Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kueh

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kueh

  • kueh469186
  • To abrade; to scrape.
kueh tīo mô̤ⁿ;
scrape off the fuzz.
kueh tīo phûe;
scraped off the rind.
kueh lío, cêk têng cêk têng chut lâi;
scrape it, and then take it off layer by layer.
kueh tīo i kâi mô̤h;
scrape off the thin skin.
cêk têng o khíu tîeh kueh tīo;
you must scrape off the layer of scurf.
cí cêk ûeh kueh tīo, lêng-ūaⁿ chîaⁿ;
erase this stroke by scraping, and then write it in correctly.
kueh phùa khṳ̀;
scraped so hard as to make a hole through it.
kueh tīo tek cheⁿ;
scrape off the green surface of the bamboo.
kueh pô̤h-pô̤h;
scrape it down thin.
kueh khṳ̀ m̄ kng;
it is not scraped bare.
  • kûeh651243
  • A half; a large part of.
tok cò̤ nŏ̤ kûeh;
chop it in two pieces.
chûn cêk kûeh tŏ̤ kò̤;
have half of it left.
kîaⁿ cêk kûeh lō;
went half way.
cêk tōa kûeh;
the greater part of.
pun i cêk tōa kûeh;
gave him the larger part.