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

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• To decline doing or accepting; as an interjection, behold!

• oh!

  as an adverb, then.

• i sía tàⁿ “bw̄n màiⁿ chui-khiak”;

  he writes saying, “do not on any account decline”.

• úa kāu-kìe sĭ cieⁿ-seⁿ, khiak sĭ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  I thought it was thus, but behold it was so.

• khiak m̄ tit nâng-chêng;

  could not refuse the favour.

• sûi- sĭ lâu-tŏng tîeh, khiak sĭ cak sêng nâng cêk kĭaⁿ hó̤ sṳ̄;

  although it makes trouble, it really forwards a commendable object.

• khiak-sueh kó-cá ṳ̆ cêk kâi nâng—;

  once upon a time there was a man—.

• khiak sĭ ûi hô̤?

  Why so, pray?

• sṳ̄ kàu cí-kò̤ khiak m̄ khṳ̀ lío;

  since the business has arrived at this stage, it cannot be put off.