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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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  • 180309
  • Joy; delight; glad; pleased with.
huaⁿ-hí; hí-huaⁿ;
pleased.
hí sṳ̄;
a joyful occasion.
hí îong;
a happy face.
hí-khì;
cheerful.
ŭ hi sek;
has a happy look.
kong hí; kiong hí;
wish you happy new-year.
kio i huaⁿ-hí;
congratulate him.
hí-lâk;
delight.
hí-hí lâk-lâk;
blissful.
pò̤ hí;
bring good tidings.
hō̤ hí;
signal good news.
sim lăi sĭm sĭ huaⁿ-híⁿ; huaⁿ-hí tŏ̤ sim lăi;
is pleased at heart.
hûaⁿ-hí cîah cí īeⁿ mûeh;
enjoys eating this.
hí chut mō̤ⁿ gūa;
joy beyond all expectation.
  • 1806213
  • A theatrical performance.
cò̤ hìⁿ;
to perform a play.
hì pêⁿ;
the platform for a play.
hì sieⁿ;
the boxes holding the costumes of the players.
hì pang;
a theatrical company.
cêk pang hì-kíaⁿ;
a company of actors.
kio cêk pang hì;
call a company of players.
tōa pang hì;
a first-rate company of performers.
hì-kieh;
an actor.
hì tòaⁿ;
an actor who performs female parts.
hì phâu; cò̤ hì kâi hôk-sek;
costumes.
hì pn̄g;
dry food.
thóiⁿ hì;
see a play.
sie tàu hì;
rival performances.
thîo-hì i;
takes liberties with him.
hì-lŏng i;
makes game of him.
cò̤ pa-hì;
perform sleight of hand tricks.
íaⁿ hì;
shadow pictures.
châ-thâu hì;
a play with wooden puppets.
a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ hì;
a play performed by children.
pêh jī hì;
a play in the local dialect.
cìaⁿ jī hì;
a play in the court dialect.
lâng-thâng hì;
a play in which the actors speak in a language not easily understood.
gūa kang ;
a play in which the actors speak a foreign language.
hì-thâi;
the stage.
hì kẃn;
a theatre.
cêk chut hì;
one play.
thóiⁿ hì ngŏ̤ tîeh nâng tôaⁿ îⁿ, thiaⁿ kó, ngŏ̤ tîeh nâng phài cîⁿ;
arriving at a play just at the final act, or at a story-teller's just as the collection is being taken.
  • 1811201
  • A succession, as in a family.
chê i kâi sì hĭ;
examine his genealogy.
sì hĭ sie tâng;
of the same geneaiogy.
  • 1796410
  • To conduct; to take along.
sĭ i tó̤ thî-hĭ;
it is he who makes the recommendation.
hĭ-tòa mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
to trail something after one.
  • 18197
  • To connect with what is before.
kwn-hĭ;
consequences; what follows in connection.
cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ ŭ tōa kwn-hĭ;
this affair has important connections.
kwn-hĭ m̄ sĭ sòi;
the results are not small.
kwn-hĭ sĭ tăng;
the
consequences are serious.
hó̤ a mó̤ sĭ kwn-hĭ tŏ̤ cí cak sṳ̄;
whether the results be good or ill depends on this portion of the business.
ŏi a bŏi sĭ kwn-hĭ tŏ̤ cí kâi nâng;
whether it can be done or not depends on this person.
jîeh cōi nâng kâi seⁿ-mīaⁿ sĭ kwn-hĭ tŏ̤ cí kù ūe;
many persons lives depend upon these words.
kwn-hĭ hâh po kâi sṳ̄;
involves the business of the whole mart.

hìⁿ

  • hìⁿ7318519
  • To sprinkle with a liquid.
hìⁿ cúi;
to sprinkle with water.
  • hìⁿ7216412
  • To fling with a sudden jerk; to shake off.
hìⁿ khui;
cast aside.
chíu hìⁿ cheng-khih;
shake your hands clean of it.
hìⁿ tīo eng-têng;
shake off the dust.
cháu-chîeh hìⁿ cheng-khih;
shake the mat clean.
hìⁿ kàu i cêk sin cúi;
shook himself and spattered the water all over her.
hìⁿ măng;
to shake out a net.
i khṳ̀ kìⁿ i, khṳt i hìⁿ pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;
he went to see him, and was shoved aside by him so rudely that he fell down.
i hìⁿ chíu, m̄ khéng lí;
he flirted his hands as a sign that he would do nothing about it.
saⁿ-ńg hìⁿ tît, cò̤ i khṳ̀;
straightened his sleeves with a flirt, and went off.
saⁿ tîeh hìⁿ tît, khṳt i phâk, cìaⁿ bŏi jîo;
the clothes must be shaken and snapped till they are straight, then when dried they will not be wrinkled.
hìⁿ kàu hn̆g-hn̆g lô̤h khṳ̀;
shook it off so violently that it was flung to a great distance.
hìⁿ gê;
to snap and shake the jaws, as after tasting something that is offensive.
nĭo-hóⁿ kă sí-kang-kíaⁿ hìⁿ gê;
a tiger snapping his jaws after biting into a castaway infant.
cêk tńg cū hìⁿ gê;
if he puts his nose in it once he will not want to do it a second time.
  • hîⁿ197575
  • The string of a bow.
keng hîⁿ; keng cĭeⁿ hîⁿ;
the string of a bow.
phah cêk tîo hó̤-hó̤ kâi keng hîⁿ lâi kah cí kâi keng;
make a good bow-string for this bow.
kîaⁿ keng-hîⁿ pí kîaⁿ keng-pù kṳ̆n ho̤h cōi;
it is much nearer if you follow the diameter rather than the circumference of the circle.
  • hîⁿ1971205
  • A stringed instrument of music.
saⁿ-hîⁿ;
a three stringed guitar.
tôaⁿ saⁿ-hîⁿ;
thrum on a guitar.
kṳ̀ hîⁿ;
play the violin.
jī-hîⁿ;
a rebeck with two strings.
mîaⁿ-ke kṳ̀ jī-hîⁿ;
skillful in playing the rebeck.
gûeh-hîⁿ;