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

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開

• To open; to liberate; to enact, as rites.

• tiang-sî àiⁿ khai-ciang?

  When will you display your wares?

• khai kuang;

  vivify an idol, by putting a white dot on its eyes.

• khai-sek khṳt i khṳ̀;

  liberate him and let him go.

• bŏi tit khai khio;

  cannot finish it up.

• i cò̤-nî khai kháu?

  What does he say about it?

• keng i chíu khai hwt;

  paid it over into his own hands.

• m̄ kàu khai-hwt hâiⁿ nâng;

  have not sufficient to pay people with.

• khai-hwt kàu cheng-chó̤;

  paid up in full.

• tī-hng khai phek;

  an open country with a wide view.

楷

• A model; a pattern; an example; regular.

• sĭ àiⁿ sía khái cṳ a sĭ àiⁿ sía hâng cṳ?

  Do you want it written in the square characters or in the running hand?

• i kâi sòi khái sía khṳ̀ ngía;

  his small square characters are well written.

• jī tîeh sía twn-khái cē;

  you must write your characters more regularly.

• cí cho̤h jī sía kàu khái-khái;

  these characters are written very precisely.

鎧

• Armor.

• khái-kah;

  mailed armor.

• tá-pàn kàu bú-khái bú-khái;

  dressed in coats of mail.

• chēng cò̤ bú-khái;

  wearing armor.

凱

• A victory; the triumphant return of an army.

• càu khái tńg lâi;

  celebrate a victorious return.

• tī-tiang-sî cìaⁿ hó̤ khái-sŵn;

  when we return in triumph.

剴

• Assiduously; diligently; fully.

• khái-chiet;

  with assiduity.

• kò̤-sī tàⁿ lâi khái-chiet căi;

  the proclamation sets it forth very fully.

• khái-khái chiet-chiet hío-jŭ peh-sèⁿ;

  let all the people clearly understand this (a phrase common in edicts).

**覬覦](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/覬覦)khái-jû1124

• To covet; to envy; to desire to obtain, though by foul means.

• nâng tó̤ khái-jû i kâi tī-hng;

  people envy him the possession of his place.

• cèng nâng m̄ káⁿ khai-jû;

  others dare not aspire to the possession of it.

• i cē cìeⁿ-seⁿ nâng cū seⁿ khái-jû kâi sim;

  if he acts thus, people will have their envy aroused.

槪

• To sum up; a résumé.

• tăi-khài;

  in general; generally speaking; on the whole.

• tăi-khài sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ kâi ì-sṳ̀;

  in a general way, that is the meaning of it.

• úa put kùe tàⁿ kâi tăi-khài;

  I tell you only what it is in a general way.

• cêk khài ŭ jîeh cōi?

  When summed up, how much is there altogether?

慨

• Generous; honorable.

• khài thàng!

  What a pity! How sad!

• cí kâi nâng khang khài;

  this man is disinterested.

• i sĭ khang-khang khài-khài kâi nâng cò̤ ŭ cìeⁿ-se?

  If he is disinterested how does it happen that this has come to pass?