Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kau
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kau
[edit]- hàm nâng khṳ̀ kau i lâi;
- tell some one to go and bring him here.
- úa lâi khṳ̀ kau i lâi mn̄g;
- I will go and fetch him here to be questioned.
- 轇輵kau-kuah369
- Something indistinctly seen in the distance; perplexed and unsettled.
- kau-kuah, m̄ cheng-chó̤;
- vague and incomplete.
- i kio i pit sĭ ŭ sĭm-mih kau-kuah;
- there is certainly some antagonism between them.
- sìo-bâk kau-kuah, m̄ cheng;
- the accounts are juggled, and remain unbalanced.
- cĭeⁿ chíu kio ĕ chíu kau-kuah, m̄ cheng;
- the foregoing and the following are inconsistent with each other, and confusion arises from the lack of clearness.
- 泥垢kau-koih630
- Scurf ; grime.
- háng sói-êk, cêk sin cĕng-cĕng kau-koih;
- he seldom bathes, and his whole body is covered with grime.
- sói cheng-khih lío hŵn-lío ŭ kau-koih bô̤ kùe tàⁿ nâng sĭ thô cò̤ kâi;
- having washed one's self clean, one can still rub up the grime, so no wonder it is said that man is made from clay.
- hía kau-koih m̄ tîeh chìu cheng-khih?
- Why do you not scour off all the scurf?
- cêk pit kau-sio;
- to cancel an account.
- sĭ i khṳ̀ kau-ín i lâi;
- it was he who inveigled him here.
- i tó̤ cò̤ sĭm-mih kau tàng?
- What under-hand job is he at?
- kau-thong húiⁿ lūi;
- in league with the conspirators.
- bûn-cieⁿ àiⁿ kau kó tíam kù;
- this essay is to be punctuated.
- kau-lau tîeh i kâi sim sṳ̄;
- made out what he had in his mind.
- jī-ke tó̤ kau-lau sim sṳ̄;
- each is trying to make out what the other is plotting.
- 交kau36784
- To hand over to; to have dealings with; intercourse; to blend; to communicate with; to join.
- kau-ìⁿ;
- an arm chair.
- bô̤ kio i kau-chap;
- does not associate with him.
- cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n lŭn kau chíu;
- money passes from hand to hand.
- úa kâi só̤-sî kau tó̤ i chíu tèng;
- my key is in his hands.
- seng-lí kau-êk;
- trade and barter.
- i kio i ŭ kau-chêng;
- they hold pleasant intercourse with each other.
- ìⁿ-keng kio i cô̤h kau;
- has already ceased from intercourse with him.
- tŏ̤ cí gūa kau phêng chú íu tiêh ŭ sín ;
- in forming friendships out here one has to exercise faith.
- kau pue ūaⁿ cúaⁿ;
- the wedding cup.
- būe cêng kau-hong cū soiⁿ cáu;
- retreated before having joined in battle.
- kau-kwn bói bōi;
- exchange of commodities.
- nín thīn i ŭ kau-sîap a bô̤?
- Are you on intimate terms with them?
- kau ngŏ-sî a būe?
- Is it eleven o'clock yet?
- kau kùe pêh-lō cū sǹg cò̤ poih gûeh;
- after the White Dew it is the eighth month.
- kau-tài cheng-chó̤;
- delivered over the full tale.
- kau-îu sĭm sĭ khuah;
- his relationships are of wide extent.
- cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ kau-tài lṳ́ cò̤;
- hand this business over to you for accomplishment.
- sĭ úa kau-khṳt lṳ́ kâi;
- it is what I delivered over to you.
- lṳ́ li kau úa, úa li kau i;
- you delivered it over to me, and I handed it over to him.
- cêng kau pûaⁿ a būe?
- Is the cargo delivered over yet?
- put hṳ́ nâng kau thâu ciap hĭⁿ;
- not allow people to put their heads together.
- ŭ nŏ̤ kâi sim kau kâi phêng-íu;
- has two congenial friends.
- sĭ toaⁿ cang sim kau-chap tīaⁿ, būe pat hŭe mīn;
- have had mental communion only, not having yet seen each other.
- lṳ́ ío kau kìen;
- your opinion is of greater value.
- i kâi kìen-sek pí nâng ío kau ;
- his experience is wider than that of others.
- kau seⁿ tōa mîaⁿ;
- your name and surname.
- lâi kio i kìⁿ kâi kau-ti cē;
- come and see which can get the better of the other in a contest.
- ngō̤ tîeh cí hûe kau-héng;
- it happens that he is just now much elated.
- kau-thâi sî kè;
- raise the current price.
- chông-îang coih ŭ teng kau kâi hong-sôk;
- it is customary to mount to high places on the ninth of the ninth month.
- kau-lî siam;
- Corean ginseng.
- tăi hŭam nâng àiⁿ híang kau nî to tîeh ŭ kâi īeⁿ;
- whoever wishes to live to great age, must have a plan in living.
- kau có;
- great great grandfather.
- kau-lâu;
- a restaurant.
- kau-lâu-kẃn kâi chài pí cíu-kẃn kâi ío hó̤ ;
- the fare at the restaurant is better than that at the wine shop.
- cí kâi sîn-seⁿ sĭm kau mîaⁿ;
- this teacher has a great name.
- i cē peh cĭeⁿ kau suaⁿ cū mō̤ⁿ m̄ kìⁿ pêⁿ tī;
- as soon as he mounts to a height he is unable to behold what is on the plain.
- nâng sim put cok kau;
- the heart of man is never satisfied with what ambition has attained.
- lṳ́ kâi chíu-tw̄n pí i ío kau;
- your strength of arm is greater than his.
- tìeⁿ hṳ̂ kâi tìeⁿ-kau;
- a hook to catch fish with.
- máng-tìeⁿ kau;
- a hook to hold up a mosquito bar.
- khîeh ki tah-kau kâi i tah tìaⁿ;
- take a hook and hook it fast.
- nêk khṳ̀ tìo-pàng kau tèng;
- hang the meat on the hook.
- pâk kâi kau hó̤ tìo mûeh;
- fasten up a hook to hang things on.
- hṳ̂ cē cîah jī cū khṳt i kau kín tŏ̤ kò̤;
- when the fish takes the bait; he is hooked fast on it.
- kau chut lâi;
- hook it out.
- kau hĭⁿ;
- dig the wax out of the ear-passages.
- kau kàu hṳ́ tói-tói kò̤;
- dig down to the bottom with the hook.
- sie kau;
- hooked together.
- kau-kau lîen-lîen;
- interlinked.
- nău kau tàu so̤h;
- set a trap of hooks and ropes to lasso something.
- i kâi jī ngía căi, ngṳ̂n kau, thih ûeh;
- his letters are well made, with sharp curves and bold strokes.
- chieⁿ nêk tèng ŭ kâi kau;
- at the end of the spear there was a hook.
- khṳt kau tah kín tŏ̤ kò̤, bŏi tit chut;
- it is hooked on tightly so it will not come off.
- hĭⁿ-kau;
- an ear-ring of a hooked shape.
- kau-lêng;
- the dragon of thickets and morasses; a salamander.
- kau-lêng pw̆n tīo tĭ-hng;
- a dragon overturned the land.
- tang thiⁿ-sî khṳ̀ chim suaⁿ tèng líu tīo kau-lêng nn̆g;
- go in winter to the recesses of the mountains and dig up dragon's eggs.
- kau-lêng sĭ sĭang lĭ-hāi kâi mùeh;
- the land dragon is a most destructive creature.
- kau-lêng n̆ng tōa kâi ŭ kio chō̤ cêk nŏ̤ cîeh cúi kâi àng hìeⁿ tōa;
- a large sized egg of a land dragon is as large as a jar that will hold one or two firkins of water.
- cúi kau sak khṳ̀; khîeh ki mûeh khù thn̄g i thong;
- the drain is clogged, get something and poke it open.
- kau lō pê thong-thong, lô̤h tōa hŏ cìaⁿ bŏi cĭeⁿ cúi ;
- rake the drain free from obstructions, and then when there is a heavy rain it will not overflow.
- cí cho̤h châng múa-tī-kò kâi kau-khut chim, cúi ŭaⁿ to m̄ ùi ;
- in these fields hereabouts the ditches and ponds are deep, and there is no fear of danger from drought.
- cí kò̤ ŭ cêk tîo kau thàng kùe khṳ̀;
- there is a ditch running through here from one side to the other.
- sái kau-kíaⁿ;
- a sewer.
- tōa sái kau;
- main sewer.
- kîaⁿ cêk mêⁿ bô̤ sái kau;
- feet so big that she would not step in the gutter if walking at night.
- àm kau;
- a covered drain.
- o-cí-kau phûe-bé-kùa cêk kâi ēng jìeh cōi ngṳ̂n?
- How much does a riding jacket of naturally black lamb skin cost?
- pêh kau phûe;
- white lambskin.
- o kau phûe;
- black lambskin.
- kho káu khṳ̀ ciah;
- call the dog to its food.
- káu tó̤ pui;
- the dog is barking.
- suaⁿ káu;
- wild dogs.
- sío káu;
- a mad dog.
- bô̤ cú kâi káu;
- a dog without a master.
- hái-káu;
- seals.
- hái-káu sĭen hó̤ cò̤ îeh;
- the kindeys of seals are good for medicine.
- káu hó̤ cíeⁿ mn̂g;
- dogs are good to guard the house.
- lâh káu;
- hunting dogs.
- cí cîah káu hó̤ phah lâh;
- this dog is a good hunter.
- káu-choiⁿ káu-peh káu-câp-káu;
- nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine.
- káu-káu poih-câp-cêk;
- nine times nine are eighty-one.
- m̄ kẃn i saⁿ-káu jī-câp-chit;
- pay no attention to his reckoning.
- káu gûeh chiu káu kíe-cò̤ chông-îang-coih;
- the ninth day of the ninth month is called the autumnal festival.
- káu kui kâi sǹg huap;
- the rules of arithmetic.
- káu kui káu tṳ̂ káu káu poih-câp-it kui tṳ̂;
- whether you divide by nine, or subtract nine times, there are nine nines in eighty-one.
- cò̤ káu nâng pun;
- divide it equally among nine persons.
- kuaⁿ hun-cò̤ káu pín;
- officials are divided into nine grades.
- cih cò̤ káu sîaⁿ;
- received nine tenths of it.
- thóiⁿ tîeh kàu káu sîaⁿ chiⁿ;
- it appears to me that about nine tenths of it is untainted.
- káu hun hó̤;
- nine parts in ten are good.
- káu kūiⁿ;
- the nine districts.
- cìeⁿ-sî cîah lâi kâi mĭn sek ko-káu;
- his face is very thin lately.
- ko-káu;
- attenuated; forlorn looking.
- sía lâi kâi pit ûeh khah ko-káu;
- the strokes in the writing are too fine and thin.
- 枸杞káu-kí329
- The barberry.
- káu-kí cí;
- the seeds of the Berberis lycium, used as a febrifuge.
- káu-kí chài;
- a plant whose leaves are edible, and are used as greens.
- lì ke choiⁿ lí màiⁿ cîah káu-kí;
- when a thousand miles from home, one should not eat barberry preserves.
- kang-káu;
- tricky.
- káu-kût;
- wily.
- tàⁿ ūe to sĭ kang-kang káu-káu;
- he is very cunning in his speech.
- 颳𬱽káu-kâⁿ821
- A revolving wind.
- káu-kâⁿ-huang;
- a whirl-wind, which carries the dust on high: the people say the gods use such for ascending and descending.
- khṳt cêk cūn káu-kâⁿ huang lâi kàu, cū lóng-lóng khṳt i chue tīo khṳ̀;
- if a whirlwind comes, it will blow the whole away.
- cūn káu-kâⁿ-huang lâi kàu tùi i kâi pò ká tŏ̤ pùaⁿ-thiⁿ tó̤ pue;
- a whirlwind came and took her cloth into the air and whirled it round and round.
- àiⁿ kàu a būe?
- Are we nearly there?
- cîah kàu pá;
- eat till the appetite is satisfied.
- thóiⁿ kàu lă;
- to look at as much as one wishes.
- phah kàu phàaⁿ-sìeⁿ;
- beat so much as to maim.
- thìaⁿ kàu năi m̄ khṳ̀;
- ached so that I could not bear it.
- kiaⁿ kàu hêk;
- walked until tired.
- ke cêk kò̤-kíaⁿ cū kàu;
- a little bit more will be the full amount.
- cò̤-nî kàu taⁿ hŵn būe kàu?
- How is it that up to this time he has not yet arrived?
- bói kàu taⁿ ŭ jîeh kú?
- How long ago did you buy it?
- kàu tī-tiang-sî i cū àiⁿ kè;
- at that time she is to be married.
- i kàu ke câp nî lío;
- he came home ten years since.
- lṳ́ àiⁿ kàu tī kó̤?
- Whither are you going?
- úa àiⁿ kàu nín kò̤ thit-thô̤;
- I am going to your house for recreation.
- cí kò̤ úa pat kàu kùe kâi;
- I have been here before.
- i sĭeⁿ tit kàu, ua sĭeⁿ m̄ kàu;
- he thought of it, but I did not.
- sṳ̄ kàu thâu lâi put cṳ̆ îu;
- when the thing has happened you cannot choose concerning it.
- kò̤ kò̤ úa pat kàu;
- I have been to all those places.
- bŏi tit khùe-khùe kàu;
- cannot get there soon enough.
- kîaⁿ kàu àiⁿ kàu cū ngŏ̤-tîeh i;
- when nearly there we met him.
- cha-m̄-to̤ àiⁿ kàu lío;
- almost there.
- kàu sî lṳ́ cū cai;
- when the time arrives you will know.
- kîaⁿ kàu lō tèng cìaⁿ sĭeⁿ tîeh;
- when I was on the way I thought of it.
- sî kàu, hue cū khui;
- when the time comes, the flowers will blossom.
- kàu chù cêk īeⁿ;
- it is the same everywhere.
- lâi kàu cí kò̤ sim cìaⁿ uaⁿ;
- when I arrived at this point, my mind became calm.
- bô̤ huang bŏi tit kàu;
- if there is no wind we shall not reach there.
- kàu chù a būe?
- Has he reached home yet?
- kàu tói sĭ cò̤-nî?
- What are the bottom facts?
- cía sí kàu-kâi kâi;
- this is a whole one.
- a-phìen thô bói kàu lîap ŏi ío phíⁿ mē?
- Is opium cheaper if you buy a whole ball?
- bói kàu sieⁿ kèng phīⁿ;
- it is cheaper when bought by the whole box.
- kàu koiⁿ chù kâi tī ēng jîeh khuah?
- How much space is required for the whole house?
- i àiⁿ sùe kàu koiⁿ, a sĭ àiⁿ sùe cêk pôiⁿ?
- Does he wish to rent the whole, or only a part of it?
- koi, kàu ciah sie;
- roast the fowl whole.
- îⁿ kàu lîap thun lô̤h khṳ̀;
- swallow the pill whole.
- kàu kò̤, kùe i khṳ̀;
- let him take the whole lump.
- cí pang cṳ kàu pang mē?
- Is this set of volumes a complete series?
- cía sĭ kàu hù kâi;
- this is a complete set.
- kàu a m̄ kàu?
- there enough of it?
- m̄ kàu ēng;
- it is insufficient.
- tîeh khîeh kàu i kàu ēng;
- you must take as much as he needs to use.
- hŵn-lío būe kàu-cok;
- still there is not enough.
- cí cêk cho̤h m̄ kàu i cīah;
- this is not as much as he wants to eat.
- khut i thit-thô̤ kàu kàu;
- let him amuse himself as much as he pleases.
- cí kò̤ m̄ kàu cò̤;
- this piece is not enough to make it of.
- nín ke lǎi kâi gûeh câp-kâi-ngṳ̂n kàu nín sṳ-hùi mĕ?
- Is ten dollars a month sufficient to meet the expenses of your household?
- kàu-kài tĭ-cṳ́;
- warn his pupils.
- úa kàu-sù lṳ́ cai;
- I beg to inform you of it.
- kàu sî lío;
- I am about to take my leave, (said by a visitor to his host).
- kàu-mĕng;
- credentials.
- kàu-mĕng hu-jîn;
- a patent enobling the mother of an official.
- kàu hong saⁿ tō̤;
- he ennobled three generations of his ancestors.
- híam-híam pĭ chîo-thêng tô̤h tńg kàu-mĕng;
- came very near having his patent of nobility taken back by the government.
- i kàu-cāng sĭm-mih kuaⁿ?
- To what official rank is he raised?
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- When used after another verb, expresses the potential mood or a form of the past tense; to become; to attain.
- cò̤ kàu ngía;
- has made it very handsome.
- tàⁿ kàu hó̤ thiaⁿ hó̤ thiaⁿ;
- spoke very properly.
- siu-sîp káu iap-thiap iap-thiap;
- arranged in the neatest manner.
- kàu-nîe;
- to talk over and arrange a plan.
- nán lâi kàu-nîe;
- let us talk it over.
- kàu-nîe kàu hó̤ cìaⁿ lâi kîaⁿ;
- when we have through consultation come to a conclusion, then we will proceed to carry out our decision.
- i nŏ̤ nâng ío ŭ kàu-nîe;
- the two talk over and arrange matters with each other.
- kha cū kâu kùe khṳ̀;
- threw his leg over it.
- kâu tŏ̤ bé sin téng;
- astride of a horse.
- kâu tŏ̤ koiⁿ-thâu;
- sitting astride of his shoulder.
- sĭ kâu kíaⁿ a sĭ tōa kâu?
- Is it a monkey or an ape?
- khang kâu kâi tó̤d phò kha khṳt cîⁿ;
- one who leads a monkey about is before the shop begging cash.
- thóiⁿ nâng mŏng kâu hì;
- see a play in which monkeys perform.
- tok koi kà kâu;
- chop up a fowl in order to scare a monkey into better behaviour.
- i sang mâk cū sĭ cheⁿ cang kâu;
- he looks around like a newly caught monkey.
- i sang mâk kâu-kâu iang;
- he rolls his eyes about as a monkey does.
- kâi kâu khîa ciah káu;
- a monkey riding on a dog's back.
- ŵn-kâu;
- a baboon.
- kim-si-kâu;
- a small gray monkey.
- ní-kâu;
- an ape.
- 蚯蚓kău-ún416
- The common earth-worm.
- líu kúi tîo kău-ún lâi chī ah;
- dig a few earth-worms to feed to the ducks.
- 栗子kău-lâk539
- The chestnut, and some kinds of oak.
- kău-lâk chut a būe?
- Has the season for chestnuts arrived yet?
- cheⁿ kău-lâk;
- raw chestnuts.
- ko̤-sie kău-lâk;
- steamed chestnuts.
- ŭ jîeh kău?
- How thick is it?
- saⁿ chùn kău;
- three inches thick.
- cí khí cúa ío kău, hṳ́ khí khah pô̤h;
- this sort of paper is thicker, that sort is too thin.
- i chēng sang kău-tói-ôi;
- he wore a pair of thick-soled shoes.
- úa àiⁿ cho kău kâi pò hó̤;
- I want coarse, thick cloth.
- cí kâi kaⁿ khah kău phûe;
- the rinds of these oranges are too thick.
- i său kùe i kâi kău hŭi;
- he has experienced his magnanimity; he has received a liberal donation from him.
- úa kău thăi i;
- I treat him courteously.
- i cò̤ sṳ̄ sĭm sĭ kău tău;
- he acts very generously.
- i seⁿ lâi kău tăng;
- he is very stout.
- tong-kău;
- honest-hearted; faithful.
- mīn phûe kău;
- brazen-faced; shameless.
- thiⁿ-sî chìn, tîeh chēng kău cē;
- the weather is cold, you must dress more warmly.
- lṳ́ kâi pang àiⁿ ēng jîeh kău kâi?
- How thick do you want your boards to be?
- khîeh ki kău to̤ khṳ̀ phùa châ;
- take a heavy knife and go and split some wood.
- tîeh kău lâ chá khí lâi cìaⁿ hó̤ cîah;
- you must fry it in plenty of lard then it will be palatable.
- tê khah pô̤h, chong kău cē;
- the tea is too weak, make it stronger.
- úa àiⁿ cò̤ hía kău-kău kâi;
- I want a very substantial one made.
- pí chṳ́ bô̤ kău pô̤h;
- there is no difference in thickness between this and that.
- i kẃn-thăi i ío kia-kău;
- he treated him more liberally.
- kŵn-thăi lṳ́ nŏ̤ nâng bô̤ kău pô̤h;
- I treat you two without partiality toward either.
- i kìⁿ tîeh chim chêng kău măuⁿ;
- when he saw him he received him with great cordiality and deference.
- chîeⁿ aìⁿ ceng jîeh kău?
- How thick is the wall to be made?
- cía sĭ i cêk tn̄g kău ì;
- this is his dominant notion.