# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khi
### khi

* 蹊khi17815710

#### khi-khio;

    strange; queer; odd.

#### cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ cū khi-khio lío, kú-kùai lío;

    this is a strange affair.

#### i kâi ūe tàⁿ chut lâi, thiaⁿ tîeh khi-khi khio-khio;

    he speaks very strangely.

#### thóiⁿ tîeh khi-khio;

    looked very strange.
* 欺khi342768
* To impose upon; to abuse when in power. tōa hieⁿ khi-hŭ síe hieⁿ; a large village oppresses a small one.

#### i tô khi-hŭ úa;

    he is always imposing upon me.

#### cìe-seⁿ sît-căi khi nâng thài sĭm;

    this is certainly a very great imposition.

#### i to sĭ sĭ-sì khi-iap nâng;

    he makes use of his power in intimidating and ​putting down other people.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū sĭ khi kun;

    this is failing in duty toward the sovereign.

#### khi-lêng;

    to blackguard.

#### bô̤ ài-sieh hia-ⁿtĭ, ío būe tá-kíu, hŵn àiⁿ khi-lêng hiaⁿ-tĭ;

    does not love his brothers, and what is still worse, he wants to dispossess his brothers of their rights.

#### khi-phìen;

    to cheat.
* 敧khi342658
* Tipped; tilted; not standing evenly on its base.

#### i kîaⁿ lō thâu khi-khi;

    he walks with his head on one side.

#### m̄-hó̤ pàng khi, tîeh pàng sì-cìaⁿ;

    do not set it down with the base tilted up, set it down squarely.

#### sāi kàu hìeⁿ khi, tī-kò̤ cē tiaⁿ, mng phah tó̤ khṳ̀ ló;

    if you set it down tilted in that way, it will tumble over at the least touch.

#### hīn-khek cí khí cíu pue cū sĭ hāu-huap kó-cá khi khì kâi ì-sṳ̀;

    at present this sort of wine cup is made on the same design as were the tilted vessels of ancient times.

#### cí kâi sieⁿ m̄-hó̤ phŏ̤ khi;

    do not tip this box in lifting it.

#### àiⁿ taⁿ īa m̄-hó̤ khi;

    and do not tilt it sidewise in carrying it.

#### sît khi-khi, koiⁿ-thâu khi-khi;

    wings and shoulders tilted, ready for a fight.
* 崎嶇khi-khu342
* Irregular, as a stony road; uneven; rough.

#### lō khi-khu tîeh hàm nâng khṳ̀ pho pêⁿ;

    the road is very rough, we must call a man to mend it.

#### khi-khi khu-khu;

    very uneven.

#### khi-khu nap-uh;

    full of knolls and holes, as after an inundation.
* 起khí3471563
* To rise; to lift; to start; to begin; to build; a classifier.

#### khí sin;

    to start on a journey.

#### khí bé a būe?

    Has the cavalcade set out yet?

#### khí chíu phah i;

    raised his hand and struck her.

#### tī-tîang soiⁿ khí chíu?

    Who began the fray?

#### sĭ tī koiⁿ phò khí húe?

    In what shop did the fire first break out?

#### khĭa khí lâi;

    rise and stand.

#### khí lâi;

    get up.

#### khí-sùaⁿ;

    a corrugated moulding.

#### tàⁿ tîeh cū náu khí lâi;

    as soon as I spoke of it he became angry.

#### thiaⁿ tîeh cū chìe khí lâi;

    as soon as he heard it he began to laugh.

#### hái tèng hut-jîen cū khí huang éng;

    the sea suddenly became tempestuous.

#### khí-cho̤ kâi sî-hāu;

    in the beginning.

#### khí-thâu lâi;

    when he first came.

#### cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ tī-tîang khí-ì?

    Who first started the idea of doing this?

#### thóiⁿ tîeh cū khí put lîang cṳ sim;

    as soon as he saw it his coveteous desires were excited.

#### khí kṳ im cîah cùe àiⁿ ŭ cak;

    under all circumstances moderation in eating and drinking is most desirable.

#### ūi sĭm-mih sṳ̄ khí-kìen?

    By what means was this set going?

#### cía sĭ cí cêk khí kâi nâng;

    they are that sort of people.

#### sĭ i soiⁿ khí-hìen;

    it was he who began the strife.

#### i cṳ̆-lâi khí tó̤ ūn;

    its luck has been fluctuating.

#### khí piaⁿ;

    raise troops.

#### tng m̄ khí;

    am not adequate to the task.

#### sĭeⁿ khí lâi cū khì;

    whenever I think of it I am vexed.

#### kò kieh khṳ̀ khí hùe;

    hire porters to take out the cargo.

#### pīn cí-kò̤ sía khí;

    begin here and write on.

#### cĭu kíaⁿ-jît cò̤ khí;

    begin with to-day, and reckon on.

#### ùaⁿ cáu-khí;

    got up late.

#### i būe cêng cáu-khí;

    she has not yet risen.

#### khí lâi khĭa;

    stand up.

#### siu-khí;

    gather them up and put them away.

#### khîeh khí lâi;

    take it up.

#### hû i khí;

    help him up.

#### kng m̄ khí;

    cannot carry it.

#### peh khí khṳ̀;

    clambered up.

#### kha khìo khí lâi;

    raise your foot.

#### kĭo m̄ khí;

    cannot pry it up.

#### cí kâi tàⁿ khah tăng, úa taⁿ m̄ khí;

    this burden is too heavy, I cannot lift it.

#### cía sṳ̄ sĭ tī-tîang khí kâi?

    Who started this?

#### hàm hṳ́ kâi khí sṳ̄ kâi nâng lâi;

    tell the originator of the disturbance to come here.

#### nín ūi sĭm-mih sṳ̄ khí ẁn-ke?

    What is the occasion for your being at variance with each other?

#### jîh lô̤h cúi tói i hŵn ŏi phû khí lâi;

    when pressed down into the water, it will again rise to the top.

#### peh khí khṳ̀ chīu câng téng;

    climbed to the top of a tree.

#### cí ki thĭo lṳ́ so̤h tit khí a so̤h m̄ khí?

    Can you climb this pillar?

#### i kâi kî līu khí khṳ̀ a būe?

    Has he run up his flag yet?

#### lô tèng hó̤ khí húe;

    build a fire in the grate.

#### i tó̤ khí chù;

    he is building a house.

#### àiⁿ khí lâu a m̆?

    Are yon going to add a second storey?

#### i kâi chíu khîeh m̄ khí;

    he cannot raise his hand.

#### i kâi kha cìeⁿ-sî nńg, cài sin m̄ khí;

    his legs are very weak lately so that they cannot bear his weight.

#### cò̤-nî cí-kâi thóiⁿ tit khí, hṳ́-kâi thóiⁿ m̄ khí?

    Why is it that you esteem that, and despise this?

#### tìeⁿ khí mâk khṳ̀ mō̤ⁿ;

    lift up your eyes and look.

#### hĭⁿ khìo khí lâi;

    pricked up his ears.

#### àiⁿ li tâh khí cū khṳ̀;

    if you want it rush off at once.

#### cí-kò̤ khí kàu hṳ́-kò̤ cí;

    from this point to that; beginning here and ending there.

#### khí-soiⁿ khí-soiⁿ sĭ tī-tîang lâi?

    Who was the very first one that came?

#### khí cêk cō̤ thah;

    rear a pagoda.

#### kha bô̤ lâk, cn̂g kâi peh m̄ khí sin;

    my legs have no strength and I cannot get upon my feet at all.

#### khí-thâu kâi sî-hāu;

    in the beginning.

#### khí kang;

    begin the work.

#### tô̤h jît khí kang;

    choose a lucky day for commencing the work.

#### thìo khí khṳ̀;

    jump up on it.

#### thâh khí khṳ̀;

    piled up.

#### tîn tŏa khí chù-téng kò̤ khṳ̀;

    the creeper has clambered up to the roof.

#### thî-khí cí kĭa sṳ̄;

    introduce this subject.

#### máng khí lâi;

    pull it up, using both hands.

#### kâu khí khṳ̀;

    climb up, using hands and feet.

#### thek ​khí khṳ̀;

    go up by treading.

#### pôih khí lâi;

    pull it out.

#### thoa khí lâi;

    haul it out.

#### cheⁿ-pie khí lâi;

    dart up.

#### hwt khí lâi;

    sprout forth.

#### piuh khí cêk ki sún chut lâi;

    sent forth a shoot.

#### cheⁿ-khīa khí lâi;

    revive, as after drought.

#### thăⁿ khí lâi;

    lay them up.

#### tīo khí lâi;

    toss it up.

#### tīe khí lâi;

    to rebound.

#### chìn m̄ khí;

    cannot heft it.

#### phòng khí lâi;

    rise, as yeast does.

#### cui khí lâi;

    protrude.

#### céng khí lâi;

    swell up.

#### tìeⁿ khí lâi;

    to bloat up.

#### bā khí cū khṳ̀;

    bounded up and off.

#### éng cē sŏ̤ cū khí khṳ̀;

    when the wave rose we rose.

#### phah tîeh i kâi sît, i pue m̄ khí;

    if you shoot him in the wing, he cannot soar.

#### lûi tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤ khí;

    the thunder originates there.

#### i kâi cûn tó̤ khí tèng;

    that ship is getting up its anchor.

#### phâng màiⁿ līu khah khí;

    do not hoist the sail too high.

#### úa sek khi khṳ̀ khṳt lṳ́ sah;

    I will throw it up for you to catch.

#### lṳ́ tīo khí lâi úa cih;

    you toss it up here and I will catch it.

#### tùi cí-kò̤ lāng khí lâi;

    poke it up through here.

#### lṳ̂ khí lâi;

    poke it up and out.

#### chèng khí lâi;

    mount upon, by putting the hands upon and then springing.

#### pha khí bé sin;

    mount a horse.

#### i to kŭaⁿ m̄ khí tōa nâng kâi mīn phûe;

    he will never attain to anything like his father's reputation.

#### i chin nâng cò̤-nî khang-khieh, khang-khieh i m̄ khi;

    however much his relatives train him, they cannot bring him to any good.

#### cē thî-phû khí lâi úa cū it-tit;

    as soon as it was spoken of I remembered it.

#### cía sĭ lṳ́ tàⁿ khí le, úa cìaⁿ tàⁿ;

    since you have spoken of it, I will.
* 齒khí652110
* The teeth; notches.

#### hwt khí;

    to teeth.

#### būe hwt khí;

    has not cut his teeth yet.

#### bé khí;

    the teeth of a horse.

#### máng bé-khí; to make edging bé-khí pĭⁿ;

    edging.

#### bé-khí hōiⁿ;

    purslane.

#### khí-thìaⁿ cìaⁿ cai khí-thìaⁿ nâng;

    those who have toothache can sympathize with one whose tooth aches.

#### kù khí;

    the teeth of a saw.

#### khí bà-bà; khí sà-sà;

    his teeth project.

#### bà khí;

    tushes.

#### i thâu-mīn-côiⁿ bô̤ kâi khí;

    he has no teeth in front.

#### lău nâng hùe to̤ bô̤ gê-thâu-khí;

    old people are frequently destitute of grinding teeth.

#### khieh tīo khí;

    to take out a tooth.

#### máng tīo khí;

    to extract a tooth.

#### pó khí;

    false teeth.

#### cí cho̤h bûe sng căi, cîah cêk lîap khí cĭu ńng;

    these plums set the teeth on edge.

#### thak khí;

    to pick the teeth.

#### khí-thak;

    a tooth-pick.

#### sieh-lîu khí;

    the seeds of the pomegranate.

#### khí-ngṳ̂n;

    the gums.

#### cí kâi khí khieh chut lâi saⁿ kâi kha;

    this tooth which was taken out has three prongs.

#### cù khí seⁿ khí thâng;

    decayed teeth have worms in them.

#### khí tōiⁿ, bǒi cù;

    the tooth is sound, it is not decayed at all.

#### khí thak lío àiⁿ làng phāng;

    if you pick your teeth there will be wide spaces between them.

#### khí-îeh;

    tooth-powder.

#### khí-sueh;

    a tooth-brush.

#### chìu khí;

    to brush the teeth.

#### seⁿ khí pau;

    has a gum-boil.

#### khí phû- phû;

    carious gums.

#### khí ĭe-ló;

    his teeth are loose.

#### bô̤ khí làng;

    lisps.

#### kiaⁿ kàu hṳ́-hṳ́- kìe, khí tó̤ tie;

    so frightened that he shook and his teeth chattered.

#### cwn mn̂g ui khí;

    a dentist.

#### phah ka-lâuh i kâi khi;

    knocked his tooth out.

#### ngoih khí;

    grate the teeth.

#### khí sng-nńg;

    the teeth set on edge.

#### m̄ cai thâu, kâi khí thun lô̤h khṳ̀;

    unwittingly swallowed a tooth.
* 啟khí347308
* To report; to state; to make known.

#### cí kâi nâng mîaⁿ-ke cṳ-khí;

    this person is an adept in the making out of written reports and statements.

#### i kâi cṳ-khí cò̤ lâi hó̤ căi;

    his report is well made out.

#### i sĭ pat cò̤ kùe cṳ-khí sṳ-îa;

    he has been a recording clerk.

#### lṳ́ kâi sìn mīn tèng kio úa sía “móng nâng uaⁿ khí;”

    write for me on the outside the letter, the superscription, “may you open it in peace.”

#### khí-mêng-cheⁿ chut lío;

    the morning star has risen.

#### lâng íⁿ khí kháu;

    difficult to speak about.

#### sìn thâu tèng kio úa sía kèng-khí-cía cū hó̤;

    if you will write the complimentary phrases at the beginning of the letter for me, that will do.
* 住khí8995
* To dwell; to live in.

#### i khĭa-khí tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?

    Where does she live?

#### i àiⁿ nā pàng cí-kò̤ khĭa-khí;

    he is going to stay here permanently.

#### i khĭa-khí tŏ̤ sîaⁿ lăi;

    he lives in the city.

#### hṳ́ kâi tī-hng mó̤ khĭa-khí;

    that place is not habitable.
* 豈khí3461513
* How can? How? Implying a negative.

#### khí káⁿ; khí káⁿ khí káⁿ?

    How dare I presume to do so?

#### khí ŭ chṳ́ lí?

    Whence such a rule?
* 器khì3493013
* Vessels; dishes; utensils; implements.

#### gêk khì;

    vessels of precious stone.

#### siak khì;

    pewter ware.

#### chṳ̂ khì;

    porcelain.

#### hûi khì;

    earthenware.

#### jîo khì;

    crockery made in the Poyang Lake district.

#### po̤-lî khì;

    glass ware.

#### bâk khì;

    wooden ware.

#### ngṳ̂n khì;

    silver ware.

#### kim khì;

    golden vessels.

#### tâng khì;

    brass ware.

#### khì-kŭ;

    a utensil.

#### khì-kŭ côi- cíaⁿ;

    the utensils are all in order.

#### kun-cuang khì-hăi cău hó̤ a būe?

    Are the soldiers' equip​ments all made ready yet?

#### i mîaⁿ-ke ēng sĭm-mih piaⁿ khì;

    he is expert in the use of all military weapons.

#### tăi khì mńg sêng;

    a great vessel is slowly made; a talented man slowly matures.

#### cí kâi nâng síe khì căi;

    this person has little capacity.

#### màiⁿ khah sío khì;

    do not be petty.

#### cía sĭ kùi khì kâi;

    this is one that is of fine capacity.

#### hía sĭ m̄ sêng khì;

    that one is unfit for the place.

#### kà kàu i sêng jîn sêng khì;

    teach him till he becomes a man and good for something.

#### châng khì;

    farming implements.

#### cĭeⁿ khì kâi mûeh;

    a complete utensil; a valuable object, or refined person.
* 氣khì348846
* Fumes or vapor ascending from heat acting on moisture; exhalation; ether; breath; air; the vital force or fluid; spirit, courage, temper, or feelings of men and animals; influence; aspect, air; a semi-lunar period.

#### màiⁿ seⁿ khì;

    do not get vexed.

#### i kâi khì-sek hó̤;

    he has a pleasant countenance.

#### ŭ kâi kuaⁿ-hú kâi khì-sĭang;

    has the air of an official.

#### im îang nŏ̤ khì sûn-hŵn bô̤ hiah;

    the primordial aura in the dual powers, incessantly circulates.

#### ui pēⁿ īa tîeh hío ngŏ ūn lâk khì;

    in treating diseases one must understand the five indications of luck, and the six climatic agencies.

#### huang khì;

    climate; air.

#### hâng khì;

    coldness.

#### sú khì;

    heat.

#### sip khì;

    dampness.

#### chàu khì;

    dryness.

#### húe khì;

    caloric.

#### cí hûe sĭ sĭm-mih coih-khì?

    What time of the moon is this?

#### màiⁿ khṳt thô-khì chong tîeh;

    do not imbibe the miasma.

#### cí kâi nâng ŭ cí-khì;

    this is a man of nerve.

#### i kâi cí-khì ngan-ngan;

    he is very resolute.

#### khì sí nâng;

    exasperates people.

#### úa sĭu khì căi;

    I have been much blamed.

#### sĭu i kâi khì sĭu m̄ khṳ̀;

    I am not going to allow him to scold me.

#### màiⁿ khì tîeh i;

    do not anger him.

#### lîah i lâi chut khì;

    take him to vent his spite on.

#### chut khì bô̤ kò̤ khṳ̀;

    no way of venting his spite.

#### cí-kò̤ kâi khì-hāu cá, pí pât kò̤ soiⁿ ŭ cêk kâi coih-khì;

    the seasons here are early: they come a full half month sooner than in other places.

#### i kâi nâng khùn căi, thóiⁿ tîeh cn̂g kâi bô̤ khì mêh;

    he is very feeble, and seems to have no vitality.

#### lṳ́ sît-căi hó̤ ūn khì;

    you are indeed lucky.

#### khṳt i khì sí khṳ̀;

    caused him to die of vexation.

#### lṳ́ sĭeⁿ ŏi khì a bŏi?

    Do you think he is vexed about it?

#### thiaⁿ tîeh cū khì;

    on hearing it he was vexed.

#### khṳt i cē khì cū thò hueh;

    as soon as he is vexed, his gorge rises.

#### cē khì hueh cū bū;

    as soon as he is angry he blurts out his wrath.

#### i kâi ngŵn khì cok căi;

    his constitution is very strong.

#### i tó̤ îang khì;

    he is putting on airs.

#### îang-îang khì-khì tńg khṳ̀;

    went off in high dudgeon.

#### cí-kò̤ kâi khì-sîp m̄-hó̤;

    the customs in vogue here are bad.

#### cìaⁿ khì;

    rectitude.

#### cí īeⁿ îeh kâi khì-lâk tōa;

    this medicine has great efficacy.

#### cîah tîeh sît căi ŭ khì;

    on eating it you will certainly feel the effect.

#### hueh-khì thîo-hûa, bô̤ pēⁿ;

    when the circulation is as it should be, there is no ailment.

#### ûn hieⁿ-châ lâi phek tīo ùe khì;

    burn sandal wood as a disinfectant.

#### cîah cē lîang-îeh lâi cheng tīo jûah khì;

    take cooling medicine as an antidote to fever.

#### tîeh sìa tīo i kâi ṳ̀ khì cek khì cìaⁿ hó̤;

    the system must be depleted and all will then be well.

#### cí īeⁿ mûeh kâi khì-bī sĭm hó̤;

    the flavour of this is delicious.

#### cîah tîeh bô̤ khì bô̤ bī;

    it has neither savor nor flavor.

#### cí hûe bô̤ mih sîn-khì;

    have not now much vigor.

#### sui sĭ hŭ-jîn ŭ kâi cĭang-hu khì-khài;

    though she is a woman, she has a man's strength of will.

#### i kâi khì ngêk-phû: hó̤ khṳ̀ chūe sŭn khì, kàng khì kâi îeh lâi cîah;

    this does not agree with him: get some sort of soothing medicine for him to take.

#### i kâi mīn thóiⁿ tîeh ẁn khì;

    he looks vexed.

#### im-khì thài sĕng;

    too deep darkness.

#### chìn thiⁿ-sî kâi húe bô̤ mih khì-lâk;

    the fire in cold weather has not much force.

#### khì chēng kín;

    pent up force.

#### i tó̤ ŭang khì kâi sî-hāu;

    when he is prospering.

#### cí hûe tú-tú tit tîeh sèⁿ ŭang kâi khì;

    opportunely hit upon a favorable time.

#### hău-seⁿ tiang-sî, hueh khì cū càng, nî lău hueh khì cū sue;

    in youth the vital forces are strong, in old age they are weak.

#### cí-hûe kâi sî-khì, nâng cōi-cōi ŭ cí khí pēⁿ;

    at this season this disease prevails.

#### i ŭ kâi thì-khì kâi pēⁿ;

    he has constipation.

#### lô̤h kò̤ kieⁿ phek tīo i kâi cho̤ khì;

    put in a piece of ginger-root to obviate the fishy smell.

#### sìa tīo i kâi tâk khì;

    to disinfect.

#### phùa i kâi cek khì;

    disperse the dank odors.

#### khì kàu hm̄-hm̄ chẃn;

    so angry that he gasps for breath.
* 棄khì349758
* To reject; to discard; to renounce; to relinquish; to abandon; to throw off.

#### khì tīo bó̤;

    to forsake one's mother.

#### khì tīo kíaⁿ;

    abandon one's children.

#### khì tīo ke, khṳ̀ cò̤ hûe-sīeⁿ;

    renounce one's domestic relationships, and become a priest.

#### màiⁿ cṳ̆ pău cṳ̆ khì;

    do not go and throw yourself away.

#### i íⁿ-keng khì sîa kui cìaⁿ;

    he has already departed from evil and returned to correct ways.

#### khì kū ngêng sin;

    discard the old and welcome the new.

#### khì sì;

    leave the world; to die.

#### phau khì;

    fling away.

#### pun nâng khì tīo;

    cast away.

#### sía-khì tīo;

    to discard.

#### lêng-kò̤ sía-khì tīo;

    rather fling off the whole thing. ​
* 其khî342126
* A relative and personal pronoun referring to the person, place or thing spoken of.

#### khî-ṳ̂;

    the surplus; what is over; the rest.

#### khî-ṳ̂ kâi nâng mín-ēng lâi;

    the rest of you need not come.

#### khî-ṳ̂ kâi àiⁿ pàng tī-kò̤;

    where is the surplus to be put?

#### khî-ṳ̂ hŵn ŭ jîeh cōi?

    How much is there of what is left?

#### khî-ṳ̂ kâi, i bô̤ tàⁿ;

    he did not speak of any besides.

#### khî tī-hng sĭm cheng-chái;

    the place is in the best possible order.

#### lṳ́ ŭ tŏ̤ khî tang, úa bŏ̤ chap tŏ̤ khî tang;

    you have been among them, while I am not of them.

#### khî tang pit ŭ pât īeⁿ;

    there is certainly an other sort among them.

#### mn̄g khî sĭang sòi, khî-sît i bô̤ cía sṳ̄;

    inquired into it very carefully, and found that he had really done no such thing.

#### khî-sît i sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ, pĕng bô̤ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    in truth it is thus and not so.

#### cai khî it m̄ cai khî jī;

    knows the one but not the other.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ īu khî chṳ̀;

    that will be the next best way.
* 期khî344748
* A set time; a fixed period; a day agreed on; times, seasons.

#### ieh tī-kâi jît khî?

    What day was agreed upon?

#### khî íⁿ-keng múaⁿ lío;

    the time is up.

#### kàu khî a būe?

    Has the time fixed upon yet arrived?

#### kùe khî ku-ā jît lío;

    the set time is past by several days.

#### i tàⁿ hŵn-lío būe kàu khî;

    he says the time has not yet come.

#### bô̤ tīaⁿ khî;

    no fixed time.

#### ŭ kâi hăng khî;

    there is a limit set to the time.

#### tùi khî tùi khî;

    just at the set time.

#### khî ieh cêk kâi gûeh;

    agreed to fix the time at one month.

#### khî bŏi kùe lṳ́ kâi;

    am not behind time.

#### chut ŭ sî-khî tŏ̤ kò̤;

    notices of the time are issued.

#### put khî jṳ̂ hŭe;

    met without previous arrangement; an unexpected interview.

#### i kâi kê-khî jîeh kú?

    How long is he to wear the cangue?

#### i cò̤ mih sṳ̄ to ŭ kâi tīaⁿ khî;

    he has a set time for everything he does.

#### nî-khî kàu lío;

    the year fixed upon is at hand.

#### chun-khî sía jîeh coi?

    How many years are recorded?
* 祗khî3451134
* The god or spirit which animates the earth.

#### hŭam sôk thiⁿ kâi sîn kìe-cò̤ sîn, sôk tī kâi sîn kìe-cò̤ khî, kù-chṳ́ kìe-cò̤ sîn-khî, īa kìe-cò̤ thiⁿ-sîn tī-khî;

    all spirits pertaining to the heavens are called gods, and all pertaining to the earth are called divinities; therefore they are called deities, and are also called gods and goddesses.

#### tong-kok kâi cì huap ŭ saⁿ khí: cêk khí sĭ thiⁿ-sîn, cêk khí sĭ tī-khî, cêk khí sĭ nâng-kúi;

    the Chinese have three sorts of sacrificial rites, one for the gods of heaven, one for gods of the land, and one for the spirits of the dead.
* 麒麟khî-lîn344
* A fabulous animal, like a piebald horse, with one horn and a cow's tail.

#### it phín kâi bú kuaⁿ, i kâi pó-sim cū sĭ sìu khî-lîn kâi;

    military officials of the first grade have a unicorn embroidered on the square patch which ornaments the breast and back of their official robes.

#### khî-lîn síam;

    folding doors having carved unicorns as their ornamentation.
* 奇khî344375
* Extraordinary; rare; strange.

#### khî-kùai;

    marvellous.

#### khî-ĭ;

    unusual.

#### cía cū chut khî lío;

    this is extraordinary.

#### cía sǹg sĭ khî hông kâi sṳ̄;

    this may be considered an unusual occurrence.

#### cía cī sĭ khî sṳ̄;

    this is very strange.

#### i kâi khî nâng;

    he is a very odd person.
* 祈khî3451134
* To pray; to invoke aid; to intreat.

#### khî-táu;

    to pray.

#### khî hŏ;

    pray for rain.

#### úa sĭm sĭ khî-mō̤ⁿ lṳ́;

    I earnestly hope for your coming.

#### khî-khîu;

    to beseech.
* 耆khî3461254
* A man of sixty; one who should advise others.

#### jŭ kak hieⁿ kâi sin-khî;

    advise the elders in every village.

#### cí kúi hieⁿ ŭ kúi kâi khî-láu lâi kìⁿ kuaⁿ;

    several of the elders from these villages came to see the magistrate.
* 蜞khî3431428
* A small land crab.

#### bua-khî; pê-khî;

    land crabs.

#### cí cho̤h pê-khî kâi bī sĭm hó̤;

    these crabs are of a very fine flavour.
* 蘄khî34614016

#### khî cûa;

    the horned snake.

#### khî hîaⁿ,

    a species of Artemisia, from which Chinese moxa, used in cautery, is obtained.
* 忌khī340613
* The dreaded day, when a friend died; the anniversary of a death.

#### i kíaⁿ-jît cò̤ khī;

    they keep the anniversary of a death to-day.

#### sĭ i a-kong kâi khī, a i a-má kâi khī?

    Is it the anniversary of their grandfather's or of their grandmother's death?

#### khṳ̀ i kò̤ pài khī;

    go to their house to keep the anniversary of their friend's death.

#### cêk nî ŭ jîeh cōi kâi khī?

    How many anniversaries of the deaths of Emperors are there in a year?