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 * False; erroneous.
 * hò̤ thŵn;
 * erroneous preaching.


 * íⁿ hò̤ thŵn hò̤;
 * to propagate idle rumors.


 * hò̤-cà nâng kâi cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n;
 * extort money by false pretenses.


 * hò̤-cà nâng kâi châi-mûeh;
 * get goods by illegal means.


 * hò̤ ngân;
 * deceitful promises.


 * Wherefore; how; what; why.
 * jû hô̤?
 * In what way?
 * In what way?


 * hô̤ m̄ khṳ̀ nē?
 * Why should you not go?


 * hô̤ pit?
 * Why should it be?


 * lṳ́ hô̤ pit jû chṳ́?
 * Why should you do so?


 * bô̤ khó̤ năi hô̤;
 * there is no help for it.


 * bô̤ năi hô̤;
 * there is no other way.


 * ûi hô̤ cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
 * Why is it thus?


 * sĭ hô̤ ŵn-kù?
 * What is the reason for it?


 * bô̤ năi úa hô̤;
 * it is nothing to me.


 * hô̤ cêng cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
 * How can it be thus?


 * kìu kéng lúlṳ́ [sic] hô̤ só̤ tit?
 * In the end what will you obtain thereby?


 * lṳ́ hô̤ m̄ cá cē lâi?
 * Why did you not come earlier?


 * hô̤-íⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
 * Why is it thus?


 * lṳ́ hô̤ ēng cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
 * Why should you do that?


 * lṳ́ só̤ cò̤ hô̤ sṳ̄?
 * What have you been doing?


 * A porcupine.
 * hô̤-tṳ;
 * a hedge-hog.
 * a hedge-hog.


 * hô̤-tṳ cìⁿ;
 * porcupine quills.


 * phah tîeh ciah hô̤-tṳ;
 * killed a porcupine.


 * A fosse; a ditch; a moat.
 * sîaⁿ hô̤;
 * a city moat.
 * a city moat.


 * ŭ sîaⁿ cĭu ŭ sîaⁿ hô̤;
 * if there is a city there is a city moat.


 * sîaⁿ li kûiⁿ, sîaⁿ hô̤ li chim;
 * the city wall is high, and the moat deep.


 * A river into which other rivers run.
 * n̂g-hô̤;
 * the Yellow River.
 * the Yellow River.


 * cīeⁿ hô̤;
 * the upper part of the river.


 * ĕ hô̤;
 * the lower part of the river.


 * tō hô̤;
 * to cross the river by ferry.


 * tah kùe hô̤;
 * take passage across the river.


 * khoi-hô̤;
 * rivers; large streams.


 * hô̤ khoi;
 * the Milky Way.


 * thiⁿ-hô̤ thàng thiⁿ-hô̤;
 * the Milky Way runs into the Milky Way.


 * hô̤-khoi tùi hîah, ō-kíaⁿ hó̤ cîah;
 * when the Milky Way is overhead, the taro is edible.


 * hô̤-khoi tùi tang ō-kíaⁿ ŏi sang;
 * when the Milky Way is on the meridian the taro is mealy.


 * To sing a second; to make rhymes to.
 * sûi siaⁿ hù hŏ̤;
 * he always agrees to what one says.
 * he always agrees to what one says.


 * cêk nâng chìang, peh nâng hŏ̤;
 * one man chants and all the others follow him.


 * hŏ̤ móng nâng kâi si;
 * cap the rhymes of a certain person.


 * A mark; a label; a signal; a description or class; to mark or designate.
 * hō̤ lĕng;
 * word of command.
 * word of command.


 * jī hō̤;
 * the character used as a mark.


 * nán sĭm-mih pó̤ hō̤?
 * What is the sign of your shop?


 * phò hō̤;
 * trade mark.


 * tŏiⁿ it hō̤;
 * first-best.


 * tŏiⁿ kúi hō̤ kâi hùe?
 * What class of goods?


 * cò̤ kâi hō̤; ūe kâi hue hō̤;
 * make a mark as a sign.


 * tah kâi hō̤;
 * paste on a label.


 * cang kò̤ tek chah cò̤ hō̤;
 * stick in a piece of bamboo as a mark.


 * ēng sĭm-mîhmih [sic] kháu-gṳ́ cò̤ hō̤;
 * use some word as a signal.


 * cía sĭ tŏiⁿ jī hō̤ kâi;
 * this is the second best sort.


 * sĭ tōa hō̤ kâi a sòi hō̤ kâi?
 * Is it of the larger or the smaller sort?


 * tèng kâi ho̤;
 * make a mark by driving a stamp.


 * pun hō̤-thâu;
 * give a signal by blowing a blast.


 * i mīn tèng ŭ cêk kò̤ ki hō̤ hó̤ jīn;
 * he has a mark on his face by which he may be recognized.


 * ŭ jîeh cōi hō̤ siaⁿ?
 * How many brands are there?


 * kùe hō̤;
 * pass the office where the brands are affixed.


 * chiak-hō̤;
 * an epithet or nickname.


 * i kâi chiak-hō̤ khṳt nâng kìe-cò hóⁿ;
 * he is nicknamed the tiger.


 * kî hō̤;
 * signal by flag.


 * līu hō̤ kî khí-khṳ̀;
 * raise a signal flag.


 * thóiⁿ i līu sĭm-mih kî hō̤;
 * see what signal he raises.


 * pàng hō̤ phàu;
 * fire a salute or signal.


 * cò̤ kâi àm hō̤;
 * give a secret sign.


 * hō̤ pâng;
 * the room where marks are affixed.


 * kùa hō̤;
 * affix the mark.


 * hō̤ i; hō̤ kùa;
 * a soldier's uniform.


 * kok hō̤;
 * the name of a dynasty.


 * nî hō̤;
 * the style of a reign.


 * pîet hō̤; mîaⁿ hō̤;
 * the name taken on coming to manhood or on entering office; the style or designation of persons of position.


 * íⁿ-keng khṳt úa hō̤ khṳ̀ lío;
 * I have already set a mark on that.


 * lṳ́ kâi huap-hō̤ sĭ sĭm-mûeh?
 * What is your priestly name?


 * To felicitate; to send congratulations.
 * hō̤ hí!
 * Joy be with you!
 * Joy be with you!


 * lâi kio i sie hō̤;
 * congratulate him.


 * hō̤ sīu; hō̤ nâng seⁿ-jît;
 * send congratulations upon a birthday.


 * hō̤ nî:; [sic]
 * send New Year greetings.


 * hō̤ lói;
 * articles sent as presents, upon some happy occasion.


 * peh kuaⁿ chîo hō̤;
 * a general levee.


 * hō̤ nâng chūa bó, hō̤ nâng seⁿ tau-kíaⁿ;
 * send congratulations on a wedding day, or on the birth of a son.


 * khó̤ hí khó̤ hō̤;
 * what one may be congratulated upon.


 * khèng hō̤;
 * to congratulate.


 * kiong hō̤;
 * “with compliments.”


 * The small leaved variety of the water-lily.
 * hō̤-pau;
 * a purse shaped like the leaf of a water lily.
 * a purse shaped like the leaf of a water lily.


 * hō̤-lang kok;
 * Holland.


 * hō̤-lang cṳ̂;
 * Irish potatoes.


 * hō̤-lang bé-kùa;
 * a riding jacket of azure camlet.