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- khiuu 🗣 (u: khiuu) 虯 [wt][mo] khiû
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- 1. (V) to shrink; to contract; to pull back; to twist; to coil; to curl
|| 收縮、蜷曲。
- 1: Thaau'mngg hvaq'tiøh hoea tø khiuu`khix. (頭毛熁著火就虯去。) (頭髮一碰到火就收縮蜷曲。)
- 2. (Adj) shrunken; contracted; twisted; coiled; curled
|| 收縮、蜷曲的樣子。
- 1: khiuu'khaf (虯跤) (腳萎縮蜷曲)
- 2: khiuu'mngg (虯毛) (頭髮捲捲的)
- 3. (Adj) stingy; miserly; overly frugal
|| 比喻形容人過度節儉、吝嗇。
- 1: Y zøx'laang cyn khiuu. (伊做人真虯。) (他生性很吝嗇。)
- 2: khiuu'khiam (虯儉) (節約、儉省)
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