Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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- 鐃khăm61616712
- Large brass cymbals.
- tōa lô̤-kó sĭ pôih lô̤, sì khăm;
- in a large brass band there are eight gongs, and four pairs of cymbals.
- phah toā khăm, phah lío khŏm-khŏm-kìe;
- sound the great cymbals, and hear their clash.
- 閛khăm7011695
- The noise of shutting or opening a door.
- màiⁿ khăm mn̂g;
- do not bang the door.
- tì-kó̤ kâi mn̂g khăm-khăm-kìe?
- What door is it that is banging?
khang
- 工夫khang-khùe460
- Labor; work.
- i tó̤ cò̤ khàng-khùe;
- he is at work.
- i kâi khang-khùe lō tn̂g căi;
- he is able to do a vast amount of work.
- ciu jît gîap-gîap to sĭ cò̤ khang-khue;
- is at work incessantly all day long.
- i tó̤ cò̤ mih khang-khùe?
- What sort of work is he doing?
- cí kâi, chú i kâi khang-khùe lō hó̤;
- take this one on account of his ability to work.
- cho khang-khùe;
- coarse work.
- 空khang4641163
- Empty; vacant; unoccupied.
- khang chù;
- an empty house.
- phò íⁿ-keng puaⁿ khang hâiⁿ úa lío;
- everything is moved out from the shop, and it is delivered over to me.
- m̄ hó̤ sái i khang chíu tńg khṳ̀;
- do not send him back empty handed.
- hăm ke nâng cáu kàu khang-khang;
- the whole family have run away.
- khang-khak;
- hollow.
- cí kâi gê-cí khang-khang khak-khak, bô̤ nek;
- this cocoa-nut is perfectly hollow, and has no meat in it.
- tâng mn̂g- khí-cá cîah kàu taⁿ tn̂g khang tó khang;
- since breakfast this morning my stomach has remained unfilled.
- cêk sieⁿ mûeh khṳt châk thau kàu khang-khang;
- the whole trunkful of things was taken by the thief, and nothing left.
- khang tī;
- unoccupied land.
- khang chùi tàⁿ, bô̤ thóiⁿ cheh;
- say it off without looking at your book.
- khang pak;
- an empty belly.
- bōi kàu khang-khang;
- all sold off.
- sái i tó̤ khang sĭeⁿ;
- set him to vainly wishing.
- chíu m̄ khang;
- have no unemployed hand; am busy.
- 孔khang465391
- A hole; an orifice; an aperture.
- cam khang;
- the eye of a needle.
- ûai phīⁿ-khang mô̤ⁿ;
- dig the hairs from the nostrils.
- hĭⁿ khang;
- the ear passages.
- khang kíaⁿ;
- a very small orifice.
- líu kâi khang;
- dig a hole.
- hṳ́ kâi khang ŭ jîeh chim?
- How deep is that hole?
- khui kâi khang khṳt i thong khì;
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- make an aperture for ventilation.
- sìo thĭo châk khang;
- reckon the number of pillars and then chisel out the mortises.
- mâk khang khuah;
- has large eyes.
- suaⁿ khang;
- a cave.
- cûa khang;
- a serpent's hole.
- nío-chṳ́ khang;
- rat-holes.
- mông tîeh bô̤ khang bô̤ uh;
- could feel no crevices.
- khang sún tàu lâi m̄ kín;
- the mortise and tenon are not tightly joined.
- bùn jîp khang;
- wriggled into his hole.
- 牽khang388937
- To haul along, to pull, to lead, to lug in, to induce.
- nŏ̤ nâng sie khang chíu tó̤ kîaⁿ;
- the two were pulling each other along by the hand.
- khang i kîaⁿ;
- pull him along by the hand.
- khang gû;
- lead a buffalo by a rope.
- cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ khang-lîen kàu tōa bó̤ mûeh nâng;
- this affair compromises a great number of people.
- úa kio i bô̤ khang bô̤ khùa;
- I am in no way connected with him.
- khang-máng;
- haul along.
- khang-khieh kàu i sêng jîn;
- help him on till he is of age.
- khang ciah kâu;
- lead a monkey about.
- cū sĭ khang káu lô̤h îu thng;
- it is leading a dog to the frying pan.
- cū sĭ i tó̤ khang-ín;
- it is he who brings it upon us.
- 携khang1796410
- To lead by the hand.
- khang i kâi chíu;
- lead him by the hand.
- nŏ̤ nâng sie khang chíu;
- the two took hold of hands.
- khang i cò̤-pû khṳ̀;
- lead him along with you.
- khang a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ;
- to lead a child.
- khang-thòa i lâi;
- pull him along by the hand.
- 縴khang38812011
- To tow; to connect by a cord.
- khîeh tîo sùaⁿ lâi khang i tùe;
- take a thread and join it on.
- khîeh tîo so̤h-kíaⁿ lâi khang;
- take a cord and tow it after.
- 康khang320538
- A healthy body and quiet mind.
- i lău nâng jîeh khang-kĭen!
- What a hale old man he is!
- lṳ́ lău nâng kâi khì-thói khang-kĭen căi;
- venerable sir, you are very hale and hearty.
- khang-hi jī-tíen ŭ sa-câp gūa pńg, ŭ saⁿ sì bw̄n jī.
- Khang Hi's dictionary is in over thirty volumes and contains thirty or forty thousand characters.
- 慷khang3206111
- Magnanimous; decided in a good cause; generous.
- cí kâi nâng câp-hun khang-khài;
- this person is very public-spirited.
- i kẃn-thăi nâng to sĭ khang-khang khài-khài;
- he always treats one with great liberality.
- cí kâi li khah khang-khài, hṳ́ kâi li khah nioh-sioh;
- this one is too liberal, and that one is too narrow minded.
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