A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Hui

by Josiah Goddard

Hui.

缶^-1

A vessel of earthern-ware; a jar or basin.

揮¹

Impetuous effort; to shake; scatter; sprinkle; to move with the hand.

暉¹

Luminous; splendid.

翬¹

To fly rapidly with a noise.

輝¹

Fire; light; splendor; to shine.

非¹

Wrong; shameless; low; not.

扉¹

Folding doors made of wood.

騑¹

The two outer horses in a coach of four.

霏¹

Rain and snow; sleet.

妃¹

Royal concubines.

麾¹

A banner with which signals are made; to make a signal; speed.

匪²

Not; not right; vagabonds; banditti.

悱²

Endeavoring to speak out but unable.

棐²

Name of a beautiful wood.

斐²

Streaks or veins; variegated; fine and delicate.

翡²

A small bird with reddish feathers.

腓²

The calf of the leg; disease; change; to shun.

菲²

Name of a vegetable; fasting; straw sandals.

蜚²

Name of a disagreeable insect which destroys clothes, grain, furniture, &c.

誹²

To speak against; slander.

卉²

Plants; herbs; trees; thirty.

虺²

A long snake; a man's name.

燬²

Fire; a blaze.

毀²䛼²

To break in pieces; to ruin or be ruined; to slander; vilify.

彗^-3

A comet; name of a plant.

嘒^-3

Small; delicate; a soft, harmonious sound; clear; bright.

慧^-3

Intelligent; clever; ingenious.

惠^-3

Benevolence; kind; to bestow largesses; to show tenderness to the people.

繐^-3

A kind of fine, open, cool cloth; cloth used in mourning.

蕙^-3

A certain fragrant plant which grows in marshes.

肺^3-

The lungs; the mental viscera.

費^3-

To scatter wealth; expend; liberal; expense; waste; to hurt; injure.

廢^3-

To fall to ruins; to fail; to annul; lay aside.

諱^3-

To shun; avoid; dread; the name of a deceased person.