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

傾

To assay; to smelt; to test.
cí kâi sĭ kheng ngṳ̂n kâi lô;

this is a furnace for smelting silver.
i tó̤ khui kheng-si-phò;

he keeps an assayer’s office.
sĭ chŵn tó̤ kheng ûang pó̤ kâi;

it is one where nothing but silver shoes are smelted.
kheng-tîeh câp-cok;

ascertained by assaying it that it was wholly pure.
kheng chut lâi saⁿ sîaⁿ ngṳ̂n chit sîaⁿ tâng;

found by assaying it that it was three parts silver to seven of copper.
cē lô̤h lô khṳ̀ kheng cū mêng-pêh;

if you put it in the crucible and assay it, you will know just what it is.

卿

A noble; a lord; a high officer.
pêh ok chut kong-kheng;

a house of unstained reputation sends forth noblemen.
put hâk cía kong-kheng cṳ cṳ́ ûi sù mîn, to̤ hâk cía sù mîn cṳ cṳ́ ûi kong-kheng;

the sons of noblemen, if they do not study, become common people, while the sons of common people, if diligent in learning, become noblemen.
kheng sìang;

a grandee.
cìaⁿ kheng, sìo kheng;

the president and the vice president of the four lower courts.

筐

A round basket with a flat bottom and vertical sides; basket-work.
i sĭ taⁿ kheng-kíaⁿ kâi nâng; he is one who does odd jobs. khîeh kha kheng lâi chō̤;

take a basket to put it in.
cang taⁿ-kheng taⁿ lâi;

take carrying baskets, and bring it.
kheng thâu;

a fish basket.
pái tŏ̤ kheng-pûaⁿ kò̤ bōi;

spread out on a basket-work stall for sale.
còi kheng;

a basket to hold hempen fibers.
ô kheng;

a large round basket.

肯

Willing; voluntary; to acquiesce; to assent.
m̄ khéng hiah;

won’t cease.
m̄ khéng lâi;

won’t come.
m̄ khéng khṳt úa;

will not let me have it.
m̄ cai i khéng mē;

do not know whether he is willing.
i ā-sĭ khéng úa cū àiⁿ lâi khṳ̀;

if he is willing then I will go.
i to m̄ khéng thiaⁿ úa kâi ūe;

he never heeds what I say.
nín ā-sĭ khéng siang-sìn úa cū hó̤;

it is all right provided you are willing to trust me.
i sĭang khéng cîah khéng tàⁿ;

he is always ready to eat and to talk.
cí kù ūe tàⁿ lâi cū tòng khéng;

what you just said is agreeable to my mind.
p|hah sí m̄ khéng cio;

though you beat him to death, he will not own it.
khéng cò̤ gû, kiaⁿ ùi bô̤ lôi thua;

if you are willing to do the work of an ox, there is no reason to fear that you won’t have a plow to draw.
hău-seⁿ-kíaⁿ īa-sĭ khéng gîap-lâk kiaⁿ-ùi bô̤ cîah bô̤ chēng;

if a young fellow is willing to work hard, there is no reason to fear that he will not have food and clothing.

止

To stop at; to rest in; to be still; only, but.
m̄ khéng;

not merely that.
m̄ khéng poih kâi;

not eight only; there were more than eight.
khṳ̀ m̄ khéng cêk kùa kú;

it was not so short a time as a half day that he was gone; he was gone more than half a day.
cìeⁿ cōi cò̤-nî cìaⁿ khéng cìeⁿ tăng?

How can so much as that weigh no more than that?
úa thóiⁿ li m̄ khéng;

I think there is more than that.
cò̤ khéng hìeⁿ tn̂g?

How can it be of only that length?
căi tit khéng nŏ̤ peh kâi?

How can there be so few as two hundred.

磬

A hemispherical bell.
khà khèng;

to sound a bell by rapping on it with a stick.
khèng-pâi;

a musical triangle.
khà khèng-pâi;

play on a triangle.
thiaⁿ-kìⁿ khèng kheng-kheng-kìe;

heard the sound of bells.
cí kò̤ khèng kâi im hó̤ căi, tiang-tiang-kìe;

this dulcimer gives forth a very sweet sound, as it twangs.
lṳ́ ŭ khîeh cîⁿ kâk khèng a bô̤?

Did you throw down some cash by the bell (for the keeper of the temple, after worshiping there)?

慶

To congratulate; to rejoice with.
pêh kuaⁿ hùe khṳ̀ khèng-hō̤;

all the officials have gone to present their congratulations.
khèng ngŵn-sio;

to express good wishes on the fifteenth day of the first month.
hṳ́ jît ā-sĭ hông-tîeh chîo-thêng kĭ sîn cū bô̤ cò̤ hí-khèng kâi sṳ̄;

if it happen that the day is the anniversary of an emperor’s decease, there are no rejoicings.

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