# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kue
### kue

* 瓜kue466970
* A generic term for cucurbitaceous plants, such as the cucumber, melon and squash.

#### tìo kue;

    cucumbers.

#### si kue;

    water-melons.

#### tang kue;

    squashes.

#### bâk kue;

    the papaya.

#### hún kue;

    a small yellow squash.

#### khó kue;

    the bitter gourd.

#### seⁿ lâi tang-kue-mīn tang-kue-mīn nē;

    has a long oval face.

#### kim kue;

    a gilded wooden bludgeon, with a head like a melon.

#### kùa sang bâk-kue-līam kâi hĭⁿ-kau;

    wore a pair of ear-rings, with conical drops and long hooks.

#### khòi-kue cí;

    sweet melon seeds.

#### tang-kue jîn;

    squash seeds.

#### tang-kue cheh;

    preserved squash.

#### lṳ́ kio i ŭ sĭm-mih kue-kuah?

    What is your relationship to him?

#### hê kue;

    a small hairy cucumber.

#### tek-kue hó̤ cò̤ cìeⁿ-kue;

    young cucumbers are made into pickles.
* 粿kúe4901198
* Steamed cakes, made from rice flour.

#### cí kâi coih nín ceng ŭ jîeh cōi kúe?

    How many cakes did you make for this festival?

#### ún cò̤ nŏ̤ saⁿ táu bí kúe;

    we made two or three pecks of rice into cakes.

#### hîaⁿ kúe;

    heat up the cakes.

#### ìn kúe;

    mould the cakes.

#### chue tîam kúe;

    to steam sweet cakes.

#### nâk kúe tîeh nâk câu-câu;

    in mixing the cakes with the hands, you must mix them thoroughly.

#### ĭoⁿ khí lêng-sn̂g cū sĭ kúe;

    lift up the steamer and there is the cake.

#### cò̤ cho̤h kúe-cap lâi tíam-sim;

    make some porridge from a piece of cake, to lunch upon.

#### cêk sn̂g kúe;

    one whole steamed cake; one steamerful of the cake.

#### nâng lâi hĕ cêk kîe kúe, hó̤ khṳ̀ côih cò̤ cêk hue cêk hue lío lâi luah;

    some one has brought and presented us an oblong section of cake, cut it into slices transversely and fry them brown.

#### kúe āⁿ;

    the stuffing in a steamed cake.

#### kàⁿ kúe thô̤;

    round raised cakes.
* 餜kúe4901848
* Cakes made from wheaten flour; biscuits.

#### tê kúe;

    tea biscuits.

#### thn̂g kúe;

    sweet cakes.
* 果kúe489754
* The fruit of trees; seeds with a covering and pulp; results; effects.

#### i hn̂g lăi peh īeⁿ kúe-cí to ŭ;

    there was every sort of fruit tree in the garden.

#### kúe-cí tng sêk kâi sî-hāu;

    when the fruit is ripe.

#### ău-lâi kui-sêng cìaⁿ kúe;

    afterward the fruit comes to perfection.

#### cheⁿ kúe;

    fresh fruit.

#### cheⁿ kúe phò;

    a fruit shop.

#### cí īeⁿ chīu ŏi kit kúe-cí a bŏi?

    Does this sort of tree bear fruit?

#### kúe-cí kit m̄ sêng;

    the fruit does not come to perfection.

#### ău-lâi sĭm-mih kak-kúe;

    what will be the consequences hereafter?

#### seⁿ kúe-cí;

    bear fruit.

#### cêk hù ngŏ kúe tîh;

    a set of fruit dishes.

#### kin nî kak chù kâi kúe-cí seⁿ lâi kâu;

    fruit is plenty everywhere this year.

#### i sĭm siang-sìn in kúe kâi sṳ̄;

    she is one who believes very firmly in the doctrine that conduct in a previous life produces results in this.
* 藉kúe97314014
* To bolster up; to use as a cushion.

#### khîeh kò̤ mûeh lâi kúe;

    get something and put under it to raise it.

#### bô̤ kò̤ tĭen lâi kúe, cŏ̤ tîeh ngân-ngân;

    have no cushion to put under me, and it is very cold to sit upon.

#### pun ĕ-jît kíaⁿ-sun-hùe hó̤ kúe kha chíu;

    for his descendants to avail themselves of hereafter as a help to attain a higher position.

#### cang ńng-ńng kâi mûeh lâi kúe;

    get something very soft and put under it.
* 過kùe4901629
* To pass by; to go beyond or up to; to exceed; to overpass; to spend, as time; to transgress; to violate propriety; an error, a fault; a sign of past time, or of the perfect tense; an adverb of comparison; then, more; too, rather, excessive; to approach; to send to.

#### khn̂g-kòi i tîeh cai kói kùe;

    exhort him to reform.

#### i íⁿ-keng kùe sì lío;

    he has already departed this life.

#### tâng tiang-sî kùe sin?

    When did he die?

#### i kùe-khṳ̀ kú lío;

    he passed away long since.

#### i kùe khṳ̀ a būe?

    Has he passed by yet?

#### ŭ tùi cí-kò̤ kùe a bô̤?

    Did they pass by here?

#### mih nâng to tùi cí-kò̤ keng kùe;

    every body goes by here.

#### úa kîaⁿ tùi nín phò kha kùe;

    I walked past your shop.

#### hṳ́ kò̤ ēng kùe kîe a mín?

    Need we cross a bridge there?

#### tîeh kùe cêk têng kîe, kah nŏ̤ têng tō, lío pûaⁿ kùe suaⁿ cū tŏ̤ kò̤;

    you must cross one bridge and two ferries, then traverse the mountain and you will be there.

#### put kùe;

    nothing more than.

#### put kùe nŏ̤ saⁿ kâi tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;

    only two or three.

#### i thiaⁿ tîeh kùe m̄ khṳ̀;

    he could not endure hearing it.

#### kùe-sit;

    a peccadillo; a fault.

#### cêk kĭaⁿ tōa kùe-sit;

    a great blunder. ​

#### cêk tu tōa kùe suaⁿ;

    a heap bigger than a mountain.

#### kâi khang chim kùe hái;

    a hole deeper than the sea.

#### seⁿ lâi ngía kùe kúi;

    is handsomer than an imp.

#### i kâi ŏi kùe kúi;

    his abilities are surpassing.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ khah kùe cíe, hìeⁿ-seⁿ khah kùe cōi;

    this is too little, and that is over much.

#### i ŏi cai kùe-khṳ̀, būe-lâi kâi sṳ̄;

    he can discover what has passed and what has not yet happened.

#### kùe hūn;

    officious; to exceed one's functions.

#### lṳ́ m̄ hó̤ kùe hūn;

    do not meddle in what does not pertain to your office.

#### ûeh kùe hûn;

    set a mark beyond the crease.

#### īa bô̤ khṳt nâng ûeh kùe, īa bô̤ ûeh kùe nâng kâi;

    neither give nor take more than is due.

#### hṳ́-kò̤ úa pat khṳ̀ kùe lâi;

    I have been there.

#### úa pat thóiⁿ kùe ku-ā chṳ̀;

    I have seen it several times.

#### cía cṳ úa thâk kùe kâi;

    this book is one that I have read.

#### thiaⁿ kùe m̄ jû thóiⁿ kùe, thóiⁿ kùe m̄ jû cò̤ kùe;

    to have heard about a thing is not so good as to have seen it, and to have seen it is not so good as to have made it.

#### i li thài kùe, i li khah put kîp;

    the one is excessive, and the other is impracticable.

#### cí kâi kîeⁿ kùe hṳ́ kâi;

    this is superior to that.

#### úa cêng tâu kùe i tōa nâng;

    I have informed his superior.

#### cí kâi tōa kùe hṳ́ kâi;

    this is larger than that.

#### kûiⁿ kùe i;

    taller than he.

#### i sieh lṳ́ cōi kùe lṳ́ sieh i;

    he loves you more than you love him.

#### to̤ kùe cúi bô̤ hûn;

    a knife drawn across water leaves no mark.

#### i sĭ cáu kùe sì úang kâi nâng;

    he is one who has been everywhere.

#### àiⁿ lâu i nā cí kò̤ kùe mêⁿ, i m̆;

    wanted him to stay here all night but he would not.

#### kùe ke nŏ̤ jît cū sĭ kùe nî;

    after two days more, we pass from one year to the next.

#### mn̄g i àiⁿ tńg khṳ̀ chù kùe coih mē;

    ask him if he is going home to spend the holidays.

#### ŭ kùe;

    is at fault.

#### bô̤ kùe;

    has not erred.

#### cía sĭ i kâi cŭe-kùe;

    this is his fault.

#### bô̤ cŭe bô̤ kùe;

    blameless.

#### úa sĭ chì kùe kâi;

    I have tried it.

#### lâng kùe i cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    it is difficult to get over his acting thus.

#### cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ kùe ì căi;

    this far surpasses my expectations.

#### íⁿ-keng kùe khî lío;

    passing strange.

#### sìaⁿ kùe ku;

    infallible as fate.
* 熄kùe8048610
* To extinguish; to quench.

#### ìm kùe húe;

    put out the fire by raking the ashes over it.

#### pûn kùe teng;

    blow out the lamp.

#### cek pun huang chue kùe khṳ̀;

    the candle has been blown out by the wind.

#### cí ki cúa-âng-teng, tōa ki, còng pun huang chue kùe, hŵn-lío hut ŏi tô̤h;

    this paper torch is a large one, and although it should be blown out by the wind, it may still be set blazing by blowing it.

#### lṳ́ m̄ hó̤ tiaⁿ kùe teng;

    do not put out the lamp by touching it.

#### húe-pé hó̤ phah kùe;

    put out the torch by knocking it.

#### kìu húe kìu kàu taⁿ cìaⁿ kùe;

    they have been striving to extinguish the fire, and have only just now succeeded.

#### kìu khṳ̀ kùe a būe?

    Have they yet got the fire extinguished?

#### cang cúi lâm kùe;

    dash on water to quench the fire.
* 髻kùe3381907
* A false coiffure, made of cloth and metal, worn by women of middle age.

#### phah cêk kâi kim kùe;

    make a gilded coiffure.

#### i tì cêk kâi ngṳ̂n kùe līu kàu tak-tak-chiah;

    she wears a silver coiffure, washed with gold till it gleams.

#### i kâi kùe pak lío, khǹg lô̤h kùe âp;

    having taken off her coiffure she put it in its box.

#### thâu-mô̤ⁿ siu hó̤ tì kâi kùe lô̤h khṳ̀;

    having combed her hair, she put on her head-dress.
* 遍kùe6891629
* To make a circuit; to go around; the whole.

#### úa íⁿ-keng thâk cêk kùe;

    I have already read it through once.

#### kîaⁿ kùe saⁿ sì kùe;

    have been over the whole ground three or four times.

#### thâk bô̤ kúi kùe cū pat;

    by reading it through only a few times he knows it.
* 葵kûe4871409
* Large leaved plants.

#### kûe-hîeh;

    palm leaves.

#### kûe-sìⁿ;

    palm leaf fans.
* 絆kûe6521205
* To be in the way; to be an impediment; to stumble upon.

#### kha kûe tîeh cū pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;

    if one stumbles against it, he will fall down.

#### màiⁿ pàng kò̤ kûe kha, kûe chíu;

    do not leave it there to be in the way.

#### khṳt i kûe-cŭ tŏ̤-kò̤;

    has been stopped by stumbling upon it.

#### kûe lô̤h khṳ̀, tó̤ kàu lī-lī;

    stumbled and fell flat.

#### khṳt tŏ̤-lí kûe kín, bŏi tit khṳ̀;

    cannot go because the rules of etiquette stand in the way.

#### màiⁿ kûe tîeh lō;

    don't block up the way.