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 * The wife of a mother's or wife's brother.
 * bó̤ kĭm;
 * mother's brother's wife.


 * chi kĭm;
 * wife's brother's wife.


 * lău kĭm;
 * great uncle's wife.

kin


 * Now; the present.
 * kin nî;
 * this year.
 * this year.


 * kin sì;
 * the present age.


 * To press tightly; urgent; prompt; strait; instant.
 * ŏi khah kín a bŏi?
 * Are they too small for you?
 * Are they too small for you?


 * kín-ìo kâi sṳ̄;
 * urgent business.


 * kúaⁿ kín cē cò̤;
 * hurry its performance.


 * bô̤ sĭm-mih kín-ìo;
 * not very pressing.


 * cí hûe ŭ kín-kip sṳ̄;
 * have now urgent affairs on hand.


 * pâk kàu kín-kín;
 * tie it very tightly.


 * kín-kín cū àiⁿ kâi;
 * have immediate need of it.


 * i cí-hûe kâi seng-lí kín căi;
 * his business now imperiously demands his attention.


 * hâp kín-kín, peh m̄ khui;
 * folded together so tightly that I cannot get it open.


 * kha thām tîeh lâm-thô, khṳt i kuh kín tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * his feet sunk in the mud, and it closed tightly over them.


 * cí sang bûeh khah kín;
 * these stockings are too small for me.


 * cí sang ôi bŏi khùaⁿ;
 * this pair of shoes is neither too loose nor too tight for me, but they fit exactly.


 * tùe kín tŏ̤ kò̤, tuí m̄ chut;
 * it adheres tightly, so that I cannot pull it off.


 * chin-chĭeⁿ ka ún kín tŏ̤ kò̤, bŏi ka-lâuh;
 * it is as if stuck fast with glue, and will not drop off.


 * i kâi sún cē tàu m̄ kín cū lok-lok khùaⁿ;
 * if the tenon is not mortised in tightly it will rattle around.


 * hàm i tîeh chĭeⁿ kín cē lí;
 * tell him he must make haste in arranging the matter.


 * tau âng, pák kín;
 * draw the cord tight and tie it firmly.


 * mih sṳ̄ m̄ hó̤ tau khah âng, pâk khah kín;
 * one must not carry things with too high a hand.


 * kín-kip kâi bûn-cṳ;
 * an urgent dispatch.


 * cía cū mín-en̄g kînkín [sic];
 * need not be in a hurry about this.


 * àiⁿ kín kâi;
 * what will not brook delay.


 * khṳ̀ chui kín cē;
 * go and hurry it up.


 * lîah kín-kín;
 * seize firmly.


 * m̄ tá-kín;
 * of no great consequence.


 * lîah m̄ tá-kín;
 * to despise.


 * cē līu kín i cū sí;
 * if you squeeze it hard it will die.


 * cip kín-kín;
 * pick it up carefully with chopsticks.


 * i kâi sèⁿ kín căi;
 * he is of an impatient disposition.


 * phŏ̤ kín;
 * clasp tightly in the arms.


 * pâk m̄ kín, khṳt i cáu khùkhṳ̀ [sic];
 * escaped because he was not firmly fastened up.


 * khṳt i thi kín tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * stuck tight with bird-lime.


 * chēng kâi kín sin saⁿ;
 * wear a close-fitting jacket.


 * mn̂g kueⁿ kín-kín;
 * the door was closely shut.


 * khṳt i lâu kín tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * it was firmly withheld by him.


 * teh kiń-kín;
 * held down tightly, by a weight above.


 * hip kiń-kín;
 * closely covered in.


 * ciu-jît ún kín tŏ̤ kâi phò côiⁿ;
 * sticks to his shop all day long.


 * siak kò̤ ciⁿ, ciⁿ kín cē;
 * whittle out a wedge, and wedge it tighter.


 * cí kâi chíu-hŵn kùa tîeh khah kín;
 * this bracelet is too small for me to wear.


 * tah kín tŏ̤ chîeⁿ kò̤;
 * stuck tightly on the wall.


 * cò̤ sṳ̄ tîeh ŭ khuaⁿ ŭ kín;
 * in doing things one must know when to delay, and when to be prompt.


 * kín-kip;
 * in extremity.


 * A thin sleazy silk; lutestring.
 * i khîa ki kìn sìⁿ;
 * he carried a silk fan.
 * he carried a silk fan.


 * cí tùi tùi-lîn sĭ pìe kìn kâi a sĭ pìe tîu kâi?
 * Is the mounting on this pair of matched scrolls, of thin or of thick silk?


 * tîeh thai kùe kìn thai;
 * sift it through a lutestring sieve.

kio
 * Delicate; comely; graceful; stylish; petted.
 * i cṳ̆ sòi kio-íang kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;
 * from childhood she has been accustomed to indulgence.
 * from childhood she has been accustomed to indulgence.


 * sía put tit kio chi;
 * a comely wife cannot be put away.


 * tá-pàng khí lâi kio-kiah;
 * very elegantly dressed.


 * kio-lùn;
 * seductive.


 * lău lâi kio;
 * beauty in old age.


 * siu-sîp kàu kio tih-tih;
 * arranged very elegantly.


 * With, by, to, for.
 * lṳ́ cò̤-nî m̄ kio úa tàⁿ cai?
 * Why did you not tell me about it?
 * Why did you not tell me about it?


 * kio nâng m̄ sie tâng;
 * unlike other people.


 * úa kio lṳ̀ cò̤-pû lâi khṳ̀;
 * I will go along with you.


 * û ôiⁿ, àiⁿ kio lṳ́ tàⁿ ūe;
 * when at leisure, I wish to speak with you.


 * i kio lṳ́ ío siang-hó̤;
 * he is rather friendly with jou.


 * úa kio i m̄ sêk;
 * I am not intimately acquainted with him.


 * lṳ́ hó̤ khṳ̀ kio i tàⁿ;
 * you go and tell him.


 * kio i a-tĭ cò̤-pû lâi;
 * came with his younger brother.


 * kio i cò̤-pû cîah;
 * mess with him.


 * lṳ́ kio úa bói;
 * you buy some for me.


 * úa íⁿ-keng kìe i kio úa cò̤;
 * I have already ordered him to make one for me.


 * úa kio lṳ́ sṳ̆-lí kàu hó̤-hó̤;
 * I will set them all in order for you.


 * cía kio úa bô̤ kang-sîap;
 * this is nothing to me.


 * Proud; ungovernable; self-confident.
 * kio-ngău;
 * overbearing; arrogant.
 * overbearing; arrogant.


 * kio-kio keng-keng;
 * very presumptuous.


 * tîeh cai kẃn-hak i, màiⁿ khṳt i kio-chia, îm-ît;
 * you must keep him under control, and not allow him to be proud and self-indulgent.


 * i kâi tàⁿ ūe kio căi;
 * he talks in a very conceited way.


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