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kàu sim-kuaⁿ-thâu pôk-pôk thìo;
- so frightened that my heart leaped into my throat.
- thóiⁿ tîeh kiaⁿ sí;
- was almost frightened to death when I saw it.
- lṳ́ ŏi kiaⁿ a bŏi?
- Are you alarmed?
- i cò̤ sṳ̄ ío ŭ kiaⁿ sim;
- he acts with caution.
- thâk-cṳ ã sĭ bô̤ kiaⁿ sim, thâk căi tit pat?
- If one studies without solicitude as to the result, how can he learn?
- màiⁿ khṳ̀ kiaⁿ-jío i;
- do not go and disturb him.
- kiaⁿ kàu auⁿ-auⁿ-kìe;
- so frightened that I screamed.
- kiaⁿ kàu sit hûn; kiaⁿ kàu bô̤ hûn;
- frightened out of his wits.
- kiaⁿ kàu hèⁿ-hè-kìe;
- so frightened that he fainted.
- kiaⁿ kàu îang pûah lô̤h;
- so frightened that she fell down in a swoon.
- màiⁿ kiaⁿ cáu i;
- do not scare him away.
- kiaⁿ kàu a-nôⁿ chéⁿ; a-nôⁿ khṳt lṳ́ kiaⁿ chéⁿ;
- you have wakened the baby.
- màiⁿ kiaⁿ chéⁿ i;
- do not startle and waken him.
- i bô táⁿ, ùi-kiaⁿ;
- he is easily frightened.
- cí kâi táⁿ tōa căi, cn̂g kâi m̄ ùi-kiaⁿ;
- this one is very courageous, and is not easily perturbed.
- i sĭ tó̤ phìen kiaⁿ i;
- he is trying to frighten her.
- sît căi kiaⁿ nâng;
- really frightful.
- màiⁿ tăi kiaⁿ sío kùai;
- do not be alarmed.
- kiaⁿ kiu;
- shrink through fear.
- ku kâi thâu kiaⁿ kiu khṳ̀;
- the tortoise draws in its head when scared.
- màiⁿ kiaⁿ cìeⁿ kiaⁿ hìeⁿ;
- do not be disturbed by every thing.
- 麖kiaⁿ4041988
- A large deer, described as having one horn and a cow's tail, probably referring to the nylghau.
- têk-kiaⁿ;
- the chevrotain, or mouse-deer; a small antelope.
- têk-kiaⁿ nêk;
- antelope flesh.
- kiaⁿ phûe tō̤;
- a leather fob.
- 今kíaⁿ39892
- Now; the present.
- kíaⁿ-jît;
- to-day.
- kíaⁿ-jît ŭ mē?
- Have you any to-day?
- kíaⁿ-jît būe ŭ, tîeh mùa-cá;
- we have none to-day, and you must wait till to-morrow.
- 子kíaⁿ1030390
- A child; a son; diminutive; small.
- kíaⁿ-tĭ;
- sons.
- tōa kíaⁿ;
- the eldest son.
- sòi kíaⁿ;
- a young child.
- búe kíaⁿ;
- the youngest child.
- kíaⁿ sun;
- children and grandchildren.
- kíaⁿ-sài;
- son-in-law.
- tau-kíaⁿ;
- a son.
- cáu-kíaⁿ;
- a daughter.
- cṳ-nîe kíaⁿ;
- a young damsel.
- ca-bó kíaⁿ;
- a female child.
- a nîe kíaⁿ;
- a young lady.
- ta-po kíaⁿ;
- a male child.
- sun-kíaⁿ;
- little grandson.
- kíaⁿ jî;
- children.
- bô̤ kíaⁿ bô̤ jî;
- childless.
- sieh ang sieh kíaⁿ;
- a loving wife and mother.
- lṳ́ kúi kâi kíaⁿ?
- How many children have you?
- phŏ a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ;
- carry a child in the arms.
- a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ hùe cōi;
- has many children.
- kio kíaⁿ;
- to take care of a child.
- seⁿ kíaⁿ;
- give birth to a child.
- kāng
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kíaⁿ;
- with child.
- íang kâi kíaⁿ;
- adopt a child.
- mêng-lêng kâi kíaⁿ;
- an adopted child.
- chin seⁿ kíaⁿ;
- own child.
- chī kíaⁿ;
- rear children.
- kíaⁿ chī kàu tōa;
- bring up a child.
- hó̤ kíaⁿ;
- a good son.
- hó̤ kíaⁿ míen-ēng ke;
- if your sons are good you do not need many of them.
- ah kíaⁿ;
- a duckling.
- chn̂g kíaⁿ;
- a small table.
- íⁿ kíaⁿ;
- a little chair.
- bé kíaⁿ;
- a colt.
- ngio kíaⁿ;
- a kitten.
- gû kíaⁿ;
- a calf.
- káu kíaⁿ;
- a puppy.
- cûn kíaⁿ;
- a small boat.
- chù kíaⁿ;
- a hut.
- pûaⁿ kíaⁿ;
- a little plate.
- úaⁿ kíaⁿ;
- a little bowl.
- to̤ kíaⁿ;
- a pen knife.
- ka-to̤ kíaⁿ;
- scissors.
- kaⁿ-kíaⁿ;
- small oranges.
- tíaⁿ kíaⁿ;
- a saucepan.
- sang kha kíakíaⁿ ìuⁿ-ìuⁿ;
- very small feet.
- 鏡kìaⁿ40616711
- A mirror; any reflecting surface; to brighten; to illustrate; lustrous.
- mâk-kìaⁿ;
- spectacles.
- kùa mâk-kìaⁿ;
- wear eye-glasses.
- íam choiⁿ-lí-kìaⁿ;
- to look through a spy-glass.
- kìaⁿ-kíaⁿ;
- a small mirror.
- tâng-thâu kìaⁿ;
- a small looking-glass suspended from the lapel of the tunic.
- chíu kìaⁿ;
- a hand-glass.
- kìaⁿ phîn;
- a mirror on a stand.
- kìaⁿ thâi;
- a cheval-glass.
- hâp kìaⁿ;
- a mirror which folds together in the middle.
- chŵn sin kìaⁿ;
- a pier-glass.
- tâng kìaⁿ;
- a metalic mirror.
- híen-mûiⁿ-kìaⁿ;
- a microscope.
- cìe-siu kìaⁿ;
- a looking-glass.
- peh-hue-kìaⁿ;
- a kaleidoscope.
- hŭ-sim-kìaⁿ;
- a breastplate.
- kìaⁿ khuang;
- a picture frame.
- kìaⁿ nêk;
- the picture itself.
- kṳ̆n-sĭ kâi mâk-kìaⁿ;
- glasses for the near sighted.
- o-ciaⁿ mâk-kìaⁿ;
- colored spectacles.
- hue kìaⁿ;
- glasses that are convex.
- îang mâk kâi kìaⁿ;
- glass screens for the eyes.
- cang cúi cún-cò̤ kìaⁿ hó̤ íam;
- use water as a reflector to see it in.
- cîⁿ tŏ̤ a-má kìaⁿ tói;
- unsubstantial wealth.
- mêng kìaⁿ;
- clear glasses.
- phī-jŭ kìaⁿ tói kâi hue, cúi tói kâi gûeh;
- like the reflection of a flower in a mirror or of the moon in a pool.
- chìu kàu kng-kìaⁿ kng-kìaⁿ nē;
- polish it till it is lustrous.
- kìaⁿ-mīn kìaⁿ-mīn;
- gleaming.
- i kâi mīn phûe khah kng-kìaⁿ;
- his skin is two shiny.
- íam kìaⁿ;
- look in the mirror.
- bûa kìaⁿ;
- to polish, to burnish.
- phùa kìaⁿ têng îⁿ;
- to match the pieces of a broken looking-glass.
- kìaⁿ câi;
- the centre of a mirror.
- po̤-lî kìaⁿ;
- glass mirrors.
- ô̤ kìaⁿ theng;
- a shell window.
- kìaⁿ-seⁿ;
- a parasitic growth; fungus.
- sieh-lîu kìaⁿ-se, sng-sûi kìaⁿ-seⁿ; hó̤ cò̤ îeh;
- the fungus that grows upon pomegranate and mulberry trees is used in medicine.
- cí câng chīu hwt kàu cĕng-cĕng kìaⁿ-seⁿ;
- this tree is all covered with fungus.
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