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 * Perfidious.
 * i kâi nâng hio căi;
 * he is thoroughly bad.


 * hio-lî, khek-pô̤h;
 * infamous.


 * hṳ́-kò̤ kâi hong-sôk to sĭ hio-lî khek-pô̤h;
 * the customs of that place are infamous.


 * To comprehend; to understand; dawn.
 * lṳ́ hío a m̄ hío?
 * Do you comprehend?
 * Do you comprehend?


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ bô̤ hun bô̤ hío;
 * he acts without discretion.


 * m̄ cai hun hío;
 * does not know how to discriminate.


 * i mih sṳ̄ to ŭ hun ŭ hío;
 * in all sorts of business, he exercises judgment.


 * būe hío i kâi ì-sṳ̀;
 * do not yet comprehend his meaning.


 * i hío tit cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * he understands that sort of thing.


 * hío thien-bûn kâi nâng;
 * astrologers.


 * hío khṳ̀ thàng; hío khṳ̀ thàu;
 * understands thoroughly.


 * chut kò̤-sī hío-jŭ peh-sèⁿ;
 * issue a proclamation to inform the people.


 * i sĭang hío;
 * he is best informed on the subject.


 * lṳ́ mih sṳ̄ to hío;
 * you understand all about it.


 * i kĭaⁿ-kĭaⁿ hío, bô̤ kĭaⁿ ceng;
 * he understands every trade, and is expert at none.


 * koi pò̤ hío;
 * the cock announces the dawn.


 * hío kîaⁿ, mêⁿ hiah;
 * start at dawn and stop at dark.

 hiohⁿ


 * To flirt; to cast off by a short jerk; to fling off by a shake.
 * hṳ́ kò̤ sĭ i tó̤ hiohⁿ saⁿ-ńg;
 * he it is that flirts his sleeves there; he is the biggest man there.
 * he it is that flirts his sleeves there; he is the biggest man there.


 * hīn-khek sĭ tó̤ hiohⁿ saⁿ-ńg kâi nâng;
 * he is now putting on airs of authority.


 * tŏ̤ bé téng khṳt i hiohⁿ lô̤h lâi, cău-hùe bŏi pûah tîeh;
 * was thrown off by the horse's shaking himself, but happily did not fall flat.


 * khṳt bé hiohⁿ pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * got a fall from the horse through his shying.


 * pò-tō̤ hiohⁿ cīeⁿ koiⁿ-thâu;
 * flung the bag over his shoulder.


 * hîuⁿ hiohⁿ tŏ̤ koiⁿ-thâu tèng;
 * had his wadded tunic flung over his shoulder.

hiong


 * Malevolent; desperate; cruel.
 * khîang-hiong pău-ak kâi nâng;
 * a fierce and cruel person.
 * a fierce and cruel person.


 * cò̤ sṳ̄ sĭm sĭ hiong-hûeⁿ;
 * acts in a most brutal way.


 * cĭa sì kîaⁿ hiong;
 * employed his power to act savagely.


 * lîah hiong chíu;
 * seize the murderer.


 * bói hiong chíu;
 * purchase a substitute to receive the punishment due a murderer.


 * pang-hiong;
 * an accomplice in murder.


 * cìaⁿ hiong;
 * the chief actor in a murder.


 * mīn-hêng sĭm sĭ hiong-ak;
 * he has a most malignant expression.


 * hiong-hṳ́n;
 * desperate.


 * Unlucky; unfortunate; lugubrious.
 * kit hiong;
 * lucky or unlucky.
 * lucky or unlucky.


 * būe cai kit hiong cò̤-nî;
 * do not yet know whether it is lucky or unlucky.


 * hiong cheⁿ sìu;
 * a baleful star.


 * hiong sie-sit;
 * bad news.


 * m̄ cai sî hiong a sĭ kit;
 * do not know whether it portends evil or good.


 * cí kâi khùe pńg-pńg sĭ tăi hiong : tăng sĭ hṳ́ khùe tói ŏi hông hiong hùe kit;
 * the outcome of this divination should properly be unfortunate: however, there is that in the deeper meanings of the divination which may change the ill-fortune into good.


 * chng chek sĭ hó̤ hûang hiong nî;
 * the garnered grain is a provision against years of dearth.


 * Masculine; martial; heroic.
 * hîong-càng;
 * burly.
 * burly.


 * cí kâi nâng thóiⁿ tîeh ŭ hîong sì;
 * this person appears very muscular.


 * seⁿ lâi hîong-hîong càng-càng;
 * naturally very robust.


 * lâi kio i kwt kâi chṳ̂ hîong;
 * come and test your strength against his.


 * hîong-n̂g;
 * hartall.


 * hîong ceng;
 * the purest part of hartall.


 * tàⁿ ūe ŭ chṳ̂ ŭ hîong;
 * speak with modulations.


 * i kâi cò̤ sṳ̄ bô̤ chṳ̂ bô̤ hîong;
 * he does not modulate his strength.


 * i kâi kok ŭ peh bw̄n hîong piaⁿ;
 * their kingdom has a million brave soldiers.


 * sin cío bŏi hîong;
 * a newly caught bird will not fight.


 * ēng lîah jîeh kú cìaⁿ ŏi hîong?
 * How long must it be trained before it will fight?


 * cí ciah cío hîong căi;
 * this bird is a great fighter.


 * khṳt i tĭen hîong;
 * give him time to get up his courage.

hit


 * To swing or dangle.
 * hit kha;
 * to swing the feet.
 * to swing the feet.


 * ki búe pŵt-pŵt hit;
 * his tail keeps wagging.


 * chíu hit-a-hit;
 * the hands swinging carelessly.


 * màiⁿ hit ka-lâuh khṳ̀;
 * do not drop it from your hands as you swing them.


 * kîaⁿ lō chíu màiⁿ hit khah khui;
 * in walking do not swing your hands too much.

 hiuⁿ


 * Obscure; retired; hidden from view.
 * hiuⁿ-mêng sĭ àm-thâu;
 * hades is the region of darkness.
 * hades is the region of darkness.


 * cêk koiⁿ siu-sîp khṳ̀ sĭm sĭ hiuⁿ ngía;
 * the place is most tastefully adorned.


 * hiuⁿ ôiⁿ;
 * retired leisure.


 * hiuⁿ mêng put gūa cêk lí;
 * the land of the dead, and the land of the living are no great distance apart.


 * cí kâi tī-hng sĭm sĭ hiuⁿ-cĕⁿ;
 * this is a very retired spot.