Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khuah

by Adele Marion Fielde

khuah

• 闊khuah4931699
• Wide; large; broad; liberal; extensive.

àiⁿ cò̤ jieh khuah?

How wide do you want it made?

cía khuah kùe hia;

this is wider than that.

khah khuah;

too wide.

ài cò̤ ío khuah se-su ;

I want it made a little wider.

cí kâi khuah;

this one is the widest.

khuah-khuah toa-toa;

capacious.

i kâi chù īu chim īu khuah;

his house is both wide and long.

khuah chùi;

a big mouth.

chùi khuah-khuah, chiu nŏ̤ phuah;

a large mouth with two tufts of moustache over it.

chùi peh khuah ;

open your mouth wide.

i kâi sim-heng khui-khuah;

his ideas are liberal.

cí-kò̤ ío khui-khuah, hṳ́-kò̤ khak ak-sak;

it is more airy here, there one is too closely shut in.

i kâi mâk-khang khuah căi;

his eyes are very large.

khwn-khuah;

spacious.

cía ūe tàⁿ khṳ̀ khah u-khuah;

this language is too vague.

khuah sì jîeh cōi chieh, tn̂g sì jîeh cōi chieh?

What is its width and length, reckoned in feet?

khîa ki chieh khṳ̀ nîe thóiⁿ jîeh khuah;

take a footrule and go and measure it and see how wide it is.

khuah ńg saⁿ;

a wide sleeved gown.

ăm-nía tîeh lêng-ūaⁿ lîe khuah cē;

cut the collar a little wider than before.

khuah kue kak-tieⁿ-po;

broader than a parade ground.

nâng-mīn khuah, khò-kha lîh;

with an extensive acquaintance, one wears split trowsers.

sŭ khoi khuah;

talk about what happened while we were separated.

sim-heng khuah-tâk;

a noble and generous nature.