Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khiang
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khiang
- lî hiang put lî khiang;
- when one leaves his village he does not leave its mode of speech behind him.
- hàm i màiⁿ tó̤ cuang khiang;
- tell him not to adopt an affected style of speaking.
- i sĭ tó̤ cuang khiang kâi; he has an
affected manner of speaking.
- khà khiang;
- to sound anything which rings.
- khà thóiⁿ ŏi khiang a bŏi;
- tap it and see whether it will ring.
- khà tîeh khiang-khiang híang, cóng bŏi pit;
- it rings loudly when tapped, it is not cracked at all.
- i cí-hûe khîang-càng căi;
- he is now very robust.
- in pí ún kèng khîang;
- they are more powerful than we.
- cí-kò̤ bô̤ lŭn khîang jîak;
- here we do not consider whether one is strong or weak.
- sĭ khîang-tău a sĭ chîap-châk?
- Is it a highwayman or a thief?
- i kâi kun-sṳ̆ hùe m̄ ká khîang bói khîang bōi;
- their soldiery do not resort to intimidation in buying or in selling.
- i cìeⁿ-seⁿ sĭ sĭ-khîang khi-hŭ nâng;
- he thus relies on force regardless of right in dominating people.
- i kâi sèⁿ-chêng kang-khîang, bŏi jîu-jîak;
- his disposition is arbitrary not yielding.
- khîang chíeⁿ
- take by force.
- khîang kang
- rape.
- khîang khṳt
- to beg, with threats of violence.
- a-tĭ khîang kùe a-hiaⁿ
- the younger brother overbears the elder.