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

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• A pit; a gulch; a quarry.

• kheⁿ khàm;

  a pit.

• suaⁿ kheⁿ;

  a ravine.

• hām kheⁿ;

  a pitfall.

• cí tîo kheⁿ cúi chông tī kò̤ lâi?

  Where does the water of this creek come from?

• sì chù kâi kheⁿ kau cúi lóng-cóng múaⁿ;

  the creeks and ditches are everywhere full to overflowing.

• cêk pôiⁿ sĭ kĭa suaⁿ, cêk pôiⁿ sĭ chim kheⁿ;

  on one hand is a steep hillside, and on the other a deep gorge.

• láu kheⁿ īⁿ;

  an ink stone made from a water-worn pebble.

• híam-híam pûah lô̤h kheⁿ;

  come near falling into the trench.

• cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n chut khó kheⁿ;

  hardly earned money.

• pûah lô̤h ngṳ̂n kheⁿ, tô̤h bô̤ ngṳ̂n mêⁿ;

  tumbled into a silver mine, and did not pick up a bit of silver.

• jû tó̤ khǹg kheⁿ cêk īeⁿ;

  a game like “magic music.”

• thūn kheⁿ;

  fill up a pit.

• kheⁿ cúi ki-ki lâu;

  the brook gurgles on.