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Kaleidoscope,
n.
  1. 萬花筒, mán꜅ ꜀fá t‘ung*, or ꜁t‘ung.
    Class. 個, ko꜄.
Keep,
v.
  1. (to detain), 留, ꜁laú; 留翻, ꜁laú ꜀fán; 留住, ꜁laú chü꜅.
  2. (to put by), 收埋, ꜀shaú ꜁mái.
  3. (to always have), 常有, ꜁shöng ꜃yaú; 時時有, ꜁shí ꜁shí ꜃yaú.
  4. (as a feast day, or birthday), 做, tsò꜅.
    To keep a feast, 做節, tsò꜅ tsit˳
    To keep New Year, 做年, tsò꜅ ꜁nín.
    To keep a birthday, tsò꜅ ꜀sháng (or ꜀shang) yat꜇.
  5. (to retain, to file.), 存, ꜁ts‘ün.
  6. (to rear, as pigs, poultry, etc.), 養, ꜃yöng.
  7. (to observe), 守, ꜂shaú.
    To keep the sabbath, 守安息, ꜂shaú ꜀on sik꜆.
    Keep quiet, 咪出聲, ꜃mai ch‘ut꜆ ꜀sheng†.
    To keep on the person, 擠身上, ꜀chai ꜀shan shöng꜅; 擠身嚟, ꜀chai ꜀shan ꜁lai.
  8. (to watch sheep), 牧(羊), muk꜇ (꜁yöng), 看, ꜀hòn; 睇, ꜂t‘ai.
  9. (a woman), 包女人, ꜀páú ꜃nui yan*
    Are you a kept woman? 你係有人包你嘅冇呢? ꜃Néi hai꜅ ꜃yaú ꜁yan ꜀páú ꜃néi ke꜄ ꜃mò ꜀ni?
Kernel,
n.
  1. 核, wat꜇; 仁, ꜁yan, or, ꜁ngan.
    Class. 個, ko꜄.
Kerosene,
n.
  1. 火水, ꜂fo ꜂shui.
Kettle,
n.
  1. 煲, ꜀pò.
    Tea kettle, 茶煲, ꜁ch‘á ˳pò*
    Class. 個, ko꜄.
Key,
n.
  1. (of a lock), 鎖匙, ꜂so ꜁shí. Sometimes 匙, ꜁shí, is used alone.
    Class. 條, t‘íú.
  2. (in music), 首音, ꜂shaú ˳yam*.
Key-hole,
n.
  1. 鎖匙眼, ꜂so ꜁shí ꜃ngán.
    Class. 個, ko꜄.
Kick,
n.
  1. 踢, t‘ek˳†.
    To give him a kick, 踢佢一踢, t‘ek˳ ꜃kui yat꜆ t‘ek˳.
Kick,
v.
  1. 踢, t‘ek˳†.
    Kick back again, 踢翻, t‘ek˳ ꜀fán.
Kid,
n.
  1. 山羊仔, ꜀shán ꜁yöng ꜂tsai.
    Class. 隻, chek˳.
Kidnap,
v.
  1. 拐帶(人口), ꜂kwái tái꜄ (꜁yan ꜂haú).
Kidnapper,
n.
  1. 拐帶(人)嘅, ꜂kwái tái꜄ (꜁yan) ke꜄; or 拐帶人, ꜂kwái tái꜄ ꜁yan.
Kidney,
n.
  1. (of men), 內腎, noi꜅ shan꜅.
  2. (of animals), 腰子, ꜀yíú ꜂tsz
    Class. 個, ko꜄.
Kill,
v.
  1. (generally), 打死, ꜂tá ꜂sz; 整死, ꜂ching ꜂sz.
  2. (to decapitate), 殺, shát˳; 殺頭, shát˳ ꜁t‘aú, or t‘aú* Page:The Cantonese Made Easy Vocabulary.pdf/130 Page:The Cantonese Made Easy Vocabulary.pdf/131 Page:The Cantonese Made Easy Vocabulary.pdf/132