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

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戟

• A lance with two points.

• chieⁿ to̤ kìam kek;

  spears, knives, swords, and lances.

• sái kek;

  wield a lance.

• ūe-kek;

  a halberd with a crescent shaped blade on the side.

殛

• To leave to perish; to cast off.

• hùaⁿ nâng kek tīo i;

  they all repudiated him.

• i kh̤t nâng kek tīo lío bŏi tit tńg lâi, tó̤ hṳ́-kò̤ sí khṳ̀;

  being cast off by them, he could not return, and died there.

• khṳt hieⁿ-lí hùe kek tīo, khṳ̀ kùe hwn;

  being exiled by the people of his village, he went to foreign parts.

釀

• To brew.

• kek cíu;

  to distill liquors.

• kek cíu tháng;

  brewers’ vats.

• cêk táu bí kek ŭ jîeh cōi cíu?

  How much whiskey is made from one peck of rice?

激

• To rouse the feelings; to impel; to excite; to vex; to beat on; to set back, as water; to turn a current.

• kek i seⁿ khì;

  makes him angry.

• i m̄ năi nâng kek;

  he cannot bear being irritated.

• khṳt nâng cē kek tîeh i cū khṳ̀ cò̤;

  if he is urged on by anybody he will go and do it.

• kek kàu i hẃn;

  worried him about it till he changed his mind.

• kuaⁿ kek, mīn pìen;

  his countenance changes, as his feelings are wrought upon.

• i tàⁿ kúi kù ūe, tàⁿ kàu kek-lîet căi;

  he said a few words, speaking most vehemently.

• sái kàu i kâi sim kám-kek;

  exasperated him.

• m̄ cang ūe kek, i to m̄ khéng khṳ̀ cò̤;

  if he is not incited to it, he well never do it.

• i kâi cúi kek cĭeⁿ lâu-téng ēng;

  the water is made to ascend to the second storey for use there.

• kek cúi-tâng;

  pipes in which water is forced upward.

• kek tăi pĭen;

  to strain at stool.

侷

• kek-chok;

  cramped; straightened.

• khah kek-chok ló;

  it is too short a time to do it in.

• lṳ́ cá li m̄ tàⁿ, taⁿ kek-kek chok-chok cò̤ căi tit chut?

  You did not speak of it beforehand, and now when there is no time to do it in, how can it be done?

• hía tī-hng úa thóiⁿ tîeh khah kek-chok;

  the space appears to me to be much too narrow.

檄

• A summons to arms; to give orders requiring haste.

• chíaⁿ nâng có̤ phien kek-bûn;

  ask some one to draw up an exciting proclamation.

• múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ tah kek-bûn;

  posted up official placards everywhere.

• kek kūiⁿ chê hôk;

  order the district magistrate to examine and reply.

菊

• Flowers with a broad disk and numerous petals.

• kek-hue;

  the chrysanthemum.

• kek gûeh;

  the ninth moon, when the chysanthemum blossoms.

• mêⁿ-àm lâi khṳ̀ hṳ́-kò̤, cîah cíu síeⁿ kek-hue;

  let us go there at dusk, to drink wine and enjoy the beauty of the chrysanthemums.

擊

• To rouse to action; to attack.

• i tó̤ cò̤ îu-kek;

  he acts as lieutenant colonel.

極

• The utmost point; the verge; extreme.

• kêk cōi;

  the greatest number.

• kêk bīo;

  the profoundest mystery.

• kêk chim;

  the very deepest.

• lâm kêk;

  the south pole.

• pak kêk;

  the north pole.

• lṳ́ tàⁿ lâi kêk sĭ;

  what you say is exactly so.

• cò̤ kuaⁿ, cò̤ kàu kêk phín;

  became an officer, of the very highest rank.

• i thiaⁿ tîeh kêk huaⁿ-hí;

  when he heard it he was exceedingly pleased.

• m̄-hó̤ khi-hŭ kàu i câp kêk bô̤ lō;

  you must not drive him to extremities.

• kàu kêk hn̆g kâi tī-hng;

  to the remotest lands.

• thài-kêk;

  the primum mobile.

• ūe kâi thài-kêk;

  draw the Chinese symbol of the dual powers.

局

• A game, as of draughts or chess; an undertaking; an enterprise or a committee to oversee it; a company, an association, or the place where their proceedings are carried on; complete; to inveigle.

• kêk gūa kâi nâng;

  a neutral; a looker on; one not concerned in the plan.

• tng kêk cía mîⁿ, phâng kwn cía tīaⁿ;

  the dullest are those who are playing the game, the most clear-headed are the lookers on.

• khui cêk kâi kong kêk;

  open a public office.

• cóng kêk;

  the governor’s or president’s office.

• hun kêk;

  a branch office.

• sĭen ău kêk;

  bureaus for the management of subsequent proceedings.

• cìn-cì-kêk;

  a soup-house for the poor.

• pó̤-ang-kêk;

  a benevolent association.

• ui-kêk;

  a hospital.

• bŏi tit lío kêk;

  cannot bring it about.

• sĭm-mih kak-kêk?

  What are the results?

• kui kêk sĭ cò̤-nî?

  When the end is reached, what then?

• i íⁿ-keng sêng kêk lío;

  he has accomplished his purpose.

• khí lâi hŵn-lío m̄ cîaⁿ kêk-sìo, lâi kàu-nîe lêng-ūaⁿ phah chù kêk;

  the plan is not yet fully carried out in the building, so let us consider the expediency of changing it.

• cí kâi keh kêk khí khí lâi cū ngía;

  if it were built upon this plan it would be beautiful.

• chù-kêk;

  a plan of a house.

• múiⁿ jîn kêk;

  a lure; a stool-pigeon.

• thóiⁿ i siet sĭm-mih kêk chut lâi;

  see what plan he brings forward.

• cía sĭ siet kêk kâi;

  this is a bait put out.

• thóiⁿ i pâi kâi sĭm-mih kêk;

  see what sort of allurement he sets forth.

• bŏi jîp i kâi kêk;

  does not fall in with his purposes.

• phìen kêk;

  a trick.

• cía sĭ cà kêk kâi;

  this is a stratagem.

• nŏ̤ nâng chẁn-kêk kâi;

  what the two have leagued together for.

• kêk-sì íⁿ-keng sêng;

  the plan has succeeded.

• cà kêk chut lâi kâi;

  the outcome of the scheme.

• îeh kêk;

  a dispensary.

• i íⁿ-keng tâu-mêng kêk sin hùe;

  he has already reported to the gentlemen who form the company.

• thóiⁿ tîeh síe kêk nē;

  it appears to be very compactly arranged.

• i kâi khẃn tōa kêk tōa kêk;

  it is on an extensive scale.

• thn̂g-kêk;

  the Sugar Company.

• kêk teng;

  the employes of a company.

• thóiⁿ phùa i kâi kêk;

  see through his scheme.

• i kâi kêk khṳt úa phah phùa;

  his plan was spoiled by me.

• hûa-ang-kêk;

  a Peace Society.

• i kúi húe-kì kâp-kong lâi khui thh5ng-kêk;

  the several partners joined in opening a Sugar Refinery.