Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khek
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khek
- cèng nâng hŭe côi kong khek i;
- they all met in a body and charged upon him.
- îu-khek;
- a lieutenant-colonel.
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- To carve; to chisel; to sculpture; the eighth part of a Chinese hour, or fifteen minutes; a little while; oppressive; griping.
- tio-khek;
- to carve.
- khek ngó-sìang;
- carve images.
- khek jī;
- engrave letters.
- khîeh khṳ̀ khek-ìn-phò kò̤ khek;
- take it to the engraver and get it engraved.
- khek kâi mîaⁿ phìen;
- engrave a stamp for stamping the name on visiting cards.
- khek lâi m̄ hīn;
- is not so cut as to give a clear impression.
- sĭ àiⁿ khek cò̤ châ-póiⁿ, a sĭ ēng în-póiⁿ?
- Will you use wooden blocks for printing it, or will you use lead type?
- cì-hûe sĭ sĭm-mih sî-khek?
- What time is it now?
- hăng sî hăng khek cū àiⁿ kâi;
- want it at exactly the set time.
- khek ĕ kâi kuang-kéng hó̤ mē?
- Are the immediate prospects good?
- sî-khek bô̤ hiah;
- incessant.
- put kùe ke cêk khek kâi kang-hu;
- there remains only what can be done in a very little while longer.
- cīeⁿ sî khek, ĕ sî khek;
- the first four quarters, in a Chinese hour, or the last four.
- khek-pô̤h;
- harrassing.
- i khek-pô̤h căi;
- he is very cross.
- i kâi jī sía lâi in-wn khit-khek;
- he has written the characters all out of line.
- khek lâi khek khṳ̀;
- winding to and fro.
- khek ho̤h cōi khek cìaⁿ kàu;
- after many turns this way and that we arrived there.
- wn-khek;
- crooked.
- i kâi sim câp wn poih khek, m̄ tît;
- he is very disingenuous, and not at all straight-forward.
- i khek-khek tó̤ ût;
- he sleeps all doubled up.
- khek chíu khek kha;
- a deformed arm or foot.
- mô̤ⁿ khek-khek;
- curly hair.
- i tó̤ chìe khek;
- he is singing ballads.
- i kâi khek páng hó̤;
- he sings his songs in a pleasant tune.
- hó̤ thiaⁿ kùe lâng-thâng khek;
- pleasanter to hear than songs in a provincial dialect.