Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hi
hi
- khiong-hō̤ sin hi;
- I respectfully congratulate you on this new joy.
- sin hi toaⁿ phìen;
- a card bearing congratulations.
- hi-mō̤ⁿ;
- hope.
- tó̤ hi-mō̤ⁿ;
- is waiting in expectation.
- hi-khî;
- rare; curious.
- hi-cíe;
- few.
- hi-háng;
- seldom.
- hi-háng căi;
- very infrequent.
- 犧牲hi-seng177
- Victims offered in sacrifice.
- cì-sṳ̂ só̤ ēng kâi hi-seng sĭ tīaⁿ-tîeh kâi;
- there is a fixed rule concerning the animals that are offered in sacrifice.
- hi-lang;
- sleazy.
- hi-hi lang-lang;
- full of interstices.
- thóiⁿ tîeh hi-lang, m̄ câk;
- I consider it very sleazy, and thin.
- hi-so̤;
- sparse.
- hi-hi nē;
- scattered far apart.
- pìn bâk cē, màiⁿ pìn khah hi;
- plait them thicker, do not weave it too loose and open.
- cí kâi sak-pìn khah hi;
- this fine comb has the teeth too far apart.
- i kâi thâu-mô̤ⁿ hi-hi;
- his hair is very thin.
- cheⁿ hi-hi;
- the stars are scattered here and there.
- mûeⁿ màiⁿ pû khah kṳ̂t, pû hi cē;
- do not make the congee too thick, make it rather thin.
- pû cho̤h hi-hi kâi mûeⁿ;
- make some very thin gruel.
- hi-hi chìe;
- to laugh merrily.
- chìe hi-hi;
- laugh aloud.
- kìⁿ tîeh nâng to sĭ hi-hi chìe;
- laughs whenever he sees any one.
- thiaⁿ tîeh chìe hi-hi;
- laughs out when he hears it.
- cêk peh hùe kìe-cò̤ khî-hi;
- one a hundred years old is called a centenarian.
- pok kâi khùe sĭ hi khùe;
- cast and threw the 27th diagram in divination.
- huaⁿ-hí; hí-huaⁿ;
- pleased.
- hí sṳ̄;
- a joyful occasion.
- hí îong;
- a happy face.
- hí-khì;
- cheerful.
- ŭ hi sek;
- has a happy look.
- kong hí; kiong hí;
- wish you happy new-year.
- kio i huaⁿ-hí;
- congratulate him.
- hí-lâk;
- delight.
- hí-hí lâk-lâk;
- blissful.
- pò̤ hí;
- bring good tidings.
- hō̤ hí;
- signal good news.
- sim lăi sĭm sĭ huaⁿ-híⁿ; huaⁿ-hí tŏ̤ sim lăi;
- is pleased at heart.
- hûaⁿ-hí cîah cí īeⁿ mûeh;
- enjoys eating this.
- hí chut mō̤ⁿ gūa;
- joy beyond all expectation.
- cò̤ hìⁿ;
- to perform a play.
- hì pêⁿ;
- the platform for a play.
- hì sieⁿ;
- the boxes holding the costumes of the players.
- hì pang;
- a theatrical company.
- cêk pang hì-kíaⁿ;
- a company of actors.
- kio cêk pang hì;
- call a company of players.
- tōa pang hì;
- a first-rate company of performers.
- hì-kieh;
- an actor.
- hì tòaⁿ;
- an actor who performs female parts.
- hì phâu; cò̤ hì kâi hôk-sek;
- costumes.
- hì pn̄g;
- dry food.
- thóiⁿ hì;
- see a play.
- sie tàu hì;
- rival performances.
- thîo-hì i;
- takes liberties with him.
- hì-lŏng i;
- makes game of him.
- cò̤ pa-hì;
- perform sleight of hand tricks.
- íaⁿ hì;
- shadow pictures.
- châ-thâu hì;
- a play with wooden puppets.
- a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ hì;
- a play performed by children.
- pêh jī hì;
- a play in the local dialect.
- cìaⁿ jī hì;
- a play in the court dialect.
- lâng-thâng hì;
- a play in which the actors speak in a language not easily understood.
- gūa kang hì;
- a play in which the actors speak a foreign language.
- hì-thâi;
- the stage.
- hì kẃn;
- a theatre.
- cêk chut hì;
- one play.
- thóiⁿ hì ngŏ̤ tîeh nâng tôaⁿ îⁿ, thiaⁿ kó, ngŏ̤ tîeh nâng phài cîⁿ;
- arriving at a play just at the final act, or at a story-teller's just as the collection is being taken.
- chê i kâi sì hĭ;
- examine his genealogy.
- sì hĭ sie tâng;
- of the same geneaiogy.
- sĭ i tó̤ thî-hĭ;
- it is he who makes the recommendation.
- hĭ-tòa mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
- to trail something after one.
- kwn-hĭ;
- consequences; what follows in connection.
- cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ ŭ tōa kwn-hĭ;
- this affair has important connections.
- kwn-hĭ m̄ sĭ sòi;
- the results are not small.
- kwn-hĭ sĭ tăng;
- the consequences are serious.
- hó̤ a mó̤ sĭ kwn-hĭ tŏ̤ cí cak sṳ̄;
- whether the results be good or ill depends on this portion of the business.
- ŏi a bŏi sĭ kwn-hĭ tŏ̤ cí kâi nâng;
- whether it can be done or not depends on this person.
- jîeh cōi nâng kâi seⁿ-mīaⁿ sĭ kwn-hĭ tŏ̤ cí kù ūe;
- many persons lives depend upon these words.
- kwn-hĭ hâh po kâi sṳ̄;
- involves the business of the whole mart.