A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Kʽien

by Josiah Goddard

Kʽien.

乾^-1

Heaven; firm; diligent; advancing; dry.

拳^-1

The fist; to grasp and hold fast; roll up; boxing.

騫¹

A girth for a horse; to fail, failure; disgraced.

愆¹

Error; transgression; excess; failure; disease.

虔¹

Firm; respectful; sincere; veneration; pious feeling.

遣²

To send; commission; put away; reject; give liberty.

繾²

Inseparably attached.

譴²

To reprehend; blame; to scold.

褰²

Garments that reach to the feet; to lift up the garments when stepping in water.

蹇²

Lame; sick; crooked; stammering; difficult.

畎²

A small stream; a watercourse in a field; to diffuse.