Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/keh
keh
[edit]- keh tīo mîaⁿ;
- strike his name off the roll.
- i sĭ gê-mn̂g kâi keh tîah, in-ûi gō kong sṳ̄ keh-thò̤ kâi;
- he is a constable who has been dismissed on account of having blundered in public business.
- keh ceh, hûe ke;
- degraded in office and sent home.
- iⁿ-keng chut keh-tîo lío;
- has already issued a notice of dismissal.
- keh tīo i kâi hìang;
- take away his allowance.
- in-ûi sĭm-mih sṳ̄ pun kuaⁿ keh tīo nē?
- Why did the magistrate dismiss him from his post?
- tah-pō-câng àiⁿ cò̤ kúi keh?
- How many steps will you make in the stairs?
- cêk keh cêk keh khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ peh, m̄-hó̤ pûah;
- go up slowly step by step, and do not fall.
- nâng kâi sim-hùi hṳ́ ĕ cêk têng keh-mô̤h cia tŏ̤ kò̤;
- below the heart and lungs there is a midriff stretched across.
- hêng kek kò̤ thìaⁿ;
- a pain in the pit of the stomach.
- i ŭ kâi keh cîah kâi pēⁿ;
- his food disagrees with him.
- khai heng, lĭ keh;
- to settle the stomach.
- keh gūa si ṳn;
- bestow extra kindness.
- cí koiⁿ chù kâi koiⁿ keh cōi;
- this house has many rooms.
- cí khí kńg jîeh cōi keh?
- How many spaces on this sheet containing lines between which characters are to be written?
- keh-sek;
- a pattern.
- keh-kêk soiⁿ phah hó̤ lío cìaⁿ lâi khí;
- first lay the plan and then build.
- tîeh thóiⁿ i kâi kut keh, cìaⁿ cai;
- must watch him narrowly, then we shall know.
- i kâi kut-keh hó̤;
- the indications are that his nature is good.
- cí kâi jī sía chut lâi ŭ kut-keh;
- these letters are written with fine bold strokes.
- cía mûeh bô̤ kut bô̤ keh;
- this thing has no distinct divisions and joinings.
- kêh cò̤ saⁿ keh;
- divide it into three spaces.
- tîeh khieh mûeh teh kín cìaⁿ bŏi cáu keh;
- you must set something on it, then it will not get out of place.
- sía tieⁿ cúa khò-keh;
- make a sheet of squares for writing Chinese letters.
- pàng tŏ̤ tī cék keh?
- Which space shall I put it in?
- cò cêk keh cêk keh;
- make spaces divided from each other by straight lines.
- sang pôiⁿ nŏ̤ kâi keh;
- a compartment on each of the two sides.
- sie keh piah;
- having the same partition wall.
- keh cêk lîah hn̆g;
- a span apart.
- keh têng chîeⁿ tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
- separated by a wall only.
- keh jît cū lâi;
- came after a day had elapsed.
- keh ke nŏ̤ jît;
- after a lapse of two days.
- keh cêk mêⁿ;
- stopped there and spent the night.
- tìn-tang keh cêk tîo cúi;
- a stream of water interposed.
- keh-pîet cōi nî lío;
- separated for many years.
- chŵn bô̤ có̤-keh;
- no obstacle interposes.
- keh khṳ̀ hn̆g;
- lying far apart.
- cŏ̤ keh piah;
- sit side by side.
- keh kâi châng-îeⁿ;
- across a field.
- keh kâi suaⁿ;
- divided by a mountain.
- keh khoi thóiⁿ cûa nih mâk;
- seeing a snake wink from across a river.
- keh hái;
- on the other side the sea.
- i sĭ îu keh-tò tì mīaⁿ;
- he lost his life in a brawl.
- kíaⁿ-jît n6ang lâi phùa mīaⁿ ùaⁿ, sĭ keh-suah kâi;
- the case that is brought forward to-day, is that of a man slain in a brawl.
- keh-suah kâi le sĭ kui piaⁿ-pâng, a sĭ kui hîaⁿ pâng?
- Is the case of a murder in a brawl carried before the military tribunal or before the provincial branch of the Board of Punishment?
- kò̤-kêh;
- to delay, to impede.
- kêh tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤ jîeh kú, bŏi tit chut;
- was hindered there for ever so long and could not get away.
- khṳt i kêh kín tŏ̤ kò̤;
- was completely stopped by it.
- i màiⁿ kêh tîeh úa;
- he must not oppose me.
- mó̤ kio i kêh;
- do not put yourself in opposition to him.
- mó̤ kêh i kâi ì;
- do not go counter to his wishes.
- kêh tîeh i cū m̄ hàuⁿ;
- if yon are refractory he will not consent.
- kêh hĭⁿ;
- to offend the ear.
- kêh mâk;
- displease the eye.
- kêh cúi sì;
- go against the current.
- kio tŏ̤-lí sie kêh;
- go contrary to correct doctrine.
- i kâi thûi khṳ̀ kêh khui i kâi to̤;
- he warded off the knife with his club.
- khîa ki pê-thâu tó̤ kio i kêh;
- took a pitchfork and was warding it off with that.
- cang tò̤ chíu khṳ̀ kêh khui i kâi kûn-thâu;
- made use of his left hand to ward off the blows from their fists.
- cêk ki ke-húe kêh i ku-ā ki;
- warded off several weapons with one.