Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kheng
kheng
- cí kâi sĭ kheng ngṳ̂n kâi lô;
- this is a furnace for smelting silver.
- i tó̤ khui kheng-si-phò;
- he keeps an assayer's office.
- sĭ chŵn tó̤ kheng ûang pó̤ kâi;
- it is one where nothing but silver shoes are smelted.
- kheng-tîeh câp-cok;
- ascertained by assaying it that it was wholly pure.
- kheng chut lâi saⁿ sîaⁿ ngṳ̂n chit sîaⁿ tâng;
- found by assaying it that it was three parts silver to seven of copper.
- cē lô̤h lô khṳ̀ kheng cū mêng-pêh;
- if you put it in the crucible and assay it, you will know just what it is.
- pêh ok chut kong-kheng;
- a house of unstained reputation sends forth noblemen.
- put hâk cía kong-kheng cṳ cṳ́ ûi sù mîn, to̤ hâk cía sù mîn cṳ cṳ́ ûi kong-kheng;
- the sons of noblemen, if they do not study, become common people, while the sons of common people, if diligent in learning, become noblemen.
- kheng sìang;
- a grandee.
- cìaⁿ kheng, sìo kheng;
- the president and the vice president of the four lower courts.
- i sĭ taⁿ kheng-kíaⁿ kâi nâng; he is one who does odd jobs. khîeh kha kheng lâi chō̤;
- take a basket to put it in.
- cang taⁿ-kheng taⁿ lâi;
- take carrying baskets, and bring it.
- kheng thâu;
- a fish basket.
- pái tŏ̤ kheng-pûaⁿ kò̤ bōi;
- spread out on a basket-work stall for sale.
- còi kheng;
- a basket to hold hempen fibers.
- ô kheng;
- a large round basket.
- m̄ khéng hiah;
- won't cease.
- m̄ khéng lâi;
- won't come.
- m̄ khéng khṳt úa;
- will not let me have it.
- m̄ cai i khéng mē;
- do not know whether he is willing.
- i ā-sĭ khéng úa cū àiⁿ lâi khṳ̀;
- if he is willing then I will go.
- i to m̄ khéng thiaⁿ úa kâi ūe;
- he never heeds what I say.
- nín ā-sĭ khéng siang-sìn úa cū hó̤;
- it is all right provided you are willing to trust me.
- i sĭang khéng cîah khéng tàⁿ;
- he is always ready to eat and to talk.
- cí kù ūe tàⁿ lâi cū tòng khéng;
- what you just said is agreeable to my mind.
- phah sí m̄ khéng cio;
- though you beat him to death, he will not own it.
- khéng cò̤ gû, kiaⁿ ùi bô̤ lôi thua;
- if you are willing to do the work of an ox, there is no reason to fear that you won't have a plow to draw.
- hău-seⁿ-kíaⁿ īa-sĭ khéng gîap-lâk kiaⁿ-ùi bô̤ cîah bô̤ chēng;
- if a young fellow is willing to work hard, there is no reason to fear that he will not have food and clothing.
- m̄ khéng;
- not merely that.
- m̄ khéng poih kâi;
- not eight only; there were more than eight.
- khṳ̀ m̄ khéng cêk kùa kú;
- it was not so short a time as a half day that he was gone; he was gone more than half a day.
- cìeⁿ cōi cò̤-nî cìaⁿ khéng cìeⁿ tăng?
- How can so much as that weigh no more than that?
- úa thóiⁿ li m̄ khéng;
- I think there is more than that.
- cò̤ khéng hìeⁿ tn̂g?
- How can it be of only that length?
- căi tit khéng nŏ̤ peh kâi?
- How can there be so few as two hundred.
- khà khèng;
- to sound a bell by rapping on it with a stick.
- khèng-pâi;
- a musical triangle.
- khà khèng-pâi;
- play on a triangle.
- thiaⁿ-kìⁿ khèng kheng-kheng-kìe;
- heard the sound of bells.
- cí kò̤ khèng kâi im hó̤ căi, tiang-tiang-kìe;
- this dulcimer gives forth a very sweet sound, as it twangs.
- lṳ́ ŭ khîeh cîⁿ kâk khèng a bô̤?
- Did you throw down some cash by the bell (for the keeper of the temple, after worshiping there)?
- pêh kuaⁿ hùe khṳ̀ khèng-hō̤;
- all the officials have gone to present their congratulations.
- khèng ngŵn-sio;
- to express good wishes on the fifteenth day of the first month.
- hṳ́ jît ā-sĭ hông-tîeh chîo-thêng kĭ sîn cū bô̤ cò̤ hí-khèng kâi sṳ̄;
- if it happen that the day is the anniversary of an emperor's decease, there are no rejoicings.
- teng khêng;
- a wall lamp.
- cêk tîo khĕng;
- a rainbow.
- khéng sio khṳ̀ lío;
- the rainbow has disappeared.
- chut khĕng tói o̤h;
- a rainbow stays the tempest.
- khĕng cìe;
- a second rainbow.
- khĕng thàng thiⁿ;
- the rainbow spans the heavens.