Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kuaiⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

kúaiⁿ

• 礦kúaiⁿ46311215
• The ore of metals; a bed or vein of ore.

thih kúaiⁿ, in kúaiⁿ, ngṳ̂n kúaiⁿ;

iron, lead and silver ore.

líu kúaiⁿ kâi nâng;

miners.

múiⁿ jît ēng ho̤h cōi nâng tó̤ khui kúaiⁿ;

they daily employ a great many men in digging out the ore.

hía kúaiⁿ lâi khang, khang ŭ sĭm-mih sîaⁿ cáng?

When that ore is smelted, what proportion of pure metal is there in it?

• 果kúaiⁿ489754
• Fruit.

cheⁿ-kúaiⁿ;

fresh fruit.

ŭ phîn kúaiⁿ;

has freshly gathered fruit.

cheⁿ- kúaiⁿ m̄-hó̤ to̤ cîah;

one must not eat freely of unripe fruit.

cheⁿ-kúaiⁿ sī;

pickled mashed olives.

peh kúaiⁿ;

all sorts of fruits.