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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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  • hāu17698
  • To inquire after; to wait for; a time or period; a period of five days.
mn̄g-hāu;
to inquire after one's health; to send salutations.
i lâi mn̄g-hāu lṳ́;
he has come to pay his respects to you.
kio úa mn̄g-hāu i;
give my respects to him.
thĕng-hāu;
to wait.
úa tŏ̤ cí hāu-thĕng lṳ́ lâi;
I will wait here till you come.
tŏ̤ cí hāu lṳ́ kú lío;
have been here waiting for you a long time.
hāu i chìn cē cìaⁿ hó̤ cîah;
wait till it cools, and then it may be eaten.
sṳ̄-hāu;
to serve; to wait upon.
hāu lṳ́ kâi kè lâi;
I wait, Sir, for you: (said on invitation cards).
coih-hāu;
holidays, at the new and full moons.
khì hāu m̄ sie tâng;
the seasons are dissimilar.
hāu pó kuaⁿ;
an officer by brevet; an expectant of office.
bô̤ sî-hāu hó̤ cò̤;
there is no time for doing it.
àiⁿ táng kàu tī kâi sî-hāu?
Until when will you wait?
cí hûe bô̤ sî bô̤ hāu;
there is not now time for it.
cí hûe m̄ sĭ sî m̄ sĭ hāu;
this it no time for it.
hīn-khek sĭ sĭm-mih sî hāu?
What time is it now?
màiⁿ tak-nn̄g tīo sī-hāu;
do not waste the time.
sî-hāu íⁿ-keng kàu lío;
the time has arrived.
  • hāu193196
  • To toil; to labor earnestly; exertions.
hāu lâk;
earnest effort.
hāu-lâu;
to moil.
tŏ̤ kun côiⁿ kò̤ hāu lâk;
led the van in effort, took the lead in exertion.
tng-hāu khíen bé cṳ lâu;
worked like a horse.

hàuⁿ

  • hàuⁿ171383
  • Fond of; addicted to; to take pleasure in.
hàuⁿ hâk;
studious.
hàuⁿ pûah, hàuⁿ cîah;
addicted to gambling and to opium smoking.
hàuⁿ cîah cíu;
fond of wine.
nâng kâi sim kak ŭ só̤ hàuⁿ;
each heart has its own objects of regard.
i hàuⁿ tàⁿ ūe;
she is a great talker.
i sĭang hàuⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;
he is much addicted to doing so.
cía i sĭang hàuⁿ thiaⁿ;
he takes great pleasure in hearing this.
cía sĭ i só̤ hàuⁿ kâi;
this is what he delights in.
pêh hóⁿ hàuⁿ cîah tîam, saⁿ-suah hàuⁿ cîah kîam;
the white tiger is partial to sweets, while the baleful griffin prefers salt relishes; each to his own taste.
  • hàuⁿ3241304
  • Willing; acquiescent; voluntary; to assent; to permit; to consent.
i hàuⁿ a m̄ hàuⁿ?
Does he agree to it or not?
kâi hàuⁿ, kâi m̄ hàuⁿ;
one was willing, and the other was not.
i m̄ hàuⁿ khṳt úa;
he would not let me have it.
i hàuⁿ;
she gave her permission.
i a pĕ m̄ hàuⁿ;
his father would not consent to it.

he

  • he192307
  • Shortness of breath.
he pēⁿ; he-ku-thiu;
asthma.
  • 3713013
  • To wail; to roar; to bawl.
màiⁿ hè-hè siaⁿ;
do not bawl out.
i kâi cò̤-nî hè-hè khàu;
what is he crying so uproariously about?
  • 183969
  • A flaw; a defect; a blemish.
tn̆g tíam hûn hê;
without spot, crease or flaw; without defect of any sort.
  • 1821739
  • Vapor; colored clouds.
thóiⁿ tîeh kâi thiⁿ tn̆g hûn-hê;
beheld the sky without a cloud.
  • 1821429
  • Crustaceans allied to the lobster and shrimp.
lêng-hê;
lobsters.
pêh-hê;
prawns.
sua-hê;
shrimps.
thô-hê;
crayfish.
mêng-;
yellow prawns.
mêng-hê pí sua-hê kâi sin ío bih;
the yellow prawn, when compared with the shrimp has a flatter body.
hê pó;
dried prawns.
hê pó, phah tīo khak, kìe-cò̤ hê bí;
shrimps dried and shelled are called dessicated shrimps.
hê kôi;
the pickle for shrimps.
hê chun;
the roe of lobsters.
hê ko;
prickly prawns.
kîam kê;
salt prawns.
hê chiu;
the antennæ of lobsters.
hê búe;
an ornament shaped like a prawn's tail.
  • 35299
  • A vacation or recess,
pàng hĕ;
have a vacation.
cò̤-nî cìeⁿ ùaⁿ būe pàng hĕ?
Being so late, why is it that school is not yet out?
pàng hĕ lío, tŏ̤ lō tèng m̄-hó̤ sńg;
when school is out, do not play on the way home.
  • 2281494
  • To promise solemnly.
hĕ sîn;
to bring offerings and make a vow before the gods.
hĕ hût;
to promise Buddha.
hĕ-ngw̄n;
make a vow.
tōa hĕ, síe kói;
a large promise and meager fulfillment.
tŏ̤ sîn kò̤ hĕ saⁿ seⁿ, hĕ hì;
vowed before the gods that he would offer them three sorts of meats and the view of a theatrical performance.
i hĕ kṳ̀e úa kâi;
what he solemnly promised me.
úa hĕ i jîeh cōi ngṳ̂n i hŵn-lío m̄ khéng;
though I promised him no inconsiderable amount of money, he still would not consent.
  • 8321626
  • To send a present; to give.
cía mûeh sĭ tī-tîang lâi hĕ kâi?
Who brought and presented these things?
a î kâi kíaⁿ cò̤ chin lâi hĕ mûeh-cîah;
my