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 * Rain; a shower.
 * lô̤h hŏ; hŏ lô̤h;
 * it rains.


 * tōa hŏ;
 * a heavy rain.


 * hŏ tōa;
 * it rains heavily.


 * hō sòi;
 * the rain lessens.


 * hŏ mûiⁿ-kíaⁿ;
 * a drizzling mist.


 * hŏ êng;
 * it sprinkles.


 * hŏ tōa tíam lâi lío;
 * it rains in large drops.


 * màiⁿ khṳt hŏ phuah tîeh;
 * do not get splashed by the rain.


 * khṳt hŏ ak kàu lok-lok;
 * drenched by the rain.


 * hŏ câng kàu cêk sin;
 * the rain poured all over me.


 * hŏ chiu phùn tîeh;
 * spattered by the rebounding drops.


 * khîu hŏ;
 * pray for rain.


 * phû hûn hŏ;
 * a sudden shower.


 * tōa huang hŏ;
 * a rain-storm.


 * cìⁿ cîeh jû hŏ;
 * a shower of stones and arrows.


 * chèng cí jû hŏ lîap;
 * shot fell like rain.


 * hŏ-sùaⁿ; hŏ-cia;
 * umbrellas.


 * hŏ i;
 * rain-cloaks.


 * saⁿ nî bô̤ hŏ;
 * there was no rain for three years.


 * kú hŏ;
 * a long rain.


 * hŏ lâi;
 * it is going to rain.


 * hŏ cêⁿ lío;
 * the rain has ceased; it is clearing.


 * hŏ lô̤h m̄ hiah;
 * it rains incessantly.


 * lô̤h hŏ hiah úa cū àiⁿ khṳ̀;
 * if it stops raining I shall go.


 * thiⁿ-sî ŭaⁿ căi : ku-ā kâi gûeh bô̤ hŏ;
 * the weather is very droughty: for many months there has been no rain.


 * hŏ lô̤h hŏ tih;
 * it is raining.


 * lô̤h hŏ mûiⁿ so̤h;
 * cold fine rain.


 * īu chut jît īu lô̤h hŏ; jît kio hŏ sie phah;
 * it rains and the sun shines.


 * A door; a household.
 * oi ke mn̂g-hŏ chê;
 * stop at all the doors in succession and examine, (as in taking a census).
 * stop at all the doors in succession and examine, (as in taking a census).


 * sĭm-mih hŏ-thâu kâi?
 * Of what family and locality is he?


 * phò-hŏ;
 * shopmen.


 * cûn-hŏ;
 * dwellers in boats.


 * ŭ jîeh cōi hŏ-kháu?
 * What is the population?


 * mn̂g-hŏ tîeh thóiⁿ-síu hó̤;
 * keep careful watch at the door.


 * hŏ pó;
 * the Board of Population.


 * hŏ pâng;
 * the revenue department in a prefect's yamun.


 * sĭang hŏ;
 * the wealthiest families.


 * A princess.
 * ûang-hŏ;
 * a queen.
 * a queen.


 * huâng-hŏ;
 * the empress.


 * hûang thài hŏ;
 * the empress dowager.


 * thài hûang thài hŏ;
 * the emperor's grandmother.


 * hûang thiⁿ hŏ thó;
 * imperial heaven and earth.


 * thien hŏ sìaⁿ bó̤;
 * the goddess, “Queen of Heaven.”  hóⁿ


 * Not; not so.
 * sĭ hóⁿ hó̤ sía jī khṳt úa cai;
 * whether affirmative or negative, write and let me know.
 * whether affirmative or negative, write and let me know.


 * sĭ hóⁿ cò̤-nî?
 * What is the affirmative and what the negative side of the question?


 * Amber, said by the Chinese to be transformed from resin.
 * àiⁿ jīn hóⁿ-phek ŭ sĭm-mih huang-huap?
 * What is the way of telling whether a substance is amber?
 * What is the way of telling whether a substance is amber?


 * hóⁿ-phek ŏi sîp kâi;
 * amber will collect electricity.


 * cìaⁿ hóⁿ-phek chìu jîet ŏi kit teng-sim cháu;
 * real amber when heated by friction will attract lamp-wicks or straws.


 * hueh phek;
 * red amber.


 * A tiger; fierce; awful.
 * lău-hóⁿ; nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ;
 * a tiger.
 * a tiger.


 * hóⁿ kó;
 * a male tiger.


 * hóⁿ bó̤;
 * a tigeress.


 * kúi ciah hóⁿ;
 * several tigers.


 * méⁿ hóⁿ;
 * a fierce tiger.


 * hóⁿ cìang;
 * a dauntless leader.


 * hóⁿ hêng;
 * a ferocious aspect.


 * hóⁿ ui;
 * warlike; dreadful.


 * pêh hóⁿ;
 * the white tiger.


 * pêh hóⁿ kă lṳ́!
 * May the white tiger devour you!


 * cúa nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ;
 * a paper tiger, a braggart.


 * lêng hóⁿ tò;
 * a furious fight between two.


 * khîa hó̤ⁿhóⁿ [sic] lâng hĭa;
 * he who rides a tiger finds it hard to dismount.


 * nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ thiam sît;
 * add wings to a tiger; give additional power to the malevolent.


 * pue hóⁿ tūi;
 * a company of flying tigers; troops having the flying tiger on their flag.


 * phah hóⁿ chin hiaⁿ-tĭ;
 * if you are going to attack a tiger you must have own brothers to help.


 * khṳ̀ nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ chùi kò̤ khṳt nêk;
 * go to a tiger to beg a piece of meat.


 * nâng sí lâu mîaⁿ, hóⁿ sí lâu phûe;
 * when a man dies he leaves his name behind him, when a tiger dies he leaves his pelt.


 * cū sĭ cêk ciah hóⁿ!
 * He is a tiger!


 * líu hóⁿ hām;
 * dig a pitfall for catching tigers.


 * hóⁿ tàu;
 * a tiger's lair.


 * m̄ jîp hóⁿ tàu kò̤, căi tit lîah tîeh hóⁿ-kíaⁿ?
 * If you do not enter the tiger's den, how can you seize the cubs?


 * tú-tú phah tîeh hóⁿ phīⁿ;
 * hit the tiger exactly on his nose; struck the vulnerable part.


 * lêng kîaⁿ hóⁿ pō;
 * a majestic bearing.


 * hóⁿ búe thūi cu;
 * a pearl hangs at the end of the tiger's tail.


 * tieⁿ hóⁿ năuⁿ; tieⁿ năuⁿ cìⁿ lâi sīa hóⁿ;
 * set a trap for shooting tigers.


 * ngâu hóⁿ-kut ka;
 * make glue from tigers' bones.


 * hóⁿ phûe jôk;
 * rugs made from tigers' skins.


 * hóⁿ gê;
 * tigers' teeth.


 * hóⁿ jío;
 * tigers' claws.


 * hóⁿ hĭⁿ cháu;
 * the strawberry geranium.


 * hóⁿ-thâu pâi;
 * a tablet with a tiger's head drawn upon it.


 * hô-sîn hóⁿ;
 * a small spider that pounces on flies.


 * nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ ngĕ-sèⁿ;
 * of an awfully stern temper.


 * nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ pì tṳ;
 * a tiger carrying a pig on its back.


 * chut jîp méⁿ hóⁿ siang sûi;
 * tigers submissively follow him about.


 * hâng lêng, hôk hóⁿ;
 * bring dragons and tigers back to their allegiance.


 * hóⁿ kim-kâm;
 * a weapon for killing tigers.


 * hóⁿ cĭeⁿ che;
 * the tiger is at bay.


 * nĭoⁿ hóⁿ m̄ cĭeⁿ che bô̤ lêng-ûi phah i;
 * if the tiger does not