A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / kìⁿ

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記

• To note down; to record; to remember.

• úa kìⁿ ŭ sìo tŏ̤ kò̤;

  I have it written down in account.

• cīeⁿ jît cí tîo sìo m̄ cai kìⁿ;

  forgot the other day to enter this in account.

• i ŏi kìⁿ sìo a bŏi?

  Can he keep accounts?

• màiⁿ khṳt i kìn tāⁿ khṳ̀;

  do not err in recording it.

• úa kìⁿ-tit to bô̤ li;

  I recollect that there was none.

• ŭ ā, sĭ lṳ̀ m̄ kìⁿ-tit khṳ́;

  yes there was some, but you have forgotten it.

• ci kâi nâng hó̤ kìⁿ-châi;

  this person has a fine memory.

• thóiⁿ kùe kâi cū cong-kú kìⁿ-tit;

  what he has once seen, he always remembers.

• úa kìⁿ-tit m̄ cheng-chó̤;

  I do not perfectly recollect.

• kìⁿ-tit tāⁿ khṳ̀;

  mistook the fact in endeavoring to recall it.

• i cn̂g kâi bô̤ kìⁿ-châi;

  he has a very poor memory.

• cĭu sî teng-kìⁿ cū bŏi lāu-tīo;

  set it down at once then it will not slip your mind.

見

• To see; to perceive by the senses; to notice and know what it is; to visit; an opinion; a mental view; appearance of; impressed by; seeing.

• i lâi kìⁿ úa ;

  he came to see me.

• lṳ́ sĭ thìaⁿ-kìⁿ a thóiⁿ-kìⁿ?

  Did you hear it, or see it?

• úa li chin mâk thóiⁿ-kìⁿ, i li chin hĭⁿ thìaⁿ-kìⁿ;

  I saw it with my own eyes, and he heard it with his own ears.

• cá chut tău-thâi lâi sie pài ŭ kìⁿ a bô̤ kìⁿ?

  The last time the Intendant of Circuit came, was he admitted to the presence of the one he came to visit?

• míen kìⁿ;

  “not at home;” to dispense with receiving a visitor.

• úa cē kìⁿ mīn cū cai;

  as soon as I saw his face, I knew.

• lṳ́ ŭ hô̤ kau kìⁿ?

  What is your opinion?

• thóiⁿ m̄ kìⁿ, khîeh tieⁿ íⁿ lâi kúe kha cìaⁿ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;

  could not see, and got a chair to stand on so that I could see.

• m̄-hó̤ kìⁿ sin, bûang kū;

  in seeing the new forget not the old.

• cêk kìⁿ jû kū;

  got acquainted at one interview.

• lṳ́ khṳ̀ kàu tîeh kio i kìⁿ lói;

  when you arrive you must go and pay your respects to him.

• īa m̄ kìⁿ sĭm-mih hó̤;

  I do not think it first rate.

• ŭ nâng cò̤ kìⁿ-cèng a bô̤?

  Is there any witness to it?

• móng jît móng kuaⁿ khṳ̀ pǐ kìⁿ;

  on a certain day a certain ofiicer was admitted to an audience.

• cĭeⁿ kiaⁿ ín kìⁿ;

  go to Peking to be presented at court.

• i thóiⁿ tîeh kìⁿ gî;

  to him it appeared suspicious.

• m̄ khéng kìⁿ i;

  would not admit him to his presence.

• khó̤ kìⁿ lṳ́ sĭ tîeh, i sĭ m̄ tîeh;

  it appears that you are right and he is wrong.

• cĭu cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū hó̤ kìⁿ chut hó̤ tái;

  thus its quality may be made apparent.

• ău lâi cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ ŭ kìⁿ a bô̤?

  Will there be any verification of this hereafter?

• kìⁿ tîeh cū huaⁿ-hí;

  when he saw it he was much pleased. m̄ kìⁿ mûeh kâi nâng;

  the loser of the stolen goods.

• mâk hue, thóiⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;

  my eyes are dim, and I cannot see.

• cẽ lău, hĭⁿ lâng căi, phah kòng chèng to thiaⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;

  being old, is so very deaf that he would not hear if you were to fire off guns beside him.

• i sĭ sĭeⁿ kìⁿ;

  he has thought it out.

• cía sṳ̃ cṳ̆-lâi m̄ pat bŭn-kìⁿ;

  I never heard of such a thing before.

• úa cá-mêⁿ māng-kìⁿ cêk kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

  I dreamed something last night.

• phīⁿ kìⁿ ŭ kâi bĭ;

  smell an odor.

• i sui-sĭ ang cía būe pat sie kìⁿ;

  although they are husband and wife they have never yet seen each other.

• lṳ́ pat sîeⁿ-kìⁿ mē?

  Have you ever tasted it?

• hŭam sṳ̄ to tiêh kìⁿ kiⁿ;

  for everything there must be a perceptible opening.

• mō̤ⁿ-kìⁿ;

  look off and see.

• mō̤ⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;

  cannot see when gazing far off.

• ke cêk jît cū kìⁿ suaⁿ;

  in another day we shall see land.

• cá chut cū mông kìⁿ, taⁿ cò̤-nî mông m̄ kìⁿ;

• when I tried before I could fuel it, why is it that I cannot now find it (as by feeling in the dark for it)?

• khṳt úa jīn-kìⁿ;

  was recognized by me.

• cin kìⁿ cêk kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ chù-bī căi;

  dreamed something very funny.

• tùi-tùi khṳt úa ngŏ̤-kìⁿ;

  was exactly hit upon by me.

• phòng kìⁿ;

  to chance upon.

• cí tieⁿ keh bîe tit kìⁿ mē?

  Can you follow the squares in this tracing paper?

• cŭang kìⁿ;

  came across him.

• úa íⁿ-keng kìⁿ kùe;

  I have seen it before.

• úa li phīⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;

  I do not smell it.

• chūe kìⁿ mē?

  Have you found it?

• chūe m̄ kìⁿ;

  I cannot find it.

• úa tâng-cá to hieh-kìⁿ li;

  a little while ago I saw it in turning over the leaves.

• taⁿ cò̤-nî jw̆n púe, púe m̄ kìⁿ;

  now however much I turn the leaves to and fro, I cannot find it again.

• íam-kìⁿ;

  peep at.

• bîe-kìⁿ;

  to pore over.

• m̄ kìⁿ khṳ̀;

  to disappear; gone from view.

• cêk ki sî m̄-kìⁿ-khṳ̀;

  one spoon is missing.

• chîo kìⁿ;

  hold audience.

• cham-kìⁿ cīeⁿ-si;

  visit a superior officer.

• hak-kìⁿ;

  visit a superior.

• tŏ̤ sai-ĕ tàⁿ li mîaⁿ-ke căi, cē kìⁿ tn̂g cū cêk kù bŏi tàⁿ: i sĭ m̄ pat kìⁿ kuaⁿ;

  in private he was very glib in telling about it, but as soon has he was brought into the presence of his superior he could say nothing: he had never before been before a magistrate.

• kìⁿ kè kìⁿ câp gūa hûe;

  had audiences with the emperor more than ten times.

• cúi cheng, kìⁿ cîeh;

  the water is so clear you can see the stones at the bottom.

• hûn khui kìⁿ jît;

  the clouds disperse and the sun appears.

• ŏi tit kìⁿ i ka-kī cū hó̤;

  if I could see him himself all would be well.

邊

• The margin, edge, brink, border, side, brim, boundary.

• hái kîⁿ;

  the sea-shore.

• cúi kîⁿ;

  water side.

• khoi kîⁿ;

  banks of the river.

• tŏ̤ tî kîⁿ, tìeⁿhṳ̂;

  on the margin of the pool, fishing with hook and line.

• màiⁿ khĭa khah lím kîⁿ;

  do not stand too near the brink.

• i kîaⁿ tìn-tâng, i kîaⁿ sang kîⁿ;

  one walked in the middle, and the other two walked on the two sides.

• ceng kîⁿ;

  the rim of a cup.

• kim kîⁿ kâi pue;

  gilt edged cups.

• sì kîⁿ;

  on all sides.

• íe khah tĭⁿ, lâu chut úaⁿ kîⁿ;

  dipped it too full and it ran over the edge of the bowl.

鉗

• Tongs.

• khîa thih-kîⁿ khṳ̀ koih;

  take it up with the tongs.

• i ki thih-kîⁿ khah tn̂g, khah áu chíu;

  those tongs are too long, and are unhandy.