Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hun

by Adele Marion Fielde

hun

• 葷hun2681409
• Things forbidden to those who fast.

nŏ̤ hun nŏ̤ sù sì īeⁿ;

four sorts, two of which are of kinds forbidden to those who fast, and two of the kinds that may be used by those who fast.

• 紛hun1291204
• Confused; mixed up; ill-assorted.

nâng-bé hun-hun;

a motley crowd.

sṳ̄-bŭ hun-hun cōi căi;

multifarious business.

tī-hng hun-lw̆n;

the place is all in confusion.

• 吩hun129304
• To direct; to order.

hun-hù;

to order.

úa cò̤-nî hun-hù lṳ́, lṳ́ tîeh thiaⁿ;

whatever I tell you to do, you must do.

lṳ́ lâi, úa àiⁿ hun-hù lṳ́ kâi ūe;

come here, I have something I wish to direct you about.

i bô̤ hun bô̤ hù cò̤ i khṳ̀;

he went off without having received any directions.

• 惛hun268618
• The perceptions confused; dull.

hun-mîⁿ, m̄ cai nâng;

stupid even to insensibility.

i kâi sim hun-kông;

his mind is confused.

• 分hun129182
• To separate; to distinguish between; the second place in decimals; tenths.

hun-khui;

to separate.

hun cò̤ nŏ̤ chiu;

separate them into two bunches.

hun-lî;

set apart.

hun-sùaⁿ;

to scatter.

ŭ hun-pîet;

there is a distinction between them.

pun piaⁿ tú-gṳ̆;

detach troops to repulse them.

i ŭ hun-pûi;

he has a bonus out of it.

hun-mêng;

distinguish clearly.

hun-hun mêng-mêng;

distinctly marked.

úa thóiⁿ m̄ hun-mêng;

I do not see it distinctly.

táng i lâi hun-hwt;

wait until he comes and divides up and sends off.

hun-pĭen sĭ hui;

argue the point.

i cò̤-nî cò̤ sṳ̄ bô̤ huu bô̤ hío?

Why does he act without discrimination?

i mih sṳ̄ hun-hun hío-hío;

in everything he exercises discrimination.

kio tōa nâng hun iu;

condoles with his superior.

hun phài;

to sort out for distribution.

i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi ŭ hun ŭ chùn;

what he says is lucidly stated.

i cò̤ sṳ̄ bò̤ hun chùn;

he acts without method.

hun hâu to bô̤ kíam i kâi;

I owe him nothing whatever.

câp-hun hó̤;

wholly satisfactory.

hun cò̤ nŏ̤ ē;

separate it into two portions.

úa téng-tîeh saⁿ-hun-pùaⁿ tăng;

I weighed it, and it is three and a half tenths of an tael in weight.

lṳ́ cêk tǹg cîah kúi hun bí?

How much rice do you eat at a meal?

lṳ́ àiⁿ ēng hun pang a àiⁿ ēng chùn pang?

Do you wish to use boards that are under or over an inch in thickness?

i ŭ kúi hun hàuⁿ;

he is partly willing.

hek pêh lâng hun;

it is difficult to distinguish between the black and the white.

sṳ̄ cōi căi, bŏi tit hun sin khṳ̀ nín kò̤;

I have so much to do that I cannot get away to go to your house.

kak nâng hun thâu khṳ̀ lí;

let each go about his particular business.

ūe hun líang thâu;

tell each separately what he is to do.

• 烟hun1082866
• Opium; tobacco.

hun-tâng;

a tobacco or opium pipe.

cîah hun cē;

take a smoke.

sêk-hun;

dry fine cut tobacco.

cheⁿ-hun;

fresh smoking tobacco.

n̂g-hun;

yellow tobacco.

o-hun;

dark colored tobacco.

cúi-hun;

tobacco that is smoked through a water pipe.

lṳ̆-sòng hun;

Manilla cigars and cigaretts.

cúi-hun cúa-bûe;

a taper used for lighting a water pipe.

a-phìen hun;

opîum.

a-phìen hun-tâng;

an opium pipe.

i cêk hù hun-kŭ jû căi;

his set of utensils for smoking opium are very handsome.

hun-tō̤;

tobacco pouch.

hun-âp;

opium box.

phīⁿ-hun;

snuff.

hngk phīⁿ-hun;

take snuff.

i ŭ cîah tōa hun;

he smokes opium.

hun-teng;

a raised platform for opium smokers to lie upon.

hun-pho;

a couch for opium smoking.

hun-thie;

opium spoon.

hun pûaⁿ;

an opium smoker's tray.

hun kẃn;

an opium dealer's establishment.

hun càng;

opium dens.

hun thô;

opium balls.

hun ki;

tobacco stalks.

hun-sái màiⁿ khà cêk koiⁿ;

do not scatter the ashes of the tobacco about.

lṳ́ kâi hun-ín khin, i kâi hun-ín tăng;

your opium habit is not so completely fixed upon you as his is upon him.

hàm i lâi cuang hun;

call him to hold the opium at the smoker's pipe.

cṳ́ hun;

to clarify opium and prepare it for smoking.

hun kò̤;

cakes of opium.

hun ca; a-phìen sái;

the residuum from the pipes of opium smokers.

phìⁿ-hun hû;

a snuff bottle.

pō sêk-hun;

chews tobacco.

îeⁿ hun;

foreign tobacco.

• 婚hun268388
• To marry a wife.

hun-in;

marriage.

hun-in kâi sṳ̄ sĭ chiet-ìo sṳ̄;

marriage is a thing of great importance.

i līam lâi kio i hâh hun;

her birthday is said to be accordant with his.

tô̤h jît sêng hun;

choose a lucky day for the consummation of a marriage.

táng nî búe cìaⁿ lâi khṳt i ŵn hun;

wait till the end of the year and then let them marry.

chíaⁿ nâng lâi cĭeⁿ hun-cṳ;

invite some one to prepare the marriage contract.

lâm hun, ńng kè;

men take wives, and women wed.

hûang-sĭang tăi hun;

the Emperor's marriage.

i sĭ cí pak ûi hun kâi;

he had betrothed a wife before he was born.

i cìaⁿ sin hun;

he is of marriageable age.

hun phùe;

contract a marriage.

têng hun;

a second marriage.

thò̤ thâu hun;

a marriage contracted after the girl first betrothed to him had died.

• 熏hun2128610
• To fumigate; smoky; smoke.

hun i ta;

dry by fumigation.

màiⁿ khṳt in hun tîeh;

do not let it get smoked.

hun kàu mâk-cap lâu;

so smoky that the tears ran.

hun nío-chṳ́ khang;

fumigate a rathole.

sie kàu pi-pi-hun;

scorched so that it smokes.

hun koi, hun ah;

smoked fowls and ducks.

hun tṳ-thúi;

smoked hams.

hun kàu chiah-pauh chiah-pauh;

smoked till it is brown and blistered.

in-hun kàu cêk koiⁿ o-o;

smoked till the whole room is blackened.

líam máng-hun, hun máng;

light a mosquito torch, and smoke out the mosquitoes.

phīⁿ tîeh chàu húe hun;

smells of smoke.

hun sí;

suffocated by smoke.

• 昏hun267724
• Dusk; evening; dull; confused.

n̂g-hun;

twilight.

hun-àm;

dusk.

jît íⁿ-keng haⁿ-hun;

it is already dark.

haⁿ-hun kâi sî-hāu, cū thóiⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;

it was in the gloaming so I could not see.

hun kun cū sìn châm-chîn;

a benighted prince trusts disloyal courtiers.

hun-lw̆n;

obscure; befogged.

ût kàu hun-thâu hun-náu;

slept till dazed.

hun-mîⁿ;

dazed; bewildered.

cîah kàu hun-hun mîⁿ-mîⁿ;

drank till he was fuddled.

lṳ́ màiⁿ kun-kông;

don't be stupid.

thâu-khak hîn kàu hun-hun kông-kông;

my head was so dizzy that I was completely stupified.

thìaⁿ kàu hun, cang cúi bū i chéⁿ;

he has swooned from pain, blow water upon him to reanimate him.

• 憤hún1316112
• Strong feeling; impatient zeal.

i cē khéng hwt hún cū cò̤ tit sêng;

if he would get roused in regard to it, it would soon be accomplished.

nâng tîeh ŏi hwt hún lîp cì cìaⁿ ŭ ēng;

people must become interested in the thing, and get their minds made up to do it, then something can be effected.

• 渾hún268859
• Entire; the whole; the mass.

hún-kău kâi nâng;

the whole body.

cí kù cṳ sĭ hún-hún cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ, bô̤ kói-thiah mêng-pêh;

this sentence in its entirety says thus, its parts are not analytically expounded.

i put kùe hún-hún cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;

this is the substance of his remarks and nothing more.

• 鴿hún4281966
• A dove; a pigeon.

hún-cío;

doves.

hún-cío tû;

a dove-cote.

cêk tùi hún-cío;

a pair of doves.

ēng hún-cío lâi tòa sìn;

make use of pigeons for carrying letters.

• 粉hún1311194
• Meal; flour; powder; powdered, comminuted; to put on powder or pigments.

mi-hún;

wheaten flour.

bí-hún-kuaⁿ;

vermicelli.

hún-tîo;

maccaroni.

tāu hún;

flour made from peas or beans.

cîⁿ-chang hún;

flour made from water chestnuts.

lîang-hún;

potato flour.

lîang-hún càng;

dumplings made from potato flour.

ngó-hún;

arrow-root.

cŏ̤-hún;

white powder used as a cosmetic.

in-cîⁿ hún buah kàu âng-âng;

made red with rouge.

sang-hún;

toilet-powder.

ngói kàu hún-hún;

triturate it to a fine powder.

khòng kàu i hún kut chùi si;

beat him to a jelly.

hún chîeⁿ;

whitewash a wall.

hún i pêh;

whitewash it.

hún âng hún âng;

very fair, as if painted red and white.

hún sek;

a specious appearance.

hún-sek kâi ūe;

specious promises.

hún-sek kàu thóiⁿ m̄ chut;

furbished up so that one could not discover the fraud.

hún pâi;

a painted board used by boys in learning to write.

bói sang hún tói kâi châ ôi;

buy a pair of wooden shoes having painted soles.

• 忿hún131614
• Anger; resentment.

cêk sî cṳ hún;

momentary anger.

hún-nō̤ⁿ;

wrathful.

• 奮hùn1323713
• Impetuous; urgent; prompt.

hùn-cì thâk cṳ;

study with ardor.

ci kâi nâng chut tīn sĭm sĭ hùn-îong;

this man goes forth to battle with undaunted courage.

hùn-lâk khṳ̀ cò̤;

promptly go and do it.

• 訓hùn2121493
• To instruct; to lead in the right way; to caution.

kà-hùn;

to teach.

kà-hùn kíaⁿ-tĭ;

to instruct one's children.

ke-hùn;

home teachings.

hùn-līen piaⁿ-bé;

drill the troops.

hùn tău;

to indoctrinate.

hùn-sī;

to direct.

lṳ́ tîeh thiaⁿ i kà-hùn;

you must heed his precepts.

cía sĭ bô̤ nâng kà-hùn kâi kíaⁿ-tĭ;

this is an undisciplined lad.

cía phêng-jît sĭ bô̤ kà bô̤ hùn cìaⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

it is through lack of training that he is thus.

• 鑽hùn94516719
• To bore; to pierce.

tîeh khîeh cǹg-kíaⁿ cìaⁿ hùn tit lô̤h;

you must take a gimlet to it, then you can pierce it.

ēng keng-hùn lâi hùn;

take an angur and bore it.

hùn sie-lîn-thàng;

bore it through.

• 楦hùn232759
• A last for making shoes or boots; to form on a last.

ôi hùn;

a boot last.

i kâi hùn-thâu hùn lâi hó̤ chēng;

his last forms it into a shape pleasant to wear.

• 紋hûn10411204
• Lines; marks; creases.

cúi hûn;

ripples.

chíu hûn;

lines in the hand.

hûeⁿ hûn;

horizontal marks.

tît hûn;

perpendicular lines.

bô̤ hûn bô̤ ciah;

left no trace.

nĕ jìo-jìo, cĕng-cĕng hûn;

all wrinkled and creased.

nìo cêk cūe hûn;

make a crease.

cih khṳ̀ seⁿ hûn;

creased by folding.

ut kàu tît-tît, bô̤ hûn;

ironed out straight and smooth.

i kâi sí hûn phû lío;

he has the signs of death upon him.

i seⁿ-sêng kâi gō̤ hûn phû;

he looks as if he were starving.

i mīn téng ŭ im-tek hûn;

he looks like a good man.

• 魂hûn2691944
• The shade; the manes; the mind; the wits; the faculties.

lêng-hûn;

the spirit; the soul.

hûn-phek;

the immortal part; the spirits of man.

sam hûn chit phek;

the three ghosts, and the seven spirits of man.

kiaⁿ kàu sit hûn;

terrified out of his wits.

hûn m̄ tŏ̤ sin;

he is out of his mind.

wn hûn lṳ́ sùaⁿ;

the unrevenged ghost will not be quiet.

i kâi im-hûn cong-kú m̄ sio;

his spirit will never take its departure.

hûe hûn tńg lâi;

the returning spirit comes to the tablet, (before the 49th day after death).

hāi i kiaⁿ kàu hûn bô̤;

frightened him out of his senses.

cē thóiⁿ hûn cū bô̤;

as soon as he saw it he lost his wits.

cêk hûe cū hûn sùaⁿ;

after the return, the spirit was at rest.

hûn māng-kìⁿ peh kàu suaⁿ téng;

dreamed that I climbed to the mountain top.

i kâi hûn híen-sin khṳt i thóiⁿ;

his ghost appeared to them.

ín hûn; cie hûn;

to lead the spirit home from abroad.

siu i kâi hûn;

take possession of his mind.

hẃn hûn, ûah khí lâi;

to come to life again.

• 痕hûn1671046
• A scar, scratch, crack, or flaw.

màiⁿ mûeh seⁿ hûn;

do not scratch it.

sieⁿ hûn;

a scar from a wound.

mâk-cap hûn;

traces of tears.

bŏi lò hun-ciah;

has left no visible trace.

poiⁿ hûn;

small pox marks.

mīn-tèng cêk cūe hûn sĭ kuah tîeh kâi a sĭ pûah tîeh kâi?

Was the scar on your face made by a cut or by a fall?

pit cūe hûn;

has cracked.

ku-ā kò̤ pit hûn;

several of them have flaws in them.

• 雲hûn11421734
• Clouds; cloudy.

phû hûn hŏ;

rain clouds are gathering.

hûn bū;

cloudy.

múaⁿ thiⁿ hûn;

the sky is all overcast.

cêk tah o hûn;

a black cloud.

pêh hûn pìⁿ cò̤ âng bûn;

the clouds are turning red.

hûn cia kàu pùaⁿ suaⁿ;

the clouds reach half way down the mountains.

hûn-thâu;

a thunder-cloud.

hṳ lâng hûn;

a mackerel sky.

thong thiⁿ lóng-cóng sĭ o hûn;

the whole sky is black with clouds.

hûn khui kìⁿ jît;

the clouds are breaking.

hûn khui kâi khang-khiah, thóiⁿ-kìⁿ thiⁿ nêk;

there is a rift in the cloud, and the blue sky appears.

hûn sio, hŏ sùaⁿ;

the clouds are disappearing, and the rain diminishing.

thóiⁿ-kìⁿ tŏ̤ hûn-twn téng;

saw it among the clouds.

hûn tìo kha;

the cloud is lifting from the earth.

cí tah hûn pue khù kĕ-kĕ;

this cloud drifts along very low down.

phah hûn póiⁿ;

to strike the cloudy board; to announce visitors at a yamun or monastery by tapping an iron plate.

• 混hŭn269858
• In disorder; promiscuously; turbid; chaotic.

mông-mông hŭn-hŭn;

dark; confused.

hŭn nău;

confused clamor.

mńg hŭn kùe jît;

it is a troublesome world.

lâm ńng hŭn câp;

a heterogeneous crowd of men and women.

hŭn-tŭn;

chaotic.

thiⁿ tī īa ŭ sî ŏi hŭn-tŭn;

the heavens and the earth are sometimes indistinguishable through being mixed up together.

hŭn-hŭn tŭn-tŭn;

irretrievably mixed up.

su kùe màiⁿ lâi hŭn kha hŭn chúi;

it would have been better if he had had nothing to do with it.

• 分hūn131182
• A share; a portion; a dividend; the part one acts; the duties of a post.

pun cò̤ saⁿ hūn pêⁿ tōa;

divide it into three equal parts.

kâi nâng cêk hūn;

give a portion to each.

saⁿ hūn thiu cêk;

take out one third.

hūn gūa;

what is outside one's own share.

kúi hūn tĭⁿ;

partly full.

sì-hūn lô̤h cêk hūn;

make use of one quarter of it.

îeh lâk hūn cîah cêk hūn;

take one sixth of the medicine.

àiⁿ cham kúi hūn lô̤h khṳ̀?

What proportion of the whole shall I put in?

ke hūn, cíe hūn;

a greater or lesser portion.

síu hūn;

content with his lot.

síu i kâi pńg hūn;

attends to his own business.

uaⁿ hūn síu kí;

mind your own business.

khĭa hūn;

make up a deficiency by each supplying an equal sum.

phōiⁿ cêk hūn lói-mûeh khṳ̀ sàng i;

render to him a portion of the presents.

cía i bô̤ hūn;

he has no part in this.

kó hūn;

to take shares in.

cía sĭ i kâi ŵn hūn;

this is what he has a liking for.

nán kúi nâng lâi hak cêk hūn, ĕ jît thàng lío tōa sòi hūn cìe pun;

let us take a share togethər, and afterward when there is income from it declare a dividend.

mĭaⁿ hūn;

the same lot for life.

mīaⁿ hūn m̄ hó̤ lw̆n;

those whose fates are joined for life should not be at variance.

cí kâi nâng m̄ uaⁿ hūn;

this person is meddlesome.

kùe hūn;

officious; beyond what properly belongs to one's functions.

tàⁿ kùe hūn ūe;

say more than belongs to one's part.

pńg hūn;

one's own duty or office.

i pńg hūn tîeh cíeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;

that is what properly pertains to his office; that is his duty.

kak nâng kak nâng kâi ceh-hūn;

each has his special duty.

i cìeⁿ-seⁿ sǹg sĭ wt-hūn;

in so doing he may be considered to have overstepped his proper sphere.

àiⁿ cò̤ kúi hūn khui?

How many parts is it to be divided into?

i kâi hūn-siaⁿ cōi;

he has a large proportion.

i sòi hūn, i tōa hūn;

this one gets a small, and that one a large portion.

i kâi seng-lí lṳ́ ŭ chap hūn a bô̤?

Have you anything invested in his business?

ṳ́a ŭ chap-hūn;

I have an interest in it.

sĭm-mih sṳ̄ lṳ́ to ŭ hūn;

you meddle in everything.

cíe i hūn ĕ kâi hâiⁿ;

give him that which belongs to him.

cía sĭ i hūn lăi kâi sṳ̄;

this appertains to his office.

tîeh thóiⁿ i sĭm-mih sin hūn;

must see what his belongings are.

sìang sīm-mih sin hūn;

ascertain what rank he has.

kâi thien-hūn hó̤;

he has fine natural abilities.