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 * A garden; unwatered ground.
 * i hak ŭ jîeh cōi châng-hn̂g?
 * How much arable land does he own?


 * ŭ châng ŭ hn̂g;
 * has both watered and unwatered fields.


 * khí cêk kâi hue hn̂g;
 * made a flower garden.


 * hì hn̂g;
 * a play ground.


 * hn̂g kang;
 * gardening.


 * co̤h châng-hn̂g kâi nâng;
 * a farmer.


 * chài hn̂g;
 * a vegetable garden.


 * kúe-cí hn̂g;
 * an orchard.


 * kaⁿ hng;
 * au orange grove.


 * cíeⁿ hn̂g kâi nâng;
 * a gardener.


 * chut hue hn̂g;
 * pass out of childhood.


 * hn̂g lî;
 * the hedge around a garden.


 * cáu jîp cìa-hn̂g lăi khṳ̀ tìam;
 * ran and hid in the cane field.


 * hun-kuah hn̂g kau;
 * the furrows in a potato patch.


 * cúi cē khí éng kio hun-kuah hn̂g cêk īeⁿ, cêk nôi cêk nôi;
 * the waves rise like the hills in a potato field.


 * A dry fosse under a city wall; a moat.
 * sîaⁿ-hn̂g;
 * the city moat.
 * the city moat.


 * ŭ sîaⁿ cū ŭ sîaⁿ hn̂g;
 * if there is a city, it has a moat.


 * sîaⁿ-hn̂g bīe;
 * the temple where the god of the city resides.


 * Far; distant; remote.
 * lō hn̆g;
 * it is a long way off.
 * it is a long way off.


 * kîaⁿ hn̆g lō;
 * walk a long way.


 * khah hn̆g, bŏi tit kàu;
 * it is too far for us to go.


 * kàu hṳ́-kò̤ jîeh hn̆g?
 * How far is it to that place?


 * jît-cí hn̆g;
 * the time is far distant.


 * cí-kò̤ ío hn̆g;
 * this is farther away.


 * bŏi hn̆g;
 * it is not far.


 * cûah hn̆g;
 * it lacks a great deal.


 * siang lî m̄ hn̆g;
 * they are not far apart.


 * lî m̄ hn̆g, àiⁿ kàu lío;
 * it is not far off, we are almost there.


 * mō̤ⁿ kàu hn̆g-hn̆g kò̤;
 * gaze far away.


 * keh hn̆g;
 * far separated.


 * hn̆g chìo, m̄ jû kṳ̆n phûh;
 * a powerful helper far off is not so good as a weak one near by.


 * khṳ̀ jîeh hn̆g?
 * How far did you go?


 * thau kîaⁿ thau phûeh ūe, m̄ cai hn̆g;
 * talking as you go, makes the road seem short.


 * lî ho̤h hn̆g;
 * are rather far apart.


 * tîeh lî hn̆g;
 * must keep far away from it.


 * i kâi chù hn̆g a lṳ́ kâi chù hn̆g?
 * Which is farthest off, his house or yours?


 * hn̆g m̄ tâng;
 * the distance makes all the difference.


 * An interjection denoting doubtful assent.
 * hn̄g, úa lâi khṳ̀;
 * well, I will go.
 * well, I will go.


 * hn̄g, m̄ cai ŭ mē;
 * well, I do not know whether there are any to be had.

hngk


 * To send the breath through the nose.
 * hngk phīⁿ;
 * to blow the nose.
 * to blow the nose.


 * phīⁿ khang huang hngk chut hngk jîp;
 * to exhale and inhale the air.


 * phīⁿ khang hngk khṳ̀ cêk kâi m̄ thong;
 * I cannot breath through one of my nostrils.

hò


 * To bale out water by working a bucket in strings.
 * cí cho̤h cúi hàm nâng lâi hò taⁿ;
 * call some one to bale out all this water.
 * call some one to bale out all this water.


 * hò-táu;
 * a bucket for baling.


 * i hò kàu i cêk sin cúi;
 * he baled till he was wet all over.


 * The second of the five orders of nobility; a marquis.
 * hong hô;
 * to raise to the rank of marquis.
 * to raise to the rank of marquis.


 * cu hô;
 * a feudal prince.


 * Full-bearded.
 * hô chiu;
 * a full beard.
 * a full beard.


 * câp hô káu put jîu;
 * of ten bearded men, nine are uncharitable.


 * chiu li hô-hô;
 * his beard is very bushy.


 * A flagon shaped ornament, commonly seen on the apex of pagodas.
 * hô-lô pû;
 * the bottle gourd.
 * the bottle gourd.


 * i-īeⁿ ūe hô-lô;
 * imitate the gourd in its shape and marks.


 * m̄ cai i hô-lô tói bōi sĭm-mih îeh;
 * do not know what medicine he sells out of his gourd; do not know what he is around here for.


 * châ hô-lô;
 * wooden floats, tied on boat children to keep them afloat in the water.


 * Fresh water eels.
 * hô-liu àiⁿ pû a àiⁿ chá?
 * Do you want the eels boiled or fried?
 * Do you want the eels boiled or fried?


 * A fox.
 * hô-lâi ciaⁿ;
 * the fox brownie, or vampire fairy.
 * the fox brownie, or vampire fairy.


 * hô-lâi phûe;
 * a fox's pelt.


 * hô-lâi phûe hîuⁿ;
 * a tunic of fox fur.


 * i chin-chĭeⁿ hô-lâi ciaⁿ, mîaⁿ-ke mîⁿ nâng;
 * he is as expert as the fox elfin in bewitching people.


 * hô-lâi ngio;
 * a weasel.


 * A house-fly.
 * kim hô-sîn;
 * a horse-fly; a glossy fly.
 * a horse-fly; a glossy fly.


 * hô-sîn hng-hng-kìe;
 * flies buzz.


 * màiⁿ khṳt hô-sîn tó̤ cn̂g;
 * do not let the flies get at it.


 * hô-sîn-hóⁿ;
 * a small spider that weaves no web and pounces upon flies.


 * A leech; a bloodsucker.
 * cêk tîo hô-khî tah tŏ̤ i kha tèng cuh hueh;
 * a leech fastened upon his leg and was sucking the blood.
 * a leech fastened upon his leg and was sucking the blood.


 * hô-khî tah;
 * an iron staple.


 * cìm cúi hô-khî;
 * a leech in the water; a noxious person in quiescense.


 * hô-khî hó̤ ēng cò̤ phùa hueh îeh;
 * leeches are used in medicine to make stagnant blood circulate.


 * hô-khî bûeh;
 * elastic stockings.