Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/huap
huap
- kok huap;
- national code.
- lût-huap; huap-lût;
- laws.
- huap-tō;
- regulations.
- huap-cak;
- set of rules.
- hêng huap;
- penal laws.
- lói huap;
- rules of etiquette.
- i sĭ ŏi hû huap;
- he is one who can lay a spell.
- cía cū bô̤ huap lío;
- there is no way of doing this.
- lâi sĭeⁿ cêk kâi huang-huap;
- think out some means of compassing it.
- bô̤ huap bô̤ cak căi cò̤ tit sêng?
- Without any method or plan for attaining it, how can it be accomplished?
- nán lâi siet huap;
- let us lay a plan.
- ŭ sĭm-mih huap nē?
- In what way can it be done?
- cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū sĭang sĭen huap;
- this is the very best plan.
- i kâi huap-lâk kau-khîang;
- his arts are powerful.
- huap sût;
- black arts.
- lṳ́ thóiⁿ ēng sĭm-mih huap lâi chù-tì i?
- By what means do you think it might be regulated?
- hŭam huap;
- break the rule.
- cí kâi kuaⁿ sĭm sĭ cip huap;
- this magistrate adheres very closely to the laws.
- i mih sṳ̄ siu lói siu huap;
- in everything he follows the usages and keeps the statutes.
- chêng lí huap saⁿ lō tîeh lóng-lóng hío;
- the circumstances, the principles, and the rules, must all be understood.
- hût huap bô̤ pien;
- Buddhist rules are without limit.
- chíaⁿ kâi huap-sṳ lâi jīo i;
- get a professor of the black art to come and exorcise it.
- cìeⁿ-seⁿ cìaⁿ hâh huap;
- that is according to the rule.
- cí-kò̤ kâi nâng ùi huap;
- the people here revere the laws.
- i kâi kà-huap hó̤;
- his instructions are good.
- kà lâi tit huap;
- instruct in accordance with the established usage.
- i khṳ̀ ô̤h huap;
- he has gone to learn how to do the thing.
- līen i kâi pit huap;
- learn his style of writing.
- i kâi to̤ huap hó̤ căi;
- his fencing is very fine.
- thóiⁿ-kìⁿ i ah chut huap-tîeⁿ khṳ̀ cìaⁿ huap;
- saw him escorted to the execution ground, to have the law executed upon him.
- àng kun-huap phōiⁿ;
- judged according to military law.
- cìeⁿ-seⁿ tîeh huap;
- that is rightly done.
- i sĭ m̄ pat huap;
- he does not know how it should be done.
- m̄ hío huap, m̄ hío lût, thèng cò̤;
- ignorant of usages and rules, doing almost any way.
- mío-sĭ ûang huap;
- contempt of court.
- i sĭ mío-huap căi, tîeh tăng phōiⁿ;
- he holds the laws in contempt, and must be severely dealt with.
- i cìeⁿ-seⁿ bô̤ huap bô̤ lût, tîeh cai kéng-kài i;
- being thus lawless, he must be put under restraint.
- khṳt nâng hó̤ hāu huap;
- be a good example for others.