Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hong
hong
- hong-to; hong-to tī-gêk;
- Tophet.
- sí ău phah lô̤h hong-to;
- sent after death to Tophet.
- hong-to tăi-tì;
- the great ruler of Hades.
- ŭ kâi hong hô, ŭ kâi hong pek;
- some were raised to the rank of marquis, and some to the rank of earl.
- kàu hong it phín hu-jîn;
- invested with the highest rank bestowed upon women.
- hong sîn;
- to deify, as is done by the Emperor.
- hong kuaⁿ;
- appoint to office.
- hong ciak;
- grant a title of nobility.
- hong kiang tăi-chîn;
- the high provincial officers.
- chíaⁿ hong; chíaⁿ kàu hong;
- ask a title for one's parents or relatives.
- îⁿ hong;
- ask to have a patent of nobility bestowed on another because of one's own merits.
- thek hong;
- promotion on account of merit.
- thek hong pâi;
- an honorary tablet conferred by the Emperor.
- gêk hong;
- conferred by the gods.
- suaⁿ hong;
- a mountain peak.
- peh-khí kûiⁿ-kûiⁿ kâi suaⁿ-hong téng;
- climbed to the top of a very high mountain.
- múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ hâi hong lŵn ngía căi;
- the peaks and ridges all around are very beautiful.
- ko hong tok sóng;
- a solitary lofty height.
- hong siaⁿ;
- a rumor or report.
- hong bŭn;
- hearsay.
- hong sôk;
- habits; modes.
- hong khì;
- general feelings, as of a community.
- ui hong; ui-ui hong-hong;
- awful; majestic.
- hong-tō;
- style; manners.
- i kâi hong-tō hó căi;
- his manners are excellent.
- tăi chîn kâi hong-tō;
- the air of a nobleman.
- bûn hong;
- literary fame.
- kwn hong;
- observe the general state of affairs.
- hong nî;
- a plenteous year.
- hong kău;
- abundant; exhuberant.
- nî tang hong-lông;
- a fertile year.
- ngŏ kak hong teng;
- the grain is copiously piled.
- hong múaⁿ;
- ample; full.
- sîah cò̤ lâi hong căi;
- the feast was sumptuous.
- hong-hong lông-lông;
- affluent; copious; plenteous.
- kau-hong tùi lúi;
- to join in battle.
- côiⁿ hong; sien hong; khui lō sien hong;
- the vanguard.
- hong lāi bô̤ pí;
- incomparably sharp.
- ceⁿ hong;
- bitter rivalry.
- hóng lôk;
- salary.
- cîah sang hóng;
- has an income from two offices.
- hŵt hóng;
- forfeit his salary.
- kău hóng; kia hóng;
- increase his salary.
- hóng keng;
- to intone chants as do Buddhist priests.
- lût hóng siang thî hṳ̂-ong tit lĭ;
- when the snipe and mussel nip each other the fisherman is the gainer.
- lău hóng seⁿ cu;
- the old clam produces a pearl; the old man has a child.
- khai ciang hông hwt;
- may we have great profits in our business, (a shopman's sign).
- khwn hông, tăi lĭang;
- great magnanimity, (a polite phrase).
- ôih lō siang hông;
- met in a narrow path.
- hông tîeh i lâi;
- he happened to come.
- hông nâng cū tàⁿ;
- when you meet a man speak to him.
- cía sĭ lâng hông kái sṳ̄;
- this is something that seldom happens.
- cía sǹg sĭ khî hông;
- this is a rare occurrence.
- múiⁿ hông saⁿ poih jît, pàng kò̤;
- whenever a third and an eighth day occurs, complaints may be entered.
- khṳ̀ i kò̤ cŏ̤ cṳ̆-lâi m̄ pat hông tîeh i tŏ̤ kò̤;
- up to now it has happened that when I went to his house to sit with him, he has never been at home.
- hông hiong hùe kit;
- meet with bad luck or with good luck.
- i sĭ būe pat hông tîeh ngĕ-têk;
- he has not yet met one who could master him.
- kî hông têk-chíu, cìang ngŏ̤ lîang-châi;
- the chess-player meets his match, the general his equal.
- châi-hông;
- a tailor.
- châi hông phò;
- a tailor's shop.
- hông hi;
- vast felicity.
- hông pĭen;
- to send a letter by a friend; by favor of.
- hông ngăn;
- the wild goose.
- hông hok;
- immeasurable bliss.
- hông hok;
- great blessedness.
- khwn hông tăi lĭang;
- liberal minded and very kind.
- hông huang kâi sî-hāu;
- when the world was still a vast waste.
- mêh hông tōa;
- an irregular pulse.
- hŏng hûang;
- the male and the female phenix.
- hŏng cío;
- a phenix.
- hŏng kwn;
- a bride's coronet.
- hŏng ngán;
- the Emperor's eye; a sign of good luck.
- lêng kuaⁿ, hŏng chúe;
- like dragon's liver and phenix's marrow, a rare delicacy.
- hŏng mĕng lâi cò̤ kuaⁿ;
- receive orders to take office.
- hŏng cí;
- receive the will of the Emperor.
- hŏng kà;
- received instructions.
- hŏng-sṳ̆ pĕ-bó̤;
- reverently obey parents.
- i mîaⁿ-ke hŏng-sêng nâng;
- he is a skillful flatterer.
- hŏng-hìen;
- to offer, as in worship.
- hŏng cĭeⁿ;
- to present a gift to the Emperor.
- hŏng lói-mûeh;
- make gifts to the gods.
- hŏng kîaⁿ kū sṳ̄;
- follow the customs of one's predecessors.