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

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鄷

• A district on the Yang-tsze River where the firewells are.

• hong-to; hong-to tī-gêk;

  Tophet.

• sí ău phah lô̤h hong-to;

  sent after death to Tophet.

• hong-to tăi-tì;

  the great ruler of Hades.

封

• To appoint to office; confer rank.

• ŭ kâi hong hô, ŭ kâi hong pek;

  some were raised to the rank of marquis, and some to the rank of earl.

• kàu hong it phín hu-jîn;

  invested with the highest rank bestowed upon women.

• hong sîn;

  to deify, as is done by the Emperor.

• hong kuaⁿ;

  appoint to office.

• hong ciak;

  grant a title of nobility.

• hong kiang tăi-chîn;

  the high provincial officers.

• chíaⁿ hong; chíaⁿ kàu hong;

  ask a title for one’s parents or relatives.

• îⁿ hong;

  ask to have a patent of nobility bestowed on another because of one’s own merits.

• thek hong;

  promotion on account of merit.

• thek hong pâi;

  an honorary tablet conferred by the Emperor.

• gêk hong;

  conferred by the gods.

峯

• A summit, an apex, a peak.

• suaⁿ hong;

  a mountain peak.

• peh-khí kûiⁿ-kûiⁿ kâi suaⁿ-hong téng;

  climbed to the top of a very high mountain.

• múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ hâi hong lŵn ngía căi;

  the peaks and ridges all around are very beautiful.

• ko hong tok sóng;

  a solitary lofty height.

風

• Manner; style; reputation; fame.

• hong siaⁿ;

  a rumor or report.

• hong bŭn;

  hearsay.

• hong sôk;

  habits; modes.

• hong khì;

  general feelings, as of a community.

• ui hong; ui-ui hong-hong;

  awful; majestic.

• hong-tō;

  style; manners.

• i kâi hong-tō hó căi;

  his manners are excellent.

• tăi chîn kâi hong-tō;

  the air of a nobleman.

• bûn hong;

  literary fame.

• kwn hong;

  observe the general state of affairs.

豐

• Plenteous; abundant.

• hong nî;

  a plenteous year.

• hong kău;

  abundant; exhuberant.

• nî tang hong-lông;

  a fertile year.

• ngŏ kak hong teng;

  the grain is copiously piled.

• hong múaⁿ;

  ample; full.

• sîah cò̤ lâi hong căi;

  the feast was sumptuous.

• hong-hong lông-lông;

  affluent; copious; plenteous.

鋒

• The van; bristling like a line of bayonets.

• kau-hong tùi lúi;

  to join in battle.

• côiⁿ hong; sien hong; khui lō sien hong;

  the vanguard.

• hong lāi bô̤ pí;

  incomparably sharp.

• ceⁿ hong;

  bitter rivalry.

俸

• Emoluments; salary; income.

• hóng lôk;

  salary.

• cîah sang hóng;

  has an income from two offices.

• hŵt hóng;

  forfeit his salary.

• kău hóng; kia hóng;

  increase his salary.

唪

• To read or recite in a tune.

• hóng keng;

  to intone chants as do Buddhist priests.

蚌

• A clam; a mussel.

• lût hóng siang thî hṳ̂-ong tit lĭ;

  when the snipe and mussel nip each other the fisherman is the gainer.

• lău hóng seⁿ cu;

  the old clam produces a pearl; the old man has a child.

宏

• Ample; wide.

• khai ciang hông hwt;

  may we have great profits in our business, (a shopman’s sign).

• khwn hông, tăi lĭang;

  great magnanimity, (a polite phrase).

逢

• To meet with; to come across; to occur.

• ôih lō siang hông;

  met in a narrow path.

• hông tîeh i lâi;

  he happened to come.

• hông nâng cū tàⁿ;

  when you meet a man speak to him.

• cía sĭ lâng hông kái sṳ̄;

  this is something that seldom happens.

• cía sǹg sĭ khî hông;

  this is a rare occurrence.

• múiⁿ hông saⁿ poih jît, pàng kò̤;

  whenever a third and an eighth day occurs, complaints may be entered.

• khṳ̀ i kò̤ cŏ̤ cṳ̆-lâi m̄ pat hông tîeh i tŏ̤ kò̤;

  up to now it has happened that when I went to his house to sit with him, he has never been at home.

• hông hiong hùe kit;

  meet with bad luck or with good luck.

• i sĭ būe pat hông tîeh ngĕ-têk;

  he has not yet met one who could master him.

• kî hông têk-chíu, cìang ngŏ̤ lîang-châi;

  the chess-player meets his match, the general his equal.

縫

• To sew.

• châi-hông;

  a tailor.

• châi hông phò;

  a tailor’s shop.

鴻

• The swan; a large goose; immeasurable.

• hông hi;

  vast felicity.

• hông pĭen;

  to send a letter by a friend; by favor of.

• hông ngăn;

  the wild goose.

• hông hok;

  immeasurable bliss.

洪

• Vast; great.

• hông hok;

  great blessedness.

• khwn hông tăi lĭang;

  liberal minded and very kind.

• hông huang kâi sî-hāu;

  when the world was still a vast waste.

• mêh hông tōa;

  an irregular pulse.

鳳

• A fabulous and felicitous bird; the phenix.

• hŏng hûang;

  the male and the female phenix.

• hŏng cío;

  a phenix.

• hŏng kwn;

  a bride’s coronet.

• hŏng ngán;

  the Emperor’s eye; a sign of good luck.

• lêng kuaⁿ, hŏng chúe;

  like dragon’s liver and phenix’s marrow, a rare delicacy.

奉

• To receive from a superior; to serve respectfully; to reverence.

• hŏng mĕng lâi cò̤ kuaⁿ;

  receive orders to take office.

• hŏng cí;

  receive the will of the Emperor.

• hŏng kà;

  received instructions.

• hŏng-sṳ̆ pĕ-bó̤;

  reverently obey parents.

• i mîaⁿ-ke hŏng-sêng nâng;

  he is a skillful flatterer.

• hŏng-hìen;

  to offer, as in worship.

• hŏng cĭeⁿ;

  to present a gift to the Emperor.

• hŏng lói-mûeh;

  make gifts to the gods.

• hŏng kîaⁿ kū sṳ̄;

  follow the customs of one’s predecessors.