A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / hóⁿ | 閩南語書寫

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

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  • Not; not so.

  • sĭ hóⁿ hó̤ sía jī khṳt úa cai;

    whether affirmative or negative, write and let me know.

  • sĭ hóⁿ cò̤-nî?

    What is the affirmative and what the negative side of the question?

**琥珀](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/琥珀)hóⁿ-phek224

  • Amber, said by the Chinese to be transformed from resin.

  • àiⁿ jīn hóⁿ-phek ŭ sĭm-mih huang-huap?

    What is the way of telling whether a substance is amber?

  • hóⁿ-phek ŏi sîp kâi;

    amber will collect electricity.

  • cìaⁿ hóⁿ-phek chìu jîet ŏi kit teng-sim cháu;

    real amber when heated by friction will attract lamp-wicks or straws.

  • hueh phek;

    red amber.

  • A tiger; fierce; awful.

  • lău-hóⁿ; nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ;

    a tiger.

  • hóⁿ kó;

    a male tiger.

  • hóⁿ bó̤;

    a tigeress.

  • kúi ciah hóⁿ;

    several tigers.

  • méⁿ hóⁿ;

    a fierce tiger.

  • hóⁿ cìang;

    a dauntless leader.

  • hóⁿ hêng;

    a ferocious aspect.

  • hóⁿ ui;

    warlike; dreadful.

  • pêh hóⁿ;

    the white tiger.

  • pêh hóⁿ kă lṳ́!

    May the white tiger devour you!

  • cúa nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ;

    a paper tiger, a braggart.

  • lêng hóⁿ tò;

    a furious fight between two.

  • khîa hó̤ⁿ lâng hĭa;

    he who rides a tiger finds it hard to dismount.

  • nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ thiam sît;

    add wings to a tiger; give additional power to the malevolent.

  • pue hóⁿ tūi;

    a company of flying tigers; troops having the flying tiger on their flag.

  • phah hóⁿ chin hiaⁿ-tĭ;

    if you are going to attack a tiger you must have own brothers to help.

  • khṳ̀ nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ chùi kò̤ khṳt nêk;

    go to a tiger to beg a piece of meat.

  • nâng sí lâu mîaⁿ, hóⁿ sí lâu phûe;

    when a man dies he leaves his name behind him, when a tiger dies he leaves his pelt.

  • cū sĭ cêk ciah hóⁿ!

    He is a tiger!

  • líu hóⁿ hām;

    dig a pitfall for catching tigers.

  • hóⁿ tàu;

    a tiger’s lair.

  • m̄ jîp hóⁿ tàu kò̤, căi tit lîah tîeh hóⁿ-kíaⁿ?

    If you do not enter the tiger’s den, how can you seize the cubs?

  • tú-tú phah tîeh hóⁿ phīⁿ;

    hit the tiger exactly on his nose; struck the vulnerable part.

  • lêng kîaⁿ hóⁿ pō;

    a majestic bearing.

  • hóⁿ búe thūi cu;

    a pearl hangs at the end of the tiger’s tail.

  • tieⁿ hóⁿ năuⁿ; tieⁿ năuⁿ cìⁿ lâi sīa hóⁿ;

    set a trap for shooting tigers.

  • ngâu hóⁿ-kut ka;

    make glue from tigers’ bones.

  • hóⁿ phûe jôk;

    rugs made from tigers’ skins.

  • hóⁿ gê;

    tigers’ teeth.

  • hóⁿ jío;

    tigers’ claws.

  • hóⁿ hĭⁿ cháu;

    the strawberry geranium.

  • hóⁿ-thâu pâi;

    a tablet with a tiger’s head drawn upon it.

  • hô-sîn hóⁿ;

    a small spider that pounces on flies.

  • nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ ngĕ-sèⁿ;

    of an awfully stern temper.

  • nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ pì tṳ;

    a tiger carrying a pig on its back.

  • chut jîp méⁿ hóⁿ siang sûi;

    tigers submissively follow him about.

  • hâng lêng, hôk hóⁿ;

    bring dragons and tigers back to their allegiance.

  • hóⁿ kim-kâm;

    a weapon for killing tigers.

  • hóⁿ cĭeⁿ che;

    the tiger is at bay.

  • nĭoⁿ hóⁿ m̄ cĭeⁿ che bô̤ lêng-ûi phah i;

    if the tiger does not rear at the pitch-fork you cannot shoot him.

  • thiaⁿ-kìⁿ hóⁿ hm̄-hm̄-kìe;

    heard the tiger growling.

  • hóⁿ phâu-hau;

    tigers roar.

  • hóⁿ āuⁿ-āuⁿ-kìe;

    tigers snarl.

  • keh jît thóiⁿ-kìⁿ hóⁿ kha-ciah jîeh tōa kâi;

    the other day I saw the tracks of a very large tiger.

  • sí hóⁿ cò̤ ûah hóⁿ phah;

    treat a dead tiger as if he were alive.

  • hóⁿ lô̤h pêⁿ-îeⁿ pĭ káu khi;

    when a tiger comes down into the arable land, he may be harried by a dog.