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

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規

• To rule by law; to line out; to regulate; a regulation; a by-law; custom; usage; a fee; a rate for taking a farm.

• ēng sĭm-mih kui-kṳ́?

  What is the usage?

• m̄ pat kui-kṳ́;

  does not understand the rules of etiquette.

• cí kâi nâng kui-kṳ́ căi;

  this person is very well bred.

• cò̤ mih sṳ̄ to sĭ kui-kui kṳ́-kṳ́;

  he does everything in a very proper way.

• ún cí-kò̤ ŭ cí kâi kui-lī;

  we have this usage here.

• i kâi hieⁿ kui sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  such are their village customs.

• siu gûeh kui; siu múiⁿ gûeh kâi kui-kṳ́ cîⁿ;

  receive the customary monthly stipend.

• cía sĭ tīaⁿ kui kâi;

  this is the fixed rate.

• phêng-íu hùe cang chêng-lí kui-cìaⁿ i;

  friends admonished him, setting forth correct principles of action.

• cía sng sĭ lŏ kui;

  these are illegal fees.

晷

• A dial; to use a dial.

• jît kui;

  a sun-dial.

• khîeh kâi jît-kui lâi kui thóiⁿ sĭ sĭm-mih sî-hāu;

  take a sun-dial and thereby find out what time of day it is.

歸

• To return; to go or send back; to revert to the original place or state; to betake one’s self to, as for help or shelter; to end; to terminate; a refuge; to divide by one figure.

• hîeh lô̤h kui kṳn;

  the leaves fall back to the roots.

• i hùaⁿ nâng lâi kui hâng;

  they have all returned to their allegiance.

• cía m̄ hó̤ kui kĭu pàng i kò̤;

  you must not lay the blame upon him.

• i-kū kui hâiⁿ i;

  he gave back to him what he got at first.

• mûeh-kĭaⁿ kui kuaⁿ;

  the things are confiscated.

• kui tńg khṳ̀ pńg kok;

  return to one’s own country.

• kak nâng kak nâng kui ke;

  each has gone to his own house.

• nâng sí cū tîeh méⁿ-méⁿ kui thó;

  when men die they must quickly return to dust.

• i kâi châng kui i kâi hiaⁿ-tĭ;

  his land reverts to his brothers.

• i pat kui tṳ̂ kâi huap;

  he knows the rules of arithmetic.

• nâng kâi sim lóng-cóng kui i;

  the hearts of all turn toward him.

• mûeh kui ngŵn cú;

  the article reverts to tho original owner.

• ēng cò̤ poih kui káu tṳ̂, a sĭ ēng cò̤ poih káu sêng?

  Will you do it by division or by multiplication?

• ău-lâi cò̤-nî kui kak?

  What will be the upshot of the affair?

• tang-kui;

  spikenard.

• kui kṳn;

  eventually; in the end.

• khì m̄ kui ngŵn;

  could not catch his breath.

• cîⁿ-bó̤ kui sin;

  the capital returns to him.

胵

• The crop of a fowl.

• koi kui;

  a hen’s crop.

• kui pá-pá;

  its crop is full.

• thóiⁿ cí ciah koi ŭ kẁn kui kâi a bô̤;

  see whether this fowl has had its crop stuffed with sand to make it weigh heavier.

• koi-kui khṳ̀ pûn thit-thô̤;

  blow up a fowl’s crop to make a toy of.

• kui io-io, bûe cêng cîah kâi īeⁿ;

  its crop is flabby as if it had not eaten.

機

• A loom; a machine with complicated parts.

• cit pò kâi kui;

  a loom.

• hṳ́-kò̤ pàng cêk tieⁿ pò-kui tŏ̤ kò̤;

  a loom had been placed there.

• i tŏ̤ kui tèng keⁿ pò;

  she was at the loom, weaving.

• thīⁿ saⁿ kui;

  a sewing machine.

閨

• The door which separates the public rooms of a house from the private ones; the women’s apartments; unmarried girls; feminine.

• kui nńg;

  a young lady.

• kui pâng;

  the private apartments.

• m̄ pat tâh chut kui mn̂g;

  has never stepped beyond the door of the ladies’ apartments.

• chim kui-tìeⁿ lăi;

  within a lady’s chamber.

窺

• To peep through a crack or hole; to spy; to look furtively at.

• kui-thàm;

  to pry; to go about looking into.

• kui-sĭ;

  to peer at.

幾

• An interrogation implying quantity; how much; little; nearly; several.

• nín kúi nâng cò̤-pû khṳ̀ cū hó̤;

  go all of you together.

• khṳ̀ kàu hṳ́-kò̤ kúi lí lō;

  it is a few miles travel.

• kúi jît lâi cêk hûe;

  comes once in every few days.

• keh kúi nî m̄ cêng lâi;

  has not come for several years past.

• lṳ́ kúi hùe?

  How old are you?

• cí kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ kúi kâi gûeh?

  How many months old is this child?

• lṳ́ khṳ̀ kúi tńg?

  How many times did you go?

• i ke kúi sî àiⁿ lâi;

  he is coming after a while.

• cí khí ŭ kúi īeⁿ?

  How many varieties are there in this species?

• hun cò̤ kúi téng;

  divided into several species.

• kúi kù ūe;

  a few phrases.

• chûn ŭ kúi kò̤;

  have a few pieces left.

• lṳ́ téng tîeh kúi kṳn?

  How many catties were there when you weighed it?

• kâi mng bô̤ kúi níe tăng;

  one is but a few ounces in weight.

• lṳ́ àiⁿ kúi chùn tn̂g?

  How many inches long do you want it?

• i àiⁿ hiah ke kúi mêⁿ;

  he is going to stay a few nights longer.

• lâi ŭ kúi ūi nâng-kheh;

  several guests have arrived.

• i hṳ́ lăi kúi kâi úaⁿ, kúi sang tṳ̄, i to cai;

  he has a minute acquaintance with their domestic arrangements.

鬼

• The spirit of a dead man before it is enshrined in the hall; the manes; that which the soul turns to at death; a ghost, a goblin, an apparition, a specter, a devil, a horrid repulsive object, a sordid wretch.

• i sĭ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ kúi ā;

  he sees a ghost.

• sío kúi;

  a crazy man.

• khṳt kúi mîⁿ tîeh;

  possessed by a devil.

• thiaⁿ-kìⁿ kúi tó̤ khàu;

  heard demons wailing.

• kúi sîn kâi sṳ̄ lâng cai;

  the affairs of demons and angels are not to be known.

• i sĭ tó̤ tàⁿ kúi ūe;

  he is whispering false words.

• ẁn kúi khîⁿ cêk tōa tu;

  an unavenged spirit raises a great troop who come to take vengeance.

• hàm i màiⁿ kúi tháu kúi náu;

  tell him not to go about sticking his head in here and there.

• kúi tĕⁿ tîeh;

  a demon has grappled him.

• kúi lîah tîeh;

  an imp has seized him.

• kúi húe;

  a will-o-the-wisp.

• sĭ ṳn kúi a sĭ ẁn kui?

  Is it a satisfied or a dissatisfied spirit?

• bô̤ hó̤ ke sîn thàu gūa kúi;

  a bad family god gives information to outside demons.

• mô̤ⁿ-kúi;

  demons.

• tŏ kìang kúi;

  an echo.

• tŏ kìang kúi tùi nâng tàⁿ;

  the echo responds.

機

• A contrivance; the moving power.

• îeh kúi;

  the motive power, as in a machine.

• i kâi mn̂g ŭ kâi îeh kúi;

  his door has a spring-lock.

• îeh kúi cē tin-tăng cū lí-kẃn kîaⁿ;

  as soon as the spring is in motion it moves on.

• tieⁿ kâi îeh-kúi;

  invented a machine.

詭

• Deceitful; to cheat.

• kang-kúi;

  crafty; fraudulent; cunning.

• i mih sṳ̄ to sĭ kang-kang kúi-kúi, chŵn bô̤ cin-sît;

  he is very tricky about everything, and wholly untruthful.

宄

• Schemers; villains.

• i sĭ tó̤ cò̤ suaⁿ thó kúi;

  he is a despoiler of graves.

桂

• The tree which produces cinnamon and cassia, and similar trees.

• nêk-kùi phûe;

  cinnamon bark.

• nêk-kùi îu;

  cinnamon oil.

• kùi hue;

  the Olea fragrans.

癸

• The last of the ten stems, which belongs to the north and to water.

• jîm kùi sĭ sok cúi;

  the ninth and tenth stems belong to water.

季

• The close of a period or season.

• kùi chun sĭ saⁿ gûeh;

  the third month is the end of spring.

• kùi hē;

  the last month of summer.

貴

• Honorable, noble, exalted, illustrious, dignified, good, and hence in a direct address used as an appellative, you, your; dear, high priced, precious, valuable; honor; to give dignity to; to esteem, to value.

• pù kùi;

  rich and honored.

• kùi cūaⁿ;

  noble and base; patricians and plebeians; yours and mine.

• cun-kùi kâi nâng;

  honored men.

• kùi hú tī-kò̤?

  Where is your mansion?

• cun kè kùi sèⁿ?

  What is your surname, honored Sir?

• kùi ngŏ̤;

  your family residence.

• nán kùi séⁿ ŭ cí cêk īeⁿ mûeh a bô̤?

  Is this sort of article found in your native province?

• tŏ̤ nín kùi kok lâi kàu ún cí-kò̤ jîeh hn̆g?

  How far is it from your country here?

• kùi kūiⁿ sĭ sôk tī cêk hú?

  To which department does your district belong?

• cía sĭ kùi-tŏng kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ;

  these are rare articles.

• nâng khá m̄ sĭ kùi-tŏng kùe mûeh?

  Are not human beings to be held in higher esteem than are things?

• kàu cí-kò̤ ŭ sĭm-mih kùi kàng?

  What business had you in coming here?

• i kâi sìang-măuⁿ sĭ kùi sìang;

  he has a physiognomy which promises future honor for him.

• cí īeⁿ mûeh sĭm kùi;

  this article is very dear.

• cía ío phīⁿ, hía ío kùi;

  this is cheaper, that is dearer.

• cīeⁿ jît khṳt úa bói lâi khah kùi;

  I paid too high a price for it the other day.

• sin-seⁿ tàⁿ cía huang-cúi móng sî ŏi chut kùi;

  the interpreter of the results of geomantic influences, says that these will at a certain time produce family agrandizement.

• kùi thói sĭ cò̤-nî m̄ thîo-hûa?

  What is the ailment which your Excellency has?

• bó̤ íⁿ cṳ̄ kùi;

  the mother is ennobled through her son.

• sang seⁿ kùi cṳ́;

  twin sons.

• kùi khì kâi nâng;

  a person of rare excellence.

• cí cêk ūi sĭ nín kâi kùi chin;

  this is a relative of yours.

• cí īeⁿ mûeh ŭ jîeh kùi?

  What is the value of this article?

• kùi bói li kùi bōi;

  what is bought for a high price must sell for a high price.

任

• Able to bear; to allow to be done; to undergo.

• kûi i khṳ̀;

  let it go; never mind; let it pass.

• kûi hùaⁿ nâng khṳ̀ jíang, i tǹg-kùe thiaⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;

  underwent the hooting of the whole crowd, and acted as though he did not hear it at all.

• i ka-kī cai m̄ tîeh, kûi i hîam;

  he himself knew that he was in the wrong, and submitted to her reproof.

• kûi i mēⁿ, m̄ káⁿ ìn;

  took the scolding and said nothing.

• cò̤-nî m̄ tok-ceh i, kûi i khṳ̀ lăng-tăng nē?

  Why do you not reprimand him, instead of allowing him to be so heedless?

跪

• To kneel; to bow down in reverence.

• kŭi lô̤h khṳ̀;

  to kneel down.

• pài kŭi kâi lói-sìo, nín kùi kok ŭ cí kâi lói a bô̤?

  In the honorable kingdom to which you belong, is the ceremony of kneeling in obeisance practiced?

• ún kò̤ bô̤ pài kŭi kâi lói-sìo;

  we do not practice this form of obeisance.

• lîah i tó̤ kŭi thih-só̤;

  made him kneel on chains (a form of punishment).

• i kâi kha tîeh kŭi lô̤h khṳ̀ cìaⁿ hó̤ cò̤;

  he must kneel and then he can do it.

• cèng n̂ang lô̤h khṳ̀ kŭi-sàng;

  all made their parting obeisance.

• cía sĭ ēng cêk kŭi saⁿ khàu-thâu kâi lói, hía sĭ ēng nŏ̤ kŭi lâk khàu-thâu kâi lói;

  for this the ceremony of once kneeling and three times touching the ground with the forehead is used; for that the ceremony of kneeling twice, and touching the forehead to the ground six times is customary.

• tá-chiam sĭ kŭi cêk ciah kha;

  to half kneel is to kneel on one knee.

• i kâi bó lâi kàu pài-pài kŭi-kŭi, lí-kẃn khîu nâng;

  his wife came and kept kneeling down and vehemently pleading.

• kŭi lô̤h khṳ̀ cū peh m̄ cáu-khí;

  having knelt down could not rise.

• i íⁿ-keng khéng khṳ̀ kŭi-hûe i, i cò̤-nî hŵn-lío m̄ hàuⁿ hiah;

  he has already been and acknowledged his sin and besought forgiveness, so why is he yet unwilling to forbear.

• kìⁿ-tîeh, kŭi kàu tak-tak;

  when he saw him, he knelt down so that his legs from the knee downward rested on the ground.

潰

• A rout; a defeat; dispersed.

• kŭi-pāi;

  defeated.

• kŭi-sùaⁿ;

  completely routed.

• kŭi-lw̆n;

  put to flight.

蹶

• To stumble, to slip.

• phah-cek-kŭi;

  to miss one’s footing, to stumble and nearly fall.

• cáu lío phah-cek-kŭi lô̤h khṳ̀;

  ran and tumbled down.