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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
  • hong157416
  • To appoint to office; confer rank.
ŭ kâi hong hô, ŭ kâi hong pek;
some were raised to the rank of marquis, and some to the rank of earl.
kàu hong it phín hu-jîn;
invested with the highest rank bestowed upon women.
hong sîn;
to deify, as is done by the Emperor.
hong kuaⁿ;
appoint to office.
hong ciak;
grant a title of nobility.
hong kiang tăi-chîn;
the high provincial officers.
chíaⁿ hong; chíaⁿ kàu hong;
ask a title for one's parents or relatives.
îⁿ hong;
ask to have a patent of nobility bestowed on another because of one's own merits.
thek hong;
promotion on account of merit.
thek hong pâi;
an honorary tablet conferred by the Emperor.
gêk hong;
conferred by the gods.
  • hong156467
  • A summit, an apex, a peak.
suaⁿ hong;
a mountain peak.
peh-khí kûiⁿ-kûiⁿ kâi suaⁿ-hong téng;
climbed to the top of a very high mountain.
múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ hâi hong lŵn ngía căi;
the peaks and ridges all around are very beautiful.
ko hong tok sóng;
a solitary lofty height.
  • hong1551820
  • Manner; style; reputation; fame.
hong siaⁿ;
a rumor or report.
hong bŭn;
hearsay.
hong sôk;
habits; modes.
hong khì;
general feelings, as of a community.
ui hong; ui-ui hong-hong;
awful; majestic.
hong-tō;
style; manners.
i kâi hong-tō hó căi;
his manners are excellent.
tăi chîn kâi hong-tō;
the air of a nobleman.
bûn hong;
literary fame.
kwn hong;
observe the general state of affairs.
  • hong15715111
  • Plenteous; abundant.
hong nî;
a plenteous year.
hong kău;
abundant; exhuberant.
nî tang hong-lông;
a fertile year.
ngŏ kak hong teng;
the grain is copiously piled.
hong múaⁿ;
ample; full.
sîah cò̤ lâi hong căi;
the feast was sumptuous.
hong-hong lông-lông;
affluent; copious; plenteous.
  • hong1571677
  • The van; bristling like a line of bayonets.
kau-hong tùi lúi;
to join in battle.
côiⁿ hong; sien hong; khui lō sien hong;
the vanguard.
hong lāi bô̤ pí;
incomparably sharp.
ceⁿ hong;
bitter rivalry.
  • hóng15998
  • Emoluments; salary; income.
hóng lôk;
salary.
cîah sang hóng;
has an income from two offices.
hŵt hóng;
forfeit his salary.
kău hóng; kia hóng;
increase his salary.
  • hóng158308
  • To read or recite in a tune.
hóng keng;
to intone chants as do Buddhist priests.
  • hóng6571424
  • A clam; a mussel.
lût hóng siang thî hṳ̂-ong tit lĭ;
when the snipe and mussel nip each other the fisherman is the gainer.
lău hóng seⁿ cu;
the old clam produces a pearl; the old man has a child.
  • hông237404
  • Ample; wide.
khai ciang hông hwt;
may we have great profits in our business, (a shopman's sign).
khwn hông, tăi lĭang;
great magnanimity, (a polite phrase).
  • hông1581627
  • To meet with; to come across; to occur.
ôih lō siang hông;
met in a narrow path.
hông tîeh i lâi;
he happened to come.
hông nâng cū tàⁿ;
when you meet a man speak to him.
cía sĭ lâng hông kái sṳ̄;
this is something that seldom happens.
cía sǹg sĭ khî hông;
this is a rare occurrence.
múiⁿ hông saⁿ poih jît, pàng kò̤;
whenever a third and an eighth day occurs, complaints may be entered.
khṳ̀ i kò̤ cŏ̤ cṳ̆-lâi m̄ pat hông tîeh i tŏ̤ kò̤;
up to now it has happened that when I went to his house to sit with him, he has never been at home.
hông hiong hùe kit;
meet with bad luck or with good luck.
i sĭ būe pat hông tîeh ngĕ-têk;
he has not yet met one who could master him.
kî hông têk-chíu, cìang ngŏ̤ lîang-châi;
the chess-player meets his match, the general his equal.
  • hông15812011
  • To sew.
châi-hông;
a tailor.
châi hông phò;
a tailor's shop.
  • hông2361966
  • The swan; a large goose; immeasurable.
hông hi;
vast felicity.
hông pĭen;
to send a letter by a friend; by favor of.
hông ngăn;
the wild goose.
hông hok;
immeasurable bliss.
  • hông236856
  • Vast; great.
hông hok;
great blessedness.
khwn hông tăi lĭang;
liberal minded and very kind.
hông huang kâi sî-hāu;
when the world was still a vast waste.
mêh hông tōa;
an irregular pulse.
  • hŏng1591963
  • A fabulous and felicitous bird; the phenix.
hŏng hûang;
the male and the female phenix.
hŏng cío;
a phenix.
hŏng kwn;
a bride's