Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khuang

by Adele Marion Fielde

khuang

• 𨴑khuang4791696
• A frame, or casing.

mn̂g-khuang;

the casing of a door.

kiaⁿ khuang;

a picture frame.

cîeh mn̂g-táu-khuang;

a stone door-frame.

• 傾khuang408911
• To subvert; to waste.

tì-kàu khuang ke;

to bring about the overthrow of a family.

i khṳt cí kâi kíaⁿ-tĭ, jṳ́ kàu khuang ke tŏng sáng;

the family was impoverished by this son's squandering of its substance.

i kâi ke cū sĭ khṳt i hāi kàu khuang khṳ̀;

their family has been impoverished by him.

chù khuang-tó̤ khṳ̀;

the house has fallen in ruins.

khuang sîaⁿ khuang kok;

subvert the city and overturn the empire.

• 圈khuang451318
• A pen; a coop; a circle; a ring.

ang-cun khuang;

a quail pen.

lîah tîeh nŏ̤ ciah peh-mâk-khuang;

caught two of the birds which have a ring of white around their eyes.

lâi khṳ̀ cío khuang tèng thóiⁿ nâng phah cío;

let us go to the cock-pit and see the fighting.

thìo m̄ chut khuang;

cannot jump over the boundary of the cock-pit.

phah su kâi cū pue chut khuang;

the one beaten in the fight flies out of the pen.

cêk khuang âng-âng céng khí lâi;

a red circle swelled up.

• 頃khúang4221812
• An instant; a moment; just now.

khúang-khek bô lî;

were not separated for a moment.

khúang-khek cṳ kang cū ŏi hwt gê hwt hîeh, khui hue, kit cí;

in an instant of time it buds, puts forth leaves, blossoms and bears fruit.

• 貺khùang2541545
• To confer, as a largess or bounty.

thien khùang;

the airing clothes festival, on the 6th of the 6th moon.

àiⁿ ēng cò̤ khùang ngî, a sĭ àiⁿ lô̤h cò̤ kău khùang?

Shall I speak of it as "a suitable present" or as "a generous gift"?

• 况khùang25475
• Furthermore; moreover; a time; a period.

ho khùang sĭ lṳ́!

How much the more since it is you!

khùang kiam i īu m̄ tŏ̤;

and besides all that, he is not at home.

khùang-chíaⁿ thiⁿ īu lô̤h hŏ, cò̤-nî hó̤ khṳ̀?

And in addition to all that, it rains, so how can we go?

khùang-īu nî lău;

moreover he is advanced in years.

ho khùang sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

and how much the more since it is thus.

kéng khùang căi-seⁿ?

How go the times with you?

cìeⁿ-sî kâi kéng-khùang hó mē?

Do the times go well with you lately?

cṳ̆-lâi kâi kéng khùang to m̄ hó̤, taⁿ ciaⁿ cĭam-cĭam hó̤;

heretofore the times have gone ill with me, now they are gradually improving.

• 壙khùang4803215
• The vault or pit under a tomb; a solitude.

líu cêk kâi khùang;

dig a grave.

chwn khùang;

make a vault for a coffin.

cí kháu phûn hṳ́ tói sĭ sang khùang kâi;

this grave has within it two vaults for coffins.

kū nî bó̤ siu-sîp, kâi khùang thâp lô̤h khṳ̀;

it has not been repaired for many years, and the vault has caved in.

khùang tói kâi muêh sṳ̆ lí hó̤, kĭu cìaⁿ hó̤ lôh khùang;

after all things are arranged in the vault, the coffin may then be lowered into it.

khùang-iá;

a desert; a wilderness.

• 狂khùang479944
• Imprudent; extravagant; rash.

i kâi chíu-thâu khùang căi;

he is very free-handed.

i kâi chiu-thâu khùang kùiⁿ-sìⁿ, mih sṳ̄ to sĭ khùang-khùang lí-kẃn sái;

he is accustomed to be free-handed, and on all occasions he spends rashly and extravagantly.

cí kâi ēng cîⁿ li khah khùang, ci kâi ēng cîⁿ li khah siap;

the one uses money too imprudently, while the other is too close-fisted.

• 曠khùang4807215
• Vacant; empty; waste; extensive.

khong-khong khùang-khùang;

waste and void.

ṳ̂-gūa hŵn-chûn cêk kò̤ khùang tī khuah-khuah;

there remains besides an extensive piece of unoccupied ground.

hāng lâi ŭ cêk kâi khùang tîaⁿ;

in this alley there is a wide vacant area.

khùang tîaⁿ ciu ûi ŭ it jī câp ke;

around this waste space are ten or twenty houses, with families dwelling in them.

• 狂khûang479944
• Mad; insane; raving; wild.

ngŏ̤ tîeh cêk ciah khûang káu jw̆n pui;

came across a rabid dog barking furiously.

i cò̤ sṳ̄ khûang-búang căi;

he acts in a very eccentric manner.

tàⁿ ūe màiⁿ khûang-khûang búang-búang thèng tàⁿ;

do not talk in that extravagant and incoherent way.

cíu cē lô̤h tó cū khûang;

as soon as he swallows liquor he becomes crazed.

i sĭ hwt khûang, m̄-hó̤ khṳ̀ chái i;

he is out of his head, pay no attention to him.

i kâi sù-sèⁿ khûang căi;

he is very rash and headstrong.

khûang-khûang lí-lí ēng;

go ahead and use without judgment.

khûang huang méⁿ hŏ;

furious gusts and driving rain.

• 傾khŭang408911
• Aslant; falling; inclined.

khŭang-khŭang-tó̤;

upset; subverted.

i kúi nâng pēⁿ kàu khŭang-khŭang-tó̤;

they are all prostrated with disease.

in-ûi cò̤ kú hŏ, cho̤h chù cn̂g kâi khŭang-khŭang-tó̤;

on account of the long continued rain, the houses are all tumbling down.