Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kia
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- kia ke cêk cho̤h;
- put in some more.
- kia-hong i kâi kuaⁿ;
- promote him in office.
- ŭ kia bô̤ kíam;
- there is increase, but no diminution.
- sĭ kia it thiu a sĭ kia jī thiu?
- Is it to be increased by one tenth or by by two?
- cía sĭ kia hâm kâi, m̄ sĭ sît ceh;
- this is his nominal rank, not his real office.
- kia ṳn;
- confer favor.
- kia ceng;
- to superimpose.
- ŭ sĭm-mih kia im?
- What good news is there?
- lṳ́ kâi kia cak khîeh lâi khṳt úa pài thâk cē;
- bring your elegant composition and let me have the reading of it.
- i kâi bĭ sĭm kia;
- its flavor is very fine.
- kia-jîn phûe châi-cṳ́;
- a beautiful lady matched with a talented man.
- cĭam jîp kia kéng;
- gradually enter into the beautiful scenery of the region.
- cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sît căi khó̤ kia;
- this is really praiseworthy.
- chîo-thêng cêng kia-cìang i kâi kong-lâu;
- the government commended his public spirit.
- lṳ́ kía-jû àiⁿ lâi li soiⁿ tàⁿ;
- should you make up your mind to come, then let us know beforehand.
- kía-sái i ā m̆ le cò̤-nî nē?
- Supposing that he will not do it, what then?
- kía chíu khṳt pât nâng cò̤;
- transfer it to another person, that he may do it.
- thiⁿ kía cṳ ŵn;
- heaven gave the chance.
- hû kía hóⁿ ui;
- the fox takes advantage of the tiger's majesty.
- kò kía;
- ask leave of absence.
- kía-jîak ā-sĭ ŭ lṳ́ àiⁿ mē?
- If there should be some, do you want them?
- kía múaⁿ lío;
- his furlough has expired.
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- To hand over to another to carry ; to deliver into the charge of another; to remain awhile in a house.
- kìa sìn;
- send a letter.
- cí kò̤ sìn khîeh khṳ̀ kìa;
- take this letter and post it.
- lú àiⁿ kìa sìn khṳ̀ chù mē? àiⁿ li, úa kò̤ sìn thòa kìa lṳ́;
- Are you going to send a letter home? If so, I will send one along with it.
- lṳ́ cīeⁿ jît kìa kâi sìn, úa cih tîeh lío;
- I have received the letter you sent the other day.
- lṳ́ ŭ tah kha nâng hó̤ kìa mē?
- Have you given it to any one to post?
- lṳ́ cīeⁿ jît sĭ kìa câp níe ngṳ̂n lâi a m̄ sĭ?
- You sent ten taels the other day did you not?
- úa hŵn-lío kìa ŭ nŏ̤ kĭaⁿ mûeh tŏ̤ kò̤, cò̤-nî bô̤ siu tîeh?
- I sent two articles besides, and why were they not also received?
- cí kò̤ sìn khîeh khṳ̀ kìa húe-cûn, cí kò̤ kìa tō-cûn, cí kò̤ kìa pàng sìn-kêk-kò̤;
- take this letter and put it on board the steam-boat to be carried, take this one and forward it by the ferry boat, and take this one and put it in the post-office.
- i kìa kháu sìn lâi kāng úa tàⁿ;
- he sent a letter to tell me.
- lṳ́ īa àiⁿ khṳ̀ li úa àiⁿ kìa-hṳ̄ lṳ́ nŏ̤ kṳ̀ ūe;
- if you are going I want to entrust a short message to you to carry.
- úa cí kĭaⁿ mûeh kìa tho̤h lṳ́;
- I entrust this to you to carry.
- cí kĭaⁿ mûeh sĭ pât nâng kìa bōi kâi;
- this is something some one else commissioned me to sell.
- nâng kìa úa bói cho̤h mûeh būe cêng bói;
- some one asked me to buy some things for him, which I have not yet bought.
- i ŭ kìa cîⁿ khṳ̀ chṳ̀ mē?
- Has he sent any money home?
- nâng kìa ŭ kò̤ phoi khṳt lṳ́;
- some one has sent an epistle to you.
- kìa kò̤ hwn phoi khṳt i a-hiaⁿ;
- dispatch a foreign letter to his brother.
- kìa ui;
- send paper clothing to a departed friend, by the spirit of one who has more lately died.
- kìa-ngŏ̤ tŏ̤ i hâng lăi;
- lodge temporarily in his warehouse.
- i sǹg sĭ kìa kṳ kâi;
- he is a transient visitor.
- cí kâi suaⁿ kĭa, o̤h peh;
- this mountain is steep, and hard to climb.
- kùe kàu cí kâi kĭa-kĭa kâi nía;
- crossed to this abrupt descent.
- kĭa-khàm;
- a precipice.
- cí tîo lō ío kĭa;
- this road is rather steep.
- kĭa kùe piah, peh căi tit khí?
- It is steeper than a partition wall, and how can it be climbed ?
- a-kong kĭa leh, m̄ cai sĭ ŭ khà sí sĭm-mûeh;
- the god of thunder is making an uproar, peradventure something has been killed.
- hó̤-hó̤ sĭ-sĭ lûi-kong kĭa leh;
- when there was nothing to indicate its coming, there was a sudden clap of thunder.
- a-kong àiⁿ kĭa leh lṳ́ tieh cai;
- it is going to thunder and I forewarn you.