Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hiaⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

hiaⁿ

• 兄hiaⁿ213103
• An elder brother; a senior; used after names as a term of respect, like Mr.

hiⁿ tĭ;

brothers.

hiaⁿ tĭ kíaⁿ;

little brothers.

chin hiaⁿ tĭ;

own brothers.

thang hiaⁿ tĭ;

cousins, sons of brothers.

î píe hiaⁿ tĭ;

cousins, sons of sisters.

píe hiaⁿ tĭ;

male cousins of different surnames.

cŭang hiaⁿ tĭ;

second cousins.

côk lăi hiaⁿ tĭ;

men of the same clan.

tâng pau hiaⁿ tĭ;

sons of the same father and mother.

ĭ bó̤ hiaⁿ tĭ;

brothers having the same father, but not the same mother.

tek sù hiaⁿ tĭ;

sons of the chief and of the inferior wife.

tâng nî hiaⁿ tĭ;

friends born in the same year, or men who would have been married to each other had they not been of the same sex.

mêng hiaⁿ tĭ;

brethren of the same creed.

sĭa hiaⁿ tĭ; hŭe hiaⁿ tĭ;

brethren of the same sect.

ngĭ hiaⁿ tĭ;

brothers by adoption.

ūaⁿ thiap hiaⁿ tĭ;

brothers by exchange of cards bearing dates of birth days.

ùaⁿ hiaⁿ tĭ;

fellow-graduates.

nî hiaⁿ tĭ;

those who in the same year attain a literary degree higher than the first.

sai hiaⁿ tĭ;

fellow-apprentices.

sṳ hiaⁿ tĭ;

those of the same craft.

khòi cò̤ hiaⁿ tĭ;

made brothers by a contract.

hiaⁿ tĭ kuaⁿ;

officials of the same rank.

ngô̤ hiaⁿ;

I, your unworthy elder brother.

lĕng hiaⁿ;

your elder brother.

ke hiaⁿ;

my elder brother.

pĕ hiaⁿ;

father's elder brother.

hiaⁿ só̤;

elder brother's wife.

soiⁿ hiaⁿ;

your departed brother.

a-hiaⁿ hùe;

seniors.

a-hiaⁿ hùe, kîaⁿ khui cē;

get out of the way there, brethren.

ŭ kâi a-hiaⁿ nâng tŏ̤ kîaⁿ;

an elderly man was going along.

hiaⁿ thâi; lău hiaⁿ thâi;

honorable Sir.

hiaⁿ cíang;

respected friends, used as an address in writing.

khóng huang hiaⁿ;

the brother with the square hole, a cash.

hiaⁿ mūe;

brother and sister.

a ún hiaⁿ;

Mr. Un.

móng a-hiaⁿ;

that man.

lṳ́ kìe-cò̤ mih a-hiaⁿ?

What are you called Sir?

nín a hiaⁿ hùe tó̤ cò̤ mih sṳ̄?

What are your men-folks doing?

tōa hiaⁿ, jī hiaⁿ;

the eldest and next to the eldest brother.

• 觸híaⁿ9914813
• To push sidewise with the horns.

khṳt gû híaⁿ tîeh;

hooked by an ox.

cí ciah gû ŏi híaⁿ nâng;

this ox is apt to hit people with its horns.

• 拕hìaⁿ3646
• To widen; to open out.

hìaⁿ khui khṳt i phâk;

open it up to the sun.

khui hìaⁿ-hìaⁿ tó̤ lā;

opened out fully for airing.

nín kâi mn̂g cò̤-nî khui kàu hìaⁿ-hìaⁿ?

Why are all your doors thrown wide open?

ūe tàⁿ lío, hìaⁿ-hìaⁿ khui;

having spoken about it, he continued to expatiate upon it.

kun-sṳ̆ hìaⁿ cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ, tìn-tang kâi tōa phàu cū bū khṳ̀;

the troops defiled to either side, and the great canon in the middle volleyed forth.

• 燒hîaⁿ7448612
• To put on fuel; to build a fire.

húe tîeh hîaⁿ thong-lông thong-lông;

lay the fire in such a way that there will be plenty of fuel with spaces for draught between.

khĭam châ, hîaⁿ phùa càu;

lacking wood, (one cannot) make the fire so hot as to crack the furnace.

jw̆n hîaⁿ, hîaⁿ m̄ sêk;

however much fuel I put on, I can't make the fire hot enough to cook it.

hîaⁿ cúi lâi sói-êk;

heat water for bathing.

mûeh-hîaⁿ;

fuel.

tô̤h cho̤h mûeh-hîaⁿ lâi hîaⁿ;

take some fuel and put it on the fire.

• 刑hîaⁿ206184
• Criminal jurisprudence.

hîaⁿ pŏ;

the Board of Punishments.

hîaⁿ pŏ sīeⁿ-cṳ;

the President of the Board of Punishments.

hîaⁿ pâng a-pún;

a clerk in the criminal courts.

hîaⁿ mīaⁿ sṳ-îa;

a counsellor in criminal cases in the local courts.

• 艾hīaⁿ6201402
• Mugwort; moxa.

chah hīaⁿ;

to wear sprigs of mugwort in the hair.

hīaⁿ jông;

moxa punk.

io būe cêng máng tîeh hīaⁿ tŏ̤ kò̤;

has not yet come any where near carrying out the project.

hó̤ cang hīaⁿ khṳ̀ sói cū hó̤;

it will get well if you bathe it with mugwort.