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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
  • hò̤6261494
  • False; erroneous.
hò̤ thŵn;
erroneous preaching.
íⁿ hò̤ thŵn hò̤;
to propagate idle rumors.
hò̤-cà nâng kâi cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n;
extort money by false pretenses.
hò̤-cà nâng kâi châi-mûeh;
get goods by illegal means.
hò̤ ngân;
deceitful promises.
  • hô̤21595
  • Wherefore; how; what; why.
jû hô̤?
In what way?
hô̤ m̄ khṳ̀ nē?
Why should you not go?
hô̤ pit?
Why should it be?
lṳ́ hô̤ pit jû chṳ́?
Why should you do so?
bô̤ khó̤ năi hô̤;
there is no help for it.
bô̤ năi hô̤;
there is no other way.
ûi hô̤ cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
Why is it thus?
sĭ hô̤ ŵn-kù?
What is the reason for it?
bô̤ năi úa hô̤;
it is nothing to me.
hô̤ cêng cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
How can it be thus?
kìu kéng hô̤ só̤ tit?
In the end what will you obtain thereby?
lṳ́ hô̤ m̄ cá cē lâi?
Why did you not come earlier?
hô̤-íⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
Why is it thus?
lṳ́ hô̤ ēng cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
Why should you do that?
lṳ́ só̤ cò̤ hô̤ sṳ̄?
What have you been doing?
  • hô̤1711527
  • A porcupine.
hô̤-tṳ;
a hedge-hog.
hô̤-tṳ cìⁿ;
porcupine quills.
phah tîeh ciah hô̤-tṳ;
killed a porcupine.
  • hô̤1713214
  • A fosse; a ditch; a moat.
sîaⁿ hô̤;
a city moat.
ŭ sîaⁿ cĭu ŭ sîaⁿ hô̤;
if there is a city there is a city moat.
sîaⁿ li kûiⁿ, sîaⁿ hô̤ li chim;
the city wall is high, and the moat deep.
  • hô̤215855
  • A river into which other rivers run.
n̂g-hô̤;
the Yellow River.
cīeⁿ hô̤;
the upper part of the river.
ĕ hô̤;
the lower part of the river.
tō hô̤;
to cross the river by ferry.
tah kùe hô̤;
take passage across the river.
khoi-hô̤;
rivers; large streams.
hô̤ khoi;
the Milky Way.
thiⁿ-hô̤ thàng thiⁿ-hô̤;
the Milky Way runs into the Milky Way.
hô̤-khoi tùi hîah, ō-kíaⁿ hó̤ cîah;
when the Milky Way is overhead, the taro is edible.
hô̤-khoi tùi tang ō-kíaⁿ ŏi sang;
when the Milky Way is on the meridian the taro is mealy.
  • hŏ̤254305
  • To sing a second; to make rhymes to.
sûi siaⁿ hù hŏ̤;
he always agrees to what one says.
cêk nâng chìang, peh nâng hŏ̤;
one man chants and all the others follow him.
hŏ̤ móng nâng kâi si;
cap the rhymes of a certain person.

  • hō̤1731417
  • A mark; a label; a signal; a description or class; to mark or designate.
hō̤ lĕng;
word of command.
jī hō̤;
the character used as a mark.
nán sĭm-mih pó̤ hō̤?
What is the sign of your shop?
phò hō̤;
trade mark.
tŏiⁿ it hō̤;
first-best.
tŏiⁿ kúi hō̤ kâi hùe?
What class of goods?
cò̤ kâi hō̤; ūe kâi hue hō̤;
make a mark as a sign.
tah kâi hō̤;
paste on a label.
cang kò̤ tek chah cò̤ hō̤;
stick in a piece of bamboo as a mark.
ēng sĭm-mîh kháu-gṳ́ cò̤ hō̤;
use some word as a signal.
cía sĭ tŏiⁿ jī hō̤ kâi;
this is the second best sort.
sĭ tōa hō̤ kâi a sòi hō̤ kâi?
Is it of the larger or the smaller sort?
tèng kâi ho̤;
make a mark by driving a stamp.
pun hō̤-thâu;
give a signal by blowing a blast.
i mīn tèng ŭ cêk kò̤ ki hō̤ hó̤ jīn;
he has a mark on his face by which he may be recognized.
ŭ jîeh cōi hō̤ siaⁿ?
How many brands are there?
kùe hō̤;
pass the office where the brands are affixed.
chiak-hō̤;
an epithet or nickname.
i kâi chiak-hō̤ khṳt nâng kìe-cò hóⁿ;
he is nicknamed the tiger.
kî hō̤;
signal by flag.
līu hō̤ kî khí-khṳ̀;
raise a signal flag.
thóiⁿ i līu sĭm-mih kî hō̤;
see what signal he raises.
pàng hō̤ phàu;
fire a salute or signal.
cò̤ kâi àm hō̤;
give a secret sign.
hō̤ pâng;
the room where marks are affixed.
kùa hō̤;
affix the mark.
hō̤ i; hō̤ kùa;
a soldier's uniform.
kok hō̤;
the name of a dynasty.
nî hō̤;
the style of a reign.
pîet hō̤; mîaⁿ hō̤;
the name taken on coming to manhood or on entering office; the style or designation of persons of position.
íⁿ-keng khṳt úa hō̤ khṳ̀ lío;
I have already set a mark on that.
lṳ́ kâi huap-hō̤ sĭ sĭm-mûeh?
What is your priestly name?
  • hō̤2161545
  • To felicitate; to send congratulations.
hō̤ hí!
Joy be with you!
lâi kio i sie hō̤;
congratulate him.
hō̤ sīu; hō̤ nâng seⁿ-jît;
send congratulations upon a birthday.
hō̤ nî:
send New Year greetings.
hō̤ lói;
articles sent as presents, upon some happy occasion.
peh kuaⁿ chîo hō̤;
a general levee.
hō̤ nâng chūa bó, hō̤ nâng seⁿ tau-kíaⁿ;
send congratulations on a wedding day, or on the birth of a son.
khó̤ hí khó̤ hō̤;
what one may be congratulated upon.
khèng hō̤;
to congratulate.
kiong hō̤;
“with compliments.”
  • hō̤2161407
  • The small leaved variety of the water-lily.
hō̤-pau;
a purse shaped like the leaf of a water lily.
hō̤-lang kok;
Holland.
hō̤-lang cṳ̂;
Irish potatoes.
hō̤-lang bé-kùa;
a riding jacket of azure camlet.