The Cantonese Made Easy Vocabulary/K

by James Dyer Ball

K

Kaleidoscope,

n.

1. 萬花筒, mán꜅ ꜀fá _⊆t‘ung*, or ꜁t‘ung.
   Class. 個, ko꜄.

Keep,

v.

1. (to detain), 留, ꜁laú; 留翻, ꜁laú ꜀fán; 留住, ꜁laú chü꜅.
2. (to put by), 收埋, ꜀shaú ꜁mái.
3. (to always have), 常有, ꜁shöng ꜃yaú; 時時有, ꜁shí ꜁shí ꜃yaú.
4. (as a feast day, or birthday), 做, tsò꜅.
   To keep a feast, 做節, tsò꜅ tsit˳
   To keep New Year, 做年, tsò꜅ ꜁nín.
   To keep a birthday, tsò꜅ ꜀sháng (or ꜀shang) yat꜇.
5. (to retain, to file.), 存, ꜁ts‘ün.
6. (to rear, as pigs, poultry, etc.), 養, ꜃yöng.
7. (to observe), 守, ꜂shaú.
   To keep the sabbath, 守安息, ꜂shaú ꜀on sik꜆.
   Keep quiet, 咪出聲, ꜃mai ch‘ut꜆ ꜀sheng†.
   To keep on the person, 擠身上, ꜀chai ꜀shan shöng꜅; 擠身嚟, ꜀chai ꜀shan ꜁lai.
8. (to watch sheep), 牧(羊), muk꜇ (꜁yöng), 看, ꜀hòn; 睇, ꜂t‘ai.
9. (a woman), 包女人, ꜀páú ꜃nui _⊆yan*
   Are you a kept woman? 你係有人包你嘅冇呢? ꜃Néi hai꜅ ꜃yaú ꜁yan ꜀páú ꜃néi ke꜄ ꜃mò ꜀ni?

Kernel,

n.

1. 核, wat꜇; 仁, ꜁yan, or, ꜁ngan.
   Class. 個, ko꜄.

Kerosene,

n.

1. 火水, ꜂fo ꜂shui.

Kettle,

n.

1. 煲, ꜀pò.
   Tea kettle, 茶煲, ꜁ch‘á ˳pò*
   Class. 個, ko꜄.

Key,

n.

1. (of a lock), 鎖匙, ꜂so ꜁shí. Sometimes 匙, ꜁shí, is used alone.
   Class. 條, t‘íú.
2. (in music), 首音, ꜂shaú ˳yam*.

Key-hole,

n.

1. 鎖匙眼, ꜂so ꜁shí ꜃ngán.
   Class. 個, ko꜄.

Kick,

n.

1. 踢, t‘ek˳†.
   To give him a kick, 踢佢一踢, t‘ek˳ ꜃kui yat꜆ t‘ek˳.

Kick,

v.

1. 踢, t‘ek˳†.
   Kick back again, 踢翻, t‘ek˳ ꜀fán.

Kid,

n.

1. 山羊仔, ꜀shán ꜁yöng ꜂tsai.
   Class. 隻, chek˳.

Kidnap,

v.

1. 拐帶(人口), ꜂kwái tái꜄ (꜁yan ꜂haú).

Kidnapper,

n.

1. 拐帶(人)嘅, ꜂kwái tái꜄ (꜁yan) ke꜄; or 拐帶人, ꜂kwái tái꜄ ꜁yan.

Kidney,

n.

1. (of men), 內腎, noi꜅ shan꜅.
2. (of animals), 腰子, ꜀yíú ꜂tsz
   Class. 個, ko꜄.

Kill,

v.

1. (generally), 打死, ꜂tá ꜂sz; 整死, ꜂ching ꜂sz.
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