Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khin

by Adele Marion Fielde

=== khin ===

• 輕khin4071597
• Light; not heavy; levity; lightly; to think lightly of; to disesteem; paltry.

cí kâi ío khin;

this is the lighter.

ūe tàⁿ khin cē: lṳ́ thóiⁿ nâng tàⁿ ūe khin siaⁿ sòi gṳ́ nō̤: khin-khin cē;

speak lower: you see that other people speak low and gently: be gentle yourself.

úa bô̤ thóiⁿ-khin i;

I do not disregard him.

pàng mûeh khin-khin pàng lô̤h khṳ̀, kîaⁿ pō īa tîeh khin cē: put lŭn cò̤ sĭm-mih sṳ̄ ŏi khin kha khôih chíu li jú-kèng hó̤, cū bōi, īa tîeh màiⁿ hâng-hâng tăng-tăng pīn-pōng-kìe;

when you set things down, set them down lightly: and in walking set your feet down lightly: in whatever you do it is better to so move your hands and feet that they make no noise, and still better, if you do not clatter and bang the things you touch.

khin-khin cē tàⁿ tîeh, i cū m̄ hàuⁿ;

if you speak about it, though ever so gently, he is displeased.

hĭⁿ m̄ hó̤ khah khin, i cū sĭ hĭⁿ khah khin cìaⁿ ŏi tì-kàu gō sṳ̄;

one should not be too ready to believe all he hears: if he gives too ready credence to what he hears it will lead to grave mistakes in what he does.

i kâi cò̤-sṳ̄ khah khin-phio phû-chàu;

his conduct is too frivolous and volatile.

tîeh pûaⁿ khin cāi cē cìaⁿ ŏi tit kùe;

must lade in a rather light cargo and then we can cross.

i kâi nî hŵn-lío ío khin;

he is still rather young.

màiⁿ khin-hut i;

do not treat him with disrespect.

cía sǹg sĭ khin khó̤ kâi sṳ̄;

this is a trivial matter.

khin-khío;

portable.

khin-khin khío-khío, chut mn̂g ío kōi tòa;

it is very light and portable, and will be easy to carry when going out.

khin-hún;

calomel.

cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ kwn-hĭ hui khin;

the consequences of this affair are of no slight importance.

lṳ́ m̄-hó̤ khah khin sin chut lâi;

you should not come abroad with too few extraneous supports to your dignity.

kha khin, chíu sang;

agile and nimble.

khin-khin phah, màiⁿ phah khah tōa lâk;

beat very lightly, do not beat with too much force.

i kâi ngṳ̂n khah khin;

his dollars are too light.

tèng tîeh cí kĭaⁿ ío khin;

found by weighing that this one is still lighter.

cí tàⁿ sĭang khin;

this burden is the lightest.

úa kâi ceh-jĭm ío khin;

my responsibilities are rather light.

choiⁿ lí kìa teng-sim, mûeh khin ì tăng;

a lamp-wick sent a thousand miles, is a paltry thing with a grave meaning.