Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kiⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

kìⁿ

• 記kìⁿ3401493
• To note down; to record; to remember.

úa kìⁿ ŭ sìo tŏ̤ kò̤;

I have it written down in account.

cīeⁿ jît cí tîo sìo m̄ cai kìⁿ;

forgot the other day to enter this in account.

i ŏi kìⁿ sìo a bŏi?

Can he keep accounts?

màiⁿ khṳt i kìn tāⁿ khṳ̀;

do not err in recording it.

úa kìⁿ-tit to bô̤ li;

I recollect that there was none.

ŭ ā, sĭ lṳ̀ m̄ kìⁿ-tit khṳ́;

yes there was some, but you have forgotten it.

ci kâi nâng hó̤ kìⁿ-châi;

this person has a fine memory.

thóiⁿ kùe kâi cū cong-kú kìⁿ-tit;

what he has once seen, he always remembers.

úa kìⁿ-tit m̄ cheng-chó̤;

I do not perfectly recollect.

kìⁿ-tit tāⁿ khṳ̀;

mistook the fact in endeavoring to recall it.

i cn̂g kâi bô̤ kìⁿ-châi;

he has a very poor memory.

cĭu sî teng-kìⁿ cū bŏi lāu-tīo;

set it down at once then it will not slip your mind.

• 見kìⁿ3851470
• To see; to perceive by the senses; to notice and know what it is; to visit; an opinion; a mental view; appearance of; impressed by; seeing.

i lâi kìⁿ úa ;

he came to see me.

lṳ́ sĭ thìaⁿ-kìⁿ a thóiⁿ-kìⁿ?

Did you hear it, or see it?

úa li chin mâk thóiⁿ-kìⁿ, i li chin hĭⁿ thìaⁿ-kìⁿ;

I saw it with my own eyes, and he heard it with his own ears.

cá chut tău-thâi lâi sie pài ŭ kìⁿ a bô̤ kìⁿ?

The last time the Intendant of Circuit came, was he admitted to the presence of the one he came to visit?

míen kìⁿ;

“not at home;” to dispense with receiving a visitor.

úa cē kìⁿ mīn cū cai;

as soon as I saw his face, I knew.

lṳ́ ŭ hô̤ kau kìⁿ?

What is your opinion?

thóiⁿ m̄ kìⁿ, khîeh tieⁿ íⁿ lâi kúe kha cìaⁿ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;

could not see, and got a chair to stand on so that I could see.

m̄-hó̤ kìⁿ sin, bûang kū;

in seeing the new forget not the old.

cêk kìⁿ jû kū;

got acquainted at one interview.

lṳ́ khṳ̀ kàu tîeh kio i kìⁿ lói;

when you arrive you must go and pay your respects to him.

īa m̄ kìⁿ sĭm-mih hó̤;

I do not think it first rate.

ŭ nâng cò̤ kìⁿ-cèng a bô̤?

Is there any witness to it?

móng jît móng kuaⁿ khṳ̀ pǐ kìⁿ;

on a certain day a certain ofiicer was admitted to an audience.

cĭeⁿ kiaⁿ ín kìⁿ;

go to Peking to be presented at court.

i thóiⁿ tîeh kìⁿ gî;

to him it appeared suspicious.

m̄ khéng kìⁿ i;

would not admit him to his presence.

khó̤ kìⁿ lṳ́ sĭ tîeh, i sĭ m̄ tîeh;

it appears that you are right and he is wrong.

cĭu cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū hó̤ kìⁿ chut hó̤ tái;

thus its quality may be made apparent.

ău lâi cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ ŭ kìⁿ a bô̤?

Will there be any verification of this hereafter?

kìⁿ tîeh cū huaⁿ-hí;

when he saw it he was much pleased. m̄ kìⁿ mûeh kâi nâng;

the loser of the stolen goods.

mâk hue, thóiⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;

my eyes are dim, and I cannot see.

cẽ lău, hĭⁿ lâng căi, phah kòng chèng to thiaⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;

being old, is so very deaf that he would not hear if you were to fire off guns beside him.

i sĭ sĭeⁿ kìⁿ;

he has thought it out.

cía sṳ̃ cṳ̆-lâi m̄ pat bŭn-kìⁿ;

I never heard of such a thing before.

úa cá-mêⁿ māng-kìⁿ cêk kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

I dreamed something last night.

phīⁿ kìⁿ ŭ kâi bĭ;

smell an odor.

i sui-sĭ ang cía būe pat sie kìⁿ;

although they are husband and wife they have never yet seen each other.

lṳ́ pat sîeⁿ-kìⁿ mē?

Have you ever tasted it?

hŭam sṳ̄ to tiêh kìⁿ kiⁿ;

for everything there must be a perceptible opening.

mō̤ⁿ-kìⁿ;

look off and see.

mō̤ⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;

cannot see when gazing far off.

ke cêk jît cū kìⁿ suaⁿ;

in another day we shall see land.

cá chut cū mông kìⁿ, taⁿ cò̤-nî mông m̄ kìⁿ;

when I tried before I could feel it, why is it that I cannot now find it (as by feeling in the dark for it)?

khṳt úa jīn-kìⁿ;

was recognized by me.

cin kìⁿ cêk kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ chù-bī căi;

dreamed something very funny.

tùi-tùi khṳt úa ngŏ̤-kìⁿ;

was exactly hit upon by me.

phòng kìⁿ;

to chance upon.

cí tieⁿ keh bîe tit kìⁿ mē?

Can you follow the squares in this tracing paper?

cŭang kìⁿ;

came across him.

úa íⁿ-keng kìⁿ kùe;

I have seen it before.

úa li phīⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;

I do not smell it.

chūe kìⁿ mē?

Have you found it?

chūe m̄ kìⁿ;

I cannot find it.

úa tâng-cá to hieh-kìⁿ li;

a little while ago I saw it in turning over the leaves.

taⁿ cò̤-nî jw̆n púe, púe m̄ kìⁿ;

now however much I turn the leaves to and fro, I cannot find it again.

íam-kìⁿ;

peep at.

bîe-kìⁿ;

to pore over.

m̄ kìⁿ khṳ̀;

to disappear; gone from view.

cêk ki sî m̄-kìⁿ-khṳ̀;

one spoon is missing.

chîo kìⁿ;

hold audience.

cham-kìⁿ cīeⁿ-si;

visit a superior officer.

hak-kìⁿ;

visit a superior.

tŏ̤ sai-ĕ tàⁿ li mîaⁿ-ke căi, cē kìⁿ tn̂g cū cêk kù bŏi tàⁿ: i sĭ m̄ pat kìⁿ kuaⁿ;

in private he was very glib in telling about it, but as soon has he was brought into the presence of his superior he could say nothing: he had never before been before a magistrate.

kìⁿ kè kìⁿ câp gūa hûe;

had audiences with the emperor more than ten times.

cúi cheng, kìⁿ cîeh;

the water is so clear you can see the stones at the bottom.

hûn khui kìⁿ jît;

the clouds disperse and the sun appears.

ŏi tit kìⁿ i ka-kī cū hó̤;

if I could see him himself all would be well.

• 邊kîⁿ68616215
• The margin, edge, brink, border, side, brim, boundary.

hái kîⁿ;

the sea-shore.

cúi kîⁿ;

water side.

khoi kîⁿ;

banks of the river.

tŏ̤ tî kîⁿ, tìeⁿhṳ̂;

on the margin of the pool, fishing with hook and line.

màiⁿ khĭa khah lím kîⁿ;

do not stand too near the brink.

i kîaⁿ tìn-tâng, i kîaⁿ sang kîⁿ;

one walked in the middle, and the other two walked on the two sides.

ceng kîⁿ;

the rim of a cup.

kim kîⁿ kâi pue;

gilt edged cups.

sì kîⁿ;

on all sides.

íe khah tĭⁿ, lâu chut úaⁿ kîⁿ;

dipped it too full and it ran over the edge of the bowl.

• 鉗kîⁿ3891675
• Tongs.

khîa thih-kîⁿ khṳ̀ koih;

take it up with the tongs.

i ki thih-kîⁿ khah tn̂g, khah áu chíu;

those tongs are too long, and are unhandy.