Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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- 价kài36094
- One who assists; a waiter.
- thóiⁿ-tîeh cū sĭ hì-pêⁿ-téng kâi a-sĕng-kài;
- he appears to be a clown in a theatre.
- seⁿ-lâi kio kâi a-sĕng-kài cêk īeⁿ;
- he naturally looks like a clown.
- i ciu-jît to sĭ ūn thô, núa kài, hó̤ kâi màiⁿ i chēng;
- he is wallowing in the dirt all day long, so do not dress him in anything that is nice.
- 蚧kài3611424
- A red spotted lizard.
- kap-kài;
- a lizard which is used in medicine.
- khṳ̀ bói cêk tùi kap-kài lâi kap îeh;
- go and buy a couple of lizards to compound into medicines.
- toaⁿ-toaⁿ ēng kap-kài búe li jú-kèng ŭ khì-lâk;
- if only the tails of the lizards are used there is much more power in the medicine.
- 𩕭kài30918114
- The top of the head.
- thien-lêng-kài;
- the fontanel.
- phah-phùa i kâi thien-lêng-kài;
- broke his head.
- 芥kài3601404
- The mustard plant.
- cêk lîap kâi-cí;
- mustard seed.
- pêh kài-cí; kài-chài cí;
- white mustard seed.
- kài-lûah;
- prepared mustard.
- lṳ́ àiⁿ pẁn kài-lûah, a sĭ àiⁿ pẁn saⁿ-cham-cìeⁿ?
- Will you take mustard, or mixed condiments?
- 界kài3611024
- A frontier; limit; boundary.
- tī-kài;
- boundary of lands.
- tèng tī-kài;
- set a boundary.
- pīn cí-kò̤ ûi kài;
- run the boundary line along here.
- cîeh kài;
- a stone landmark.
- kau-kài kâi tī-hng;
- adjoining land.
- kio i sie kiam-kài;
- have the same line of boundary as he.
- cìeⁿ-seⁿ ŭ kâi kài hăng;
- thus there is a fixed limit.
- sì-kài;
- the world.
- kài chieh;
- a foot rule.
- 丐kài30713
- A mendicant; to ask alms.
- i khṳ̀ cò̤ khṳt-kài;
- he has become a beggar.
- ŭ cêk kâi khṳt-kài lâi thó̤ cîah;
- a beggar came to ask for something to eat.
- tōng kàu khṳ̀ cò̤ khṳt-kài;
- lazy enough to be brought to beggary.
- 廨kài3605313
- Rooms in a yamun.
- tang kong-kài, sai kong-kài;
- eastern or western public rooms in a yamun.
- 介kài36092
- To border on; conterminous.
- m̄ kài-ì;
- bear no grudge.
- úa chŵn bô̤ kài-ì cía sṳ̄;
- I have not laid up any grudge in this affair.
- i sĭang téng kài-ì;
- he is very resentful.
- kài tŏ̤ hó̤ m̄-hó̤ cṳ kang;
- it is on the border land between good and bad.
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- 解kài3591486
- To transfer to another post.
- i tèng kài-ngŵn;
- he is the first among the kṳ́-jîn graduates.
- 誡kài3601497
- An injunction; precepts; warnings.
- câp kài;
- the ten commandments.
- kàu-kài;
- injunctions.
- 概kài3077511
- To even; to level off; to adjust.
- khîeh ki táu-kài lâi kài;
- take the bushel scraper and level off the measured grain.
- lṳ́ kâi táu-kài tîeh khîa hó̤-hó̤ cìaⁿ ŭ cún;
- hold your bushel scraper rightly and then there will be fair measure given.
- 的kâi9001063
- A relative pronoun; it forms the possessive and denotes the genetive.
- sĭ úa kâi a sĭ lṳ́ kâi?
- Is it mine or yours?
- cía sĭ úa kâi cṳ;
- this is my book.
- i sĭ tong-kok kâi nâng;
- he is a Chinaman.
- pêh kâi hó̤ a âng kâi hó̤?
- Which are the better, the white ones or the red ones?
- lṳ́ àiⁿ sò̤i kâi a tōa kâi?
- Do you want small ones or large ones?
- ŭ kâi;
- there are some.
- sĭ ún ŭ kâi;
- that is what we have some of.
- àiⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ kâi īeⁿ;
- want that sort.
- lṳ́ tîeh kio ṳ́a bói hó̤ kâi;
- you must buy good ones for me.
- úa àiⁿ tōiⁿ-tōiⁿ kâi;
- I want solid ones.
- i kâi thâu thìaⁿ;
- he has headache.
- i kâi chù tó̤;
- his house has fallen down.
- i kâi chùi li m̄ hàuⁿ, i kâi sim hàuⁿ;
- he talks as if he were unwilling, but in his heart he is not averse to it.
- i kâi ūe cōi căi;
- ho is a great talker.
- m̄ cai i kâi ì-sṳ̀;
- do not know the meaning of it.
- úa kâi sim lăi sĭ sieh i;
- 1 have an affection for him.
- i kâi a-pĕ bô̤ tŏ̤;
- his father is not at home.
- tōa kâi sòi kâi lóng-cóng sĭ chūe i;
- great and small all go to him.
- kìe kâi cò̤-bâk-kang kâi lâi cò̤;
- call a carpenter to come and make it.
- cía sĭ tī-tîang kâi?
- Whose is this?
- i àiⁿ sīm-mih kâi?
- What does he want?
- sĭ i kâi a m̄ sĭ?
- It is his, is it not?
- cía sĭ náng kâi a sĭ in kâi?
- Is this ours or theirs?
- sĭ ún kâi;
- it belongs to us.
- hṳ́ tieⁿ íⁿ kâi kha àiⁿ cîh;
- the leg of that bench is about to break.
- cí koiⁿ chù kâi êⁿ khai sòi;
- the roofbeams of this house are too small.
- cih tîeh i kâi sìn;
- received his letter.
- lṳ́ hó̤ thiaⁿ i kâi ūe;
- you should heed what he says.
- i kâi tŏ̤-lí chim;
- its doctrines are deep.
- i kâi seⁿ-chêng hó̤;
- his disposition is good.
- i kâi phûe jūn;
- its rind is tough.
- sî-ceng kâi cam;
- the hands of the clock.
- 個kâi42398
- One; a classifier of wide application
- cêk kâi a nŏ̤ kâi?
- Is there one or two?
- kâi
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