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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
- to cause that which is useful to prosper, and to remove that which is hurtful.
- hāi kàu nâng chi-chám;
- occasions distress.
- úa cò̤-nî hāi tîeh lṳ́?
- In what way have I harmed you?
- lī-hāi;
- harmful.
- bŏi lī-hāi;
- is not injurious.
- sim sĭ lī-hāi;
- is very malicious.
- khṳt i hāi kàu chit tien poih táu;
- was set all at sixes and sevens by him.
- tṳ̂ tīo cí tī-hng kâi tăi hāi;
- eradicate what is most harmful in this region.
- pĭ nâng só̤ hāi;
- injured by some one.
- seⁿ hāi nâng, sí hāi nâng;
- harmful whether alive or dead.
hâiⁿ
- 還hâiⁿ24416213
- To pay; to give back.
- khìam i kâi ngṳ̂n tîeh hâiⁿ i;
- if you owe him you must pay him.
- hâiⁿ būe cheng-chó̤;
- not yet paid in full.
- lṳ́ àiⁿ hâiⁿ úa a m̆;
- do you intend to pay me or not?
- hâiⁿ cêk tńg, bô̤ hâiⁿ nŏ̤ tńg;
- pay once, but not twice.
- hâiⁿ cè;
- pay a debt.
- hâiⁿ phò-thâu sìo;
- pay a bill.
- àiⁿ hâiⁿ cò̤ bó̤ a hâiⁿ cò̤ lāi?
- Do you wish to pay it toward the principal or toward the interest?
- pûe hâiⁿ; tĭen hâiⁿ;
- to indemnify.
- hâiⁿ ngw̄n;
- pay a debt of gratitude.
- khîeh hâiⁿ i;
- give it back to him.
- i bô̤ hâiⁿ úa;
- he won't give it back to me.
- sǹg hâiⁿ;
- reckon and repay.
- 噫hāiⁿ2713013
- Groaning; moaning.
- hāiⁿ-hāiⁿ-kìe cò̤-nî?
- What is he groaning about?
- lṳ́ hāiⁿ-hāiⁿ-kìe sī ûi tîeh sĭm-mih sṳ̄?
- What are you groaning for?
- thóiⁿ tîeh cĭu hāiⁿ-cē-kìe;
- as soon as he saw it he began to grunt.
- jû hang-ku tûi heng hāiⁿ-hāiⁿ-kìe;
- like a tortoise beating its breast and moaning (when caught).
hak
- 轄hak18515910
- To guide and govern.
- kẃn-hak;
- to control.
- kẃn-hâk i m̄ tîo;
- cannot govern him.
- hak ĕ ŭ jîeh cōi nâng?
- How many are there under his authority?
- i sĭ i hak ĕ kâi nâng;
- he is under his authority.
- bô̤ nâng kwn bô̤ nâng hak;
- nobody exercises any control over it.
- sĭu nâng kẃn-hak;
- under authority.
- 豁hak25815010
- To penetrate the meaning.
- sim-heng hak-tâk;
- intelligent, having tact.
- hak-hak tâk-tâk;
- farseeing.
- úa thìaⁿ-kìⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ sim lăi cū khui hak;
- when I heard that said, I understood what it all meant.
- 謁hak10801499
- To visit a superior.
- kak kìⁿ;
- visit a superior in office.
- pài hak;
- go to visit an official superior.
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- ĕ-sôk hak-kìⁿ cīeⁿ-si;
- subordinates visit their superiors in office.
- cẃn-sêng pài-hak, ṳ̂ sṳ̄ put ēng;
- solely to pay respects to my superior and for no other business. (Written on the visitor's card).
- tòng-hak;
- a fit of apoplexy.
- cí khí pēⁿ sĭ tòng-hak, m̄ sĭ tòng-sú;
- this is apoplexy, not sunstroke.
- 壆hâk2103213
- Stiff hard clay; hardpan; solid.
- thô tōiⁿ-hâk tōiⁿ-hâk nē;
- the soil is very stiff and hard.
- cò̤-nî pû, cîah tîeh cong-kú hâk-hâk nē;
- however much it is boiled, it is always very hard when you come to eat it.
- cí khí lok-lok bô̤ ēng, tîeh hiá tōiⁿ-hâk tōiⁿ-hâk kâi cìaⁿ hó̤;
- these are watery and useless, those firm-fleshed and solid ones are the good ones.
- kût tîeh tōiⁿ-hâk tōiⁿ-hâk nē;
- it is very solid and hard when you dig into it.
- 學hâk2093913
- To learn; to practice; a science; a study.
- hâk-sîp;
- to learn so as to retain.
- hak-seng;
- a pupil.
- phak hâk;
- versatile aquirements.
- hâk cèng; hâk thâi; hâk īⁿ;
- a provincial literary chancellor.
- tăi hâk;
- the Great Science; a large school.
- sío hâk;
- a small school.
- tăi-hâk-sṳ̆;
- cabinet ministers.
- lăi ko̤h hâk-sṳ̆;
- members of the inner council.
ham
- 蚶ham1621425
- Bivalve shells with scalloped surfaces.
- thǹg kàu i ham-khak peh tit khui;
- scald them till the shells can be opened.
- cí cho̤h ham pûi căi, múaⁿ khak nêk;
- these bivalves are very fat, and fill the shell.
- pû cho̤h kún cúi khṳ̀ lâm ham;
- boil some water and pour it over the bivalves.
- chìn cúi lă ham;
- stirring the bivalves around in cold water; well meant but ineffective exertion.
- 酣ham1621645
- Exhilirated; jocund.
- cíu cîah kàu pùaⁿ ham;
- drank until half tipsy.
- cîah kàu mīn ham-ham âng;
- drank until his face was flushed.
- 砸hám9391125
- To knock and shiver; to beat gently; to rap on.
- hám chùi;
- hit and break in pieces.
- hám kàu mîⁿ-mîⁿ;
- beat it gently and make it very soft thereby.
- khîeh kò̤ cîeh hám khṳ̀ tú-tú hám tîeh i kâi thâu;
- flung a stone down and hit him exactly on the head.
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