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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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prosper.

hôk chîu;
to pay off a grudge.
hôk-tńg ngŵn īeⁿ;
revert to the original species.
hôk ûah;
to return to life.
khiok-hôk sîaⁿ-tî;
to recover the city.
kàu cṳ́ sî cū hôk îⁿ;
at midnight it will again be full-orbed.
hôk i kâi lói;
reciprocate his courtesy.
cang sĭm-mûeh lâi hôk i kâi nâng-chêng?
In what way shall we reciprocate his kindness?
chê hôk;
examine and report on.
pín hôk;
reply that an order is performed.
  • hôk1521456
  • A square cloth.
pau-hôk; pau-kó̤;
a bundle wrapped in a square cloth.
pau-hôk phûe; pau-kó̤ phûe;
a strong square cloth for wrapping bedding or clothes.
  • hôk1521406
  • A fungus-like substance found on the roots of fir trees.
hôk-lĕng;
the medicine known as China root.
hôk-lĕng ko̤;
a kind of cake made of China root.
thó hôk-lĕng; thó-hôk;
the root of the Smilax chinensis*.
pêh hôk; chiah hôk;
white and flesh colored fungus.
  • hôk1141328
  • A frontier, a border, a region; a far-off territory; lands; states.
úa pat thóiⁿ-kìⁿ sai-hôk bŭn-kìen-lôk;
I have seen a book of travels in the outlying western regions.
cô̤h hôk;
border states.
ĭ hôk;
strange lands.
nán kâi kùi kok kiang-hôk ŭ jîeh khuah?
How extensive are the boundaries of your noble country?
  • hôk15294
  • To conceal; to lie perdue; to prostrate one's self.
hôk piaⁿ;
troops in ambush.
hôk piaⁿ khí lâi côih-tn̆g i kâi lō;
the ambushed soldiers rose up and cut off his retreat.
màiⁿ hôk piaⁿ bé tŏ̤ chīu-lîm lăi;
do not conceal the mounted troops in the thicket.
hok ti chiaⁿ cue;
bow down and ask for punishment.
hṳ́-kò̤ hok ŭ nâng-be to ko;
there are people lying there in ambush,
saⁿ hok jit;
three decades in summer, when people hold themselves in retirement; dog-days.
  • hôk259624
  • Perchance; perhaps; if.
úa hôk-cía àiⁿ lâi;
I may perhaps come.
hôk sĭ lṳ́ àiⁿ lâi li cá cē;
if you come, come early.
lṳ́ ak-hôk m̄ lâi li soiⁿ kio úa tàⁿ;
if you are not coming, tell me beforehand.
hôk ŭ nâng mn̄g lṳ́, lṳ́ tîeh cìeⁿ-seⁿ ìn;
if anyone should ask you, you must thus answer.
cí īeⁿ hôk ā-sĭ bô̤ li bói cò̤ hṳ́ īeⁿ;
if there should be none of this sort, then buy that sort instead.
hôk sĭ ŭ hôk sĭ bô̤ li kio úa tàⁿ tīaⁿ-tîeh;
should there be any, or should there not be any, in any case tell me definitely.
  • hôk259618
  • To delude, to lead astray; to inveigle.
sim lăi gî-hô̤k;
suspicious.
màiⁿ sái nâng gî-hôk;
do not make people distrust.
i sĭ kōi mîⁿ-hôk kâi nâng;
he is easily gulled.
sîa kà to sĭ bû sì hôk mîn kâi ūe;
evil teachings are what unsettle and delude the people.
cang cía kâi lâi mîⁿ-hôk nâng sim;
made use of this to lead people's minds astray.
có̤ tău hôk cèng;
false doctrines mislead all.
íu-hôk;
to beguile.
màiⁿ khṳt i íu-hôk khṳ̀;
do not be deluded by him.
  • hôk152744
  • Garments; apparel; to take medicine; a dose; to wait on; to serve; habituated.
i-hôk;
clothing.
hôk-sek;
apparel.
hà hôk;
mourning garments.
bô̤ hôk;
destitute of clothing.
cĭeⁿ chîo cū chēng chîo-hôk;
when one goes to court he wears a court dress.
ôiⁿ sî khṳ̀ ke li chēng pĭen hôk;
when one goes home in intervals of labor, he may wear his working dress.
kong hôk;
one's best clothes.
saⁿ nî hôk;
garments worn during the three years of mourning for a parent.
hôk îeh bô̤ hāu;
there is no merit made in taking medicine.
ēng cîah kúi hôk îeh cìaⁿ hó̤;
after a few doses of medicine you will be well.
cêk hôk îeh cū chŵn-jú;
got well after one dose of medicine.
su-hôk;
to wait on; to yield submission.
hôk-sṳ̆;
to serve.
síe sim hôk-sṳ̆;
carefully attend upon.
m̄ hôk cúi thó;
not acclimated; not accustomed to the place.
m̄ hôk kà-hùn;
intractable.
m̄ khéng hâng-hôk i;
would not submit to him.
cìeⁿ-sî kâi nâng bô̤ mih su-hôk;
the people of the present time are not docile.
siu-cīeⁿ m̄ su-hôk;
his disease does not yield to treatment.
cí cho̤h îeh cîah lô̤h khṳ̀ su-hôk căi;
after taking this medicine the desired effect followed.
i m̄ hôk i lău;
he is not willing to be regarded as old; does not succumb to his years.
cîeh-hôk;
an orchid, used as a tonic medicine.

It grows on the rocks in southern China.

kim-thoi cîeh-hôk;
a species of orchid which turns yellow when dried.

hong

  • hong15716318
  • A district on the Yang-tsze River where the firewells are.
hong-to; hong-to tī-gêk;
Tophet.
sí ău phah lô̤h hong-to;
sent after death to Tophet.
hong-to tăi-tì;
the great ruler of Hades.