# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kek
### kekkek

* 戟kek392628
* A lance with two points.

#### chieⁿ to̤ kìam kek;

    spears, knives, swords, and lances.

#### sái kek;

    wield a lance.

#### ūe-kek;

    a halberd with a crescent shaped blade on the side.
* 殛kek393788
* To leave to perish; to cast off.

#### hùaⁿ nâng kek tīo i;

    they all repudiated him.

#### i kh̤t nâng kek tīo lío bŏi tit tńg lâi, tó̤ hṳ́-kò̤ sí khṳ̀;

    being cast off by them, he could not return, and died there.

#### khṳt hieⁿ-lí hùe kek tīo, khṳ̀ kùe hwn;

    being exiled by the people of his village, he went to foreign parts.
* 釀kek63116417
* To brew.

#### kek cíu;

    to distill liquors.

#### kek cíu tháng;

    brewers' vats.

#### cêk táu bí kek ŭ jîeh cōi cíu?

    How much whiskey is made from one peck of rice?
* 激kek3958513
* To rouse the feelings; to impel; to excite; to vex; to beat on; to set back, as water; to turn a current.

#### kek i seⁿ khì;

    makes him angry.

#### i m̄ năi nâng kek;

    he cannot bear being irritated.

#### khṳt nâng cē kek tîeh i cū khṳ̀ cò̤;

    if he is urged on by anybody he will go and do it. ​

#### kek kàu i hẃn;

    worried him about it till he changed his mind.

#### kuaⁿ kek, mīn pìen;

    his countenance changes, as his feelings are wrought upon.

#### i tàⁿ kúi kù ūe, tàⁿ kàu kek-lîet căi;

    he said a few words, speaking most vehemently.

#### sái kàu i kâi sim kám-kek;

    exasperated him.

#### m̄ cang ūe kek, i to m̄ khéng khṳ̀ cò̤;

    if he is not incited to it, he well never do it.

#### i kâi cúi kek cĭeⁿ lâu-téng ēng;

    the water is made to ascend to the second storey for use there.

#### kek cúi-tâng;

    pipes in which water is forced upward.

#### kek tăi pĭen;

    to strain at stool.
* 侷kek45697

#### kek-chok;

    cramped; straightened.

#### khah kek-chok ló;

    it is too short a time to do it in.

#### lṳ́ cá li m̄ tàⁿ, taⁿ kek-kek chok-chok cò̤ căi tit chut?

    You did not speak of it beforehand, and now when there is no time to do it in, how can it be done?

#### hía tī-hng úa thóiⁿ tîeh khah kek-chok;

    the space appears to me to be much too narrow.
* 檄kek2037513
* A summons to arms; to give orders requiring haste.

#### chíaⁿ nâng có̤ phien kek-bûn;

    ask some one to draw up an exciting proclamation.

#### múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ tah kek-bûn;

    posted up official placards everywhere.

#### kek kūiⁿ chê hôk;

    order the district magistrate to examine and reply.
* 菊kek4571408
* Flowers with a broad disk and numerous petals.

#### kek-hue;

    the chrysanthemum.

#### kek gûeh;

    the ninth moon, when the chysanthemum blossoms.

#### mêⁿ-àm lâi khṳ̀ hṳ́-kò̤, cîah cíu síeⁿ kek-hue;

    let us go there at dusk, to drink wine and enjoy the beauty of the chrysanthemums.
* 擊kek3956413
* To rouse to action; to attack.

#### i tó̤ cò̤ îu-kek;

    he acts as lieutenant colonel.
* 極kêk393758
* The utmost point; the verge; extreme.

#### kêk cōi;

    the greatest number.

#### kêk bīo;

    the profoundest mystery.

#### kêk chim;

    the very deepest.

#### lâm kêk;

    the south pole.

#### pak kêk;

    the north pole.

#### lṳ́ tàⁿ lâi kêk sĭ;

    what you say is exactly so.

#### cò̤ kuaⁿ, cò̤ kàu kêk phín;

    became an officer, of the very highest rank.

#### i thiaⁿ tîeh kêk huaⁿ-hí;

    when he heard it he was exceedingly pleased.

#### m̄-hó̤ khi-hŭ kàu i câp kêk bô̤ lō;

    you must not drive him to extremities.

#### kàu kêk hn̆g kâi tī-hng;

    to the remotest lands.

#### thài-kêk;

    the primum mobile.

#### ūe kâi thài-kêk;

    draw the Chinese symbol of the dual powers.
* 局kêk456444
* A game, as of draughts or chess; an undertaking; an enterprise or a committee to oversee it; a company, an association, or the place where their proceedings are carried on; complete; to inveigle.

#### kêk gūa kâi nâng;

    a neutral; a looker on; one not concerned in the plan.

#### tng kêk cía mîⁿ, phâng kwn cía tīaⁿ;

    the dullest are those who are playing the game, the most clear-headed are the lookers on.

#### khui cêk kâi kong kêk;

    open a public office.

#### cóng kêk;

    the governor's or president's office.

#### hun kêk;

    a branch office.

#### sĭen ău kêk;

    bureaus for the management of subsequent proceedings.

#### cìn-cì-kêk;

    a soup-house for the poor.

#### pó̤-ang-kêk;

    a benevolent association.

#### ui-kêk;

    a hospital.

#### bŏi tit lío kêk;

    cannot bring it about.

#### sĭm-mih kak-kêk?

    What are the results?

#### kui kêk sĭ cò̤-nî?

    When the end is reached, what then?

#### i íⁿ-keng sêng kêk lío;

    he has accomplished his purpose.

#### khí lâi hŵn-lío m̄ cîaⁿ kêk-sìo, lâi kàu-nîe lêng-ūaⁿ phah chù kêk;

    the plan is not yet fully carried out in the building, so let us consider the expediency of changing it.

#### cí kâi keh kêk khí khí lâi cū ngía;

    if it were built upon this plan it would be beautiful.

#### chù-kêk;

    a plan of a house.

#### múiⁿ jîn kêk;

    a lure; a stool-pigeon.

#### thóiⁿ i siet sĭm-mih kêk chut lâi;

    see what plan he brings forward.

#### cía sĭ siet kêk kâi;

    this is a bait put out.

#### thóiⁿ i pâi kâi sĭm-mih kêk;

    see what sort of allurement he sets forth.

#### bŏi jîp i kâi kêk;

    does not fall in with his purposes.

#### phìen kêk;

    a trick.

#### cía sĭ cà kêk kâi;

    this is a stratagem.

#### nŏ̤ nâng chẁn-kêk kâi;

    what the two have leagued together for.

#### kêk-sì íⁿ-keng sêng;

    the plan has succeeded.

#### cà kêk chut lâi kâi;

    the outcome of the scheme.

#### îeh kêk;

    a dispensary.

#### i íⁿ-keng tâu-mêng kêk sin hùe;

    he has already reported to the gentlemen who form the company.

#### thóiⁿ tîeh síe kêk nē;

    it appears to be very compactly arranged.

#### i kâi khẃn tōa kêk tōa kêk;

    it is on an extensive scale.

#### thn̂g-kêk;

    the Sugar Company.

#### kêk teng;

    the employes of a company.

#### thóiⁿ phùa i kâi kêk;

    see through his scheme.

#### i kâi kêk khṳt úa phah phùa;

    his plan was spoiled by me.

#### hûa-ang-kêk;

    a Peace Society.

#### i kúi húe-kì kâp-kong lâi khui thn̂g-kêk;

    the several partners joined in opening a Sugar Refinery.