Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/huang

by Adele Marion Fielde

huang

• 謊唐huang-thâng861
• Boasting talk, gasconade, exaggeration.

i kâi ūe huang-thâng căi;

his language is very extravagant.

só̤ tàⁿ kâi ūe huang-huang thâng-thâng, bô̤ kù sît;

what was said was the wildest exaggeration, without a word of truth in it.

• 慌huang2536110
• Nervous; alarmed; agitated.

màiⁿ khah huang- mâng;

do not be too hurried.

sim huang, ì lw̆n;

agitated in mind.

huang-huang ciang-ciang;

in trepidation.

i kâi sim huang-lw̆n;

she is flurried.

• 風huang1551820
• Wind; air in motion; breath.

sŭn huang, tit lĭ;

may you have a fair wind and prosperous journey.

ngêk huang;

go against the wind.

huang sŭn, éng cĕⁿ;

fair wind and smooth waters,

lṳ́ tī jît àiⁿ sŭn huang?

On what day do you sail?

tăi-ke hùe, àiⁿ chíaⁿ lṳ́ cîah sŭn huang cíu;

I invite you all to take a parting cup with me before you sail.

huang cĭeⁿ pôiⁿ;

to windward.

huang ĕ pôiⁿ;

to leeward.

khûang huang, méⁿ hŏ;

violent wind and rain.

hieⁿ-ĕ huang, sîaⁿ lăi, hŏ;

the country is windy, the city rainy.

lú m̄-hó̤ chue tîeh huang;

you must not let the wind blow upon you.

màiⁿ kìⁿ huang;

do not expose yourself to the wind.

tōa huang, tōa hŏ;

high wind and heavy rain.

thàu huang;

the wind blows gently.

chue huang;

the wind is blowing.

pûn huang;

to blow up with the breath.

m̄-hó̤ lāu huang;

make it air tight.

khau huang;

bends under the force of the wind.

lā huang;

dry in the wind.

cêk táu tang huang, saⁿ táu hŏ;

to a peck of east wind there are three pecks of rain.

tîeh thàu tōa pak huang cìaⁿ ŏi cêⁿ;

if there were to be a strong north wind it would clear.

lâm huang hūe;

schools of fish that appear with the rising of the south wind.

sì phìⁿ huang;

a shifting wind.

sŭn huang kî;

a wind vane; one who falls in with whatever is said.

huang hŏ cam;

a barometer.

cí kâi tī-hng khah hip huang;

this place is too much shut off from the wind.

phuah huang-lô;

fan the fire in the furnace.

huang cêk cūn cêk cūn;

the wind comes in gusts.

huang-thai;

a typhoon.

àiⁿ cò̤ huang-thai;

there is going to be a gale.

kîaⁿ-cûn ngŏ̤ tîeh phah thâu huang;

meet adverse winds.

huang gûeh chìe thâm;

small talk.

chìn huang; kûaⁿ huang;

cold, bleak winds.

lîang huang;

a breeze.

cheng huang;

a refreshing breeze.

huang cheng, gûeh pêh;

cool breezes, and moonlight nights.

hàuⁿ huang lîu;

fond of gaiety.

huang-lîu châi cṳ́;

a fast young man.

huang-cúi;

the influence exerted on the welfare of the living and the dead by the bearings of sites.

huang bŭn;

rumors.

úa huang bŭn-kìⁿ ŭ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

I heard a rumor of this.

tòng huang pēⁿ;

apoplexy.

sieⁿ huang;

a cold; rheumatic pains.

ùi huang;

afraid of drafts.

pun cêk tīn huang chue khṳ̀;

blown away by a gust of wind.

khṳt huang sut cîh khṳ;

whisked off and broken by the wind.

huang kūiⁿ;

a fanning mill.

tìeⁿ huang;

puffed up with wind.

cîah lío seⁿ huang;

productive of flatulence.

huang jûah kek kàu thâu-khak hîn căi;

had the perspiration checked so completely as to produce headache.

huang-khì;

neuralgia.

huang sip;

malarious.

làng-làng huang-huang;

giving ingress to many currents of air.

bŏi làng-huang;

does not admit the air.

lṳ́ mih huang? lṳ́ sĭm-mih huang chue lâi?

What brought you here?

pàng cêk kò̤ khṳt i tháu huang;

leave an aperture for ventilation.

huang thàu lâi nă-nă;

the wind is hot.

bô̤ huang;

no breeze.

táng ŭ huang cìaⁿ hó̤ sái;

wait till the wind rises, then put up the sails.

cìaⁿ huang hó̤ sái, a hûeⁿ huang hó̤ sái?

Which is best for sailing, a wind that comes directly astern, or one that comes at right angles to the course?

huang thîo hŏ sŭn;

just enough of wind and rain.

khṳt huang phah ka-lâuh lô̤h lâi;

blown down by the wind.

huang bō̤;

a hood.

pŭ huang chok íaⁿ;

chase the wind and catch shadows; it is mere idle rumor.

chīu-sin khĭa tit cìaⁿ, m̄ phàⁿ chīu-búe huang îo-tŏng;

the erect tree does not fear having its top shaken by the wind.

• 方huang132700
• Proper, correct; a rule, a way, a means; thereupon.

twn huang sì-cìaⁿ;

exactly square.

tōa-tōa huang-huang;

on an extensive scale.

ŭ sĭm-mih huang-huap?

What way is there of doing it?

kîaⁿ huang-pĭen;

to act as circumstances may render expedient.

cìeⁿ-seⁿ ío huang-pĭen;

this way is the more convenient.

cò̤ mih sṳ̄ to tîeh ŭ huang ŭ huap;

in doing things there must be method.

úa huang-châi lâi;

I have just come.

táng i lâi huang hó̤ cò̤ sṳ̄;

wait till he arrives and then act.

huang-kim kâi sì-sôk to sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

such are the practices of the present time.

nî huang câp-poih;

about eighteen years of age.

kà kíaⁿ ŭ ngĭ huang;

there is a correct method of training children.

• 荒huang2501406
• Neglected; void; obsolete.

cìeⁿ-sî kâi kang-hu huang-hùi căi;

work, now-a-days, is very intermittent.

tī-hng bô̤ khṳ̀ siu-sîp huang-huang hùi-hùi;

the place has not been put in order and is very dilapidated.

tăng kim nî cn̂g kâi huang-so̤;

this year it has been wholly unattended to.

huang-ía kâi tī-hng;

a wilderness.

i tàⁿ ūe sĭm sĭ huang-thâng;

what he says is utterly untrustworthy.

huang nî;

a year of dearth.

huang îm bô̤ tō;

total neglect of duty.

hông-huang kâi sî-hāu;

in very dull times.

• 瘋huang1561049
• Leprous; insane.

tōa huang;

leprous.

mûaⁿ-huang;

the leprosy.

huang-tien;

insane.

huang mô̤ⁿ, sàu sîn;

a maniac.

• 鄷huang15816318

huang-to;

a district on the Yangtsze in the east of Szechuen, where the fire wells are.

huang-to tī-gêk;

Tophet.

huang-to tăi-tì;

the ruler of Hades.

• 肓huang2501303
• The space between the heart and the diaphragm.

pēⁿ jîp ko̤-huang bô̤ îeh hó̤ ui;

when the disease enters the vitals no medicine can cure it.

• 封huang156416
• To seal up; to inclose in an envelope; a seal.

huang ìn, khui ìn;

to close and open public offices at the end and the beginning of the year.

huang mn̂g;

seal up a door.

huang phûe; huang tîo;

strips pasted across a door, and sealed with a goverment seal.

huang cûn;

to impress a boat.

huang só̤;

to lock up and seal.

cêk huang sìn;

a sealed epistle.

cêk huang ngṳ̂n;

a sealed packet of money.

huang miⁿ-miⁿ; huang kín-kín;

sealed tightly.

khui huang;

open the seal.

huang-tâng;

an envelope.

sái ngŵn huang ngṳ̂n;

pay out the original parcels of money.

ngŵn huang put tŏng;

the original seal has not been tampered with.

cí tieⁿ sìn huang lío hó̤ khap ìn;

seal and then stamp this letter.

• 紡húang1351204
• Pongee.

húang tîu;

thick pongee.

tōa húang;

repped pongee.

síe húang;

fine pongee.

• 彷彿húang-hut135
• Resembling; seeming; like.

húang-hut;

somewhat like.

thóiⁿ tîeh húang-hut;

it appears like it.

húang-hut chin-chĭeⁿ sĭ;

it bears a resemblance to it.

úa hṳ́ hûe thóiⁿ khṳ̀ húang-húang hut-hut, m̄ tīaⁿ;

I then saw it indistinctly.

• 恍惚húang-hut253
• Disturbed; fluttered; unable to collect one's thoughts.

húang-hut, thóiⁿ bô̤ hìeⁿ tīaⁿ;

being flurried, did not see it distinctly.

húang-húang hut-hut àiⁿ khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?

Where are you going in such trepidation?

thiaⁿ khṳ̀ húang-hut, m̄ tīaⁿ;

listened in a confused way, and was not certain about it.

cĕng sîn húang-hut;

all in a fluster.

• 倣húang13498
• To imitate; to copy after.

húang i kâi īeⁿ;

follow his example.

húang i kâi huap;

follow his rule.

húang lâi sĭo căi;

it is very exactly copied.

húang kó kâi pit ì;

delineate it in the ancient style.

cí kâi húang lâi bô̤ saⁿ sîaⁿ;

this has but a slight resemblance to the pattern.

cang cí kâi cò̤ īeⁿ pun lṳ́ húang;

I will take this for a model for you to copy.

jw̆n húang, húang m̄ sĭo;

howsoever I copy, the copy bears no likeness to the original.

cí pak ūe kōi húang;

this scroll is easily copied.

húang móng nâng kâi īeⁿ lâi cò̤;

make it like that of a certain person.

• 訪húang1341494
• To search out; to inquire into; to inform one's self concening.

húang-bŭn i íⁿ-keng lâi;

obtained information that he had already arrived.

àm húang;

secretly inquire into.

tá-pàng cò̤ phêng-sîeⁿ nâng khṳ̀ àm húang;

dressed like a common person, and went and secretly examined into the matter.

àm-cĕⁿ khṳ̀ chip húang;

secretly pursued and searched into.

chê húang;

to search out.

khṳ̀ múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ húang hîen-jîn;

go everywhere seeking out the wise.

taⁿ íⁿ-keng húang kàu mêng-mêng pêh-pêh;

have now by inquiry found out the whole truth.

húang mn̄g;

inquire about it in order to ascertain the facts.

• 放hùang135664
• To relax; to indulge.

lṳ́ màiⁿ hùang sim;

don't be heedless.

i hùang-sṳ̀ căi;

he is very impudent.

i sĭ hùang-hùang tăng-tăng, bô̤ kù cìaⁿ-keng sṳ̄;

he is very willful and disregards all propriety.

• 防hûang1341704
• To ward off; to guard against; to provide against; a dike; a defense.

ŭ hûang pĭ;

prepared for.

ŭ hûang pĭ, kio bô̤ huang bô̤ pĭ, cū m̄ tâng;

there is a difference between being prepared for a thing, and being taken unawares by it.

i soiⁿ-soiⁿ cū cai ṳ̆-hûang i;

he took precautions against it long before.

cêk kok hûang ki;

lay up grain against a time of dearth.

toi-hûang;

an embankment raised as an obstruction.

siu-sîp toi-hûang tó̤ hûang-gṳ̆ tōa cúi;

repair the dikes to keep out the flood.

hûang huang;

a remedy against colds and flatulence.

hái-hûang kâi sṳ̄-bŭ chiet-ìo;

the business of the coast guard is important.

m̄ cai hûang i;

did not take precautions against it.

hûang châk lâi than;

protection from thieves.

i àiⁿ hāi lṳ́, lṳ́ tîeh cai hûang i;

he means to injure you, you must be on your guard against him.

hûang sin kâi ke-húe;

weapons for self-defense.

sái khṳ̀ hûang-tú hṳ́ kâi ìo-kháu;

sent to defend that important pass.

• 凰hûang251169
• The female of the phenix, a fabulous bird whose appearance indicates great prosperity to the land.

hŏng hûang;

a pair of phenixes.

peh cío chîo hûang;

all the birds attend the court of the phenix.

hŏng-hûang tàu chṳ́;

the phenixes have arrived here; the harbingers of good fortune have come.

• 妨hûang133384
• To oppose; an obstacle; impediments.

hûang-gāi tîeh i;

lay obstacles in his way.

sì-phìⁿ bô̤ hûang bô̤ gāi;

no obstacles in any direction.

lṳ́ thóiⁿ ŭ hûang a bô̤ hûang?

Do you see any difficulties in the way?

hûang chṳ́ hûang pí;

hindered by this and that.

cía to put hûang kâi sṳ̄;

there is no difficulty about this.

hûang hîen gō kok;

to oppose the worthy is to harass the nation.

bō̤ hûang a;

no matter about that.

• 皇hûang2501061
• Exalted; august; imperial.

hûang-tì;

the Emperor.

hûang-hŏ;

the Empress.

hûang-sĭang;

His Majesty.

thài sĭang hûang;

the Emperor's (living) father.

hûang ṳn;

imperial favor.

hûang thài-cṳ́;

the crown prince.

hûang thiⁿ;

high Heaven.

gêk hûang sĭang-tì;

the highest of the gods.

• 蝗hûang2511429
• The locust.

hûang-thâng kă tīo tĭu;

the locusts devour the ripe grain.

• 鰉hûang2511959
• The sturgeon.

hûang-hṳ̂ náu;

sturgeon's brains.

• 惶hûang251619
• Dread, tremor, apprehension.

hûang-khíong;

fearful.

i sim lăi sĭm sĭ hûang-khíong;

his mind was very much perturbed.

kiaⁿ-hûang;

scared.

• 黌hûang23620113
• A gymnasium.

cìn hûang-keng;

enter college.

hûang mn̂g sìu-sṳ̆;

a literary graduate who has really earned his degree, not bought it.

• 煌hûang251869
• A great blaze.

teng cek hui-hûang;

resplendent with lights.