Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hiⁿ
hìⁿ
- hìⁿ cúi;
- to sprinkle with water.
- hìⁿ khui;
- cast aside.
- chíu hìⁿ cheng-khih;
- shake your hands clean of it.
- hìⁿ tīo eng-têng;
- shake off the dust.
- cháu-chîeh hìⁿ cheng-khih;
- shake the mat clean.
- hìⁿ kàu i cêk sin cúi;
- shook himself and spattered the water all over her.
- hìⁿ măng;
- to shake out a net.
- i khṳ̀ kìⁿ i, khṳt i hìⁿ pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;
- he went to see him, and was shoved aside by him so rudely that he fell down.
- i hìⁿ chíu, m̄ khéng lí;
- he flirted his hands as a sign that he would do nothing about it.
- saⁿ-ńg hìⁿ tît, cò̤ i khṳ̀;
- straightened his sleeves with a flirt, and went off.
- saⁿ tîeh hìⁿ tît, khṳt i phâk, cìaⁿ bŏi jîo;
- the clothes must be shaken and snapped till they are straight, then when dried they will not be wrinkled.
- hìⁿ kàu hn̆g-hn̆g lô̤h khṳ̀;
- shook it off so violently that it was flung to a great distance.
- hìⁿ gê;
- to snap and shake the jaws, as after tasting something that is offensive.
- nĭo-hóⁿ kă sí-kang-kíaⁿ hìⁿ gê;
- a tiger snapping his jaws after biting into a castaway infant.
- cêk tńg cū hìⁿ gê;
- if he puts his nose in it once he will not want to do it a second time.
- keng hîⁿ; keng cĭeⁿ hîⁿ;
- the string of a bow.
- phah cêk tîo hó̤-hó̤ kâi keng hîⁿ lâi kah cí kâi keng;
- make a good bow-string for this bow.
- kîaⁿ keng-hîⁿ pí kîaⁿ keng-pù kṳ̆n ho̤h cōi;
- it is much nearer if you follow the diameter rather than the circumference of the circle.
- saⁿ-hîⁿ;
- a three stringed guitar.
- tôaⁿ saⁿ-hîⁿ;
- thrum on a guitar.
- kṳ̀ hîⁿ;
- play the violin.
- jī-hîⁿ;
- a rebeck with two strings.
- mîaⁿ-ke kṳ̀ jī-hîⁿ;
- skillful in playing the rebeck.
- gûeh-hîⁿ;
- a round guitar.
- hîⁿ sùaⁿ tn̆g khṳ̀;
- the string of the fiddle has broken.
- cêk ki hîⁿ;
- a one stringed fiddle.
- hîⁿ soiⁿ hûa hó̤;
- first atune the instrument.
- i ka-kī ŏi kṳ̀ hîⁿ lâi hûa i ka-kī kâi khek;
- he can accompany his own songs on the viol.
- hĭⁿ thìaⁿ;
- ear-ache.
- hĭⁿ khang;
- the aperture of the ear.
- hĭⁿ sái;
- ear wax.
- kau hĭⁿ;
- to scrape the ear passages.
- kau tīo hĭⁿ-sái;
- to dig the wax out of the car.
- hĭⁿ tûi;
- the lobe of the ear.
- hĭⁿ tô̤;
- the ear.
- hĭⁿ kíaⁿ mn̂g;
- the outer ear.
- úa chin hĭⁿ thiaⁿ-kìⁿ;
- I heard it with my own ears.
- hĭⁿ lâng;
- deaf.
- lâu hĭⁿ lâng-kôi;
- to have matter exude from the ear.
- hĭⁿ kau;
- ear-rings of a hooked shape.
- hĭⁿ hŵn;
- ear-rings.
- kùa hĭⁿ kàu;
- wears ear-rings.
- chng hĭⁿ;
- to pierce the ears.
- hĭⁿ kau-thūi;
- the drops attached to an ear-ring.
- thong hŵn hĭⁿ kau;
- an ear-ring with a pendant ring.
- sŭn huang hĭⁿ;
- an ear that detects a favorable wind.
- choiⁿ lí ngán, bw̄n lí hĭⁿ;
- eyes that see a thousand miles, and ears that hear ten thousand miles; the two attendants of the Queen of Heaven.
- hĭⁿ lāi căi;
- has sharp ears.
- sak hĭⁿ khang;
- to plug up the ears.
- aⁿ hĭⁿ khang;
- to cover the ears with the hands.
- hĭⁿ khang sak cháu cúa, màiⁿ khṳ̀ thiaⁿ i;
- stuff your ears with brown paper, and do not heed him.
- cía ūe cē thiaⁿ cū tîeh sóiⁿ hĭⁿ;
- after hearing this talk one should wash his ears.
- hĭⁿ mâk chùi phīⁿ seⁿ lâi lóng-cóng ngía;
- all his features are handsome.
- hĭⁿ chôiⁿ;
- an ear-broom.
- uai hĭⁿ;
- to clean out the ears.
- kuah tīo hĭⁿ;
- to cut off the ears.
- cai hĭⁿ cìⁿ;
- wear an arrow through the ear as a punishment.
- hĭⁿ pê;
- an ear-rake.
- pit-pô̤ hĭⁿ;
- bat-eared.
- hĭⁿ pô̤ khàm-khàm;
- lop eared.
- hĭⁿ khìa-khìa tīam-tīam thiaⁿ;
- ears alert listening intently.
- ue hĭⁿ;
- the ears of a pot.
- hóⁿ hĭⁿ cháu;
- the strawberry geranium.
- ŭ cêk khí ciⁿ bō̤, ŭ nŏ̤ kâi hĭⁿ hó̤ khàm hĭⁿ;
- there is a sort of felt cap with tabs to cover the ears.
- hĭⁿ cím;
- a pillow having a hollow for the ear.
- tíaⁿ-kíaⁿ hĭⁿ;
- the ears of an iron pan.
- sang pôiⁿ cò̤ nŏ̤ kâi hĭⁿ hó̤ khîeh;
- make ears on the two sides to hold it by.
- àiⁿ lîah ngio to sĭ kŭaⁿ i kâi hĭⁿ ío cōi;
- in catching a kitten one generally holds it up by the ears.