Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hia
hia
- gê-cí hia;
- a dipper made from a cocoa-nut shell.
- pû-hia;
- a dipper made from a gourdshell.
- châ pû-hia;
- a broad, flat, wooden dipper.
- hia nŏ̤ hia sie cúi;
- dip up two dipperfuls of hot water.
- hia-thâu; hia-hŵn;
- a young slave girl.
- cìen hia;
- soldiers' boots.
- pang thâu hia;
- square toed boots.
- tn̄g hia;
- satin boots.
- pò hia;
- cloth boots.
- cúi hia;
- boots for wet weather.
- cêk sang hia;
- a pair of boots.
- cêk ciah hia;
- one boot.
- hia tháng; hia àng;
- boot-leg.
- hia thâu;
- the toe of a boot.
- keh hia pê cĭeⁿ;
- like scratching your leg through your boot, unsatisfactory.
- thǹg tīo hia;
- take off your boots.
- chēng hia;
- put on or wear boots.
- hia ciam ôi;
- shoes, like boots without legs.
- hía kâi sĭ sĭm-mûeh?
- What are those things?
- hía nâng lóng-cóng chut khṳ̀;
- those people have all gone out.
- hía sĭ cò̤-nî īeⁿ?
- In what condition is that one?
- hûn hîa;
- red clouds.
- chái hîa;
- lurid haze.
- jît-thâu cĭeⁿ lô̤h kâi sî-hāu ē-ē thóiⁿ-tîeh hîa-kuang bw̄n tău;
- at sunrise and sunset one frequently sees the bright rays shining in all directions.
- hṳ́ jît sĭ móng hûang-tì seng-hîa kâi jît-cí;
- that is the day on which a certain emperor departed this life.
- hîa-huang kâi tī-hng;
- unknown desert regions.
- bô̤ hîa;
- flawless.
- bô̤ tíam hîa;
- without defect.
- pêh gêk bô̤ hîa;
- white jade has no flaw; spotless purity.
- bô̤ hîa put sêng gêk;
- there is no gem without a flaw.
- cí kâi mâk-kìaⁿ khah seⁿ hîa, cí tíam hîa tú-tú seⁿ tŏ̤ tìn-tang, bô̤ ēng;
- these spectacles have too many flaws in them, here is one exactly in the middle, rendering them useless.
- cí kâi kìaⁿ hó̤ căi, tn̆g tíam hîa;
- this lens is very fine, and without flaw.
- ôiⁿ-hîa;
- at leisure.
- bô̤ mih ôiⁿ-hîa;
- has not much leisure.
- m̄ hîa chim khîu;
- no leisure to inquire deeply.
- sî hĭa;
- thin tiles.
- piⁿ hĭa;
- thick tiles.
- kău hĭa;
- tiles for the edge of the roof.
- chù hĭa;
- tiles for roofing houses.
- hĭa thâng;
- convex tiles.
- pho hĭa;
- to lay tiles.
- hĭa pho lâi bâk-bâk;
- the tiles are laid very close.
- hĭa pho khah hi;
- the tiles are laid too far apart.
- hĭa pín kâi nâng;
- the lower classes.
- hĭa lîu;
- the baser sort.
- m̄ sío-lí hĭa mn̄g;
- do not hesitate to ask your inferiors.
- hĭa chíu;
- to begin to act; to lay hand upon.
- m̄ káⁿ hĭa chíu;
- dared not put his hand to it.
- i lâi hĭa cìen-cṳ;
- he sends a challenge.
- sì hĭa bô̤ nâng;
- there was no one about.
- lí hĭa i nâng pit ŭ só̤ khîu;
- when one is treated with great deference, some favor is soon to be asked from him.
- cí kĭaⁿ îeh ŏi hĭa khì;
- this sort of medicine is sedative.
- hĭa-téng kâi nâng m̄-hó̤ pí sĭang-téng kâi nâng;
- the lower classes of people are not to be put in comparison with the higher.
- pêh hĭa;
- white ants.
- kau hĭa;
- the tall ant.
- n̂g-si hĭa;
- small red ants.
- pue hĭa;
- the winged ant.
- hĭa kong; hĭa ang;
- the queen or leader among the ants.
- hĭa tàu;
- ants' nests.
- hĭa tīn;
- the lines of ants.
- pêh hĭa cūe;
- the roads made by white ants.
- hĭa tó̤ pê;
- the ant is crawling.
- khṳt hĭa nih tîeh;
- bitten by an ant.
- n̂g-si-hĭa cĭeⁿ pak-kiaⁿ;
- an ant going up to Peking; it is unlikely that the goal will soon be reached.
- hĭa tó̤ cn̂g;
- the ants are eating it.
- kìu hĭa;
- to preserve the life of an ant.
- pêh-thn̂g seⁿ hĭa;
- the sugar has ants in it.
- hṳ́ cêk koiⁿ chù ŏi cĭeⁿ hĭa a bŏi?
- Is that house infested by ants?
- màiⁿ seⁿ cúi hĭa cū hó̤;
- if it is neither damp nor infested by ants it will do.
- cêk sieⁿ mûeh cò̤ cē khṳt pêh hĭa cù tīo;
- the whole box of things has been devoured by the white ants.
- hĭa tîeh cai tô̤h tīo;
- you must be careful to pick out the ants.
- jīo tīo hĭa;
- drive out the ants.
- khà tīo hĭa;
- drive away the ants by tapping the dish.