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

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

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  • Delicate; comely; graceful; stylish; petted.

  • i cṳ̆ sòi kio-íang kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;

    from childhood she has been accustomed to indulgence.

  • sía put tit kio chi;

    a comely wife cannot be put away.

  • tá-pàng khí lâi kio-kiah;

    very elegantly dressed.

  • kio-lùn;

    seductive.

  • lău lâi kio;

    beauty in old age.

  • siu-sîp kàu kio tih-tih;

    arranged very elegantly.

  • With, by, to, for.

  • lṳ́ cò̤-nî m̄ kio úa tàⁿ cai?

    Why did you not tell me about it?

  • kio nâng m̄ sie tâng;

    unlike other people.

  • úa kio lṳ̀ cò̤-pû lâi khṳ̀;

    I will go along with you.

  • û ôiⁿ, àiⁿ kio lṳ́ tàⁿ ūe;

    when at leisure, I wish to speak with you.

  • i kio lṳ́ ío siang-hó̤;

    he is rather friendly with jou.

  • úa kio i m̄ sêk;

    I am not intimately acquainted with him.

  • lṳ́ hó̤ khṳ̀ kio i tàⁿ;

    you go and tell him.

  • kio i a-tĭ cò̤-pû lâi;

    came with his younger brother.

  • kio i cò̤-pû cîah;

    mess with him.

  • lṳ́ kio úa bói;

    you buy some for me.

  • úa íⁿ-keng kìe i kio úa cò̤;

    I have already ordered him to make one for me.

  • úa kio lṳ́ sṳ̆-lí kàu hó̤-hó̤;

    I will set them all in order for you.

  • cía kio úa bô̤ kang-sîap;

    this is nothing to me.

  • Proud; ungovernable; self-confident.

  • kio-ngău; overbearing;

    arrogant.

  • kio-kio keng-keng;

    very presumptuous.

  • tîeh cai kẃn-hak i, màiⁿ khṳt i kio-chia, îm-ît;

    you must keep him under control, and not allow him to be proud and self-indulgent.

  • i kâi tàⁿ ūe kio căi;

    he talks in a very conceited way.

  • sĭen kio cía cū pit-tīaⁿ sĭen mĭⁿ;

    the haughty are sure to be sycophantic.

  • hía m̄ kio-ngău nâng kâi, i cū bô̤ mih thíam-mĭⁿ nâng;

    he who is not supercilious toward people, is not apt to be subservient to people.

  • To exercise undue authority; obstinate.

  • màiⁿ kió-kíang i;

    do not force him to it.

  • cìeⁿ-seⁿ sǹg sĭ kío jîu caŭ cak; that is acting as the exigencies suggest;

    being firm or yielding as one’s interest demands.

  • To assist; to help; to succor.

  • tī-tîang kío lṳ́? Who helped you about it?

    kío i khui hâng; help him to open a store.

  • i cē ŭ nâng kío cū sêng;

    if he gets help from some one he will accomplish it.

  • To roll up the sleeves.

  • ciú-ńg m̄ tîeh kío phû cē?

    Why do you not roll your sleeves higher?

  • chíu-ńg kío khah phû;

    your sleeves are rolled up too high.

  • cía chíu-ńg khah tó̤: hó̤ kío cêk kho, m̄-hó̤ kío nŏ̤ kho;

    these sleeves are too short they may be turned up one fold but not two.

  • A meat dumpling.

  • hṳ́ kháu khiak-khiak-kìe sĭ tó̤ bōi hió a m̄ sĭ?

    The sound of a rattle out there is made by some one who is selling dumplings is it not?

  • khṳ̀ phàu úaⁿ kío lâi tíam-sim;

    go and warm up a bowl of dumplings for luncheon.

  • úa àiⁿ cò̤ cò̤ kío cîah;

    I want to make it into dumplings.

  • kío phûe, kío āⁿ;

    the paste, and the filling of a dumpling.

  • sâh kío;

    to boil dumplings.

  • i kâi kío pau hê-bí;

    his dumplings are stuffed with dessicated prawns.

  • To excite; to stir up.

  • kío-jío;

    to disturb.

  • i sĭ tó̤ kío sĭ kío hui;

    he is exciting discussion.

  • i cong-kú lâi kío-kío jío-jío;

    he is always coming and annoying me.

  • cía lâi kío-jío pàng lṳ́ kò̤, m̄ kai;

    I have discommoded you, as I ought not.

  • To hand over.

  • kío lĕng;

    to deliver orders.

  • kío knǵ;

    to hand in an essay.

  • kío-hâiⁿ i lío;

    already delivered over to him.

  • būe cêng kío;

    undelivered.

  • cng kĭaⁿ kío tŏ̤ kuaⁿ tèng;

    the stolen goods are delivered to the officials,

  • kío phìe;

    deliver the written directions.

  • hăng saⁿ jît lăi cĭu àiⁿ kío cheng-chó̤;

    all to be delivered within three days.

  • kío khòi;

    to hand over the deeds.

  • kío sìo;

    to band over the accounts.

  • To raise with a lever; to pry up.

  • kĭo khí lâi;

    pry it up.

  • khṳt i kĭo cîh;

    broken in being pried up.

  • khîeh ki phûe-chîang khṳ̀ kĭo;

    take a crowbar and pry it up.

  • kĭo m̄ khí;

    cannot pry it up.

  • i thī khṳ̀ méⁿ căi: thóiⁿ i kâi cam li-li kĭo;

    she sews very fast: see her needle fly.

  • khîeh ki cam lâi kio úa kĭo chúaⁿ;

    take a needle and pick out this sliver for me.

  • kío ô̤;

    dig oysters from their shells.