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

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**㑉傗](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/㑉傗)kiu-niu99

• Bent down; compelled to stoop; unable to extricate one’s self.

• màiⁿ kiu-niu;

  do not double yourself down into a heap.

• i cò̤-nî kiu-kiu niu-niu, cn̂g kâi m̄ chun-chṳ?

  Why is it that he is bent down double, and does does not straighten himself up at all?

縮

• To shrink up; to contract; to draw in; to pucker up; to recoil.

• kiu kàu hṳ́ tói-tói jîp khṳ̀;

  withdrew into the inner recesses.

• kiu chûn bô̤ tíam-kíaⁿ, tó̤-tó̤;

  shrunk up so that only a little short bit remains.

• i kiu lío m̄ hàuⁿ chun chut lâi;

  he draws himself in, and will not stretch out again.

• lṳ́ phìen i chun chut lâi, cē kiaⁿ tîeh, i cū kiu jîp khang tói tìam;

  if you entice him out, as soon as he is frightened he withdraws and hides himself in the depths of his hole again.

• i tò̤-kiu jîp khṳ̀;

  he has drawn himself back (into his shell).

• cē phâk ta cū kiu;

  as soon as it is dried in the sun it shrinks.

• cía pò sói lío ŏi kiu;

  this cloth shrinks in washing.

• kha kiu bûa, khṳt nâng kùe lō;

  draw in your feet and let people pass.

• i kâi chiu kiu tŏ̤ saⁿ-ńg tói;

  her hand was drawn up into her sleeve.

• lṳ́ màiⁿ kiaⁿ i kiu;

  do not scare him so as to make him retreat into his hole.

• ku kiaⁿ lío, ku thâu kiu jîp khṳ̀;

  when the tortoise is frightened he draws in his head.

• i àiⁿ kiu lô̤h thô tói, kiu m̄ lī, khṳt úa lîah tîeh;

  he was going to draw himself into the ground, but before he did it, I caught him.

• thóiⁿ-kìⁿ i lī-hāi cū kiu-thò̤;

  saw it was dangerous and drew back.

• khṳt i kûaⁿ kiu khṳ̀;

  shrunken with cold.

• kiu-bûa;

  to contract or draw up.

• i kâi nâng kiu bûa m̄ káⁿ chṳt lâi;

  he stood huddled up against the wall, and dared not come out.

• hàm i màiⁿ kiu-niu, káⁿ-káⁿ nē;

  tell him not to shrink back, but to come boldly forward.

• úa thóiⁿ i cò̤ sṳ̄ cò̤ ŏi kiu-kiu nē?

  I wonder why it is that he acts so timorously: is it because he is incompetent, or because he lacks confidence in himself?

• àiⁿ kiu, kiu m̄ tit;

  wanted to draw back out of sight, but could not.

蹜

• To walk with short steps.

• i kîaⁿ khṳ̀ kha kiu-a-kiu, m̄ káⁿ kîaⁿ tōa pō;

  he walks mincingly, not venturing to take long steps.

• i kîaⁿ khṳ̀ cò̤-nî kiu-kiu nē?

  Why does he walk so carefully?

紏

• To combine for unlawful purposes.

• i cò̤-nî káⁿ kíu cèng hăi-tò?

  How dare he lead the people into a feud?

• úa khṳt i kíu-tîⁿ kàu ùi;

  I have been lead by him till I am sick of it.

• i cong-kú lâi kíu-kíu tîⁿ-tîⁿ;

  he is all the time coming and involving us in his affairs.

• khṳt cho̤h sṳ̄ kíu-tîⁿ kàu bŏi tit khui sin;

  was entangled in an affair so that I could not get away.

究

• To examine into judicially.

• káng-kìu;

  to cross-examine.

• káng-kìu kàu mêng-mêng pêh-pêh;

  inquired into it so as to be quite certain as to the facts.

• khîong kìu;

  make an exhaustive examination.

• kìu kéng sĭ cò̤-nî?

  After all, what does it amount to?

• màiⁿ khṳ̀ chim kìu i;

  do not go and make a profound search into it.

• tui kìu;

  follow up the investigation.

• keh câp gūa nî cìaⁿ lâi tui kìu cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

  came after a lapse of more than ten years, and pursued the investigation.

• kuaⁿ cò̤-nî kìu tī i?

  What sort of overhauling did the magistrate give him?

• cía tîeh ngîam kìu kàu thiet-tói;

  this must be sifted to the bottom.

• cíeⁿ-seⁿ kìu phōiⁿ khṳ̀ tîeh huap;

  this prosecution has been conducted according to law.

• phêng jît kháu-kìu tŏ̤ tó lăi;

  turn it over constantly in my own mind.

• kìu-mn̄g i kâi chêng-îu;

  inquire into the circumstances which led to it.

• i cò̤ mih sṳ̄ sĭ ŭ káng ŭ kìu, bô̤ thèng cò̤;

  in whatever he does he informs himself in regard to the way it ought to be done, and does not act heedlessly.

• úa pit àiⁿ kṳn kìu kàu cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ mêng-pêh;

  I shall certainly make a radical examination into this affair until it is cleared up.

• chíaⁿ kuaⁿ-hú kìu tui;

  ask an official investigation.

救

• To assist; to rescue; to save from evil; to liberate; to protect; to prevent from going wrong; relief; salvation.

• lṳ́ kìu úa cē;

  you come to my deliverance.

• i cò̤-nî m̄ khéng kìu i?

  Why will he not render him any help?

• lṳ́ thóiⁿ ŭ kìu mē?

  Do you think there is any deliverance to be hoped for?

• kìu ŏi tit kîp;

  may succeed in rescuing.

• bŏi kìu m̄ kîp;

  the help will not be too late.

• sái nâng lâi thó̤ kìu piaⁿ;

  send some one to ask for a body of troops to be dispatched to their relief.

• kìu piaⁿ jû kìu húe: cē lâi thó̤ kìu, méⁿ-méⁿ cū tîeh khṳ̀ kìu;

  going to the relief of the troops is like going to help put out fire: as soon as the call for help comes, one must immediately go to the rescue.

• khí piaⁿ-bé khṳ̀ kìu i;

  raise troops and go to their relief.

• kìu sèⁿ-mīaⁿ;

  save his life.

• kíu mīaⁿ cē; kiù mīaⁿ cē!

  Help! Help!

• kíu khó kìu lāng;

  save from suffering.

• kìu sì;

  deliver the world.

• kìu sì cú;

  the Saviour.

• cău-hùe i lâi tap kìu;

  fortunately he came to the rescue.

• khṳ̀ pùaⁿ lō tá kìu i;

  went half way and there rescued him.

• mō̤ⁿ i lâi kìu ĭen;

  hope they will come and raise the siege.

• kìu-cì khîong-khó hùe;

  help the miserable.

• cèng-nâng khṳ̀ kìu-hŭ i;

  they all went to his help.

• méⁿ-méⁿ khṳ̀ kìu kè;

  haste to the rescue.

• kìu kip;

  deliver when in extremity.

• kìu seⁿ kêk;

  a life-saving society.

• khah māng kìu, kìu m̄ tńg;

  the help was rendered too late to be of service.

• bŏ̤i tit kìu;

  cannot save him.

• ô̤h kìu;

  difficult to render effective help.

• bô̤ kìu lío;

  no help will now avail.

• i bô̤ kìu;

  there is no salvation for him.

• méⁿ-méⁿ ēng îeh thóiⁿ kìu tit hó̤ mē;

  hasten to apply the remedies and see if he can be saved.

• thèng kìu thóiⁿ ŏi ûah a bŏi;

  render aid in any way possible and see if his life may be saved.

• phêng-sî ŭ cí kâi îeh lâi kìu cū cún-cún ûah;

  if he had had this remedy in the beginning he would surely have been saved.

• kìu phîn;

  succour the poor.

• ŭ sĭm-mih sĭen huap hó̤ kìu ki-hng?

  What is the best way of rendering relief in famine?

• hàm-kìe kìu;

  call ont for help.

• khǹg-pàng ĕ jît hó̤ kìu nâng;

  lay it away and keep it to save some one’s life with at another time.

• cía sĭ thóiⁿ khṳ̀ kìu pĕ;

  this is apparently such discomfort as one would endure for the sake of rescuing a father.

• ŭ kìu lío;

  help comes.

毬

• A ball; globular; spherical.

• phah kîu;

  to play ball.

• teng kîu;

  the globe of a lamp.

• teng-kîu húe-pé;

  a chandelier.

• sìu kîu hue;

  the Hydrangea.

• tăⁿ sìu kîu;

  to throw the embroidered ball, to choose a husband.

• kîu koiⁿ;

  a billiard room.

• khà kîu;

  play croquet.

柩

• A corpse laid in a coffin; a coffin with a corpse in it.

• i kâi kĭu uaⁿ-pàng tĭ-kò̤?

  Where is his coffin placed?

• lêng-kĭu uaⁿ-pàng tōa thiaⁿ;

  the encoffined corpse lies in the main room.

• î kĭu;

  to remove an encoffined corpse.

• thêng-kĭu thêng tŏ̤ tì-kò̤?

  Where is the still unburied corpse deposited?

• pàng-kĭu;

  an encoffined corpse that remains unburied.

• chut kĭu;

  carry out the corpse.

• kng kĭu;

  boar a coffin.

• sàng kĭu;

  to accompany a funeral.

• ūn kĭu;

  to take a corpse homo.

• cǹg kĭu;

  to bury a corpse.

• lîah lău kĭu;

  seize a body that is left too long unburied.

• châk kĭu;

  to lacquer a coffin.

• i kâi kĭu sĭ châk úaⁿ-lêh;

  his coffin is caulked with mortar made from pulverized rice bowls.

• kĭu íⁿ-keng kàu suaⁿ, toaⁿ sĭ būe cêng lô̤h khùang;

  the body has arrived at the burial-ground, but is not yet lowered into the grave.

疚

• A fault; an error; a misdemeanor; blame.

• kâi kĭu àiⁿ kui pàng tī-tîang kò̤?

  On whom is the blame for this error to be laid?

• i kui kĭu pàng i kò̤;

  he laid the blame on him.

• níu àiⁿ pàng i kò̤;

  On whom are you going to charge the fault?

• cía sĭ tī-tîang kâi kĭu?

  Whose fault is it?

• i put-lêng sî khî-kĭu;

  he cannot shift the reponsibility for this error.