Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/heh

by Adele Marion Fielde

heh

• 嚇heh2193014
• To intimidate; to scare.

heh sí nâng;

frighten anybody to death.

heh-toah i;

to hoot at threateningly.

i cang kâi sì tó̤ heh nâng;

he makes use of influence to intimidate people.

khṳt i cē heh, i cū kiu khṳ̀;

as soon as she was threatened by him, she shrunk back.

cē heh cū thò̤;

as soon as he was threatened he withdrew.

lṳ́ tîeh cai háng-heh i, i cìaⁿ m̄ káⁿ cò̤ pēⁿ;

you must scold at him, then he will not dare behave badly.

• 赫heh2191557
• Glorious; brilliant; majestic.

i cí hûe tó̤ lâu-lâu heh-heh kâi sî-hāu, kúi peh ngṳ̂n sĭm-mih siang-kang;

this is a time of great prosperity with him, and what are a few hundred dollars to him.

• 放heh135664
• To shorten sail; to let down a sail.

phâng heh kĕ cē;

lower the sail a little.

heh tio thâu phâng;

take in the fore-sail.

i kâi phâng cē heh m̄ lô̤h, cûn cū tó̤ lap cúi;

if they cannot lower the sail, their boat will take in water.

• 散hêh724658
• Each apart from others; scattered; separate.

cho̤h mûeh sang hêh-hêh, bô̤ siu-sîp bûa;

the things are all at loose ends, and not put up compactly.

hùaⁿ nâng sang-sang hêh-hêh, bô̤ tâng sim hîap lâk;

they are all acting independently of each other, and not joining their strength in a common cause.