Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hṳn

by Adele Marion Fielde

hṳn

• 醺hṳn21216414
• Smelling of liquor.

cíu cîah kàu hṳn-hṳn;

drank till he is odorous of whiskey.

cùi hṳn-hṳn;

boozy; tipsy.

• 勳hṳn2121914
• Meritorious effort.

kong-hṳn;

services for the common weal.

hṳn chîn;

a patriotic statesman.

• 軒hṳn1961593
• A side room; a boudoir; a saloon.

i kâi cṳ-ce kìe cò̤ sĭm-mih hṳn?

What appellation does he give to his school?

khì sĭang, hṳn ngan;

a lofty bearing and stately appearance.

• 欣hṳn204694
• Pleased at doing or getting something; merry, elated.

hṳn hông tōa lău-îa kàu jīm;

as it happily happened the magistrate had arrived at his post.

hṳn hông tăi-jîn tṳ̂ pău, uaⁿ lîang;

it is well when the magistrates extirpate the wicked and tranquilize the good.

• 殷hṳn1099796
• Abundant; flourishing.

hṳn sît;

well off.

hṳn sît kâi nâng hŏ;

a man of property.

hṳn hŏ;

the rich.

• 很hṳ́n167606
• Indisposed to listen to reason.

hiong-hṳ́n;

quarrelsome.

i lâi kàu hiong-hiong hṳ́n-hṳ́n;

he came all ready for a quarrel.

i kâi īeⁿ sĭm sĭ hiong-hṳ́n;

he looks very sulky.

• 恨hṳ̆n167616
• Spite; hatred; to dislike.

sim lăi ẁn-hṳ̆n i;

had a grudge against him.

m̄ cai i náu-hṳ̆n úa mih sṳ̄;

do not know why he is angry with me.

hṳ̆n úa bô̤ cieh i;

vexed with me because I did not lend it to him.

hṳ̆n m̄ khéng hiah;

persistently resentful.

châi chut sim-thâu cṳ hṳ̆n;

wreak one's spite.

khó̤ hṳ̆n;

detestable.

hûai hṳ̆n tŏ̤ sim;

cherish malice.

hṳ̆n m̄ lío;

no end to his dislike.

hîap hṳ̆n;

harbour hate.

hṳ̆n m̄ sio;

unappeased.

hṳ̆n kìe-sĭ i pat phah i;

hates him on account of his having beaten her.