Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khia

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khia

  • khia344375
  • An odd number.
sĭ sang a sĭ khia?
Is it an even or an odd number?
khia jît màiⁿ thó̤, sang jît màiⁿ hâiⁿ, thĕng-thăi úa hwt châi li, cêk kâi hâiⁿ nŏ̤ kâi;
on the odd days of the month you do not dun, on the even days I do not pay: wait till I get rich and then I will pay you double.
khia jît;
a common designation of the seventh day after death, when the spirit is supposed to leave the body.
khia-pô̤h;
scrawny; meager.
i a-tĭ seⁿ lâi khia-pô̤h, m̄ kău-tăng;
his younger brother is very scrawny, not plump.
i kâi phīⁿ khah khia-pô̤h;
his nose is too peaked.
ang-cía nŏ̤ nâng seⁿ lâi lóng-cóng khia-khia pô̤h-pô̤h;
husband and wife are both very thin.
  • khìa83212811
  • Elevated; high.
koiⁿ-thâu khìa-khìa;
high shouldered.
koiⁿ-thaû kûiⁿ-khìa kûiⁿ-khìa;
chuckle-headed.
hĭⁿ khìa-khìa;
ears attent; to prick up the ears.
i hĭⁿ khìa-khìa tó̤ thiaⁿ;
he is listening with his ears alert.
cí ciah káu cêk mêⁿ hĭⁿ khìa-khìa, lêng-ceng căi;
this dog keeps his ears pricked up all night, and is very watchful.
  • khîa3451878
  • To bestride; to ride on; to sit astride.
sĭ khîa bé lâi a cŏ̤ kīe lâi?
Did you come on horseback or in a sedan chair?
khîa cĭeⁿ bé sin cū tîeh pháu;
if you mount a horse you must ride him.
i mîaⁿ-ke khîa sīa;
he is expert in shooting at a mark from on horseback.
khîa gû;
bestride an ox.
khîa bé cŏ̤;
sit astride.
khîa koi bé;
ride on one's shoulder.
  • khîa7771178
  • To erect; to set up; to establish.
khîa kî;
to plant a flag.
khîa kî-kuaⁿ;
to raise a flag staff.
khîa ûi;
to set up a mast in a vessel.
khîa nŏ̤ ki cîeh cek tŏ̤ phûn-mŏⁿ côiⁿ;
set two stone candles in front of the grave.
khîa sĭm-mih kî hō̤?
What flag do they fly?
khîa thĭo;
erect a pillar.
khîa têng;
raise a portal.
i khîa kò̤ cîeh pi tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤ cò̤ tī-kài;
he set a slab of stone there to mark the boundary.
  • khîa47328
  • To hold in the hand, as one holds a rod, or carries an umbrella.
pit tîeh khîa sì-cìaⁿ sì-cìaⁿ;
the pen must be held straight.
cêk nâng khîa to̤, cêk nâng khîa chieⁿ;
one carried a knife and the other a spear.
khîa sìⁿ;
carry a fan.
khîa kúai-cĭang;
carry a cane.
  • khîa345464
  • Ambiguous.
sang-khîa-bé ūe;
language susceptible of two different interpretations.
i to bô̤ tît-tît tàⁿ, to sĭ tàⁿ sang-khîa-bé ūe;
he never speaks in a straight forward way, but always uses language having two meanings.
  • khĭa131175
  • To stand; to stop.
khĭa khui cē;
stand further off.
khĭa khí lâi;
get up and stand still.
khĭa tît-tît;
stand up straight.
khĭa sì-cìaⁿ sì-cìaⁿ;
stand erect.
tīam-tīam khĭa;
stand perfectly still.
khĭa tŏ̤ cêk pôiⁿ;
stand on one side.
khĭa tŏ̤ sang pôiⁿ;
ranged on the two sides.
ho̤h cōi nâng tŏ̤ sang pôiⁿ khĭa;
a great many people were standing on each side.
kîaⁿ sĭ kîaⁿ, khĭa sĭ khĭa;
if you walk, walk, and if you stand, stand; behave properly.
khĭa m̄ ún;
it does not stand firmly.
khĭa m̄ tùe;
it won't stand up.
khĭa kàu kha sng;
stood till tired.
khĭa îang khí lâi;
stand erect and hold up your head.
kha thìaⁿ bŏi khĭa;
his foot is so sore he cannot stand upon it.
bŏi khĭa kú;
cannot stand long.
khĭa tŏ̤ suaⁿ téng mō̤ⁿ sì-phìⁿ;
stood on the hill top and looked all around.
bŏi cŏ̤ bŏi khĭa;
can neither sit nor stand.
khĭa tīam tó̤ táng;
stood still and waited.
khĭa tīam cē;
stop a moment.
khĭa tŏ̤ mn̂g kha tó̤ thóiⁿ nâng;
stood at the door looking at people.
  • khĭa437445
  • To reside; to live in a place; to remain stationary.
i bô̤ sṳ̄, khĭa-khí tŏ̤ chù;
he has no business requiring his attention and he stays at home.
m̄ cai i khĭa-khí tŏ̤ tī kò̤;
I do not know where he is staying.
i àiⁿ khṳ̀ móng kò̤ khĭa-khí;
he is going to a certain place to live.
i ŭ tŏ̤ hṳ́ khĭa ke a bô̤?
Has he settled his family there?
i soiⁿ-tiang-sî khĭa-khí tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤;
he formerly resided there.
bô̤ kò̤ khĭa-khí;
has no place of abode.
tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤ khĭa ŭ nî gūa lío;
has been there over a year already.
  • khīa7771178
  • Upright; perpendicular.
pàng khīa, màiⁿ pàng sia;
set it upright, not inclining.
màiⁿ pàng khīa, pàng i ût lô̤h khṳ̀;
do not set it upright, lay it down.