Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khong

by Adele Marion Fielde

khong

• 空khong4641163
• Void; vacant.

khong-khong jû;

entirely empty.

pue tŏ̤ khong tang;

soar in the heavens.

kiaⁿ kàu i kâi hûn pue tŏ̤ pùaⁿ khong tèng;

so frightened that he lost all presence of mind.

phêng khong bô̤ kù, cò̤-nî phah i?

Having no reason for so doing, why did you strike him?

phah khong khûn kâi sṳ̄ o̤h cò̤;

fighting empty handed is hard work.

chíeⁿ kàu khong-khong;

seized and carried off everything that was there.

khong mn̂g;

the abstracted class, Buddhist priests.

• 倥侗khong-thong465
• Rude; doltish; clownish.

i sui sĭ cìeⁿ tōa hŵn-lío mih sṳ̄ khong-khong thông-thông;

although he is large, he is still very awkward and ignorant.

• 孔khóng465391
• An orifice; great.

khóng-chieh khui phîn;

the peacock spreads its tail.

i kâi mâk-khóng khuah căi;

his eyes are very large.

i ŭ thâk khóng-cṳ́ cṳ a bô̤?

Has he read Confucius?

i khṳ̀ chūe khóng huang hiaⁿ;

he has gone in search of the brother with the square hole, i.e. cash.

phah kàu i chit khóng lâu hueh;

beat him till the blood ran from the seven orifices of his head.

khì kàu i chit khóng chut in;

so angry that smoke issued from all the orifices of his head.

i kâi mīn chit khóng seⁿ cò̤ cêk phóng;

his features are all huddled together.

• 控khòng465648
• To accuse; to inform the rulers.

khṳ̀ kuaⁿ-hú kò̤ khòng-kò̤;

go before the magistrate and accuse him.

cía sǹg sĭ bû khòng i;

this is probably a false charge against him.

niap-khòng;

to trump up a charge against.

tī-hng kuaⁿ tẁn m̄ tît, ciang-lâi tîeh tì-kàu sĭang-khòng;

if the local magistrate does not decide the case rightly, it must in the future be appealed to a higher court.

àiⁿ sĭang-khòng tîeh îu cí ĕ cêk câng cêk câng khòng khí khṳ̀, put lêng hó̤ wt-khòng;

in appealing, one must carry the case step by step from the lower to the higher courts, one cannot appeal directly to the high officers.

• 空khòng4641163
• Unoccupied; vacant; empty; void.

bô̤ kâi sî-hāu ŏi tit khòng;

have no time unemployed.

i sái khui khòng jîeh cōi ngṳ̂n;

expended a large amount of money.

khò-pâng kâi ngṳ̂n khṳt i sái khui-khòng khṳ̀;

the treasury was emptied by him.

khṳt i sái khòng saⁿ sì chng-ngâu chek;

he used up three or four bins of paddy, from the public granary.

• 朌khòng6511304
• A big forehead.

lâi thóiⁿ kâi a-khòng-thâu;

come and see the jester.

i seⁿ lâi sĭ a-khòng;

he is a natural clown.

seⁿ lâi thâu khòng-khòng;

is big headed, like one who has the rickets.

• 戅khòng1146424
• Stupid; doltish; simple.

i kâi nâng, thóiⁿ tîeh khòng-khì khòng-khì;

he appears to be but half witted.

khòng-khòng;

very stupid.

i khòng căi;

he is very dull.