Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hueⁿ
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hûeⁿ
- pàng hûeⁿ;
- place it crosswise.
- khîa ka-ne-hûeⁿ;
- carry it horizontally.
- hûeⁿ ûeh, tît ûeh;
- the horizontal strokes and the perpendicular strokes.
- hûeⁿ-hûeⁿ tît-tît ho̤h cōi tîo;
- of both the upright ones and the transverse ones, there are a great number of bars.
- i kâi jī sía lâi, hûeⁿ sĭ hûeⁿ, tît sĭ tît;
- his writing is in right lines, the horizontal lines are horizontal, and the perpendicular are perpendicular.
- hûeⁿ-chúa;
- askew.
- hûeⁿ koi;
- a cross street.
- hûeⁿ hāng;
- the lane that runs at right angles.
- ŭ kúi têng hûeⁿ tō?
- How many ferries are there to cross?
- pái hûeⁿ;
- arrange transversely.
- hûeⁿ-sîa;
- cris-cross.
- cúa tîeh lì tît m̄ hó̤ lì hûeⁿ;
- must tear the paper lengthwise, not crosswise.
- hio-hûeⁿ;
- cross-grained.
- cò̤ sṳ̄ khah hûeⁿ-pà;
- does things too perversely.
- hûeⁿ-hûeⁿ pà-pà;
- truculent.
- hûeⁿ-seⁿ tò̤-súaⁿ;
- a cross presentation at birth.
- hûeⁿ kîaⁿ;
- go counter to.
- hûeⁿ kîaⁿ tī ĕ;
- go athwart everything.
- cau hûeⁿ hŭa;
- meet unexpected calamity.
- i kâi mīn seⁿ hûeⁿ nêk;
- he looks mulish.
- hûeⁿ sì tōa kùe tît sì;
- he is broader than he is long.
- siah cêk ki lâi cò̤ hūeⁿ;
- hew out one strip for a cross-piece.
- mîn-chn̂g hūeⁿ;
- cross-pieces bracing the legs of a bedstead.
- pâk nŏ̤ ki hûeⁿ kâi lâi cò̤ hūeⁿ;
- fasten two horizontal slats as crossbars.
- lâng-kang hūeⁿ;
- the cross bars of a balustrade.
- i phak tŏ̤ lâng-kang hūeⁿ kò̤ íam;
- she leaned on the baluster, peering over.
- íⁿ hūeⁿ;
- rungs of a chair.