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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
  • 鴿hún4281966
  • A dove; a pigeon.
hún-cío;
doves.
hún-cío tû;
a dove-cote.
cêk tùi hún-cío;
a pair of doves.
ēng hún-cío lâi tòa sìn;
make use of pigeons for carrying letters.
  • hún1311194
  • Meal; flour; powder; powdered, comminuted; to put on powder or pigments.
mi-hún;
wheaten flour.
bí-hún-kuaⁿ;
vermicelli.
hún-tîo;
maccaroni.
tāu hún;
flour made from peas or beans.
cîⁿ-chang hún;
flour made from water chestnuts.
lîang-hún;
potato flour.
lîang-hún càng;
dumplings made from potato flour.
ngó-hún;
arrow-root.
cŏ̤-hún;
white powder used as a cosmetic.
in-cîⁿ hún buah kàu âng-âng;
made red with rouge.
sang-hún;
toilet-powder.
ngói kàu hún-hún;
triturate it to a fine powder.
khòng kàu i hún kut chùi si;
beat him to a jelly.
hún chîeⁿ;
whitewash a wall.
hún i pêh;
whitewash it.
hún âng hún âng;
very fair, as if painted red and white.
hún sek;
a specious appearance.
hún-sek kâi ūe;
specious promises.
hún-sek kàu thóiⁿ m̄ chut;
furbished up so that one could not discover the fraud.
hún pâi;
a painted board used by boys in learning to write.
bói sang hún tói kâi châ ôi;
buy a pair of wooden shoes having painted soles.
  • 忿hún131614
  • Anger; resentment.
cêk sî cṳ hún;
momentary anger.
hún-nō̤ⁿ;
wrathful.
  • hùn1323713
  • Impetuous; urgent; prompt.
hùn-cì thâk cṳ;
study with ardor.
ci kâi nâng chut tīn sĭm sĭ hùn-îong;
this man goes forth to battle with undaunted courage.
hùn-lâk khṳ̀ cò̤;
promptly go and do it.
  • hùn2121493
  • To instruct; to lead in the right way; to caution.
kà-hùn;
to teach.
kà-hùn kíaⁿ-tĭ;
to instruct one's children.
ke-hùn;
home teachings.
hùn-līen piaⁿ-bé;
drill the troops.
hùn tău;
to indoctrinate.
hùn-sī;
to direct.
lṳ́ tîeh thiaⁿ i kà-hùn;
you must heed his precepts.
cía sĭ bô̤ nâng kà-hùn kâi kíaⁿ-tĭ;
this is an undisciplined lad.
cía phêng-jît sĭ bô̤ kà bô̤ hùn cìaⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
it is through lack of training that he is thus.
  • hùn94516719
  • To bore; to pierce.
tîeh khîeh cǹg-kíaⁿ cìaⁿ hùn tit lô̤h;
you must take a gimlet to it, then you can pierce it.
ēng keng-hùn lâi hùn;
take an angur and bore it.
hùn sie-lîn-thàng;
bore it through.
  • hùn232759
  • A last for making shoes or boots; to form on a last.
ôi hùn;
a boot last.
i kâi hùn-thâu hùn lâi hó̤ chēng;
his last forms it into a shape pleasant to wear.
  • hûn10411204
  • Lines; marks; creases.
cúi hûn;
ripples.
chíu hûn;
lines in the hand.
hûeⁿ hûn;
horizontal marks.
tît hûn;
perpendicular lines.
bô̤ hûn bô̤ ciah;
left no trace.
nĕ jìo-jìo, cĕng-cĕng hûn;
all wrinkled and creased.
nìo cêk cūe hûn;
make a crease.
cih khṳ̀ seⁿ hûn;
creased by folding.
ut kàu tît-tît, bô̤ hûn;
ironed out straight and smooth.
i kâi sí hûn phû lío;
he has the signs of death upon him.
i seⁿ-sêng kâi gō̤ hûn phû;
he looks as if he were starving.
i mīn téng ŭ im-tek hûn;
he looks like a good man.
  • hûn2691944
  • The shade; the manes; the mind; the wits; the faculties.
lêng-hûn;
the spirit; the soul.
hûn-phek;
the immortal part; the spirits of man.
sam hûn chit phek;
the three ghosts, and the seven spirits of man.
kiaⁿ kàu sit hûn;
terrified out of his wits.
hûn m̄ tŏ̤ sin;
he is out of his mind.
wn hûn lṳ́ sùaⁿ;
the unrevenged ghost will not be quiet.
i kâi im-hûn cong-kú m̄ sio;
his spirit will never take its departure.
hûe hûn tńg lâi;
the returning spirit comes to the tablet, (before the 49th day after death).
hāi i kiaⁿ kàu hûn bô̤;
frightened him out of his senses.
cē thóiⁿ hûn cū bô̤;
as soon as he saw it he lost his wits.
cêk hûe cū hûn sùaⁿ;
after the return, the spirit was at rest.
hûn māng-kìⁿ peh kàu suaⁿ téng;
dreamed that I climbed to the mountain top.
i kâi hûn híen-sin khṳt i thóiⁿ;
his ghost appeared to them.
ín hûn; cie hûn;
to lead the spirit home from abroad.
siu i kâi hûn;
take possession of his mind.
hẃn hûn, ûah khí lâi;
to come to life again.
  • hûn1671046
  • A scar, scratch, crack, or flaw.
màiⁿ mûeh seⁿ hûn;
do not scratch it.
sieⁿ hûn;
a scar from a wound.
mâk-cap hûn;
traces of tears.
bŏi lò hun-ciah;
has left no visible trace.
poiⁿ hûn;
small pox marks.
mīn-tèng cêk cūe hûn sĭ kuah tîeh kâi a sĭ pûah tîeh kâi?
Was the scar on your face made by a cut or by a fall?
pit cūe hûn;
has cracked.
ku-ā kò̤ pit hûn;
several of them have flaws in them.