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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • khâp4051012
  • To fear; to forbear from; cautious.
kiaⁿ kàu khap-khap-sih;
in an agony of fear.
  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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