# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ki
### kiki

* 期ki344748
* A full year of twelve or thirteen months.

#### ki nî kâi hà;

    a full year of mourning.

#### i kâi thiap cò̤-nî chut cò ki-hôk hu, bô̤ chut cò̤ cĭang-ki hu?

    How is it that the notice she has issued of her husband's funeral says "mourning" instead of "deep mourning"?
* 姬ki336388
* A handsome girl or woman.

#### ki-chiap;

    a concubine.

#### cía sĭ i lăi kâi ki-chiap hùe;

    this is one of his concubines.

#### i lăi ŭ jîeh cōi kâi ko̤-ki?

    How many singing-girls do they keep?
* 機ki3337512
* Changes; motions; the origin or spring of; a principle; a natural cause.

#### ki-hŭe;

    an occasion, an opportunity, a chance.

#### ŭ sĭm-mih ki-hŭe a bô̤?

    Is there any favorable opening for it or not?

#### sĕng cí kâi ki-hŭe;

    avail ourselves of this opportunity.

#### cí hûe ŭ hó̤ ki-hŭe;

    there is just now a good chance.

#### chūe thóiⁿ ŭ ki-hŭe a-bô̤;

    find out whether there is a favorable opportunity.

#### ki-kwn;

    designs, intentions, motives.

#### cí kâi ki-kwn chíen;

    the design is very transparent.

#### úa thóiⁿ phùa i kâi ki-kwn;

    I see through his design.

#### ŭ kìen-sek kâi nâng kìⁿ ki jṳ̂ cak;

    an experienced person sees his chance and improves it at the right moment.

#### cía sît căi sĭ sîn ki mīo sǹg;

    this is indeed a marvelous contrivance.

#### sit cí kâi ki-hŭe khó̤-sieh căi;

    it is a great pity that this chance should be lost.

#### i kâi nâng thien-ki căi;

    he has a natural bent toward thought and meditation.

#### thien-ki m̄ hó̤ siap-lāu;

    the decrees of fate are not to be divulged.

#### ki-khá;

    dextrously, skillfully; shrewd, astute, clever.

#### kun-ki-chù;

    the General Council of State.

#### ēng cĭn sim ki;

    using every power of mind for its accomplishment.

#### sien ki to bô̤ siap-lāu;

    destiny is not divulged.

#### cía sĭ ki-cĭeⁿ-pêh, a sĭ sin-hŭe-tĭu?

    Is this Swatow grass-cloth or Cantonese grass-cloth?

#### i kâi ki-pìen peh chut;

    his device is ​divulged.

#### bô̤ ki sû;

    not having that which would tend to the accomplishment of it.

#### kun-ki tăi-chîn;

    the members of the Council of State.

#### bô̤ ki hó̤ sêng;

    no opportunity to avail one's self of.

#### ki khì kêk;

    a machine shop.
* 枝ki55754
* A branch; a twig; a classifier of slender things, such as knives, pencils, spears, and needles.

#### chīu ki;

    a branch of a tree.

#### hue ki;

    flowering twigs.

#### á cêk ki lâi chah;

    break off a stem to put in the hair.

#### chīu cèng lío hwt sún, hwt hîeh, pun a, pun ki, khui hue, kit cí;

    after a tree is planted it puts forth sprouts and leaves, and divides into forks and branches, and then blossoms and bears fruit.

#### tòa cêk ki kun khṳ̀ phêng châk;

    lead a detachment of troops to quell the insurgents.

#### i ki ke-hú ngĕ căi, cêk ki hó̤ thâi îaⁿ câp ki;

    his weapons are very hard, so that one of them will outlast ten other ones in a fight.

#### i lêng-ūaⁿ pîet seⁿ ki cak chut lâi;

    it has again sprouted up.

#### ki sî;

    a spoon.

#### ki tek-ko̤;

    a bamboo pole.

#### ki sìⁿ;

    a fan.

#### nŏ̤ ki ciap cò̤ cêk ki;

    splice the two together lengthwise.

#### hiah tŏ̤ chīu ki;

    perched on the branch of a tree.

#### cí ki pîaⁿ-bó ŭ jîeh cōi nâng?

    How many men are there in this detachment of troops?

#### bô̤ lṳ́ cí ki tek-kía̤, cū pâk m̄ cîaⁿ pâi!

    And you suppose that if we do not have this little bamboo pole of yours we cannot then make up the raft!

#### kàu ki sam;

    a whole stick of timber.

#### kàu ki cū khîa khṳ̀;

    went off with the whole stick.

#### cêk ki kṳ̀ cò̤ nŏ̤ kûeh;

    saw it in two.

#### cn̂g ki cò̤ cē àn khṳ̀;

    the whole stick has decayed throughout its length.

#### cêk ki kha céng kàu tōa-tōa ki;

    his leg has swollen up very large.

#### i ki phīⁿ ngíaⁿ căi;

    he has a handsome nose.

#### ki chíu chun chut lâi kio sam-kíaⁿ hìeⁿ tōa;

    he stretched out an arm as large as a small log.
* 卟ki335253
* To ask the spirits to decide; seek counsel or aid of spirits.

#### ki tîeh cò̤-nî tàⁿ?

    What advice did you get from the spirits?

#### cía sĭ tŏ̤ lău-îa kò̤ ki kâi;

    this is what was obtained through consultation with the god.

#### khṳ̀ sîn kò̤ ki lâi, li tàⁿ hó̤;

    went and consulted the spirits, and got an affirmative response.
* 乩ki33555
* To seek counsel or aid of spirits by a stylus; a stick used to write charms in the dust.

#### láu-îa kàng ki;

    the god descends to the medium of communication with him.

#### phah tī-tîang cò̤ tâng-ki?

    Of whom is he going to take possession?

#### úa thóiⁿ-kîⁿ kâi tâng-ki chôk-chôk thìo;

    I saw a spirit-medium careening along.

#### ki sien;

    to consult the fairy.

#### hû ki;

    to write a charm on a table covered with dust or ashes by allowing the hand to move itself.
* 基ki336328
* A basis; a foundation; a point d'appui.

#### tī-ki thūn hó̤ a būe?

    Is the site for it yet filled in?

#### ki-cí ŭ jieh khuah?

    How broad is the base?

#### cĭu kú ki-cí lâi khí;

    build on the old foundations.

#### chàng-lîp ki-ngîap;

    to found an estate.

#### cí kò tī sĭ i soiⁿ tiang-sîo kâi chù-ki;

    this is the site of his former house.

#### teng ki;

    ascend the throne; come into power.

#### hûang-tì khí-thâu teng ki;

    when the emperor first ascended the throne.

#### tâng khai-ki kâi hûang-tì kàu taⁿ kúi kâi hûang-tì?

    How many emperors have there been from the first of this dynasty until now?

#### khai-ki có;

    the founder of a dynasty.

#### tâng soiⁿ íⁿ-keng bô̤ sĭm-mih ki-tĭ;

    from the first, it has had no sound basis.

#### hṳ́ kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ bô sĭm-mih kṳn-ki, cí kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ kṳn-ki cū kien-kù;

    that child has not much physical stamina, this one has a constitution that can stand a strain.
* 箕ki3361188
* A hemispherical basket with ears.

#### pùa-ki;

    a winnowing basket.

#### pùn-ki;

    baskets for carrying earth.

#### sa-ki;

    a flat round basket.

#### táu-ki;

    a peck measure, used in rice shops.
* 幾ki333529
* Nearly; about; a few; moderately; the recondite parts of a thing or subject.

#### i pēⁿ kàu ki-hu àiⁿ sí;

    he is ill and at the point of death.

#### kiaⁿ kàu ki-ki-hu jît-àm thóiⁿ-m̄-kìⁿ lō, cìaⁿ kàu;

    went on till it was very nearly dark, and we could scarcely see the road, when we arrived.

#### bô̤ ki cṳ cîⁿ, àiⁿ khìam i kâi mih sṳ̄?

    For so small a sum, why run in debt to him?

#### hâiⁿ kàu taⁿ le, khìam i kâi mih sṳ̄?

    having made payments along until now, owes no great amount.

#### hûang-sĭang jît lí bw̄n ki;

    the emperor daily attends to every kind of affair.
* 饑ki33418412
* Dearth; scarcity; famine; hungry.

#### hṳ́ kâi tī-hng tōa ki-hng;

    there is a famine in that country.

#### ki-hng kâi tī-hng ŭ jieh khuah?

    Over how wide a region does the famine extend?

#### cek kok hûang ki;

    lay up grain against time of dearth.

#### ki-hng kàu gō̤ sí;

    starved to death through failure of the harvest.

#### ki-hng sî-coih kâi sî-hāu;

    times of scarcity.

#### phìn-khîong kâi nâng sĭu ki sĭu hâng, chám căi; pù kâi nâng cū ío kōi, būe ki li cū cìn cîah, bûe hâng li cū cìn i;

    the poor suffer hunger ​and cold and are distressed: the rich have an easier time, for before they are hungry food is brought them and before they are cold their clothes made ready for them to put on.
* 笄ki3351186
* A broad hair-pin laid across the back of the head so as to bind and support the coiffure; to do up the hair in the style of a girl of marriageable age.

#### nî iⁿ-keng kîp ki;

    she is now of a marriageable age.

#### cṳ-nîe hùe câp-ngŏ hùe cū kîaⁿ ki-lói, ta-op hùe cū kīaⁿ kẁn-lói;

    girls of fifteen have their hair dressed in the style for married women, and boys of the same age are capped.
* 稽ki33511510
* To examine into by comparing documents, facts, or circumstances.

#### bô̤ hó̤ ki-chê;

    have not the means of investigating.

#### ki-chê m̄ chut;

    cannot search it out.

#### cía sǹg sĭ bô̤ ki cṳ thâm;

    these may be reckoned as unfounded assertions.

#### ki-chak tham kuaⁿ u-lī;

    investigate the wrong doings of covetous officials.

#### bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ ki kháu;

    have no books wherein to hunt out the quotation.
* 羈ki33512219
* To detain in durance; a lockup.

#### i tó̤ kẃn ki-só̤;

    he has charge of the lockup in a yamun.

#### kuaⁿ lîah i khṳ̀ siu ki;

    the magistrate seized him and put him in jail.

#### i chíaⁿ nâng khṳ̀ káng ki lói;

    he has asked some one to go and negociate concerning the amount of money to be presented to the jailor on letting
him out.

#### kẃn ki kâi nâng kah ki lăi kâi lău hŭam cū àiⁿ lâng-ûi i;

    the jailor and the criminals in the lockup try to torment him.

#### ki kâi;

    a tablet on which verdicts are written.
* 譏ki33414912
* To mock; to satirize; to laugh at.

#### cang ūe ki-chǹg;

    jeered at him.

#### cèng nâng tó̤ ki-chìe i;

    they are all deriding him.

#### ki-chío;

    to ridicule.

#### nâng tó̤ ki-chío i, i thiaⁿ m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;

    when people are scoffing at him, he does not understand what they say.
* 畿ki33410210
* The demesne which in ancient times pertained to the Emperor; it measured a thousand li on each side, the court being in the centre; the court.

#### kiaⁿ-ki;

    the capital, the region about the palace.

#### kiaⁿ-ki kâi tī-hng ío ngîam-sok

    in the vicinity of the Imperial palace, the regulations are strict.
* 肌ki3341302
* The flesh or firm muscle under the skin.

#### pôih tâk seⁿ ki;

    draw out the poison and produce firm flesh.

#### ki-hu sòi-jī;

    of fine firm fiber; muscular; brawny.
* 指kí57646
* To indicate by pointing toward.

#### i tó̤ kí cí kí hṳ́;

    he is pointing hither and thither.

#### kí lâi kí khṳ̀;

    point back and forth.

#### lṳ́ kí úa thóiⁿ;

    you point it out to me.

#### thóiⁿ i kí tùe tī-kò̤ khṳ̀;

    see where he points.

#### thèng kí;

    point at random.

#### kí tang kí sai;

    pointing indiscriminately.

#### kô līo kô kàu sí, būe lă sai-kong cêk ē kí;

    you may work yourself to death making paper articles, but you can't make too many for a priest to dispose of at one wave of his hand.
* 己kí337490
* One's self; myself; private, personal, special.

#### cṳ̆-kí;

    one's self.

#### cṳ̆-kí àiⁿ kâi;

    what I myself desire.

#### lṳ́ úa sǹg sĭ ti kí phêng-íu;

    you and I may be reckoned as friends who know each other.

#### uaⁿ hūn síu kí;

    attend to one's own special duties.

#### khŵn put îu kí;

    I am not my own master.

#### thăi nâng jû kí;

    treat others as you would yourself be treated.

#### cèng cîⁿ m̄ siêh, kí cîⁿ bô̤;

    if you are not saving of the common fund, your own share will he missing.
* 几kí337160
* A bench or low table.

#### úa àiⁿ cò̤ tieⁿ kí-chn̂g;

    I want a small low table made.

#### tê kí;

    a tea-poy.

#### khàng kí;

    a low table, placed on a divan, to lean upon.

#### phŭe kí;

    small stands used upon a couche.

#### kha-búe-kí;

    a lamp-stand to set at the foot of a bed.
* 紀kí3371203
* A year; a period of twelve years; annals; to write down.

#### i kim nî ŭ sĭm-mih nî-kí?

    What is his age now?

#### i kâi nî-kí ío khin, m̄ pí i sĭ nî-kí lău;

    he is still rather young, and it is not as if he was aged.

#### kí-lôk cêk chṳ̤̀;

    honorably recorded in the Civil Office.

#### ceng sīu cêk kí;

    added twelve more years to his life.

#### i sĭ cò̤ síe keng-kí kâi nâng;

    he is one who trades in a small way.

#### nî kí cē lău-tōa mih sṳ̄ cū cò̤ m̄ lâi;

    when advanced in years, one can do nothing.
* 計kì3381492
* A partner; an assistant; a comrade.

#### phò lăi ēng kúi kâi húe-kì?

    How many clerks are employed in the shop?

#### cí kâi seng-lí sĭ ka-kī kâi, a sĭ kio nâng cò̤ húe-kì;

    is this business wholly your own, or have you a partner in it?

#### cêk húe-kì íⁿ-keng thiah chut khṳ̀;

    one partner has withdrawn from the firm. ​
* 記kì3401493
* To record; to register; to fix in the mind.

#### i kâi mîaⁿ kì-lôk tŏ̤ kò̤;

    his name is registered.

#### cò̤ kâi kì-hō̤;

    make a written sign.

#### sìaⁿ cṳ tèng ŭ kì;

    it is written in the holy books.

#### sí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ kiaⁿ tèng cò̤-nî kì?

    What is written in the scriptures in regard to this?

#### úa īa-sĭ kíang kì saⁿ kùe cū pat;

    if I read it over three times with my mind firmly fixed upon it I shall know it.

#### míen-kíang lâi kì;

    force one's self to keep a thing in mind.

#### úa bûang-kì khṳ̀;

    I have forgotten it.

#### kì-lĭam;

    to bear in mind.
* 既kì339717
* An adverb of time; when; since; already; a sign of the past tense.

#### kì sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū tîeh cai;

    since it is thus, it is best to know it.

#### kì-jîen jû chṳ́, màiⁿ tàⁿ;

    it being thus, say nothing about it.

#### ki sĭ thóiⁿ-kìn, cò̤-nî m̄ pat i?

    Since you have seen him why do you not know him?

#### cía sǹg sĭ kì úang kâi sṳ̄;

    this is something that is past and gone.

#### kì ŭ cí kâi sṳ̄ lṳ́ cò̤-nî m̄ tàⁿ?

    Since this condition of things exists, why do you not say so?

#### kì-jîen sĭ hàuⁿ, cò̤-nî hŵn lío tó̤ tau khie?

    Since he assents to it, why is he still putting impediments in the way?

#### kì-keng kuaⁿ-hú sím kùe kúi chṳ̀ cò̤-nî bŏi tît?

    Seeing that the magistrate has already had the case before him several times why is it not settled?
* 繼kì33812014
* A line of succession in kindred; to continue on, as one taking the duties or place of another; to adopt an heir; successively; hereditary.

#### kì bó̤;

    a step-mother, or an adopted mother.

#### kì sit;

    a second wife.

#### sĭ kì chú kâi bó;

    it is the wife that was taken in addition to one already married.

#### cêk kì bô̤ nŏ̤ kì;

    only one can occupy the second place.

#### i kâi sòi kâi kíaⁿ kùe kì pun i a-hiaⁿ;

    he passed his youngest son over to his elder brother, to be his heir.

#### i hṳ́ cêk pang-thâu kì m̄ phû, kàu kúi câp nî ău cìaⁿ kì tit khí;

    that branch of the family did not increase in numbers through the adopted heir, until after several tens of years, when it flourished through the young clansmen adopted.

#### cí kâi kíaⁿ kì tit khí i a-pê kâi cì;

    this son carries out his father's plans.

#### cía kì i a-pĕ kâi sṳ̄, kì m̄ khí;

    this one is not able to fill his father's place.
* 痣kì611047
* A mole; black or red spots on the body.

#### i kâi mīn tèng cêk lîap kì;

    she has a mole on her face.

#### sĭ o kì a sĭ âng kì?

    Is it a black or a brown mole?

#### kì tèng kah nŏ̤ tîo mô̤ⁿ ho̤h tn̂g;

    there are two long hairs growing from the mole.
* 棋kî343758
* The game of chess, played with thirty-two men; games similar to chess.

#### nán lâi teh kî;

    let us play chess.

#### sĭ àⁿ teh chĭeⁿ-kî, a teh ûi-kî?

    Shall we play chess or draughts?

#### ûi-kî;

    a game played with 360 pieces, on a board with 361 squares.

#### kî pō;

    the moves in chess.

#### cí pō kî tōiⁿ căi;

    that was a first rate move.

#### cí pō kî kîaⁿ khṳ̀ kàu, cū cîah tîeh i cêk lîap;

    by this move you will take one of his men.

#### phah kî-kêk, kîaⁿ pō sĭ âng soiⁿ, o ău;

    in laying out a game of chess, the red moves first, and the black next.

#### úa pái kâi kî kêk lṳ́ phah;

    I will lay out a problem in chess for you to solve.

#### tāⁿ cêk pō, kî tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ cū su;

    if you make but one false move you will lose the game.

#### i âi kî ío tōiⁿ, lṳ́ kâi kî teh i m̄ kùe;

    he is a better player than you, and you cannot win the game against him.

#### lṳ́ ŭ kî-pûaⁿ li bô̤ kî-cí, úa ŭ kî-cí li bô̤ kî-pûaⁿ;

    you have a chess-board, but no men: I have chess-men, but no board.

#### taⁿ cí cêk tieh kî cū cûah tōa-bó-mûeh;

    this set of chess-men now lacks ever so many of being complete.

#### lṳ́ kâi kî hó̤ nĭe i ŭ cêk lîap cí;

    in the game played you should give him a man.

#### phàⁿ-kî īa ŭ sîn sien pō;

    even in the game of fox-and-geese there are deep moves.

#### hûa kî;

    a drawn game.

#### âng sèng;

    the red won.

#### cêk hù kî cí;

    a set of chess-men.

#### kî bô̤ chîang kun;

    one does not repeatedly check with the same move.

#### i kâi kî sí lío;

    he is check-mated.
* 旗kî3447010
* A flag, a banner, a standard.

#### kî-kuaⁿ;

    a flag staff.

#### cêk ki kî;

    a flag.

#### kî-jîn;

    bannermen.

#### kî-kūaⁿ táu;

    an ornament at the top of a flagstaff.

#### seng kî;

    hoist a flag.

#### kî līu khí khṳ̀ a būe?

    Is the flag run up yet?

#### lṳ́ thóiⁿ kî cêng lô̤h a būe;

    see whether the flag is hauled down yet or not.

#### cí ki kî tōa ki, o̤h līu;

    this flag being large is difficult to hoist.

#### cheng tău kî;

    a banner borne ahead, to clear the way for a procession.

#### i kâi kî sĭ sĭm-mih hō̤?

    What is the device on his banner?

#### kî-chì pái-lîet kàu chīam-chīam;

    flags and streamers ranged at symmetrical distances.

#### i kâi cûn chah ŭ kî;

    their boat carries a flag.

#### i tó̤ khîa cóng tūi kî;

    he carries the regimental flag.

#### sì-pang kî;

    oblong flags.

#### saⁿ-kak kî;

    triangular flags.

#### kî-lĕng thiaⁿ;

    the head-quarters of the commander.

#### hue-kî-kok;

    a common name for the United tates.

#### Stăi-cheng-kok kâi kî-hō̤ sĭ ēng saⁿ-kak n̂g kî, tìn-tang ūe lêng kâi;

    the Chinese flag is a yellow triangular one, with a dragon in the centre.

#### ngŏ sek kî;

    a many colored flag.

#### nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ cùe àiⁿ kă khîa tōa kî ​kâi;

    the tiger always falls upon the chief flag-bearer.

#### kî-jîn sǐ hun cò̤ poih kî;

    the bannermen are divided into eight corps.
* 技kĭ347644
* Skill; dexterity.

#### i cêk chíu hó̤ kĭ gōi;

    he is very dextrous.

#### lâi thóiⁿ nâng phah kĭ íong;

    come and see these sleight of hand performances.

#### taⁿ to hăng tit thóiⁿ-kìⁿ nâng khṳ̀ cìn câp kĭ;

    we now seldom see one who is dextrous in all the various sorts of physical exercises.
* 伎kĭ34194
* Clever, talented.

#### kĭ-khá;

    ingenious.

#### thóiⁿ i tíen sĭm-mih kĭ-líang chut lâi;

    see what talent he displays.
* 妓kĭ341384
* A courtesan; a singing-girl.

#### kĭ-ńng;

    a prostitute.

#### i sĭ tó̤ tng kĭ kâi nâng;

    she is one who gets her living by vice.

#### kĭ-kẃn ;

    a brothel.

#### i sĭ tŏ̤ kĭ-kẃn chut sin;

    she came out of a brothel.
* 忌kĭ340613
* To shun; to avoid; to keep aloof from; to dislike; a shrinking from; jealous; antipathy.

#### kò-kĭ;

    envy; jealousy.

#### i kâi nâng kò-kĭ căi;

    he is of a very jealous disposition.

#### mih sṳ̄ to sĭ kò-kò kĭ-kĭ ;

    is jealous about to all sorts of things.

#### i sĭang téng kĭ i;

    she has the greatest dread of him.

#### m̄ cai kĭ i mih sṳ̄;

    do not know why he shuns him.

#### i sĭm sĭ kĭ nâng ŭ châi-chêng ;

    he is very envious of other people's ability.

#### cò̤ mih sṳ̄ to bô̤ kĭ-tǎng ;

    he acts without respect for anybody.

#### cùe pĭ-kĭ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

    keep as far aloof as possible from this sort of thing.

#### cí kǐaⁿ sṳ̄ tó̤ cí kâi tī-hng sĭ tōa pī-kĭ kái;

    in this region the utmost pains is taken to avoid doing this.

#### peh sṳ̄ bô̤ kìm-kĭ;

    have no superstitious dread in doing any sort of thing.

#### kíaⁿ-jît kĭ sîn, mn̂g-khí-cá cò̤-nî ŭ hì;

    to-day is the anniversary of the emperor's death, and how was it that there was a play this morning?

#### kĭ jît;

    to avoid doing something upon a certain day, as the anniversary of a day when a friend died.

#### ŭ nâng cò̤ cêk kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ cū kĭ cìeⁿ kĭ hìeⁿ, úa li lóng-cóng bô̤ kǐ;

    some people, in doing things, shun this and shun that in superstitious fear: as for me I do not shrink from doing things at any time whatever.
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* Perturbed; uneasy; a sudden start.

#### i cìeⁿ-sî tit kâi kiaⁿ-kĭ kâi pēⁿ;

    he has lately a disease arising from nervous agitation.