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

Labor; work.
i tó̤ cò̤ khàng-khùe;

he is at work.
i kâi khang-khùe lō tn̂g căi;

he is able to do a vast amount of work.
ciu jît gîap-gîap to sĭ cò̤ khang-khue;

is at work incessantly all day long.
i tó̤ cò̤ mih khang-khùe?

What sort of work is he doing?
cí kâi, chú i kâi khang-khùe lō hó̤;

take this one on account of his ability to work.
cho khang-khùe;

coarse work.

空

Empty; vacant; unoccupied.
khang chù;

an empty house.
phò íⁿ-keng puaⁿ khang hâiⁿ úa lío;

everything is moved out from the shop, and it is delivered over to me.
m̄ hó̤ sái i khang chíu tńg khṳ̀;

do not send him back empty handed.
hăm ke nâng cáu kàu khang-khang;

the whole family have run away.
khang-khak;

hollow.
cí kâi gê-cí khang-khang khak-khak, bô̤ nek;

this cocoa-nut is perfectly hollow, and has no meat in it.
tâng mn̂g- khí-cá cîah kàu taⁿ tn̂g khang tó khang;

since breakfast this morning my stomach has remained unfilled.
cêk sieⁿ mûeh khṳt châk thau kàu khang-khang;

the whole trunkful of things was taken by the thief, and nothing left.
khang tī;

unoccupied land.
khang chùi tàⁿ, bô̤ thóiⁿ cheh;

say it off without looking at your book.
khang pak;

an empty belly.
bōi kàu khang-khang;

all sold off.
sái i tó̤ khang sĭeⁿ;

set him to vainly wishing.
chíu m̄ khang;

have no unemployed hand; am busy.

孔

A hole; an orifice; an aperture.
cam khang;

the eye of a needle.
ûai phīⁿ-khang mô̤ⁿ;

dig the hairs from the nostrils.
hĭⁿ khang;

the ear passages.
khang kíaⁿ;

a very small orifice.
líu kâi khang;

dig a hole.
hṳ́ kâi khang ŭ jîeh chim?

How deep is that hole?
khui kâi khang khṳt i thong khì;

make an aperture for ventilation.
sìo thĭo châk khang;

reckon the number of pillars and then chisel out the mortises.
mâk khang khuah;

has large eyes.
suaⁿ khang;

a cave.
cûa khang;

a serpent’s hole.
nío-chṳ́ khang;

rat-holes.
mông tîeh bô̤ khang bô̤ uh;

could feel no crevices.
khang sún tàu lâi m̄ kín;

the mortise and tenon are not tightly joined.
bùn jîp khang;

wriggled into his hole.

牽

To haul along, to pull, to lead, to lug in, to induce.
nŏ̤ nâng sie khang chíu tó̤ kîaⁿ;

the two were pulling each other along by the hand.
khang i kîaⁿ;

pull him along by the hand.
khang gû;

lead a buffalo by a rope.
cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ khang-lîen kàu tōa bó̤ mûeh nâng;

this affair compromises a great number of people.
úa kio i bô̤ khang bô̤ khùa;

I am in no way connected with him.
khang-máng;

haul along.
khang-khieh kàu i sêng jîn;

help him on till he is of age.
khang ciah kâu;

lead a monkey about.
cū sĭ khang káu lô̤h îu thng;

it is leading a dog to the frying pan.
cū sĭ i tó̤ khang-ín;

it is he who brings it upon us.

携

縴

康

A healthy body and quiet mind.
i lău nâng jîeh khang-kĭen!

What a hale old man he is!
lṳ́ lău nâng kâi khì-thói khang-kĭen căi;

venerable sir, you are very hale and hearty.
khang-hi jī-tíen ŭ sa-câp gūa pńg, ŭ saⁿ sì bw̄n jī.

Khang Hi’s dictionary is in over thirty volumes and contains thirty or forty thousand characters.

慷

Magnanimous; decided in a good cause; generous.
cí kâi nâng câp-hun khang-khài;

this person is very public-spirited.
i kẃn-thăi nâng to sĭ khang-khang khài-khài;

he always treats one with great liberality.
cí kâi li khah khang-khài, hṳ́ kâi li khah nioh-sioh;

this one is too liberal, and that one is too narrow minded.

眶

空

Blank; to leave a space; an interval; a deficit; un-employed.
ṳ̆ ìn khàng pêh;

previously stamped in blank.
cí cêk kâi gûeh bô̤ cêk jît ŏi khàng;

this month there is not a day unoccupied.
sím kàu i cē lô̤h khàng cū toah phah;

continued the trial till there was an interim and then threatened and beat him.
cìeⁿ-sî cū khàng ku-ā jît bô̤ cò̤;

lately there was an interval of several days when nothing was done.
khàng kâi keh lío, cìaⁿ lâi sía;

leave one space empty and then write.
i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi bŏi lô̤h khàng;

he talked on without any pause.
khí chûn ŭ cêk kò̤ khàng tī;

after building, a piece of unused ground was left.

匟

A wide couch; a divan.
khàng-kí, tieⁿ cò̤ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?

How much did you pay apiece for the divan tables?
úa àiⁿ cò̤ tieⁿ tōa khàng-chn̂g;

I wish to make a divan.
khàng-chn̂g téng pái tieⁿ khàng-kí;

on the divan was a divan table.
i la i cŏ̤ khàng, i m̄ káⁿ cŏ̤;

he pressed him to sit on the divan, but he would not presume to do so.

睊

To look at with displeasure.
mâk khàng-khàng tŏ̤ thóiⁿ i;

glared at him.
lṳ́ thóiⁿ i kâi mâk khàng-khàng, i sĭ hĕng i kâi īeⁿ;

see how he looks at him askance, as if he hated him.

亢

Excessive; violent; strong.
thiⁿ-sî khah khàng ŭaⁿ;

the season is one of excessive drought.
cí kâi tī-hng khah khàng îang;

this place is excessively bare and destitute of shade.
i kâi mêh khah khàng îang;

his pulse is very high.
i cò̤ lâi put pui, put khàng, khap-khap hâh lói;

he was neither obsequious nor arrogant, but simply polite.

炕

To dry by a fire; to toast; a brick bed.
khîeh khṳ̀ húe tèng khàng;

put it by the fire and dry it.
cía khàng lâi m̄ so;

this is not toasted enough to make it crisp.
khàng kàu chiah-pauh chiah-pauh;

toast it till it is brown.
phah húe khàng;

make a brick bed, under which a slow fire may be made, to keep the bed warm.

抗

To resist; to oppose; to rebel against.
khàng kṳ̆;

stand in opposition.
khàng cí;

resist the will of the emperor.
i khàng nîe jîeh kú lío;

how long has he refused to pay the land tax.
i cò̤-nî káⁿ khàng kuaⁿ?

How dare he resist the magistrate?
i īa sĭ khàng tẁn m̄ cun cū tîeh phah;

if he resists and refuses to obey he must be beaten.

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捧

To hold in both hands, as in offering to a superior.
khṳ̀ kàu, i cū khâng tê lâi cîah;

when we arrived she brought tea for us to drink.
chō̤ cò̤ cêk tháng-pûaⁿ khâng lâi;

put them all on a salver and bring them.

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