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• ‮笏‬hut2671184
• A tablet, in ancient times held before the breast by courtiers in audiences.

chîo hut;

a court tablet.

gê hut;

ivory tablets.

sái pôiⁿ khîeh khí sĭ gê hut;

the plebeian has become a patrician.

• ‮拂‬hut154645
• To contradict; oppose; go contrary to; a brush.

hut tîeh i kâi ì, i cū seⁿ khì;

if you oppose his notions he is angry.

hut tîeh i kâi ì cū khṳt i phah kàu àiⁿ sí;

if you go contrary to his ideas, you will be beaten almost to death by him.

chíu khîa ki sien-hut;

he held in his hand a brush which is the sign that the bearer is attaining saintship.

• ‮歘‬hut233768
• To blow a short sudden whiff of breath.

hut húe;

blow out the light.

húe hut m̄ tô̤h;

cannot make the fire blaze up by blowing it.

cē hut cū tô̤h;

as soon as you blow it will flame up.

• ‮核‬hût234756
• The kernel, pit, or stone of fruits.

thô̤ hût;

a peach-stone.

khṳ̀ tīo hût;

take out the pits.

níu tīo hût;

core them.

cí cêk lîap cù hût kâi;

this one has hardly any pit.

hṳ́ tói kak ŭ hût;

it has a core forming therein.

• ‮佛‬hût15395
• Buddha; Buddhist.

hût kà;

Buddhism.

hût huap;

the laws or doctrines of Buddha; Buddhist charms and spells; the power of Buddha.

hût có;

my lord Buddha.

cîah ce, pài hût;

fast and worship Buddha.

i tó̤ cò̤ hût sṳ̄;

he is practising Buddhist charms.

o̤-nî-thô̤-hût;

Amida Buddha.

hṳ

• ‮噓‬hṳ2273011
• * To breathe softly; to speak well of.

chue-hṳ;

say a good word for; to breathe on.

khṳt i cē chue-hṳ nâng cū sùaⁿ khṳ̀;

as soon he opened his mouth to speak they dispersed.

pài tho̤h lṳ́ kio úa chue-hṳ tīo cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

I trust that you will speak a good word for me in this matter.

• ‮虛‬hṳ2271416
• Vacant; untrue; unsubstantial.

khang-hṳ;

empty; unoccupied.

hṳ-phû;

vague; nonsensical.

hṳ-bû;

visionary.

hṳ ké;

untrue; unfounded.

hṳ-ngŭi;

false.

hṳ ūe;

idle prating.

khiam-hṳ;

unambitious.

hṳ-sim;

unprejudiced.

sim hṳ;

apprehensive.

cò̤ châk kâi nâng sim hṳ;

the thief is ever in fear of danger.

chêng-hêng sĭ hṳ kâi, cṳ kiaⁿ-ùi ŭ cŭe;

if the evidences presented are false, there is danger of incurring guilt.

cêk nâng thŵn hṳ, peh nâng thŵn sît;

the falsehood told by one, is repeated as truth by a hundred.

hṳ-mîaⁿ hṳ lĭ;

vain is fame, empty are riches.

hṳ-jîak;

decrepid.

hṳ-khṳ̀n;

weak.

khì hueh kŭ hṳ;

a feeble constitution.

chìn sî phû hṳ húe;

hot flashes, as of fever, in cold weather.

i kâi ūe kù-kù hṳ, bô̤ sît;

his words are wholly unfounded, there is no truth in them.

• ‮墟‬hṳ4433212
• A fair.

hṳ-tîeⁿ;

an area where fairs are held.

hṳ-po;

marts.

àiⁿ lâi khṳ̀ tàu hṳ;

is going to the fair to be sold.

saⁿ jît hṳ;

a fair held once in three days.

kúaⁿ-méⁿ khṳ̀ hù hṳ;

hurry on to be in time for the fair.

tī tiang-sî tùi hṳ?

At what time is the fair held?

kíaⁿ-jît tùi hṳ mē?

Is this a day when a fair is held?

cĭeⁿ hṳ lâi bōi;

take it to the fair and sell it.

lâi khṳ̀ hṳ tèng bói;

let's go to the fair and buy some.

• ‮那‬hṳ́6101634
• That; there; then; those.

hṳ́ tiang-sî; hú sî;

at that time.

hṳ́ jît;

that day.

hṳ́ kò̤;

that place.

hṳ́ kâi;

that one.

hṳ́ kâi nâng;

those men.

hṳ́ cêk nâng;

that individual.

hṳ́ pńg cheh;

that book.

hṳ́ ciah cûn;

that boat.

hṳ́ khí îeh;

that kind of medicine.

hṳ́ īeⁿ mûeh;

that sort of thing.

hṳ́ koiⁿ chù;

that house.

hṳ́ cêk sî, sĭeⁿ m̄ chut;

at that moment I could not think of it.

cí kâi hó̤ a hṳ́ kâi hó̤?

Which is the better this or that?

màiⁿ pàng hṳ́-kò̤;

do not set it down there.

hṳ́ nŏ̤ⁿ kò̤ sûi lṳ́ sẃn;

take whichever you choose of those two pieces.

hṳ́ ciah chíu bŏi khîeh pit;

he cannot hold the pen with that hand.

i khṳ̀ hṳ́ kháu kò̤;

he has gone outside there.

i tŏ̤ hṳ́ lăi;

he is in there.

pàng hṳ́ tói;

put it inside there.

tŏ̤ hṳ́ hn̆g-hn̆g kò̤;

away off there.

tŏ̤ hṳ́ chn̂g tèng;

on the table there.

• ‮許‬hṳ́2281494
• Grant; assent to; accede.

èng-hṳ́;

to grant.

m̄ hṳ́ i;

did not permit him to.

úa m̄ cêng hṳ́ lṳ́;

I have not acceded to what you request.

lṳ́ hṳ́ kùe úa kâi;

what you promised me.

cí kâi cṳ-nîe-kíaⁿ íⁿ-keng hṳ́ kè lío;

this damsel is already promised in marriage.

cí kâi cṳ-nîe-kíaⁿ hṳ́-phùe khṳt i;

this girl is betrothed to him.

lṳ́ màiⁿ hṳ́ i;

do not acquiesce in what he wishes.

ŭ hṳ́ i a bô̤?

Did you accord it to him or not?