Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khau
khau
- sía cò̤ kúi lîap khau lâi khieh cū bô̤ sṳ-phiⁿ;
- write a few lots and draw from them, then there will be no partiality shown.
- liam khau;
- draw lots.
- jûe khau;
- make lots by twisting slips of paper.
- koih khau;
- pick out a lot with chopsticks.
- lṳ́ kâi khau sĭ khieh tîeh sĭm-mûeh?
- What did you draw, as your lot?
- khau tháu-khui lâi thóiⁿ sĭ khieh tîeh tì-kò̤?
- When you tore open your lot and saw what was written therein, to what place did it assign you?
- khieh khau, khieh tîeh úa lâi khṳ̀;
- drew lots, and in the drawing I got the one which indicated who was to go.
- hṳ́ kâi tī-hng kâi khau khieh tîeh tī-tîang?
- To whom did the lot which had the name of that place written on it, fall.
- khṳ̀ láu-îaⁿ kò̤ lok khau;
- go before the god and shake the lots.
- khau phùa phûe;
- clawed so as to tear the skin.
- khṳt i khau kàu nŏ̤ saⁿ tîo hûn;
- was scratched by him so as to leave two or three marks of the nails.
- khau kàu ku-ā lêh;
- scratched him and left several scratches.
- khau kò̤ thâu-khíu kâi i sak lô̤h khṳ̀;
- scratch off a fleck of dandruff and stop the orifice with it.
- khau-thâu-khak;
- to scratch the head.
- mêh khau;
- a medical term for an irregular pulse, which is thought to be hollow like an onion stalk.
- i kâi mêh khau, cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ sĭ sit hueh kâi mêh;
- her pulse is irregular, and is plainly like the pulse of one who has lost blood.
- ŭ jîeh cōi nâng kháu?
- How many persons are there?
- chê nâng-teng hŏ-kháu;
- take a census.
- hó̤ kháu-châi;
- fluent in speech.
- kháu cîah;
- food.
- kháu sĭ, sim hui;
- the mouth assents, while the heart dissents.
- phài i khṳ̀ khĭa kháu cṳ́;
- depute him to attend to affairs at that port.
- toaⁿ sĭ cîah nŏ̤ kháu hun tīaⁿ, pât sṳ̄ m̄ káⁿ;
- only smoke two pipes of opium, and would dare do no other [unlawful] thing.
- pak kháu gūa;
- beyond the Great Wall.
- hái cúi kháu;
- an estuary.
- káng kháu;
- a harbour.
- kháu hō̤;
- a vocal signal, a password.
- kio i kháu kak;
- disputed with him.
- kháu nîe;
- rations.
- kháu bît, pak kìam;
- with honeyed words, and harmful designs.
- i kìa kháu-sìn lâi tàⁿ;
- he sent a verbal message.
- i nâng kâi ke-kháu khuah;
- they have a large family.
- àng chùi-kháu;
- the mouth of a jar.
- hâm khang-kháu;
- the mouth of a sewer.
- cŭ tŏ̤ mn̂g kha kháu;
- stopped just outside the door.
- hāng kháu;
- the end of the lane.
- phak tŏ̤ i hĭⁿ-khang-kháu kò̤ tàⁿ;
- bent over whispering in his ear.
- kháu lĕng;
- oratory.
- káng kháu;
- articulation.
- i kâi tûn âu kháu cîh tàⁿ khṳ̀ hun-mêng;
- his articulation is very distinct.
- cêk kháu phûn;
- a grave.
- kháu gṳ́;
- brogue; mode of speaking.
- ke cêk kháu, nà-nà cáu;
- with another mouth in the family, there are many more steps to be taken.
- khua-kháu;
- to boast.
- i hàuⁿ khua tōa kháu;
- he is very boastful.
- cía sĭ khua-kháu kâi ūe;
- this is braggadocio.
- cò̤ cêk kháu tī, cò̤ tīo cêk choiⁿ ngṳ̂n;
- spent a thousand dollars in making a burial place.
- hái-lô̤ sìu kháu;
- seal skin cuffs.
- ńg-kháu;
- the bottom of a sleeve; a cuff.
- ìo kháu;
- an important pass.
- tòa piaⁿ khṳ̀ tŭ-kháu;
- lead troops to defend the pass.
- cham- che lō kháu;
- cross-roads; the point where several roads meet.
- ūi kháu;
- the pylorus.
- khui ūi-kháu kâi mûeh;
- aids to digestion.
- cîah kháu hun cē;
- take a smoke.
- nā ka-kī mn̂g-kha hŏ-kháu kò̤ cŏ̤;
- stay and sit by one's own door.
- seⁿ-kháu;
- a carcass.
- ngŏ seⁿ-kháu côi;
- the five carcasses are all prepared.
- kháu im;
- pronunciation.
- cía sĭ tī-kò̤ kâi kháu im?
- In what place do they pronounce their words in this way?
- kháu kak hó̤;
- clear enunciation.
- kháu pêh hó̤;
- has a pleasant mode of telling things; eloquent.
- kháu mn̄g i kâi cṳ;
- examine him in his lessons.
- sùe kháu;
- an examination at which candidates for both literary and military degrees are examined.
- khue kháu;
- an examination of candidates for literary degrees.
- tăi khau;
- the triennial examination.
- íⁿ-keng kháu-ngīam kùe;
- already examined.
- cĭeⁿ sîaⁿ kháu-chì;
- go to the city to the examination.
- kūiⁿ kháu;
- the examinations at the District city.
- hú kháu;
- the examinations at the Departmental city.
- cong-sṳ kháu;
- examination by the Imperial Commissioner.
- soiⁿ kháu;
- my deceased father.
- leh tō̤ kâi có kháu pí;
- remote ancestors.
- chê-kháu;
- to search out.
- bo ho̤ ki kháu;
- there is no good evidence for it.
- kháu-síeⁿ sam kun;
- to confer bounties on the army.
- mĕng khim-che tòa mûeh lâi kháu-síeⁿ kun-sṳ̆;
- command an ambassador to take articles and confer largess upon the soldiery.
- lîah i lâi kháu-mn̄g;
- seize and examine him by torture.
- kò̤ i ēng sai hêng kháu-phah i;
- charged him with having used private means of torturing him to make him confess.
- sai-khia-ĕ lîah khṳ̀ kháu-phah;
- privately seized and beat him to make him confess.
- i tó̤ khàu mih sṳ̄? What is she crying about? thâu kîaⁿ thâu khàu;
- crying as he went.
- màiⁿ khàu;
- don't cry.
- lṳ́ khàu cŏ̤-nî?
- Why do you weep?
- khàu kàu choih;
- cried so hard as to sob.
- khàu kàu chám căi;
- weeping bitterly.
- khàu m̄ khéng hiah;
- would not stop crying.
- tèⁿ khàu;
- pretend to weep.
- ai-khàu;
- lament.
- thìaⁿ khàu;
- mourn.
- khàu ā bô̤ iah;
- it is of no use to cry about it.
- khàu-thiⁿ; thiⁿ-khàu; thiⁿ-thiⁿ khàu-khàu;
- cry and sob.
- pang siaⁿ tăi khàu;
- began to cry aloud.
- mông bŏi tîeh kuaⁿ-châ-thâu cū khàu;
- began to wail before he touched the coffin.
- phŏ tó̤ lí-kẃn khàu; phŏ̤ tîeh li-li khàu;
- clasped it and gave himself up to moaning.
- thiaⁿ tîeh sĭ khàu siaⁿ;
- heard the sound of weeping.
- khàu m̄ chut siaⁿ;
- weep noiselessly.
- kúi phàu sîn hau;
- demons moan and spirits clamor.
- hāi i khàu kàu āⁿ-āⁿ-kìe;
- made him cry and scream.
- màiⁿ pin-tǹg i khàu;
- do not tease him and make him cry.
- khàu kàu lŭi;
- crying with many tears.
- khàu m̄ cĕⁿ;
- will not stop the noise of his crying.
- khàu-cĭang lṳ́ kâi lâk;
- trust to your strength.
- thong ke to sĭ khàu-cĭang cí kâi kíaⁿ;
- the whole family depend on this son.
- cí kâi nâng khàu m̄ cŭ;
- this person is not to be depended upon.
- chŵn khàu cía phò tó̤ hūaⁿ ke, bô̤ pât īeⁿ chut sek;
- depends wholly on this shop for the support of the family, and has no other source of income.
- tṳ̂ chṳ́ cṳ gūa bô̤ kâi nâng hó̤ khàu;
- besides this one, there is no person to depend upon.
- khàu pò;
- narrow cotton cloth.
- khàu ngŏ khàu;
- take off five per cent discount.
- khàu-tṳ̂;
- to subtract.
- soiⁿ-soiⁿ cū khṳt i khàu khí;
- it was deducted by him beforehand.
- khàu jîeh cōi ĭong, khàu jîeh cōi kieh?
- How much is to be deducted for commission, and for freight?
- cêk khàu sùaⁿ;
- a skein of thread.
- khàu i taⁿ;
- lay it by the fire and dry it.
- tîeh māng húe khua-khua khàu;
- dry it gradually by a slow fire.
- khàu lâi jú ta jú hó̤;
- the more thoroughly you dry it the better.
- pàng huang-lô búe cìaⁿ hó̤ khàu;
- put it over the earthen stove when the fire is nearly out, and then it will dry.
- khàu m̄ so;
- it is not dried crisp.
- cang tâng khàu lâi khàu;
- use brass clasps and clasp it.
- khàu thâu; khàu síu;
- the ceremony of kneeling and putting the forehead on the ground.
- saⁿ kŭi káu khàu thâu;
- thrice kneeling and nine times knocking the head.
- khàu-kìⁿ;
- to visit a superior.