Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khuai

by Adele Marion Fielde

khùai

• 快khuai471614
• Glad; cheerful; pleasure; alacrity; rapid; prompt.

khùai-lâk;

in good spirits.

ciu-jît to sĭ khùai-khùai lâk-lâk, míen hwn-ló̤;

is as happy as the day is long, and has no occasion for sorrow.

khùai-ì;

delightsome.

cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ cò̤ khṳ̀ khùai-ì căi;

this affair has come about in a very satisfactory way.

cí kâi ūi-chṳ̀ sĭm sĭ lîang-khùai;

this place is delightfully cool.

sóng-khùai;

comfortable; easy and contented.

i mih-sṳ̄ to sĭ sóng-sóng khùai-khùai, bŏi khu-thì;

everything goes smoothly with him, and he has nothing to bother him.

sin-cīeⁿ m̄ sóng-khùai;

is quite unwell.

cêk sî cṳ khùai;

a moment's pleasure.

i tó̤ tng bé-khùai;

he is a thief detector in a magistrate's office.

khùai-pang;

thief-catchers.

khùai cûn;

a fast boat.

khùai hia;

military boots.

thìang khùai;

keen.

tàⁿ lâi thìang- khùai căi;

very sharply said.

• 劊khùai4851818
• To cut off, to amputate, to decollate; to cut in two.

khùai-cṳ́-síu;

au executioner.

i sĭ sĭang mîaⁿ-ke kâi khùai-cṳ́-síu, cêk hûe ŏi thâi kúi peh nâng, cêk nâng cêk ē to;

he is a very expert headsman, and can decapitate several hundred men at one time, with one stroke of the knife to each.