Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/huiⁿ
húiⁿ
- i tō̤ thó-ĕ tó̤ húiⁿ khàu;
- he lies on the ground, rolling and crying.
- khṳt i húiⁿ cò̤ kâi chim thâm khṳ̀;
- a deep hollow has been worn out by its gyrations.
- húiⁿ thâp khṳ̀;
- make a hole in the ground by rolling around.
- cía tōa chèng-cí tūi lô̤h khṳ̀ ŏi húiⁿ tīo nâng kâi chù;
- this bomb when thrown will overturn peoples' houses.
- húiⁿ tīo i kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
- spoiled his goods.
- húiⁿ tīo i kâi châng-hn̂g;
- wasted his fields.
- húiⁿ tīo i kâi chù;
- tore down his house.
- sie-húiⁿ;
- burned up.
- sie-húiⁿ i kâi saⁿ-khò;
- burned up her clothing.
- thiah húiⁿ i kâi chù-téng;
- tore up his roof.
- úa kâi hue-hn̂g khṳt i húiⁿ tīo lío-lío;
- my flower garden was completely ruined by them.
- húiⁿ-păng;
- to slander.
- cía sĭ húiⁿ-păng i kâi ūe;
- this is wicked aspersion.
- húiⁿ-păng nâng;
- to backbite people.
- húiⁿ lūi, húiⁿ thû;
- vagabonds.
- thó-húiⁿ;
- local robbers;
- hŭe-húiⁿ;
- an association of seditious persons.
- châk-húiⁿ;
- banditti.
- hue khṳt jît phâk lío hûiⁿ-hûiⁿ;
- flowers wilt after being exposed to the sun.
- cí câng mûeh cá-jît thóiⁿ tîeh hûiⁿ-hûiⁿ, cá-mêⁿ cîah tîeh lō-cúi, kíaⁿ-jît hîeh cū khīa-khīa;
- this plant was drooping very much yesterday, but last night it got the dew upon it, and to-day its leaves are all erect.
- cí cho̤h hue-bâk kâi hîeh, cò̤-nî hûiⁿ-hûiⁿ nē?
- Why are the leaves of these shrubs wilted?
- tîo so̤h hûiⁿ lô̤h lâi;
- a rope was dangling.
- pàng i hûiⁿ lô̤h lâi;
- let it dangle.
- kha hûiⁿ pàng cûn-po̤-kîⁿ kò̤ sói;
- hang your feet over the side of the boat and wash them.
- tin-tò̤ hûiⁿ;
- hung upside down.
- hûiⁿ-mō̤ⁿ;
- waiting in suspense.
- hûiⁿ síeⁿ keh;
- put up notice of a reward.
- hûiⁿ-kùa tŏ̤ thiaⁿ tn̂g;
- hung up in the temple.
- cí khí ùaⁿ hûiⁿ jîeh kú cong-kú bô̤ kak!
- How long this case hangs on without ever coming to a settlement!
- cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ hûiⁿ tŏ̤ sim tèng;
- this affair is undecided in his mind.
- lêng hûiⁿ búe;
- a half formed waterspout, depending from a cloud.
- thâu hûiⁿ-hûiⁿ;
- with drooping head.
- cêk phau chiu hûiⁿ lô̤h lâi;
- a tassel dangled therefrom.
- thâu hûiⁿ, búe hûiⁿ, hêk căi;
- his head and tail both droop, he is jaded out.
- màiⁿ hûiⁿ tîeh thô;
- do not draggle it on the ground.