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khio

 * Destitute, poor, impoverished.
 * i câp-hun khio căi;
 * he is very destitute.
 * he is very destitute.


 * khio ke;
 * poor people.


 * tŏ̤ nín kùi kok khio hùe cōi, a pù hùe cōi?
 * In your honorable country, which are more numerous, the poor or the rich?


 * i cí-hûe khio kùe chit so̤h;
 * he is now poorer than the jack of spades.


 * chit khio tak tîeh i poih khio;
 * the very poor man stumbles upon one still poorer.


 * khio-khîong kâi nâng;
 * one in extreme poverty.


 * cí phàⁿ khio, m̄ phàⁿ tio;
 * fear poverty only, not difficulty.


 * To tap; to rap.
 * khio ceng, lûi kó;
 * to rap on bells and beat drums.
 * to rap on bells and beat drums.


 * i thâi sí nâng lío ka-kī khṳ̀ khio kó;
 * after he had committed the murder, he himself went and sounded the drum.


 * lṳ́ hó̤ khṳ̀ chui khio i;
 * you go and hurry him up by rapping.


 * The feet raised, as when sitting.
 * kha khio-khio;
 * the legs bent up.
 * the legs bent up.


 * khio kha sai;
 * a lame dog.


 * The position of a steelyard beam when the end of the short arm is somewhat lower than the end of the long arm.
 * chìn téng khio cē;
 * give good weight.
 * give good weight.


 * téng khṳ̀ put kùe khio bî cē, cûah li bŏi;
 * the weight differs only in that it inclines the beam a little more or less, the steelyard weight being at the same notch, it is not short weight.


 * cí kâi ngṳ̂n téng tîeh chit it pùaⁿ li ío khio, chit jī li ío bî;
 * this dollar when weighed inclines the beam downward a little at seven mace one and a half candareens and inclines the beam up-ward a little at seven mace two candareens; it is a little over seven mace one and a half candareens, and a little under seven mace two candareens.


 * Clever; handy; ingenious; skillfully made; portable.
 * cò̤ chut lâi khío căi;
 * very ingeniously constructed.
 * very ingeniously constructed.


 * màiⁿ tó̤ khío cò̤;
 * do not make it too complex.


 * i sui sĭ sòi, sĭm sĭ kúai-khío;
 * although he is small he is very shrewd.


 * cí ki hŏ-sùaⁿ khin-khío khin-khío;
 * this umbrella is light and well made.


 * sòi-sòi khío-khío nē;
 * delicate work showing great mechanical skill.


 * taⁿ kâi hok-sek khío căi, pí soiⁿ m̄ tâng;
 * garments are now made with great mechanical skill, unlike what they were in former times.


 * Pretty; handsome.
 * i seⁿ lâi khío căi;
 * she is very pretty.
 * she is very pretty.


 * tá-pàng khí lâi sît-căi khío;
 * really very prettily dressed.


 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ cí-kâi khío a hṳ́-kâi khío?
 * Do you think this or that the prettier?


 * cí-kâi cū khío nō̤!
 * This is pretty!


 * seⁿ lâi khío-khío;
 * very pretty.


 * An orifice; an aperture; a pore; a hollow; a cavity; the heart as the physical organ of thought.
 * káu khìo;
 * the nine passages of the body.
 * the nine passages of the body.


 * chit khìo;
 * the seven orifices of the head.


 * i ío sòi, bŏi khui khìo;
 * he is rather young, and his perceptions are not yet awakened.


 * cí kâi sui-sĭ sòi, i kâi sim-khìo hó̤ căi;
 * though this one is small his power of comprehension is excellent.


 * cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi thong khìo kâi îeh;
 * this sort of medicine is sudorific and sternutatory.


 * mâk cē thóiⁿ i cū tóng khìo;
 * as soon as he sees it he takes in the meaning.


 * hó̤ khìo thâu;
 * having quick perceptions.


 * khì kàu chit khìo chut in;
 * so angry that the fumes issued from all the orifices in his head.


 * i kṳ́n sĭ cêk khìo m̄ thong;
 * it has one aperture not stopped up; he is not altogether stupid.


 * cí cṳ-ce lăi tī kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ ío ŭ khìo?
 * In this school which of the children is the quickest to understand?


 * cí kâi huaⁿ-hí cìeⁿ tōa kâi, cn̂g kâi bô̤ khìo bô̤ mío;
 * this one who is happily so large, is wholly destitute of wit.


 * To act contrary to; to oppose.
 * sie khìo;
 * discordant.
 * discordant.


 * i cwn tó̤ kio i sie khìo;
 * he is intentionally acting in opposition to him.


 * i nŏ̤ nâng cò̤ sṳ̄ sie-sie khìo-khìo, cò̤ căi tit sêng;
 * the two are always pulling against each other and how can the thing be brought to an accomplishment.


 * Turned up at the end; raised or curled above the level; recurved.
 * sang thâu li khìo khí lâi, tìn-tang li nap lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * the ends turn upward, and the middle is depressed, like a crescent with the curve downward.
 * the ends turn upward, and the middle is depressed, like a crescent with the curve downward.


 * tó cē tăng, piⁿ cū khìo;
 * as soon as his belly is full his queue flops (and he is ready for anything).


 * cêk ki piⁿ khìo cĭeⁿ thiⁿ;
 * his queue stands straight upward.


 * i kâi phīⁿ ía īeⁿ căi, tò̤-khìo khí lâi;
 * his nose is very savage looking, and turns up.


 * cē tâh cū khìo khí lâi;
 * as soon as I stepped on it the other end tilted upward.


 * kheh-cûn kâi cûn-thâu nĕ khìo-khìo khí lâi;
 * the prow of a Hakka boat is much recurved.


 * i cêk ki búe nĕ khìo-khìo;
 * its tail turns up at the end.