# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kuiⁿ
### kùiⁿ

* 慣kùiⁿ4766111
* Accustomed; used to; inured to.

#### ēng tîeh m̄ kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;

    he is not accustomed to the use of it.

#### iang-o̤ lío le kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;

    accustomed to indulgence.

#### i tâng soiⁿ cîah kùiⁿ;

    he was accustomed to eating it before.

#### chēng kùiⁿ;

    used to wearing it.

#### cí-kò̤ khĭa-khí kùiⁿ lío, pât kò̤ ùi khĭa-khí m̄ kùiⁿ;

    have lived here till I am habituated to the place and fear I should not feel at home elsewhere.

#### taⁿ i cò̤ khṳ̀ nĕ kùiⁿ-kùiⁿ nē;

    he has now practised it till he is very familiar with the way of doing it.
* 高kûiⁿ3241890
* High; tall.

#### i kâi cì-khì kûiⁿ;

    his aspirations are high.

#### taⁿ cū cìeⁿ kûiⁿ tōa lío!

    How much he has grown!

#### i sui sĭ cìeⁿ kûiⁿ cìeⁿ tōa hŵn-lío sĭ a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ khì;

    although he is so large, he is still a child in his ways.

#### cìeⁿ-sî kâi kè kûiⁿ;

    the present price is high.

#### cí īeⁿ kâi kè ío kûiⁿ;

    this sort is of still higher price.

#### ŭ ío kûiⁿ kâi a bô̤?

    Have you any taller ones?

#### bô̤, cū sĭ cí hō̤ sĭang kûiⁿ lío;

    this sort is the tallest we have.

#### nín nŏ̤ nâng phit thóiⁿ tī-tîang kûiⁿ;

    you two stand up here and see which is the taller.

#### ŭ kâi kûiⁿ, ŭ kâi ói;

    some are tall and some are short.

#### cêk tn̆g kûiⁿ, káu chieh bô̤ ēng;

    for reaching to a height of ten feet, a nine foot pole is useless.

#### i kâi nâng kûiⁿ-tio kûiⁿ-tio;

    he is tall and slender.

#### lṳ́ kâi chíu khîeh-khí kûiⁿ;

    lift your arm high.

#### thèⁿ kûiⁿ cē;

    prop it up higher.

#### i ío kûiⁿ mîaⁿ;

    his name stands higher on the list.

#### i kâi sin-hàng bô̤ hìeⁿ kûiⁿ, ngó-tún ngó-tún nē;

    he is not very tall, but is sturdy and well built.

#### cí kâi ŭ jîeh kûiⁿ?

    How tall is this?

#### àiⁿ cò̤ kúi tn̆g kûiⁿ?

    How many tens of feet high are you going to make it?

#### i nâng kûiⁿ tōa;

    he is a large man.

#### kàu sì ngŏ chùn kûiⁿ;

    it is four or five inches high.

#### i ŏi chēng kûiⁿ kîah-thô̤;

    she wears high heels.

#### cía īa-sĭ tîⁿ sang kha, ​siu kâi thâu lô̤h khṳ̀ to kio tōa nâng pêⁿ-pêⁿ kûiⁿ ló;

    if she were to bind her feet, and arrange a coiffure, she would be as tall as a grown person.

#### peh cĭeⁿ kûiⁿ-kûiⁿ kâi suaⁿ téng;

    climb a high hill.

#### tah kâi pêⁿ kûiⁿ-kûiⁿ;

    make a high platform.

#### jît chut ho̤h kûiⁿ lío;

    the sun is already high.

#### kûiⁿ suaⁿ kûiⁿ chîo tùi;

    high hills have high hills to face them.

#### uang-uang kûiⁿ;

    tall and personable.
* 縣kūiⁿ20112010
* A political division answering to a district; the fifth order of territorial divisions, sometimes called a county.

#### i kíaⁿ tó̤ cò̤ kūiⁿ kuaⁿ;

    his son is district magistrate.

#### hīn jīm móng kò̤ kâi ti-kūiⁿ;

    is now filling the office of district magistrate in a certain place.

#### kūiⁿ sîaⁿ;

    district cities.

#### káu kūiⁿ;

    the nine districts.

#### nín sĭ tī cêk kūiⁿ kẃn kâi?

    In which district are you?

#### kūiⁿ cú; kūiⁿ thài-îa;

    the district magistrate.

#### kūiⁿ ô̤h;

    the district examinations.

#### keh kūiⁿ;

    the adjoining district.

#### lîn kūiⁿ;

    neighboring districts.

#### nŏ̤ kūiⁿ kiam kài;

    the two districts are contiguous.

#### suaⁿ kūiⁿ;

    a mountainous district.

#### sĭ tōa kūiⁿ a sĭ síe kūiⁿ?

    Is it a large or a small district?

#### cí-kò̤ sĭ sôk tī cêk kūiⁿ hūn kẃn?

    What district magistrate holds this place under his jurisdiction?

#### síu kūiⁿ;

    the chief district.

#### kūiⁿ gê-mn̂g;

    the district yamun.

#### kūiⁿ sêng;

    the deputy magistrate of the district.

#### kūiⁿ-kháu kháu ŵn a būe?

    Are the district examinations through with yet?
* 櫃kūiⁿ4867514
* A case with drawers or a door; a press; a locker; a chest.

#### tōa kūiⁿ, kūiⁿ kíaⁿ;

    large and small lockers.

#### chn̂g-kūiⁿ;

    a sideboard.

#### to̤h-kūiⁿ;

    a side table with drawers.

#### kūiⁿ-thâi;

    a counter in a shop.

#### cúi kūiⁿ;

    large covered water-jars.

#### lō kūiⁿ;

    water jars kept along the street, as a precaution against fires.