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 * 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.


 * A summit, an apex, a peak.
 * suaⁿ hong;
 * a mountain peak.
 * a mountain peak.


 * peh-khí kûiⁿ-kûiⁿ kâi suaⁿ-hong téng;
 * climbed to the top of a very high mountain.


 * múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ hong lŵn ngía căi;
 * the peaks and ridges all around are very beautiful.


 * ko hong tok sóng;
 * a solitary lofty height.


 * Manner; style; reputation; fame.
 * hong siaⁿ;
 * a rumor or report.
 * 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.


 * Plenteous; abundant.
 * hong nî;
 * a plenteous year.
 * 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.


 * The van; bristling like a line of bayonets.
 * kau-hong tùi lúi;
 * to join in battle.
 * to join in battle.


 * côiⁿ hong; sien hong; khui lō sien hong;
 * the vanguard.


 * hong lāi bô̤ pí;
 * incomparably sharp.


 * ceⁿ hong;
 * bitter rivalry.


 * Emoluments; salary; income.
 * hóng lôk;
 * salary.
 * salary.


 * cîah sang hóng;
 * has an income from two offices.


 * hŵt hóng;
 * forfeit his salary.


 * kău hóng; kia hóng;
 * increase his salary.


 * To read or recite in a tune.
 * hóng keng;
 * to intone chants as do Buddhist priests.
 * to intone chants as do Buddhist priests.


 * 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.
 * 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.


 * Ample; wide.
 * khai ciang hông hwt;
 * may we have great profits in our business, (a shopman's sign).
 * may we have great profits in our business, (a shopman's sign).


 * khwn hông, tăi lĭang;
 * great magnanimity, (a polite phrase).


 * To meet with; to come across; to occur.
 * ôih lō siang hông;
 * met in a narrow path.
 * 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.


 * To sew.
 * châi-hông;
 * a tailor.
 * a tailor.


 * châi hông phò;
 * a tailor's shop.


 * The swan; a large goose; immeasurable.
 * hông hi;
 * vast felicity.
 * vast felicity.


 * hông pĭen;
 * to send a letter by a friend; by favor of.


 * hông ngăn;
 * the wild goose.


 * hông hok;
 * immeasurable bliss.


 * Vast; great.
 * hông hok;
 * great blessedness.
 * 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.


 * A fabulous and felicitous bird; the phenix.
 * hŏng hûang;
 * the male and the female phenix.
 * the male and the female phenix.


 * hŏng cío;
 * a phenix.


 * hŏng kwn;
 * a bride's