Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hiuⁿ
hiuⁿ
- hiuⁿ-mêng sĭ àm-thâu;
- hades is the region of darkness.
- cêk koiⁿ siu-sîp khṳ̀ sĭm sĭ hiuⁿ ngía;
- the place is most tastefully adorned.
- hiuⁿ ôiⁿ;
- retired leisure.
- hiuⁿ mêng put gūa cêk lí;
- the land of the dead, and the land of the living are no great distance apart.
- cí kâi tī-hng sĭm sĭ hiuⁿ-cĕⁿ;
- this is a very retired spot.
- m̄ khéng kang-hiuⁿ;
- would not quit.
- m̄ kang-hiuⁿ;
- unceasing.
- bw̄n sṳ̄ to hiuⁿ lío;
- all affairs have come to a stand still.
- hiuⁿ chi;
- a divorced wife.
- hiuⁿ cṳ;
- bill of separation.
- i cē tàⁿ cū tàⁿ m̄ hiuⁿ;
- if he once begins to talk he will never cease talking.
- lṳ́ hiuⁿ thî-khí cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
- don't you mention this matter.
- hiuⁿ sĭeⁿ;
- repudiate the thought.
- tṳ̂ sí huang hiuⁿ;
- nothing but death shall cause me to desist.
- cía sǹg sĭ hiuⁿ-hiuⁿ hùam-hùam kâi ṳ̄e;
- this is mere twaddle.
- híuⁿ bâk m̄-hó̤ tio;
- decayed wood is not good for carvings.
- bw̄n nî put híuⁿ;
- it will last forever.
- cē kú cū hu-híuⁿ khṳ̀;
- after a long time it will decompose.
- khîeh chut lâi, nĕ hu-hu híuⁿ-híuⁿ;
- when it was taken out, it was all rotten.
- cí kò̤ nêk míen kùi jît cū hu-híuⁿ khṳ̀;
- this piece of meat will become putrid before many days.
- ko chīu hìuⁿ seⁿ sún;
- the withered tree again sprouts.
- hìuⁿ lâi;
- returned; repeated.
- phûe hîuⁿ;
- a fur coat.
- koih hîuⁿ;
- a double gown.
- tn̂g hîuⁿ;
- a long wadded tunic.
- hîuⁿ thâu;
- a short winter jacket.
- hâng hîuⁿ;
- a quilted tunic.
- mîⁿ hîuⁿ;
- a tunic stuffed with cotton.