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

* 今kin39892
* Now; the present.

#### kin nî;

    this year.

#### kin sì;

    the present age.
* 緊kín3991208
* To press tightly; urgent; prompt; strait; instant.

#### ŏi khah kín a bŏi?

    Are they too small for you?

#### kín-ìo kâi sṳ̄;

    urgent business.

#### kúaⁿ kín cē cò̤;

    hurry its performance.

#### bô̤ sĭm-mih kín-ìo;

    not very pressing.

#### cí hûe ŭ kín-kip sṳ̄;

    have now urgent affairs on hand.

#### pâk kàu kín-kín;

    tie it very tightly.

#### kín-kín cū àiⁿ kâi;

    have immediate need of it.

#### i cí-hûe kâi seng-lí kín căi;

    his business now imperiously demands his attention.

#### hâp kín-kín, peh m̄ khui;

    folded together so tightly that I cannot get it open.

#### kha thām tîeh lâm-thô, khṳt i kuh kín tŏ̤ kò̤;

    his feet sunk in the mud, and it closed tightly over them.

#### cí sang bûeh khah kín;

    these stockings are too small for me.

#### cí sang ôi bŏi khùaⁿ;

    this pair of shoes is neither too loose nor too tight for me, but they fit exactly.

#### tùe kín tŏ̤ kò̤, tuí m̄ chut;

    it adheres tightly, so that I cannot pull it off.

#### chin-chĭeⁿ ka ún kín tŏ̤ kò̤, bŏi ka-lâuh;

    it is as if stuck fast with glue, and will not drop off.

#### i kâi sún cē tàu m̄ kín cū lok-lok khùaⁿ;

    if the tenon is not mortised in tightly it will rattle around.

#### hàm i tîeh chĭeⁿ kín cē lí;

    tell him he must make haste in arranging the matter.

#### tau âng, pák kín;

    draw the cord tight and tie it firmly.

#### mih sṳ̄ m̄ hó̤ tau khah âng, pâk khah kín;

    one must not carry things with too high a hand.

#### kín-kip kâi bûn-cṳ;

    an urgent dispatch.

#### cía cū mín-en̄g kîn;

    need not be in a hurry about this.

#### àiⁿ kín kâi;

    what will not brook delay.

#### khṳ̀ chui kín cē;

    go and hurry it up.

#### lîah kín-kín;

    seize firmly.

#### m̄ tá-kín;

    of no great consequence.

#### lîah m̄ tá-kín;

    to despise.

#### cē līu kín i cū sí;

    if you squeeze it hard it will die.

#### cip kín-kín;

    pick it up carefully with chopsticks.

#### i kâi sèⁿ kín căi;

    he is of an impatient disposition.

#### phŏ̤ kín;

    clasp tightly in the arms.

#### pâk m̄ kín, khṳt i cáu khù;

    escaped because he was not firmly fastened up.

#### khṳt i thi kín tŏ̤ kò̤;

    stuck tight with bird-lime.

#### chēng kâi kín sin saⁿ;

    wear a close-fitting jacket.

#### mn̂g kueⁿ kín-kín;

    the door was closely shut.

#### khṳt i lâu kín tŏ̤ kò̤;

    it was firmly withheld by him.

#### teh kiń-kín;

    held down tightly, by a weight above.

#### hip kiń-kín;

    closely covered in.

#### ciu-jît ún kín tŏ̤ kâi phò côiⁿ;

    sticks to his shop all day long.

#### siak kò̤ ciⁿ, ciⁿ kín cē;

    whittle out a wedge, and wedge it tighter.

#### cí kâi chíu-hŵn kùa tîeh khah kín;

    this bracelet is too small for me to wear.

#### tah kín tŏ̤ chîeⁿ kò̤;

    stuck tightly on the wall.

#### cò̤ sṳ̄ tîeh ŭ khuaⁿ ŭ kín;

    in doing things one must know when to delay, and when to be prompt.

#### kín-kip;

    in extremity.
* 絹kìn4511207
* A thin sleazy silk; lutestring.

#### i khîa ki kìn sìⁿ;

    he carried a silk fan.

#### cí tùi tùi-lîn sĭ pìe kìn kâi a sĭ pìe tîu kâi?

    Is the mounting on this pair of matched scrolls, of thin or of thick silk?

#### tîeh thai kùe kìn thai;

    sift it through a lutestring sieve.