Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kin

by Adele Marion Fielde

kin

• 今kin39892
• Now; the present.

kin nî;

this year.

kin sì;

the present age.

• 緊kín3991208
• To press tightly; urgent; prompt; strait; instant.

ŏi khah kín a bŏi?

Are they too small for you?

kín-ìo kâi sṳ̄;

urgent business.

kúaⁿ kín cē cò̤;

hurry its performance.

bô̤ sĭm-mih kín-ìo;

not very pressing.

cí hûe ŭ kín-kip sṳ̄;

have now urgent affairs on hand.

pâk kàu kín-kín;

tie it very tightly.

kín-kín cū àiⁿ kâi;

have immediate need of it.

i cí-hûe kâi seng-lí kín căi;

his business now imperiously demands his attention.

hâp kín-kín, peh m̄ khui;

folded together so tightly that I cannot get it open.

kha thām tîeh lâm-thô, khṳt i kuh kín tŏ̤ kò̤;

his feet sunk in the mud, and it closed tightly over them.

cí sang bûeh khah kín;

these stockings are too small for me.

cí sang ôi bŏi khùaⁿ;

this pair of shoes is neither too loose nor too tight for me, but they fit exactly.

tùe kín tŏ̤ kò̤, tuí m̄ chut;

it adheres tightly, so that I cannot pull it off.

chin-chĭeⁿ ka ún kín tŏ̤ kò̤, bŏi ka-lâuh;

it is as if stuck fast with glue, and will not drop off.

i kâi sún cē tàu m̄ kín cū lok-lok khùaⁿ;

if the tenon is not mortised in tightly it will rattle around.

hàm i tîeh chĭeⁿ kín cē lí;

tell him he must make haste in arranging the matter.

tau âng, pák kín;

draw the cord tight and tie it firmly.

mih sṳ̄ m̄ hó̤ tau khah âng, pâk khah kín;

one must not carry things with too high a hand.

kín-kip kâi bûn-cṳ;

an urgent dispatch.

cía cū mín-en̄g kîn;

need not be in a hurry about this.

àiⁿ kín kâi;

what will not brook delay.

khṳ̀ chui kín cē;

go and hurry it up.

lîah kín-kín;

seize firmly.

m̄ tá-kín;

of no great consequence.

lîah m̄ tá-kín;

to despise.

cē līu kín i cū sí;

if you squeeze it hard it will die.

cip kín-kín;

pick it up carefully with chopsticks.

i kâi sèⁿ kín căi;

he is of an impatient disposition.

phŏ̤ kín;

clasp tightly in the arms.

pâk m̄ kín, khṳt i cáu khù;

escaped because he was not firmly fastened up.

khṳt i thi kín tŏ̤ kò̤;

stuck tight with bird-lime.

chēng kâi kín sin saⁿ;

wear a close-fitting jacket.

mn̂g kueⁿ kín-kín;

the door was closely shut.

khṳt i lâu kín tŏ̤ kò̤;

it was firmly withheld by him.

teh kiń-kín;

held down tightly, by a weight above.

hip kiń-kín;

closely covered in.

ciu-jît ún kín tŏ̤ kâi phò côiⁿ;

sticks to his shop all day long.

siak kò̤ ciⁿ, ciⁿ kín cē;

whittle out a wedge, and wedge it tighter.

cí kâi chíu-hŵn kùa tîeh khah kín;

this bracelet is too small for me to wear.

tah kín tŏ̤ chîeⁿ kò̤;

stuck tightly on the wall.

cò̤ sṳ̄ tîeh ŭ khuaⁿ ŭ kín;

in doing things one must know when to delay, and when to be prompt.

kín-kip;

in extremity.

• 絹kìn4511207
• A thin sleazy silk; lutestring.

i khîa ki kìn sìⁿ;

he carried a silk fan.

cí tùi tùi-lîn sĭ pìe kìn kâi a sĭ pìe tîu kâi?

Is the mounting on this pair of matched scrolls, of thin or of thick silk?

tîeh thai kùe kìn thai;

sift it through a lutestring sieve.