Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khih
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khih
- cheng-khih;
- clean.
- sói kàu cheng-cheng khih-khih;
- wash it very clean.
- lṳ́ tîeh cang hiang-pûi-cău sói cìaⁿ cheng-khih;
- use scented soap to wash it with then it will be clean.
- cheng-khih sìeⁿ;
- clean looking.
- pŭaⁿ m̄ cheng-khih;
- you have not dusted it clean.
- cí khí tîeh soiⁿ cìm-phò̤ cìaⁿ sói tit cheng-khih;
- this must first be soaked up, then it will wash off.
- chûn cêk khih-kíaⁿ tīaⁿ;
- have only a little bit left.
- bô̤ khih-kíaⁿ-ni àiⁿ hìeⁿ-cōi cîⁿ!
- Wants so much money for that small quantity!
- khih-kíaⁿ mûeh cò̤ hìeⁿ kùi?
- How can that little bit of a thing be so costly?
- khih chùi;
- a hair lip.
- puah khih khṳ̀;
- the pot has a bit chipped out of it.
- m̄-hó̤ khà khih;
- do not knock out a bit, by hitting it against something.
- khṳt i cŭang khih kò̤-kíaⁿ-ni;
- he hit it and knocked out a little piece.
- a-cé kāng lṳ́ kă gûeh khih, a-cé kāng lṳ́ kă gûeh îⁿ;
- your sister will take you out and amuse you.
- kíaⁿ-jît sĭ câp-ngŏ, gûeh hŵn-lío cò̤-nî khih cêk kò̤-kíaⁿ?
- To-day is the fifteenth, why is it that the moon still lacks a little of being full?
- m̄-hó̤ tok khih;
- do not splinter it in cutting.
- nŏ̤ to̤ sie pìaⁿ, pit ŭ cêk to̤ khih;
- when two knives clash, one of them is sure to be nicked.
- i hía sĭ tok khih to̤ kâi;
- it is hard enough to turn the edge of a knife.
- khih tīo cêk kak khṳ̀;
- broke off a corner.
- kò̤ tī-hng khih-khih kak-kak;
- the outline of the ground is very irregular, all ins and outs.
- màiⁿ ka kàu khih-nih khih-nih;
- do not make a jagged edge in cutting it.