Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kit

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kit

  • 結kit3761206
  • To knit; to fasten; to set, as fruit; to tie; to bolt; to congeal; to fix; to bind by agreement.
kit bûeh;
to knit stockings.
kit măng;
to make netting.
mn̂g khang lâi kit;
close and bolt the door.
khîeh mûeh khṳ̀ kit;
take something and fasten it.
lṳ́ kâi cam kit pàng tĭ-kò̤?
Where have you stuck your needle?
khui hue kit cí;
blossom and bear fruit.
cí câng chīu kit ŭ jîeh cōi kúe-cí?
How much fruit does this tree bear?
ŏi khui hue bŏi kit sît;
it blossoms, but does not bear any fruit.
thóiⁿ ŭ sĭm-mih kit kúe;
see what results.
kit-pài cò̤ hiaⁿ-tĭ;
entered into a contract to become brothers.
i sĭ kio úa kit-pài cò̤ cí-mūe;
she has bound herself to be my sister.
kit-hwt hu chi; cháu thâu kit hwt;
a long married couple.
i íⁿ-kang tŏ̤ kuaⁿ mīn côiⁿ kŭ kit;
he has already certified to it before a magistrate.
sía kit-cn̄g; tng-tn̂g sía kit-cn̄g;
to write a certificate.
tîeh ŭ hieⁿ kuaⁿ kâi ìn kit, cîaⁿ hó̤ kîaⁿ;
there must be a certificate from the village magistrate, then it may go on.
táng i cē chìn cū kit tōiⁿ;
when it is cold it will stiffen and become hard.
chìn thiⁿ-sî cū kit tàng;
in cold weather it becomes solid.
kit cang;
fasten the coiffure.
  • 吉kit391303
  • Auspicious; felicitous; indicating success.
kit jît;
a lucky day.
kit sî;
an auspicious time.
ŭ kît jît īa tîeh ŭ kit sî lâi kah;
having ​found a lucky day, one must have a lucky hour to go with it.
tăi kit lĭ chĭ;
a good chance for a speculation.
hon̂g hiong hùe kit;
it happened that the evil omens changed to good ones.
kit jîn cū ŭ thien sìang;
prosperous people have the help of heaven.
tô̤h kit; phok kit;
seek a lucky omen.
cia sǹg sĭ kit sîang kâi mûeh;
this may be reckoned as a thing of good omen.
kit cheⁿ cìe lîam;
a happy star shines upon it.
khai ciang tăi kit;
may great prosperity attend the opening (of the shop, at New Year).
kit tī;
a favored spot.
kit hŵt;
a good place for a grave.
kit lói;
felicitous offerings.
kit-kéⁿ;
a common medicine for coughs, the root of the Platycodon grandifolium*.
kim kit;
the kumquat orange.
cía kit sĭ cip kaⁿ a m̆ sĭ?
This dwarf orange is grafted on the large orange is it not?
tîam kit;
small sweet oranges.
kit píaⁿ;
pressed oranges.
sì-khùi kit;
the nutmeg orange.
kit hông;
dried orange peel.
kîam kit;
pickled oranges.
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