Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/heng
heng
- heng căi;
- getting on finely.
- heng lông;
- to flourish.
- sì-kài heng-lông căi;
- great worldly prosperity.
- heng-ŭang;
- prosperous.
- i ke lăi sĭm sĭ heng-ŭang;
- his family is very prosperous.
- tī-tiang-sî heng kang?
- When will you begin the work?
- heng-sĕng;
- abundant.
- ūn-khì heng;
- luck is favorable.
- kàu cí-kò̤ lâi àiⁿ tong-heng lío;
- it is going to flourish from this time on.
- heng ke lîp ngîap;
- prosperous families found estates.
- heng-côiⁿ; heng-kuaⁿ-côiⁿ;
- the chest.
- phŏ̤ tŏ̤ heng-kuaⁿ-côiⁿ;
- clasp to the breast.
- sim-heng hó̤;
- has a good disposition.
- sim-heng khuah-tōa;
- of generous disposition.
- heng-keh;
- the diaphragm.
- heng-keh tìeⁿ-tìeⁿ;
- a stricture or weight in the diaphragm.
- tûi heng, tah ka-ciah;
- beat the breast and slap the sides, as in token of earnestness.
- koi heng, ah ka-ciah;
- has a projecting breast bone and is round shouldered.
- heng-kám kut;
- the breast-bone.
- saⁿ heng-côiⁿ sĭ jṳ́ tîeh sĭm mûeh?
- With what have you daubed the front of your tunic?
- cîah lío kâi thng, màiⁿ tih tîeh saⁿ heng-côiⁿ;
- do not in eating drop your soup on the front of your tunic.
- chut jîp heng thong;
- having all things to your liking.
- ngŵn heng lĭ ceng;
- the universal providence.
- hí-hèng;
- pleasurable.
- hí-hèng cū cò̤, m̄ hí-hèng cū m̆;
- if he takes pleasure in it he will do it, if he does not take pleasure in it, he will not do it.
- kau-hèng;
- highly pleased with.
- bô̤ hèng;
- takes no delight in.
- ŭ hèng;
- takes delight in.
- ŭ hèng-thâu;
- having a joyful time.
- sàu heng;
- spoil the fun.
- cí hûe hèng-hèng àiⁿ lâi cò̤ mih sṳ̄, khṳt i có̤ tīo khṳ̀, kìe-cò̤ sàu-hèng;
- if just when you are starting off in high spirits to do something he puts a stop to it, that is called spoiling the pleasure.
- ngŏ̤ tîeh i ŭ hèng-sîn kâi sî-hāu cò̤ lâi cū hó̤;
- do it when it happens that he is in good spirits, and it will be all right.
- sĭu hêng;
- to receive punishment.
- hêng-hŵt;
- punishment.
- hêng huap;
- the penal code.
- ngîam hêng;
- severe punishments.
- ēng tăng hêng;
- inflict a heavy punishment.
- kîaⁿ hêng;
- carry the sentence into effect.
- kim-jît kîaⁿ hêng;
- this is the day for the execution.
- m̄ ēng hêng i to m̄ khéng cio;
- without torture he will not own it.
- cē ēng hêng i cū cio;
- aa soon he was tortured he confessed.
- poih jī hêng-khak;
- the horoscope is inimical.
- i nŏ̤ nâng siang hêng;
- the two are at swords points.
- bô̤ hêng bô̤ sĭang;
- without form or likeness.
- bô̤ hêng-sĭang hó̤ thóiⁿ;
- without visible shape.
- hêng-măuⁿ; hêng-îong;
- the general appearance.
- hêng-îong chut lâi sĭo căi;
- his appearance is very similar.
- kak-kak ŭ kâi hêng-sì;
- each has his peculiar aspect.
- hêng-thói;
- the visible substance.
- hêng-sìeⁿ;
- the visible likeness.
- ŭ hêng bô̤ hêng;
- real and spiritual; visible and invisible; natural and supernatural; evident and unfounded.
- hêng-ciah khó̤-gî;
- the evidences are doubtful.
- pìⁿ chut cin hêng;
- showed his true character.
- ūe i kâi hêng-tô;
- drew a map of it.
- suaⁿ hêng seⁿ lâi chin-chĭeⁿ pit kè;
- the contour of the mountain is like that of a pen rack.
- sĭen ak cṳ pò̤ jû íaⁿ sûi hêng;
- the rewards of righteousness and the deserts of wickedness follow them as the shadow follows the substance.
- i kâi mīn ŭ chìe hêng;
- he has a smiling face.
- būe sêng hêng;
- not yet shapen.
- ŭ kâi nâng hêng;
- has a human shape.
- i kâi mīn seⁿ lâi ak hêng;
- his face has a wicked look.
- ía hêng ía sìeⁿ;
- a wild aspect.
- ngŏ hêng sĭ húe bâk kim thó;
- the five elements are water, fire, wood, metal, and earth.
- thóiⁿ ngŏ hêng;
- tell fortunes.
- ngŏ hêng siang seⁿ siang khak kâi tŏ̤-lí sĭ chim-àu;
- the doctrine of mutual reproduction and extinction among the elements is very abstruse.
- tek hĕng;
- virtuous conduct.
- ŭ tek ŭ hĕng kâi nâng;
- a man of character.
- cí kâi nâng kâi pín-hĕng cìaⁿ phài;
- this man's character is irreproachable.
- tău hĕng chim;
- skilled in Buddhist tricks.
- cí kâi nâng nío-chṳ́ hĕng;
- this person is of a thievish disposition.
- cí kâi nâng kâi hĕng sĭ hó̤ a m̄ hó̤?
- Does this person conduct himself properly or not?
- sĭeⁿ tó̤ hĕng;
- to contemplate suicide.
- hĕng tit;
- happily succeeded in.
- hĕng tit i lâi;
- luckily he came.
- ke mn̂g put hĕng;
- domestic affliction.
- i put hĕng tó̤ mīaⁿ;
- he is unhappily not to be long lived.
- thiⁿ put hĕng tang hŵn sĭ ŭ hĕng;
- cheer in the midst of misfortune.
- hĕng bŏi tì mīaⁿ;
- luckily does not involve life.
- sǹg sĭ bw̄n hĕng;
- deemed it very fortunate.
- hĕng-jîn;
- almonds.
- hĕng-jîn tê;
- an emulgent tea made from almonds.
- ngṳ̂n hĕng;
- the nuts of the gingko.
- tîam-hĕng, khó-hĕng;
- sweet almonds and bitter almonds.
- cîah kàu hēng;
- have eaten it till I loathe it.
- tǹg-tǹg cîah cí kâi, cîah lío hĕng căi;
- have eaten this every meal, until I am sick of it.
- cîah kàu būe cîah thóiⁿ tîeh cū soiⁿ hĕng;
- have taken it so often that as soon as I see it my stomach turns against it.
- úa hĕng i;
- I dislike him.
- chūa nâng hĕng;
- leads to dislike.
- hĕng kàu i khàng kut;
- dislike him thoroughly.
- ún bô̤ hĕng i;
- we do not dislike him.
- hĕng bŏi tit hiah;
- an unconquerable aversion.
- nâng sieh i to m̄ pá le, cò̤ ŭ hĕng i?
- When we have been so kind that we could not do enough for him, how can it be that we dislike him.
- cē thóiⁿ cĭu hĕng;
- hated him as soon as I saw him.