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

奇

An odd number.
sĭ sang a sĭ khia?

Is it an even or an odd number?
khia jît màiⁿ thó̤, sang jît màiⁿ hâiⁿ, thĕng-thăi úa hwt châi li, cêk kâi hâiⁿ nŏ̤ kâi;

on the odd days of the month you do not dun, on the even days I do not pay: wait till I get rich and then I will pay you double.
khia jît;

a common designation of the seventh day after death, when the spirit is supposed to leave the body.

寒

khia-pô̤h;

scrawny; meager.
i a-tĭ seⁿ lâi khia-pô̤h, m̄ kău-tăng;

his younger brother is very scrawny, not plump.
i kâi phīⁿ khah khia-pô̤h;

his nose is too peaked.
ang-cía nŏ̤ nâng seⁿ lâi lóng-cóng khia-khia pô̤h-pô̤h;

husband and wife are both very thin.

聳

Elevated; high.
koiⁿ-thâu khìa-khìa;

high shouldered.
koiⁿ-thaû kûiⁿ-khìa kûiⁿ-khìa;

chuckle-headed.
hĭⁿ khìa-khìa;

ears attent; to prick up the ears.
i hĭⁿ khìa-khìa tó̤ thiaⁿ;

he is listening with his ears alert.
cí ciah káu cêk mêⁿ hĭⁿ khìa-khìa, lêng-ceng căi;

this dog keeps his ears pricked up all night, and is very watchful.

騎

竪

To erect; to set up; to establish.
khîa kî;

to plant a flag.
khîa kî-kuaⁿ;

to raise a flag staff.
khîa ûi;

to set up a mast in a vessel.
khîa nŏ̤ ki cîeh cek tŏ̤ phûn-mŏⁿ côiⁿ;

set two stone candles in front of the grave.
khîa sĭm-mih kî hō̤?

What flag do they fly?
khîa thĭo;

erect a pillar.
khîa têng;

raise a portal.
i khîa kò̤ cîeh pi tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤ cò̤ tī-kài;

he set a slab of stone there to mark the boundary.

執

To hold in the hand, as one holds a rod, or carries an umbrella.
pit tîeh khîa sì-cìaⁿ sì-cìaⁿ;

the pen must be held straight.
cêk nâng khîa to̤, cêk nâng khîa chieⁿ;

one carried a knife and the other a spear.
khîa sìⁿ;

carry a fan.
khîa kúai-cĭang;

carry a cane.

岐

Ambiguous.
sang-khîa-bé ūe;

language susceptible of two different interpretations.
i to bô̤ tît-tît tàⁿ, to sĭ tàⁿ sang-khîa-bé ūe;

he never speaks in a straight forward way, but always uses language having two meanings.

站

To stand; to stop.
khĭa khui cē;

stand further off.
khĭa khí lâi;

get up and stand still.
khĭa tît-tît;

stand up straight.
khĭa sì-cìaⁿ sì-cìaⁿ;

stand erect.
tīam-tīam khĭa;

stand perfectly still.
khĭa tŏ̤ cêk pôiⁿ;

stand on one side.
khĭa tŏ̤ sang pôiⁿ;

ranged on the two sides.
ho̤h cōi nâng tŏ̤ sang pôiⁿ khĭa;

a great many people were standing on each side.
kîaⁿ sĭ kîaⁿ, khĭa sĭ khĭa;

if you walk, walk, and if you stand, stand; behave properly.
khĭa m̄ ún;

it does not stand firmly.
khĭa m̄ tùe;

it won’t stand up.
khĭa kàu kha sng;

stood till tired.
khĭa îang khí lâi;

stand erect and hold up your head.
kha thìaⁿ bŏi khĭa;

his foot is so sore he cannot stand upon it.
bŏi khĭa kú;

cannot stand long.
khĭa tŏ̤ suaⁿ téng mō̤ⁿ sì-phìⁿ;

stood on the hill top and looked all around.
bŏi cŏ̤ bŏi khĭa;

can neither sit nor stand.
khĭa tīam tó̤ táng;

stood still and waited.
khĭa tīam cē;

stop a moment.
khĭa tŏ̤ mn̂g kha tó̤ thóiⁿ nâng;

stood at the door looking at people.

居

To reside; to live in a place; to remain stationary.
i bô̤ sṳ̄, khĭa-khí tŏ̤ chù;

he has no business requiring his attention and he stays at home.
m̄ cai i khĭa-khí tŏ̤ tī kò̤;

I do not know where he is staying.
i àiⁿ khṳ̀ móng kò̤ khĭa-khí;

he is going to a certain place to live.
i ŭ tŏ̤ hṳ́ khĭa ke a bô̤?

Has he settled his family there?
i soiⁿ-tiang-sî khĭa-khí tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤;

he formerly resided there.
bô̤ kò̤ khĭa-khí;

has no place of abode.
tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤ khĭa ŭ nî gūa lío;

has been there over a year already.

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