Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khip

by Adele Marion Fielde

khip

• 級khip3941204
• A grade; a degree in office.

i sĭ sĭm-mih pín khip?

Of what grade is he?

kia ke saⁿ khip;

promoted three grades.

cêk khip cêk khip khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ seng;

gradually advanced a grade at a time.

in-ûi gō kong sṳ̄ kàng khip;

degraded on account of mistakes in public business.

kàng khip, thîo ēng;

degrade in rank and send elsewhere for use.

• 吸khip203304
• To inhale.

khip i kâi khì;

breathe its exhalations.

khip cêk kâi khùi tn̂g-tn̂g;

draw in a very long breath.

khùi cêk ē khip-jîp cĭu àiⁿ thìaⁿ;

when I draw in my breath it hurts me.

cêk u cêk khip;

one exhalation of breath to one inhalation.

• 汲khip394854
• To draw forth; to imbibe; to head, as doctrine or example.

i cong jît hûang-hûang khip-khip, to sĭ ēng kang;

he gives earnest heed the whole day long, and is very diligent.

i cò̤ sṳ̄ hûang-hûang khip-khip, khṳ̂n-kṳ́n căi;

he does things heedfully, and is very earnest and attentive.

• 兢khîp4051012
• Cautious; wary; solicitous, lest a thing miscarry.

kìⁿ-tîeh nĕ khîp-khîp;

became very apprehensive on seeing it.

kiaⁿ kàu khîp-khîp;

wary through dread.

khîp-khîp, m̄ káⁿ tin-tăng;

dare do nothing, for fear of results.