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

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

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  • Wide; large; broad; liberal; extensive.

  • àiⁿ cò̤ jieh khuah?

    How wide do you want it made?

  • cía khuah kùe hia;

    this is wider than that.

  • khah khuah;

    too wide.

  • ài cò̤ ío khuah se-su ;

    I want it made a little wider.

  • cí kâi khuah;

    this one is the widest.

  • khuah-khuah toa-toa;

    capacious.

  • i kâi chù īu chim īu khuah;

    his house is both wide and long.

  • khuah chùi;

    a big mouth.

  • chùi khuah-khuah, chiu nŏ̤ phuah;

    a large mouth with two tufts of moustache over it.

  • chùi peh khuah ;

    open your mouth wide.

  • i kâi sim-heng khui-khuah; his ideas are liberal.

  • cí-kò̤ ío khui-khuah, hṳ́-kò̤ khak ak-sak;

    it is more airy here, there one is too closely shut in.

  • i kâi mâk-khang khuah căi;

    his eyes are very large.

  • khwn-khuah;

    spacious.

  • cía ūe tàⁿ khṳ̀ khah u-khuah;

    this language is too vague.

  • khuah sì jîeh cōi chieh, tn̂g sì jîeh cōi chieh?

    What is its width and length, reckoned in feet?

  • khîa ki chieh khṳ̀ nîe thóiⁿ jîeh khuah;

    take a footrule and go and measure it and see how wide it is.

  • khuah ńg saⁿ;

    a wide sleeved gown.

  • ăm-nía tîeh lêng-ūaⁿ lîe khuah cē;

    cut the collar a little wider than before.

  • khuah kue kak-tieⁿ-po;

    broader than a parade ground.

  • nâng-mīn khuah, khò-kha lîh;

    with an extensive acquaintance, one wears split trowsers.

  • sŭ khoi khuah;

    talk about what happened while we were separated.

  • sim-heng khuah-tâk;

    a noble and generous nature.