Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khiah
khiah
- chîeⁿ pit lío làng kâi khiah tōa-tōa kâi;
- the wall cracked, leaving a wide chink.
- hṳ́-kò̤ ŭ cêk kâi kau khiah tŏ̤ kò̤, bŏi tit kùe;
- there is a ditch between, so that we cannot cross over there.
- i kio i ŭ khiah;
- the two are at variance.
- úa kio i bô̤ chîu bô̤ khiah;
- I have no occasion for a quarrel with him.
- úa cai lṳ́ soiⁿ-côiⁿ kio i ŭ kâi khiah tŏ̤ kò̤;
- I know that formerly you were not on good terms with him.
- thiⁿ kâi hûn làng khiah;
- there is a rift in the clouds.
- bó̤ khang bô̤ khiah;
- no crack nor crevice.
- bô̤ kò̤ làng khiah;
- there is no opening anywhere.
- taⁿ kâi nang hṳ̂-lêng cío-ciaⁿ cìaⁿ ŭ kâi khang-khiah cū toa-bó̤-mûeh nâng lâi tó̤ hùn;
- the people of the present time are like dragon fish and fairy birds, wherever there is a chink they come in swarms boring their way through.