# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kheng
### kheng

* 傾kheng408911
* To assay; to smelt; to test.

#### cí kâi sĭ kheng ngṳ̂n kâi lô;

    this is a furnace for smelting silver.

#### i tó̤ khui kheng-si-phò;

    he keeps an assayer's office.

#### sĭ chŵn tó̤ kheng ûang pó̤ kâi;

    it is one where nothing but silver shoes are smelted.

#### kheng-tîeh câp-cok;

    ascertained by assaying it that it was wholly pure.

#### kheng chut lâi saⁿ sîaⁿ ​ngṳ̂n chit sîaⁿ tâng;

    found by assaying it that it was three parts silver to seven of copper.

#### cē lô̤h lô khṳ̀ kheng cū mêng-pêh;

    if you put it in the crucible and assay it, you will know just what it is.
* 卿kheng407269
* A noble; a lord; a high officer.

#### pêh ok chut kong-kheng;

    a house of unstained reputation sends forth noblemen.

#### put hâk cía kong-kheng cṳ cṳ́ ûi sù mîn, to̤ hâk cía sù mîn cṳ cṳ́ ûi kong-kheng;

    the sons of noblemen, if they do not study, become common people, while the sons of common people, if diligent in learning, become noblemen.

#### kheng sìang;

    a grandee.

#### cìaⁿ kheng, sìo kheng;

    the president and the vice president of the four lower courts.
* 筐kheng4791186
* A round basket with a flat bottom and vertical sides; basket-work.

#### i sĭ taⁿ kheng-kíaⁿ kâi nâng; he is one who does odd jobs. khîeh kha kheng lâi chō̤;

    take a basket to put it in.

#### cang taⁿ-kheng taⁿ lâi;

    take carrying baskets, and bring it.

#### kheng thâu;

    a fish basket.

#### pái tŏ̤ kheng-pûaⁿ kò̤ bōi;

    spread out on a basket-work stall for sale.

#### còi kheng;

    a basket to hold hempen fibers.

#### ô kheng;

    a large round basket.
* 肯khéng3241304
* Willing; voluntary; to acquiesce; to assent.

#### m̄ khéng hiah;

    won't cease.

#### m̄ khéng lâi;

    won't come.

#### m̄ khéng khṳt úa;

    will not let me have it.

#### m̄ cai i khéng mē;

    do not know whether he is willing.

#### i ā-sĭ khéng úa cū àiⁿ lâi khṳ̀;

    if he is willing then I will go.

#### i to m̄ khéng thiaⁿ úa kâi ūe;

    he never heeds what I say.

#### nín ā-sĭ khéng siang-sìn úa cū hó̤;

    it is all right provided you are willing to trust me.

#### i sĭang khéng cîah khéng tàⁿ;

    he is always ready to eat and to talk.

#### cí kù ūe tàⁿ lâi cū tòng khéng;

    what you just said is agreeable to my mind.

#### phah sí m̄ khéng cio;

    though you beat him to death, he will not own it.

#### khéng cò̤ gû, kiaⁿ ùi bô̤ lôi thua;

    if you are willing to do the work of an ox, there is no reason to fear that you won't have a plow to draw.

#### hău-seⁿ-kíaⁿ īa-sĭ khéng gîap-lâk kiaⁿ-ùi bô̤ cîah bô̤ chēng;

    if a young fellow is willing to work hard, there is no reason to fear that he will not have food and clothing.
* 止khéng56770
* To stop at; to rest in; to be still; only, but.

#### m̄ khéng;

    not merely that.

#### m̄ khéng poih kâi;

    not eight only; there were more than eight.

#### khṳ̀ m̄ khéng cêk kùa kú;

    it was not so short a time as a half day that he was gone; he was gone more than half a day.

#### cìeⁿ cōi cò̤-nî cìaⁿ khéng cìeⁿ tăng?

    How can so much as that weigh no more than that?

#### úa thóiⁿ li m̄ khéng;

    I think there is more than that.

#### cò̤ khéng hìeⁿ tn̂g?

    How can it be of only that length?

#### căi tit khéng nŏ̤ peh kâi?

    How can there be so few as two hundred.
* 磬khèng40911211
* A hemispherical bell.

#### khà khèng;

    to sound a bell by rapping on it with a stick.

#### khèng-pâi;

    a musical triangle.

#### khà khèng-pâi;

    play on a triangle.

#### thiaⁿ-kìⁿ khèng kheng-kheng-kìe;

    heard the sound of bells.

#### cí kò̤ khèng kâi im hó̤ căi, tiang-tiang-kìe;

    this dulcimer gives forth a very sweet sound, as it twangs.

#### lṳ́ ŭ khîeh cîⁿ kâk khèng a bô̤?

    Did you throw down some cash by the bell (for the keeper of the temple, after worshiping there)?
* 慶khèng4096111
* To congratulate; to rejoice with.

#### pêh kuaⁿ hùe khṳ̀ khèng-hō̤;

    all the officials have gone to present their congratulations.

#### khèng ngŵn-sio;

    to express good wishes on the fifteenth day of the first month.

#### hṳ́ jît ā-sĭ hông-tîeh chîo-thêng kĭ sîn cū bô̤ cò̤ hí-khèng kâi sṳ̄;

    if it happen that the day is the anniversary of an emperor's decease, there are no rejoicings.
* 檠khêng4087513
* A bracket for a wall lamp.

#### teng khêng;

    a wall lamp.
* 虹khĕng2351423
* The rainbow.

#### cêk tîo khĕng;

    a rainbow.

#### khéng sio khṳ̀ lío;

    the rainbow has disappeared.

#### chut khĕng tói o̤h;

    a rainbow stays the tempest.

#### khĕng cìe;

    a second rainbow.

#### khĕng thàng thiⁿ;

    the rainbow spans the heavens.