Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hio

by Adele Marion Fielde

hio

• 梟hio192757
• Unscrupulous; wicked.

hio-hîong;

unscrupulous.

cí kâi nâng hio-hîong căi;

this is a very lawless fellow.

cí cêk khí châk eng-kai-tîeh hio síu sī cèng;

these bandits should have their heads exposed in cages as a warning to others.

• 驍hio19118712
• Brave; heroic, valorous.

cí kúi kâi bú kuaⁿ sĭ hio-íong căi;

these military officers are very courageous.

hio-íong kâi cìang;

a brave leader.

• 儌倖hio-hĕng368
• Lucky; beyond one's deserts or expectations; prosperous.

cía sǹg sĭ hío-hĕng căi;

this is indeed a stroke of luck.

sṳ̄ tîeh cò̤ ún-tàng, mó̤ sĭeⁿ hio-hĕng;

one must do things in a safe way, and not depend on having a stroke of luck.

i cìeⁿ-seⁿ sǹg sĭ tó̤ thû hio-hĕng;

he is then depending on a stroke of luck.

• 澆hio3688512
• Perfidious.

i kâi nâng hio căi;

he is thoroughly bad.

hio-lî, khek-pô̤h;

infamous.

hṳ́-kò̤ kâi hong-sôk to sĭ hio-lî khek-pô̤h;

the customs of that place are infamous.

• 曉hío1937212
• To comprehend; to understand; dawn.

lṳ́ hío a m̄ hío?

Do you comprehend?

i cò̤ sṳ̄ bô̤ hun bô̤ hío;

he acts without discretion.

m̄ cai hun hío;

does not know how to discriminate.

i mih sṳ̄ to ŭ hun ŭ hío;

in all sorts of business, he exercises judgment.

būe hío i kâi ì-sṳ̀;

do not yet comprehend his meaning.

i hío tit cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

he understands that sort of thing.

hío thien-bûn kâi nâng;

astrologers.

hío khṳ̀ thàng; hío khṳ̀ thàu;

understands thoroughly.

chut kò̤-sī hío-jŭ peh-sèⁿ;

issue a proclamation to inform the people.

i sĭang hío;

he is best informed on the subject.

lṳ́ mih sṳ̄ to hío;

you understand all about it.

i kĭaⁿ-kĭaⁿ hío, bô̤ kĭaⁿ ceng;

he understands every trade, and is expert at none.

koi pò̤ hío;

the cock announces the dawn.

hío kîaⁿ, mêⁿ hiah;

start at dawn and stop at dark.