Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kho
kho
[edit]- kho koi;
- call the fowls.
- kho káu, kho ngio;
- call the dog and the cat.
- kho i lâi cîah;
- call it to come and get its food.
- cí kù ūe hó̤ phah cak kho;
- mark this sentence as a complete verse.
- nín nŏ̤ nâng kâi cúa-khò tī-tîang ke kho?
- Which of you two has the greater number of marks indicating approval, in his copy-book?
- úa thó̤iⁿ lṳ́ kâi jī cêk phien kúi kâi kho;
- I see that one page of your writing has several letters marked as well written.
- cí kù ūe sît-căi hó̤ phah sang kho;
- this sentence should indeed be marked for its importance.
- cêng kho tíam hó̤ a būe;
- have you finished punctuating it?
- kho tīo;
- to erase, by drawing a circle around it.
- ūe kâi kho;
- draw a circle.
- àiⁿ kho kàu kù a sĭ àiⁿ tíam kàu kù?
- Are you going to put a circle or a dot at the end of each sentence?
- cêk kho nĕ îⁿ-îⁿ;
- a very perfect circle.
- i kháu tŏ̤ thâu kho kò̤;
- after examination his name was written into the circle with those who stood highest.
- lóng-cóng chut ŭ jîeh cōi kho?
- How many lists of names, written in circles, were issued?
- hàm kâi kho-tháng-kâi lâi kho;
- call a cooper to come and hoop it.
- khîeh tîo kho lâi kho;
- take a hoop and hoop it.
- bói kâi cháu-kho lâi kúe cìaⁿ bŏi sieⁿ tîeh mûeh;
- buy a straw hoop for it to stand on, then it won't injure other things.
- i kâi nâng-īeⁿ tōa-tōa kho;
- he is of immense girth.
- àiⁿ tok cò̤ kúi kho;
- will cut it into several disks.
- bói i kâi tìn-tang kho;
- buy its middle portion, (as of a fish).
- i kùa chíu kho sĭ tòa tī-tîang kâi hà?
- For whom does he wear mourning bracelets?
- phah nŏ̤ kâi kho sie lap tŏ̤ kò̤;
- wrought out two rings interlinked.
- cí kâi kûn àiⁿ kún cêk kho;
- am going to trim this skirt all around.
- i kâi ńg-kho kún lío, kún ke cêk kho pĭⁿ;
- having trimmed the bottom of her sleeve she laid on still another circle of braid.
- hue kho; céⁿ kho;
- chunam circles, used in laying up the sides of wells.
- i kâi mâk-kho âng-âng, sĭ tó̤ khàu a m̄ sĭ?
- Her eyes are red, she is crying is she not?
- i kâi mâk-kho o-o sĭ só̤ seⁿ kâi, a sĭ ŭ pēⁿ?
- Are the dark circles around his eyes natural, or are they caused by sickness?
- tê-kho; tê-cí-kho;
- a cake made from tea-seeds from which the oil has been extracted, used as soap.
- ceng tê-cí-kho bûah hó̤ sói thâu-mô̤ⁿ;
- use some pulverized tea-seed cake for washing the hair.
- tāu-kho;
- the refuse left after the oil has been expressed from beans; (it is used as a fertilizer).
- hiang-kho;
- a kind of soap made from fragrant seeds from which the oil has been pressed.
- siu-khó căi;
- very distressing.
- i cò̤ khṳ̀ câp-hun lâu-khó;
- he has done it in the most painstaking manner.
- hô̤ khó, la?
- Why take so much trouble about it?
- lṳ́ hô̤ khó cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
- Why do you take so much trouble?
- khak-khó;
- persevere.
- khak-khó lŭn;
- hold out against difficulties.
- khó-lāng;
- hardship;
- sĭu khó sĭu lāng; endure trouble and affliction.
- i būe pat sĭu kùe khó;
- he has not yet suffered hardship.
- cē sĭu tîeh khó cū cai cŭe;
- when he is once in trouble, he will then be aware of his error.
- khó mīaⁿ kâi nâng;
- one who has a hard lot.
- ẁn khó mīaⁿ;
- complains of his bitter fate.
- cía khó mīaⁿ kúi;
- this is a miserable devil.
- mīaⁿ hó̤ bŏi tùi mīaⁿ khó nâng;
- one with a happy lot cannot pair with one whose fate is hard.
- cîah tîeh khó;
- found it bitter in the eating.
- i kâi bī khó;
- it has a bitter taste.
- khó kàu khîeh m̄ jîp chùi;
- so bitter that I cannot take it.
- cí hûe kâi kéng-ngŏ̤ khó căi;
- his present circumstances are very grievous.
- cía khó-kéng lâng tng;
- this trouble is hard to bear.
- cêk ie khò;
- a pair of trowsers.
- saⁿ-khò;
- clothes.
- khò-thúi; khò-thàu;
- leggins.
- khò-thúi khè;
- trowsers that are tied at the ankle.
- khò-kûeh;
- very short trowsers.
- kha-khò;
- pantalets.
- kha-khò tòa;
- the garters used by bound-footed women.
- làng tói khò;
- trowsers open in the seat, worn by children.
- láng khò;
- overalls.
- khò kîam, ūaⁿ khṳ̀ sói;
- your trowsers are soiled by long wearing, change and wash them.
- cí kâi khò cêng chĭeⁿ khò-thâu a bŏi?
- Have these trowsers had the waistband put on?
- khò-thâu tòa;
- a girdle worn to keep the trowsers in place.
- khò-thâu lêng;
- a girdle attached to trowsers.
- ngṳ̂n khò;
- a treasury.
- khò pâng;
- a counting room.
- chng-khò khang-hṳ;
- the granaries are empty.
- thô khò;
- go-downs.
- sì khò chŵn cṳ;
- a magazine of useful knowledge; a thesaurus.
- ngṳ̂n hwt khṳ̀ tíu khò;
- he has put his money into the bank.
- gṳ̄ khò;
- the imperial treasury.
- kun-khì khò;
- an armory.
- cì-khì khò;
- a storehouse for sacrificial vessels.
- húe-îeh khò;
- a powder magazine.
- cí pang cṳ khṳt hûang-tì tui jîp khò khṳ̀;
- this set of books has been suppressed by order of the emperor.
- tāu khò; nêk tāu-khò;
- nutmegs.
- cháu tāi-khò;
- round cardamoms.
- pêh tāu-khò;
- white cardamoms.
- cía sǹg sĭ cháu-khò;
- this one may be considered a Robin Hood.
- lîu-khò;
- an outlaw.
- hái-khò;
- pirates.
- hái-khò cū sĭ hái-châk;
- pirates are sea-robbers.
- thih kha-khò tîeh kah mn̂g-kha-khŭ;
- the iron pivot on which the door swings must fit the socket in the door still.