dictionary of the swatow dialect.
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trowsers are soiled by long wearing, change and wash them.
- cí kâi khò cêng chĭeⁿ khò-thâu a bŏi?
- Have these trowsers had the waistband put on?
- khò-thâu tòa;
- a girdle worn to keep the trowsers in place.
- khò-thâu lêng;
- a girdle attached to trowsers.
- 庫khò436537
- A storehouse, arsenal, magazine, or depot.
- ngṳ̂n khò;
- a treasury.
- khò pâng;
- a counting room.
- chng-khò khang-hṳ;
- the granaries are empty.
- thô khò;
- go-downs.
- sì khò chŵn cṳ;
- a magazine of useful knowledge; a thesaurus.
- ngṳ̂n hwt khṳ̀ tíu khò;
- he has put his money into the bank.
- gṳ̄ khò;
- the imperial treasury.
- kun-khì khò;
- an armory.
- cì-khì khò;
- a storehouse for sacrificial vessels.
- húe-îeh khò;
- a powder magazine.
- cí pang cṳ khṳt hûang-tì tui jîp khò khṳ̀;
- this set of books has been suppressed by order of the emperor.
- 蔲khò33214011
- Cardamom and other spicy seeds.
- tāu khò; nêk tāu-khò;
- nutmegs.
- cháu tāi-khò;
- round cardamoms.
- pêh tāu-khò;
- white cardamoms.
- 𡨥khò332408
- Robbers; banditti.
- cía sǹg sĭ cháu-khò;
- this one may be considered a Robin Hood.
- lîu-khò;
- an outlaw.
- hái-khò;
- pirates.
- hái-khò cū sĭ hái-châk;
- pirates are sea-robbers.
- 鉸khò3721676
- The pivot on which a door turns.
- thih kha-khò tîeh kah mn̂g-kha-khŭ;
- the iron pivot on which the door swings must fit the socket in the door still.
khoi
- 溪khoi3418510
- A river; a creek; a rivulet.
- khoi-hô̤;
- rivers.
- khoi kàu cí-kò̤ pun cò̤ nŏ̤ a;
- the stream here branches off into two forks.
- khoi cúi tĭⁿ, im kàu bô̤ khoi sua-pà;
- when the river rises the sand banks are wholly submerges.
- i tŏ̤ khoi-kîⁿ tìeⁿ hṳ̂, ngŏ̤ tîeh kâi nâng khṳ̀ thìo khoi, khṳt i kìu tîeh;
- he was on the margin of the river fishing with hook and line, when a man came along and jumped into the river, and was rescued by him.
- khoi chíen căi;
- the stream is very shallow.
- khoi cúi jîeh chim?
- How deep is the river?
- i ŏi siu kùe khoi;
- he can swim across the stream.
- lṳ́ cîah tîeh khoi hṳ̂ hó̤ a hái hṳ̂ hó̤?
- Which do you like best, the fish from fresh or from salt waters?
- pun cêk tîo khoi-kíaⁿ tùi cìeⁿ pôiⁿ khṳ̀;
- sends off a
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small branch to flow on the hither side.
- khoi cúi kháu;
- the mouth of a stream.
- cí tîo khoi kâi ngŵn-thâu sĭ tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?
- Where does this river has its source?
- i kâi cúi-sì sĭ lâi tùe khoi cìeⁿ pôiⁿ kò̤ lâi;
- the strongest current flows along down this side the river.
- cīeⁿ-sî kâi khoi bí lâi cōi căi;
- there is lately a great quantity of inland rice coming in.
- khoi khàm;
- the banks of the river.
- bī lô̤h khoi tói;
- dive to the bottom of the river.
- khoi tèng tó̤ phah sua pê;
- dredging out a passage in the river.
- cí-kò̤ kâi khoi-mīn ío khuah;
- the river is wider here.
- 剃khoi884187
- To shave; to trim and dress hair.
- hàm kâi thì-thâu-kâi lâi khoi chiu;
- call a barber to trim the beard.
- khoi mâk-bâi;
- trim the eyebrows.
- màiⁿ tò̤ khoi, khoi lío jîet-thìaⁿ;
- do not shave in a direction contrary to that in which the hair naturally grows, if you do it it will smart after being shaved.
- khoi thâu-mô̤;
- cut the hair.
- 契khòi349376
- A covenant; an agreement intended to be enduring; to join; adopted.
- khòi kṳ̆;
- documentary evidence.
- âng khòi;
- a stamped deed.
- pêh khòi;
- an unstamped deed.
- sùe khò̤i;
- the official fee for stamping a document.
- châng khòi, chù khòi;
- the deed for the field, and for the house.
- lâi khṳ̀ i kò̤ sŭ khòi khuah cē;
- going to his house to chat about what happened while we were separated.
- khòi pĕ;
- an adopted father.
- in sie-khòi cò̤ cí-mūe;
- they have entered into a compact with each other that they will be sisters.
- i khòi i cò̤ a hiaⁿ;
- he is bound to stand in the place of elder brother to him.
- khòi kâi cáu-kíaⁿ;
- a daughter adopted by a compact.
- cía sĭ i kit khòi kâi hiaⁿ-tĭ;
- this is his brother, adopted by a covenant. (Relationships thus entered into are frequently unwholesome ones).
- i tó̤ khòi tṳ-kha-pê;
- he is gnawing a pig's foot.
- kâk kò̤ kut khṳt i khòi;
- throw him a bone to gnaw.
khóiⁿ
- 輕槌khóiⁿ102
- To beat with a hammer lightly.
- i tó̤ cò̤ khóiⁿ ôi-hue kâi khang-khùe;
- he is employed in making the ornaments that are used upon silk shoes.
- saⁿ-sì cho̤h chòi-thâu cò̤ cêk ē khîeh khṳ̀ khŭ kò̤ khóiⁿ;
- take the three or four lumps of dough and pound them up together in the mortar.
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