# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khia
### khia

* 奇khia344375
* An odd number.

#### sĭ sang a sĭ khia?

    Is it an even or an odd number?

#### khia jît màiⁿ thó̤, sang jît màiⁿ hâiⁿ, thĕng-thăi úa hwt châi li, cêk kâi hâiⁿ nŏ̤ kâi;

    on the odd days of the month you do not dun, on the even days I do not pay: wait till I get rich and then I will pay you double.

#### khia jît;

    a common designation of the seventh day after death, when the spirit is supposed to leave the body.
* 寒khia163409

#### khia-pô̤h;

    scrawny; meager.

#### i a-tĭ seⁿ lâi khia-pô̤h, m̄ kău-tăng;

    his younger brother is very scrawny, not plump.

#### i kâi phīⁿ khah khia-pô̤h;

    his nose is too peaked.

#### ang-cía nŏ̤ nâng seⁿ lâi lóng-cóng khia-khia pô̤h-pô̤h;

    husband and wife are both very thin.
* 聳khìa83212811
* Elevated; high.

#### koiⁿ-thâu khìa-khìa;

    high shouldered.

#### koiⁿ-thaû kûiⁿ-khìa kûiⁿ-khìa;

    chuckle-headed.

#### hĭⁿ khìa-khìa;

    ears attent; to prick up the ears.

#### i hĭⁿ khìa-khìa tó̤ thiaⁿ;

    he is listening with his ears alert.

#### cí ciah káu cêk mêⁿ hĭⁿ khìa-khìa, lêng-ceng căi;

    this dog keeps his ears pricked up all night, and is very watchful.
* 騎khîa3451878
* To bestride; to ride on; to sit astride.

#### sĭ khîa bé lâi a cŏ̤ kīe lâi?

    Did you come on horseback or in a sedan chair?

#### khîa cĭeⁿ bé sin cū tîeh pháu;

    if you mount a horse you must ride him.

#### i mîaⁿ-ke khîa sīa;

    he is expert in shooting at a mark from on horseback.

#### khîa gû;

    bestride an ox.

#### khîa bé cŏ̤;

    sit astride.

#### khîa koi bé;

    ride on one's shoulder.
* 竪khîa7771178
* To erect; to set up; to establish.

#### khîa kî;

    to plant a flag.

#### khîa kî-kuaⁿ;

    to raise a flag staff.

#### khîa ûi;

    to set up a mast in a vessel.

#### khîa nŏ̤ ki cîeh cek tŏ̤ phûn-mŏⁿ côiⁿ;

    set two stone candles in front of the grave.

#### khîa sĭm-mih kî hō̤?

    What flag do they fly?

#### khîa thĭo;

    erect a pillar.

#### khîa têng;

    raise a portal.

#### i khîa kò̤ cîeh pi tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤ cò̤ tī-kài;

    he set a slab of stone there to mark the boundary.
* 執khîa47328
* To hold in the hand, as one holds a rod, or carries an umbrella.

#### pit tîeh khîa sì-cìaⁿ sì-cìaⁿ;

    the pen must be held straight.

#### cêk nâng khîa to̤, cêk nâng khîa chieⁿ;

    one carried a knife and the other a spear.

#### khîa sìⁿ;

    carry a fan.

#### khîa kúai-cĭang;

    carry a cane.
* 岐khîa345464
* Ambiguous.

#### sang-khîa-bé ūe;

    language susceptible of two different interpretations.

#### i to bô̤ tît-tît tàⁿ, to sĭ tàⁿ sang-khîa-bé ūe;

    he never speaks in a straight forward way, but always uses language having two meanings.
* 站khĭa131175
* To stand; to stop.

#### khĭa khui cē;

    stand further off.

#### khĭa khí lâi;

    get up and stand still.

#### khĭa tît-tît;

    stand up straight.

#### khĭa sì-cìaⁿ sì-cìaⁿ;

    stand erect.

#### tīam-tīam khĭa;

    stand perfectly still.

#### khĭa tŏ̤ cêk pôiⁿ;

    stand on one side.

#### khĭa tŏ̤ sang pôiⁿ;

    ranged on the two ​sides.

#### ho̤h cōi nâng tŏ̤ sang pôiⁿ khĭa;

    a great many people were standing on each side.

#### kîaⁿ sĭ kîaⁿ, khĭa sĭ khĭa;

    if you walk, walk, and if you stand, stand; behave properly.

#### khĭa m̄ ún;

    it does not stand firmly.

#### khĭa m̄ tùe;

    it won't stand up.

#### khĭa kàu kha sng;

    stood till tired.

#### khĭa îang khí lâi;

    stand erect and hold up your head.

#### kha thìaⁿ bŏi khĭa;

    his foot is so sore he cannot stand upon it.

#### bŏi khĭa kú;

    cannot stand long.

#### khĭa tŏ̤ suaⁿ téng mō̤ⁿ sì-phìⁿ;

    stood on the hill top and looked all around.

#### bŏi cŏ̤ bŏi khĭa;

    can neither sit nor stand.

#### khĭa tīam tó̤ táng;

    stood still and waited.

#### khĭa tīam cē;

    stop a moment.

#### khĭa tŏ̤ mn̂g kha tó̤ thóiⁿ nâng;

    stood at the door looking at people.
* 居khĭa437445
* To reside; to live in a place; to remain stationary.

#### i bô̤ sṳ̄, khĭa-khí tŏ̤ chù;

    he has no business requiring his attention and he stays at home.

#### m̄ cai i khĭa-khí tŏ̤ tī kò̤;

    I do not know where he is staying.

#### i àiⁿ khṳ̀ móng kò̤ khĭa-khí;

    he is going to a certain place to live.

#### i ŭ tŏ̤ hṳ́ khĭa ke a bô̤?

    Has he settled his family there?

#### i soiⁿ-tiang-sî khĭa-khí tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤;

    he formerly resided there.

#### bô̤ kò̤ khĭa-khí;

    has no place of abode.

#### tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤ khĭa ŭ nî gūa lío;

    has been there over a year already.
* 竪khīa7771178
* Upright; perpendicular.

#### pàng khīa, màiⁿ pàng sia;

    set it upright, not inclining.

#### màiⁿ pàng khīa, pàng i ût lô̤h khṳ̀;

    do not set it upright, lay it down.