Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khieⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

khieⁿ

• 腔khieⁿ3651308
• The tune or air of a ballad; the patois or brogue of a place.

gūa kang khieⁿ;

a foreign accent.

i sĭ tàⁿ kiaⁿ khieⁿ;

his brogue is that of a Pekingese.

i kâi khieⁿ-tio hó̤ căi;

he chants admirably.

kâi khek chìe chut lâi bô̤ khieⁿ bô̤ tio;

he sings his ballad without tune or time.

i ŏi chíe khun khieⁿ;

he knows how to chant.

úa thiaⁿ tîeh sĭ jī-ûang kâi khieⁿ, m̄ sĭ sì-phî kâi khieⁿ;

it sounded to me like the low and slow, not like the high, quick style of chanting.

i kâi khieⁿ khṳ̀n hó̤;

his tone is good and his diction clear.

• 戒khīeⁿ360623
• To beware of; to refrain from; to abstain.

sin-seⁿ tàⁿ tîeh khīeⁿ pûi-jṳ̆;

the doctor says he must abstain from rich food.

chiet-ìo tîeh khīeⁿ huang;

it is important that he keep out of the wind.

khīeⁿ cíu;

abstain from wine.

khīeⁿ lâh;

refrain from making any noise in the house during the six days succeeding the birth of a child.