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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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  • hăng1911813
  • Funds; a classifier of moneys or monetary affairs.
kong hăng;
public funds.
ngṳ̂n hăng; cîⁿ hăng;
funds.
khìam hăng;
debts; liabilities.
cêk hăng cîⁿ būe cêng siu;
there is one bill not yet collected.
nŏ̤ hăng ngṳ̂n lóng-cóng hâiⁿ cheng-chó̤;
the two sums are both paid in full.
kío hăng;
hand over the funds.
kak hăng kăi hṳ̀e-mûeh;
each sort of goods.
ŭ hăng-hiah hó̤ hâiⁿ úa a bô̤?
Have you the funds for paying me or not?
pât hăng kâi kua tŏ̤ i chíu;
the other matters have been put into his hands.
cí cêk hăng sṳ̄ lí ŵn lío;
this business is settled.
  • hăng164723
  • To travel by land.
chông cúi lō lâi a chông hăng lō lâi?
Did you come by water or by land?
jîeh cōi phò hăng lō, jîeh cōi phò cúi lō?
How much of the journey is by water, and how much of it by land?
kîaⁿ nŏ̤ jît hăng lō lío ṳ̂-gūa cū sĭ cúi lō;
after two days travel by land, the rest of the way is by water.
kàu tī-kò̤ khí hăng?
Where did the journey overland begin?
  • hăng2021706
  • A limit; a boundary; a restriction; to set a time or limit.
ŭ hăng;
is limited.
ŭ hăng kâi;
there is a limited number.
iú hăng;
a small sum.
íu hăng kâi sṳ̄;
there are not many items.
sî-hāu ŭ só̤ hăng;
there is a limit to the time.
hăng cò̤ kúi jît?
How many days do you set?
hăng sî hăng kheh cū àiⁿ;
want it at the fixed time.
hăng tīaⁿ-tîeh kâi;
a fixed amount.
kài-hăng hun-mêng;
the limit is plainly marked.
ŭ kài ŭ hăng;
has a fixed boundary.
kùe hăng;
to overstep the limit, or pass the set time.
ùn hăng;
conjunctions, said of one's horoscope.
ŭ kâi hăng-khî;
has a set time.
hăng ŭ kâi tō-sìo;
set a rule or fix a measure.
khwn hăng cêk kâi gûeh;
extend the time a month.
hăng lṳ́ saⁿ jît cū lâi kío;
will give you three days, after which I will come and take it.
tăi hăng ciang kàu;
the great limit is near at hand; you are not likely to live long.
hăng îeh;
a poison prepared so as to act at a certain time.
bô̤ hăng-lĭang;
without limit.
m-hó̤ hăng-lĭang;
do not restrict.
bô̤ hăng bô̤ lĭang;
unlimited.
àiⁿ hăng kàu cìeⁿ méⁿ, cò̤ m̄ lâi;
if you set so short a time, it cannot be done.
cêk jît hăng i cò̤ jîeh cōi;
set him a stint for the day.
tẁn ŭ kâi mêng hăng;
fix a limit.
cêk tǹg hăng nŏ̤ úaⁿ;
stinted to two bowlfuls a meal.
àiⁿ cò̤ kúi hăng;
will make several restrictions.
  • hāng190496
  • A lane; a road.
hāng thâu, hāng búe;
the head and the foot of a lane.
hāng kháu;
the place where the lane opens into another road.
tōa hāng;
a wide lane.
hāng-kíaⁿ;
a narrow lane.
phiah-siah hāng;
a by-path.
tōa hāng-tău;
a wide passage.
hāng-tău hó̤;
the roads are good.
húe hāng;
a narrow alley between adjacent buildings.
hue koi líu hāng;
brothels, called the flowery willow lanes.
hāng kûeh kíaⁿ;
a short narrow lane.

hap

  • hap241308
  • To swell; puffy; tense.
i cìeⁿ-sî cêk sang kha hap kàu tōa-tōa ki;
his legs have lately swollen up very much.
cêk ē hap kàu sim-kuaⁿ-thâu cū àiⁿ chẃn;
his chest is so tensely puffed up that he breathes with difficulty.
hap lío kio thó-tī-kong hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
swollen so that he looks like the image of a local god.
hap ío sio; hap ío thò̤ lío;
the swelling is going down.
i sĭ thong sin hap, a sĭ toaⁿ-toaⁿ hap tŏ̤ mīn?
Is his whole body swollen or only his face?
  • hâp217303
  • To close by joining the corresponding parts.
hâp mâk;
to shut the eyes.
mâk hâp bûa;
close your eyes.
mâk hâp m̄ bûa;
cannot close the eyes.
chùi hâp miⁿ;
the mouth shut tight.
hâp cò̤ cêk kâi;
doubled together so as to form one.
cṳ-cheh hâp khí;
shut your book.
hâp m̄ lô̤h;
cannot close it together.

hau

  • hau172857
  • Immense; vast.
hau-hŵn;
manifold.
i kâi sṳ̄ hau-hŵn căi;
his affairs are very perplexing.
ke-ēng sĭm sĭ hau-hŵn;
his family expenses are almost numberless.
  • hau1731417
  • To scream; to bawl; to yell.
phâu-hau;
to yell.
hùaⁿ nâng tó̤ phâu-hau;
many people yelling.
kúi khàu, sîn hau;
demons wailing and spirits crying out; a dreadful clamor, as at a fight or a fire.
  • hau192755
  • Empty; unfilled.
hau pak;
an empty belly.
hau pak phōiⁿ kong;
to perform public duties without any salary.
i cí hûe tó hau tŏ̤ kò̤;
he belly is now empty.
  • háu192307
  • To howl, to bellow, to breath hard.
phâu-háu;
clamor.
hùaⁿ nâng cē phâu-háu, i