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 * Tiles.
 * sî hĭa;
 * thin tiles.


 * piⁿ hĭa;
 * thick tiles.


 * kău hĭa;
 * tiles for the edge of the roof.


 * chù hĭa;
 * tiles for roofing houses.


 * hĭa thâng;
 * convex tiles.


 * pho hĭa;
 * to lay tiles.


 * hĭa pho lâi bâk-bâk;
 * the tiles are laid very close.


 * hĭa pho khah hi;
 * the tiles are laid too far apart.


 * Lower; to lower; near.
 * hĭa pín kâi nâng;
 * the lower classes.
 * the lower classes.


 * hĭa lîu;
 * the baser sort.


 * m̄ sío-lí hĭa mn̄g;
 * do not hesitate to ask your inferiors.


 * hĭa chíu;
 * to begin to act; to lay hand upon.


 * m̄ káⁿ hĭa chíu;
 * dared not put his hand to it.


 * i lâi hĭa cìen-cṳ;
 * he sends a challenge.


 * sì hĭa bô̤ nâng;
 * there was no one about.


 * lí hĭa i nâng pit ŭ só̤ khîu;
 * when one is treated with great deference, some favor is soon to be asked from him.


 * cí kĭaⁿ îeh ŏi hĭa khì;
 * this sort of medicine is sedative.


 * hĭa-téng kâi nâng m̄-hó̤ pí sĭang-téng kâi nâng;
 * the lower classes of people are not to be put in comparison with the higher.


 * The ant.
 * pêh hĭa;
 * white ants.
 * white ants.


 * kau hĭa;
 * the tall ant.


 * n̂g-si hĭa;
 * small red ants.


 * pue hĭa;
 * the winged ant.


 * hĭa kong; hĭa ang;
 * the queen or leader among the ants.


 * hĭa tàu;
 * ants' nests.


 * hĭa tīn;
 * the lines of ants.


 * pêh hĭa cūe;
 * the roads made by white ants.


 * hĭa tó̤ pê;
 * the ant is crawling.


 * khṳt hĭa tîeh;
 * bitten by an ant.


 * n̂g-si-hĭa cĭeⁿ pak-kiaⁿ;
 * an ant going up to Peking; it is unlikely that the goal will soon be reached.


 * hĭa tó̤ cn̂g;
 * the ants are eating it.


 * kìu hĭa;
 * to preserve the life of an ant.


 * pêh-thn̂g seⁿ hĭa;
 * the sugar has ants in it.


 * hṳ́ cêk koiⁿ chù ŏi cĭeⁿ hĭa a bŏi?
 * Is that house infested by ants?


 * màiⁿ seⁿ cúi hĭa cū hó̤;
 * if it is neither damp nor infested by ants it will do.


 * cêk sieⁿ mûeh cò̤ cē khṳt pêh hĭa cù tīo;
 * the whole box of things has been devoured by the white ants.


 * hĭa tîeh cai tô̤h tīo;
 * you must be careful to pick out the ants.


 * jīo tīo hĭa;
 * drive out the ants.


 * khà tīo hĭa;
 * drive away the ants by tapping the dish.

 hiaⁿ


 * An elder brother; a senior; used after names as a term of respect, like Mr.
 * hiⁿhiaⁿ [sic] tĭ;
 * brothers.
 * 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 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.


 * To push sidewise with the horns.
 * khṳt gû híaⁿ tîeh;
 * hooked by an ox.
 * hooked by an ox.


 * cí ciah gû ŏi híaⁿ nâng;
 * this ox is apt to hit people with its horns.


 * To widen; to open out.
 * hìaⁿ khui khṳt i phâk;
 * open it up to the sun.
 * 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.