Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hue

by Adele Marion Fielde

hue

• 灰hue260862
• Lime; mortar.

cîeh hue;

stone lime.

sap hue;

lime made from shells.

nŏ̤ īeⁿ hue tī īeⁿ hó̤?

Which of these two kinds of lime is the better?

ceng hue chîeⁿ;

pound a chunam wall.

lîam hue;

plaster with mortar.

hue kṳn;

cement.

thâng-îu-hue;

putty.

thai ìuⁿ hue;

sifted lime.

kài mīn kâi hue;

the plaster on the surface.

cang hue lâi pó;

take mortar and mend it.

hue thô-kak;

bricks made from lime and clay.

hue lō;

a chunan road.

hue tîaⁿ;

an area made with chunam.

phah hue khŭ;

make a chunam mortar for pounding rice.

hue-tn̄g à cò̤ cîeh-pŏ;

make it appear by argument that pieces of old chunam walls are stones.

pin-lô̤ hue;

betel nut lime, eaten with siri leaf.

kó bâk, sí hue;

utterly dead to; like a decayed tree or long slaked lime.

sim hue;

no desire for; disheartened.

sim m̄ hue;

my desire is unfulfilled.

• 花hue2391404
• A flower; flowered; ornamented.

cêk lúi hue;

a flower.

cêk câng hue;

a flowering plant.

cêk ki hue;

a branch bearing flowers.

mîaⁿ hue;

a celebrated flower.

hue hah;

petals.

hue sim;

the pistil.

hue chiu;

stamens.

hue lih;

sepals.

hue hâm lúi;

a bud.

eng hue; ak hue;

water the flowers.

tiah cêk pé hue;

pluck a nosegay.

hue mîaⁿ cheh;

a roll of the employés or clerks.

hue mîaⁿ;

an alias.

khui hue;

to blossom.

bô̤-hue-kúe chīu;

a fig tree.

pŏ hue;

sterile flowers.

chah hue;

wear flowers in the hair.

hue cam;

ornamental hair pins.

hue ngân, khá gṳ́;

figures of speech.

hue hue kong-cṳ́;

a young rake.

hue hue sì-kài;

a thoughtless age.

hue hùi jîeh cōi cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n?

How much money has he squandered?

hue koi, líu hāng;

illuminated streets.

sĭ i kâi hue kíaⁿ;

it is a child whose birth he foretold.

thóiⁿ hue teng;

transparencies.

hue îong gûeh măuⁿ;

pretty faces.

thien hue;

the small pox.

mâk hue; mâk-ciu hue;

the sight blurred.

hue cháu;

flowered.

hue jī;

figured.

pò lṳ́ sĭ àiⁿ ŭ hue-cháu kâi a sĭ àiⁿ sò kâi?

Do you want flowered or plain cloth?

cí khí cháu-chîeh kâi hue-jī ío ngía;

the figures in this sort of matting are prettier.

cam hue;

stick flowers in the cap of one who has married his betrothed, or succeeded in his degree.

hue chīeⁿ;

a florist.

phah hue mīn;

paint the face for acting.

hue-théng;

a brothel.

i kâi pit hue tó̤ khui;

he is a very accomplished scholar.

ūe hue;

paint flowers.

chiah hue;

darn in flowers.

sìu hue;

to embroider.

ēng châng-phàⁿ khṳ̀ cò̤ hue-hah;

make the petals of pithpaper.

bói cêk tùi hue-thâu sàng i;

buy a pair of clusters of flowers for the head and present them to her.

hue-puah;

flower pots.

hue-kng;

flower jars.

hue-kang;

vases.

hue-hn̂g;

flower gardens.

hue-gê;

wood carvings.

kìaⁿ hue, cúi gûeh;

reflections of scenery in water; evanescent beauty.

hue tī;

a florist's garden.

mîⁿ-hue;

raw cotton.

cí chù bô̤ hue, pât chù chái;

if there are no flowers here, go elsewhere to gather them; if this place does not suit you, seek another.

hue nâ;

flowered baskets.

n̂g-phang chái hue;

the bees flit from flower to flower.

cū sĭ cêk ki hue;

pretty as a flower.

á i cêk ki hue ki;

snatch a branch of his flowers; take advantage of his profits.

thui hue mông lâi hó̤ căi;

he plays his part as an acrobat well.

to̤ hue phah lâi hó̤ căi;

the figures he draws with his sword in fencing are very fine.

sin hue-cháu;

a new style of ornamentation.

phang hue bŏi âng, ang hue bŏi phang;

fragrant flowers are not brilliant, and brilliant flowers are scentless.

hue tîeh ka-kī khui kâi cìaⁿ ŭ ēng, peh i khui kâi bô̤ ēng;

flowers that have themselves blossomed are useful, those that have been picked open are not.

i sĭ lâi tó̤ hue-cháu kâi;

he comes just to pass away the time.

hàm i màiⁿ tó̤ chūe hue-cháu;

tell him not to spend his time in merely amusing himself.

khṳt nâng chíaⁿ khṳ̀ cîah hue cíu;

has been invited to a libidinous entertainment.

• 火húe255860
• Fire; flame; exciting humors; fever; urgent.

húe-mêⁿ;

a spark.

húe-mêⁿ-ko;

a firefly.

húe-ĭam;

a blaze.

húe-cîh;

flames.

húe-thòaⁿ;

charcoal.

húe-châ; cṳ̆-lâi-húe;

lucifer matches.

húe-hu;

ashes.

húe-cîeh;

flint.

húe to̤;

a steel for igniting tinder.

húe-hīaⁿ;

tinder.

húe-céng;

live coals.

húe-sái;

cinders.

húe tô̤h;

the fire burns.

húe kùe;

the fire has gone out.

húe méⁿ;

the fire is a hot one.

húe māng;

a slow fire.

húe-thâu;

a cook, a scullion.

húe-khì;

caloric.

tĭen-húe;

lightning.

in-húe;

fire-works.

sie in-húe;

to let off fire-works.

húe-sûh;

rockets.

húe-sêng;

a large fire-cracker.

húe-tháng;

a piece of fire-works resembling a fountain.

húe-pau;

a torpedo.

húe-kẁn;

a bomb-shell.

húe-ciⁿ;

a fiery dart.

húe-îeh;

ammunition.

húe-îu;

oil.

húe-cng;

a fire-wheel.

seⁿ húe;

inflammable.

kōi-kōi cîah húe;

ignites easily.

tô̤h húe;

to set on fire.

húe sĕng;

the fire flares up.

hṳ-húe;

febrile.

sît húe;

has a fever.

sim-húe;

internal heat.

kuaⁿ húe;

inflamation of the liver.

húe-pé;

a torch.

húe-thûn;

soot.

húe-in;

smoke.

khí húe;

to build a fire.

húe sèⁿ;

irrascible.

màiⁿ khah seⁿ húe-sèⁿ;

do not be too hot-tempered.

tī-kò̤ sit húe?

Where did it catch fire?

lâi khṳ̀ kìu húe;

let us go and help put out the fire.

phah húe lō;

tear down buildings to prevent the spread of fire.

kîaⁿ húe lō;

to walk the fiery road, as a spirit-medium does.

húe chiam;

an urgent dispatch.

ūe tàⁿ lâi khah seⁿ húe-khì;

spoke with too much heat.

i kâi húe-khì tōa căi;

his temper is very hot.

i nî-hùe lău lío, thò̤ húe, thò̤ kàu taⁿ cn̂g kâi bô̤ húe-khì;

as he advanced in years his temper became more even, and now he is not at all testy.

húe-kńg;

bellows.

cìe húe;

set on fire with a burning glass.

húe-cheⁿ;

the planet Mars.

húe phuah méⁿ cē;

fan the fire and make it burn hotter.

húe-sok;

at great speed.

húe-cǹg;

to cremate.

hwt húe-pû;

a beacon light.

húe hō̤;

a signal made by a light.

teng-nâng húe hō̤;

a signal lantern.

khîeh khṳ̀ húe tèng hùe;

put it in the fire and burn it up.

ut húe;

smothered heat.

pûn húe;

to blow the fire.

pûn kùe húe;

blow out the light.

húe-cîh îoh-îoh-sih;

the flame flickers.

húe-cîh phû khí lâi;

the flames are rising.

màiⁿ khṳt húe-sái phùn tîeh;

do not get hit by the cinders.

thiⁿ lô̤h húe; thiⁿ tó̤ tô̤h húe;

a burning sky.

khîeh khṳ̀ húe-thòaⁿ tói pû kàu âng-âng;

put it among the coals and heat it red hot.

húe-lâk tōa căi;

the heat is intense.

khang lô-kūiⁿ kâi húe sĭang ŭ lâk;

blow up the fire in the furnace, with the fixed bellows, until the fire is at its hottest.

bô̤ húeⁿ bô̤ cheⁿ, cò̤-nî kîaⁿ lō;

how can we travel when we have neither starlight nor lantern-light.

chut chùi cū cêk pé húe;

his words were like a torch.

cieh húe;

to warm one's self by a fire.

pue húe;

to dry by a fire.

húe-thang;

a brazier.

hiah húe;

let the fire go out.

thò̤ tīo húe-khì;

diminish the heat.

lṳ́ màiⁿ cang thâu-mô̤ⁿ khṳ̀ chih húe;

do not go so near the fire as to singe your hair.

húe jú phah jú tô̤h;

the more you stir the fire harder it burns.

cí īeⁿ mûeh ío sìa húe;

this is a cooling stuff.

cí īeⁿ cheng sim-húe;

this kind dissipates internal heat.

i nŏ̤ nâng jû cúi kìⁿ húe;

the two are like fire and water meeting.

húe cîh cĭ tîeh;

the flames licked it up.

cang húe nă;

singe it in the flame.

khṳt húe sie tīo khṳ̀;

was burned up.

cí kâi huaug-lô khah hip húe, m̄ thong húe;

this earthen stove is stuffed up, and does not draw well.

ta châ m̄ hó̤ kṳ̆n húe;

dry wood should not be kept near the fire.

kúi-húe;

a jack-o-lantern.

sîn-húe;

a mysterious light; a will-o-the-wisp.

húe sw̄n;

a sparkling gem.

húe-cío;

a flying cinder.

húe-pâi;

a tablet giving notice of an official visit.

húe-sît;

the mess-room; the cook-house.

hîaⁿ-húe;

put fuel on the fire.

kâi gûeh ēng jîeh cōi cîⁿ châ húe?

What is the expense per month for fuel and lights?

húe hāu kàu;

it has been long enough at the fire.

húe-lô;

a grate; a stove.

khîeh thih-kîⁿ, khṳ̀ koih húe;

take the tongs and nip up some fire.

húe kŭ;

the things used about tho fire.

húe khàng;

a brick platform, warmed by a flue, and used as a bed.

im húe, îang húe;

a concealed fire or an open fire.

bûn bú húe;

a fire partly concealed, and partly exposed.

cang húe lâi ûn;

take fire and, scorch it over.

hang húe;

hang it by the fire.

thà húe;

to poke the fire.

cang thih-sîeh lâi thà i kâi húe-thòaⁿ sang-lâng;

take the poker and loosen the coals so as to admit the air.

kak pàng húe kò̤ sie tīo;

throw it in the fire and burn it up.

thâi nâng, pàng húe;

murder and arson.

pàng húe kâi nâng;

the incendiary.

húe m̄ sie suaⁿ, tī m̄ pûi;

ground that has not been burned over is not fertile.

móng kò̤ cau húe-cai, sie sí jîeh cōi nâng;

there has been a great fire in a certain place, and many people were burned to death.

cúi húe bô̤ nâng-chêng;

water and fire have no humanity.

kek húe;

a smothered fire.

khṳt húe sie pêⁿ khṳ̀;

burned to the ground.

cin kim put phàⁿ húe, līen kú īa sio-sîh;

pure gold does not fear the fire, yet if it is long in the crucible it loses a little.

méⁿ-mé húeⁿ chá-khí-lâi cìaⁿ hó̤ cîah;

fry it over a very hot fire and then it will be toothsome.

húe jîet-jîet;

very hot flames.

hieⁿ-húe tō̤;

a little bag holding incense ashes, worn as a charm.

cíang-cṳ́ hŏng-sṳ̆ hieⁿ-húe;

the eldest son kindles the incense sticks.

húe chia;

a steam car.

húe cûn; húe hun cûn; húe lūn cûn;

a steamboat.

thien húe; thiⁿ húe;

a thunderbolt.

cí īeⁿ châ ió ûah húe;

this sort of wood burns well.

cí īeⁿ châ m̄ ûah húe;

this sort of wood burns badly.

ēng húe-gû-tīn phùa i;

made use of a file of oxen, having knives fastened to their horns and torches to their tails, to break their ranks.

thiaⁿ tîeh, cêk tó húe;

when I heard it I was filled with rage.

tîeh cai lâu húe-céng;

you must remember to save some fire for kindling again.

húe kuang;

the effulgence of a blaze.

màiⁿ khah kùe húe;

do not keep it too long at the fire.

m̄-hó̤ khah cíⁿ húe, īa m̄-hó̤ khah sek húe;

do not cook it either too little or too much.

lûi húe;

electricity passing from the earth to the clouds; a stroke of lightning.

húe ūang-ūang-kìe;

the fire sputters; the sound of muttering flames.

húe hū-hū-kìe;

the fire roars; a low heavy sound of devouring flames.

cĕng-îu húe;

cleansing fires.

• 伙húe25594
• Furniture; goods; gear; a comrade.

ke-húe;

implements.

ke-húe cò̤-pû khîeh lâi;

bring your tools with you.

ke-húe mûeh-kĭaⁿ;

gear.

tōa ke-húe kâi nâng;

one having much household property.

i ŏi cò̤ ke-kúe;

she accumulates property.

līen ke-húe;

a tried weapon.

húe-tíeⁿ;

a mate, on a foreign ship.

tōa-húe, jī-húe;

chief mate and second mate.

nán lâi hah húe;

let us mess together.

tiang-sî àiⁿ jîp húe?

When are you going to move in to that house?

chut húe;

to move out the household stuff.

• 夥húe2553611
• A comrade; a colleague; a crony.

húe-kì;

a partner.

nán lâi cò̤ húe-kì;

let us go into partnership.

húe-kì cōi, o̤h cò̤ sṳ̄;

the interested parties being many, it is difficult to transact business.

hâh-húe;

a crony.

cí kâi sĭ i tâng húe kâi châk;

these are his fellow thieves.

saⁿ nî àiⁿ chú kâi cŏ̤-ngŵn cū ŭ, saⁿ nî àiⁿ chap kâi hó̤ húe-kì cū bô̤;

if you want a senior wrangler, there is one to be had once in three years, but if you want a good partner, it is not in every three years that one is to be found.

• 悔hùe263617
• To repent; to be dissatisfied with one's own conduct.

hùe-kói;

amend.

màiⁿ ĕ-jît sĭeⁿ-siu-hùe;

do not regret it hereafter.

kàu ău-lâi sĭeⁿ-siu-hùe le khah chî;

though you should change your mind afterward, it would be too late.

ău cū hẃn hùe;

afterward returned to his former state of mind.

ău hùe môk kîp;

repentance will then be beyond your reach.

• 輩hùe6701598
• A class; a sort; a sign of the plural.

lău hùe tîeh cò̤ kàu pun hău-seⁿ hùe hó̤ ô̤h īeⁿ;

the old must so act as to be an example to the young.

kun-cṳ́ hùe kâi cò̤ sṳ̄ kio sío-jîn hùe m̄ tâng;

the conduct of the cultured is unlike that of the unlearned.

tong-hău hùe kâi sim-tn̂g kio khek-pô̤h hùe kâi, siang lî hn̆g;

the mind of the faithful is very remote from that of the insincere.

ta-po hùe cò̤ ta-po hùe, cṳ-nîe hùe cò̤ cṳ-nîe hùe;

let men be men and women be women.

nín a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ hùe màiⁿ pīn-pōng-kìe;

children, do not make a noise.

tōa hùe tîeh cai kà i;

their elders must teach them.

m̄-pat hùe tîeh khṳ̀ mn̄g pat hùe;

those who do not know must go ajid inquire of those who do know.

ŏi hùe tîeh kà bŏi húe;

the competent must teach the incompetent.

cò̤ seng-lí hùe sĭ cò̤ seng-lí hùe kâi īeⁿ, co̤h-châng hùe sĭ co̤h-châng hùe kâi īeⁿ;

traders have a certain style of their own, and agriculturalists a style peculiar to themselves.

lṳ́ thóiⁿ sai-kok hùe kâi nâng hó̤ a tang-îeⁿ hùe kâi nâng hó̤?

Which do you consider the better the people of western or of eastern lands?

• 誨hùe2641497
• To teach; to admonish; counsel.

kà-hùe;

instruct.

kà-hùe i kâi kíaⁿ-tĭ;

teaches her children.

i kâi tĭ-cṳ́ to sĭ cun i kâi kà-hùe;

his pupils respect his instruction.

ía îong hùe im, bw̆n châng hùe tău;

ogling looks invite to wantonness and carelessness induces thieving.

• 化hùe240212
• To alter; transmute; change; transform.

cău-hùe;

incidentally.

thèng-cău-hùe;

as it may chance.

cău-hùe căi;

fortunately.

lṳ́ hó̤ cău-hùe;

you are very lucky.

m̄ jîp ûang hùe;

uncivilized.

hṳ́ kâi tī-hng m̄ jîp ûang hùe;

that country does not become civilized.

kám-hùe nâng kâi sim;

convert people's minds.

kà-hùe;

change by instruction.

sio-hùe khṳ̀;

dissolved.

bŏi hùe;

unchangable.

cía sĭ hùe seⁿ kâi mûeh-kîaⁿ;

this is a thing which is produced by its own metamorphoses.

i ŏi pìen-hùe;

it is transformable.

hùe cò̤ pât mûeh;

change into something else.

kìⁿ-tîeh húe cū îeⁿ-hùe khṳ̀;

if exposed to the fire it melts.

hùe cúa cîⁿ;

to burn mock money.

tng thiⁿ sie hùe;

burned in the open air.

hùe sin;

burn a priest's corpse.

mŏ̤ⁿ hùe;

beg for Buddhist temples or priests.

cîah lío o̤h sio hùe;

it is difficult of digestion.

kói-hùe;

to alter.

• 歲hùe827779
• The revolution of the seasons; age.

lṳ́ jîeh cōi hùe?

How old are you?

i kúi hùe?

How many years old is he?

i cìaⁿ saⁿ hùe;

he is just three.

cîah kàu nŏ̤ peh hùe;

lived to be two hundred years old.

i kâi nî-hùe ío cōi;

he is very old.

cêk hùe cêk hùe to m̄ cai lău;

as the time passes we are not conscious of becoming old.

i kâi nî-hùe ío khin, būe pat;

he has not lived many years, and does not yet know.

nŏ̤ nâng pêⁿ-pêⁿ cōi hùe;

the two are of the same age.

kàu cêk-ē ŭ nî-hùe cū cò̤ m̄ lâi;

when you are old you cannot do it.

i ío ŏi khǹg hùe;

he does not show his age.

saⁿ hùe phŏ̤ nŏ̤;

had two children in three years.

pet hùe têng;

an honorary tablet to a centenarian.

thóiⁿ tîeh chin-chĭeⁿ m̄ khéng cìeⁿ cōi hùe-siaⁿ;

he looks much older than that.

i kâi nî-hùe ío cíⁿ;

he looks young.

• 貨hùe2561544
• Goods; wares; merchandize.

hùe-mûeh cōi căi;

a great quantity of merchandize.

cí kâi hùe ío hó̤;

these wares are better.

cí kâi hùe ío chṳ̀, tâk m̄ tit ke cîⁿ;

these wares are of inferior quality, and are not worth more than that.

i hía hó̤ kâi hùe lṳ́ bói cē lâi;

buy some of his best wares.

bói hùe, bōi hùe to sĭ ēng i;

both in buying and in selling, they always employ him.

cí īeⁿ hùe ío kùi;

this sort of goods is dearer.

àiⁿ bói phīⁿ kâi hùe tîeh táng ĕ-jît;

if you wish to buy cheaper goods you must wait till another time.

i tó̤ khui câp-hùe-phò;

he keeps a variety store.

lâi khṳ̀ thóiⁿ sĭm-mih hùe-sek;

let's go and see what wares there are.

i kâi hùe tun kàu cōi-cōi;

his wares are piled in great quantities.

kak kò̤ kak kò̤ kâi hùe;

each place has its own wares.

cang hùe khṳ̀ tǹg;

went and hypothecated his goods.

thâu cúi hùe;

the best quality of the goods.

hŭam hùe to ŭ hùe mīn khah hùe tói;

of every sort of goods the best are put on the outside.

chut hùe jîp hùe to sĭ kua i chê;

the goods that go out and come in all pass under his inspection.

khí hùe, lô̤h hùe li sĭ ēng hṳ́ kâi;

for landing the goods and for shipping them, they always make use of that.

hùe kè cíang tîet sĭ tùe hâng chêng;

the price of goods rises and falls according to the market.

hùe-kha; hùe-tái; hùe-tói;

the garblings.

cūaⁿ hùe;

poor, cheap goods; a bad lot.

àu hùe;

spoiled goods; a bad person.

kîaù hùe;

salt stores; a good lot of merchandize.

khî hùe;

a rare article.

cí cêk cng hùe mûeh;

the goods brought at this trip.

cí cêk pûaⁿ hùe bói lâi phīⁿ;

the goods brought this voyage were cheaply bought.

tòa hùe khṳ̀ gūa chù bōi;

take wares to sell in another place.

ēng i ah cí cêk cāi hùe khṳ̀;

employ them to convoy this cargo.

cí ciah cûn sĭ cāi hùe kâi, m̄ sĭ tō cûn;

this is a cargo, not a passenger boat.

pâng-î bô̤ hó̤ hùe;

low priced goods are never of fine quality.

suaⁿ hùe phò;

a shop where wooden wares are sold.

siu chàm-chùi hùe;

buy goods at retail; collect by buying in small quantities.

• 晦hùe263727
• Obscure; misty.

cêk mīn cn̂g kâi hùe-khì;

one side is all dark.

bô̤ sek-cêk, sĭm sĭ àm-hùe;

there is no luminosity, and it is very obscure.

saⁿ-câp kìe-cò̤ hùe-jît;

on the thirtieth there is no moon.

• 迥hûe2621626
• To bend around and return.

hûe-pī;

get out of the way.

bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ hûe-pī;

no place wherein to get out of the way.

sok-cĕⁿ hûe-pī;

make no noise, and keep out of the way.

• 和hûe254305

hûe-sīeⁿ;

a Buddhist priest.

hûe-sīeⁿ píaⁿ m̄ káⁿ cîah;

one does not dare partake of a priest's luncheon.

hûe-sīeⁿ sie phah, sie máng piⁿ;

it is a story of Buddhist priests beating each other and pulling each other's queues; it is a made up story.

hûeⁿ-sīeⁿ bô̤ seng-lí, thiah am lêng-ūaⁿ khí;

when priests have no profitable occupation, they tear down and rebuild their temples.

• 茴hûe2621406
• Fennel or caraway.

hûe-hieⁿ;

dill.

tōa hûe;

fennel.

síe hûe;

caraway.

• 回hûe261313
• To revert; return; a revolution; a time.

àiⁿ hûe ke;

is going home.

hûe-tńg khù chù;

returned home.

hûe kò̤ sìn khṳt i;

send back an answer to his letter.

cih tîeh i kâi hûe cṳ;

received his written reply.

ŭ hûe jī a bô?

Is there an answer to the note?

cīeⁿ cêk hûe;

the previous time.

cí hûe sĭ sĭm-mih sî-hāu?

What time is it now?

khṳ̀ hṳ́-kò̤ ku-ā hûe;

went there many times.

hṳ́ hûe, lṳ́ hŵn-lío ío sòi;

at that time, you were still rather small.

i lâi kùe saⁿ hûe ngŏ hûe;

he has been here again and again.

m̄ hó̤ ke hûe;

do not do it again.

i íⁿ-keng hûe sim tńg ì;

he has already changed his mind.

hûe-tńg lâi lío;

has returned.

i cò̤-nî hûe tap?

What is his reply?

lṳ́ khṳ̀ lío, sĭ cò̤-nî, lâi hûe-hok úa cai;

after having gone, whatever the result, return and bring me word.

kàu cìeⁿ kú hŵn-lío būe ŭ hûe im;

after this long delay, there is still no response.

khṳ̀ i kò̤ hûe pài;

go and return his visit.

lâi hûe jîeh cōi phò lō?

How far is it there and back?

táng úa hûe lâi, cìaⁿ lâi sǹg;

wait till I come back, then we will reckon.

jīo i hûe-lâi;

run after him and bring him back.

hûe sĭeⁿ hṳ́ tiang-sî kâi sṳ cū sĭ tŏ̤ mâk côiⁿ;

when I recall that it seems as if it were present.

khǹg-kòi kàu i kâi sim hûe;

expostulate with him until his mind reverts to better ways.

hûe thâu sĭ ngăi;

turn your head, and there is the shore; there is yet room for repentance.

hûe-tńg thâu khṳ̀ thóiⁿ;

turn the head and look behind.

khang chíu hûe lâi;

came back empty handed.

cí hûe;

this occasion.

hûe lói;

reciprocate a politeness; return a present.

hûe-hûe kà;

Mohammedanism.

huang á hûe lâm;

the wind is verging to the south.

i lâi ŭ ho̤h cōi hûe lío;

he has been here a great many times.

i khṳt nâng mēⁿ lío bô̤ hûe chùi;

after being scolded, he says nothing.

hûe chíu khṳ̀ phah i;

struck back.

tîeh ŭ kâi nâng tó̤ hûe ūe;

there must be some one to interpret.

siu hûe pńg cîⁿ;

received back the original sum.

• 會hŭe264739
• To assemble; to convene; to meet with; a club; to know after being informed.

hŭe-tn̂g;

a hall where meetings are held.

cŭ-hŭe;

to congregate.

hŭe-côi-côi lío;

all are assembled.

hŭe-côi cò̤-pû khṳ̀;

meet and go in a body.

cí kâi nâng chin-chĭeⁿ pat hŭe mīn kùe;

it seems as if I had seen this person before.

m̄ pat sie hŭe;

never met him before.

hŭe kheh;

return a visit.

pài-hŭe;

to visit and make up a quarrel; to enter a society or organization.

jîp i kâi hŭe;

enter this association.

hŭe-húi;

conspiritors.

sé hŭe kâi tī-hng;

the provincial metropolis.

hó̤ ki-hŭe;

a good opportunity.

sêng cí kâi ki-hŭe;

take advantage of this opportunity.

būe ŭ ki-hŭe;

have not yet an opportunity.

cn̂g kâi bô̤ ki-hŭe;

have no favorable chance.

i chap ŭ cêk pang hŭe;

he has associated himself with a society.

îaⁿ sîn sài hŭe;

go in procession, carrying the gods.

hŭe síu; hŭe thâu;

the manager of a club.

táng lâi lí-hŭe cheng-chó̤;

wait till all get together and complete an arrangement.

thóiⁿ-kìⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū hŭe ì;

on seeing this I understood.

• 滙hŭe2632211
• To draw upon, as for funds.

hŭe toaⁿ; hŭe phìe;

a draft or check.

hŭe ngṳ̂n;

to draw money.

hŭe-tieⁿ-toaⁿ lâi cí-kò̤ siu;

present your letter of credit here.

nín kâi ngṳ̂n àiⁿ hŭe khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?

Where do you wish to draw your money?

ún àiⁿ hŭe lâi tîe-ciu;

we wish to draw it in Swatow.

hŭe cò̤ tieⁿ-toaⁿ hâiⁿ úa;

pay me by an order on the bank.

hŭe tŭe kêk;

a bank.

cí kâi toaⁿ àiⁿ hŭe khṳt tī-tîang?

In whose favor is this order to be written?