A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / khiah | 閩南語書寫

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

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  • A fissure; a chink; a cleft; a gap; an occasion or cause for dislike.

  • chîeⁿ pit lío làng kâi khiah tōa-tōa kâi;

    the wall cracked, leaving a wide chink.

  • hṳ́-kò̤ ŭ cêk kâi kau khiah tŏ̤ kò̤, bŏi tit kùe;

    there is a ditch between, so that we cannot cross over there.

  • i kio i ŭ khiah;

    the two are at variance.

  • úa kio i bô̤ chîu bô̤ khiah;

    I have no occasion for a quarrel with him.

  • úa cai lṳ́ soiⁿ-côiⁿ kio i ŭ kâi khiah tŏ̤ kò̤;

    I know that formerly you were not on good terms with him.

  • thiⁿ kâi hûn làng khiah;

    there is a rift in the clouds.

  • bó̤ khang bô̤ khiah;

    no crack nor crevice.

  • bô̤ kò̤ làng khiah;

    there is no opening anywhere.

  • taⁿ kâi nang hṳ̂-lêng cío-ciaⁿ cìaⁿ ŭ kâi khang-khiah cū toa-bó̤-mûeh nâng lâi tó̤ hùn;

    the people of the present time are like dragon fish and fairy birds, wherever there is a chink they come in swarms boring their way through.