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• ‮雲‬hûn11421734
• Clouds; cloudy.

phû hûn hŏ;

rain clouds are gathering.

hûn bū;

cloudy.

múaⁿ thiⁿ hûn;

the sky is all overcast.

cêk tah o hûn;

a black cloud.

pêh hûn pìⁿ cò̤ âng bûn;

the clouds are turning red.

hûn cia kàu pùaⁿ suaⁿ;

the clouds reach half way down the mountains.

hûn-thâu;

a thunder-cloud.

hṳ lâng hûn;

a mackerel sky.

thong thiⁿ lóng-cóng sĭ o hûn;

the whole sky is black with clouds.

hûn khui kìⁿ jît;

the clouds are breaking.

hûn khui kâi khang-khiah, thóiⁿ-kìⁿ thiⁿ nêk;

there is a rift in the cloud, and the blue sky appears.

hûn sio, hŏ sùaⁿ;

the clouds are disappearing, and the rain diminishing.

thóiⁿ-kìⁿ tŏ̤ hûn-twn téng;

saw it among the clouds.

hûn tìo kha;

the cloud is lifting from the earth.

cí tah hûn pue khù kĕ-kĕ;

this cloud drifts along very low down.

phah hûn póiⁿ;

to strike the cloudy board; to announce visitors at a yamun or monastery by tapping an iron plate.

• ‮混‬hŭn269858
• In disorder; promiscuously; turbid; chaotic.

mông-mông hŭn-hŭn;

dark; confused.

hŭn nău;

confused clamor.

mńg hŭn kùe jît;

it is a troublesome world.

lâm ńng hŭn câp;

a heterogeneous crowd of men and women.

hŭn-tŭn;

chaotic.

thiⁿ tī īa ŭ sî ŏi hŭn-tŭn;

the heavens and the earth are sometimes indistinguishable through being mixed up together.

hŭn-hŭn tŭn-tŭn;

irretrievably mixed up.

su kùe màiⁿ lâi hŭn kha hŭn chúi;

it would have been better if he had had nothing to do with it.

• ‮分‬hūn131182
• A share; a portion; a dividend; the part one acts; the duties of a post.

pun cò̤ saⁿ hūn pêⁿ tōa;

divide it into three equal parts.

kâi nâng cêk hūn;

give a portion to each.

saⁿ hūn thiu cêk;

take out one third.

hūn gūa;

what is outside one's own share.

kúi hūn tĭⁿ;

partly full.

sì-hūn lô̤h cêk hūn;

make use of one quarter of it.

îeh lâk hūn cîah cêk hūn;

take one sixth of the medicine.

àiⁿ cham kúi hūn lô̤h khṳ̀?

What proportion of the whole shall I put in?

ke hūn, cíe hūn;

a greater or lesser portion.

síu hūn;

content with his lot.

síu i kâi pńg hūn;

attends to his own business.

uaⁿ hūn síu kí;

mind your own business.

khĭa hūn;

make up a deficiency by each supplying an equal sum.

phōiⁿ cêk hūn lói-mûeh khṳ̀ sàng i;

render to him a portion of the presents.

cía i bô̤ hūn;

he has no part in this.

kó hūn;

to take shares in.

cía sĭ i kâi ŵn hūn;

this

is what he has a liking for.

nán kúi nâng lâi hak cêk hūn, ĕ jît thàng lío tōa sòi hūn cìe pun;

let us take a share togethər, and afterward when there is income from it declare a dividend.

mĭaⁿ hūn;

the same lot for life.

mīaⁿ hūn m̄ hó̤ lw̆n;

those whose fates are joined for life should not be at variance.

cí kâi nâng m̄ uaⁿ hūn;

this person is meddlesome.

kùe hūn;

officious; beyond what properly belongs to one's functions.

tàⁿ kùe hūn ūe;

say more than belongs to one's part.

pńg hūn;

one's own duty or office.

i pńg hūn tîeh cíeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;

that is what properly pertains to his office; that is his duty.

kak nâng kak nâng kâi ceh-hūn;

each has his special duty.

i cìeⁿ-seⁿ sǹg sĭ wt-hūn;

in so doing he may be considered to have overstepped his proper sphere.

àiⁿ cò̤ kúi hūn khui?

How many parts is it to be divided into?

i kâi hūn-siaⁿ cōi;

he has a large proportion.

i sòi hūn, i tōa hūn;

this one gets a small, and that one a large portion.

i kâi seng-lí lṳ́ ŭ chap hūn a bô̤?

Have you anything invested in his business?

ṳ́a ŭ chap-hūn;

I have an interest in it.

sĭm-mih sṳ̄ lṳ́ to ŭ hūn;

you meddle in everything.

cíe i hūn ĕ kâi hâiⁿ;

give him that which belongs to him.

cía sĭ i hūn lăi kâi sṳ̄;

this appertains to his office.

tîeh thóiⁿ i sĭm-mih sin hūn;

must see what his belongings are.

sìang sīm-mih sin hūn;

ascertain what rank he has.

kâi thien-hūn hó̤;

he has fine natural abilities.

hut

• ‮弗‬hut153572
• An adverb of prohibition; it should not be.

hut ūaⁿ cò̤ put;

changed “should not” into “is not.”

hut jîak i;

does not resemble him.

• ‮忽‬hut267614
• Abruptly; to slight; the fifth place in decimals.

hut-jîen;

suddenly.

hut-jîen-kang;

in an instant.

hut-jîen cū ŭ nâng lâi;

suddenly some one came.

m̄ hó̤ khin-hut nâng;

one must not treat people in a contemptuous manner.

tŏ̤ cèng nâng mīn côiⁿ khin-hut i;

treated him cavalierly before them all.

i sĭm khìam-sòi, lîen a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ hùe, to bô̤ khin-hut i;

he is very modest, and does not slight even a child.

cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄ hó̤ hut-lîak;

do not do things in a heedless fashion.

cêk si cêk hut to àiⁿ sǹg;

will reckon in even the smallest fraction.

sǹg kàu lî hâu si hut;

reckon to the utmost farthing.

hut kng hut àm;

light for an instant and then dark for an instant.

i kâi ūe bô̤ tīaⁿ, hut sĭ hut hui;

what he says is unreliable, first he says one thing then another.