Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khai

by Adele Marion Fielde

khai

• 開khai3081694
• To open; to liberate; to enact, as rites.

tiang-sî àiⁿ khai-ciang?

When will you display your wares?

khai kuang;

vivify an idol, by putting a white dot on its eyes.

khai-sek khṳt i khṳ̀;

liberate him and let him go.

bŏi tit khai khio;

cannot finish it up.

i cò̤-nî khai kháu?

What does he say about it?

keng i chíu khai hwt;

paid it over into his own hands.

m̄ kàu khai-hwt hâiⁿ nâng;

have not sufficient to pay people with.

khai-hwt kàu cheng-chó̤;

paid up in full.

tī-hng khai phek;

an open country with a wide view.

• 楷khái362759
• A model; a pattern; an example; regular.

sĭ àiⁿ sía khái cṳ a sĭ àiⁿ sía hâng cṳ?

Do you want it written in the square characters or in the running hand?

i kâi sòi khái sía khṳ̀ ngía;

his small square characters are well written.

jī tîeh sía twn-khái cē;

you must write your characters more regularly.

cí cho̤h jī sía kàu khái-khái;

these characters are written very precisely.

• 鎧khái30816710
• Armor.

khái-kah;

mailed armor.

tá-pàn kàu bú-khái bú-khái;

dressed in coats of mail.

chēng cò̤ bú-khái;

wearing armor.

• 凱khái3081610
• A victory; the triumphant return of an army.

càu khái tńg lâi;

celebrate a victorious return.

tī-tiang-sî cìaⁿ hó̤ khái-sŵn;

when we return in triumph.

• 剴khái3071810
• Assiduously; diligently; fully.

khái-chiet;

with assiduity.

kò̤-sī tàⁿ lâi khái-chiet căi;

the proclamation sets it forth very fully.

khái-khái chiet-chiet hío-jŭ peh-sèⁿ;

let all the people clearly understand this (a phrase common in edicts).

• 覬覦khái-jû1124
• To covet; to envy; to desire to obtain, though by foul means.

nâng tó̤ khái-jû i kâi tī-hng;

people envy him the possession of his place.

cèng nâng m̄ káⁿ khai-jû;

others dare not aspire to the possession of it.

i cē cìeⁿ-seⁿ nâng cū seⁿ khái-jû kâi sim;

if he acts thus, people will have their envy aroused.

• 槪khài3077511
• To sum up; a résumé.

tăi-khài;

in general; generally speaking; on the whole.

tăi-khài sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ kâi ì-sṳ̀;

in a general way, that is the meaning of it.

úa put kùe tàⁿ kâi tăi-khài;

I tell you only what it is in a general way.

cêk khài ŭ jîeh cōi?

When summed up, how much is there altogether?

• 慨khài3096111
• Generous; honorable.

khài thàng!

What a pity! How sad!

cí kâi nâng khang khài;

this man is disinterested.

i sĭ khang-khang khài-khài kâi nâng cò̤ ŭ cìeⁿ-se?

If he is disinterested how does it happen that this has come to pass?