Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kiⁿ

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kìⁿ

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  • kìⁿ3401493
  • To note down; to record; to remember.
úa kìⁿ ŭ sìo tŏ̤ kò̤;
I have it written down in account.
cīeⁿ jît cí tîo sìo m̄ cai kìⁿ;
forgot the other day to enter this in account.
i ŏi kìⁿ sìo a bŏi?
Can he keep accounts?
màiⁿ khṳt i kìn tāⁿ khṳ̀;
do not err in recording it.
úa kìⁿ-tit to bô̤ li;
I recollect that there was none.
ŭ ā, sĭ lṳ̀ m̄ kìⁿ-tit khṳ́;
yes there was some, but you have forgotten it.
ci kâi nâng hó̤ kìⁿ-châi;
this person has a fine memory.
thóiⁿ kùe kâi cū cong-kú kìⁿ-tit;
what he has once seen, he always remembers.
úa kìⁿ-tit m̄ cheng-chó̤;
I do not perfectly recollect.
kìⁿ-tit tāⁿ khṳ̀;
mistook the fact in endeavoring to recall it.
i cn̂g kâi bô̤ kìⁿ-châi;
he has a very poor memory.
cĭu sî teng-kìⁿ cū bŏi lāu-tīo;
set it down at once then it will not slip your mind.
  • kìⁿ3851470
  • To see; to perceive by the senses; to notice and know what it is; to visit; an opinion; a mental view; appearance of; impressed by; seeing.
i lâi kìⁿ úa ;
he came to see me.
lṳ́ sĭ thìaⁿ-kìⁿ a thóiⁿ-kìⁿ?
Did you hear it, or see it?
úa li chin mâk thóiⁿ-kìⁿ, i li chin hĭⁿ thìaⁿ-kìⁿ;
I saw it with my own eyes, and he heard it with his own ears.
cá chut tău-thâi lâi sie pài ŭ kìⁿ a bô̤ kìⁿ?
The last time the Intendant of Circuit came, was he admitted to the presence of the one he came to visit?
míen kìⁿ;
“not at home;” to dispense with receiving a visitor.
úa cē kìⁿ mīn cū cai;
as soon as I saw his face, I knew.
lṳ́ ŭ hô̤ kau kìⁿ?
What is your opinion?
thóiⁿ m̄ kìⁿ, khîeh tieⁿ íⁿ lâi kúe kha cìaⁿ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;
could not see, and got a chair to stand on so that I could see.
m̄-hó̤ kìⁿ sin, bûang kū;
in seeing the new forget not the old.
cêk kìⁿ jû kū;
got acquainted at one interview.
lṳ́ khṳ̀ kàu tîeh kio i kìⁿ lói;
when you arrive you must go and pay your respects to him.
īa m̄ kìⁿ sĭm-mih hó̤;
I do not think it first rate.
ŭ nâng cò̤ kìⁿ-cèng a bô̤?
Is there any witness to it?
móng jît móng kuaⁿ khṳ̀ pǐ kìⁿ;
on a certain day a certain ofiicer was admitted to an audience.
cĭeⁿ kiaⁿ ín kìⁿ;
go to Peking to be presented at court.
i thóiⁿ tîeh kìⁿ gî;
to him it appeared suspicious.
m̄ khéng kìⁿ i;
would not admit him to his presence.
khó̤ kìⁿ lṳ́ sĭ tîeh, i sĭ m̄ tîeh;
it appears that you are right and he is wrong.
cĭu cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū hó̤ kìⁿ chut hó̤ tái;
thus its quality may be made apparent.
ău lâi cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ ŭ kìⁿ a bô̤?
Will there be any verification of this hereafter?
kìⁿ tîeh cū huaⁿ-hí;
when he saw it he was much pleased. m̄ kìⁿ mûeh kâi nâng;
the loser of the stolen goods.
mâk hue, thóiⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;
my eyes are dim, and I cannot see.
cẽ lău, hĭⁿ lâng căi, phah kòng chèng to thiaⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;
being old, is so very deaf that he would not hear if you were to fire off guns beside him.
i sĭ sĭeⁿ kìⁿ;
he has thought it out.
cía sṳ̃ cṳ̆-lâi m̄ pat bŭn-kìⁿ;
I never heard of such a thing before.
úa cá-mêⁿ māng-kìⁿ cêk kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
I dreamed something last night.
phīⁿ kìⁿ ŭ kâi bĭ;
smell an odor.
i sui-sĭ ang cía būe pat sie kìⁿ;
although they are husband and wife they have never yet seen each other.
lṳ́ pat sîeⁿ-kìⁿ mē?
Have you ever tasted it?
hŭam sṳ̄ to tiêh kìⁿ kiⁿ;
for everything there must be a perceptible opening.
mō̤ⁿ-kìⁿ;
look off and see.
mō̤ⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;
cannot see when gazing far off.
ke cêk jît cū kìⁿ suaⁿ;
in another day we shall see land.
cá chut cū mông kìⁿ, taⁿ cò̤-nî mông m̄ kìⁿ;
when I tried before I could feel it, why is it that I cannot now find it (as by feeling in the dark for it)?
khṳt úa jīn-kìⁿ;
was recognized by me.
cin kìⁿ cêk kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ chù-bī căi;
dreamed something very funny.
tùi-tùi khṳt úa ngŏ̤-kìⁿ;
was exactly hit upon by me.
phòng kìⁿ;
to chance upon.
cí tieⁿ keh bîe tit kìⁿ mē?
Can you follow the squares in this tracing paper?
cŭang kìⁿ;
came across him.
úa íⁿ-keng kìⁿ kùe;
I have seen it before.
úa li phīⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;
I do not smell it.
chūe kìⁿ mē?
Have you found it?
chūe m̄ kìⁿ;
I cannot find it.
úa tâng-cá to hieh-kìⁿ li;
a little while ago I saw it in turning over the leaves.
taⁿ cò̤-nî jw̆n púe, púe m̄ kìⁿ;
now however much I turn the leaves to and fro, I cannot find it again.
íam-kìⁿ;
peep at.
bîe-kìⁿ;
to pore over.
m̄ kìⁿ khṳ̀;
to disappear; gone from view.
cêk ki sî m̄-kìⁿ-khṳ̀;
one spoon is missing.
chîo kìⁿ;
hold audience.
cham-kìⁿ cīeⁿ-si;
visit a superior officer.
hak-kìⁿ;
visit a superior.
tŏ̤ sai-ĕ tàⁿ li mîaⁿ-ke căi, cē kìⁿ tn̂g cū cêk kù bŏi tàⁿ: i sĭ m̄ pat kìⁿ kuaⁿ;
in private he was very glib in telling about it, but as soon has he was brought into the presence of his superior he could say nothing: he had never before been before a magistrate.
kìⁿ kè kìⁿ câp gūa hûe;
had audiences with the emperor more than ten times.
cúi cheng, kìⁿ cîeh;
the water is so clear you can see the stones at the bottom.
hûn khui kìⁿ jît;
the clouds disperse and the sun appears.
ŏi tit kìⁿ i ka-kī cū hó̤;
if I could see him himself all would be well.
  • kîⁿ68616215
  • The margin, edge, brink, border, side, brim, boundary.
hái kîⁿ;
the sea-shore.
cúi kîⁿ;
water side.
khoi kîⁿ;
banks of the river.
tŏ̤ tî kîⁿ, tìeⁿhṳ̂;
on the margin of the pool, fishing with hook and line.
màiⁿ khĭa khah lím kîⁿ;
do not stand too near the brink.
i kîaⁿ tìn-tâng, i kîaⁿ sang kîⁿ;
one walked in the middle, and the other two walked on the two sides.
ceng kîⁿ;
the rim of a cup.
kim kîⁿ kâi pue;
gilt edged cups.
sì kîⁿ;
on all sides.
íe khah tĭⁿ, lâu chut úaⁿ kîⁿ;
dipped it too full and it ran over the edge of the bowl.
khîa thih-kîⁿ khṳ̀ koih;
take it up with the tongs.
i ki thih-kîⁿ khah tn̂g, khah áu chíu;
those tongs are too long, and are unhandy.