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

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兄

• An elder brother; a senior; used after names as a term of respect, like Mr.

• hiⁿ tĭ;

  brothers.

• hiaⁿ tĭ kíaⁿ;

  little brothers.

• chin hiaⁿ tĭ;

  own brothers.

• thang hiaⁿ tĭ;

  cousins, sons of brothers.

• î píe hiaⁿ tĭ;

  cousins, sons of sisters.

• píe hiaⁿ tĭ;

  male cousins of different surnames.

• cŭang hiaⁿ tĭ;

  second cousins.

• côk lăi hiaⁿ tĭ;

  men of the same clan.

• tâng pau hiaⁿ tĭ;

  sons of the same father and mother.

• ĭ bó̤ hiaⁿ tĭ;

  brothers having the same father, but not the same mother.

• tek sù hiaⁿ tĭ;

  sons of the chief and of the inferior wife.

• tâng nî hiaⁿ tĭ;

  friends born in the same year, or men who would have been married to each other had they not been of the same sex.

• mêng hiaⁿ tĭ;

  brethren of the same creed.

• sĭa hiaⁿ tĭ; hŭe hiaⁿ tĭ;

  brethren of the same sect.

• ngĭ hiaⁿ tĭ;

  brothers by adoption.

• ūaⁿ thiap hiaⁿ tĭ;

  brothers by exchange of cards bearing dates of birth days.

• ùaⁿ hiaⁿ tĭ;

  fellow-graduates.

• nî hiaⁿ tĭ;

  those who in the same year attain a literary degree higher than the first.

• sai hiaⁿ tĭ;

  fellow-apprentices.

• sṳ hiaⁿ tĭ;

  those of the same craft.

• khòi cò̤ hiaⁿ tĭ;

  made brothers by a contract.

• hiaⁿ tĭ kuaⁿ;

  officials of the same rank.

• ngô̤ hiaⁿ;

  I, your unworthy elder brother.

• lĕng hiaⁿ;

  your elder brother.

• ke hiaⁿ;

  my elder brother.

• pĕ hiaⁿ;

  father’s elder brother.

• hiaⁿ só̤;

  elder brother’s wife.

• soiⁿ hiaⁿ;

  your departed brother.

• a-hiaⁿ hùe;

  seniors.

• a-hiaⁿ hùe, kîaⁿ khui cē;

  get out of the way there, brethren.

• ŭ kâi a-hiaⁿ nâng tŏ̤ kîaⁿ;

  an elderly man was going along.

• hiaⁿ thâi; lău hiaⁿ thâi;

  honorable Sir.

• hiaⁿ cíang;

  respected friends, used as an address in writing.

• khóng huang hiaⁿ;

  the brother with the square hole, a cash.

• hiaⁿ mūe;

  brother and sister.

• a ún hiaⁿ;

  Mr. Un.

• móng a-hiaⁿ;

  that man.

• lṳ́ kìe-cò̤ mih a-hiaⁿ?

  What are you called Sir?

• nín a hiaⁿ hùe tó̤ cò̤ mih sṳ̄?

  What are your men-folks doing?

• tōa hiaⁿ, jī hiaⁿ;

  the eldest and next to the eldest brother.

觸

• To push sidewise with the horns.

• khṳt gû híaⁿ tîeh;

  hooked by an ox.

• cí ciah gû ŏi híaⁿ nâng;

  this ox is apt to hit people with its horns.

拕

• To widen; to open out.

• hìaⁿ khui khṳt i phâk;

  open it up to the sun.

• khui hìaⁿ-hìaⁿ tó̤ lā;

  opened out fully for airing.

• nín kâi mn̂g cò̤-nî khui kàu hìaⁿ-hìaⁿ?

  Why are all your doors thrown wide open?

• ūe tàⁿ lío, hìaⁿ-hìaⁿ khui;

  having spoken about it, he continued to expatiate upon it.

• kun-sṳ̆ hìaⁿ cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ, tìn-tang kâi tōa phàu cū bū khṳ̀;

  the troops defiled to either side, and the great canon in the middle volleyed forth.

燒

• To put on fuel; to build a fire.

• húe tîeh hîaⁿ thong-lông thong-lông;

  lay the fire in such a way that there will be plenty of fuel with spaces for draught between.

• khĭam châ, hîaⁿ phùa càu;

  lacking wood, (one cannot) make the fire so hot as to crack the furnace.

• jw̆n hîaⁿ, hîaⁿ m̄ sêk;

  however much fuel I put on, I can’t make the fire hot enough to cook it.

• hîaⁿ cúi lâi sói-êk;

  heat water for bathing.

• mûeh-hîaⁿ;

  fuel.

• tô̤h cho̤h mûeh-hîaⁿ lâi hîaⁿ;

  take some fuel and put it on the fire.

刑

• Criminal jurisprudence.

• hîaⁿ pŏ;

  the Board of Punishments.

• hîaⁿ pŏ sīeⁿ-cṳ;

  the President of the Board of Punishments.

• hîaⁿ pâng a-pún;

  a clerk in the criminal courts.

• hîaⁿ mīaⁿ sṳ-îa;

  a counsellor in criminal cases in the local courts.

艾

• Mugwort; moxa.

• chah hīaⁿ;

  to wear sprigs of mugwort in the hair.

• hīaⁿ jông;

  moxa punk.

• io būe cêng máng tîeh hīaⁿ tŏ̤ kò̤;

  has not yet come any where near carrying out the project.

• hó̤ cang hīaⁿ khṳ̀ sói cū hó̤;

  it will get well if you bathe it with mugwort.