Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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- 雨hŏ11241730
- Rain; a shower.
- lô̤h hŏ; hŏ lô̤h;
- it rains.
- tōa hŏ;
- a heavy rain.
- hŏ tōa;
- it rains heavily.
- hō sòi;
- the rain lessens.
- hŏ mûiⁿ-kíaⁿ;
- a drizzling mist.
- hŏ êng;
- it sprinkles.
- hŏ tōa tíam lâi lío;
- it rains in large drops.
- màiⁿ khṳt hŏ phuah tîeh;
- do not get splashed by the rain.
- khṳt hŏ ak kàu lok-lok;
- drenched by the rain.
- hŏ câng kàu cêk sin;
- the rain poured all over me.
- hŏ chiu phùn tîeh;
- spattered by the rebounding drops.
- khîu hŏ;
- pray for rain.
- phû hûn hŏ;
- a sudden shower.
- tōa huang hŏ;
- a rain-storm.
- cìⁿ cîeh jû hŏ;
- a shower of stones and arrows.
- chèng cí jû hŏ lîap;
- shot fell like rain.
- hŏ-sùaⁿ; hŏ-cia;
- umbrellas.
- hŏ i;
- rain-cloaks.
- saⁿ nî bô̤ hŏ;
- there was no rain for three years.
- kú hŏ;
- a long rain.
- hŏ lâi;
- it is going to rain.
- hŏ cêⁿ lío;
- the rain has ceased; it is clearing.
- hŏ lô̤h m̄ hiah;
- it rains incessantly.
- lô̤h hŏ hiah úa cū àiⁿ khṳ̀;
- if it stops raining I shall go.
- thiⁿ-sî ŭaⁿ căi: ku-ā kâi gûeh bô̤ hŏ;
- the weather is very droughty: for many months there has been no rain.
- hŏ lô̤h hŏ tih;
- it is raining.
- lô̤h hŏ mûiⁿ so̤h;
- cold fine rain.
- īu chut jît īu lô̤h hŏ; jît kio hŏ sie phah;
- it rains and the sun shines.
- 戶hŏ225630
- A door; a household.
- oi ke mn̂g-hŏ chê;
- stop at all the doors in succession and examine, (as in taking a census).
- sĭm-mih hŏ-thâu kâi?
- Of what family and locality is he?
- phò-hŏ;
- shopmen.
- cûn-hŏ;
- dwellers in boats.
- ŭ jîeh cōi hŏ-kháu?
- What is the population?
- mn̂g-hŏ tîeh thóiⁿ-síu hó̤;
- keep careful watch at the door.
- hŏ pó;
- the Board of Population.
- hŏ pâng;
- the revenue department in a prefect's yamun.
- sĭang hŏ;
- the wealthiest families.
- ûang-hŏ;
- a queen.
- huâng-hŏ;
- the empress.
- hûang thài hŏ;
- the empress dowager.
- thài hûang thài hŏ;
- the emperor's grandmother.
- hûang thiⁿ hŏ thó;
- imperial heaven and earth.
- thien hŏ sìaⁿ bó̤;
- the goddess, “Queen of Heaven.”
hóⁿ
- 否hóⁿ141304
- Not; not so.
- sĭ hóⁿ hó̤ sía jī khṳt úa cai;
- whether affirmative or negative, write and let me know.
- sĭ hóⁿ cò̤-nî?
- What is the affirmative and what the negative side of the question?
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- 琥珀hóⁿ-phek224
- Amber, said by the Chinese to be transformed from resin.
- àiⁿ jīn hóⁿ-phek ŭ sĭm-mih huang-huap?
- What is the way of telling whether a substance is amber?
- hóⁿ-phek ŏi sîp kâi;
- amber will collect electricity.
- cìaⁿ hóⁿ-phek chìu jîet ŏi kit teng-sim cháu;
- real amber when heated by friction will attract lamp-wicks or straws.
- hueh phek;
- red amber.
- 虎hóⁿ2241412
- A tiger; fierce; awful.
- lău-hóⁿ; nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ;
- a tiger.
- hóⁿ kó;
- a male tiger.
- hóⁿ bó̤;
- a tigeress.
- kúi ciah hóⁿ;
- several tigers.
- méⁿ hóⁿ;
- a fierce tiger.
- hóⁿ cìang;
- a dauntless leader.
- hóⁿ hêng;
- a ferocious aspect.
- hóⁿ ui;
- warlike; dreadful.
- pêh hóⁿ;
- the white tiger.
- pêh hóⁿ kă lṳ́!
- May the white tiger devour you!
- cúa nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ;
- a paper tiger, a braggart.
- lêng hóⁿ tò;
- a furious fight between two.
- khîa hó̤ⁿ lâng hĭa;
- he who rides a tiger finds it hard to dismount.
- nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ thiam sît;
- add wings to a tiger; give additional power to the malevolent.
- pue hóⁿ tūi;
- a company of flying tigers; troops having the flying tiger on their flag.
- phah hóⁿ chin hiaⁿ-tĭ;
- if you are going to attack a tiger you must have own brothers to help.
- khṳ̀ nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ chùi kò̤ khṳt nêk;
- go to a tiger to beg a piece of meat.
- nâng sí lâu mîaⁿ, hóⁿ sí lâu phûe;
- when a man dies he leaves his name behind him, when a tiger dies he leaves his pelt.
- cū sĭ cêk ciah hóⁿ!
- He is a tiger!
- líu hóⁿ hām;
- dig a pitfall for catching tigers.
- hóⁿ tàu;
- a tiger's lair.
- m̄ jîp hóⁿ tàu kò̤, căi tit lîah tîeh hóⁿ-kíaⁿ?
- If you do not enter the tiger's den, how can you seize the cubs?
- tú-tú phah tîeh hóⁿ phīⁿ;
- hit the tiger exactly on his nose; struck the vulnerable part.
- lêng kîaⁿ hóⁿ pō;
- a majestic bearing.
- hóⁿ búe thūi cu;
- a pearl hangs at the end of the tiger's tail.
- tieⁿ hóⁿ năuⁿ; tieⁿ năuⁿ cìⁿ lâi sīa hóⁿ;
- set a trap for shooting tigers.
- ngâu hóⁿ-kut ka;
- make glue from tigers' bones.
- hóⁿ phûe jôk;
- rugs made from tigers' skins.
- hóⁿ gê;
- tigers' teeth.
- hóⁿ jío;
- tigers' claws.
- hóⁿ hĭⁿ cháu;
- the strawberry geranium.
- hóⁿ-thâu pâi;
- a tablet with a tiger's head drawn upon it.
- hô-sîn hóⁿ;
- a small spider that pounces on flies.
- nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ ngĕ-sèⁿ;
- of an awfully stern temper.
- nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ pì tṳ;
- a tiger carrying a pig on its back.
- chut jîp méⁿ hóⁿ siang sûi;
- tigers submissively follow him about.
- hâng lêng, hôk hóⁿ;
- bring dragons and tigers back to their allegiance.
- hóⁿ kim-kâm;
- a weapon for killing tigers.
- hóⁿ cĭeⁿ che;
- the tiger is at bay.
- nĭoⁿ hóⁿ m̄ cĭeⁿ che bô̤ lêng-ûi phah i;
- if the tiger does not
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