㴘 kŭang 582 85 9 To spurt out; to gush through. cúi li-li kŭang chut lâi;
the water keeps spurting through.
kŭang tùi khang chut lâi kâi;
what spurts out through the aperture.
in tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤ kŭang chut lâi;
the steam gushes out there.
toi kŭang;
the dike has sprung aleak.
hueh li-li kŭang chut lâi;
the blood gushed forth continually. kue 瓜 kue 466 97 0 A generic term for cucurbitaceous plants, such as the cucumber, melon and squash. tìo kue;
cucumbers.
si kue;
water-melons.
tang kue;
squashes.
bâk kue;
the papaya.
hún kue;
a small yellow squash.
khó kue;
the bitter gourd.
seⁿ lâi tang-kue-mīn tang-kue-mīn nē;
has a long oval face.
kim kue;
a gilded wooden bludgeon, with a head like a melon.
kùa sang bâk-kue-līam kâi hĭⁿ-kau;
wore a pair of ear-rings, with conical drops and long hooks.
khòi-kue cí;
sweet melon seeds.
tang-kue jîn;
squash seeds.
tang-kue cheh;
preserved squash.
lṳ́ kio i ŭ sĭm-mih kue-kuah?
What is your relationship to him?
hê kue;
a small hairy cucumber.
tek-kue hó̤ cò̤ cìeⁿ-kue;
young cucumbers are made into pickles. 粿 kúe 490 119 8 Steamed cakes, made from rice flour. cí kâi coih nín ceng ŭ jîeh cōi kúe?
How many cakes did you make for this festival?
ún cò̤ nŏ̤ saⁿ táu bí kúe;
we made two or three pecks of rice into cakes.
hîaⁿ kúe;
heat up the cakes.
ìn kúe;
mould the cakes.
chue tîam kúe;
to steam sweet cakes.
nâk kúe tîeh nâk câu-câu;
in mixing the cakes with the hands, you must mix them thoroughly.
ĭoⁿ khí lêng-sn̂g cū sĭ kúe;
lift up the steamer and there is the cake.
cò̤ cho̤h kúe-cap lâi tíam-sim;
make some porridge from a piece of cake, to lunch upon.
cêk sn̂g kúe;
one whole steamed cake; one steamerful of the cake.
nâng lâi hĕ cêk kîe kúe, hó̤ khṳ̀ côih cò̤ cêk hue cêk hue lío lâi luah;
some one has brought and presented us an oblong section of cake, cut it into slices transversely and fry them brown.
kúe āⁿ;
the stuffing in a steamed cake.
kàⁿ kúe thô̤;
round raised cakes. 餜 kúe 490 184 8 Cakes made from wheaten flour; biscuits. tê kúe;
tea biscuits.
thn̂g kúe;
sweet cakes.
果 kúe 489 75 4 The fruit of trees; seeds with a covering and pulp; results; effects. i hn̂g lăi peh īeⁿ kúe-cí to ŭ;
there was every sort of fruit tree in the garden.
kúe-cí tng sêk kâi sî-hāu;
when the fruit is ripe.
ău-lâi kui-sêng cìaⁿ kúe;
afterward the fruit comes to perfection.
cheⁿ kúe;
fresh fruit.
cheⁿ kúe phò;
a fruit shop.
cí īeⁿ chīu ŏi kit kúe-cí a bŏi?
Does this sort of tree bear fruit?
kúe-cí kit m̄ sêng;
the fruit does not come to perfection.
ău-lâi sĭm-mih kak-kúe;
what will be the consequences hereafter?
seⁿ kúe-cí;
bear fruit.
cêk hù ngŏ kúe tîh;
a set of fruit dishes.
kin nî kak chù kâi kúe-cí seⁿ lâi kâu;
fruit is plenty everywhere this year.
i sĭm siang-sìn in kúe kâi sṳ̄;
she is one who believes very firmly in the doctrine that conduct in a previous life produces results in this. 藉 kúe 973 140 14 To bolster up; to use as a cushion. khîeh kò̤ mûeh lâi kúe;
get something and put under it to raise it.
bô̤ kò̤ tĭen lâi kúe, cŏ̤ tîeh ngân-ngân;
have no cushion to put under me, and it is very cold to sit upon.
pun ĕ-jît kíaⁿ-sun-hùe hó̤ kúe kha chíu;
for his descendants to avail themselves of hereafter as a help to attain a higher position.
cang ńng-ńng kâi mûeh lâi kúe;
get something very soft and put under it. 過 kùe 490 162 9 To pass by; to go beyond or up to; to exceed; to overpass; to spend, as time; to transgress; to violate propriety; an error, a fault; a sign of past time, or of the perfect tense; an adverb of comparison; then, more; too, rather, excessive; to approach; to send to. khn̂g-kòi i tîeh cai kói kùe;
exhort him to reform.
i íⁿ-keng kùe sì lío;
he has already departed this life.
tâng tiang-sî kùe sin?
When did he die?
i kùe-khṳ̀ kú lío;
he passed away long since.
i kùe khṳ̀ a būe?
Has he passed by yet?
ŭ tùi cí-kò̤ kùe a bô̤?
Did they pass by here?
mih nâng to tùi cí-kò̤ keng kùe;
every body goes by here.
úa kîaⁿ tùi nín phò kha kùe;
I walked past your shop.
hṳ́ kò̤ ēng kùe kîe a mín?
Need we cross a bridge there?
tîeh kùe cêk têng kîe, kah nŏ̤ têng tō, lío pûaⁿ kùe suaⁿ cū tŏ̤ kò̤;
you must cross one bridge and two ferries, then traverse the mountain and you will be there.
put kùe;
nothing more than.
put kùe nŏ̤ saⁿ kâi tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
only two or three.
i thiaⁿ tîeh kùe m̄ khṳ̀;
he could not endure hearing it.
kùe-sit;
a peccadillo; a fault.
cêk kĭaⁿ tōa kùe-sit;
a great blunder. 