# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kio
### kio

* 嬌kio3683812
* Delicate; comely; graceful; stylish; petted.

#### i cṳ̆ sòi kio-íang kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;

    from childhood she has been accustomed to indulgence.

#### sía put tit kio chi;

    a comely wife cannot be put away.

#### tá-pàng khí lâi kio-kiah;

    very elegantly dressed.

#### kio-lùn;

    seductive.

#### lău lâi kio;

    beauty in old age.

#### siu-sîp kàu kio tih-tih;

    arranged very elegantly.
* 與kio11251348
* With, by, to, for.

#### lṳ́ cò̤-nî m̄ kio úa tàⁿ cai?

    Why did you not tell me about it?

#### kio nâng m̄ sie tâng;

    unlike other people.

#### úa kio lṳ̀ cò̤-pû lâi khṳ̀;

    I will go along with you.

#### û ôiⁿ, àiⁿ kio lṳ́ tàⁿ ūe;

    when at leisure, I wish to speak with you.

#### i kio lṳ́ ío siang-hó̤;

    he is rather friendly with jou.

#### úa kio i m̄ sêk;

    I am not intimately acquainted with him.

#### lṳ́ hó̤ khṳ̀ kio i tàⁿ;

    you go and tell him.

#### kio i a-tĭ cò̤-pû lâi;

    came with his younger brother.

#### kio i cò̤-pû cîah;

    mess with him.

#### lṳ́ kio úa bói;

    you buy some for me.

#### úa íⁿ-keng kìe i kio úa cò̤;

    I have already ordered him to make one for me.

#### úa kio lṳ́ sṳ̆-lí kàu hó̤-hó̤;

    I will set them all in order for you.

#### cía kio úa bô̤ kang-sîap;

    this is nothing to me.
* 驕kio36818712
* Proud; ungovernable; self-confident.

#### kio-ngău;

    overbearing; arrogant.

#### kio-kio keng-keng;

    very presumptuous.

#### tîeh cai kẃn-hak i, màiⁿ khṳt i kio-chia, îm-ît;

    you must keep him under control, and not allow him to be proud and self-indulgent.

#### i kâi tàⁿ ūe kio căi;

    he talks in a very conceited way.

#### sĭen ​kio cía cū pit-tīaⁿ sĭen mĭⁿ;

    the haughty are sure to be sycophantic.

#### hía m̄ kio-ngău nâng kâi, i cū bô̤ mih thíam-mĭⁿ nâng;

    he who is not supercilious toward people, is not apt to be subservient to people.
* 矯kío37011112
* To exercise undue authority; obstinate.

#### màiⁿ kió-kíang i;

    do not force him to it.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ sǹg sĭ kío jîu caŭ cak; that is acting as the exigencies suggest;

    being firm or yielding as one's interest demands.
* 助kío70195
* To assist; to help; to succor.

#### tī-tîang kío lṳ́? Who helped you about it?

    kío i khui hâng; help him to open a store.

#### i cē ŭ nâng kío cū sêng;

    if he gets help from some one he will accomplish it.
* 揎kío829649
* To roll up the sleeves.

#### ciú-ńg m̄ tîeh kío phû cē?

    Why do you not roll your sleeves higher?

#### chíu-ńg kío khah phû;

    your sleeves are rolled up too high.

#### cía chíu-ńg khah tó̤: hó̤ kío cêk kho, m̄-hó̤ kío nŏ̤ kho;

    these sleeves are too short they may be turned up one fold but not two.
* 餃kío3721846
* A meat dumpling.

#### hṳ́ kháu khiak-khiak-kìe sĭ tó̤ bōi hió a m̄ sĭ?

    The sound of a rattle out there is made by some one who is selling dumplings is it not?

#### khṳ̀ phàu úaⁿ kío lâi tíam-sim;

    go and warm up a bowl of dumplings for luncheon.

#### úa àiⁿ cò̤ cò̤ kío cîah;

    I want to make it into dumplings.

#### kío phûe, kío āⁿ;

    the paste, and the filling of a dumpling.

#### sâh kío;

    to boil dumplings.

#### i kâi kío pau hê-bí;

    his dumplings are stuffed with dessicated prawns.
* 攪kío3716420
* To excite; to stir up.

#### kío-jío;

    to disturb.

#### i sĭ tó̤ kío sĭ kío hui;

    he is exciting discussion.

#### i cong-kú lâi kío-kío jío-jío;

    he is always coming and annoying me.

#### cía lâi kío-jío pàng lṳ́ kò̤, m̄ kai;

    I have discommoded you, as I ought not.
* 繳kío37012013
* To hand over.

#### kío lĕng;

    to deliver orders.

#### kío knǵ;

    to hand in an essay.

#### kío-hâiⁿ i lío;

    already delivered over to him.

#### būe cêng kío;

    undelivered.

#### cng kĭaⁿ kío tŏ̤ kuaⁿ tèng;

    the stolen goods are delivered to the officials,

#### kío phìe;

    deliver the written directions.

#### hăng saⁿ jît lăi cĭu àiⁿ kío cheng-chó̤;

    all to be delivered within three days.

#### kío khòi;

    to hand over the deeds.

#### kío sìo;

    to band over the accounts.
* 撟kĭo3706412
* To raise with a lever; to pry up.

#### kĭo khí lâi;

    pry it up.

#### khṳt i kĭo cîh;

    broken in being pried up.

#### khîeh ki phûe-chîang khṳ̀ kĭo;

    take a crowbar and pry it up.

#### kĭo m̄ khí;

    cannot pry it up.

#### i thī khṳ̀ méⁿ căi: thóiⁿ i kâi cam li-li kĭo;

    she sews very fast: see her needle fly.

#### khîeh ki cam lâi kio úa kĭo chúaⁿ;

    take a needle and pick out this sliver for me.

#### kío ô̤;

    dig oysters from their shells.