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khîⁿ

  • khîⁿ11056417
  • To assail; to attack; to lay hands on.
i lĭ-hāi căi, ku-ā nâng m̄ káⁿ khṳ̀ khîⁿ i;
he is very malignant, and even several persons in a body dare not go and attack him.
hṳ́ kâi íong căi: lâi kàu, toaⁿ nâng tùi i kâi heng-côiⁿ cū khîⁿ khù;
that one is very daring: he came and, rushing in single handed, seized him by the breast.
saⁿ nâng hŵn-lío khîⁿ i m̄ tó̤;
even three men cannot successfully grapple with him.
bô̤ nâng káⁿ khîⁿ i;
no one dares attack him.
toaⁿ nâng kiaⁿ-ùi khîⁿ i m̄ tîo;
being alone, feared that he could not overcome him in an attack.
i ŏi khṳt nâng khîⁿ khṳ̀ a bŏi?
Was he overpowered by those who fell upon him?
  • khîⁿ6536415
  • To cling to; to hang upon.
i khîⁿ kín i kâi kīe-kǹg;
she clung to the poles of his sedan chair.
khîⁿ kīe jîp tîaⁿ;
clung to the chair and thus entered the court.
khîⁿ tîn;
holding fast to a creeper.
khîⁿ chīu ki;
grasping a branch and hanging on thereby.
a-nôⁿ khîⁿ saⁿ-kṳ, khîⁿ chíu-ńg;
children cling to the flaps and sleeves of one's tunic.
ẁn kúi khîⁿ cêk tōa tu;
a troup of avenging spirits hang about him.
ṳn kúi, ẁn kúi khîⁿ cîaⁿ tu;
a swarm of appeased and unappeased ghosts cling around.
  • khîⁿ3891675
  • Forceps; to gripe as with forceps.
cwn phah cêk ki khîⁿ-kíaⁿ;
had a pair of forceps made to order.
cía tîeh khîa khîⁿ-kíaⁿ lâi koih;
this must be taken up with forceps.
i kâi hŏi kha khîⁿ bŏi tit khí;
the crab cannot seize hold on it.
m̄-hó̤ khṳt hŏi khîⁿ khí lâi;
do not let the crab gripe you.

khia

  • khia344375
  • An odd number.
sĭ sang a sĭ khia?
Is it an even or an odd number?
khia jît màiⁿ thó̤, sang jît màiⁿ hâiⁿ, thĕng-thăi úa hwt châi li, cêk kâi hâiⁿ nŏ̤ kâi;
on the odd days of the month you do not dun, on the even days I do not pay: wait till I get rich and then I will pay you double.
khia jît;
a common designation of the seventh day after death, when the spirit is supposed to leave the body.
khia-pô̤h;
scrawny; meager.
i a-tĭ seⁿ lâi khia-pô̤h, m̄ kău-tăng;
his younger brother is very scrawny, not plump.
i kâi phīⁿ khah khia-pô̤h;
his nose is too peaked.
ang-cía nŏ̤ nâng seⁿ lâi lóng-cóng khia-khia pô̤h-pô̤h;
husband and wife are both very thin.
  • khìa83212811
  • Elevated; high.
koiⁿ-thâu khìa-khìa;
high shouldered.
koiⁿ-thaû kûiⁿ-khìa kûiⁿ-khìa;
chuckle-headed.
hĭⁿ khìa-khìa;
ears attent; to prick up the ears.
i hĭⁿ khìa-khìa tó̤ thiaⁿ;
he is listening with his ears alert.
cí ciah káu cêk mêⁿ hĭⁿ khìa-khìa, lêng-ceng căi;
this dog keeps his ears pricked up all night, and is very watchful.
  • khîa3451878
  • To bestride; to ride on; to sit astride.
sĭ khîa bé lâi a cŏ̤ kīe lâi?
Did you come on horseback or in a sedan chair?
khîa cĭeⁿ bé sin cū tîeh pháu;
if you mount a horse you must ride him.
i mîaⁿ-ke khîa sīa;
he is expert in shooting at a mark from on horseback.
khîa gû;
bestride an ox.
khîa bé cŏ̤;
sit astride.
khîa koi bé;
ride on one's shoulder.
  • khîa7771178
  • To erect; to set up; to establish.
khîa kî;
to plant a flag.
khîa kî-kuaⁿ;
to raise a flag staff.
khîa ûi;
to set up a mast in a vessel.
khîa nŏ̤ ki cîeh cek tŏ̤ phûn-mŏⁿ côiⁿ;
set two stone candles in front of the grave.
khîa sĭm-mih kî hō̤?
What flag do they fly?
khîa thĭo;
erect a pillar.
khîa têng;
raise a portal.
i khîa kò̤ cîeh pi tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤ cò̤ tī-kài;
he set a slab of stone there to mark the boundary.
  • khîa47328
  • To hold in the hand, as one holds a rod, or carries an umbrella.
pit tîeh khîa sì-cìaⁿ sì-cìaⁿ;
the pen must be held straight.
cêk nâng khîa to̤, cêk nâng khîa chieⁿ;
one carried a knife and the other a spear.
khîa sìⁿ;
carry a fan.
khîa kúai-cĭang;
carry a cane.
  • khîa345464
  • Ambiguous.
sang-khîa-bé ūe;
language susceptible of two different interpretations.
i to bô̤ tît-tît tàⁿ, to sĭ tàⁿ sang-khîa-bé ūe;
he never speaks in a straight forward way, but always uses language having two meanings.
  • khĭa131175
  • To stand; to stop.
khĭa khui cē;
stand further off.
khĭa khí lâi;
get up and stand still.
khĭa tît-tît;
stand up straight.
khĭa sì-cìaⁿ sì-cìaⁿ;
stand erect.
tīam-tīam khĭa;
stand perfectly still.
khĭa tŏ̤ cêk pôiⁿ;
stand on one side.
khĭa tŏ̤ sang pôiⁿ;
ranged on the two