Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hoih

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hoih

  • hoih186947
  • Narrow; contracted; petty.
i kâi tó hoih-hoih;
he is very narrow minded.
tang tó tîeh cò̤ tōa cē màiⁿ cò̤ khah hoih;
make the middle of it rather capacious, do not make it too contracted.
  • hôih83795
  • To espy; to reconnoiter.
khṳt i hôih tîeh;
espied by him.
i nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ tă-hôih;
the two are acting as spies.
i kúi nâng lâi tó̤ hôih, lṳ́ tîeh cai-hûang i;
they have come to reconnoitre and you must beware of them.
màiⁿ khṳt i hôih-kìⁿ;
do not let her get a peep at it when she is speering around.