Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khuaⁿ
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khuaⁿ
[edit]- táng lṳ́ khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ cò̤;
- await your leisurely action.
- khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ kîaⁿ;
- walk quietly on.
- khuaⁿ se-su;
- ease off a little.
- lí khuaⁿ cē, màiⁿ lí khah meⁿ;
- do it gently, do not be too hasty in setting it right.
- khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ tàⁿ;
- tell it slowly.
- m̄ tîeh khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ tàⁿ, màiⁿ lí-kẃn jíang;
- why don't you say what you have to say in an easy way, and not keep screaming?
- i kâi nâng khuaⁿ sim khuaⁿ sèⁿ, un-jîu căi;
- she is a person of very easy disposition, and exceedingly gentle.
- hó̤ khuaⁿ kâi cū khuaⁿ, hó̤ kín kâi cū kín;
- let that go which may well be deferred, and press forward that which ought to be hastened on.
- i kâi khek chìe lâi ŭ khuaⁿ ŭ kín;
- he sings some parts of the ballad slowly, and some parts rapidly.
- lṳ́ khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ sĭeⁿ;
- you think it over at your leisure.
- khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ ô̤h, kú cū pat;
- keep on at a slow steady pace in learning it, and after awhile you will know it.
- khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ cîah;
- take your time in eating.
- m̄ tîeh khuaⁿ cē, màiⁿ híong-híong huh-huh;
- why should you not take your time for it, and not be in such a flurry.
- pâk khùaⁿ cē, màiⁿ pâk khah kín;
- tie it loosely, do not tie it too tightly.
- cí sang ôi khah khùaⁿ;
- these shoes are too large for me.
- jûah thiⁿ-sî bûeh tîeh khùaⁿ cē cìaⁿ kōi chēng;
- in hot weather the hose must be rather large, then they are easily put on.
- khṳt lṳ́ kùa li ío khùaⁿ, khṳt úa kùa li ío kín;
- it hangs more loosely upon you than upon me.
- cí kâi gūa tîaⁿ khùaⁿ căi, hó̤ phâk chek;
- this outer area is very roomy, and suitable for drying paddy.
- pâk khah khùaⁿ khṳt i cáu khṳ̀;
- tied him too loosely and he escaped.
- cìeⁿ-seⁿ khah khùaⁿ, tîeh lâi ciⁿ i kín cē;
- that is too loose, it must be made tighter by a wedge.
- cêk ē kú cū lok-lok khùaⁿ;
- as time passes, it gradually becomes looser.
- chēng kú cū khùaⁿ;
- it grows looser in the wearing.
- cí sang īa bŏi khah khùaⁿ, īa bŏi khah kín, tú-tú kah;
- this pair is neither too loose nor too tight, but exactly the right size.
- hṳ́ kâi tī-hng ío khùaⁿ-chēng;
- that space is the more roomy.
- so̤h pàng-khùaⁿ cē;
- pay out a little more rope.
- khùaⁿ mīaⁿ;
- to tell fortunes.
- kâi mīaⁿ ēng khùaⁿ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?
- How much must one pay for having his fortune told?
- khùaⁿ sṳ̄;
- to find out things by divinadivination.
- khuaⁿ tîeh m hó;
- discovered by divination that it was unlucky.
- i kâi mīaⁿ khùaⁿ lâi tîeh căi;
- his fate was very accurately foretold.
- i khùaⁿ tit chut i sòi-sòi cū bô̤ a-pĕ a khùaⁿ m̄ chut?
- Did he divine that she was fatherless from infancy, or not?
- hŵn lâu sin-seⁿ lṳ́ kio úa cài khùʰ cē;
- will trouble you, Sir, to make another effort to divine my fate?
- khùaⁿ-uah;
- at ease, comfortable.
- khùaⁿ-khuaⁿ ûah-ûah;
- without hardship of any sort.
- kang-khó cò̤, khùaⁿ-ûah cîah;
- work hard, and eat comfortably.
- m̄-hó̤ tham khùaⁿ-uah;
- one should not covet ease.