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be joy we will share it, if there be sorrow we will bear it together.

pue thiⁿ hŭa;
sudden calamity.
cêk jît cŏ̤ tue-tue, hŭa tŏ̤ thiⁿ cīeⁿ pue;
when sitting at ease, sudden adversity came upon us.
m̄ cai sĭ hŭa a sĭ hok;
do not know whether it is a calamity or a blessing.

huaⁿ

  • huaⁿ2447618
  • Pleased with; gratified; joyous.
lṳ́ huaⁿ-hí i mē?
Are you pleased with him?
huaⁿ sim;
a merry heart.
huaⁿ thiⁿ hí tī;
extravagant joy.
huaⁿ-huaⁿ hí-hí;
delighted.
i thiaⁿ tîeh sĭm sĭ hí-huaⁿ;
when he heard it he was greatly pleased.
i huaⁿ-hí cí kâi nâng;
he is pleased with this person.
huaⁿ thâu hí chìe;
gleefull.
hāi i huaⁿ-hí sí;
kill him with joy.
huaⁿ-hí kàu thìo;
jumped for joy.
i tōa huaⁿ-hí;
he is greatly pleased.
  • hùaⁿ861499
  • All, altogether; the whole.
hùaⁿ nâng cò̤-pû lâi;
they all came together.
hùa nâng khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?
Where have they all gone?
hùaⁿ kâi cò̤-nî tàⁿ?
What did they all say about it?
hùaⁿ kâi sṳ̄ lí ŵn a būe?
Is the business all finished up yet?
hùaⁿ kâi mûeh cò̤ hó̤;
all the things are finished.
hùaⁿ kâi to̤ tùi tī-kò̤ khṳ̀?
Where have all the knives gone to?
hùaⁿ kâi ūe lóng-cóng tîeh;
all that was said was right.
  • hûaⁿ282855
  • Easy going; lazy and slow.
mài hûaⁿ-hûaⁿ nē;
do not dilly-dally.
i to sĭ hûaⁿ-hûaⁿ nē;
he is very easy going.
  • hûaⁿ1622093
  • To snore.
ût kàu tó̤ hûaⁿ;
asleep and snoring.
lṳ́ hûaⁿ kàu úa bŏi ût;
you snore so that I cannot sleep.
  • hūaⁿ700166
  • To steady the footsteps by leaning upon a prop; to lean upon or against; to rest lightly upon.
hàm kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ khṳt-i hūaⁿ chíu;
call one of the children for her to lean on.
ŭ ki sam hó̤ hūaⁿ ío kōi kîaⁿ;
with a cross-bar to stay one's hand against, it would be easier to walk over.
i hūaⁿ tŏ̤ lâng-kang kò̤;
she leans on the balustrade.
hūaⁿ tŏ̤ i koiⁿ-thâu;
stay your steps by leaning upon his shoulder.
úa kâi chíu khṳt lṳ́ hūaⁿ;
lean upon my arm.
  • hūaⁿ519967
  • To take charge of; to attend to; to manage; to lay out, as funds.
i mîaⁿ-ke hūaⁿ-ke;
she is expert in the management of a household.
cêk ke, kúi câp nâng, khṳt i hūaⁿ kàu iap-iap thiap-thiap;
the whole family, consisting of several tens of persons, is kept in the most complete order by her.
cía sṳ̄ sī tī-tîang tó̤ hūaⁿ?
Who has the management of this affair?
hūaⁿ seng-lí;
manages the business.
hūaⁿ tŏa;
attend the helm; steer the thing through.
hūaⁿ sìo;
take charge of the accounts.
cía ngṳ̂n pàng kò̤ hūaⁿ ke;
leave this money to be laid out for the support of the family.
i kâi gûeh ēng jîeh cōi ngṳ̂n hūaⁿ ke?
How much is required per month to keep the family?
  • hūaⁿ1090329
  • A bank; a dike; a dam; an embankment which prevents overflow.
co̤h cêk tîo hūaⁿ;
make a dike.
kîaⁿ tùe cí tîo hūaⁿ kò̤ khṳ̀;
walk along this bank.
múa-tī-kò̤ kâi toi-hūaⁿ co̤h kàu khìang-khìang, cúi tōa cìaⁿ bŏ̤i pang;
the dikes everywhere are strongly made, and when the waters rise will not give way.
cĭeⁿ pàng cúi cí tîo hūaⁿ khṳt i im khṳ̀, taⁿ tîeh lâi co̤h kûiⁿ ce;
when the waters were last let off, this dike was overflown, and we must now make it higher.
co̤h tîo hūaⁿ pàng hái-kiⁿ;
make a bund.
  • hūaⁿ171025
  • Raised paths between fields.
châng hūaⁿ;
narrow raised paths between rice fields.
co̤h ke cêk tîo châng hūaⁿ;
make another dividing path between the rice plots.
châng hūaⁿ siak kú sòi tîo;
the path is narrowed by long hoeing off.
tùi cí ío tōa tîo kâi hūaⁿ kùe khṳ̀;
go by this wider path.
  • hūaⁿ1651673
  • Solder; to solder.
hūaⁿ i sie cîah;
solder them together.
hūaⁿ khṳ̀ m̄ sie cîah;
it is not soldered firmly.
cìeⁿ-seⁿ hūaⁿ khṳ̀ m̄ tōiⁿ;
in that way the solder does not hold.
tîeh cang cía lâi hūaⁿ, cìaⁿ kien-ku;
you must use this in soldering it and then it will be firm.
ēng hūaⁿ-thâu lâi hūaⁿ;
take solder and solder it.
bói phêng-seⁿ lâi kap hūaⁿ-thâu;
buy borax and make solder.

huah

  • 呵欠huah-hì215
  • To gape or yawn.
lṳ́ huah-hì sĭ mâk siap a m̄ sĭ?
You yawn because you are sleepy do you not?
i cŏ̤ lío huah-hì huah-hăi: sĭ nâng khùn-kw̆n mâk-siap, a sĭ hun-ngìen?
Having sat down he keeps yawning: is it from the sleepiness produced by fatigue, or is it because the time for him to take his opium has come?
thâu huah-hì, thâu chun-lûn;
yawning and stretching at the same time.
i tó̤ huah-hì chun-lûn, hía īeⁿ sĭ phî kâi īeⁿ;
he is yawning and stretching, as if he were tired and sleepy.
mn̂g-khí-cá huah-hì lío, ĕ-hâi ka-lâuh khṳ̀;
this morning he yawned and dislocated his jaw.