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  • huang2501406
  • Neglected; void; obsolete.
cìeⁿ-sî kâi kang-hu huang-hùi căi;
work, now-a-days, is very intermittent.
tī-hng bô̤ khṳ̀ siu-sîp huang-huang hùi-hùi;
the place has not been put in order and is very dilapidated.
tăng kim nî cn̂g kâi huang-so̤;
this year it has been wholly unattended to.
huang-ía kâi tī-hng;
a wilderness.
i tàⁿ ūe sĭm sĭ huang-thâng;
what he says is utterly untrustworthy.
huang nî;
a year of dearth.
huang îm bô̤ tō;
total neglect of duty.
hông-huang kâi sî-hāu;
in very dull times.
  • huang1561049
  • Leprous; insane.
tōa huang;
leprous.
mûaⁿ-huang;
the leprosy.
huang-tien;
insane.
huang mô̤ⁿ, sàu sîn;
a maniac.
huang-to;
a district on the Yangtsze in the east of Szechuen, where the fire wells are.
huang-to tī-gêk;
Tophet.
huang-to tăi-tì;
the ruler of Hades.
  • huang2501303
  • The space between the heart and the diaphragm.
pēⁿ jîp ko̤-huang bô̤ îeh hó̤ ui;
when the disease enters the vitals no medicine can cure it.
  • huang156416
  • To seal up; to inclose in an envelope; a seal.
huang ìn, khui ìn;
to close and open public offices at the end and the beginning of the year.
huang mn̂g;
seal up a door.
huang phûe; huang tîo;
strips pasted across a door, and sealed with a goverment seal.
huang cûn;
to impress a boat.
huang só̤;
to lock up and seal.
cêk huang sìn;
a sealed epistle.
cêk huang ngṳ̂n;
a sealed packet of money.
huang miⁿ-miⁿ; huang kín-kín;
sealed tightly.
khui huang;
open the seal.
huang-tâng;
an envelope.
sái ngŵn huang ngṳ̂n;
pay out the original parcels of money.
ngŵn huang put tŏng;
the original seal has not been tampered with.
cí tieⁿ sìn huang lío hó̤ khap ìn;
seal and then stamp this letter.
  • húang1351204
  • Pongee.
húang tîu;
thick pongee.
tōa húang;
repped pongee.
síe húang;
fine pongee.
  • 彷彿húang-hut135
  • Resembling; seeming; like.
húang-hut;
somewhat like.
thóiⁿ tîeh húang-hut;
it appears like it.
húang-hut chin-chĭeⁿ sĭ;
it bears a resemblance to it.
úa hṳ́ hûe thóiⁿ khṳ̀ húang-húang hut-hut, m̄ tīaⁿ;
I then saw it indistinctly.
  • 恍惚húang-hut253
  • Disturbed; fluttered; unable to collect one's thoughts.
húang-hut, thóiⁿ bô̤ hìeⁿ tīaⁿ;
being flurried, did not see it distinctly.
húang-húang hut-hut àiⁿ khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?
Where are you going in such trepidation?
thiaⁿ khṳ̀ húang-hut, m̄ tīaⁿ;
listened in a confused way, and was not certain about it.
cĕng sîn húang-hut;
all in a fluster.
  • húang13498
  • To imitate; to copy after.
húang i kâi īeⁿ;
follow his example.
húang i kâi huap;
follow his rule.
húang lâi sĭo căi;
it is very exactly copied.
húang kó kâi pit ì;
delineate it in the ancient style.
cí kâi húang lâi bô̤ saⁿ sîaⁿ;
this has but a slight resemblance to the pattern.
cang cí kâi cò̤ īeⁿ pun lṳ́ húang;
I will take this for a model for you to copy.
jw̆n húang, húang m̄ sĭo;
howsoever I copy, the copy bears no likeness to the original.
cí pak ūe kōi húang;
this scroll is easily copied.
húang móng nâng kâi īeⁿ lâi cò̤;
make it like that of a certain person.
  • húang1341494
  • To search out; to inquire into; to inform one's self concening.
húang-bŭn i íⁿ-keng lâi;
obtained information that he had already arrived.
àm húang;
secretly inquire into.
tá-pàng cò̤ phêng-sîeⁿ nâng khṳ̀ àm húang;
dressed like a common person, and went and secretly examined into the matter.
àm-cĕⁿ khṳ̀ chip húang;
secretly pursued and searched into.
chê húang;
to search out.
khṳ̀ múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ húang hîen-jîn;
go everywhere seeking out the wise.
taⁿ íⁿ-keng húang kàu mêng-mêng pêh-pêh;
have now by inquiry found out the whole truth.
húang mn̄g;
inquire about it in order to ascertain the facts.
  • hùang135664
  • To relax; to indulge.
lṳ́ màiⁿ hùang sim;
don't be heedless.
i hùang-sṳ̀ căi;
he is very impudent.
i sĭ hùang-hùang tăng-tăng, bô̤ kù cìaⁿ-keng sṳ̄;
he is very willful and disregards all propriety.
  • hûang1341704
  • To ward off; to guard against; to provide against; a dike; a defense.
ŭ hûang pĭ;
prepared for.
ŭ hûang pĭ, kio bô̤ huang bô̤ pĭ, cū m̄ tâng;
there is a difference between being prepared for a thing, and being taken unawares by it.
i soiⁿ-soiⁿ cū cai ṳ̆-hûang i;
he took precautions against it long