Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hiam
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hiam
- bī hiam;
- it has a pungent flavor.
- hiam-cie;
- red pepper.
- màiⁿ lô̤h khah hiam;
- do not put in too much pepper.
- cí īeⁿ khah hiam, thàu tîam cē;
- this sort has too sharp a taste; make it a little sweeter.
- bī sò hiam-lûah;
- the flavor is very pungent.
- sng hiam tîam;
- a spicy acidulated sweetness.
- huang-híam;
- dangerous; insecure.
- híam-híam pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;
- was in imminent danger of falling.
- i cí tńg pēⁿ kàu híam-híam sí;
- in this relapse, he was at the point of death.
- cí tîo lō híam;
- this road is dangerous.
- ngûi-híam;
- perilous.
- lăng-híam;
- reckless of danger.
- hàuⁿ lăng-híam;
- likes to rush into danger.
- i
- ún-ún kâi sṳ̄ to m̄ cò̤, mńg hàuⁿ lăng-híam;
- he never will do what is safe, but always seeks what is hazardous.
- i cêk seⁿ bô̤ kîaⁿ híam lō, to sĭ kîaⁿ ún-tàng kâi sṳ̄;
- all his life he has never gone into danger, but has done what was perfectly safe.
- híam cèng;
- dangerous diseases.
- cí kâi nâng sĭm sĭ im-híam;
- this person is very scheming.
- măuⁿ híam;
- looks wicked.
- híam-híam tîeh;
- came very near hitting it.
- cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ khah híam, m̄-hó̤ cò̤;
- this is too dangerous, do not do it.
- hîap-hîam;
- to be prejudiced.
- i cē hîap-hîam cū tàⁿ kàu i jîeh m̄ hó̤;
- he is prejudiced and so tells how bad he is.
- sím chut i sĭ hîap-hîam kâi;
- judged that he was prejudiced.
- sĭ chông-côiⁿ ŭ hîam-khiah;
- there was a previous grudge.
- i sim lăi hûai ŭ côiⁿ jît kâi kîam-khiah tŏ̤ kò̤;
- he cherishes an old grudge.
- pī hîam-gî;
- avoid an appearance of evil.
- lṳ́ màiⁿ khì-hîam;
- do not be offended.
- lṳ́ ā m̄ siu cū sĭ khì-hîam;
- if you do not accept it, it is because you are offended.
- hîam i m̄ ngía;
- find fault with its lack of beauty.
- lṳ́ màiⁿ hîam;
- do not be fastidious.
- lṳ́ tîeh hó̤ hîam i;
- you should reprove him.
- cía hŵn-lío tó̤ hîam;
- is still expressing dissatisfaction with this.
- i sĭ m̄ hío kui-kṳ́, lṳ́ tîeh cai hîam i;
- he is unmannerly, and you should reprove him.
- i tó̤ hîam cìeⁿ hîam hìeⁿ;
- he finds fault with everything.
- i khṳt i hîam tîeh m̄ su-hôk;
- he does not submit to being found fault with by her.
- cò̤ kàu mih nâng bô̤ hîam;
- do so well that none can find fault with you.
- bô̤ nâng káⁿ hîam;
- no one dared find any fault with it.
- cía kang-hu, sît-căi bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ hîam;
- this work is certainly beyond criticism.
- i nŏ̤ nâng bô̤ hîam bô̤ khiah;
- the two never get offended with each other.