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

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Slowly; leisurely; gently; easy.
táng lṳ́ khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ cò̤;

await your leisurely action.
khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ kîaⁿ;

walk quietly on.
khuaⁿ se-su;

ease off a little.
lí khuaⁿ cē, màiⁿ lí khah meⁿ;

do it gently, do not be too hasty in setting it right.
khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ tàⁿ;

tell it slowly.
m̄ tîeh khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ tàⁿ, màiⁿ lí-kẃn jíang;

why don’t you say what you have to say in an easy way, and not keep screaming?
i kâi nâng khuaⁿ sim khuaⁿ sèⁿ, un-jîu căi;

she is a person of very easy disposition, and exceedingly gentle.
hó̤ khuaⁿ kâi cū khuaⁿ, hó̤ kín kâi cū kín;

let that go which may well be deferred, and press forward that which ought to be hastened on.
i kâi khek chìe lâi ŭ khuaⁿ ŭ kín;

he sings some parts of the ballad slowly, and some parts rapidly.
lṳ́ khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ sĭeⁿ;

you think it over at your leisure.
khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ ô̤h, kú cū pat;

keep on at a slow steady pace in learning it, and after awhile you will know it.
khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ cîah;

take your time in eating.
m̄ tîeh khuaⁿ cē, màiⁿ híong-híong huh-huh;

why should you not take your time for it, and not be in such a flurry.

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Lax; loose; large; spacious; too relax; to widen.
pâk khùaⁿ cē, màiⁿ pâk khah kín;

tie it loosely, do not tie it too tightly.
cí sang ôi khah khùaⁿ;

these shoes are too large for me.
jûah thiⁿ-sî bûeh tîeh khùaⁿ cē cìaⁿ kōi chēng;

in hot weather the hose must be rather large, then they are easily put on.
khṳt lṳ́ kùa li ío khùaⁿ, khṳt úa kùa li ío kín;

it hangs more loosely upon you than upon me.
cí kâi gūa tîaⁿ khùaⁿ căi, hó̤ phâk chek;

this outer area is very roomy, and suitable for drying paddy.
pâk khah khùaⁿ khṳt i cáu khṳ̀;

tied him too loosely and he escaped.
cìeⁿ-seⁿ khah khùaⁿ, tîeh lâi ciⁿ i kín cē;

that is too loose, it must be made tighter by a wedge.
cêk ē kú cū lok-lok khùaⁿ;

as time passes, it gradually becomes looser.
chēng kú cū khùaⁿ;

it grows looser in the wearing.
cí sang īa bŏi khah khùaⁿ, īa bŏi khah kín, tú-tú kah;

this pair is neither too loose nor too tight, but exactly the right size.
hṳ́ kâi tī-hng ío khùaⁿ-chēng;

that space is the more roomy.
so̤h pàng-khùaⁿ cē;

pay out a little more rope.

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To discover by divination.
khùaⁿ mīaⁿ;

to tell fortunes.
kâi mīaⁿ ēng khùaⁿ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?

How much must one pay for having his fortune told?
khùaⁿ sṳ̄;

to find out things by divinadivination.
khuaⁿ tîeh m hó;

discovered by divination that it was unlucky.
i kâi mīaⁿ khùaⁿ lâi tîeh căi;

his fate was very accurately foretold.
i khùaⁿ tit chut i sòi-sòi cū bô̤ a-pĕ a khùaⁿ m̄ chut?

Did he divine that she was fatherless from infancy, or not?
hŵn lâu sin-seⁿ lṳ́ kio úa cài khùʰ cē;

will trouble you, Sir, to make another effort to divine my fate?

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