Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khueh
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khueh[edit]
- khueh-gî;
- a mental reservation.
- cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ chíaⁿ khueh-gî pàng kò̤;
- do not giye this full credence at once.
- cí phien cṳ khíong-ùi sĭ ŭ khueh-bûn;
- I fear this leaf has a hiatus in the
text.
- cí phien bûn-cieⁿ íⁿ-keng khueh mîaⁿ khṳ̀, m̄ cai tī-tîang kâi;
- this essay wants the signature and I do not know whose it is.
- cí kù cṳ kâi ngĭ khueh;
- the meaning of this passage is lost.
- cho̤ kàn jīm cū àiⁿ sīa khueh;
- on arriving at one’s post, one makes obeisance (toward the Imperial Palace).
- hṳ́ kâi tī-hng sĭ káng khueh a sĭ hwn khueh?
- Is that station reckoned as an easy or as a hard post?
- m̄ sĭ, sĭ tong khueh;
- it is neither, it is an ordinary post.
- m̄ pí cí-kò̤ sĭ ìo khueh, īa sĭ tōa khueh;
- it is not so important a post as this, but it is an important one.
- lṳ́ sĭ pó tī-tîang kâi khueh?
- Whose place are you supplying?
- khui khueh;
- to resign, to leave a vacancy.
- táng tī kò̤ ŭ chut khueh cìaⁿ hó̤ úi sŭ;
- wait till there is a vacancy, then take the place.
- cía sǹg sĭ hó̤ khueh;
- this is a good situation.
- cí kâi khueh-hun hó̤ căi;
- this is a lucrative office.
- khó khueh;
- a difficult place to fill.
- síe khueh;
- an unimportant office.
- i hŭam ŭ khueh-hŵt to sĭ i tó̤ cìo-kù i;
- in whatever he is deficient, he is always aiding him.
- chê thóiⁿ ŏi khueh cíe sĭm mûeh;
- examine and see whether anything is lacking.
- seng-lí ŏi khueh pńg a bŏi?
- Do you lack capital for your business.
- khueh khìam;
- to be short of.
- i hŵn-lío khueh úa cêk choiⁿ ngṳ̂n;
- he still owes me a thousand dollars.
- bŏi khueh-khìam;
- there is no deficiency.
- bô̤ khueh bô̤ khìam li bô̤ cò̤ pĕ kíaⁿ, bô̤ ṳn bô̤ ẁn li bô̤ cò̤ ang cía;
- without some short comings there is not full opportunity for the exercise of parental and filial love, without grievance and forgiveness there is not true conjugal devotion.