# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kiⁿ
### kìⁿkìⁿ

* 記kìⁿ3401493
* To note down; to record; to remember.

#### úa kìⁿ ŭ sìo tŏ̤ kò̤;

    I have it written down in account.

#### cīeⁿ jît cí tîo sìo m̄ cai kìⁿ;

    forgot the other day to enter this in account.

#### i ŏi kìⁿ sìo a bŏi?

    Can he keep accounts?

#### màiⁿ khṳt i kìn tāⁿ khṳ̀;

    do not err in recording it.

#### úa kìⁿ-tit to bô̤ li;

    I recollect that there was none.

#### ŭ ā, sĭ lṳ̀ m̄ kìⁿ-tit khṳ́;

    yes there was some, but you have forgotten it.

#### ci kâi nâng hó̤ kìⁿ-châi;

    this person has a fine memory.

#### thóiⁿ kùe kâi cū cong-kú kìⁿ-tit;

    what he has once seen, he always remembers.

#### úa kìⁿ-tit m̄ cheng-chó̤;

    I do not perfectly recollect.

#### kìⁿ-tit tāⁿ khṳ̀;

    mistook the fact in endeavoring to recall it.

#### i cn̂g kâi bô̤ kìⁿ-châi;

    he has a very poor memory.

#### cĭu sî teng-kìⁿ cū bŏi lāu-tīo;

    set it down at once then it will not slip your mind.
* 見kìⁿ3851470
* To see; to perceive by the senses; to notice and know what it is; to visit; an opinion; a mental view; appearance of; impressed by; seeing.

#### i lâi kìⁿ úa ;

    he came to see me.

#### lṳ́ sĭ thìaⁿ-kìⁿ a thóiⁿ-kìⁿ?

    Did you hear it, or see it?

#### úa li chin mâk thóiⁿ-kìⁿ, i li chin hĭⁿ thìaⁿ-kìⁿ;

    I saw it with my own eyes, and he heard it with his own ears.

#### cá chut tău-thâi lâi sie pài ŭ kìⁿ a bô̤ kìⁿ?

    The last time the Intendant of Circuit came, was he admitted to the presence of the one he came to visit?

#### míen kìⁿ;

    “not at home;” to dispense with receiving a visitor.

#### úa cē kìⁿ mīn cū cai;

    as soon as I saw his face, I knew.

#### lṳ́ ŭ hô̤ kau kìⁿ?

    What is your opinion?

#### thóiⁿ m̄ kìⁿ, khîeh tieⁿ íⁿ lâi kúe kha cìaⁿ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;

    could not see, and got a chair to stand on so that I could see.

#### m̄-hó̤ kìⁿ sin, bûang kū;

    in seeing the new forget not the old.

#### cêk kìⁿ jû kū;

    got acquainted at one interview.

#### lṳ́ khṳ̀ kàu tîeh kio i kìⁿ lói;

    when you arrive you must go and pay your respects to him.

#### īa m̄ kìⁿ sĭm-mih hó̤;

    I do not think it first rate.

#### ŭ nâng cò̤ kìⁿ-cèng a bô̤?

    Is there any witness to it?

#### móng jît móng kuaⁿ khṳ̀ pǐ kìⁿ;

    on a certain day a certain ofiicer was admitted to an audience.

#### cĭeⁿ kiaⁿ ín kìⁿ;

    go to Peking to be presented at court.

#### i thóiⁿ tîeh kìⁿ gî;

    to him it appeared suspicious.

#### m̄ khéng kìⁿ i;

    would not admit him to his presence.

#### khó̤ kìⁿ lṳ́ sĭ tîeh, i sĭ m̄ tîeh;

    it appears that you are right and he is wrong.

#### cĭu cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū hó̤ kìⁿ chut hó̤ tái;

    thus its quality may be made apparent.

#### ău lâi cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ ŭ kìⁿ a bô̤?

    Will there be any verification of this hereafter?

#### kìⁿ tîeh cū huaⁿ-hí;

    when he saw it he was much pleased. ​m̄ kìⁿ mûeh kâi nâng;
    the loser of the stolen goods.

#### mâk hue, thóiⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;

    my eyes are dim, and I cannot see.

#### cẽ lău, hĭⁿ lâng căi, phah kòng chèng to thiaⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;

    being old, is so very deaf that he would not hear if you were to fire off guns beside him.

#### i sĭ sĭeⁿ kìⁿ;

    he has thought it out.

#### cía sṳ̃ cṳ̆-lâi m̄ pat bŭn-kìⁿ;

    I never heard of such a thing before.

#### úa cá-mêⁿ māng-kìⁿ cêk kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

    I dreamed something last night.

#### phīⁿ kìⁿ ŭ kâi bĭ;

    smell an odor.

#### i sui-sĭ ang cía būe pat sie kìⁿ;

    although they are husband and wife they have never yet seen each other.

#### lṳ́ pat sîeⁿ-kìⁿ mē?

    Have you ever tasted it?

#### hŭam sṳ̄ to tiêh kìⁿ kiⁿ;

    for everything there must be a perceptible opening.

#### mō̤ⁿ-kìⁿ;

    look off and see.

#### mō̤ⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;

    cannot see when gazing far off.

#### ke cêk jît cū kìⁿ suaⁿ;

    in another day we shall see land.

#### cá chut cū mông kìⁿ, taⁿ cò̤-nî mông m̄ kìⁿ;

    when I tried before I could feel it, why is it that I cannot now find it (as by feeling in the dark for it)?

#### khṳt úa jīn-kìⁿ;

    was recognized by me.

#### cin kìⁿ cêk kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ chù-bī căi;

    dreamed something very funny.

#### tùi-tùi khṳt úa ngŏ̤-kìⁿ;

    was exactly hit upon by me.

#### phòng kìⁿ;

    to chance upon.

#### cí tieⁿ keh bîe tit kìⁿ mē?

    Can you follow the squares in this tracing paper?

#### cŭang kìⁿ;

    came across him.

#### úa íⁿ-keng kìⁿ kùe;

    I have seen it before.

#### úa li phīⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;

    I do not smell it.

#### chūe kìⁿ mē?

    Have you found it?

#### chūe m̄ kìⁿ;

    I cannot find it.

#### úa tâng-cá to hieh-kìⁿ li;

    a little while ago I saw it in turning over the leaves.

#### taⁿ cò̤-nî jw̆n púe, púe m̄ kìⁿ;

    now however much I turn the leaves to and fro, I cannot find it again.

#### íam-kìⁿ;

    peep at.

#### bîe-kìⁿ;

    to pore over.

#### m̄ kìⁿ khṳ̀;

    to disappear; gone from view.

#### cêk ki sî m̄-kìⁿ-khṳ̀;

    one spoon is missing.

#### chîo kìⁿ;

    hold audience.

#### cham-kìⁿ cīeⁿ-si;

    visit a superior officer.

#### hak-kìⁿ;

    visit a superior.

#### tŏ̤ sai-ĕ tàⁿ li mîaⁿ-ke căi, cē kìⁿ tn̂g cū cêk kù bŏi tàⁿ: i sĭ m̄ pat kìⁿ kuaⁿ;

    in private he was very glib in telling about it, but as soon has he was brought into the presence of his superior he could say nothing: he had never before been before a magistrate.

#### kìⁿ kè kìⁿ câp gūa hûe;

    had audiences with the emperor more than ten times.

#### cúi cheng, kìⁿ cîeh;

    the water is so clear you can see the stones at the bottom.

#### hûn khui kìⁿ jît;

    the clouds disperse and the sun appears.

#### ŏi tit kìⁿ i ka-kī cū hó̤;

    if I could see him himself all would be well.
* 邊kîⁿ68616215
* The margin, edge, brink, border, side, brim, boundary.

#### hái kîⁿ;

    the sea-shore.

#### cúi kîⁿ;

    water side.

#### khoi kîⁿ;

    banks of the river.

#### tŏ̤ tî kîⁿ, tìeⁿhṳ̂;

    on the margin of the pool, fishing with hook and line.

#### màiⁿ khĭa khah lím kîⁿ;

    do not stand too near the brink.

#### i kîaⁿ tìn-tâng, i kîaⁿ sang kîⁿ;

    one walked in the middle, and the other two walked on the two sides.

#### ceng kîⁿ;

    the rim of a cup.

#### kim kîⁿ kâi pue;

    gilt edged cups.

#### sì kîⁿ;

    on all sides.

#### íe khah tĭⁿ, lâu chut úaⁿ kîⁿ;

    dipped it too full and it ran over the edge of the bowl.
* 鉗kîⁿ3891675
* Tongs.

#### khîa thih-kîⁿ khṳ̀ koih;

    take it up with the tongs.

#### i ki thih-kîⁿ khah tn̂g, khah áu chíu;

    those tongs are too long, and are unhandy.