Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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kheⁿ
- 坑kheⁿ323324
- A pit; a gulch; a quarry.
- kheⁿ khàm;
- a pit.
- suaⁿ kheⁿ;
- a ravine.
- hām kheⁿ;
- a pitfall.
- cí tîo kheⁿ cúi chông tī kò̤ lâi?
- Where does the water of this creek come from?
- sì chù kâi kheⁿ kau cúi lóng-cóng múaⁿ;
- the creeks and ditches are everywhere full to overflowing.
- cêk pôiⁿ sĭ kĭa suaⁿ, cêk pôiⁿ sĭ chim kheⁿ;
- on one hand is a steep hillside, and on the other a deep gorge.
- láu kheⁿ īⁿ;
- an ink stone made from a water-worn pebble.
- híam-híam pûah lô̤h kheⁿ;
- come near falling into the trench.
- cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n chut khó kheⁿ;
- hardly earned money.
- pûah lô̤h ngṳ̂n kheⁿ, tô̤h bô̤ ngṳ̂n mêⁿ;
- tumbled into a silver mine, and did not pick up a bit of silver.
- jû tó̤ khǹg kheⁿ cêk īeⁿ;
- a game like “magic music.”
- thūn kheⁿ;
- fill up a pit.
- kheⁿ cúi ki-ki lâu;
- the brook gurgles on.
kheh
- 鵲kheh9981968
- The pie, jackdaw and similar birds.
- kheh-cío;
- the magpie.
- kheh-cío lâi pò̤ hí;
- the magpie comes to bring good tidings; is a bird of good omen.
- kheh-cío mîaⁿ-ke co̤h tàu;
- the magpie is skillful in the construction of a nest.
- 客kheh429406
- A guest; a stranger; an alien; a customer.
- ŭ nâng-kheh lâi;
- a visitor has come.
- àiⁿ khṳ̀ cò̤ nâng-kheh;
- am going out to pay a visit.
- hiah kheh tìam;
- put up, at an inn.
- i sĭm sĭ hó̤ kheh-chêng;
- he is very hospitable.
- tê-kheh;
- a tea-buyer or a guest who is fond of tea.
- kheh-hùe;
- goods belonging to another person placed here on sale.
- kheh-pâng;
- guest-room.
- nâng kheh thiaⁿ;
- a reception room.
- kheh-nâng; kheh-ke;
- Hakkas.
- kheh ūe;
- the Hakka dialect.
- kheh cûn;
- a Hakka boat.
- chíaⁿ nâng-kheh;
- invite company.
- chui kheh;
- to hasten a guest in coming.
- sàng kheh;
- accompany a guest a short distance when he departs.
- pûe kheh;
- entertain a guest.
- siang kheh;
- traders.
- kheh tī;
- a trading post.
- i tó̤ tng cîah kheh;
- he is a hanger on.
- màiⁿ seⁿ kheh thàu;
- do not stand upon ceremony; make yourself at home.
- pài kheh;
- make a call.
- to sĭ kîaⁿ kheh soiⁿ pài cŏ̤ kheh;
- the latest comer pays the first visit.
- cí-hûe tó̤ hŭe kheh;
- is just now receiving a guest.
- sin kheh;
- a new comer.
- lău kheh;
- one who has been in the place for a long time.
- lău hwn kheh;
- one who has long been in foreign parts.
- cih kheh;
- to welcome a guest.
- i tó̤ cih-tah nâng-kheh;
- she is receiving visitors.
- i kâi hâng míen-ēng tîeh kheh cîⁿ;
- that firm has no need to borrow money from outsiders.
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khek
- 擊khek3956413
- To attack; to rush upon.
- cèng nâng hŭe côi kong khek i;
- they all met in a body and charged upon him.
- îu-khek;
- a lieutenant-colonel.
- 刻khek430186
- To carve; to chisel; to sculpture; the eighth part of a Chinese hour, or fifteen minutes; a little while; oppressive; griping.
- tio-khek;
- to carve.
- khek ngó-sìang;
- carve images.
- khek jī;
- engrave letters.
- khîeh khṳ̀ khek-ìn-phò kò̤ khek;
- take it to the engraver and get it engraved.
- khek kâi mîaⁿ phìen;
- engrave a stamp for stamping the name on visiting cards.
- khek lâi m̄ hīn;
- is not so cut as to give a clear impression.
- sĭ àiⁿ khek cò̤ châ-póiⁿ, a sĭ ēng în-póiⁿ?
- Will you use wooden blocks for printing it, or will you use lead type?
- cì-hûe sĭ sĭm-mih sî-khek?
- What time is it now?
- hăng sî hăng khek cū àiⁿ kâi;
- want it at exactly the set time.
- khek ĕ kâi kuang-kéng hó̤ mē?
- Are the immediate prospects good?
- sî-khek bô̤ hiah;
- incessant.
- put kùe ke cêk khek kâi kang-hu;
- there remains only what can be done in a very little while longer.
- cīeⁿ sî khek, ĕ sî khek;
- the first four quarters, in a Chinese hour, or the last four.
- khek-pô̤h;
- harrassing.
- i khek-pô̤h căi;
- he is very cross.
- 曲khek458732
- Crooked; tortuous; lyrics; ditties.
- i kâi jī sía lâi in-wn khit-khek;
- he has written the characters all out of line.
- khek lâi khek khṳ̀;
- winding to and fro.
- khek ho̤h cōi khek cìaⁿ kàu;
- after many turns this way and that we arrived there.
- wn-khek;
- crooked.
- i kâi sim câp wn poih khek, m̄ tît;
- he is very disingenuous, and not at all straight-forward.
- i khek-khek tó̤ ût;
- he sleeps all doubled up.
- khek chíu khek kha;
- a deformed arm or foot.
- mô̤ⁿ khek-khek;
- curly hair.
- i tó̤ chìe khek;
- he is singing ballads.
- i kâi khek páng hó̤;
- he sings his songs in a pleasant tune.
- hó̤ thiaⁿ kùe lâng-thâng khek;
- pleasanter to hear than songs in a provincial dialect.
kheng
- 傾kheng408911
- To assay; to smelt; to test.
- cí kâi sĭ kheng ngṳ̂n kâi lô;
- this is a furnace for smelting silver.
- i tó̤ khui kheng-si-phò;
- he keeps an assayer's office.
- sĭ chŵn tó̤ kheng ûang pó̤ kâi;
- it is one where nothing but silver shoes are smelted.
- kheng-tîeh câp-cok;
- ascertained by assaying it that it was wholly pure.
- kheng chut lâi saⁿ sîaⁿ
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