Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hoⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

hóⁿ

• 否hóⁿ141304
• Not; not so.

sĭ hóⁿ hó̤ sía jī khṳt úa cai;

whether affirmative or negative, write and let me know.

sĭ hóⁿ cò̤-nî?

What is the affirmative and what the negative side of the question?

• 琥珀hóⁿ-phek224
• Amber, said by the Chinese to be transformed from resin.

àiⁿ jīn hóⁿ-phek ŭ sĭm-mih huang-huap?

What is the way of telling whether a substance is amber?

hóⁿ-phek ŏi sîp kâi;

amber will collect electricity.

cìaⁿ hóⁿ-phek chìu jîet ŏi kit teng-sim cháu;

real amber when heated by friction will attract lamp-wicks or straws.

hueh phek;

red amber.

• 虎hóⁿ2241412
• A tiger; fierce; awful.

lău-hóⁿ; nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ;

a tiger.

hóⁿ kó;

a male tiger.

hóⁿ bó̤;

a tigeress.

kúi ciah hóⁿ;

several tigers.

méⁿ hóⁿ;

a fierce tiger.

hóⁿ cìang;

a dauntless leader.

hóⁿ hêng;

a ferocious aspect.

hóⁿ ui;

warlike; dreadful.

pêh hóⁿ;

the white tiger.

pêh hóⁿ kă lṳ́!

May the white tiger devour you!

cúa nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ;

a paper tiger, a braggart.

lêng hóⁿ tò;

a furious fight between two.

khîa hó̤ⁿ lâng hĭa;

he who rides a tiger finds it hard to dismount.

nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ thiam sît;

add wings to a tiger; give additional power to the malevolent.

pue hóⁿ tūi;

a company of flying tigers; troops having the flying tiger on their flag.

phah hóⁿ chin hiaⁿ-tĭ;

if you are going to attack a tiger you must have own brothers to help.

khṳ̀ nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ chùi kò̤ khṳt nêk;

go to a tiger to beg a piece of meat.

nâng sí lâu mîaⁿ, hóⁿ sí lâu phûe;

when a man dies he leaves his name behind him, when a tiger dies he leaves his pelt.

cū sĭ cêk ciah hóⁿ!

He is a tiger!

líu hóⁿ hām;

dig a pitfall for catching tigers.

hóⁿ tàu;

a tiger's lair.

m̄ jîp hóⁿ tàu kò̤, căi tit lîah tîeh hóⁿ-kíaⁿ?

If you do not enter the tiger's den, how can you seize the cubs?

tú-tú phah tîeh hóⁿ phīⁿ;

hit the tiger exactly on his nose; struck the vulnerable part.

lêng kîaⁿ hóⁿ pō;

a majestic bearing.

hóⁿ búe thūi cu;

a pearl hangs at the end of the tiger's tail.

tieⁿ hóⁿ năuⁿ; tieⁿ năuⁿ cìⁿ lâi sīa hóⁿ;

set a trap for shooting tigers.

ngâu hóⁿ-kut ka;

make glue from tigers' bones.

hóⁿ phûe jôk;

rugs made from tigers' skins.

hóⁿ gê;

tigers' teeth.

hóⁿ jío;

tigers' claws.

hóⁿ hĭⁿ cháu;

the strawberry geranium.

hóⁿ-thâu pâi;

a tablet with a tiger's head drawn upon it.

hô-sîn hóⁿ;

a small spider that pounces on flies.

nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ ngĕ-sèⁿ;

of an awfully stern temper.

nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ pì tṳ;

a tiger carrying a pig on its back.

chut jîp méⁿ hóⁿ siang sûi;

tigers submissively follow him about.

hâng lêng, hôk hóⁿ;

bring dragons and tigers back to their allegiance.

hóⁿ kim-kâm;

a weapon for killing tigers.

hóⁿ cĭeⁿ che;

the tiger is at bay.

nĭoⁿ hóⁿ m̄ cĭeⁿ che bô̤ lêng-ûi phah i;

if the tiger does not rear at the pitch-fork you cannot shoot him.

thiaⁿ-kìⁿ hóⁿ hm̄-hm̄-kìe;

heard the tiger growling.

hóⁿ phâu-hau;

tigers roar.

hóⁿ āuⁿ-āuⁿ-kìe;

tigers snarl.

keh jît thóiⁿ-kìⁿ hóⁿ kha-ciah jîeh tōa kâi;

the other day I saw the tracks of a very large tiger.

sí hóⁿ cò̤ ûah hóⁿ phah;

treat a dead tiger as if he were alive.

hóⁿ lô̤h pêⁿ-îeⁿ pĭ káu khi;

when a tiger comes down into the arable land, he may be harried by a dog.