Page:Dictionary of the Swatow dialect.djvu/328

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
304
Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
  • khî342126
  • A relative and personal pronoun referring to the person, place or thing spoken of.
khî-ṳ̂;
the surplus; what is over; the rest.
khî-ṳ̂ kâi nâng mín-ēng lâi;
the rest of you need not come.
khî-ṳ̂ kâi àiⁿ pàng tī-kò̤;
where is the surplus to be put?
khî-ṳ̂ hŵn ŭ jîeh cōi?
How much is there of what is left?
khî-ṳ̂ kâi, i bô̤ tàⁿ;
he did not speak of any besides.
khî tī-hng sĭm cheng-chái;
the place is in the best possible order.
lṳ́ ŭ tŏ̤ khî tang, úa bŏ̤ chap tŏ̤ khî tang;
you have been among them, while I am not of them.
khî tang pit ŭ pât īeⁿ;
there is certainly an other sort among them.
mn̄g khî sĭang sòi, khî-sît i bô̤ cía sṳ̄;
inquired into it very carefully, and found that he had really done no such thing.
khî-sît i sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ, pĕng bô̤ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
in truth it is thus and not so.
cai khî it m̄ cai khî jī;
knows the one but not the other.
cìeⁿ-seⁿ īu khî chṳ̀;
that will be the next best way.
  • khî344748
  • A set time; a fixed period; a day agreed on; times, seasons.
ieh tī-kâi jît khî?
What day was agreed upon?
khî íⁿ-keng múaⁿ lío;
the time is up.
kàu khî a būe?
Has the time fixed upon yet arrived?
kùe khî ku-ā jît lío;
the set time is past by several days.
i tàⁿ hŵn-lío būe kàu khî;
he says the time has not yet come.
bô̤ tīaⁿ khî;
no fixed time.
ŭ kâi hăng khî;
there is a limit set to the time.
tùi khî tùi khî;
just at the set time.
khî ieh cêk kâi gûeh;
agreed to fix the time at one month.
khî bŏi kùe lṳ́ kâi;
am not behind time.
chut ŭ sî-khî tŏ̤ kò̤;
notices of the time are issued.
put khî jṳ̂ hŭe;
met without previous arrangement; an unexpected interview.
i kâi kê-khî jîeh kú?
How long is he to wear the cangue?
i cò̤ mih sṳ̄ to ŭ kâi tīaⁿ khî;
he has a set time for everything he does.
nî-khî kàu lío;
the year fixed upon is at hand.
chun-khî sía jîeh coi?
How many years are recorded?
  • khî3451134
  • The god or spirit which animates the earth.
hŭam sôk thiⁿ kâi sîn kìe-cò̤ sîn, sôk tī kâi sîn kìe-cò̤ khî, kù-chṳ́ kìe-cò̤ sîn-khî, īa kìe-cò̤ thiⁿ-sîn tī-khî;
all spirits pertaining to the heavens are called gods, and all pertaining to the earth are called divinities; therefore they are called deities, and are also called gods and goddesses.
tong-kok kâi cì huap ŭ saⁿ khí: cêk khí sĭ thiⁿ-sîn, cêk khí sĭ tī-khî, cêk khí sĭ nâng-kúi;
the Chinese have three sorts of sacrificial rites, one for the gods of heaven, one for gods of the land, and one for the spirits of the dead.
  • 麒麟khî-lîn344
  • A fabulous animal, like a piebald horse, with one horn and a cow's tail.
it phín kâi bú kuaⁿ, i kâi pó-sim cū sĭ sìu khî-lîn kâi;
military officials of the first grade have a unicorn embroidered on the square patch which ornaments the breast and back of their official robes.
khî-lîn síam;
folding doors having carved unicorns as their ornamentation.
  • khî344375
  • Extraordinary; rare; strange.
khî-kùai;
marvellous.
khî-ĭ;
unusual.
cía cū chut khî lío;
this is extraordinary.
cía sǹg sĭ khî hông kâi sṳ̄;
this may be considered an unusual occurrence.
cía cī sĭ khî sṳ̄;
this is very strange.
i kâi khî nâng;
he is a very odd person.
  • khî3451134
  • To pray; to invoke aid; to intreat.
khî-táu;
to pray.
khî hŏ;
pray for rain.
úa sĭm sĭ khî-mō̤ⁿ lṳ́;
I earnestly hope for your coming.
khî-khîu;
to beseech.
  • khî3461254
  • A man of sixty; one who should advise others.
jŭ kak hieⁿ kâi sin-khî;
advise the elders in every village.
cí kúi hieⁿ ŭ kúi kâi khî-láu lâi kìⁿ kuaⁿ;
several of the elders from these villages came to see the magistrate.
  • khî3431428
  • A small land crab.
bua-khî; pê-khî;
land crabs.
cí cho̤h pê-khî kâi bī sĭm hó̤;
these crabs are of a very fine flavour.
khî cûa;
the horned snake.
khî hîaⁿ,
a species of Artemisia, from which Chinese moxa, used in cautery, is obtained.
  • khī340613
  • The dreaded day, when a friend died; the anniversary of a death.
i kíaⁿ-jît cò̤ khī;
they keep the anniversary of a death to-day.
sĭ i a-kong kâi khī, a i a-má kâi khī?
Is it the anniversary of their grandfather's or of their grandmother's death?
khṳ̀ i kò̤ pài khī;
go to their house to keep the anniversary of their friend's death.
cêk nî ŭ jîeh cōi kâi khī?
How many anniversaries of the deaths of Emperors are there in a year?