Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hṳ
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hṳ
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- hṳ̂-ong;
- a fisherman.
- pha hṳ̂ cûn;
- a fishing boat.
- kim hṳ̂; kim-lí;
- gold-fish.
- lîah hṳ̂;
- catch fish.
- pha hṳ̂;
- fish with a casting net.
- áu hṳ̂;
- fish with a lifting net.
- cah hṳ̂;
- catch fish by a weir.
- tìeⁿ hṳ̂;
- catch fish with a hook.
- chǹg hṳ̂;
- spear fish.
- mông hṳ̂;
- catch fish with the hands.
- lí hṳ̂;
- carp.
- hái hṳ̂;
- sea fish.
- khoi hṳ̂, tî hṳ̂, ùn hṳ̂;
- fish from rivers, pools, or ponds.
- mûaⁿ-hṳ̂;
- eels.
- hang-hṳ̂;
- the skate.
- kha hû;
- mud-turtles.
- ôi-tói hṳ̂;
- the sole.
- sĭen hṳ̂;
- bass.
- cêk tīn hṳ̂; cêk khûn hṳ̂;
- a school of fish.
- pêh-gô-hṳ̂;
- the book moth.
- kìa-hṳ̄ i cêk kù ūe;
- entrust him with a message to carry.
- kìa-hṳ̄ lṳ́ hàm i lâi;
- commission you to tell him to come.
- cêk kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ tîeh tó̤ kìa-kìa hṳ̄-hṳ̄, kang-khó căi;
- the thing must be committed to various persons one after another, making it troublesome in the extreme.
- hṳ̄-hṳ̄-tie;
- the noise made by one shivering with cold.
- chêng-ngw̆n tó̤ hṳ̄-hṳ̄-tie, to m̄ khṳ̀ chēng ke kâi hîuⁿ;
- will stand and shiver with cold, and not go and put on another wadded tunic.