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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
gâu kùe lṳ́?
- How can it be that he is wiser than you?
- khá ŭ chṳ́ lí?
- Whence such a rule?
- lṳ́ thóiⁿ khá m̄ sĭ sie tâng;
- you consider whether they can be otherwise than identical.
- i khá káⁿ m̄ lâi?
- How could he dare do otherwise than come?
- khá jîak cìeⁿ-seⁿ kèng hó̤?
- How can that be the better way?
- hìeⁿ-seⁿ hó̤ khá chin-chĭeⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ hó̤?
- If that way is good, why should not this be still better?
- 擊khà3956418
- To strike; to beat upon; to rap hard.
- lûi khà sí ciah gû;
- a cow was struck by lightning and killed.
- khîeh ki tek-ko̤ khà i kâi thâu;
- took a bamboo pole and struck him on the head.
- khà kó kîⁿ;
- beat the rim of a drum.
- tṳ li khà m̄ tîeh, khà phùa cêk kâi koi cô̤;
- struck at and did not hit the pig, but broke the fowls' trongh instead.
- 扣khà332643
- To rap on; to knock against; to discount; to reckon on the abacus.
- khà mn̂g;
- to knock at a door.
- khà i kín;
- drive it tight.
- khà phùaⁿ;
- break by hitting.
- úaⁿ khṳt i khà phùaⁿ khṳ̀;
- the bowl was broken by his knocking it against something.
- khà phùa koi-n̆ng;
- break an egg by hitting it upon something when holding it in the hand.
- cêk ciah chíu khà sǹg-pûaⁿ, cêk ciah chíu sía jī;
- reckoning on the abacus with one hand, and writing with the other.
- tṳ̂ tīo jîeh cōi khà thâu?
- How much is to be deducted for discount?
- khà-tṳ̂;
- strike off; cancel; reckon off.
- khà tīo ngṳ̂n cúi;
- deduct the amount allowed for dollars above standard weight.
- i tó̤ ô̤h khà-sǹg;
- he is learning to reckon on the abacus.
- cí kò̤ sìo lṳ́ khà thóiⁿ tùi mē;
- you reckon over this account (on the abacus) and see if it is correct.
- 及khà394292
- Used only with a negative and denotes that the action referred to was impracticable; had not time for.
- i bô̤ khà cîah cū khṳ̀;
- he went off without stopping to eat.
- méⁿ kàu m̄ khà cîah tê;
- in such a hurry that he could not wait to take tea.
- i m̄ khà thăi i, cò̤ i khṳ̀;
- he could not wait for her, and went off without her.
- cò̤-nî bô̤ khà táng i cò̤-pû lâi?
- Why could you not wait for her to come along with you?
- cē hiong-huh, bô̤ khà khîa hŏ-cia cū khṳ̀;
- was in such a flurry that he went off without stopping to get his umbrella.
- bô̤ khà siu thâu ūaⁿ kha;
- had not time to comb her hair and dress her feet.
- lṳ́ àiⁿ méⁿ, úa bô̤ khà siu-sîp cū lâi;
- if you are in a hurry I will come without stopping to put things in order.
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khah
- 太khah848371
- Too; excessive; extreme.
- khah kûiⁿ;
- too high.
- khah kĕ;
- too low.
- īa bŏi khah tōa īa bŏi khah sòi, tú-tú hó̤;
- is neither too large nor too small, but exactly the right size.
- màiⁿ lô̤h khah cōi;
- do not put in too much.
- màiⁿ khah tōa lâk;
- do not exert too much force.
- màiⁿ cò̤ khah tn̂g;
- do not make it too long.
- màiⁿ kṳ̀ khah tó̤;
- do not saw it off too short.
- cí hûe khah cá;
- it is now too early.
- m̄ hó̤ lā khah ngân;
- do not let it stand till it becomes too cold.
- khah siap;
- so tight as to move with too great friction.
- 滾khah4948511
- To roll about or over.
- tó̤ thó ĕ tŏ̤ khah;
- rolling on the ground.
- hwn lâi, khah khṳ̀;
- to wallow.
- cêk kâi îⁿ-îⁿ li-li khah;
- a round object continually rolling.
- kîu lìn-lìn khah;
- the ball rolls over and over.
- kîu khah kàu i sin piⁿ;
- roll the ball to him.
- pâi cū khah-bûa khṳ̀;
- their shields rolled together.
- khah khún;
- to roll a hexagonal cylinder and see which face is upward when it stops.
khai
- 開khai3081694
- To open; to liberate; to enact, as rites.
- tiang-sî àiⁿ khai-ciang?
- When will you display your wares?
- khai kuang;
- vivify an idol, by putting a white dot on its eyes.
- khai-sek khṳt i khṳ̀;
- liberate him and let him go.
- bŏi tit khai khio;
- cannot finish it up.
- i cò̤-nî khai kháu?
- What does he say about it?
- keng i chíu khai hwt;
- paid it over into his own hands.
- m̄ kàu khai-hwt hâiⁿ nâng;
- have not sufficient to pay people with.
- khai-hwt kàu cheng-chó̤;
- paid up in full.
- tī-hng khai phek;
- an open country with a wide view.
- 楷khái362759
- A model; a pattern; an example; regular.
- sĭ àiⁿ sía khái cṳ a sĭ àiⁿ sía hâng cṳ?
- Do you want it written in the square characters or in the running hand?
- i kâi sòi khái sía khṳ̀ ngía;
- his small square characters are well written.
- jī tîeh sía twn-khái cē;
- you must write your characters more regularly.
- cí cho̤h jī sía kàu khái-khái;
- these characters are written very precisely.
- khái-kah;
- mailed armor.
- tá-pàn kàu bú-khái bú-khái;
- dressed in coats of mail.
- chēng cò̤ bú-khái;
- wearing armor.
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