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  • hûah713773
  • To stride; to step; to straddle.
ŏi hûah kùe a bŏi?
Can you stop across?
cêk hûah cêk hûah;
step by step.
kîaⁿ bô̤ kúi hûah kha cū sng;
I had walked but a few steps when my legs were tired.
i kîaⁿ lō tōa-tōa hûah;
he takes great strides.
hûah m̄ kùe;
cannot straddle across it.

hûai

  • hûai2436116
  • To cherish; to hold within.
sim hûai ak lĭam;
harbour evil thoughts.
hûai tho̤; hûai ĕng;
pregnant.
hûai sai sim;
seek selfish ends.
hûai hṳ̆n m̄ hiah;
persistently cherish dislike.
sim lăi hûai m̄-hó̤ kâi ì-sṳ̀;
harbour bad intentions.
khùa-hûai;
anxious.
  • hŭai2443216
  • To despoil; to ruin; to break down.
lŏng hŭai khṳ̀;
broken down and ruined.
lŏng kàu hùi-hŭai;
torn down and destroyed.
pāi-hŭai mîaⁿ-sek;
ruined his reputation.

huam

  • hùam128852
  • To inundate; to overflow.
hùam-lăm;
in motion, like a flood.
tōa cúi hùam-lăm;
the waters surge.
múa-sì-chù hùam-hùam lăm-lăm, cĕng sĭ cúi;
everywhere a rising flood of water.
i kâi ūe hùam-hùam lăm-lăm thèng tàⁿ;
his words pour forth in a stream of reckless speech.
lṳ́ kâi ūe màiⁿ tàⁿ khah hùam-lăm;
do not deluge us with your words.
cò̤ khṳ̀ tōa hùam-lăm, thèng cò̤;
acts without restraint and recks nothing.
  • hùam128855
  • Floating; unguided; objectless; to drift.
phû-hùam;
floating about.
i cò̤ sṳ̄ phû-phû hùam-hùam, m̄ tîeh sît;
he does things very superficially, and is never thorough.
cí kâi nâng khah hùam;
this person is too unsteady.
hṳ́ kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ hùam căi;
that child is very careless.
hùam bĕ hùam nâng khîa;
vicious horses find reckless riders.
i kâi ngán sîn, thóiⁿ tîeh khah hùam, m̄ cĕⁿ;
the expression of his eye is too wild and unsettled.
gūa kháu hùam-hùam, kio nâng kau-îu;
wanders at will, with pleasure-seekers.
  • hûam126161
  • Human; mortal; everybody; usual, common.
hûam-jîn;
mankind.
hûam hu, sôk cṳ́;
the common people; the vulgar.
i kâi pún-nía sît-căi hui hûam;
his ability is really above the average.
cu hûam kâi sṳ̄ to lâu-tŏng lṳ́;
give you much trouble about all this.
cū sĭ
sien-nńg hĭa hûam;
it is a fairy come into the world.
cía sĭ m̄ cai sĭm-mih cheⁿ sîn lâi kàng hûam kâi;
this is some unknown divine being that has come into the world.
thut-lî hûam tîn kú lío;
shuffled off this mortal coil long ago.
tẁn bô̤ sṳ hûam kâi sṳ̄;
has no earthly cares.
hûam kang;
secular life; the world.
hûam tho̤ seⁿ kâi;
of human origin.
tăi hûam nâng cò̤ hó̤ cū ŭ hó̤ pò̤-èng;
whoever does well is recompensed.
  • hŭam128942
  • To offend; to violate; to transgress; a culprit.
hŭam-jîn;
a criminal.
hŭam cŭe;
to transgress.
hŭam cŭe kâi nâng;
a transgressor.
cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ hŭam huap, m̄-hó̤ cò̤;
this is against the rules, and must not be done.
kòi hŭam;
to deliver up a criminal.
màiⁿ chok-hŭam tîeh i;
do not offend him.
i cí kĭaⁿ cŭe sǹg sĭ gō hŭam kâi;
this offence is to be reckoned an unintentional one.
kù hŭam;
deliberately transgressed.
kù-ì khṳ̀ hŭam huap;
break the law with a deliberate purpose.
kam-hŭam;
a prisoner.
cí kâi sṳ̄ hŭam kìm;
this is a trespass.
hŭam tăng cŭe li sĭu tăng hêng;
he who commits a great crime, receives a heavy punishment.
hŭam khin cŭe li sĭu khin hêng;
he whose offense is slight receives a slight punishment.
chîu-hŭam;
one in custody.
i sĭ hŭam tîeh sĭm-mûeh?
What has he gone counter to?
  • hŭam126161
  • All; general.
hŭam nâng tàⁿ-ūe tîeh màiⁿ hṳ-bû;
whoever speaks must not falsify.
hŭam sṳ̄ to tîeh kún-sín;
whatever business you have on hand, you must conduct it with care.
hŭam cêk-chîet ke lăi kâi mûeh to sĭ i kẃn;
whatsoever there is in the house she takes control of it.
hŭam sĭm-mih nâng;
whosoever it be.
tăi hŭam kâi mûeh to sĭ ŭ sî phiⁿ ŭ sî kùi;
things in general are sometimes cheap and sometimes dear.
  • hŭam248617
  • Grief; tribulation; affliction; to be vexed.
tṳ̂ lío ău hŭam;
ward off distressing consequences.
hŭa-hŭam;
affliction.
tŏ̤ hŭam-lāng tang;
in tribulation.
pó̤ bô̤ ău-hŭam;
protect from subsequent misfortune.
hŭam pēⁿ;
a distressing malady.
cô̤h lío ău-hûam;
cut off subsequent occasions for vexation.
  • hŭam1281189
  • A law; a rule; a standard.
i kâi hûang-hŭam sĭm sĭ ngîam;
his prohibition is strict indeed.
cáu put kùe i hŭam-ûi;
cannot run counter to his restrictive rule.