# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kien
### kien

* 堅kien380328
* Stable; firm; strong; resolute; lasting.

#### kieu-kiù;

    steadfast.

#### kien-tōiⁿ;

    stable.

#### kien-sît;

    solid; substantial.

#### kien-ngĕ;

    hardened, solidified.

#### cò̤ kàu kien-kien kù-kù;

    make it so that it will be very durable.

#### i kâi cì kien căi;

    his purpose is fixed.

#### sái i kâi siang-sìn kien-kù;

    strengthen his confidence.

#### nâng tîeh ŏi kien-jím;

    one must have endurance.

#### kien cip ka-kī kâi ì;

    holds obstinately to his own idea.

#### sim kien cîeh īa chwn;

    unflinching determination will wear away even a stone.

#### i kâi sim kien căi;

    his resolution is unwavering.
* 慳kien3836111
* Sparing; saving; niggardly.

#### kien-lĭen;

    unwilling to spend.

#### cò̤ sṳ̄ màiⁿ khah kien-lĭen;

    do not be too economical of force in doing things.

#### i kien câi, m̄ khéng chut cîⁿ;

    he is very close-fisted.
* 捐kien499647
* To contribute at a call from government; to buy a title or office; a benevolence levied for a state exigency.

#### kien-tôi ŭ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?

    How much money was subscribed?

#### kîen ngṳ̂n cêk choiⁿ níe;

    contributed a thousand taels in silver.

#### cía sĭ kien kâi khang hâm, bô̤ kien sît sĭu;

    this is the purchase of an empty title, not of any real office.

#### i sĭ kien sĭm-mih ceh-hâm?

    What title did he purchase?

#### íⁿ-keng kien kuaⁿ khṳ̀ cò̤;

    has already bought an office and gone to fill it.

#### kien kêk;

    the office where contributions are taken.

#### lâm-lêng īa hó̤ kien, hue-lêng īa hó̤ kien;

    a raven's plume may be purchased, and may a peacock's feather.

#### têng tī-kâi sî-hāu ŭ khui kien?

    At what time was the subscription opened?
* 見kìen3851470
* To see; to observe; to perceive by the senses; a mental view; an opinion.

#### kìen-sek;

    knowledge gained by experience.

#### i kâi kìen-sek chim căi;

    he has had much experience in it.

#### i bŭn ĭ kìen kâi sṳ̄;

    something rarely seen or heard.

#### lṳ́ ío kau kìen;

    you are more experienced.

#### kìen chìe;

    it is laughable; you will smile at it; (a polite phrase).

#### cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ lṳ́ tho̤iⁿ ōi kìen chìe mē?

    Do you not think this absurd?

#### i íⁿ-keng kìen-gî;

    he is already suspicious.

#### nŏ̤ nâng kâi ì-kìen m̄ sie tâng;

    the two hold different views.

#### lṳ́ hô̤-íⁿ kìen tit sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ?

    How could you know it would be so?

#### kak nâng kak nêng kâi sek-kìen;

    each person has his own experience.

#### cí khí nâng bô̤ bŭn bô̤ kìen;

    these people have learned nothing by experience.

#### cîah kàu hìeⁿ lău hŵn-lío bô̤ kìen bô̤ sek, thèng cò̤;

    so old and yet so inexperienced, doing things at random.

#### ka-kī m̄ hío, m̄ tîeh khṳ̀ mn̄g ŭ kìen-sek hùe?

    If you do not yourself know what ought to be done, why do you not go and ask those who have experience?

#### put kìen khî hó̤, īa put kìen khî m̄-hó̤;

    have not discovered him to be either particularly good or particularly bad.

#### m̄-sĭ ŭ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ cū m̄ kìen i kâi ŏi chù;

    but for this we should not have known his abilities.

#### i kìen lí m̄ mêng;

    he does not clearly perceive the principle of it.
* 絹kìen4511207
* A thin, sleazy, cheap silk, used for fans, toys, lanterns and pictures.

#### kìen sìⁿ;

    a fan made of lutestring.

#### cí kò̤ tìeⁿ-bâi sĭ kìen kâi a sĭ tîu kâi?

    Is this valance for the top of the bedstead made of lutestring or of plain thin silk?
* 腱kìen3901309

#### kìen-cí-nêk;

    a muscle; a tendon; lean meat.
* 鍵kĭen3861679
* The hub.

#### tōa-kẃn-kĭen;

    the gist; the main point.

#### cí kâi sṳ̄ sĭ tōa-kẃn-kĭen kâi sṳ̄;

    this is the leading feature of the affair.

#### cí pang cṳ kâi tōa-kẃn-kĭen tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?

    In what part of this set of books are their important doctrines to be found?
* 捐kĭen449647
* To buy a title or office.

#### i sĭ kĭen sĭm-mih kuaⁿ?

    What office has he secured by a contribution to the government?

#### sĭ kĭen có̤ câk, a sĭ kĭen cìaⁿ tn̂g?

    Has he purchased an office that is given by a magistrate, or one that is conferred by the imperial government?
* 健kĭen38699
* Strong, vigorous, robust; in defatigable.

#### càng-kĭen;

    sturdy.

#### kṳn kut càng-kĭen;

    sinewy.

#### i sui-sĭ poih-câp hùe hŵn-lío càng-càng kĭen-kĭen;

    although he is eighty years old he is still very brawny.

#### úa thóiⁿ nín a-má kâi khì-thói hŵn-lío càng-kĭen;

    I see that your grandmother is still hale and strong.

#### i lău nâng khang-kĭen căi;

    the old man is very ​vigorous.

#### kĭen-cìang;

    able-bodied leaders.

#### cí kâi jī kâi pît lâk kĭen căi;

    this letter is written with bold strokes.

#### īa tîeh ŭ kĭen-hâu kâi hû-pit lâi sía cìaⁿ hó̤;

    one should have a good stiff pen to write it with then it would be well done.
* 建kĭen386546
* To erect; to set up; to constitute; to confirm.

#### kĭen kong;

    to deserve well of one's country.

#### kài-kĭen pâng-ok;

    to erect houses.

#### cí kâi tī-hng hó̤ kĭen cò̤ sîaⁿ;

    this would be a good place to build a city.

#### cí kâi sîaⁿ kĭen kàu taⁿ, kĭen ŭ jîeh kú?

    How long since this city was built?

#### kîen sîaⁿ, kîen kàu cí kò̤ lâi, ŭ choiⁿ gūa nî lío;

    from the time when this city was founded until now is over a thousand years.

#### kĭen kâi thah;

    erect a pagoda.

#### kĭen to, kĭen tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?

    Where is the capital to be established?

#### cí kâi am tiang-sî chàng-kĭen kâi?

    When was this monastery founded?

#### cí kúi nî kĭen-tì ŭ cèk cho̤h mûeh-kĭaⁿ;

    these last few years he has added to his possessions consider ably.

#### kĭen-tì ŭ jîah cōi hôk-sek;

    has bought and laid away ever so many garments.

#### tîeh lêng-ūaⁿ kĭen-tì kâi sin kâi;

    must set up a new one.

#### tōa gûeh kĭen; sí gûeh kĭen;

    a long or short month, as fixed by the imperial calendar.