# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kim
### kim

* 鰥kim47319510
* A huge fish found in the Yellow River and reported to be large enough to fill a cart: the story is that it cannot close its eyes and never sleeps.

#### cêk mêⁿ, mâk kim-kim, cn̂g kâi bŏi ût;

    did not close my eyes the whole night, and was wholly unable to sleep.

#### mâk kim-kim;

    eyes staring and unwinking.
* 今kim39892
* Now; presently.

#### kim jît;

    to-day.

#### hīn-kim;

    now.

#### cṳ̆ kó kàu kim;

    from ancient times till now.

#### kim ău;

    after this.

#### cṳ̆ kim íⁿ ău;

    from this time forth.

#### kim nî;

    this year.

#### kim sî;

    the present time.
* 金kim3981670
* Gold, the metal par excellence; metal; golden; gilded; metalic; precious.

#### chiah kim;

    red gold.

#### pêh kim;

    silver.

#### ngŏ kim;

    all the metals.

#### kim hîeh;

    gold plate.

#### kim tîo;

    bars of gold.

#### kheng cò̤ kim khò̤-thâu-si;

    make it into shoes of gold.

#### kim hue piⁿ;

    gold pieces.

#### kim pô̤h;

    gold-leaf.

#### tûi cò̤ kim pô̤h;

    beat it into gold leaf.

#### kim ngṳ̂n;

    wealth; money.

#### cí hú phîn-tìeⁿ àiⁿ sía lûi kim kâi, a sĭ tah kim pô̤h cū hó̤?

    Do you want the letters on this pair of screens written with pulverized gold, or will it do to make them by laying on gold-leaf?

#### khí tîo kim sùaⁿ;

    make a gilded molding.

#### thiaⁿ lṳ́ kâi hó̤ kim ngân;

    listen to your instructive words.

#### cok kim; câp cok kâi kim;

    pure gold.

#### cí kâi kim ío kĕ;

    this gold is adulterated more.

#### phah tîo kim līen;

    make a gold chain.

#### lṳ́ sî-pie-līen sî kim kâi, a sĭ ngṳ̂n khṳ̀ līu kim kâi?

    Is your watch-chain of gold, or is it silver washed with gold?

#### i chah ki kim jû-ì, kah kùa sang kim hĭⁿ-kau;

    she wore a gold ornament in her hair, and a pair of gold ear-rings.

#### cĕng-cĕng sĭ kim kâi;

    it is wholly of gold.

#### kim gêk;

    gold and precious stones; valuable; precious.

#### i kâi nâng kim-kim gêk-gêk;

    he is a very refined person.

#### kim cheⁿ;

    the planet Venus.

#### cheⁿ kim cîeh;

    malachite.

#### kim hue;

    brass-leaf ornaments, made like flowers, and used as offerings.

#### kim sek;

    golden.

#### choiⁿ kim;

    your daughter.

#### kim kang cǹg;

    a probe.

#### cū sî kim-kng, úa īa àiⁿ khàng i kò̤ thô;

    though he were the gods that guard the temple gates I would treat him as if he were clay.

#### sì mīn kim thĭo, sûi nâng siah;

    a pillar having its four sides of gold, does not mind which side is hewed at.

#### kio kim-hô-sîn hìeⁿ-seⁿ, phī-phī pue;

    like a green fly fluttering along; a fine and glittering presence, and nothing besides.
* 錦kím3991678
* A kind of thin brocade; flowery.

#### câp kím kâi úaⁿ tîh;

    painted chinaware.

#### tàⁿ kàu jû hue sṳ̆ kím;

    speak in a very flowery style.

#### khang kím pĭⁿ;

    trim with flowered braid.

#### pù-kùi m̄ kui kū hieⁿ, jû ì kím mêⁿ kîaⁿ;

    to be rich and not return to one's native village, is like wearing brocade at night, (when no one sees it).
* 禁kìm4001138
* To restrain; to prohibit; to shut up; to keep off; to impose restrictions.

#### lîah i khṳ̀ kìm;

    seize and imprison him.

#### i sĭ kìm tŏ̤ kam a kìm tŏ̤ ki?

    Is he shut up in the jail, or in the lockup of the yamun?

#### kím i màiⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;

    forbid his doing thus.

#### kìm nâng bô̤ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    prohibit people from so doing.

#### chut kìm-tîo lâi tah, khṳt nâng cai;

    issue a prohibitory placard to be stuck up, to let people know.

#### kìm sîaⁿ;

    the Forbidden City, the Closed Citadel, His Majesty's residence.

#### cía sĭ hŭam-kìm kâi mûeh;

    this is a contraband article.

#### kìm tī;

    forbidden places.

#### i tó̤ cò̤ kìm-cí;

    he acts as turnkey.

#### uî kìm;

    disregard a prohibition.

#### chêng put cṳ̆ kìm;

    the passions do not restrain themselves.

#### mih sṳ̄ bô̤ kìm bô̤ kĭ;

    under no restraint in any way.

#### tīam-tīam kìm tŏ̤ pâng lăi;

    kept constantly in the inner appartments, and not allowed to come out.

#### cía put kùe khṳ̀ cṳ-ce kìm-tīam cē;

    this one merely goes to school that he may be kept quiet there.

#### ciu-jît kìm tŏ̤ cṳ-ce lăi, bô̤ i chut lâi;

    shut him up all day in the school room, and would not let him out.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ khah kìm khùi, tîeh tháu i thong khì cē;

    this is too close for breathing, there must be an aperture made for ventilation.

#### kím-cì suang-jíang;

    forbid vociferation.

#### koi lîah khṳ̀ kìm;

    catch the hens and shut them up.

#### lêng-ūaⁿ bói kâi koi-lam hó̤ kím koi;

    buy another coop to keep the fowls in.

#### cío kìm tŏ̤ cío-lâng lăi;

    the bird is confined in a cage.

#### i kâi tṳ kìm tŏ̤ tṳ-lô̤ tói;

    her pigs are shut up in a pen.

#### kìm bô̤ nâng á cìa;

    forbid the breaking off of the sugar canes; no trespass allowed on this cane patch.

#### kìm bô̤ nâng tiah kúe-cí;

    prohibits the picking of this fruit.
* 噤kìm4003013
* Unable to speak, from lock-jaw or other disease.

#### kìm-kháu lĭ;

    dysentery and difficulty in swallowing.

#### lĭ-cît sĭang-téng kĭ kìm-kháu, kìm kháu kâi cū o̤h ui;

    the dysentery which is most to be dreaded is that in which there is difficulty in swallowing, as this kind is difficult to cure. ​
* 妗kĭm401384
* The wife of a mother's or wife's brother.

#### bó̤ kĭm;

    mother's brother's wife.

#### chi kĭm;

    wife's brother's wife.

#### lău kĭm;

    great uncle's wife.