Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kheⁿ
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kheⁿ
- 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.