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Rh  kheⁿ


 * A pit; a gulch; a quarry.
 * kheⁿ khàm;
 * a pit.
 * a pit.


 * suaⁿ kheⁿ;
 * a ravine.


 * hām kheⁿ;
 * a pitfall.


 * cí tîo kheⁿ cúi chông tī kò̤ lâi?
 * Where does the water of this creek come from?


 * sì chù kâi kheⁿ kau cúi lóng-cóng múaⁿ;
 * the creeks and ditches are everywhere full to overflowing.


 * cêk pôiⁿ sĭ kĭa suaⁿ, cêk pôiⁿ sĭ chim kheⁿ;
 * on one hand is a steep hillside, and on the other a deep gorge.


 * láu kheⁿ īⁿ;
 * an ink stone made from a water-worn pebble.


 * híam-híam pûah lô̤h kheⁿ;
 * come near falling into the trench.


 * cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n chut khó kheⁿ;
 * hardly earned money.


 * pûah lô̤h ngṳ̂n kheⁿ, tô̤h bô̤ ngṳ̂n mêⁿ;
 * tumbled into a silver mine, and did not pick up a bit of silver.


 * jû tó̤ khǹg kheⁿ cêk īeⁿ;
 * a game like “magic music.”


 * thūn kheⁿ;
 * fill up a pit.


 * kheⁿ cúi ki-ki lâu;
 * the brook gurgles on.

kheh


 * The pie, jackdaw and similar birds.
 * kheh-cío;
 * the magpie.
 * the magpie.


 * kheh-cío lâi pò̤ hí;
 * the magpie comes to bring good tidings; is a bird of good omen.


 * kheh-cío mîaⁿ-ke co̤h tàu;
 * the magpie is skillful in the construction of a nest.


 * A guest; a stranger; an alien; a customer.
 * ŭ nâng-kheh lâi;
 * a visitor has come.
 * a visitor has come.


 * àiⁿ khṳ̀ cò̤ nâng-kheh;
 * am going out to pay a visit.


 * hiah kheh tìam;
 * put up, at an inn.


 * i sĭm sĭ hó̤ kheh-chêng;
 * he is very hospitable.


 * tê-kheh;
 * a tea-buyer or a guest who is fond of tea.


 * kheh-hùe;
 * goods belonging to another person placed here on sale.


 * kheh-pâng;
 * guest-room.


 * nâng kheh thiaⁿ;
 * a reception room.


 * kheh-nâng; kheh-ke;
 * Hakkas.


 * kheh ūe;
 * the Hakka dialect.


 * kheh cûn;
 * a Hakka boat.


 * chíaⁿ nâng-kheh;
 * invite company.


 * chui kheh;
 * to hasten a guest in coming.


 * sàng kheh;
 * accompany a guest a short distance when he departs.


 * pûe kheh;
 * entertain a guest.


 * siang kheh;
 * traders.


 * kheh tī;
 * a trading post.


 * i tó̤ tng cîah kheh;
 * he is a hanger on.


 * màiⁿ seⁿ kheh thàu;
 * do not stand upon ceremony; make yourself at home.


 * pài kheh;
 * make a call.


 * to sĭ kîaⁿ kheh soiⁿ pài cŏ̤ kheh;
 * the latest comer pays the first visit.


 * cí-hûe tó̤ hŭe kheh;
 * is just now receiving a guest.


 * sin kheh;
 * a new comer.


 * lău kheh;
 * one who has been in the place for a long time.


 * lău hwn kheh;
 * one who has long been in foreign parts.


 * cih kheh;
 * to welcome a guest.


 * i tó̤ cih-tah nâng-kheh;
 * she is receiving visitors.


 * i kâi hâng míen-ēng tîeh kheh cîⁿ;
 * that firm has no need to borrow money from outsiders.

khek


 * To attack; to rush upon.
 * cèng nâng hŭe côi kong khek i;
 * they all met in a body and charged upon him.
 * they all met in a body and charged upon him.


 * îu-khek;
 * a lieutenant-colonel.


 * To carve; to chisel; to sculpture; the eighth part of a Chinese hour, or fifteen minutes; a little while; oppressive; griping.
 * tio-khek;
 * to carve.
 * to carve.


 * khek ngó-sìang;
 * carve images.


 * khek jī;
 * engrave letters.


 * khîeh khṳ̀ khek-ìn-phò kò̤ khek;
 * take it to the engraver and get it engraved.


 * khek kâi mîaⁿ phìen;
 * engrave a stamp for stamping the name on visiting cards.


 * khek lâi m̄ hīn;
 * is not so cut as to give a clear impression.


 * sĭ àiⁿ khek cò̤ châ-póiⁿ, a sĭ ēng în-póiⁿ?
 * Will you use wooden blocks for printing it, or will you use lead type?


 * cì-hûe sĭ sĭm-mih sî-khek?
 * What time is it now?


 * hăng sî hăng khek cū àiⁿ kâi;
 * want it at exactly the set time.


 * khek ĕ kâi kuang-kéng hó̤ mē?
 * Are the immediate prospects good?


 * sî-khek bô̤ hiah;
 * incessant.


 * put kùe ke cêk khek kâi kang-hu;
 * there remains only what can be done in a very little while longer.


 * cīeⁿ sî khek, ĕ sî khek;
 * the first four quarters, in a Chinese hour, or the last four.


 * khek-pô̤h;
 * harrassing.


 * i khek-pô̤h căi;
 * he is very cross.


 * Crooked; tortuous; lyrics; ditties.
 * i kâi jī sía lâi in-wn khit-khek;
 * he has written the characters all out of line.
 * he has written the characters all out of line.


 * khek lâi khek khṳ̀;
 * winding to and fro.


 * khek ho̤h cōi khek cìaⁿ kàu;
 * after many turns this way and that we arrived there.


 * wn-khek;
 * crooked.


 * i kâi sim câp wn poih khek, m̄ tît;
 * he is very disingenuous, and not at all straight-forward.


 * i khek-khek tó̤ ût;
 * he sleeps all doubled up.


 * khek chíu khek kha;
 * a deformed arm or foot.


 * mô̤ⁿ khek-khek;
 * curly hair.


 * i tó̤ chìe khek;
 * he is singing ballads.


 * i kâi khek páng hó̤;
 * he sings his songs in a pleasant tune.


 * hó̤ thiaⁿ kùe lâng-thâng khek;
 * pleasanter to hear than songs in a provincial dialect.

kheng


 * To assay; to smelt; to test.
 * cí kâi sĭ kheng ngṳ̂n kâi lô;
 * this is a furnace for smelting silver.
 * this is a furnace for smelting silver.


 * i tó̤ khui kheng-si-phò;
 * he keeps an assayer's office.


 * sĭ chŵn tó̤ kheng ûang pó̤ kâi;
 * it is one where nothing but silver shoes are smelted.


 * kheng-tîeh câp-cok;
 * ascertained by assaying it that it was wholly pure.


 * kheng chut lâi saⁿ sîaⁿ