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

空

Void; vacant.
khong-khong jû;

entirely empty.
pue tŏ̤ khong tang;

soar in the heavens.
kiaⁿ kàu i kâi hûn pue tŏ̤ pùaⁿ khong tèng;

so frightened that he lost all presence of mind.
phêng khong bô̤ kù, cò̤-nî phah i?

Having no reason for so doing, why did you strike him?
phah khong khûn kâi sṳ̄ o̤h cò̤;

fighting empty handed is hard work.
chíeⁿ kàu khong-khong;

seized and carried off everything that was there.
khong mn̂g;

the abstracted class, Buddhist priests.

Rude; doltish; clownish.
i sui sĭ cìeⁿ tōa hŵn-lío mih sṳ̄ khong-khong thông-thông;

although he is large, he is still very awkward and ignorant.

孔

An orifice; great.
khóng-chieh khui phîn;

the peacock spreads its tail.
i kâi mâk-khóng khuah căi;

his eyes are very large.
i ŭ thâk khóng-cṳ́ cṳ a bô̤?

Has he read Confucius?
i khṳ̀ chūe khóng huang hiaⁿ;

he has gone in search of the brother with the square hole, i.e. cash.
phah kàu i chit khóng lâu hueh;

beat him till the blood ran from the seven orifices of his head.
khì kàu i chit khóng chut in;

so angry that smoke issued from all the orifices of his head.
i kâi mīn chit khóng seⁿ cò̤ cêk phóng;

his features are all huddled together.

控

To accuse; to inform the rulers.
khṳ̀ kuaⁿ-hú kò̤ khòng-kò̤;

go before the magistrate and accuse him.
cía sǹg sĭ bû khòng i;

this is probably a false charge against him.
niap-khòng;

to trump up a charge against.
tī-hng kuaⁿ tẁn m̄ tît, ciang-lâi tîeh tì-kàu sĭang-khòng;

if the local magistrate does not decide the case rightly, it must in the future be appealed to a higher court.
àiⁿ sĭang-khòng tîeh îu cí ĕ cêk câng cêk câng khòng khí khṳ̀, put lêng hó̤ wt-khòng;

in appealing, one must carry the case step by step from the lower to the higher courts, one cannot appeal directly to the high officers.

空

Unoccupied; vacant; empty; void.
bô̤ kâi sî-hāu ŏi tit khòng;

have no time unemployed.
i sái khui khòng jîeh cōi ngṳ̂n;

expended a large amount of money.
khò-pâng kâi ngṳ̂n khṳt i sái khui-khòng khṳ̀;

the treasury was emptied by him.
khṳt i sái khòng saⁿ sì chng-ngâu chek;

he used up three or four bins of paddy, from the public granary.

朌

戅

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