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

福

Happiness; good fortune; felicity which attends divine protection.
hok im;

glad tidings.
hok im tn̂g;

a church or chapel.
ŭ hok-khì;

to be blessed.
hok tōa căi;

very great felicity.
cí kâi ŭ hok, hṳ́ kâi bô̤ hok;

this one is happy and that one is not.
kṳ̆n-lâi mng nap hok?

Have you been quite well lately?
hok tī;

a favored spot.
hok cìang;

a lucky commander.
híang hok;

to enjoy happiness.
hok hun tōa;

highly favored.
hwt châi hwt hok;

grow rich and prosperous.
cêk lō hok cheⁿ;

may a happy star light your way.
ngŏ hok;

the five blessings, long life, riches, soundness of body and mind, love of virtue, and a peaceful end.
ŭ lĭaug cū ŭ hok;

to have right principles is to have good fortune.
pô̤h hok kâi nâng;

one who has little prosperity.
hok cêk căi;

greatly blessed.
i tó̤ hok nŏ̤;

he is highly prospered.
hok lôk sīu chŵn;

fortune, honors, and longevity, all bestowed.

覆

蝠

複

復

Again; to do a second time; to repeat.
hẃn hôk; hẃn-hẃn hôk-hôk;

repeatedly.
hôk sìn;

the reply to a letter.
hôk mĕng;

to report upon, as a commission.
lṳ́ àiⁿ cò̤-nî hûe-hôk i?

What reply are you going to make to him?
hôk tong-heng;

to revive and prosper.
hôk chîu;

to pay off a grudge.
hôk-tńg ngŵn īeⁿ;

revert to the original species.
hôk ûah;

to return to life.
khiok-hôk sîaⁿ-tî;

to recover the city.
kàu cṳ́ sî cū hôk îⁿ;

at midnight it will again be full-orbed.
hôk i kâi lói;

reciprocate his courtesy.
cang sĭm-mûeh lâi hôk i kâi nâng-chêng?

In what way shall we reciprocate his kindness?
chê hôk;

examine and report on.
pín hôk;

reply that an order is performed.

袱

A square cloth.
pau-hôk; pau-kó̤;

a bundle wrapped in a square cloth.
pau-hôk phûe; pau-kó̤ phûe;

a strong square cloth for wrapping bedding or clothes.

茯

域

A frontier, a border, a region; a far-off territory; lands; states.
úa pat thóiⁿ-kìⁿ sai-hôk bŭn-kìen-lôk;

I have seen a book of travels in the outlying western regions.
cô̤h hôk;

border states.
ĭ hôk;

strange lands.
nán kâi kùi kok kiang-hôk ŭ jîeh khuah?

How extensive are the boundaries of your noble country?

伏

To conceal; to lie perdue; to prostrate one’s self.
hôk piaⁿ;

troops in ambush.
hôk piaⁿ khí lâi côih-tn̆g i kâi lō;

the ambushed soldiers rose up and cut off his retreat.
màiⁿ hôk piaⁿ bé tŏ̤ chīu-lîm lăi;

do not conceal the mounted troops in the thicket.
hok ti chiaⁿ cue; bow down and ask for punishment, hṳ́-kò̤ hok ŭ nâng-be to ko; there are people lying there in ambush, saⁿ hok jit;

three decades in summer, when people hold themselves in retirement; dog-days.

或

Perchance; perhaps; if.
úa hôk-cía àiⁿ lâi;

I may perhaps come.
hôk sĭ lṳ́ àiⁿ lâi li cá cē;

if you come, come early.
lṳ́ ak-hôk m̄ lâi li soiⁿ kio úa tàⁿ;

if you are not coming, tell me beforehand.
hôk ŭ nâng mn̄g lṳ́, lṳ́ tîeh cìeⁿ-seⁿ ìn;

if anyone should ask you, you must thus answer.
cí īeⁿ hôk ā-sĭ bô̤ li bói cò̤ hṳ́ īeⁿ;

if there should be none of this sort, then buy that sort instead.
hôk sĭ ŭ hôk sĭ bô̤ li kio úa tàⁿ tīaⁿ-tîeh;

should there be any, or should there not be any, in any case tell me definitely.

惑

To delude, to lead astray; to inveigle.
sim lăi gî-hô̤k;

suspicious.
màiⁿ sái nâng gî-hôk;

do not make people distrust.
i sĭ kōi mîⁿ-hôk kâi nâng;

he is easily gulled.
sîa kà to sĭ bû sì hôk mîn kâi ūe;

evil teachings are what unsettle and delude the people.
cang cía kâi lâi mîⁿ-hôk nâng sim;

made use of this to lead people’s minds astray.
có̤ tău hôk cèng;

false doctrines mislead all.
íu-hôk;

to beguile.
màiⁿ khṳt i íu-hôk khṳ̀;

do not be deluded by him.

服

Garments; apparel; to take medicine; a dose; to wait on; to serve; habituated.
i-hôk;

clothing.
hôk-sek;

apparel.
hà hôk;

mourning garments.
bô̤ hôk;

destitute of clothing.
cĭeⁿ chîo cū chēng chîo-hôk;

when one goes to court he wears a court dress.
ôiⁿ sî khṳ̀ ke li chēng pĭen hôk;

when one goes home in intervals of labor, he may wear his working dress.
kong hôk;

one’s best clothes.
saⁿ nî hôk;

garments worn during the three years of mourning for a parent.
hôk îeh bô̤ hāu;

there is no merit made in taking medicine.
ēng cîah kúi hôk îeh cìaⁿ hó̤;

after a few doses of medicine you will be well.
cêk hôk îeh cū chŵn-jú;

got well after one dose of medicine.
su-hôk;

to wait on; to yield submission.
hôk-sṳ̆;

to serve.
síe sim hôk-sṳ̆;

carefully attend upon.
m̄ hôk cúi thó;

not acclimated; not accustomed to the place.
m̄ hôk kà-hùn;

intractable.
m̄ khéng hâng-hôk i;

would not submit to him.
cìeⁿ-sî kâi nâng bô̤ mih su-hôk;

the people of the present time are not docile.
siu-cīeⁿ m̄ su-hôk;

his disease does not yield to treatment.
cí cho̤h îeh cîah lô̤h khṳ̀ su-hôk căi;

after taking this medicine the desired effect followed.
i m̄ hôk i lău;

he is not willing to be regarded as old; does not succumb to his years.

蔛

It grows on the rocks in southern China.

閩南語書寫