Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khi

by Adele Marion Fielde

khi

• 蹊khi17815710

khi-khio;

strange; queer; odd.

cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ cū khi-khio lío, kú-kùai lío;

this is a strange affair.

i kâi ūe tàⁿ chut lâi, thiaⁿ tîeh khi-khi khio-khio;

he speaks very strangely.

thóiⁿ tîeh khi-khio;

looked very strange.

• 欺khi342768
• To impose upon; to abuse when in power. tōa hieⁿ khi-hŭ síe hieⁿ; a large village oppresses a small one.

i tô khi-hŭ úa;

he is always imposing upon me.

cìe-seⁿ sît-căi khi nâng thài sĭm;

this is certainly a very great imposition.

i to sĭ sĭ-sì khi-iap nâng;

he makes use of his power in intimidating and putting down other people.

cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū sĭ khi kun;

this is failing in duty toward the sovereign.

khi-lêng;

to blackguard.

bô̤ ài-sieh hia-ⁿtĭ, ío būe tá-kíu, hŵn àiⁿ khi-lêng hiaⁿ-tĭ;

does not love his brothers, and what is still worse, he wants to dispossess his brothers of their rights.

khi-phìen;

to cheat.

• 敧khi342658
• Tipped; tilted; not standing evenly on its base.

i kîaⁿ lō thâu khi-khi;

he walks with his head on one side.

m̄-hó̤ pàng khi, tîeh pàng sì-cìaⁿ;

do not set it down with the base tilted up, set it down squarely.

sāi kàu hìeⁿ khi, tī-kò̤ cē tiaⁿ, mng phah tó̤ khṳ̀ ló;

if you set it down tilted in that way, it will tumble over at the least touch.

hīn-khek cí khí cíu pue cū sĭ hāu-huap kó-cá khi khì kâi ì-sṳ̀;

at present this sort of wine cup is made on the same design as were the tilted vessels of ancient times.

cí kâi sieⁿ m̄-hó̤ phŏ̤ khi;

do not tip this box in lifting it.

àiⁿ taⁿ īa m̄-hó̤ khi;

and do not tilt it sidewise in carrying it.

sît khi-khi, koiⁿ-thâu khi-khi;

wings and shoulders tilted, ready for a fight.

• 崎嶇khi-khu342
• Irregular, as a stony road; uneven; rough.

lō khi-khu tîeh hàm nâng khṳ̀ pho pêⁿ;

the road is very rough, we must call a man to mend it.

khi-khi khu-khu;

very uneven.

khi-khu nap-uh;

full of knolls and holes, as after an inundation.

• 起khí3471563
• To rise; to lift; to start; to begin; to build; a classifier.

khí sin;

to start on a journey.

khí bé a būe?

Has the cavalcade set out yet?

khí chíu phah i;

raised his hand and struck her.

tī-tîang soiⁿ khí chíu?

Who began the fray?

sĭ tī koiⁿ phò khí húe?

In what shop did the fire first break out?

khĭa khí lâi;

rise and stand.

khí lâi;

get up.

khí-sùaⁿ;

a corrugated moulding.

tàⁿ tîeh cū náu khí lâi;

as soon as I spoke of it he became angry.

thiaⁿ tîeh cū chìe khí lâi;

as soon as he heard it he began to laugh.

hái tèng hut-jîen cū khí huang éng;

the sea suddenly became tempestuous.

khí-cho̤ kâi sî-hāu;

in the beginning.

khí-thâu lâi;

when he first came.

cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ tī-tîang khí-ì?

Who first started the idea of doing this?

thóiⁿ tîeh cū khí put lîang cṳ sim;

as soon as he saw it his coveteous desires were excited.

khí kṳ im cîah cùe àiⁿ ŭ cak;

under all circumstances moderation in eating and drinking is most desirable.

ūi sĭm-mih sṳ̄ khí-kìen?

By what means was this set going?

cía sĭ cí cêk khí kâi nâng;

they are that sort of people.

sĭ i soiⁿ khí-hìen;

it was he who began the strife.

i cṳ̆-lâi khí tó̤ ūn;

its luck has been fluctuating.

khí piaⁿ;

raise troops.

tng m̄ khí;

am not adequate to the task.

sĭeⁿ khí lâi cū khì;

whenever I think of it I am vexed.

kò kieh khṳ̀ khí hùe;

hire porters to take out the cargo.

pīn cí-kò̤ sía khí;

begin here and write on.

cĭu kíaⁿ-jît cò̤ khí;

begin with to-day, and reckon on.

ùaⁿ cáu-khí;

got up late.

i būe cêng cáu-khí;

she has not yet risen.

khí lâi khĭa;

stand up.

siu-khí;

gather them up and put them away.

khîeh khí lâi;

take it up.

hû i khí;

help him up.

kng m̄ khí;

cannot carry it.

peh khí khṳ̀;

clambered up.

kha khìo khí lâi;

raise your foot.

kĭo m̄ khí;

cannot pry it up.

cí kâi tàⁿ khah tăng, úa taⁿ m̄ khí;

this burden is too heavy, I cannot lift it.

cía sṳ̄ sĭ tī-tîang khí kâi?

Who started this?

hàm hṳ́ kâi khí sṳ̄ kâi nâng lâi;

tell the originator of the disturbance to come here.

nín ūi sĭm-mih sṳ̄ khí ẁn-ke?

What is the occasion for your being at variance with each other?

jîh lô̤h cúi tói i hŵn ŏi phû khí lâi;

when pressed down into the water, it will again rise to the top.

peh khí khṳ̀ chīu câng téng;

climbed to the top of a tree.

cí ki thĭo lṳ́ so̤h tit khí a so̤h m̄ khí?

Can you climb this pillar?

i kâi kî līu khí khṳ̀ a būe?

Has he run up his flag yet?

lô tèng hó̤ khí húe;

build a fire in the grate.

i tó̤ khí chù;

he is building a house.

àiⁿ khí lâu a m̆?

Are yon going to add a second storey?

i kâi chíu khîeh m̄ khí;

he cannot raise his hand.

i kâi kha cìeⁿ-sî nńg, cài sin m̄ khí;

his legs are very weak lately so that they cannot bear his weight.

cò̤-nî cí-kâi thóiⁿ tit khí, hṳ́-kâi thóiⁿ m̄ khí?

Why is it that you esteem that, and despise this?

tìeⁿ khí mâk khṳ̀ mō̤ⁿ;

lift up your eyes and look.

hĭⁿ khìo khí lâi;

pricked up his ears.

àiⁿ li tâh khí cū khṳ̀;

if you want it rush off at once.

cí-kò̤ khí kàu hṳ́-kò̤ cí;

from this point to that; beginning here and ending there.

khí-soiⁿ khí-soiⁿ sĭ tī-tîang lâi?

Who was the very first one that came?

khí cêk cō̤ thah;

rear a pagoda.

kha bô̤ lâk, cn̂g kâi peh m̄ khí sin;

my legs have no strength and I cannot get upon my feet at all.

khí-thâu kâi sî-hāu;

in the beginning.

khí kang;

begin the work.

tô̤h jît khí kang;

choose a lucky day for commencing the work.

thìo khí khṳ̀;

jump up on it.

thâh khí khṳ̀;

piled up.

tîn tŏa khí chù-téng kò̤ khṳ̀;

the creeper has clambered up to the roof.

thî-khí cí kĭa sṳ̄;

introduce this subject.

máng khí lâi;

pull it up, using both hands.

kâu khí khṳ̀;

climb up, using hands and feet.

thek khí khṳ̀;

go up by treading.

pôih khí lâi;

pull it out.

thoa khí lâi;

haul it out.

cheⁿ-pie khí lâi;

dart up.

hwt khí lâi;

sprout forth.

piuh khí cêk ki sún chut lâi;

sent forth a shoot.

cheⁿ-khīa khí lâi;

revive, as after drought.

thăⁿ khí lâi;

lay them up.

tīo khí lâi;

toss it up.

tīe khí lâi;

to rebound.

chìn m̄ khí;

cannot heft it.

phòng khí lâi;

rise, as yeast does.

cui khí lâi;

protrude.

céng khí lâi;

swell up.

tìeⁿ khí lâi;

to bloat up.

bā khí cū khṳ̀;

bounded up and off.

éng cē sŏ̤ cū khí khṳ̀;

when the wave rose we rose.

phah tîeh i kâi sît, i pue m̄ khí;

if you shoot him in the wing, he cannot soar.

lûi tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤ khí;

the thunder originates there.

i kâi cûn tó̤ khí tèng;

that ship is getting up its anchor.

phâng màiⁿ līu khah khí;

do not hoist the sail too high.

úa sek khi khṳ̀ khṳt lṳ́ sah;

I will throw it up for you to catch.

lṳ́ tīo khí lâi úa cih;

you toss it up here and I will catch it.

tùi cí-kò̤ lāng khí lâi;

poke it up through here.

lṳ̂ khí lâi;

poke it up and out.

chèng khí lâi;

mount upon, by putting the hands upon and then springing.

pha khí bé sin;

mount a horse.

i to kŭaⁿ m̄ khí tōa nâng kâi mīn phûe;

he will never attain to anything like his father's reputation.

i chin nâng cò̤-nî khang-khieh, khang-khieh i m̄ khi;

however much his relatives train him, they cannot bring him to any good.

cē thî-phû khí lâi úa cū it-tit;

as soon as it was spoken of I remembered it.

cía sĭ lṳ́ tàⁿ khí le, úa cìaⁿ tàⁿ;

since you have spoken of it, I will.

• 齒khí652110
• The teeth; notches.

hwt khí;

to teeth.

būe hwt khí;

has not cut his teeth yet.

bé khí;

the teeth of a horse.

máng bé-khí; to make edging bé-khí pĭⁿ;

edging.

bé-khí hōiⁿ;

purslane.

khí-thìaⁿ cìaⁿ cai khí-thìaⁿ nâng;

those who have toothache can sympathize with one whose tooth aches.

kù khí;

the teeth of a saw.

khí bà-bà; khí sà-sà;

his teeth project.

bà khí;

tushes.

i thâu-mīn-côiⁿ bô̤ kâi khí;

he has no teeth in front.

lău nâng hùe to̤ bô̤ gê-thâu-khí;

old people are frequently destitute of grinding teeth.

khieh tīo khí;

to take out a tooth.

máng tīo khí;

to extract a tooth.

pó khí;

false teeth.

cí cho̤h bûe sng căi, cîah cêk lîap khí cĭu ńng;

these plums set the teeth on edge.

thak khí;

to pick the teeth.

khí-thak;

a tooth-pick.

sieh-lîu khí;

the seeds of the pomegranate.

khí-ngṳ̂n;

the gums.

cí kâi khí khieh chut lâi saⁿ kâi kha;

this tooth which was taken out has three prongs.

cù khí seⁿ khí thâng;

decayed teeth have worms in them.

khí tōiⁿ, bǒi cù;

the tooth is sound, it is not decayed at all.

khí thak lío àiⁿ làng phāng;

if you pick your teeth there will be wide spaces between them.

khí-îeh;

tooth-powder.

khí-sueh;

a tooth-brush.

chìu khí;

to brush the teeth.

seⁿ khí pau;

has a gum-boil.

khí phû- phû;

carious gums.

khí ĭe-ló;

his teeth are loose.

bô̤ khí làng;

lisps.

kiaⁿ kàu hṳ́-hṳ́- kìe, khí tó̤ tie;

so frightened that he shook and his teeth chattered.

cwn mn̂g ui khí;

a dentist.

phah ka-lâuh i kâi khi;

knocked his tooth out.

ngoih khí;

grate the teeth.

khí sng-nńg;

the teeth set on edge.

m̄ cai thâu, kâi khí thun lô̤h khṳ̀;

unwittingly swallowed a tooth.

• 啟khí347308
• To report; to state; to make known.

cí kâi nâng mîaⁿ-ke cṳ-khí;

this person is an adept in the making out of written reports and statements.

i kâi cṳ-khí cò̤ lâi hó̤ căi;

his report is well made out.

i sĭ pat cò̤ kùe cṳ-khí sṳ-îa;

he has been a recording clerk.

lṳ́ kâi sìn mīn tèng kio úa sía “móng nâng uaⁿ khí;”

write for me on the outside the letter, the superscription, “may you open it in peace.”

khí-mêng-cheⁿ chut lío;

the morning star has risen.

lâng íⁿ khí kháu;

difficult to speak about.

sìn thâu tèng kio úa sía kèng-khí-cía cū hó̤;

if you will write the complimentary phrases at the beginning of the letter for me, that will do.

• 住khí8995
• To dwell; to live in.

i khĭa-khí tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?

Where does she live?

i àiⁿ nā pàng cí-kò̤ khĭa-khí;

he is going to stay here permanently.

i khĭa-khí tŏ̤ sîaⁿ lăi;

he lives in the city.

hṳ́ kâi tī-hng mó̤ khĭa-khí;

that place is not habitable.

• 豈khí3461513
• How can? How? Implying a negative.

khí káⁿ; khí káⁿ khí káⁿ?

How dare I presume to do so?

khí ŭ chṳ́ lí?

Whence such a rule?

• 器khì3493013
• Vessels; dishes; utensils; implements.

gêk khì;

vessels of precious stone.

siak khì;

pewter ware.

chṳ̂ khì;

porcelain.

hûi khì;

earthenware.

jîo khì;

crockery made in the Poyang Lake district.

po̤-lî khì;

glass ware.

bâk khì;

wooden ware.

ngṳ̂n khì;

silver ware.

kim khì;

golden vessels.

tâng khì;

brass ware.

khì-kŭ;

a utensil.

khì-kŭ côi- cíaⁿ;

the utensils are all in order.

kun-cuang khì-hăi cău hó̤ a būe?

Are the soldiers' equipments all made ready yet?

i mîaⁿ-ke ēng sĭm-mih piaⁿ khì;

he is expert in the use of all military weapons.

tăi khì mńg sêng;

a great vessel is slowly made; a talented man slowly matures.

cí kâi nâng síe khì căi;

this person has little capacity.

màiⁿ khah sío khì;

do not be petty.

cía sĭ kùi khì kâi;

this is one that is of fine capacity.

hía sĭ m̄ sêng khì;

that one is unfit for the place.

kà kàu i sêng jîn sêng khì;

teach him till he becomes a man and good for something.

châng khì;

farming implements.

cĭeⁿ khì kâi mûeh;

a complete utensil; a valuable object, or refined person.

• 氣khì348846
• Fumes or vapor ascending from heat acting on moisture; exhalation; ether; breath; air; the vital force or fluid; spirit, courage, temper, or feelings of men and animals; influence; aspect, air; a semi-lunar period.

màiⁿ seⁿ khì;

do not get vexed.

i kâi khì-sek hó̤;

he has a pleasant countenance.

ŭ kâi kuaⁿ-hú kâi khì-sĭang;

has the air of an official.

im îang nŏ̤ khì sûn-hŵn bô̤ hiah;

the primordial aura in the dual powers, incessantly circulates.

ui pēⁿ īa tîeh hío ngŏ ūn lâk khì;

in treating diseases one must understand the five indications of luck, and the six climatic agencies.

huang khì;

climate; air.

hâng khì;

coldness.

sú khì;

heat.

sip khì;

dampness.

chàu khì;

dryness.

húe khì;

caloric.

cí hûe sĭ sĭm-mih coih-khì?

What time of the moon is this?

màiⁿ khṳt thô-khì chong tîeh;

do not imbibe the miasma.

cí kâi nâng ŭ cí-khì;

this is a man of nerve.

i kâi cí-khì ngan-ngan;

he is very resolute.

khì sí nâng;

exasperates people.

úa sĭu khì căi;

I have been much blamed.

sĭu i kâi khì sĭu m̄ khṳ̀;

I am not going to allow him to scold me.

màiⁿ khì tîeh i;

do not anger him.

lîah i lâi chut khì;

take him to vent his spite on.

chut khì bô̤ kò̤ khṳ̀;

no way of venting his spite.

cí-kò̤ kâi khì-hāu cá, pí pât kò̤ soiⁿ ŭ cêk kâi coih-khì;

the seasons here are early: they come a full half month sooner than in other places.

i kâi nâng khùn căi, thóiⁿ tîeh cn̂g kâi bô̤ khì mêh;

he is very feeble, and seems to have no vitality.

lṳ́ sît-căi hó̤ ūn khì;

you are indeed lucky.

khṳt i khì sí khṳ̀;

caused him to die of vexation.

lṳ́ sĭeⁿ ŏi khì a bŏi?

Do you think he is vexed about it?

thiaⁿ tîeh cū khì;

on hearing it he was vexed.

khṳt i cē khì cū thò hueh;

as soon as he is vexed, his gorge rises.

cē khì hueh cū bū;

as soon as he is angry he blurts out his wrath.

i kâi ngŵn khì cok căi;

his constitution is very strong.

i tó̤ îang khì;

he is putting on airs.

îang-îang khì-khì tńg khṳ̀;

went off in high dudgeon.

cí-kò̤ kâi khì-sîp m̄-hó̤;

the customs in vogue here are bad.

cìaⁿ khì;

rectitude.

cí īeⁿ îeh kâi khì-lâk tōa;

this medicine has great efficacy.

cîah tîeh sît căi ŭ khì;

on eating it you will certainly feel the effect.

hueh-khì thîo-hûa, bô̤ pēⁿ;

when the circulation is as it should be, there is no ailment.

ûn hieⁿ-châ lâi phek tīo ùe khì;

burn sandal wood as a disinfectant.

cîah cē lîang-îeh lâi cheng tīo jûah khì;

take cooling medicine as an antidote to fever.

tîeh sìa tīo i kâi ṳ̀ khì cek khì cìaⁿ hó̤;

the system must be depleted and all will then be well.

cí īeⁿ mûeh kâi khì-bī sĭm hó̤;

the flavour of this is delicious.

cîah tîeh bô̤ khì bô̤ bī;

it has neither savor nor flavor.

cí hûe bô̤ mih sîn-khì;

have not now much vigor.

sui sĭ hŭ-jîn ŭ kâi cĭang-hu khì-khài;

though she is a woman, she has a man's strength of will.

i kâi khì ngêk-phû: hó̤ khṳ̀ chūe sŭn khì, kàng khì kâi îeh lâi cîah;

this does not agree with him: get some sort of soothing medicine for him to take.

i kâi mīn thóiⁿ tîeh ẁn khì;

he looks vexed.

im-khì thài sĕng;

too deep darkness.

chìn thiⁿ-sî kâi húe bô̤ mih khì-lâk;

the fire in cold weather has not much force.

khì chēng kín;

pent up force.

i tó̤ ŭang khì kâi sî-hāu;

when he is prospering.

cí hûe tú-tú tit tîeh sèⁿ ŭang kâi khì;

opportunely hit upon a favorable time.

hău-seⁿ tiang-sî, hueh khì cū càng, nî lău hueh khì cū sue;

in youth the vital forces are strong, in old age they are weak.

cí-hûe kâi sî-khì, nâng cōi-cōi ŭ cí khí pēⁿ;

at this season this disease prevails.

i ŭ kâi thì-khì kâi pēⁿ;

he has constipation.

lô̤h kò̤ kieⁿ phek tīo i kâi cho̤ khì;

put in a piece of ginger-root to obviate the fishy smell.

sìa tīo i kâi tâk khì;

to disinfect.

phùa i kâi cek khì;

disperse the dank odors.

khì kàu hm̄-hm̄ chẃn;

so angry that he gasps for breath.

• 棄khì349758
• To reject; to discard; to renounce; to relinquish; to abandon; to throw off.

khì tīo bó̤;

to forsake one's mother.

khì tīo kíaⁿ;

abandon one's children.

khì tīo ke, khṳ̀ cò̤ hûe-sīeⁿ;

renounce one's domestic relationships, and become a priest.

màiⁿ cṳ̆ pău cṳ̆ khì;

do not go and throw yourself away.

i íⁿ-keng khì sîa kui cìaⁿ;

he has already departed from evil and returned to correct ways.

khì kū ngêng sin;

discard the old and welcome the new.

khì sì;

leave the world; to die.

phau khì;

fling away.

pun nâng khì tīo;

cast away.

sía-khì tīo;

to discard.

lêng-kò̤ sía-khì tīo;

rather fling off the whole thing.

• 其khî342126
• A relative and personal pronoun referring to the person, place or thing spoken of.

khî-ṳ̂;

the surplus; what is over; the rest.

khî-ṳ̂ kâi nâng mín-ēng lâi;

the rest of you need not come.

khî-ṳ̂ kâi àiⁿ pàng tī-kò̤;

where is the surplus to be put?

khî-ṳ̂ hŵn ŭ jîeh cōi?

How much is there of what is left?

khî-ṳ̂ kâi, i bô̤ tàⁿ;

he did not speak of any besides.

khî tī-hng sĭm cheng-chái;

the place is in the best possible order.

lṳ́ ŭ tŏ̤ khî tang, úa bŏ̤ chap tŏ̤ khî tang;

you have been among them, while I am not of them.

khî tang pit ŭ pât īeⁿ;

there is certainly an other sort among them.

mn̄g khî sĭang sòi, khî-sît i bô̤ cía sṳ̄;

inquired into it very carefully, and found that he had really done no such thing.

khî-sît i sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ, pĕng bô̤ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

in truth it is thus and not so.

cai khî it m̄ cai khî jī;

knows the one but not the other.

cìeⁿ-seⁿ īu khî chṳ̀;

that will be the next best way.

• 期khî344748
• A set time; a fixed period; a day agreed on; times, seasons.

ieh tī-kâi jît khî?

What day was agreed upon?

khî íⁿ-keng múaⁿ lío;

the time is up.

kàu khî a būe?

Has the time fixed upon yet arrived?

kùe khî ku-ā jît lío;

the set time is past by several days.

i tàⁿ hŵn-lío būe kàu khî;

he says the time has not yet come.

bô̤ tīaⁿ khî;

no fixed time.

ŭ kâi hăng khî;

there is a limit set to the time.

tùi khî tùi khî;

just at the set time.

khî ieh cêk kâi gûeh;

agreed to fix the time at one month.

khî bŏi kùe lṳ́ kâi;

am not behind time.

chut ŭ sî-khî tŏ̤ kò̤;

notices of the time are issued.

put khî jṳ̂ hŭe;

met without previous arrangement; an unexpected interview.

i kâi kê-khî jîeh kú?

How long is he to wear the cangue?

i cò̤ mih sṳ̄ to ŭ kâi tīaⁿ khî;

he has a set time for everything he does.

nî-khî kàu lío;

the year fixed upon is at hand.

chun-khî sía jîeh coi?

How many years are recorded?

• 祗khî3451134
• The god or spirit which animates the earth.

hŭam sôk thiⁿ kâi sîn kìe-cò̤ sîn, sôk tī kâi sîn kìe-cò̤ khî, kù-chṳ́ kìe-cò̤ sîn-khî, īa kìe-cò̤ thiⁿ-sîn tī-khî;

all spirits pertaining to the heavens are called gods, and all pertaining to the earth are called divinities; therefore they are called deities, and are also called gods and goddesses.

tong-kok kâi cì huap ŭ saⁿ khí: cêk khí sĭ thiⁿ-sîn, cêk khí sĭ tī-khî, cêk khí sĭ nâng-kúi;

the Chinese have three sorts of sacrificial rites, one for the gods of heaven, one for gods of the land, and one for the spirits of the dead.

• 麒麟khî-lîn344
• A fabulous animal, like a piebald horse, with one horn and a cow's tail.

it phín kâi bú kuaⁿ, i kâi pó-sim cū sĭ sìu khî-lîn kâi;

military officials of the first grade have a unicorn embroidered on the square patch which ornaments the breast and back of their official robes.

khî-lîn síam;

folding doors having carved unicorns as their ornamentation.

• 奇khî344375
• Extraordinary; rare; strange.

khî-kùai;

marvellous.

khî-ĭ;

unusual.

cía cū chut khî lío;

this is extraordinary.

cía sǹg sĭ khî hông kâi sṳ̄;

this may be considered an unusual occurrence.

cía cī sĭ khî sṳ̄;

this is very strange.

i kâi khî nâng;

he is a very odd person.

• 祈khî3451134
• To pray; to invoke aid; to intreat.

khî-táu;

to pray.

khî hŏ;

pray for rain.

úa sĭm sĭ khî-mō̤ⁿ lṳ́;

I earnestly hope for your coming.

khî-khîu;

to beseech.

• 耆khî3461254
• A man of sixty; one who should advise others.

jŭ kak hieⁿ kâi sin-khî;

advise the elders in every village.

cí kúi hieⁿ ŭ kúi kâi khî-láu lâi kìⁿ kuaⁿ;

several of the elders from these villages came to see the magistrate.

• 蜞khî3431428
• A small land crab.

bua-khî; pê-khî;

land crabs.

cí cho̤h pê-khî kâi bī sĭm hó̤;

these crabs are of a very fine flavour.

• 蘄khî34614016

khî cûa;

the horned snake.

khî hîaⁿ,

a species of Artemisia, from which Chinese moxa, used in cautery, is obtained.

• 忌khī340613
• The dreaded day, when a friend died; the anniversary of a death.

i kíaⁿ-jît cò̤ khī;

they keep the anniversary of a death to-day.

sĭ i a-kong kâi khī, a i a-má kâi khī?

Is it the anniversary of their grandfather's or of their grandmother's death?

khṳ̀ i kò̤ pài khī;

go to their house to keep the anniversary of their friend's death.

cêk nî ŭ jîeh cōi kâi khī?

How many anniversaries of the deaths of Emperors are there in a year?