Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hek
hek
- hek mêng-pêh;
- investigate thoroughly.
- chak-hek; inquire fully into, hek sît;
- get at the facts.
- hek sìo;
- examine an account.
- hek sìo-bak;
- examine the books.
- hek tẁn;
- investigate and decide.
- hek-thóiⁿ tîeh a m̄ tîeh;
- ascertain whether it is right or not.
- hêk phŏ;
- audit the accounts.
- hek khòi;
- examine the deeds.
- hek-càu;
- to accuse in a memorial.
- sĭ tī-tîang hek-càu i?
- Who impeached him?
- khṳt i hek-càu lío kuaⁿ lêh-lī khṳ̀;
- after being impeached his office was taken away from him.
- hek pêh hun mêng;
- a clear distinction between black and white.
- hek-àm;
- deep darkness.
- hek mêⁿ;
- in the darkness of night.
- lâng hun hek pêh;
- difficult to distinguish between light and darkness.
- mīn sek tòa hek;
- his face is dusky.
- hek sek sôk sĭ tàⁿ cò̤ o sek;
- black is commonly called brown.
- sîn-mêng híen-híen hek-hek;
- the god manifests himself gloriously.
- lṳ́ kìaⁿ khṳ̀ ŏi hêk a bŏi?
- Are you wearied with walking?
- cáu kàu kêk lío;
- have run till I am exhausted.
- cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ lí kàu cheng-chó̤ hêk căi;
- when I had finished up this business I was very tired.
- lṳ́ m̄ cêng cò̤ mih sṳ̄ cò̤-nî ŏ̤i hìeⁿ hêk?
- Since you have not been doing anything, why are you so tired?
- nâng pēⁿ ău khùn-hêk khùn-hêk;
- after being ill, one is very easily wearied.
- kîaⁿ kàu hṳ́-kò̤ nâng li khùn, bé li hêk;
- when we had travelled to that point, the people were weary and the horses exhausted.
- chíaⁿ hiah hêk cē;
- let us rest awhile.
- tó̤ chīu-kha-ĕ hiah hêk;
- resting under a tree.