Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hiong
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hiong
- khîang-hiong pău-ak kâi nâng;
- a fierce and cruel person.
- cò̤ sṳ̄ sĭm sĭ hiong-hûeⁿ;
- acts in a most brutal way.
- cĭa sì kîaⁿ hiong;
- employed his power to act savagely.
- lîah hiong chíu;
- seize the murderer.
- bói hiong chíu;
- purchase a substitute to receive the punishment due a murderer.
- pang-hiong;
- an accomplice in murder.
- cìaⁿ hiong;
- the chief actor in a murder.
- mīn-hêng sĭm sĭ hiong-ak;
- he has a most malignant expression.
- hiong-hṳ́n;
- desperate.
- kit hiong;
- lucky or unlucky.
- būe cai kit hiong cò̤-nî;
- do not yet know whether it is lucky or unlucky.
- hiong cheⁿ sìu;
- a baleful star.
- hiong sie-sit;
- bad news.
- m̄ cai sî hiong a sĭ kit;
- do not know whether it portends evil or good.
- cí kâi khùe pńg-pńg sĭ tăi hiong: tăng sĭ hṳ́ khùe tói ŏi hông hiong hùe kit;
- the outcome of this divination should properly be unfortunate: however, there is that in the deeper meanings of the divination which may change the ill-fortune into good.
- chng chek sĭ hó̤ hûang hiong nî;
- the garnered grain is a provision against years of dearth.
- hîong-càng;
- burly.
- cí kâi nâng thóiⁿ tîeh ŭ hîong sì;
- this person appears very muscular.
- seⁿ lâi hîong-hîong càng-càng;
- naturally very robust.
- lâi kio i kwt kâi chṳ̂ hîong;
- come and test your strength against his.
- hîong-n̂g;
- hartall.
- hîong ceng;
- the purest part of hartall.
- tàⁿ ūe ŭ chṳ̂ ŭ hîong;
- speak with modulations.
- i kâi cò̤ sṳ̄ bô̤ chṳ̂ bô̤ hîong;
- he does not modulate his strength.
- i kâi kok ŭ peh bw̄n hîong piaⁿ;
- their kingdom has a million brave soldiers.
- sin cío bŏi hîong;
- a newly caught bird will not fight.
- ēng lîah jîeh kú cìaⁿ ŏi hîong?
- How long must it be trained before it will fight?
- cí ciah cío hîong căi;
- this bird is a great fighter.
- khṳt i tĭen hîong;
- give him time to get up his courage.