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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
  • 174945
  • The fox; foxes' fur; distrustful.
hû-sien;
a brownie.
pêh hû hó̤ a sĭ húe hû hó̤?
Which is the best, the fur of the white or of the red fox?
hû ké hóⁿ ui;
a fox putting on the air of a tiger.
thò sí hû pui;
when the hare dies the fox mourns.
i thiaⁿ tîeh hû-gî;
on hearing it he mistrusted.
i thiaⁿ lío, sim lăi hû-hû gî-gî;
having heard it, he became suspicious.
  • 144644
  • To uplift, uphold, support, sustain, or help along.
tâng sòi hû-thî kàu tōa;
brought him up from childhood.
hû i khí lâi;
help him up.
i bô̤ hìeⁿ ŏi kîaⁿ, lṳ́ tîeh hû i;
he cannot walk very well, you must hold him up.
īa m̄ sĭ i hû tîeh, cū pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;
if he had not held me up I should have fallen.
hû-hû chah-chah;
continually helped along.
tah hû-chíu-pang cū lô̤h kīe;
when he drums on the support for the hands in the sedan chair, they set the chair down.
hû lău thî ìuⁿ;
support the aged and the young.
hû kuaⁿ-châ;
bear a coffin.
khíong-ùi hû m̄ tîo;
afraid that I cannot sustain it.
bŏi hû m̄ cŭ;
will not fail to hold it up steadfastly.
úa thóiⁿ li hû m̄ khí;
I do not think you can support it.
khṳt i kōi-kōi cū hû khí lâi;
he can lift it with ease if he will take hold of it.
hû kha, hû chíu;
to uphold; to support the feet and the hands.
  • 22672
  • Interlocking.
kau-hû;
dovetailed.
hû siang cìo èng;
mutual collusion.
  • 1461597
  • To help; to assist; to second.
sie-hŭ;
assists.
hŭ-cŏ̤;
aids.
pang hŭ;
to̤ lend aid
sie pang sie hŭ;
to coöperate.
cai hŭ;
a cabinet minister.
hŭ thài-cṳ́ cŏ̤ ūi;
lend support to the crown prince in ascending the throne.
hŭ i lí ke sṳ̄;
help her in managing the house.
sie hŭ gîap-lâk;
second the effort.
bô̤ nâng hó̤ hŭ chíu;
nobody to lend a hand.
hùaⁿ nâng hŭ kha hŭ chíu, cò̤ khṳ̀n-kíaⁿ cū hó̤;
if all take hold and help it will be done in a little while.
  • 22614914
  • To protect; succor; guard; convoy; aid.
kìu-hŭ;
to rescue.
hûang-hŭ;
to guard from danger.
hŭ-cŏ̤;
succor.
pó̤-hŭ;
to give protection.
hŭ-ŭe;
to escort, as with a guard.
ēng cí ki kun tó̤ hŭ kè;
make use of this troop to escort the chariot.
ēng hŭ hûang ìn;
stamp it with a seal.
phài kúi nâng hŭ-sàng i khṳ̀ chù;
detail several persons to escort him
home.
cĭam ēng móng nâng hŭ lí;
make temporary use of a certain person to aid in the settlement of the case.
hŭ-su;
an envelope for papers; a portfolio.
  • 1491492
  • The announcement by a son of the death of a parent or grandparent.
hŭ-im thiap;
a card announcing the death of a parent or grandparent.
pàng -im thiap;
issue cards announcing a parent's death.
  • 149388
  • A wife.
hu hŭ;
husband and wife.
hŭ-jîn;
a woman.
hŭ-nńg;
the women folk.
hŭ-jîn nâng;
women.
hîen-hŭ;
a virtuous woman.
phwt-hŭ;
a termagant.
mĕng-hŭ;
a titled lady.
hŭ-jîn tîeh ŭ sam chong, sì tek;
women must practice the three duties and four virtues.
  • 1471135
  • To inter in the family tomb.
hûang-thài-hŏ seng-hŭ thài-bīe;
the empress is interred in the great temple.
i kâi phûn, hṳ́ cêk pôiⁿ, hŭ-cǹg i kâi jī nâng;
his inferior wife is interred in that side of his tomb.
  • 147880
  • A father.
soiⁿ hŭ;
my deceased father.
ke hŭ;
my father.
  • 1481875
  • A subsidiary horse.
hŭ bé; hîah hŭ;
a son-in-law of the emperor.
  • 1471705
  • To append; to join on; annex; supplement.
hŭ-kṳ̆n kâi tī-hng;
adjacent land.
hŭ tŏ̤ hṳ́ búe;
appended thereto.
hṳ́ búe hŭ ke cêk kò̤;
annex another piece.
mih sṳ̄ to hŭ-hŏ̤ i;
follows him blindly in everything.
hŭ cêk huang sìn;
inclosed a letter.
hŭ toaⁿ cêk tieⁿ;
the inclosed order.
i kâi ngṳ̂n-toaⁿ sĭ hŭ tŏ̤ sìn tói;
his draft is enclosed in the letter.
hŭ ngṳ̂n cêk peh níe;
add on another hundred taels.
  • 1491542
  • To bear on the back; to assume; to turn the back upon; to slight; to fail.
hŭ cè;
in debt.
hŭ khut jîeh kú;
how long have I borne oppression.
hŭ sim châk;
an ungrateful scamp.
bûang ṳu hŭ ngĭ;
forget benefits.
i sĭ koiⁿ-thio pùe-hŭ kâi nâng;
he is a burden-bearer.
phău-hŭ put hûam;
more able than common men.
cí kâi nâng sĭm sĭ