Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khang
khang
- 工夫khang-khùe460
- Labor; work.
- i tó̤ cò̤ khàng-khùe;
- he is at work.
- i kâi khang-khùe lō tn̂g căi;
- he is able to do a vast amount of work.
- ciu jît gîap-gîap to sĭ cò̤ khang-khue;
- is at work incessantly all day long.
- i tó̤ cò̤ mih khang-khùe?
- What sort of work is he doing?
- cí kâi, chú i kâi khang-khùe lō hó̤;
- take this one on account of his ability to work.
- cho khang-khùe;
- coarse work.
- khang chù;
- an empty house.
- phò íⁿ-keng puaⁿ khang hâiⁿ úa lío;
- everything is moved out from the shop, and it is delivered over to me.
- m̄ hó̤ sái i khang chíu tńg khṳ̀;
- do not send him back empty handed.
- hăm ke nâng cáu kàu khang-khang;
- the whole family have run away.
- khang-khak;
- hollow.
- cí kâi gê-cí khang-khang khak-khak, bô̤ nek;
- this cocoa-nut is perfectly hollow, and has no meat in it.
- tâng mn̂g- khí-cá cîah kàu taⁿ tn̂g khang tó khang;
- since breakfast this morning my stomach has remained unfilled.
- cêk sieⁿ mûeh khṳt châk thau kàu khang-khang;
- the whole trunkful of things was taken by the thief, and nothing left.
- khang tī;
- unoccupied land.
- khang chùi tàⁿ, bô̤ thóiⁿ cheh;
- say it off without looking at your book.
- khang pak;
- an empty belly.
- bōi kàu khang-khang;
- all sold off.
- sái i tó̤ khang sĭeⁿ;
- set him to vainly wishing.
- chíu m̄ khang;
- have no unemployed hand; am busy.
- cam khang;
- the eye of a needle.
- ûai phīⁿ-khang mô̤ⁿ;
- dig the hairs from the nostrils.
- hĭⁿ khang;
- the ear passages.
- khang kíaⁿ;
- a very small orifice.
- líu kâi khang;
- dig a hole.
- hṳ́ kâi khang ŭ jîeh chim?
- How deep is that hole?
- khui kâi khang khṳt i thong khì;
- make an aperture for ventilation.
- sìo thĭo châk khang;
- reckon the number of pillars and then chisel out the mortises.
- mâk khang khuah;
- has large eyes.
- suaⁿ khang;
- a cave.
- cûa khang;
- a serpent's hole.
- nío-chṳ́ khang;
- rat-holes.
- mông tîeh bô̤ khang bô̤ uh;
- could feel no crevices.
- khang sún tàu lâi m̄ kín;
- the mortise and tenon are not tightly joined.
- bùn jîp khang;
- wriggled into his hole.
- nŏ̤ nâng sie khang chíu tó̤ kîaⁿ;
- the two were pulling each other along by the hand.
- khang i kîaⁿ;
- pull him along by the hand.
- khang gû;
- lead a buffalo by a rope.
- cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ khang-lîen kàu tōa bó̤ mûeh nâng;
- this affair compromises a great number of people.
- úa kio i bô̤ khang bô̤ khùa;
- I am in no way connected with him.
- khang-máng;
- haul along.
- khang-khieh kàu i sêng jîn;
- help him on till he is of age.
- khang ciah kâu;
- lead a monkey about.
- cū sĭ khang káu lô̤h îu thng;
- it is leading a dog to the frying pan.
- cū sĭ i tó̤ khang-ín;
- it is he who brings it upon us.
- khang i kâi chíu;
- lead him by the hand.
- nŏ̤ nâng sie khang chíu;
- the two took hold of hands.
- khang i cò̤-pû khṳ̀;
- lead him along with you.
- khang a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ;
- to lead a child.
- khang-thòa i lâi;
- pull him along by the hand.
- khîeh tîo sùaⁿ lâi khang i tùe;
- take a thread and join it on.
- khîeh tîo so̤h-kíaⁿ lâi khang;
- take a cord and tow it after.
- i lău nâng jîeh khang-kĭen!
- What a hale old man he is!
- lṳ́ lău nâng kâi khì-thói khang-kĭen căi;
- venerable sir, you are very hale and hearty.
- khang-hi jī-tíen ŭ sa-câp gūa pńg, ŭ saⁿ sì bw̄n jī.
- Khang Hi's dictionary is in over thirty volumes and contains thirty or forty thousand characters.
- cí kâi nâng câp-hun khang-khài;
- this person is very public-spirited.
- i kẃn-thăi nâng to sĭ khang-khang khài-khài;
- he always treats one with great liberality.
- cí kâi li khah khang-khài, hṳ́ kâi li khah nioh-sioh;
- this one is too liberal, and that one is too narrow minded.
- mâk khang o-o;
- dark circles around the eyes.
- mâk khang chim-chim;
- the eyes sunken.
- ṳ̆ ìn khàng pêh;
- previously stamped in blank.
- cí cêk kâi gûeh bô̤ cêk jît ŏi khàng;
- this month there is not a day unoccupied.
- sím kàu i cē lô̤h khàng cū toah phah;
- continued the trial till there was an interim and then threatened and beat him.
- cìeⁿ-sî cū khàng ku-ā jît bô̤ cò̤;
- lately there was an interval of several days when nothing was done.
- khàng kâi keh lío, cìaⁿ lâi sía;
- leave one space empty and then write.
- i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi bŏi lô̤h khàng;
- he talked on without any pause.
- khí chûn ŭ cêk kò̤ khàng tī;
- after building, a piece of unused ground was left.
- khàng-kí, tieⁿ cò̤ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?
- How much did you pay apiece for the divan tables?
- úa àiⁿ cò̤ tieⁿ tōa khàng-chn̂g;
- I wish to make a divan.
- khàng-chn̂g téng pái tieⁿ khàng-kí;
- on the divan was a divan table.
- i la i cŏ̤ khàng, i m̄ káⁿ cŏ̤;
- he pressed him to sit on the divan, but he would not presume to do so.
- mâk khàng-khàng tŏ̤ thóiⁿ i;
- glared at him.
- lṳ́ thóiⁿ i kâi mâk khàng-khàng, i sĭ hĕng i kâi īeⁿ;
- see how he looks at him askance, as if he hated him.
- thiⁿ-sî khah khàng ŭaⁿ;
- the season is one of excessive drought.
- cí kâi tī-hng khah khàng îang;
- this place is excessively bare and destitute of shade.
- i kâi mêh khah khàng îang;
- his pulse is very high.
- i cò̤ lâi put pui, put khàng, khap-khap hâh lói;
- he was neither obsequious nor arrogant, but simply polite.
- khîeh khṳ̀ húe tèng khàng;
- put it by the fire and dry it.
- cía khàng lâi m̄ so;
- this is not toasted enough to make it crisp.
- khàng kàu chiah-pauh chiah-pauh;
- toast it till it is brown.
- phah húe khàng;
- make a brick bed, under which a slow fire may be made, to keep the bed warm.
- khàng kṳ̆;
- stand in opposition.
- khàng cí;
- resist the will of the emperor.
- i khàng nîe jîeh kú lío;
- how long has he refused to pay the land tax.
- i cò̤-nî káⁿ khàng kuaⁿ?
- How dare he resist the magistrate?
- i īa sĭ khàng tẁn m̄ cun cū tîeh phah;
- if he resists and refuses to obey he must be beaten.
- khàng-sìeⁿ;
- take a careful view.
- cē sòi sim khàng-sìeⁿ cū cai;
- if you consider it carefully you will know.
- m̄ khàng-sìeⁿ to m̄ cai;
- without examination of it, I cannot know.
- khṳ̀ kàu, i cū khâng tê lâi cîah;
- when we arrived she brought tea for us to drink.
- chō̤ cò̤ cêk tháng-pûaⁿ khâng lâi;
- put them all on a salver and bring them.
- khâng ŭ póiⁿ a bô̤?
- Are there blocks for printing it?
- khâng-kheh bûn-jī;
- to engrave characters on wood.