Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kiet
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kiet
- cheng-kiet;
- clean, pure.
- sin-sîp kàu cheng-cheng kiet-kiet;
- arrange every-thing very neatly.
- sói kàu kiet-cĕng;
- wash it perfectly clean.
- tût kàu kiet-kiet cĕng-cĕng;
- scrub it perfectly clean.
- sói kàu kiet-kiet pêh;
- wash it white.
- thong koiⁿ sàu kàu kiet-cṳ̀;
- sweep the whole space perfectly clean.
- thong koiⁿ siu kàu cheng-kiet căi, tn̆g tíam hûn hê;
- cleansed throughout, and with every spot, crease and blemish removed.
- 拮据kiet-kṳ̆376
- Hampered; perplexed; embarrassed.
- i cìeⁿ-sî kiet-kṳ̆ căi;
- he has lately had more to do than he could attend to.
- cí hûe câp hun kiet-kṳ̆ tŏ̤ kò̤;
- he now has more than he can do and is greatly pressed.
- pa-kiet;
- to wheedle.
- i lâi tó̤ pa-pa kiet-kiet;
- he is officiously helping, with selfish ends in view.
- i mîaⁿ-ke pa-kiet nâng;
- he is expert in wheedling people.
- cía sĭ tó̤ hŭu pa-kiet kâi;
- this is currying favor by service.
- kîet-lâk khṳ̀ cò̤ kàu sêng;
- do one's best to accomplish it.
- cò̤ kàu cí-kò̤ lâi, lâk kîet;
- did it thus far when my strength gave out.
- ceng-sîn íⁿ-keng kîet;
- its vitality is gone.
- kîet-cĭn phêng-seⁿ kâi lâk;
- used up all the energy he had.
- cúi ngŵn bŏi kîet;
- the fountain is inexhaustible.
- koi-chĭ mih seng-lí to kîet;
- in the markets all business is dull.
- hâng-chêng kàu cí-kò̤ lâi kîet căi;
- up to this time business has been very dull.
- sî-chêng mih sṳ̄ to kang-kîet;
- the times are dull.
- taⁿ li suaⁿ kîet hái kîet;
- there is now no business going on, either on land or water.
- thàng put kîet;
- lay up money without end.
- cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ ā-sĭ cò̤ tit sêng cū cîah put kîet;
- if this can be done there will be a chance to earn food in abundance.
- tī kâi tī-hng to sĭ kang-kang kîet-kîet;
- no chance to earn money anywhere, the times are so dull.
- hâu-kîet;
- a hero.
- eng-hîong hâu-kîet kâi nâng;
- a valiant and famous leader.
kih
- kih chîeⁿ;
- to lay up a wall.
- kih cò̤ cheⁿ-eng kâi chieⁿ, a sĭ kih cò̤ hue-thô-kak kâi chîeⁿ?
- Is the wall built up with burnt bricks, or with unburnt bricks made from lime and clay.
- kih cêk kâi hue-hôk lâi cèng hue;
- build up a mason-work basin, to plant flowers in.
- kih cîeh lō;
- lay a stone pavement.
- kih lâi cíam-côih căi;
- well laid up, with correct angles and vertical faces.
- cang chek lâi kih cò̤ kâi hue-nâ;
- make a flower basket of unhusked rice.
- cía sĭ kih sṳ̂ niap-khòng i kâi;
- this is heaping up false accusations against him
- kih-kau; kih-kau cô̤;
- the cheek.
- i cang chíu khṳ̀ piang i kâi kih-kau;
- he slapped her on the cheek.
- kih-kau-thâu;
- cheek bones.
- buah kàu nŏ̤ pôiⁿ kih-kau âng-âng;
- smeared both cheeks till they were red.
- 囁嚅kîh-kṳ̂h632
- To stammer.
- kîh-kṳ̂h-kìe, tàⁿ m̄ chut;
- stammered and hesitated, and could not utter it.
- àiⁿ tàⁿ, m̄ káⁿ tàⁿ, kîh-kîh kṳ̂h-kṳ̂h;
- wanted to tell it, but dared not, and so stammered and stuttered.