# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kho̤
### kho̤kho̤

* 苛kho̤2151405
* To annoy by interfering; to molest needlessly; to vex by criticism.

#### i mih sṳ̄ kho̤-khek căi;

    he is very exacting about everything.

#### i kẃn-thăi nâng to sĭ kho̤-kho̤ khek-khek;

    he treats people with needless severity.

#### hŭam sṳ̄ to m̄ hó̤ kho̤ khîu;

    whatever be the subject, it is not well to tire people by repeated petitions.

#### kho-cèng méⁿ i hóⁿ;

    an inquisitive government is more savage than a tiger.
* 柯kho̤423755
* A large branch; a helve; a handle.

#### chéⁿ khí lâi io sĭ lâm-kho̤ cêk māng;

    I awoke and behold it was a dream.

#### hŵn lâu cun kè lâi cip kho̤;

    will still trouble Your Excellency to act as middle-man.
* 鍋kho̤4891679
* A skillet; a saucepan.

#### kun côiⁿ kâi tâng kho̤, jît kùa hó̤ cṳ́ pn̄g, mêⁿ-kùa hó̤ khà keⁿ, cêk mûeh cò̤ nŏ̤ mûeh ēng;

    the soldier's brass kettle may be used in the day time for cooking rice, and in the night for sounding the watch, one article answering two purposes.
* 戈kho̤489620
* A javelin.

#### kang kho̤;

    shields and spears.

#### kang-kho̤ sì khí;

    civil war ensued.

#### tŏng khang-kho̤;

    begin war.
* 訶kho̤2151495

#### kho̤-cí;

    an astringent nut, used for the toothache, and other ailments.

#### tîeh ēng kho̤-cí, sìa cìaⁿ ŏi tit cŭ;

    must take this nut, and then the purging will cease.
* 呵kho̤215305
* The sound of laughter.

#### chìe kàu kho̤-kho̤-kìe, chìe ho̤-ho̤;

    to laugh boisterously.
* 可khó̤425302
* May; able; proper; competent.

#### khó̤ ù;

    detestable.

#### khó̤ hṳ̆n;

    abominable.

#### khó̤ náu;

    hateful.

#### khó̤ ùi;

    dreadful.

#### khó̤ kèng;

    venerable.

#### khó̤ chìe;

    laughable.

#### khó̤ sieh;

    pitiable.

#### khó̤-lîen;

    to compassionate.

#### khó̤-íⁿ;

    allowable.

#### khó̤-íⁿ cò̤ tit;

    it will do; it may be done.

#### sît-căi khó̤-lîen;

    it is indeed pitiable.

#### sĭm sĭ khó̤-ù;

    it is very disgusting.

#### cí kâi nâng cin-cin khó̤ ù;

    this man is truly despicable.

#### hui tâng sío khó̤;

    it is by no means a little thing.

#### m̄ sĭ síe khó̤ kâi sṳ̄;

    it is no trifling matter.

#### úa li bô̤ khó̤ bô̤ put khó̤;

    it does not matter to me which way it is.

#### úa thóiⁿ li khó̤-íⁿ put pit;

    I do not consider it to be absolutely necessary.

#### khó̤ hóⁿ li hûe sìn;

    whether so or not send a written reply.

#### put khó̤;

    unsuitable.

#### ŭ put khó̤, bô̤ put khó̤;

    whether you do or not is not of much consequence.
* 涸khó̤220858
* To dry up; to run out; to ebb.

#### cúi khó̤ a būe?

    Is the tide falling yet?

#### cúi khí-thâu khó̤;

    the tide has begun to ebb.

#### khó̤ kàu tah-tah;

    ebb so as to leave the ground bare.

#### lâu tōa a lâu khó̤?

    Is the tide rising or falling?

#### khó̤ kàu ta lío;

    it is all run out.

#### khó̤ būe lī;

    not yet run dry.

#### khó̤ ku-ā chieh lío;

    it has abated by several feet in height.

#### tĭⁿ lâu a sĭ khó̤ lâu?

    Is it flood tide or ebb tide?

#### sîn kàm cíu, cíu tŏ̤ cíu-ceng tói ŏi tĭⁿ ŏi khó̤;

    when the gods partake of the wine, the wine rises and falls in the cup.
* 坷khó̤425325
* Unfortunate; not getting on.

#### khám-khó̤;

    a valetudinarian; one always in trouble; a ne'er-do-well.

#### i cí kúi nî khám-khám khó̤-khó̤, bô̤ cêk nî sŭn;

    he has for several years been very unfortunate, without a single year of prosperity.
* 顆khó̤4251818
* A classifier of small round objects.

#### i tit tîeh cêk khó̤ mêⁿ mêng cu;

    he gained a a gem that sparkles in the dark. ​
* 錁khò̤4891678
* Bullion; paper representing bullion.

#### bói cho̤h ngṳ̂n-cúa lâi cih khò̤;

    buy some gilt paper and fold it so as to represent bullion.

#### khò̤-thâu-si;

    a small ingot with a coil on its top.