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

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蹊

• khi-khio;

  strange; queer; odd.

• cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ cū khi-khio lío, kú-kùai lío;

  this is a strange affair.

• i kâi ūe tàⁿ chut lâi, thiaⁿ tîeh khi-khi khio-khio;

  he speaks very strangely.

• thóiⁿ tîeh khi-khio;

  looked very strange.

欺

• To impose upon; to abuse when in power. tōa hieⁿ khi-hŭ síe hieⁿ; a large village oppresses a small one.

• i tô khi-hŭ úa;

  he is always imposing upon me.

• cìe-seⁿ sît-căi khi nâng thài sĭm;

  this is certainly a very great imposition.

• i to sĭ sĭ-sì khi-iap nâng;

  he makes use of his power in intimidating and putting down other people.

• cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū sĭ khi kun;

  this is failing in duty toward the sovereign.

• khi-lêng;

  to blackguard.

• bô̤ ài-sieh hia-ⁿtĭ, ío būe tá-kíu, hŵn àiⁿ khi-lêng hiaⁿ-tĭ;

  does not love his brothers, and what is still worse, he wants to dispossess his brothers of their rights.

• khi-phìen;

  to cheat.

敧

• Tipped; tilted; not standing evenly on its base.

• i kîaⁿ lō thâu khi-khi;

  he walks with his head on one side.

• m̄-hó̤ pàng khi, tîeh pàng sì-cìaⁿ;

  do not set it down with the base tilted up, set it down squarely.

• sāi kàu hìeⁿ khi, tī-kò̤ cē tiaⁿ, mng phah tó̤ khṳ̀ ló;

  if you set it down tilted in that way, it will tumble over at the least touch.

• hīn-khek cí khí cíu pue cū sĭ hāu-huap kó-cá khi khì kâi ì-sṳ̀;

  at present this sort of wine cup is made on the same design as were the tilted vessels of ancient times.

• cí kâi sieⁿ m̄-hó̤ phŏ̤ khi;

  do not tip this box in lifting it.

• àiⁿ taⁿ īa m̄-hó̤ khi;

  and do not tilt it sidewise in carrying it.

• sît khi-khi, koiⁿ-thâu khi-khi;

  wings and shoulders tilted, ready for a fight.

**崎嶇](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/崎嶇)khi-khu342

• Irregular, as a stony road; uneven; rough.

• lō khi-khu tîeh hàm nâng khṳ̀ pho pêⁿ;

  the road is very rough, we must call a man to mend it.

• khi-khi khu-khu;

  very uneven.

• khi-khu nap-uh;

  full of knolls and holes, as after an inundation.

起

• To rise; to lift; to start; to begin; to build; a classifier.

• khí sin;

  to start on a journey.

• khí bé a būe?

  Has the cavalcade set out yet?

• khí chíu phah i;

  raised his hand and struck her.

• tī-tîang soiⁿ khí chíu?

  Who began the fray?

• sĭ tī koiⁿ phò khí húe?

  In what shop did the fire first break out?

• khĭa khí lâi;

  rise and stand.

• khí lâi;

  get up.

• khí-sùaⁿ;

  a corrugated moulding.

• tàⁿ tîeh cū náu khí lâi;

  as soon as I spoke of it he became angry.

• thiaⁿ tîeh cū chìe khí lâi;

  as soon as he heard it he began to laugh.

• hái tèng hut-jîen cū khí huang éng;

  the sea suddenly became tempestuous.

• khí-cho̤ kâi sî-hāu;

  in the beginning.

• khí-thâu lâi;

  when he first came.

• cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ tī-tîang khí-ì?

  Who first started the idea of doing this?

• thóiⁿ tîeh cū khí put lîang cṳ sim;

  as soon as he saw it his coveteous desires were excited.

• khí kṳ im cîah cùe àiⁿ ŭ cak;

  under all circumstances moderation in eating and drinking is most desirable.

• ūi sĭm-mih sṳ̄ khí-kìen?

  By what means was this set going?

• cía sĭ cí cêk khí kâi nâng;

  they are that sort of people.

• sĭ i soiⁿ khí-hìen;

  it was he who began the strife.

• i cṳ̆-lâi khí tó̤ ūn;

  its luck has been fluctuating.

• khí piaⁿ;

  raise troops.

• tng m̄ khí;

  am not adequate to the task.

• sĭeⁿ khí lâi cū khì;

  whenever I think of it I am vexed.

• kò kieh khṳ̀ khí hùe;

  hire porters to take out the cargo.

• pīn cí-kò̤ sía khí;

  begin here and write on.

• cĭu kíaⁿ-jît cò̤ khí;

  begin with to-day, and reckon on.

• ùaⁿ cáu-khí;

  got up late.

• i būe cêng cáu-khí;

  she has not yet risen.

• khí lâi khĭa;

  stand up.

• siu-khí;

  gather them up and put them away.

• khîeh khí lâi;

  take it up.

• hû i khí;

  help him up.

• kng m̄ khí;

  cannot carry it.

• peh khí khṳ̀;

  clambered up.

• kha khìo khí lâi;

  raise your foot.

• kĭo m̄ khí;

  cannot pry it up.

• cí kâi tàⁿ khah tăng, úa taⁿ m̄ khí;

  this burden is too heavy, I cannot lift it.

• cía sṳ̄ sĭ tī-tîang khí kâi?

  Who started this?

• hàm hṳ́ kâi khí sṳ̄ kâi nâng lâi;

  tell the originator of the disturbance to come here.

• nín ūi sĭm-mih sṳ̄ khí ẁn-ke?

  What is the occasion for your being at variance with each other?

• jîh lô̤h cúi tói i hŵn ŏi phû khí lâi;

  when pressed down into the water, it will again rise to the top.

• peh khí khṳ̀ chīu câng téng;

  climbed to the top of a tree.

• cí ki thĭo lṳ́ so̤h tit khí a so̤h m̄ khí?

  Can you climb this pillar?

• i kâi kî līu khí khṳ̀ a būe?

  Has he run up his flag yet?

• lô tèng hó̤ khí húe;

  build a fire in the grate.

• i tó̤ khí chù;

  he is building a house.

• àiⁿ khí lâu a m̆?

  Are yon going to add a second storey?

• i kâi chíu khîeh m̄ khí;

  he cannot raise his hand.

• i kâi kha cìeⁿ-sî nńg, cài sin m̄ khí;

  his legs are very weak lately so that they cannot bear his weight.

• cò̤-nî cí-kâi thóiⁿ tit khí, hṳ́-kâi thóiⁿ m̄ khí?

  Why is it that you esteem that, and despise this?

• tìeⁿ khí mâk khṳ̀ mō̤ⁿ;

  lift up your eyes and look.

• hĭⁿ khìo khí lâi;

  pricked up his ears.

• àiⁿ li tâh khí cū khṳ̀;

  if you want it rush off at once.

• cí-kò̤ khí kàu hṳ́-kò̤ cí;

  from this point to that; beginning here and ending there.

• khí-soiⁿ khí-soiⁿ sĭ tī-tîang lâi?

  Who was the very first one that came?

• khí cêk cō̤ thah;

  rear a pagoda.

• kha bô̤ lâk, cn̂g kâi peh m̄ khí sin;

  my legs have no strength and I cannot get upon my feet at all.

• khí-thâu kâi sî-hāu;

  in the beginning.

• khí kang;

  begin the work.

• tô̤h jît khí kang;

  choose a lucky day for commencing the work.

• thìo khí khṳ̀;

  jump up on it.

• thâh khí khṳ̀;

  piled up.

• tîn tŏa khí chù-téng kò̤ khṳ̀;

  the creeper has clambered up to the roof.

• thî-khí cí kĭa sṳ̄;

  introduce this subject.

• máng khí lâi;

  pull it up, using both hands.

• kâu khí khṳ̀;

  climb up, using hands and feet.

• thek khí khṳ̀;

  go up by treading.

• pôih khí lâi;

  pull it out.

• thoa khí lâi;

  haul it out.

• cheⁿ-pie khí lâi;

  dart up.

• hwt khí lâi;

  sprout forth.

• piuh khí cêk ki sún chut lâi;

  sent forth a shoot.

• cheⁿ-khīa khí lâi;

  revive, as after drought.

• thăⁿ khí lâi;

  lay them up.

• tīo khí lâi;

  toss it up.

• tīe khí lâi;

  to rebound.

• chìn m̄ khí;

  cannot heft it.

• phòng khí lâi;

  rise, as yeast does.

• cui khí lâi;

  protrude.

• céng khí lâi;

  swell up.

• tìeⁿ khí lâi;

  to bloat up.

• bā khí cū khṳ̀;

  bounded up and off.

• éng cē sŏ̤ cū khí khṳ̀;

  when the wave rose we rose.

• phah tîeh i kâi sît, i pue m̄ khí;

  if you shoot him in the wing, he cannot soar.

• lûi tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤ khí;

  the thunder originates there.

• i kâi cûn tó̤ khí tèng;

  that ship is getting up its anchor.

• phâng màiⁿ līu khah khí;

  do not hoist the sail too high.

• úa sek khi khṳ̀ khṳt lṳ́ sah;

  I will throw it up for you to catch.

• lṳ́ tīo khí lâi úa cih;

  you toss it up here and I will catch it.

• tùi cí-kò̤ lāng khí lâi;

  poke it up through here.

• lṳ̂ khí lâi;

  poke it up and out.

• chèng khí lâi;

  mount upon, by putting the hands upon and then springing.

• pha khí bé sin;

  mount a horse.

• i to kŭaⁿ m̄ khí tōa nâng kâi mīn phûe;

  he will never attain to anything like his father’s reputation.

• i chin nâng cò̤-nî khang-khieh, khang-khieh i m̄ khi;

  however much his relatives train him, they cannot bring him to any good.

• cē thî-phû khí lâi úa cū it-tit;

  as soon as it was spoken of I remembered it.

• cía sĭ lṳ́ tàⁿ khí le, úa cìaⁿ tàⁿ;

  since you have spoken of it, I will.

齒

• The teeth; notches.

• hwt khí;

  to teeth.

• būe hwt khí;

  has not cut his teeth yet.

• bé khí;

  the teeth of a horse.

• máng bé-khí; to make edging bé-khí pĭⁿ;

  edging.

• bé-khí hōiⁿ;

  purslane.

• khí-thìaⁿ cìaⁿ cai khí-thìaⁿ nâng;

  those who have toothache can sympathize with one whose tooth aches.

• kù khí;

  the teeth of a saw.

• khí bà-bà; khí sà-sà;

  his teeth project.

• bà khí;

  tushes.

• i thâu-mīn-côiⁿ bô̤ kâi khí;

  he has no teeth in front.

• lău nâng hùe to̤ bô̤ gê-thâu-khí;

  old people are frequently destitute of grinding teeth.

• khieh tīo khí;

  to take out a tooth.

• máng tīo khí;

  to extract a tooth.

• pó khí;

  false teeth.

• cí cho̤h bûe sng căi, cîah cêk lîap khí cĭu ńng;

  these plums set the teeth on edge.

• thak khí;

  to pick the teeth.

• khí-thak;

  a tooth-pick.

• sieh-lîu khí;

  the seeds of the pomegranate.

• khí-ngṳ̂n;

  the gums.

• cí kâi khí khieh chut lâi saⁿ kâi kha;

  this tooth which was taken out has three prongs.

• cù khí seⁿ khí thâng;

  decayed teeth have worms in them.

• khí tōiⁿ, bǒi cù;

  the tooth is sound, it is not decayed at all.

• khí thak lío àiⁿ làng phāng;

  if you pick your teeth there will be wide spaces between them.

• khí-îeh;

  tooth-powder.

• khí-sueh;

  a tooth-brush.

• chìu khí;

  to brush the teeth.

• seⁿ khí pau;

  has a gum-boil.

• khí phû- phû;

  carious gums.

• khí ĭe-ló;

  his teeth are loose.

• bô̤ khí làng;

  lisps.

• kiaⁿ kàu hṳ́-hṳ́- kìe, khí tó̤ tie;

  so frightened that he shook and his teeth chattered.

• cwn mn̂g ui khí;

  a dentist.

• phah ka-lâuh i kâi khi;

  knocked his tooth out.

• ngoih khí;

  grate the teeth.

• khí sng-nńg;

  the teeth set on edge.

• m̄ cai thâu, kâi khí thun lô̤h khṳ̀;

  unwittingly swallowed a tooth.

啟

• To report; to state; to make known.

• cí kâi nâng mîaⁿ-ke cṳ-khí;

  this person is an adept in the making out of written reports and statements.

• i kâi cṳ-khí cò̤ lâi hó̤ căi;

  his report is well made out.

• i sĭ pat cò̤ kùe cṳ-khí sṳ-îa;

  he has been a recording clerk.

• lṳ́ kâi sìn mīn tèng kio úa sía “móng nâng uaⁿ khí;”

  write for me on the outside the letter, the superscription, “may you open it in peace.”

• khí-mêng-cheⁿ chut lío;

  the morning star has risen.

• lâng íⁿ khí kháu;

  difficult to speak about.

• sìn thâu tèng kio úa sía kèng-khí-cía cū hó̤;

  if you will write the complimentary phrases at the beginning of the letter for me, that will do.

住

• To dwell; to live in.

• i khĭa-khí tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?

  Where does she live?

• i àiⁿ nā pàng cí-kò̤ khĭa-khí;

  he is going to stay here permanently.

• i khĭa-khí tŏ̤ sîaⁿ lăi;

  he lives in the city.

• hṳ́ kâi tī-hng mó̤ khĭa-khí;

  that place is not habitable.

豈

• How can? How? Implying a negative.

• khí káⁿ; khí káⁿ khí káⁿ?

  How dare I presume to do so?

• khí ŭ chṳ́ lí?

  Whence such a rule?

器

• Vessels; dishes; utensils; implements.

• gêk khì;

  vessels of precious stone.

• siak khì;

  pewter ware.

• chṳ̂ khì;

  porcelain.

• hûi khì;

  earthenware.

• jîo khì;

  crockery made in the Poyang Lake district.

• po̤-lî khì;

  glass ware.

• bâk khì;

  wooden ware.

• ngṳ̂n khì;

  silver ware.

• kim khì;

  golden vessels.

• tâng khì;

  brass ware.

• khì-kŭ;

  a utensil.

• khì-kŭ côi- cíaⁿ;

  the utensils are all in order.

• kun-cuang khì-hăi cău hó̤ a būe?

  Are the soldiers’ equipments all made ready yet?

• i mîaⁿ-ke ēng sĭm-mih piaⁿ khì;

  he is expert in the use of all military weapons.

• tăi khì mńg sêng;

  a great vessel is slowly made; a talented man slowly matures.

• cí kâi nâng síe khì căi;

  this person has little capacity.

• màiⁿ khah sío khì;

  do not be petty.

• cía sĭ kùi khì kâi;

  this is one that is of fine capacity.

• hía sĭ m̄ sêng khì;

  that one is unfit for the place.

• kà kàu i sêng jîn sêng khì;

  teach him till he becomes a man and good for something.

• châng khì;

  farming implements.

• cĭeⁿ khì kâi mûeh;

  a complete utensil; a valuable object, or refined person.

氣

• Fumes or vapor ascending from heat acting on moisture; exhalation; ether; breath; air; the vital force or fluid; spirit, courage, temper, or feelings of men and animals; influence; aspect, air; a semi-lunar period.

• màiⁿ seⁿ khì;

  do not get vexed.

• i kâi khì-sek hó̤;

  he has a pleasant countenance.

• ŭ kâi kuaⁿ-hú kâi khì-sĭang;

  has the air of an official.

• im îang nŏ̤ khì sûn-hŵn bô̤ hiah;

  the primordial aura in the dual powers, incessantly circulates.

• ui pēⁿ īa tîeh hío ngŏ ūn lâk khì;

  in treating diseases one must understand the five indications of luck, and the six climatic agencies.

• huang khì;

  climate; air.

• hâng khì;

  coldness.

• sú khì;

  heat.

• sip khì;

  dampness.

• chàu khì;

  dryness.

• húe khì;

  caloric.

• cí hûe sĭ sĭm-mih coih-khì?

  What time of the moon is this?

• màiⁿ khṳt thô-khì chong tîeh;

  do not imbibe the miasma.

• cí kâi nâng ŭ cí-khì;

  this is a man of nerve.

• i kâi cí-khì ngan-ngan;

  he is very resolute.

• khì sí nâng;

  exasperates people.

• úa sĭu khì căi;

  I have been much blamed.

• sĭu i kâi khì sĭu m̄ khṳ̀;

  I am not going to allow him to scold me.

• màiⁿ khì tîeh i;

  do not anger him.

• lîah i lâi chut khì;

  take him to vent his spite on.

• chut khì bô̤ kò̤ khṳ̀;

  no way of venting his spite.

• cí-kò̤ kâi khì-hāu cá, pí pât kò̤ soiⁿ ŭ cêk kâi coih-khì;

  the seasons here are early: they come a full half month sooner than in other places.

• i kâi nâng khùn căi, thóiⁿ tîeh cn̂g kâi bô̤ khì mêh;

  he is very feeble, and seems to have no vitality.

• lṳ́ sît-căi hó̤ ūn khì;

  you are indeed lucky.

• khṳt i khì sí khṳ̀;

  caused him to die of vexation.

• lṳ́ sĭeⁿ ŏi khì a bŏi?

  Do you think he is vexed about it?

• thiaⁿ tîeh cū khì;

  on hearing it he was vexed.

• khṳt i cē khì cū thò hueh;

  as soon as he is vexed, his gorge rises.

• cē khì hueh cū bū;

  as soon as he is angry he blurts out his wrath.

• i kâi ngŵn khì cok căi;

  his constitution is very strong.

• i tó̤ îang khì;

  he is putting on airs.

• îang-îang khì-khì tńg khṳ̀;

  went off in high dudgeon.

• cí-kò̤ kâi khì-sîp m̄-hó̤;

  the customs in vogue here are bad.

• cìaⁿ khì;

  rectitude.

• cí īeⁿ îeh kâi khì-lâk tōa;

  this medicine has great efficacy.

• cîah tîeh sît căi ŭ khì;

  on eating it you will certainly feel the effect.

• hueh-khì thîo-hûa, bô̤ pēⁿ;

  when the circulation is as it should be, there is no ailment.

• ûn hieⁿ-châ lâi phek tīo ùe khì;

  burn sandal wood as a disinfectant.

• cîah cē lîang-îeh lâi cheng tīo jûah khì;

  take cooling medicine as an antidote to fever.

• tîeh sìa tīo i kâi ṳ̀ khì cek khì cìaⁿ hó̤;

  the system must be depleted and all will then be well.

• cí īeⁿ mûeh kâi khì-bī sĭm hó̤;

  the flavour of this is delicious.

• cîah tîeh bô̤ khì bô̤ bī;

  it has neither savor nor flavor.

• cí hûe bô̤ mih sîn-khì;

  have not now much vigor.

• sui sĭ hŭ-jîn ŭ kâi cĭang-hu khì-khài;

  though she is a woman, she has a man’s strength of will.

• i kâi khì ngêk-phû: hó̤ khṳ̀ chūe sŭn khì, kàng khì kâi îeh lâi cîah;

  this does not agree with him: get some sort of soothing medicine for him to take.

• i kâi mīn thóiⁿ tîeh ẁn khì;

  he looks vexed.

• im-khì thài sĕng;

  too deep darkness.

• chìn thiⁿ-sî kâi húe bô̤ mih khì-lâk;

  the fire in cold weather has not much force.

• khì chēng kín;

  pent up force.

• i tó̤ ŭang khì kâi sî-hāu;

  when he is prospering.

• cí hûe tú-tú tit tîeh sèⁿ ŭang kâi khì;

  opportunely hit upon a favorable time.

• hău-seⁿ tiang-sî, hueh khì cū càng, nî 1ău hueh khì cū sue;

  iu youth the vital forces are strong, in old age they are weak.

• cí-hûe kâi sî-khì, nâng cōi-cōi ŭ cí khí pēⁿ;

  at this season this disease prevails.

• i ŭ kâi thì-khì kâi pēⁿ;

  he has constipation.

• lô̤h kò̤ kieⁿ phek tīo i kâi cho̤ khì;

  put in a piece of ginger-root to obviate the fishy smell.

• sìa tīo i kâi tâk khì;

  to disinfect.

• phùa i kâi cek khì;

  disperse the dank odors.

• khì kàu hm̄-hm̄ chẃn;

  so angry that he gasps for breath.

棄

• To reject; to discard; to renounce; to relinquish; to abandon; to throw off.

• khì tīo bó̤;

  to forsake one’s mother.

• khì tīo kíaⁿ;

  abandon one’s children.

• khì tīo ke, khṳ̀ cò̤ hûe-sīeⁿ;

  renounce one’s domestic relationships, and become a priest.

• màiⁿ cṳ̆ pău cṳ̆ khì;

  do not go and throw yourself away.

• i íⁿ-keng khì sîa kui cìaⁿ;

  he has already departed from evil and returned to correct ways.

• khì kū ngêng sin;

  discard the old and welcome the new.

• khì sì;

  leave the world; to die.

• phau khì;

  fling away.

• pun nâng khì tīo;

  cast away.

• sía-khì tīo;

  to discard.

• lêng-kò̤ sía-khì tīo;

  rather fling off the whole thing.

其

• A relative and personal pronoun referring to the person, place or thing spoken of.

• khî-ṳ̂;

  the surplus; what is over; the rest.

• khî-ṳ̂ kâi nâng mín-ēng lâi;

  the rest of you need not come.

• khî-ṳ̂ kâi àiⁿ pàng tī-kò̤;

  where is the surplus to be put?

• khî-ṳ̂ hŵn ŭ jîeh cōi?

  How much is there of what is left?

• khî-ṳ̂ kâi, i bô̤ tàⁿ;

  he did not speak of any besides.

• khî tī-hng sĭm cheng-chái;

  the place is in the best possible order.

• lṳ́ ŭ tŏ̤ khî tang, úa bŏ̤ chap tŏ̤ khî tang;

  you have been among them, while I am not of them.

• khî tang pit ŭ pât īeⁿ;

  there is certainly an other sort among them.

• mn̄g khî sĭang sòi, khî-sît i bô̤ cía sṳ̄;

  inquired into it very carefully, and found that he had really done no such thing.

• khî-sît i sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ, pĕng bô̤ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  in truth it is thus and not so.

• cai khî it m̄ cai khî jī;

  knows the one but not the other.

• cìeⁿ-seⁿ īu khî chṳ̀;

  that will be the next best way.

期

• A set time; a fixed period; a day agreed on; times, seasons.

• ieh tī-kâi jît khî?

  What day was agreed upon?

• khî íⁿ-keng múaⁿ lío;

  the time is up.

• kàu khî a būe?

  Has the time fixed upon yet arrived?

• kùe khî ku-ā jît lío;

  the set time is past by several days.

• i tàⁿ hŵn-lío būe kàu khî;

  he says the time has not yet come.

• bô̤ tīaⁿ khî;

  no fixed time.

• ŭ kâi hăng khî;

  there is a limit set to the time.

• tùi khî tùi khî;

  just at the set time.

• khî ieh cêk kâi gûeh;

  agreed to fix the time at one month.

• khî bŏi kùe lṳ́ kâi;

  am not behind time.

• chut ŭ sî-khî tŏ̤ kò̤;

  notices of the time are issued.

• put khî jṳ̂ hŭe;

  met without previous arrangement; an unexpected interview.

• i kâi kê-khî jîeh kú?

  How long is he to wear the cangue?

• i cò̤ mih sṳ̄ to ŭ kâi tīaⁿ khî;

  he has a set time for everything he does.

• nî-khî kàu lío;

  the year fixed upon is at hand.

• chun-khî sía jîeh coi?

  How many years are recorded?

祗

• The god or spirit which animates the earth.

• hŭam sôk thiⁿ kâi sîn kìe-cò̤ sîn, sôk tī kâi sîn kìe-cò̤ khî, kù-chṳ́ kìe-cò̤ sîn-khî, īa kìe-cò̤ thiⁿ-sîn tī-khî;

  all spirits pertaining to the heavens are called gods, and all pertaining to the earth are called divinities; therefore they are called deities, and are also called gods and goddesses.

• tong-kok kâi cì huap ŭ saⁿ khí: cêk khí sĭ thiⁿ-sîn, cêk khí sĭ tī-khî, cêk khí sĭ nâng-kúi;

  the Chinese have three sorts of sacrificial rites, one for the gods of heaven, one for gods of the land, and one for the spirits of the dead.

**麒麟](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/麒麟)khî-lîn344

• A fabulous animal, like a piebald horse, with one horn and a cow’s tail.

• it phín kâi bú kuaⁿ, i kâi pó-sim cū sĭ sìu khî-lîn kâi;

  military officials of the first grade have a unicorn embroidered on the square patch which ornaments the breast and back of their official robes.

• khî-lîn síam;

  folding doors having carved unicorns as their ornamentation.

奇

• Extraordinary; rare; strange.

• khî-kùai;

  marvellous.

• khî-ĭ;

  unusual.

• cía cū chut khî lío;

  this is extraordinary.

• cía sǹg sĭ khî hông kâi sṳ̄;

  this may be considered an unusual occurrence.

• cía cī sĭ khî sṳ̄;

  this is very strange.

• i kâi khî nâng;

  he is a very odd person.

祈

• To pray; to invoke aid; to intreat.

• khî-táu;

  to pray.

• khî hŏ;

  pray for rain.

• úa sĭm sĭ khî-mō̤ⁿ lṳ́;

  I earnestly hope for your coming.

• khî-khîu;

  to beseech.

耆

• A man of sixty; one who should advise others.

• jŭ kak hieⁿ kâi sin-khî;

  advise the elders in every village.

• cí kúi hieⁿ ŭ kúi kâi khî-láu lâi kìⁿ kuaⁿ;

  several of the elders from these villages came to see the magistrate.

蜞

• A small land crab.

• bua-khî; pê-khî;

  land crabs.

• cí cho̤h pê-khî kâi bī sĭm hó̤;

  these crabs are of a very fine flavour.

蘄

• khî cûa;

  the horned snake.

• khî hîaⁿ,

  a species of Artemisia, from which Chinese moxa, used in cautery, is obtained.

忌

• The dreaded day, when a friend died; the anniversary of a death.

• i kíaⁿ-jît cò̤ khī;

  they keep the anniversary of a death to-day.

• sĭ i a-kong kâi khī, a i a-má kâi khī?

  Is it the anniversary of their grandfather’s or of their grandmother’s death?

• khṳ̀ i kò̤ pài khī;

  go to their house to keep the anniversary of their friend’s death.

• cêk nî ŭ jîeh cōi kâi khī?

  How many anniversaries of the deaths of Emperors are there in a year?