# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khuang
### khuang

* 𨴑khuang4791696
* A frame, or casing.

#### mn̂g-khuang;

    the casing of a door.

#### kiaⁿ khuang;

    a picture frame.

#### cîeh mn̂g-táu-khuang;

    a stone door-frame.
* 傾khuang408911
* To subvert; to waste.

#### tì-kàu khuang ke;

    to bring about the overthrow of a family.

#### i khṳt cí kâi kíaⁿ-tĭ, jṳ́ kàu khuang ke tŏng sáng;

    the family was impoverished by this son's squandering of its substance.

#### i kâi ke cū sĭ khṳt i hāi kàu khuang khṳ̀;

    their family has been impoverished by him.

#### chù khuang-tó̤ khṳ̀;

    the house has fallen in ruins.

#### khuang sîaⁿ khuang kok;

    subvert the city and overturn the empire.
* 圈khuang451318
* A pen; a coop; a circle; a ring.

#### ang-cun khuang;

    a quail pen.

#### lîah tîeh nŏ̤ ciah peh-mâk-khuang;

    caught two of the birds which have a ring of white around their eyes.

#### lâi khṳ̀ cío khuang tèng thóiⁿ nâng phah cío;

    let us go to the cock-pit and see the fighting.

#### thìo m̄ chut khuang;

    cannot jump over the boundary of the cock-pit.

#### phah su kâi cū pue chut khuang;

    the one beaten in the fight flies out of the pen.

#### cêk khuang âng-âng céng khí lâi;

    a red circle swelled up. ​
* 頃khúang4221812
* An instant; a moment; just now.

#### khúang-khek bô lî;

    were not separated for a moment.

#### khúang-khek cṳ kang cū ŏi hwt gê hwt hîeh, khui hue, kit cí;

    in an instant of time it buds, puts forth leaves, blossoms and bears fruit.
* 貺khùang2541545
* To confer, as a largess or bounty.

#### thien khùang;

    the airing clothes festival, on the 6th of the 6th moon.

#### àiⁿ ēng cò̤ khùang ngî, a sĭ àiⁿ lô̤h cò̤ kău khùang?

    Shall I speak of it as "a suitable present" or as "a generous gift"?
* 况khùang25475
* Furthermore; moreover; a time; a period.

#### ho khùang sĭ lṳ́!

    How much the more since it is you!

#### khùang kiam i īu m̄ tŏ̤;

    and besides all that, he is not at home.

#### khùang-chíaⁿ thiⁿ īu lô̤h hŏ, cò̤-nî hó̤ khṳ̀?

    And in addition to all that, it rains, so how can we go?

#### khùang-īu nî lău;

    moreover he is advanced in years.

#### ho khùang sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    and how much the more since it is thus.

#### kéng khùang căi-seⁿ?

    How go the times with you?

#### cìeⁿ-sî kâi kéng-khùang hó mē?

    Do the times go well with you lately?

#### cṳ̆-lâi kâi kéng khùang to m̄ hó̤, taⁿ ciaⁿ cĭam-cĭam hó̤;

    heretofore the times have gone ill with me, now they are gradually improving.
* 壙khùang4803215
* The vault or pit under a tomb; a solitude.

#### líu cêk kâi khùang;

    dig a grave.

#### chwn khùang;

    make a vault for a coffin.

#### cí kháu phûn hṳ́ tói sĭ sang khùang kâi;

    this grave has within it two vaults for coffins.

#### kū nî bó̤ siu-sîp, kâi khùang thâp lô̤h khṳ̀;

    it has not been repaired for many years, and the vault has caved in.

#### khùang tói kâi muêh sṳ̆ lí hó̤, kĭu cìaⁿ hó̤ lôh khùang;

    after all things are arranged in the vault, the coffin may then be lowered into it.

#### khùang-iá;

    a desert; a wilderness.
* 狂khùang479944
* Imprudent; extravagant; rash.

#### i kâi chíu-thâu khùang căi;

    he is very free-handed.

#### i kâi chiu-thâu khùang kùiⁿ-sìⁿ, mih sṳ̄ to sĭ khùang-khùang lí-kẃn sái;

    he is accustomed to be free-handed, and on all occasions he spends rashly and extravagantly.

#### cí kâi ēng cîⁿ li khah khùang, ci kâi ēng cîⁿ li khah siap;

    the one uses money too imprudently, while the other is too close-fisted.
* 曠khùang4807215
* Vacant; empty; waste; extensive.

#### khong-khong khùang-khùang;

    waste and void.

#### ṳ̂-gūa hŵn-chûn cêk kò̤ khùang tī khuah-khuah;

    there remains besides an extensive piece of unoccupied ground.

#### hāng lâi ŭ cêk kâi khùang tîaⁿ;

    in this alley there is a wide vacant area.

#### khùang tîaⁿ ciu ûi ŭ it jī câp ke;

    around this waste space are ten or twenty houses, with families dwelling in them.
* 狂khûang479944
* Mad; insane; raving; wild.

#### ngŏ̤ tîeh cêk ciah khûang káu jw̆n pui;

    came across a rabid dog barking furiously.

#### i cò̤ sṳ̄ khûang-búang căi;

    he acts in a very eccentric manner.

#### tàⁿ ūe màiⁿ khûang-khûang búang-búang thèng tàⁿ;

    do not talk in that extravagant and incoherent way.

#### cíu cē lô̤h tó cū khûang;

    as soon as he swallows liquor he becomes crazed.

#### i sĭ hwt khûang, m̄-hó̤ khṳ̀ chái i;

    he is out of his head, pay no attention to him.

#### i kâi sù-sèⁿ khûang căi;

    he is very rash and headstrong.

#### khûang-khûang lí-lí ēng;

    go ahead and use without judgment.

#### khûang huang méⁿ hŏ;

    furious gusts and driving rain.
* 傾khŭang408911
* Aslant; falling; inclined.

#### khŭang-khŭang-tó̤;

    upset; subverted.

#### i kúi nâng pēⁿ kàu khŭang-khŭang-tó̤;

    they are all prostrated with disease.

#### in-ûi cò̤ kú hŏ, cho̤h chù cn̂g kâi khŭang-khŭang-tó̤;

    on account of the long continued rain, the houses are all tumbling down.