Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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- 候hāu17698
- To inquire after; to wait for; a time or period; a period of five days.
- mn̄g-hāu;
- to inquire after one's health; to send salutations.
- i lâi mn̄g-hāu lṳ́;
- he has come to pay his respects to you.
- kio úa mn̄g-hāu i;
- give my respects to him.
- thĕng-hāu;
- to wait.
- úa tŏ̤ cí hāu-thĕng lṳ́ lâi;
- I will wait here till you come.
- tŏ̤ cí hāu lṳ́ kú lío;
- have been here waiting for you a long time.
- hāu i chìn cē cìaⁿ hó̤ cîah;
- wait till it cools, and then it may be eaten.
- sṳ̄-hāu;
- to serve; to wait upon.
- hāu lṳ́ kâi kè lâi;
- I wait, Sir, for you: (said on invitation cards).
- coih-hāu;
- holidays, at the new and full moons.
- khì hāu m̄ sie tâng;
- the seasons are dissimilar.
- hāu pó kuaⁿ;
- an officer by brevet; an expectant of office.
- bô̤ sî-hāu hó̤ cò̤;
- there is no time for doing it.
- àiⁿ táng kàu tī kâi sî-hāu?
- Until when will you wait?
- cí hûe bô̤ sî bô̤ hāu;
- there is not now time for it.
- cí hûe m̄ sĭ sî m̄ sĭ hāu;
- this it no time for it.
- hīn-khek sĭ sĭm-mih sî hāu?
- What time is it now?
- màiⁿ tak-nn̄g tīo sī-hāu;
- do not waste the time.
- sî-hāu íⁿ-keng kàu lío;
- the time has arrived.
- 効hāu193196
- To toil; to labor earnestly; exertions.
- hāu lâk;
- earnest effort.
- hāu-lâu;
- to moil.
- tŏ̤ kun côiⁿ kò̤ hāu lâk;
- led the van in effort, took the lead in exertion.
- tng-hāu khíen bé cṳ lâu;
- worked like a horse.
hàuⁿ
- 好hàuⁿ171383
- Fond of; addicted to; to take pleasure in.
- hàuⁿ hâk;
- studious.
- hàuⁿ pûah, hàuⁿ cîah;
- addicted to gambling and to opium smoking.
- hàuⁿ cîah cíu;
- fond of wine.
- nâng kâi sim kak ŭ só̤ hàuⁿ;
- each heart has its own objects of regard.
- i hàuⁿ tàⁿ ūe;
- she is a great talker.
- i sĭang hàuⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;
- he is much addicted to doing so.
- cía i sĭang hàuⁿ thiaⁿ;
- he takes great pleasure in hearing this.
- cía sĭ i só̤ hàuⁿ kâi;
- this is what he delights in.
- pêh hóⁿ hàuⁿ cîah tîam, saⁿ-suah hàuⁿ cîah kîam;
- the white tiger is partial to sweets, while the baleful griffin prefers salt relishes; each to his own taste.
- 肯hàuⁿ3241304
- Willing; acquiescent; voluntary; to assent; to permit; to consent.
- i hàuⁿ a m̄ hàuⁿ?
- Does he agree to it or not?
- kâi hàuⁿ, kâi m̄ hàuⁿ;
- one was willing, and the other was not.
- i m̄ hàuⁿ khṳt úa;
- he would not let me have it.
- i hàuⁿ;
- she gave her permission.
- i a pĕ m̄ hàuⁿ;
- his father would not consent to it.
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- 哮he192307
- Shortness of breath.
- he pēⁿ; he-ku-thiu;
- asthma.
- 噭hè3713013
- To wail; to roar; to bawl.
- màiⁿ hè-hè siaⁿ;
- do not bawl out.
- i kâi cò̤-nî hè-hè khàu;
- what is he crying so uproariously about?
- 瑕hê183969
- A flaw; a defect; a blemish.
- tn̆g tíam hûn hê;
- without spot, crease or flaw; without defect of any sort.
- 霞hê1821739
- Vapor; colored clouds.
- thóiⁿ tîeh kâi thiⁿ tn̆g hûn-hê;
- beheld the sky without a cloud.
- 蝦hê1821429
- Crustaceans allied to the lobster and shrimp.
- lêng-hê;
- lobsters.
- pêh-hê;
- prawns.
- sua-hê;
- shrimps.
- thô-hê;
- crayfish.
- mêng-kê;
- yellow prawns.
- mêng-hê pí sua-hê kâi sin ío bih;
- the yellow prawn, when compared with the shrimp has a flatter body.
- hê pó;
- dried prawns.
- hê pó, phah tīo khak, kìe-cò̤ hê bí;
- shrimps dried and shelled are called dessicated shrimps.
- hê kôi;
- the pickle for shrimps.
- hê chun;
- the roe of lobsters.
- hê ko;
- prickly prawns.
- kîam kê;
- salt prawns.
- hê chiu;
- the antennæ of lobsters.
- hê búe;
- an ornament shaped like a prawn's tail.
- 假hĕ35299
- A vacation or recess,
- pàng hĕ;
- have a vacation.
- cò̤-nî cìeⁿ ùaⁿ būe pàng hĕ?
- Being so late, why is it that school is not yet out?
- pàng hĕ lío, tŏ̤ lō tèng m̄-hó̤ sńg;
- when school is out, do not play on the way home.
- 許hĕ2281494
- To promise solemnly.
- hĕ sîn;
- to bring offerings and make a vow before the gods.
- hĕ hût;
- to promise Buddha.
- hĕ-ngw̄n;
- make a vow.
- tōa hĕ, síe kói;
- a large promise and meager fulfillment.
- tŏ̤ sîn kò̤ hĕ saⁿ seⁿ, hĕ hì;
- vowed before the gods that he would offer them three sorts of meats and the view of a theatrical performance.
- i hĕ kṳ̀e úa kâi;
- what he solemnly promised me.
- úa hĕ i jîeh cōi ngṳ̂n i hŵn-lío m̄ khéng;
- though I promised him no inconsiderable amount of money, he still would not consent.
- 送hē8321626
- To send a present; to give.
- cía mûeh sĭ tī-tîang lâi hĕ kâi?
- Who brought and presented these things?
- a î kâi kíaⁿ cò̤ chin lâi hĕ mûeh-cîah;
- my
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