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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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rear at the pitch-fork you cannot shoot him.
- thiaⁿ-kìⁿ hóⁿ hm̄-hm̄-kìe;
- heard the tiger growling.
- hóⁿ phâu-hau;
- tigers roar.
- hóⁿ āuⁿ-āuⁿ-kìe;
- tigers snarl.
- keh jît thóiⁿ-kìⁿ hóⁿ kha-ciah jîeh tōa kâi;
- the other day I saw the tracks of a very large tiger.
- sí hóⁿ cò̤ ûah hóⁿ phah;
- treat a dead tiger as if he were alive.
- hóⁿ lô̤h pêⁿ-îeⁿ pĭ káu khi;
- when a tiger comes down into the arable land, he may be harried by a dog.
hoi
- 䀱hoi1561097
- The eyelids drawn together.
- mâk hoi-hoi;
- squint-eyed.
- mâk hoi-hoi, kap-pô̤ thóiⁿ-cò̤ lău cúi-koi;
- so squint eyed that he would mistake a toad for an edible frog.
- hŏi keⁿ;
- crab soup.
- hŏi kha;
- crab's claws.
- hŏi khak;
- a crab's shell.
- hŏi-íⁿ;
- a crab's belly.
- hŏi ko̤;
- the yellow juices of a crab.
- pêh hŏi nêk;
- the white meat of a crab.
- lŏ kîam hŏi;
- to pickle crabs.
- hŏi mâk cúi;
- the bubbles on boiling water.
- hŏi nih tîeh i;
- the crab pinched him.
- hŏi hûeⁿ kîaⁿ;
- crabs walk sidewise.
- poiⁿ kùe hóⁿ-hŏi;
- more spotted than the spotted crab.
- thim chiah hŏi;
- to keep large brown crabs in water.
- kong-phûa hŏng hŏi kâi;
- he is one whose parents offered crabs to the god of the bedstead; his hands and feet are always in mischief.
- khi-hŭ i bô̤ kha hŏi;
- impose upon him as one can upon a clawless crab.
hóiⁿ
- 蜆hóiⁿ2001427
- A small smooth bivalve; a mussel.
- hóiⁿ nêk;
- the flesh of a mussel.
- hó̤iⁿ khak;
- mussel shells.
- kîam hóiⁿ;
- salt mussels.
- lâm kîam hóiⁿ;
- dash water on salt mussels to freshen them.
- 掩hŏiⁿ1088648
- To close by swinging.
- mn̂g hăm a-hŏiⁿ;
- set the door ajar.
- hŏiⁿ mn̂g;
- swing the door to.
- mn̂g màiⁿ hŏiⁿ tah;
- do not close the door with a bang.
- hŏiⁿ cêk phìⁿ cū hó̤;
- to close one fold of the double door is enough.
- hŏiⁿ chûn cêk cūe phāng;
- shut it so as to leave a crack.
- 莧hōiⁿ2021407
- Edible sorts of coarse greens; spinach.
- hōiⁿ-chài;
- spinach.
- âng hōiⁿ-chài;
- pig-weed.
- bé-khi hōiⁿ;
- purslane.
- chì hōiⁿ;
- prickly spinach.
- thǹg cho̤h hōiⁿ-chài lâi cîah;
- boil some spinach to eat.
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hoih
- 狹hoih186947
- Narrow; contracted; petty.
- i kâi tó hoih-hoih;
- he is very narrow minded.
- tang tó tîeh cò̤ tōa cē màiⁿ cò̤ khah hoih;
- make the middle of it rather capacious, do not make it too contracted.
- 伺hôih83795
- To espy; to reconnoiter.
- khṳt i hôih tîeh;
- espied by him.
- i nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ tă-hôih;
- the two are acting as spies.
- i kúi nâng lâi tó̤ hôih, lṳ́ tîeh cai-hûang i;
- they have come to reconnoitre and you must beware of them.
- màiⁿ khṳt i hôih-kìⁿ;
- do not let her get a peep at it when she is speering around.
hok
- 福hok1501139
- Happiness; good fortune; felicity which attends divine protection.
- hok im;
- glad tidings.
- hok im tn̂g;
- a church or chapel.
- ŭ hok-khì;
- to be blessed.
- hok tōa căi;
- very great felicity.
- cí kâi ŭ hok, hṳ́ kâi bô̤ hok;
- this one is happy and that one is not.
- kṳ̆n-lâi mng nap hok?
- Have you been quite well lately?
- hok tī;
- a favored spot.
- hok cìang;
- a lucky commander.
- híang hok;
- to enjoy happiness.
- hok hun tōa;
- highly favored.
- hwt châi hwt hok;
- grow rich and prosperous.
- cêk lō hok cheⁿ;
- may a happy star light your way.
- ngŏ hok;
- the five blessings, long life, riches, soundness of body and mind, love of virtue, and a peaceful end.
- ŭ lĭaug cū ŭ hok;
- to have right principles is to have good fortune.
- pô̤h hok kâi nâng;
- one who has little prosperity.
- hok cêk căi;
- greatly blessed.
- i tó̤ hok nŏ̤;
- he is highly prospered.
- hok lôk sīu chŵn;
- fortune, honors, and longevity, all bestowed.
- 覆hok15114612
- To subvert; ruined.
- hẃn hok; hẃn-hẃn hok-hok;
- ruined.
- thien hwn tī hok;
- the overthrow of heaven and earth.
- ūe ngó hok;
- to paint or draw five bats in various positions.
- têng-hok;
- repeated; duplicated.
- tàⁿ ūe têng-hok;
- to reiterate.
- 復hôk151609
- Again; to do a second time; to repeat.
- hẃn hôk; hẃn-hẃn hôk-hôk;
- repeatedly.
- hôk sìn;
- the reply to a letter.
- hôk mĕng;
- to report upon, as a commission.
- lṳ́ àiⁿ cò̤-nî hûe-hôk i?
- What reply are you going to make to him?
- hôk tong-heng;
- to revive and
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