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sides.
- ho̤h cōi nâng tŏ̤ sang pôiⁿ khĭa;
- a great many people were standing on each side.
- kîaⁿ sĭ kîaⁿ, khĭa sĭ khĭa;
- if you walk, walk, and if you stand, stand; behave properly.
- khĭa m̄ ún;
- it does not stand firmly.
- khĭa m̄ tùe;
- it won't stand up.
- khĭa kàu kha sng;
- stood till tired.
- khĭa îang khí lâi;
- stand erect and hold up your head.
- kha thìaⁿ bŏi khĭa;
- his foot is so sore he cannot stand upon it.
- bŏi khĭa kú;
- cannot stand long.
- khĭa tŏ̤ suaⁿ téng mō̤ⁿ sì-phìⁿ;
- stood on the hill top and looked all around.
- bŏi cŏ̤ bŏi khĭa;
- can neither sit nor stand.
- khĭa tīam tó̤ táng;
- stood still and waited.
- khĭa tīam cē;
- stop a moment.
- khĭa tŏ̤ mn̂g kha tó̤ thóiⁿ nâng;
- stood at the door looking at people.
- 居khĭa437445
- To reside; to live in a place; to remain stationary.
- i bô̤ sṳ̄, khĭa-khí tŏ̤ chù;
- he has no business requiring his attention and he stays at home.
- m̄ cai i khĭa-khí tŏ̤ tī kò̤;
- I do not know where he is staying.
- i àiⁿ khṳ̀ móng kò̤ khĭa-khí;
- he is going to a certain place to live.
- i ŭ tŏ̤ hṳ́ khĭa ke a bô̤?
- Has he settled his family there?
- i soiⁿ-tiang-sî khĭa-khí tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤;
- he formerly resided there.
- bô̤ kò̤ khĭa-khí;
- has no place of abode.
- tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤ khĭa ŭ nî gūa lío;
- has been there over a year already.
- 竪khīa7771178
- Upright; perpendicular.
- pàng khīa, màiⁿ pàng sia;
- set it upright, not inclining.
- màiⁿ pàng khīa, pàng i ût lô̤h khṳ̀;
- do not set it upright, lay it down.
khiah
- 隙khiah39617010
- A fissure; a chink; a cleft; a gap; an occasion or cause for dislike.
- chîeⁿ pit lío làng kâi khiah tōa-tōa kâi;
- the wall cracked, leaving a wide chink.
- hṳ́-kò̤ ŭ cêk kâi kau khiah tŏ̤ kò̤, bŏi tit kùe;
- there is a ditch between, so that we cannot cross over there.
- i kio i ŭ khiah;
- the two are at variance.
- úa kio i bô̤ chîu bô̤ khiah;
- I have no occasion for a quarrel with him.
- úa cai lṳ́ soiⁿ-côiⁿ kio i ŭ kâi khiah tŏ̤ kò̤;
- I know that formerly you were not on good terms with him.
- thiⁿ kâi hûn làng khiah;
- there is a rift in the clouds.
- bó̤ khang bô̤ khiah;
- no crack nor crevice.
- bô̤ kò̤ làng khiah;
- there is no opening anywhere.
- taⁿ kâi nang hṳ̂-lêng cío-ciaⁿ cìaⁿ ŭ kâi khang-khiah cū toa-bó̤-mûeh nâng lâi tó̤ hùn;
- the people of the present time are like dragon fish and fairy birds, wherever there is a chink they come in swarms boring their way through.
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khiak
- 却khiak411265
- To decline doing or accepting; as an interjection, behold! oh! as an adverb, then.
- i sía tàⁿ “bw̄n màiⁿ chui-khiak”;
- he writes saying, “do not on any account decline”.
- úa kāu-kìe sĭ cieⁿ-seⁿ, khiak sĭ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- I thought it was thus, but behold it was so.
- khiak m̄ tit nâng-chêng;
- could not refuse the favour.
- sûi- sĭ lâu-tŏng tîeh, khiak sĭ cak sêng nâng cêk kĭaⁿ hó̤ sṳ̄;
- although it makes trouble, it really forwards a commendable object.
- khiak-sueh kó-cá ṳ̆ cêk kâi nâng—;
- once upon a time there was a man—.
- khiak sĭ ûi hô̤?
- Why so, pray?
- sṳ̄ kàu cí-kò̤ khiak m̄ khṳ̀ lío;
- since the business has arrived at this stage, it cannot be put off.
khìam
- 欠khìam391760
- To owe; to be short of; deficient in.
- i khìam úa kâi cîⁿ;
- he is in debt to me for borrowed money.
- khìam lṳ́ jîeh cōi?
- How much does he owe you?
- khìam ŭ hăng, put kùe khìam úa kâi sìo-búe tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
- owes but little, nothing more than the balance left after the settlement of my account.
- khìam kàu cí-kò̤ lâi kú căi;
- has owed for a long time.
- jī-ke bô̤ khueh-khìam;
- no indebtedness on either side.
- gūa kháu khìam nŏ̤ peh ngṳ̂n seⁿ sìo, cêk peh ngṳ̂n phò co;
- have outside debts of two hundred dollars in current accounts, and one hundred dollars for rent of shop.
- cang cí tîo sìo lâi tú, cū bŏi khìam i kâi;
- if this account be taken as an offset, I owe him nothing.
- bô̤ thua khìam pùaⁿ lî;
- have no outstanding debts whatever.
- cía sĭ côiⁿ seⁿ côiⁿ sì khìam i kâi cè;
- this is a debt that was due in a previous state of existence.
- úa cêk seⁿ nâng sĭang ùi khìam nâng kâi cîⁿ;
- I have all my life had the utmost aversion to getting in debt.
- cía khìam hó̤;
- this is not quite complete.
- khìam hăng, bô̤ thang hâiⁿ nâng;
- has liabilities which he is unable to meet.
- sía khìam nŏ̤ cūe tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
- have it all written except two lines.
- ūe tàⁿ lâi khìam mêng-pêh;
- the statement lacks clearness.
- úa bô̤ khìam i kâi, à cò̤ ŭ khìam;
- I do not owe him, and he on the contrary says that I do.
- khìam i nŏ̤ peh ngṳ̂n, cang tieⁿ phò-khòi àng tŏ̤ i kò̤;
- gave him the deed of a shop as collateral security for a debt of two hundred dollars.
- khìam lṳ́ ŭ sìo-bâk nē?
- Have you any account against him?
- i khìam lío ŭ nî bô̤ gûeh;
- he pays his debts once a year, but no oftener.
- nín sĭ khìam phah ā!
- You need whipping!
- cêk sî huang-huh cū khìam-khìam tíam;
- in the flurry of the moment failed to give the necessary attention.
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