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evident and unfounded.
- hêng-ciah khó̤-gî;
- the evidences are doubtful.
- pìⁿ chut cin hêng;
- showed his true character.
- ūe i kâi hêng-tô;
- drew a map of it.
- suaⁿ hêng seⁿ lâi chin-chĭeⁿ pit kè;
- the contour of the mountain is like that of a pen rack.
- sĭen ak cṳ pò̤ jû íaⁿ sûi hêng;
- the rewards of righteousness and the deserts of wickedness follow them as the shadow follows the substance.
- i kâi mīn ŭ chìe hêng;
- he has a smiling face.
- būe sêng hêng;
- not yet shapen.
- ŭ kâi nâng hêng;
- has a human shape.
- i kâi mīn seⁿ lâi ak hêng;
- his face has a wicked look.
- ía hêng ía sìeⁿ;
- a wild aspect.
- 行hêng2071440
- The elements.
- ngŏ hêng sĭ húe bâk kim thó;
- the five elements are water, fire, wood, metal, and earth.
- thóiⁿ ngŏ hêng;
- tell fortunes.
- ngŏ hêng siang seⁿ siang khak kâi tŏ̤-lí sĭ chim-àu;
- the doctrine of mutual reproduction and extinction among the elements is very abstruse.
- 行hĕng208515
- Conduct; behavior; actions.
- tek hĕng;
- virtuous conduct.
- ŭ tek ŭ hĕng kâi nâng;
- a man of character.
- cí kâi nâng kâi pín-hĕng cìaⁿ phài;
- this man's character is irreproachable.
- tău hĕng chim;
- skilled in Buddhist tricks.
- cí kâi nâng nío-chṳ́ hĕng;
- this person is of a thievish disposition.
- cí kâi nâng kâi hĕng sĭ hó̤ a m̄ hó̤?
- Does this person conduct himself properly or not?
- sĭeⁿ tó̤ hĕng;
- to contemplate suicide.
- 幸hĕng208515
- Fortunate; lucky; happily.
- hĕng tit;
- happily succeeded in.
- hĕng tit i lâi;
- luckily he came.
- ke mn̂g put hĕng;
- domestic affliction.
- i put hĕng tó̤ mīaⁿ;
- he is unhappily not to be long lived.
- thiⁿ put hĕng tang hŵn sĭ ŭ hĕng;
- cheer in the midst of misfortune.
- hĕng bŏi tì mīaⁿ;
- luckily does not involve life.
- sǹg sĭ bw̄n hĕng;
- deemed it very fortunate.
- 杏hĕng209753
- Prunes, almonds, and plums.
- hĕng-jîn;
- almonds.
- hĕng-jîn tê;
- an emulgent tea made from almonds.
- ngṳ̂n hĕng;
- the nuts of the gingko.
- tîam-hĕng, khó-hĕng;
- sweet almonds and bitter almonds.
- 飫hĕng11281844
- Surfeited; glutted; filled.
- cîah kàu hēng;
- have eaten it till I loathe it.
- tǹg-tǹg cîah cí kâi, cîah lío hĕng căi;
- have eaten this every meal, until I am sick of it.
- cîah kàu būe cîah thóiⁿ tîeh cū soiⁿ hĕng;
- have taken it so often that as soon as I see it my stomach turns against it.
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- 憎hĕng9516112
- Dislike, hate, aversion.
- úa hĕng i;
- I dislike him.
- chūa nâng hĕng;
- leads to dislike.
- hĕng kàu i khàng kut;
- dislike him thoroughly.
- ún bô̤ hĕng i;
- we do not dislike him.
- hĕng bŏi tit hiah;
- an unconquerable aversion.
- nâng sieh i to m̄ pá le, cò̤ ŭ hĕng i?
- When we have been so kind that we could not do enough for him, how can it be that we dislike him.
- cē thóiⁿ cĭu hĕng;
- hated him as soon as I saw him.
hi
- 禧hi17811312
- Joy arising from divine blessings.
- khiong-hō̤ sin hi;
- I respectfully congratulate you on this new joy.
- sin hi toaⁿ phìen;
- a card bearing congratulations.
- 希hi176504
- Rare; infrequent; to wait in expectation.
- hi-mō̤ⁿ;
- hope.
- tó̤ hi-mō̤ⁿ;
- is waiting in expectation.
- hi-khî;
- rare; curious.
- hi-cíe;
- few.
- hi-háng;
- seldom.
- hi-háng căi;
- very infrequent.
- 犧牲hi-seng177
- Victims offered in sacrifice.
- cì-sṳ̂ só̤ ēng kâi hi-seng sĭ tīaⁿ-tîeh kâi;
- there is a fixed rule concerning the animals that are offered in sacrifice.
- 稀hi1771157
- Sparse; sleazy; not close and thick.
- hi-lang;
- sleazy.
- hi-hi lang-lang;
- full of interstices.
- thóiⁿ tîeh hi-lang, m̄ câk;
- I consider it very sleazy, and thin.
- hi-so̤;
- sparse.
- hi-hi nē;
- scattered far apart.
- pìn bâk cē, màiⁿ pìn khah hi;
- plait them thicker, do not weave it too loose and open.
- cí kâi sak-pìn khah hi;
- this fine comb has the teeth too far apart.
- i kâi thâu-mô̤ⁿ hi-hi;
- his hair is very thin.
- cheⁿ hi-hi;
- the stars are scattered here and there.
- mûeⁿ màiⁿ pû khah kṳ̂t, pû hi cē;
- do not make the congee too thick, make it rather thin.
- pû cho̤h hi-hi kâi mûeⁿ;
- make some very thin gruel.
- 嘻hi1783012
- The sound of merriment.
- hi-hi chìe;
- to laugh merrily.
- chìe hi-hi;
- laugh aloud.
- kìⁿ tîeh nâng to sĭ hi-hi chìe;
- laughs whenever he sees any one.
- thiaⁿ tîeh chìe hi-hi;
- laughs out when he hears it.
- 頤hi2761817
- The name of the 27th diagram, denoting to feed.
- cêk peh hùe kìe-cò̤ khî-hi;
- one a hundred years old is called a centenarian.
- pok kâi khùe sĭ hi khùe;
- cast and threw the 27th diagram in divination.
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