Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khṳ

by Adele Marion Fielde

khṳ̀

• 去khṳ̀445283
• To go; to proceed; to remove; quit; discard; following a verb it signifies completion.

àiⁿ khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?

Where are you going?

àiⁿ khṳ̀ a būe?

Are you going yet or not?

khṳ̀ kàn hìeⁿ hn̆g kang-khó căi, nán màiⁿ khṳ̀ hó̤;

to go so far is very tiresome, it is better for us not to go.

nán lâi cò̤-pû khṳ̀ thit-thô̤;

let us go out together for a stroll.

hṳ́-kò̤ lṳ́ pat khṳ̀ mē?

Have you ever been there?

úa khṳ̀ kùe ku-ā chṳ̀;

I have been many times.

lâi-lâi khṳ̀-khṳ̀ ku-ă hûe;

went to and fro, ever so many times.

úa kùe ì m̄ khṳ̀;

I cannot sufficiently thank you.

i cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤, lṳ́ kùe tit khṳ̀ mē?

When he acts thus, can you get along with it?

peh tīo phûe, khṳ̀ tīo hût;

peel off the skin and take out the pits.

khṳ̀ tīo mô̤ⁿ, khṳ̀ kàu cheng-khih;

remove all the feathers from it.

bōi m̄ khṳ̀;

can’t sell it.

bói lâi, bōi khṳ̀;

buy and sell.

cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ úa thóiⁿ i cò̤ m̄ khṳ̀;

I do not think he can do this.

i bô̤ khṳ̀;

he is not going.

i tàⁿ i m̆ khṳ̀;

he says he won't go.

lṳ́ àiⁿ khṳ̀ a m̆?

Aro you going or not?

i khṳ̀ lí sṳ̄;

he has gone to attend to some business.

lṳ́ khṳ̀ kio úa cò̤ hó̤-hó̤;

you go and do it nicely for me.

kio úa khîeh khṳ̀;

take it there for me.

bô̤ i khṳ̀;

will not allow him to go.

bô̤ nâng âiⁿ khṳ̀;

no one is going.

ŭ nâng khṳ̀ a bô̤?

Did anyone go?

i íⁿ-keng khṳ̀ kú kío;

he went a long time ago.

i khṳ̀ ŭ jîeh kú lío?

How long has he been gone?

i tùi hṳ́-kò li-li khṳ̀;

he went on past there.

i cò̤ i khṳ̀;

he went on his way.

cò̤ lṳ́ khṳ̀;

go you along.

lṳ́ àiⁿ tùe tī cêk tîo lō khṳ̀?

By which road are you going?

i tùi tī-kò̤ khṳ̀?

Which way did he go?

hó̤-hó̤ sĭ-sĭ cū bô̤ khṳ̀;

when all was just as usual, it disappeared.

i sĭ khṳ̀ ló;

he has gone.

khṳt i cîah ŵn khṳ̀;

has all been eaten up by him.

bô̤ tī-kò̤ hó̤ khṳ̀;

has nowhere to go.

i kū nî kùe khṳ̀;

he departed this life last year.

m̄-hó̤ khi-hŭ lâi khi-hŭ khṳ̀;

do not impose upon each other.

khṳt i lîah khṳ̀;

was seized by him.

pun i ín-íu khṳ̀;

was misled by him.

khṳ̀ hwn pôiⁿ;

go to foreign parts.

tàⁿ lâi tàⁿ khṳ̀;

to debate about.

lṳ́ àiⁿ khṳ̀ jîeh hn̆g?

How far are you going?

i khṳ̀ kàu taⁿ ŭ jîeh kú?

How long is it since he went?

i khṳ̀ nî cìaⁿ lâi;

he came the past year.

sueh m̄ khṳ̀;

cannot explain it.

i íⁿ-keng khṳ̀ sì lío;

he has shuffled off this mortal coil.

sía m̄ khṳ̀;

cannot cast it off.

sói m̄ khṳ̀;

cannot wash it out.

cìeⁿ-sî cîah m̄ khṳ̀;

could not eat.

cē khṳ̀ cū jîeh kú;

when gone, how long you stay.

cí kâi jī sĭ khṳ̀ siaⁿ a sĭang siaⁿ?

Is this word in the departing tone or in the high tone?

lṳ́ khṳ̀ kìⁿ i;

you go and see him.

khṳ̀ thóiⁿ i cò̤-nî;

go and see what is the matter with him.

i m̄ cêng-khṳ̀;

he has not gone.

i būe cêng khṳ̀;

he has not yet gone.

khṳt i cáu khṳ̀;

let him run off.

i pue khṳ̀ lío;

it has flown away.

i cáu khṳ̀ tī-kò̤ tìam?

Where has he hidden?

i lêng cai kùe-khṳ̀, būe-lâi kâi sṳ̄;

he knows the past and the future.

bŏi, cìeⁿ-seⁿ kùe tit khṳ̀;

no matter, that will do as it is.

sîap-lāu khṳ̀;

oozed out.

màiⁿ khṳ̀ thăng i;

do not touch it.

hàm i chut khṳ̀;

tell him to go out.

tńg khṳ̀ chù;

return home.

cûn íⁿ-keng khṳ̀ hn̆g;

the boat has already gone a long way.

pung huang chue khù;

blown away by the wind.

khṳt i mûeh tīo khù;

has spoiled it.

cúi-kau sak khù;

the drain is obstructed.

lṳ́ a sĭ khṳ̀ úa cū mín;

if you go I need not.

cĭeⁿ khṳ̀;

ascend.

lô̤h khṳ̀;

descend.

thn̄g lô̤h khṳ̀, m̄ căi;

cannot touch bottom by reaching down with a pole.

jîp khṳ̀ i lăi kò̤, chūe i;

go into his private apartments in search of him.

cûn khui khṳ̀ lío;

the boat has started.

i cheⁿ-mêⁿ khù;

he has become blind.

khṳt i tŭ lío, é khṳ̀;

after being withstood by him, he became mute.

lí lío kông khṳ̀;

after settling the affair he became dazed.

cùi lío ût khṳ̀;

after he had become drunk he went to sleep.

kŭi lô̤h khṳ̀;

kneel down.

ńng khṳ̀;

become weak.

chîeⁿ pit khṳ̀;

the wall has cracked.

saⁿ lîh khṳ̀;

the tunic is torn.

phùa khṳ̀;

broken.

màiⁿ khṳ̀ khì i;

do not be vexed about it.

cí kâi chō̤ tit khṳ̀;

this will hold it.

khṳ̀ ló! m̄ it-tit khṳ̀;

There! I have forgotten it.

• 鸜鵒khṳ̂-kok443

khṳ̂-kok-ngán;

greasy white spots seen in argelite inkstones.

úa cí kò̤ īⁿ ŭ khṳ̂-kok-ngán kâi;

this inkstone of mine is one that has white spots in it.

ŭ khṳ̂-kok-ngán kâi hó̤, a sĭ ŭ cie pêh kâi hó̤?

Which are the better, those that have white spots in them, or those that are yellowish white all over?

• 衢khṳ̂44414418
• A highway.

cí-kò̤ sĭ thong-khṳ̂ kâi tī-hng;

this is a public thoroughfare.

thong-khṳ̂ tōa lō;

a main street.