Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kuiⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

kùiⁿ

• 慣kùiⁿ4766111
• Accustomed; used to; inured to.

ēng tîeh m̄ kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;

he is not accustomed to the use of it.

iang-o̤ lío le kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;

accustomed to indulgence.

i tâng soiⁿ cîah kùiⁿ;

he was accustomed to eating it before.

chēng kùiⁿ;

used to wearing it.

cí-kò̤ khĭa-khí kùiⁿ lío, pât kò̤ ùi khĭa-khí m̄ kùiⁿ;

have lived here till I am habituated to the place and fear I should not feel at home elsewhere.

taⁿ i cò̤ khṳ̀ nĕ kùiⁿ-kùiⁿ nē;

he has now practised it till he is very familiar with the way of doing it.

• 高kûiⁿ3241890
• High; tall.

i kâi cì-khì kûiⁿ;

his aspirations are high.

taⁿ cū cìeⁿ kûiⁿ tōa lío!

How much he has grown!

i sui sĭ cìeⁿ kûiⁿ cìeⁿ tōa hŵn-lío sĭ a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ khì;

although he is so large, he is still a child in his ways.

cìeⁿ-sî kâi kè kûiⁿ;

the present price is high.

cí īeⁿ kâi kè ío kûiⁿ;

this sort is of still higher price.

ŭ ío kûiⁿ kâi a bô̤?

Have you any taller ones?

bô̤, cū sĭ cí hō̤ sĭang kûiⁿ lío;

this sort is the tallest we have.

nín nŏ̤ nâng phit thóiⁿ tī-tîang kûiⁿ;

you two stand up here and see which is the taller.

ŭ kâi kûiⁿ, ŭ kâi ói;

some are tall and some are short.

cêk tn̆g kûiⁿ, káu chieh bô̤ ēng;

for reaching to a height of ten feet, a nine foot pole is useless.

i kâi nâng kûiⁿ-tio kûiⁿ-tio;

he is tall and slender.

lṳ́ kâi chíu khîeh-khí kûiⁿ;

lift your arm high.

thèⁿ kûiⁿ cē;

prop it up higher.

i ío kûiⁿ mîaⁿ;

his name stands higher on the list.

i kâi sin-hàng bô̤ hìeⁿ kûiⁿ, ngó-tún ngó-tún nē;

he is not very tall, but is sturdy and well built.

cí kâi ŭ jîeh kûiⁿ?

How tall is this?

àiⁿ cò̤ kúi tn̆g kûiⁿ?

How many tens of feet high are you going to make it?

i nâng kûiⁿ tōa;

he is a large man.

kàu sì ngŏ chùn kûiⁿ;

it is four or five inches high.

i ŏi chēng kûiⁿ kîah-thô̤;

she wears high heels.

cía īa-sĭ tîⁿ sang kha, siu kâi thâu lô̤h khṳ̀ to kio tōa nâng pêⁿ-pêⁿ kûiⁿ ló;

if she were to bind her feet, and arrange a coiffure, she would be as tall as a grown person.

peh cĭeⁿ kûiⁿ-kûiⁿ kâi suaⁿ téng;

climb a high hill.

tah kâi pêⁿ kûiⁿ-kûiⁿ;

make a high platform.

jît chut ho̤h kûiⁿ lío;

the sun is already high.

kûiⁿ suaⁿ kûiⁿ chîo tùi;

high hills have high hills to face them.

uang-uang kûiⁿ;

tall and personable.

• 縣kūiⁿ20112010
• A political division answering to a district; the fifth order of territorial divisions, sometimes called a county.

i kíaⁿ tó̤ cò̤ kūiⁿ kuaⁿ;

his son is district magistrate.

hīn jīm móng kò̤ kâi ti-kūiⁿ;

is now filling the office of district magistrate in a certain place.

kūiⁿ sîaⁿ;

district cities.

káu kūiⁿ;

the nine districts.

nín sĭ tī cêk kūiⁿ kẃn kâi?

In which district are you?

kūiⁿ cú; kūiⁿ thài-îa;

the district magistrate.

kūiⁿ ô̤h;

the district examinations.

keh kūiⁿ;

the adjoining district.

lîn kūiⁿ;

neighboring districts.

nŏ̤ kūiⁿ kiam kài;

the two districts are contiguous.

suaⁿ kūiⁿ;

a mountainous district.

sĭ tōa kūiⁿ a sĭ síe kūiⁿ?

Is it a large or a small district?

cí-kò̤ sĭ sôk tī cêk kūiⁿ hūn kẃn?

What district magistrate holds this place under his jurisdiction?

síu kūiⁿ;

the chief district.

kūiⁿ gê-mn̂g;

the district yamun.

kūiⁿ sêng;

the deputy magistrate of the district.

kūiⁿ-kháu kháu ŵn a būe?

Are the district examinations through with yet?

• 櫃kūiⁿ4867514
• A case with drawers or a door; a press; a locker; a chest.

tōa kūiⁿ, kūiⁿ kíaⁿ;

large and small lockers.

chn̂g-kūiⁿ;

a sideboard.

to̤h-kūiⁿ;

a side table with drawers.

kūiⁿ-thâi;

a counter in a shop.

cúi kūiⁿ;

large covered water-jars.

lō kūiⁿ;

water jars kept along the street, as a precaution against fires.