kò̤?
- When you tore open your lot and saw what was written therein, to what place did it assign you?
- khieh khau, khieh tîeh úa lâi khṳ̀;
- drew lots, and in the drawing I got the one which indicated who was to go.
- hṳ́ kâi tī-hng kâi khau khieh tîeh tī-tîang?
- To whom did the lot which had the name of that place written on it, fall.
- khṳ̀ láu-îaⁿ kò̤ lok khau;
- go before the god and shake the lots.
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- 搔khau7266410
- To scratch; to claw; to rake with the nails or claws.
- khau phùa phûe;
- clawed so as to tear the skin.
- khṳt i khau kàu nŏ̤ saⁿ tîo hûn;
- was scratched by him so as to leave two or three marks of the nails.
- khau kàu ku-ā lêh;
- scratched him and left several scratches.
- khau kò̤ thâu-khíu kâi i sak lô̤h khṳ̀;
- scratch off a fleck of dandruff and stop the orifice with it.
- khau-thâu-khak;
- to scratch the head.
- 芤khau3311404
- The hollow culm of a species of onion.
- mêh khau;
- a medical term for an irregular pulse, which is thought to be hollow like an onion stalk.
- i kâi mêh khau, cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ sĭ sit hueh kâi mêh;
- her pulse is irregular, and is plainly like the pulse of one who has lost blood.
- 口kháu331300
- The mouth; an opening; a pass; a gap; verbally; by word; a classifier.
- ŭ jîeh cōi nâng kháu?
- How many persons are there?
- chê nâng-teng hŏ-kháu;
- take a census.
- hó̤ kháu-châi;
- fluent in speech.
- kháu cîah;
- food.
- kháu sĭ, sim hui;
- the mouth assents, while the heart dissents.
- phài i khṳ̀ khĭa kháu cṳ́;
- depute him to attend to affairs at that port.
- toaⁿ sĭ cîah nŏ̤ kháu hun tīaⁿ, pât sṳ̄ m̄ káⁿ;
- only smoke two pipes of opium, and would dare do no other [unlawful] thing.
- pak kháu gūa;
- beyond the Great Wall.
- hái cúi kháu;
- an estuary.
- káng kháu;
- a harbour.
- kháu hō̤;
- a vocal signal, a password.
- kio i kháu kak;
- disputed with him.
- kháu nîe;
- rations.
- kháu bît, pak kìam;
- with honeyed words, and harmful designs.
- i kìa kháu-sìn lâi tàⁿ;
- he sent a verbal message.
- i nâng kâi ke-kháu khuah;
- they have a large family.
- àng chùi-kháu;
- the mouth of a jar.
- hâm khang-kháu;
- the mouth of a sewer.
- cŭ tŏ̤ mn̂g kha kháu;
- stopped just outside the door.
- hāng kháu;
- the end of the lane.
- phak tŏ̤ i hĭⁿ-khang-kháu kò̤ tàⁿ;
- bent over whispering in his ear.
- kháu lĕng;
- oratory.
- káng kháu;
- articulation.
- i kâi tûn âu kháu cîh tàⁿ khṳ̀ hun-mêng;
- his articulation is very distinct.
- cêk kháu phûn;
- a grave.
- kháu gṳ́;
- brogue; mode of speaking.
- ke cêk kháu, nà-nà cáu;
- with another mouth in the family, there are many more steps to be taken.
- khua-kháu;
- to boast.
- i hàuⁿ khua tōa kháu;
- he is very boastful.
- cía sĭ khua-kháu kâi ūe;
- this is braggadocio.
- cò̤ cêk kháu tī, cò̤ tīo cêk choiⁿ ngṳ̂n;
- spent a thousand dollars in making a burial place.
- hái-lô̤ sìu kháu;
- seal skin cuffs.
- ńg-kháu;
- the bottom of a sleeve; a cuff.
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