# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khuaⁿ
### khuaⁿkhuaⁿ

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* Slowly; leisurely; gently; easy.

#### táng lṳ́ khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ cò̤;

    await your leisurely action.

#### khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ kîaⁿ;

    walk quietly on.

#### khuaⁿ se-su;

    ease off a little.

#### lí khuaⁿ cē, màiⁿ lí khah meⁿ;

    do it gently, do not be too hasty in setting it right.

#### khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ tàⁿ;

    tell it slowly.

#### m̄ tîeh khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ tàⁿ, màiⁿ lí-kẃn jíang;

    why don't you say what you have to say in an easy way, and not keep screaming?

#### i kâi nâng khuaⁿ sim khuaⁿ sèⁿ, un-jîu căi;

    she is a person of very easy disposition, and exceedingly gentle.

#### hó̤ khuaⁿ kâi cū khuaⁿ, hó̤ kín kâi cū kín;

    let that go which may well be deferred, and press forward that which ought to be hastened on.

#### i kâi khek chìe lâi ŭ khuaⁿ ŭ kín;

    he sings some parts of the ballad slowly, and some parts rapidly.

#### lṳ́ khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ sĭeⁿ;

    you think it over at your leisure.

#### khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ ô̤h, kú cū pat;

    keep on at a slow steady pace in learning it, and after awhile you will know it.

#### khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ cîah;

    take your time in eating.

#### m̄ tîeh khuaⁿ cē, màiⁿ híong-híong huh-huh;

    why should you not take your time for it, and not be in such a flurry.
* 寬khùaⁿ4774012
* Lax; loose; large; spacious; too relax; to widen.

#### pâk khùaⁿ cē, màiⁿ pâk khah kín;

    tie it loosely, do not tie it too tightly.

#### cí sang ôi khah khùaⁿ;

    these shoes are too large for me.

#### jûah thiⁿ-sî bûeh tîeh khùaⁿ cē cìaⁿ kōi chēng;

    in hot weather the hose must be rather large, then they are easily put on.

#### khṳt lṳ́ kùa li ío khùaⁿ, khṳt úa kùa li ío kín;

    it hangs more loosely upon you than upon me.

#### cí kâi gūa tîaⁿ khùaⁿ căi, hó̤ phâk chek;

    this outer area is very roomy, and suitable for drying paddy.

#### pâk khah khùaⁿ khṳt i cáu khṳ̀;

    tied him too loosely and he escaped.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ khah khùaⁿ, tîeh lâi ciⁿ i kín cē;

    that is too loose, it must be made tighter by a wedge.

#### cêk ē kú cū lok-lok khùaⁿ;

    as time passes, it gradually becomes looser.

#### chēng kú cū khùaⁿ;

    it grows looser in the wearing.

#### cí sang īa bŏi khah khùaⁿ, īa bŏi khah kín, tú-tú kah;

    this pair is neither too loose nor too tight, but exactly the right size.

#### hṳ́ kâi tī-hng ío khùaⁿ-chēng;

    that space is the more roomy.

#### so̤h pàng-khùaⁿ cē;

    pay out a little more rope.
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* To discover by divination.

#### khùaⁿ mīaⁿ;

    to tell fortunes.

#### kâi mīaⁿ ēng khùaⁿ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?

    How much must one pay for having his fortune told?

#### khùaⁿ sṳ̄;

    to find out things by divina​divination.

#### khuaⁿ tîeh m hó;

    discovered by divination that it was unlucky.

#### i kâi mīaⁿ khùaⁿ lâi tîeh căi;

    his fate was very accurately foretold.

#### i khùaⁿ tit chut i sòi-sòi cū bô̤ a-pĕ a khùaⁿ m̄ chut?

    Did he divine that she was fatherless from infancy, or not?

#### hŵn lâu sin-seⁿ lṳ́ kio úa cài khùʰ cē;

    will trouble you, Sir, to make another effort to divine my fate?
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* Pleasure.

#### khùaⁿ-uah;

    at ease, comfortable.

#### khùaⁿ-khuaⁿ ûah-ûah;

    without hardship of any sort.

#### kang-khó cò̤, khùaⁿ-ûah cîah;

    work hard, and eat comfortably.

#### m̄-hó̤ tham khùaⁿ-uah;

    one should not covet ease.