# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/keh
### kehkeh

* 革keh4281770
* To degrade from office; to dismiss.

#### keh tīo mîaⁿ;

    strike his name off the roll.

#### i sĭ gê-mn̂g kâi keh tîah, in-ûi gō kong sṳ̄ keh-thò̤ kâi;

    he is a constable who has been dismissed on account of having blundered in public business.

#### keh ceh, hûe ke;

    degraded in office and sent home.

#### iⁿ-keng chut keh-tîo lío;

    has already issued a notice of dismissal.

#### keh tīo i kâi hìang;

    take away his allowance.

#### in-ûi sĭm-mih sṳ̄ pun kuaⁿ keh tīo nē?

    Why did the magistrate dismiss him from his post?
* 級keh3941204
* A step in a ladder or stairs.

#### tah-pō-câng àiⁿ cò̤ kúi keh?

    How many steps will you make in the stairs?

#### cêk keh cêk keh khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ peh, m̄-hó̤ pûah;

    go up slowly step by step, and do not fall.
* 膈keh42813010
* The diaphragm; inability to eat.

#### nâng kâi sim-hùi hṳ́ ĕ cêk têng keh-mô̤h cia tŏ̤ kò̤;

    below the heart and lungs there is a midriff stretched across.

#### hêng kek kò̤ thìaⁿ;

    a pain in the pit of the stomach.

#### i ŭ kâi keh cîah kâi pēⁿ;

    his food disagrees with him.

#### khai heng, lĭ keh;

    to settle the stomach. ​
* 格keh426756
* A space bounded by straight lines; a limit; a pattern; a rule.

#### keh gūa si ṳn;

    bestow extra kindness.

#### cí koiⁿ chù kâi koiⁿ keh cōi;

    this house has many rooms.

#### cí khí kńg jîeh cōi keh?

    How many spaces on this sheet containing lines between which characters are to be written?

#### keh-sek;

    a pattern.

#### keh-kêk soiⁿ phah hó̤ lío cìaⁿ lâi khí;

    first lay the plan and then build.

#### tîeh thóiⁿ i kâi kut keh, cìaⁿ cai;

    must watch him narrowly, then we shall know.

#### i kâi kut-keh hó̤;

    the indications are that his nature is good.

#### cí kâi jī sía chut lâi ŭ kut-keh;

    these letters are written with fine bold strokes.

#### cía mûeh bô̤ kut bô̤ keh;

    this thing has no distinct divisions and joinings.

#### kêh cò̤ saⁿ keh;

    divide it into three spaces.

#### tîeh khieh mûeh teh kín cìaⁿ bŏi cáu keh;

    you must set something on it, then it will not get out of place.

#### sía tieⁿ cúa khò-keh;

    make a sheet of squares for writing Chinese letters.

#### pàng tŏ̤ tī cék keh?

    Which space shall I put it in?

#### cò cêk keh cêk keh;

    make spaces divided from each other by straight lines.

#### sang pôiⁿ nŏ̤ kâi keh;

    a compartment on each of the two sides.
* 隔keh42717010
* To intervene; to interpose; separated; a partition; next to; parted.

#### sie keh piah;

    having the same partition wall.

#### keh cêk lîah hn̆g;

    a span apart.

#### keh têng chîeⁿ tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;

    separated by a wall only.

#### keh jît cū lâi;

    came after a day had elapsed.

#### keh ke nŏ̤ jît;

    after a lapse of two days.

#### keh cêk mêⁿ;

    stopped there and spent the night.

#### tìn-tang keh cêk tîo cúi;

    a stream of water interposed.

#### keh-pîet cōi nî lío;

    separated for many years.

#### chŵn bô̤ có̤-keh;

    no obstacle interposes.

#### keh khṳ̀ hn̆g;

    lying far apart.

#### cŏ̤ keh piah;

    sit side by side.

#### keh kâi châng-îeⁿ;

    across a field.

#### keh kâi suaⁿ;

    divided by a mountain.

#### keh khoi thóiⁿ cûa nih mâk;

    seeing a snake wink from across a river.

#### keh hái;

    on the other side the sea.
* 挌keh427646
* To strike; to attack; to ward off a blow.

#### i sĭ îu keh-tò tì mīaⁿ;

    he lost his life in a brawl.

#### kíaⁿ-jît n6ang lâi phùa mīaⁿ ùaⁿ, sĭ keh-suah kâi;

    the case that is brought forward to-day, is that of a man slain in a brawl.

#### keh-suah kâi le sĭ kui piaⁿ-pâng, a sĭ kui hîaⁿ pâng?

    Is the case of a murder in a brawl carried before the military tribunal or before the provincial branch of the Board of Punishment?
* 隔kêh42717010
* To obstruct; to embarrass; to hinder.

#### kò̤-kêh;

    to delay, to impede.

#### kêh tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤ jîeh kú, bŏi tit chut;

    was hindered there for ever so long and could not get away.

#### khṳt i kêh kín tŏ̤ kò̤;

    was completely stopped by it.
* 逆kêh6361626
* To resist; to oppose; contumacious.

#### i màiⁿ kêh tîeh úa;

    he must not oppose me.

#### mó̤ kio i kêh;

    do not put yourself in opposition to him.

#### mó̤ kêh i kâi ì;

    do not go counter to his wishes.

#### kêh tîeh i cū m̄ hàuⁿ;

    if yon are refractory he will not consent.

#### kêh hĭⁿ;

    to offend the ear.

#### kêh mâk;

    displease the eye.

#### kêh cúi sì;

    go against the current.

#### kio tŏ̤-lí sie kêh;

    go contrary to correct doctrine.
* 挌kêh427646
* To fend off; to ward off.

#### i kâi thûi khṳ̀ kêh khui i kâi to̤;

    he warded off the knife with his club.

#### khîa ki pê-thâu tó̤ kio i kêh;

    took a pitchfork and was warding it off with that.

#### cang tò̤ chíu khṳ̀ kêh khui i kâi kûn-thâu;

    made use of his left hand to ward off the blows from their fists.

#### cêk ki ke-húe kêh i ku-ā ki;

    warded off several weapons with one.