Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kek
kek
[edit]- chieⁿ to̤ kìam kek;
- spears, knives, swords, and lances.
- sái kek;
- wield a lance.
- ūe-kek;
- a halberd with a crescent shaped blade on the side.
- hùaⁿ nâng kek tīo i;
- they all repudiated him.
- i kh̤t nâng kek tīo lío bŏi tit tńg lâi, tó̤ hṳ́-kò̤ sí khṳ̀;
- being cast off by them, he could not return, and died there.
- khṳt hieⁿ-lí hùe kek tīo, khṳ̀ kùe hwn;
- being exiled by the people of his village, he went to foreign parts.
- kek cíu;
- to distill liquors.
- kek cíu tháng;
- brewers' vats.
- cêk táu bí kek ŭ jîeh cōi cíu?
- How much whiskey is made from one peck of rice?
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- To rouse the feelings; to impel; to excite; to vex; to beat on; to set back, as water; to turn a current.
- kek i seⁿ khì;
- makes him angry.
- i m̄ năi nâng kek;
- he cannot bear being irritated.
- khṳt nâng cē kek tîeh i cū khṳ̀ cò̤;
- if he is urged on by anybody he will go and do it.
- kek kàu i hẃn;
- worried him about it till he changed his mind.
- kuaⁿ kek, mīn pìen;
- his countenance changes, as his feelings are wrought upon.
- i tàⁿ kúi kù ūe, tàⁿ kàu kek-lîet căi;
- he said a few words, speaking most vehemently.
- sái kàu i kâi sim kám-kek;
- exasperated him.
- m̄ cang ūe kek, i to m̄ khéng khṳ̀ cò̤;
- if he is not incited to it, he well never do it.
- i kâi cúi kek cĭeⁿ lâu-téng ēng;
- the water is made to ascend to the second storey for use there.
- kek cúi-tâng;
- pipes in which water is forced upward.
- kek tăi pĭen;
- to strain at stool.
- kek-chok;
- cramped; straightened.
- khah kek-chok ló;
- it is too short a time to do it in.
- lṳ́ cá li m̄ tàⁿ, taⁿ kek-kek chok-chok cò̤ căi tit chut?
- You did not speak of it beforehand, and now when there is no time to do it in, how can it be done?
- hía tī-hng úa thóiⁿ tîeh khah kek-chok;
- the space appears to me to be much too narrow.
- chíaⁿ nâng có̤ phien kek-bûn;
- ask some one to draw up an exciting proclamation.
- múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ tah kek-bûn;
- posted up official placards everywhere.
- kek kūiⁿ chê hôk;
- order the district magistrate to examine and reply.
- kek-hue;
- the chrysanthemum.
- kek gûeh;
- the ninth moon, when the chysanthemum blossoms.
- mêⁿ-àm lâi khṳ̀ hṳ́-kò̤, cîah cíu síeⁿ kek-hue;
- let us go there at dusk, to drink wine and enjoy the beauty of the chrysanthemums.
- i tó̤ cò̤ îu-kek;
- he acts as lieutenant colonel.
- kêk cōi;
- the greatest number.
- kêk bīo;
- the profoundest mystery.
- kêk chim;
- the very deepest.
- lâm kêk;
- the south pole.
- pak kêk;
- the north pole.
- lṳ́ tàⁿ lâi kêk sĭ;
- what you say is exactly so.
- cò̤ kuaⁿ, cò̤ kàu kêk phín;
- became an officer, of the very highest rank.
- i thiaⁿ tîeh kêk huaⁿ-hí;
- when he heard it he was exceedingly pleased.
- m̄-hó̤ khi-hŭ kàu i câp kêk bô̤ lō;
- you must not drive him to extremities.
- kàu kêk hn̆g kâi tī-hng;
- to the remotest lands.
- thài-kêk;
- the primum mobile.
- ūe kâi thài-kêk;
- draw the Chinese symbol of the dual powers.
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- A game, as of draughts or chess; an undertaking; an enterprise or a committee to oversee it; a company, an association, or the place where their proceedings are carried on; complete; to inveigle.
- kêk gūa kâi nâng;
- a neutral; a looker on; one not concerned in the plan.
- tng kêk cía mîⁿ, phâng kwn cía tīaⁿ;
- the dullest are those who are playing the game, the most clear-headed are the lookers on.
- khui cêk kâi kong kêk;
- open a public office.
- cóng kêk;
- the governor's or president's office.
- hun kêk;
- a branch office.
- sĭen ău kêk;
- bureaus for the management of subsequent proceedings.
- cìn-cì-kêk;
- a soup-house for the poor.
- pó̤-ang-kêk;
- a benevolent association.
- ui-kêk;
- a hospital.
- bŏi tit lío kêk;
- cannot bring it about.
- sĭm-mih kak-kêk?
- What are the results?
- kui kêk sĭ cò̤-nî?
- When the end is reached, what then?
- i íⁿ-keng sêng kêk lío;
- he has accomplished his purpose.
- khí lâi hŵn-lío m̄ cîaⁿ kêk-sìo, lâi kàu-nîe lêng-ūaⁿ phah chù kêk;
- the plan is not yet fully carried out in the building, so let us consider the expediency of changing it.
- cí kâi keh kêk khí khí lâi cū ngía;
- if it were built upon this plan it would be beautiful.
- chù-kêk;
- a plan of a house.
- múiⁿ jîn kêk;
- a lure; a stool-pigeon.
- thóiⁿ i siet sĭm-mih kêk chut lâi;
- see what plan he brings forward.
- cía sĭ siet kêk kâi;
- this is a bait put out.
- thóiⁿ i pâi kâi sĭm-mih kêk;
- see what sort of allurement he sets forth.
- bŏi jîp i kâi kêk;
- does not fall in with his purposes.
- phìen kêk;
- a trick.
- cía sĭ cà kêk kâi;
- this is a stratagem.
- nŏ̤ nâng chẁn-kêk kâi;
- what the two have leagued together for.
- kêk-sì íⁿ-keng sêng;
- the plan has succeeded.
- cà kêk chut lâi kâi;
- the outcome of the scheme.
- îeh kêk;
- a dispensary.
- i íⁿ-keng tâu-mêng kêk sin hùe;
- he has already reported to the gentlemen who form the company.
- thóiⁿ tîeh síe kêk nē;
- it appears to be very compactly arranged.
- i kâi khẃn tōa kêk tōa kêk;
- it is on an extensive scale.
- thn̂g-kêk;
- the Sugar Company.
- kêk teng;
- the employes of a company.
- thóiⁿ phùa i kâi kêk;
- see through his scheme.
- i kâi kêk khṳt úa phah phùa;
- his plan was spoiled by me.
- hûa-ang-kêk;
- a Peace Society.
- i kúi húe-kì kâp-kong lâi khui thn̂g-kêk;
- the several partners joined in opening a Sugar Refinery.