A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / hó̤

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好

• Good; well; excellent; fortunate; finished; fit; proper for the purpose; friendly.

• m̄ cai hó̤ a mó̤;

  do not know whether it is good or bad.

• cí-kâi sĭ hó̤;

  this is good.

• cí-kâi sĭang hó̤;

  this is best.

• hṳ́-kâi ío hó̤;

  that is better.

• cí-kâi hó̤ kùe hṳ́-kâi;

  this is better than that.

• hṳ́-kâi bô̤ mih hó̤;

  that is not very good.

• bô̤ sĭm-mih hó̤ kâi;

  not a very good one.

• m̄ cai cí-kâi hó̤ a hṳ́-kâi hó̤;

  do not know which is the better.

• cí-kâi pí hṳ́- kâi hó̤ ho̤h cōi;

  this as compared with that is better by far.

• hó̤ căi;

  very good.

• cĭn hó̤;

  of the utmost excellence.

• hó̤ sí;

  inexpressibly good.

• i sĭ hó̤ nâng;

  he is good.

• seⁿ lâi hó̤;

  well-favored.

• thiaⁿ tîeh cin hó̤;

  really good to hear.

• thóiⁿ tîeh sît-căi hó̤;

  considered it truly excellent.

• cîah tîeh cin-sît hó̤ câi;

  found by eating it that it was indeed excellent.

• tŏiⁿ it hó̤;

  of the best sort.

• phòng tîeh hó̤ chái-thâu;

  met with a lucky chance.

• hó̤ chái;

  good luck.

• hó̤ sim-tn̂g;

  good-hearted.

• hó̤ sî, hó̤ jît;

  lucky times and seasons.

• cò̤ hó̤ sṳ̄;

  to do good.

• tàⁿ hó̤ ūe;

  speak good words.

• hó̤-hó̤ nâng;

  in perfect health.

• i kâi nâng hó̤ a būe?

  Is he well yet?

• chŵn hó̤ lío;

  he is fully recovered.

• hó̤ hùe;

  sound goods.

• hó̤ tī-hng;

  a goodly land.

• hó̤ ngŏ̤;

  a favorable circumstance.

• cò̤ kàu àiⁿ hó̤;

  very nearly done.

• tiang-sî ŏi tit hó̤?

  When will it be done?

• àiⁿ hó̤ lío;

  it is nearly finished.

• cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤ hó̤ mē?

  Is that the way in which it should be done?

• hó̤ cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ;

  it is best to say thus.

• cò̤ kàu hó̤-hó̤;

  make it nicely.

• kîaⁿ hó̤-hó̤;

  walk with care.

• siu-sîp hó̤ cē;

  arrange it better.

• hó̤ khṳ̀ a būe?

  Should we go yet?

• būe hó̤;

  it is not well to go yet.

• hīn-căi hó̤ khṳ̀;

  it will be well to go now.

• lṳ́ hó̤ kio i tàⁿ;

  you should tell him.

• i nŏ̤ nâng sĭang siang-hó̤;

  the two are very friendly.

• siang-hó̤ phêng-íu;

  congenial friends.

• i kio úa sĭang-téng siang-hó̤;

  he is exceedingly friendly with me.

• tàⁿ khṳ̀ khap hó̤;

  spoken opportunely.

• khap-hó̤ ngŏ̤ tîeh i lâi;

  met him just in the nick of time.

• lṳ́, hó̤ mē?

  You be the one to do it, will you?

• i ang cía sĭm sĭ hûa-hó̤;

  they, the husband and wife, are very congenial.

• kio i tàⁿ hó̤ ūe;

  speak comfortably to him.

• lṳ́ cêng ìn kùe hó̤;

  you have already assented to it.

• lṳ́ thóiⁿ tîeh hó̤ mē?

  Do you think it will be well to do so?

• lṳ́ cài sĭeⁿ thóiⁿ hó̤ a mó̤;

  you think it over again, whether it would be well to do it or not.

• ka-kī hó̤ khṳ̀;

  you should yourself go.

• úa mn̄g i, i ìn tàⁿ hó̤;

  I asked him and he assented.

可

• Suitable; fit; may; ought; can; sign of the potential mood.

• hó̤ mē?

  Can it be done?

• hó̤ a m̄ hó̤?

  Is it suitable or not?

• sĭ hó̤ sĭ m̄-hó̤ li tàⁿ;

  whether it is fit or unfit, say so.

• hó̤ kîaⁿ kâi sṳ̄ cìaⁿ kîaⁿ;

  what may be done, that do.

• hó̤ tàⁿ kâi ūe cìaⁿ tàⁿ;

  what ought to be said, that say.

• lṳ́ hó̤ sĭeⁿ;

  you should think it over.

• cí kĭaⁿ mûeh cò̤-nî i hó̤ cîah úa m̄-hó̤ cîah?

  How is it that he can eat this and I cannot?

• cìeⁿ tōa le, hó̤ lâi thâk cṳ;

  being so large, he should go to school.

• cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ būe hó̤ cò̤;

  this should not yet be done.

• lṳ́ hó̤ hàm i khîeh lâi;

  you may tell him to bring it.

• hó̤ khṳ̀ kìe i lâi;

  you go and tell him to come.

• mn̂g hó̤ kueⁿ;

  shut that door.

• chài hó̤ cîah a būe?

  Is the meal ready yet?

• i sĭ hó̤ sieh kâi nâng;

  she is a lovable person.

• úa ô̤h cêk kĭaⁿ hó̤ chìe kâi sṳ̄ lṳ́ thiaⁿ;

  I will tell you something laughable.

• cí tieⁿ chn̂g būe ta, būe hó̤ ēng;

  this table is not yet dry enough to be used.

• hó̤ líam teng a būe?

  shall I light the lamp yet?

• lṳ́ tîeh hó̤ hîam i;

  you should reprove him.

• hó̤ tit tîeh;

  deserves; ought to get.

• lṳ́ ka-kī hó̤ khṳ̀ cò̤;

  you go and do it yourself.

• hó̤ cîah;

  fit for food; eatable.

耗

• To lay out; to squander; to consume.

• cêk nî ŭ jîeh cōi chṳ́ hò̤?

  How much is the annual loss from rats?

• hò̤ châi;

  squanderd wealth.

• sĭ hṳ-hò̤ kâi;

  it is a useless outlay.

• hò̤-sùaⁿ ngŵn-khì; hò̤ tīo sîn-khì;

  waste one’s energies.

• tăi hò̤, sío hò̤;

  great and small outlays.

• chŵn bô̤ im-hò̤;

  have no tidings whatever.

• cìeⁿ kú bô̤ im bô̤ hò̤;

  for ever so long there has been no tidings from it.

• lṳ́ màiⁿ tó̤ cò̤ hò̤;

  do not be playing tricks there.

訛

• False; erroneous.

• hò̤ thŵn;

  erroneous preaching.

• íⁿ hò̤ thŵn hò̤;

  to propagate idle rumors.

• hò̤-cà nâng kâi cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n;

  extort money by false pretenses.

• hò̤-cà nâng kâi châi-mûeh;

  get goods by illegal means.

• hò̤ ngân;

  deceitful promises.

何

• Wherefore; how; what; why.

• jû hô̤?

  In what way?

• hô̤ m̄ khṳ̀ nē?

  Why should you not go?

• hô̤ pit?

  Why should it be?

• lṳ́ hô̤ pit jû chṳ́?

  Why should you do so?

• bô̤ khó̤ năi hô̤;

  there is no help for it.

• bô̤ năi hô̤;

  there is no other way.

• ûi hô̤ cìeⁿ-seⁿ?

  Why is it thus?

• sĭ hô̤ ŵn-kù?

  What is the reason for it?

• bô̤ năi úa hô̤;

  it is nothing to me.

• hô̤ cêng cìeⁿ-seⁿ?

  How can it be thus?

• kìu kéng lú hô̤ só̤ tit?

  In the end what will you obtain thereby?

• lṳ́ hô̤ m̄ cá cē lâi?

  Why did you not come earlier?

• hô̤-íⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ?

  Why is it thus?

• lṳ́ hô̤ ēng cìeⁿ-seⁿ?

  Why should you do that?

• lṳ́ só̤ cò̤ hô̤ sṳ̄?

  What have you been doing?

豪

• A porcupine.

• hô̤-tṳ;

  a hedge-hog.

• hô̤-tṳ cìⁿ;

  porcupine quills.

• phah tîeh ciah hô̤-tṳ;

  killed a porcupine.

壕

• A fosse; a ditch; a moat.

• sîaⁿ hô̤;

  a city moat.

• ŭ sîaⁿ cĭu ŭ sîaⁿ hô̤;

  if there is a city there is a city moat.

• sîaⁿ li kûiⁿ, sîaⁿ hô̤ li chim;

  the city wall is high, and the moat deep.

河

• A river into which other rivers run.

• n̂g-hô̤;

  the Yellow River.

• cīeⁿ hô̤;

  the upper part of the river.

• ĕ hô̤;

  the lower part of the river.

• tō hô̤;

  to cross the river by ferry.

• tah kùe hô̤;

  take passage across the river.

• khoi-hô̤;

  rivers; large streams.

• hô̤ khoi;

  the Milky Way.

• thiⁿ-hô̤ thàng thiⁿ-hô̤;

  the Milky Way runs into the Milky Way.

• hô̤-khoi tùi hîah, ō-kíaⁿ hó̤ cîah;

  when the Milky Way is overhead, the taro is edible.

• hô̤-khoi tùi tang ō-kíaⁿ ŏi sang;

  when the Milky Way is on the meridian the taro is mealy.

和

• To sing a second; to make rhymes to.

• sûi siaⁿ hù hŏ̤;

  he always agrees to what one says.

• cêk nâng chìang, peh nâng hŏ̤;

  one man chants and all the others follow him.

• hŏ̤ móng nâng kâi si;

  cap the rhymes of a certain person.

號

• A mark; a label; a signal; a description or class; to mark or designate.

• hō̤ lĕng;

  word of command.

• jī hō̤;

  the character used as a mark.

• nán sĭm-mih pó̤ hō̤?

  What is the sign of your shop?

• phò hō̤;

  trade mark.

• tŏiⁿ it hō̤;

  first-best.

• tŏiⁿ kúi hō̤ kâi hùe?

  What class of goods?

• cò̤ kâi hō̤; ūe kâi hue hō̤;

  make a mark as a sign.

• tah kâi hō̤;

  paste on a label.

• cang kò̤ tek chah cò̤ hō̤;

  stick in a piece of bamboo as a mark.

• ēng sĭm-mîh kháu-gṳ́ cò̤ hō̤;

  use some word as a signal.

• cía sĭ tŏiⁿ jī hō̤ kâi;

  this is the second best sort.

• sĭ tōa hō̤ kâi a sòi hō̤ kâi?

  Is it of the larger or the smaller sort?

• tèng kâi ho̤;

  make a mark by driving a stamp.

• pun hō̤-thâu;

  give a signal by blowing a blast.

• i mīn tèng ŭ cêk kò̤ ki hō̤ hó̤ jīn;

  he has a mark on his face by which he may be recognized.

• ŭ jîeh cōi hō̤ siaⁿ?

  How many brands are there?

• kùe hō̤;

  pass the office where the brands are affixed.

• chiak-hō̤;

  an epithet or nickname.

• i kâi chiak-hō̤ khṳt nâng kìe-cò hóⁿ;

  he is nicknamed the tiger.

• kî hō̤;

  signal by flag.

• līu hō̤ kî khí-khṳ̀;

  raise a signal flag.

• thóiⁿ i līu sĭm-mih kî hō̤;

  see what signal he raises.

• pàng hō̤ phàu;

  fire a salute or signal.

• cò̤ kâi àm hō̤;

  give a secret sign.

• hō̤ pâng;

  the room where marks are affixed.

• kùa hō̤;

  affix the mark.

• hō̤ i; hō̤ kùa;

  a soldier’s uniform.

• kok hō̤;

  the name of a dynasty.

• nî hō̤;

  the style of a reign.

• pîet hō̤; mîaⁿ hō̤;

  the name taken on coming to manhood or on entering office; the style or designation of persons of position.

• íⁿ-keng khṳt úa hō̤ khṳ̀ lío;

  I have already set a mark on that.

• lṳ́ kâi huap-hō̤ sĭ sĭm-mûeh?

  What is your priestly name?

賀

• To felicitate; to send congratulations.

• hō̤ hí!

  Joy be with you!

• lâi kio i sie hō̤;

  congratulate him.

• hō̤ sīu; hō̤ nâng seⁿ-jît;

  send congratulations upon a birthday.

• hō̤ nî:

  send New Year greetings.

• hō̤ lói;

  articles sent as presents, upon some happy occasion.

• peh kuaⁿ chîo hō̤;

  a general levee.

• hō̤ nâng chūa bó, hō̤ nâng seⁿ tau-kíaⁿ;

  send congratulations on a wedding day, or on the birth of a son.

• khó̤ hí khó̤ hō̤;

  what one may be congratulated upon.

• khèng hō̤;

  to congratulate.

• kiong hō̤;

  “with compliments.”

荷

• The small leaved variety of the water-lily.

• hō̤-pau;

  a purse shaped like the leaf of a water lily.

• hō̤-lang kok;

  Holland.

• hō̤-lang cṳ̂;

  Irish potatoes.

• hō̤-lang bé-kùa;

  a riding jacket of azure camlet.

**示衆](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/示衆)hō̤-nīa763

• To admonish the people, as by an execution; to use as a warning to others; to deter by a warning.

• kê tŏ̤ cìe-piah côiⁿ hō̤-nīa;

  wearing the cangue, before the wall that screens the door of the yamun, in order to admonish others not to do likewise.

• cai hĭⁿ-cìⁿ lío, khang khṳ̀ kak îaⁿ hō̤-nīa;

  having had an arrow thrust through his ear, was lead around to each of the garrisons as a warning.

• màiⁿ tó̤ hō̤-nīa;

  do not be one whose career is a warning to others.

祐

• To protect, to shield, to defend as gods or spirits may.

• pó̤-hō̤;

  to give divine protection.

當

• To meet; to bear.

• hō̤ huang;

  to be exposed to the wind.

• ciang-sî khṳ̀ tó̤ hō̤ mêⁿ huang, cò̤ úa li màiⁿ;

  if I were you I would not go out just now in the night air.

• cí hûe cìeⁿ jûah tîeh lâi hái-kîⁿ cìn-lîang kò̤, hō̤ hái huang cìaⁿ hó̤;

  just now, when it is so warm, one should go to a shady spot on the shore and get the sea-breeze.