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huap căi, tîeh tăng phōiⁿ;

he holds the laws in contempt, and must be severely dealt with.
i cìeⁿ-seⁿ bô̤ huap bô̤ lût, tîeh cai kéng-kài i;
being thus lawless, he must be put under restraint.
khṳt nâng hó̤ hāu huap;
be a good example for others.
  • hue260862
  • Lime; mortar.
cîeh hue;
stone lime.
sap hue;
lime made from shells.
nŏ̤ īeⁿ hue tī īeⁿ hó̤?
Which of these two kinds of lime is the better?
ceng hue chîeⁿ;
pound a chunam wall.
lîam hue;
plaster with mortar.
hue kṳn;
cement.
thâng-îu-hue;
putty.
thai ìuⁿ hue;
sifted lime.
kài mīn kâi hue;
the plaster on the surface.
cang hue lâi pó;
take mortar and mend it.
hue thô-kak;
bricks made from lime and clay.
hue lō;
a chunan road.
hue tîaⁿ;
an area made with chunam.
phah hue khŭ;
make a chunam mortar for pounding rice.
hue-tn̄g à cò̤ cîeh-pŏ;
make it appear by argument that pieces of old chunam walls are stones.
pin-lô̤ hue;
betel nut lime, eaten with siri leaf.
kó bâk, sí hue;
utterly dead to; like a decayed tree or long slaked lime.
sim hue;
no desire for; disheartened.
sim m̄ hue;
my desire is unfulfilled.
  • hue2391404
  • A flower; flowered; ornamented.
cêk lúi hue;
a flower.
cêk câng hue;
a flowering plant.
cêk ki hue;
a branch bearing flowers.
mîaⁿ hue;
a celebrated flower.
hue hah;
petals.
hue sim;
the pistil.
hue chiu;
stamens.
hue lih;
sepals.
hue hâm lúi;
a bud.
eng hue;
ak hue; water the flowers.
tiah cêk pé hue;
pluck a nosegay.
hue mîaⁿ cheh;
a roll of the employés or clerks.
hue mîaⁿ;
an alias.
khui hue;
to blossom.
bô̤-hue-kúe chīu;
a fig tree.
pŏ hue;
sterile flowers.
chah hue;
wear flowers in the hair.
hue cam;
ornamental hair pins.
hue ngân, khá gṳ́;
figures of speech.
hue hue kong-cṳ́;
a young rake.
hue hue sì-kài;
a thoughtless age.
hue hùi jîeh cōi cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n?
How much money has he squandered?
hue koi, líu hāng;
illuminated streets.
sĭ i kâi hue kíaⁿ;
it is a child whose birth he foretold.
thóiⁿ hue teng;
transparencies.
hue îong gûeh măuⁿ;
pretty faces.
thien hue;
the small pox.
mâk hue; mâk-ciu hue;
the sight blurred.
hue cháu;
flowered.
hue jī;
figured.
pò lṳ́ sĭ àiⁿ ŭ hue-cháu kâi a sĭ àiⁿ sò kâi?
Do you want flowered or plain cloth?
cí khí cháu-chîeh kâi hue-jī ío ngía;
the figures in this sort of matting are prettier.
cam hue;
stick flowers in the cap of one who has married his
betrothed, or succeeded in his degree.
hue chīeⁿ;
a florist.
phah hue mīn;
paint the face for acting.
hue-théng;
a brothel.
i kâi pit hue tó̤ khui;
he is a very accomplished scholar.
ūe hue;
paint flowers.
chiah hue;
darn in flowers.
sìu hue;
to embroider.
ēng châng-phàⁿ khṳ̀ cò̤ hue-hah;
make the petals of pithpaper.
bói cêk tùi hue-thâu sàng i;
buy a pair of clusters of flowers for the head and present them to her.
hue-puah;
flower pots.
hue-kng;
flower jars.
hue-kang;
vases.
hue-hn̂g;
flower gardens.
hue-gê;
wood carvings.
kìaⁿ hue, cúi gûeh;
reflections of scenery in water; evanescent beauty.
hue tī;
a florist's garden.
mîⁿ-hue;
raw cotton.
cí chù bô̤ hue, pât chù chái;
if there are no flowers here, go elsewhere to gather them; if this place does not suit you, seek another.
hue nâ;
flowered baskets.
n̂g-phang chái hue;
the bees flit from flower to flower.
cū sĭ cêk ki hue;
pretty as a flower.
á i cêk ki hue ki;
snatch a branch of his flowers; take advantage of his profits.
thui hue mông lâi hó̤ căi;
he plays his part as an acrobat well.
to̤ hue phah lâi hó̤ căi;
the figures he draws with his sword in fencing are very fine.
sin hue-cháu;
a new style of ornamentation.
phang hue bŏi âng, ang hue bŏi phang;
fragrant flowers are not brilliant, and brilliant flowers are scentless.
hue tîeh ka-kī khui kâi cìaⁿ ŭ ēng, peh i khui kâi bô̤ ēng;
flowers that have themselves blossomed are useful, those that have been picked open are not.
i sĭ lâi tó̤ hue-cháu kâi;
he comes just to pass away the time.
hàm i màiⁿ tó̤ chūe hue-cháu;
tell him not to spend his time in merely amusing himself.
khṳt nâng chíaⁿ khṳ̀ cîah hue cíu;
has been invited to a libidinous entertainment.
  • húe255860
  • Fire; flame; exciting humors; fever; urgent.
húe-mêⁿ;
a spark.
húe-mêⁿ-ko;
a firefly.
húe-ĭam;
a blaze.
húe-cîh;
flames.
húe-thòaⁿ;
charcoal.
húe-châ; cṳ̆-lâi-húe;
lucifer matches.
húe-hu;
ashes.
húe-cîeh;
flint.
húe to̤;
a steel for igniting tinder.
húe-hīaⁿ;
tinder.
húe-céng;
live coals.
húe-sái;
cinders.
húe tô̤h;
the fire burns.
húe kùe;
the fire has gone out.
húe méⁿ;
the fire is a hot one.
húe māng;
a slow fire.
húe-thâu;
a cook, a scullion.
húe-khì;
caloric.
tĭen-húe;
lightning.
in-húe;
fire-works.
sie in-húe;
to let off fire-works.
húe-sûh;
rockets.
húe-sêng;
a large fire-cracker.
húe-tháng;
a piece of fire-works resembling a fountain.
húe-pau;
a torpedo.
húe-kẁn;
a bomb-shell.
húe-ciⁿ;
a fiery dart.
húe-îeh;
ammunition.
húe-îu;
coal-