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

居

To dwell; dwellings; to engross as a market; to consist ill; to be in; to fulfill a condition.
ôiⁿ-kṳ kâi sî-hāu;

when at leisure.
i kâi kuaⁿ kṳ kêk pín;

he has reached the highest rank.
úa ngŏ kâi kíaⁿ sĭ cí kâi kṳ tōa;

of my five children this is the eldest.
khî hùe khó̤ kṳ;

keep back goods to raise the price.
i sĭ kṳ tī-tîang kâi hôk?

For whom is he in mourning?
tê kṳ;

a tea-shop.
kṳ sîaⁿ hó̤ a sĭ kṳ hieⁿ hó̤?

Which is the better, to dwell in a city or in a village?
kṳ kuaⁿ cū tîeh chèng ceh;

the incumbent must magnify his office.
hṳ́-kò̤ kṳ mîn cōi;

there are many inhabitants there.
màiⁿ gāi tîeh mîn kṳ;

do not interfere with the people’s dwellings.

裾

𡨢

To store property; to lay by property, as in a guarded room.
kṳ m̄ tit hìeⁿ cōi;

it will not hold so much.
thóiⁿ m̄ chut kṳ ŭ hìeⁿ cōiⁿ;

I should not have thought there was room to store so much in it.
cí ko̤iⁿ càng-pâng kṳ tit jîeh cōi hùe?

How much merchandise can be stored in this go-down?
cîah lô̤h khṳ̀ tó lăi kṳ m̄ tit;

eats more than he can hold.

𦦙

To elevate; to promote; to raise in public esteem; to praise.
tăi-ke kong kṳ́ cêk kâi nâng chut lâi lí sṳ̄;

the people put forward a man to take charge of affairs.
tăi-múiⁿ kok kâi hûang-tì sĭ cèng nâng kong-kṳ́ kâi;

the ruler of the United States is elected by the people.
kong-kṳ́ cêk nâng lâi lí cía sṳ̄;

let a man be put forward by the public to attend to this matter.
kṳ́-cìn;

to recommend, to bring forward, to nominate.
sĭ úa kṳ́-cìn i kâi;

it was I who recommended him.
cí kâi nâng sĭ put sek thâi kṳ́ kâi nâng;

this man is one who is unworthy of the nomination.
kṳ́ chíu;

to raise the hand, as in voting.
kṳ́ cí tōa pang;

a good deportment.
kṳ́-tŏng to ŭ kui-kṳ́;

in all actions there are usages to be considered.
cêk kṳ́ cêk tŏng to ŭ lói-sìo;

for all movements of the body there are rules of etiquette to be observed.
kṳ́-jîn;

a promoted man, a graduate of the second degree.
tèng kṳ́-jîn;

get the second literary degree.
ngŏ̤ tîeh kâi kṳ́-cṳ́ àiⁿ khṳ̀ cĭeⁿ kiaⁿ;

met a graduate on his way to Peking.
sĭ kṳ́-jîn a sĭ bú-kṳ́?

Is it a civil graduate of the second degree or a military graduate of the second degree?

矩

鋸

A saw; to saw.
sĭ kṳ̀-kíaⁿ a sĭ tōa kṳ̀?

Is it a hand-saw, or a wood-saw?
kṳ̀ cò̤ nŏ̤ kûeh;

saw it in two.
cí ki kṳ̀ hó̤ kṳ̀ tek m̄ hó̤ kṳ̀ sam;

this saw is good to saw bamboo with but not to saw pine.
kṳ̀ khí;

the teeth of a saw.
tô̤ kṳ̀;

to file a saw.
kṳ̀ cí-hûe cìaⁿ tô̤ kàu lāi-lāi;

the saw has just been sharpened.
hîeh kîⁿ kio kṳ̀-khí hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

the edges of the leaf are serrated.
kṳ̀ âu;

to cut one’s own throat.
jw̆n kṳ̀, kṳ̀ m̄ tn̆g;

however much I saw upon it, I cannot sever it.
kṳ̀-sut;

sawdust.
kṳ̀ cêk kùa kâi kè-cîⁿ, hŵn-lío kṳ̀ būe lô̤h;

has spent time enough to get half a day’s wages at sawing, and has not yet sawed into it.
kṳ̀ nêk;

the blade of the saw.

踞

To occupy forcibly.
kṳ̆-tìn tŏ̤ hṳ́ kâi tī-hng;

took up their quarters there.
hṳ́-kò̤ sĭ i kṳ̆-tìn tŏ̤ kò̤;

that is where they have planted themselves.
i hóⁿ-kṳ̆ tŏ hṳ́-kò̤, bô̤ nâng káⁿ khṳ̀ thīn i;

they have forcibly taken possession of the place, and no one dare go and oust them.

拒

To ward off with the hand; to obstruct; to withstand; to reject; to stop; to oppose a plan.
kṳ̆-cô̤h, m̄ kio i kau-chap;

broke off intercourse, and would not associate with him.
cē chia lío cū kṳ̆-cô̤h bô̤ hâiⁿ;

as soon as he had got something from him on credit, he ceased from intercourse with him, and would not pay him.
i cò̤-nî káⁿ khàng-kṳ̆ i?

How dare he oppose him by force?
i cí-kò̤ m̄ káⁿ kṳ̆ kuaⁿ;

those living here, dare not resist the magistrates.
châk kṳ̆-pŭ tì-kàu sieⁿ tîeh kuaⁿ-piaⁿ;

the rebels resisted to the extent of wounding the regular troops.
kṳ̆-têk;

to stand out against.
kṳ̆ i m̄ cŭ;

could not successfully stand out against.
khṳt i kṳ̆ co, kṳ̆ nŏ̤ saⁿ nî;

he stood out against paying his rent for two or three years.

噎

A choking which hinders swallowing.
lău nâng khṳt pn̄g kṳ̆ tîeh;

the old man was choked by the rice.
cîah pn̄g, cîah lío kṳ̆-kṳ̆ nē;

after eating the rice, it produces a choking sensation by stopping in the passage to the stomach.

據

Evidence; warranty; to have form or substance; to occupy a place; to maintain; to fend off; according to; conformably to.
ŭ sĭm-mih pêng-kṳ̆?

What proof is there of it?
cí kâi cū sĭ cèng-kṳ̆;

this is the evidence of it.
cìam-kṳ̆ i kâi tī-hng;

encroach on his ground.
lîp ieh ûi kṳ̆;

make a contract as evidence.
kṳ̆ i tàⁿ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

from what he says it appears to be thus.
kṳ̆ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ lâi thóiⁿ cū sĭ i m̄ tîeh;

judging from this, it appears to be he who is in the wrong.
kṳ̆ tŏ̤-lí lâi lŭn li, bô̤ cía sṳ̄;

taking correct principles as the ground for argument, the thing cannot be done.
kṳ̆ pín sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

according to the warrant, it is so.
bô̤ pêng bô̤ kṳ̆, hàm úa cò̤-nî tẁn?

With no proof nor evidence, how would you have me decide the case?
cía sĭ ŭ cèng ŭ kṳ̆ kâi sṳ̄;

this is a thing about which there is testimony to be had.
kṳ̆ i kâi cú-ì li àiⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;

conformably to his will, let it be thus done.
kṳ̆-tìn i kâi phò, m̄ khéng puaⁿ;

took possession of his shop, and would not move out.
īu-kṳ̆ bô̤ hâiⁿ i kâi co cîⁿ;

and furthermore withheld his rent from him.

遽

Rapid; spurred on; suddenly.
tŏ̤ kip-kṳ̆ kâi sî-hāu cū àiⁿ m̄ cai-hûang;

when in a hurry one does not take precaution.
kṳ̆-jîen cū àiⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ kîaⁿ, kiaⁿ-ùi kîaⁿ m̄ khṳ̀;

if you want to do that on the spur of the moment, I fear it cannot be done.

倨

A free and easy way; haughty; assuming.
i kâi nâng kṳ̆-ngău căi;

he is very domineering.
hàm tîeh i kṳ̆-kṳ̆ nē;

when you call him he pays no attention to it.
cho̤h noⁿ-kíaⁿ chŵn bô̤ kui-kṳ́, to sĭ kṳ̆-ngău, síen-tíen;

those children are wholly destitute of correct training, and are insolent and impudent.

巨

吞

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