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

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黃

• Yellow.

• haⁿ-hun;

  twilight; the gloaming.

• haⁿ-hun-kíaⁿ;

  just at dusk.

嚇

• To intimidate; to scare; to theaten; to browbeat.

• i tó̤ háⁿ i kâi;

  he is intimidating him.

• khṳt i cē háⁿ cū thò̤;

  as soon as he shouted out at her, she drew back.

• màiⁿ háⁿ i m̄ pat;

  do not scare him so that he cannot answer.

乎

• An interrogative adverb, expressive of doubt, placed at the end of a sentence.

• khá m̄ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ háⁿ?

  That is the way it is, is it?

• cìeⁿ-seⁿ khá hó̤ háⁿ?

  That is well done, is it?

• sĭ úa háⁿ?

  It was I, was it?

• hó̤ háⁿ?

  It is possible, is it?

• lṳ́ àiⁿ cò̤ ŏi háⁿ?

  You are going to be a competent hand at it, are you?

• i sĭ pat háⁿ?

  He understands it, does he?

裂

• Cracked, (said of money only).

• hâⁿ kâi, táu kíam cîⁿ;

  that which is fissured brings less cash in exchange.

• cí kâi ngṳ̂n hâⁿ kâi, tîeh thò̤ saⁿ hun cúi;

  this dollar has a crack in it, and three candareens must therefore be deducted from its value.