今
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Now; the present.
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kin nî;
this year.
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kin sì;
the present age.
緊
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To press tightly; urgent; prompt; strait; instant.
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ŏi khah kín a bŏi?
Are they too small for you?
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kín-ìo kâi sṳ̄;
urgent business.
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kúaⁿ kín cē cò̤;
hurry its performance.
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bô̤ sĭm-mih kín-ìo;
not very pressing.
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cí hûe ŭ kín-kip sṳ̄;
have now urgent affairs on hand.
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pâk kàu kín-kín;
tie it very tightly.
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kín-kín cū àiⁿ kâi;
have immediate need of it.
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i cí-hûe kâi seng-lí kín căi;
his business now imperiously demands his attention.
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hâp kín-kín, peh m̄ khui;
folded together so tightly that I cannot get it open.
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kha thām tîeh lâm-thô, khṳt i kuh kín tŏ̤ kò̤;
his feet sunk in the mud, and it closed tightly over them.
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cí sang bûeh khah kín;
these stockings are too small for me.
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cí sang ôi bŏi khùaⁿ;
this pair of shoes is neither too loose nor too tight for me, but they fit exactly.
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tùe kín tŏ̤ kò̤, tuí m̄ chut;
it adheres tightly, so that I cannot pull it off.
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chin-chĭeⁿ ka ún kín tŏ̤ kò̤, bŏi ka-lâuh;
it is as if stuck fast with glue, and will not drop off.
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i kâi sún cē tàu m̄ kín cū lok-lok khùaⁿ;
if the tenon is not mortised in tightly it will rattle around.
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hàm i tîeh chĭeⁿ kín cē lí;
tell him he must make haste in arranging the matter.
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tau âng, pák kín;
draw the cord tight and tie it firmly.
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mih sṳ̄ m̄ hó̤ tau khah âng, pâk khah kín;
one must not carry things with too high a hand.
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kín-kip kâi bûn-cṳ;
an urgent dispatch.
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cía cū mín-en̄g kîn;
need not be in a hurry about this.
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àiⁿ kín kâi;
what will not brook delay.
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khṳ̀ chui kín cē;
go and hurry it up.
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lîah kín-kín;
seize firmly.
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m̄ tá-kíu;
of no great consequence.
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lîah m̄ tá-kín;
to despise.
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cē līu kíu i cū sí;
if you squeeze it hard it will die.
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cip kín-kín;
pick it up carefully with chopsticks.
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i kâi sèⁿ kín căi;
he is of an impatient disposition.
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phŏ̤ kín;
clasp tightly in the arms.
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pâk m̄ kín, khṳt i cáu khù;
escaped because he was not firmly fastened up.
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khṳt i thi kín tŏ̤ kò̤;
stuck tight with bird-lime.
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chēng kâi kín sin saⁿ;
wear a close-fitting jacket.
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mn̂g kueⁿ kín-kín;
the door was closely shut.
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khṳt i lâu kín tŏ̤ kò̤;
it was firmly withheld by him.
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teh kiń-kín;
held down tightly, by a weight above.
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hip kiń-kín;
closely covered in.
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ciu-jît ún kín tŏ̤ kâi phò côiⁿ;
sticks to his shop all day long.
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siak kò̤ ciⁿ, ciⁿ kín cē;
whittle out a wedge, and wedge it tighter.
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cí kâi chíu-hŵn kùa tîeh khah kín;
this bracelet is too small for me to wear.
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tah kín tŏ̤ chîeⁿ kò̤;
stuck tightly on the wall.
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cò̤ sṳ̄ tîeh ŭ khuaⁿ ŭ kín;
in doing things one must know when to delay, and when to be prompt.
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kíu-kip;
in extremity.
絹
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A thin sleazy silk; lutestring.
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i khîa ki kìn sìⁿ;
he carried a silk fan.
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cí tùi tùi-lîn sĭ pìe kìn kâi a sĭ pìe tîu kâi?
Is the mounting on this pair of matched scrolls, of thin or of thick silk?
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tîeh thai kùe kìn thai;
sift it through a lutestring sieve.