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 * To break down; to ruin; to spoil.
 * húiⁿ tīo i kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
 * spoiled his goods.


 * húiⁿ tīo i kâi châng-hn̂g;
 * wasted his fields.


 * húiⁿ tīo i kâi chù;
 * tore down his house.


 * sie-húiⁿ;
 * burned up.


 * sie-húiⁿ i kâi saⁿ-khò;
 * burned up her clothing.


 * thiah húiⁿ i kâi chù-téng;
 * tore up his roof.


 * úa kâi hue-hn̂g khṳt i húiⁿ tīo lío-lío;
 * my flower garden was completely ruined by them.


 * To defame; to vilify.
 * húiⁿ-păng;
 * to slander.
 * to slander.


 * cía sĭ húiⁿ-păng i kâi ūe;
 * this is wicked aspersion.


 * húiⁿ-păng nâng;
 * to backbite people.


 * Disorderly people.
 * húiⁿ lūi, húiⁿ thû;
 * vagabonds.
 * vagabonds.


 * thó-húiⁿ;
 * local robbers;


 * hŭe-húiⁿ;
 * an association of seditious persons.


 * châk-húiⁿ;
 * banditti.


 * Wilted, drooping.
 * hue khṳt jît phâk lío hûiⁿ-hûiⁿ;
 * flowers wilt after being exposed to the sun.
 * flowers wilt after being exposed to the sun.


 * cí câng mûeh cá-jît thóiⁿ tîeh hûiⁿ-hûiⁿ, cá-mêⁿ cîah tîeh lō-cúi, kíaⁿ-jît hîeh cū khīa-khīa;
 * this plant was drooping very much yesterday, but last night it got the dew upon it, and to-day its leaves are all erect.


 * cí cho̤h hue-bâk kâi hîeh, cò̤-nî hûiⁿ-hûiⁿ nē?
 * Why are the leaves of these shrubs wilted?


 * To tie to and suspend; to hang; to dangle; to be in suspense; to hang in view.
 * tîo so̤h hûiⁿ lô̤h lâi;
 * a rope was dangling.
 * a rope was dangling.


 * pàng i hûiⁿ lô̤h lâi;
 * let it dangle.


 * kha hûiⁿ pàng cûn-po̤-kîⁿ kò̤ sói;
 * hang your feet over the side of the boat and wash them.


 * tin-tò̤ hûiⁿ;
 * hung upside down.


 * hûiⁿ-mō̤ⁿ;
 * waiting in suspense.


 * hûiⁿ síeⁿ keh;
 * put up notice of a reward.


 * hûiⁿ-kùa tŏ̤ thiaⁿ tn̂g;
 * hung up in the temple.


 * cí khí ùaⁿ hûiⁿ jîeh kú cong-kú bô̤ kak!
 * How long this case hangs on without ever coming to a settlement!


 * cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ hûiⁿ tŏ̤ sim tèng;
 * this affair is undecided in his mind.


 * lêng hûiⁿ búe;
 * a half formed waterspout, depending from a cloud.


 * thâu hûiⁿ-hûiⁿ;
 * with drooping head.


 * cêk phau chiu hûiⁿ lô̤h lâi;
 * a tassel dangled therefrom.


 * thâu hûiⁿ, búe hûiⁿ, hêk căi;
 * his head and tail both droop, he is jaded out.


 * màiⁿ hûiⁿ tîeh thô;
 * do not draggle it on the ground.

hun


 * Things forbidden to those who fast.
 * nŏ̤ hun nŏ̤ sù sì īeⁿ;
 * four sorts, two of which are of kinds forbidden to those who fast, and two of the kinds that may be used by those who fast.
 * four sorts, two of which are of kinds forbidden to those who fast, and two of the kinds that may be used by those who fast.


 * Confused; mixed up; ill-assorted.
 * nâng-bé hun-hun;
 * a motley crowd.
 * a motley crowd.


 * sṳ̄-bŭ hun-hun cōi căi;
 * multifarious business.


 * tī-hng hun-lw̆n;
 * the place is all in confusion.


 * To direct; to order.
 * hun-hù;
 * to order.
 * to order.


 * úa cò̤-nî hun-hù lṳ́, lṳ́ tîeh thiaⁿ;
 * whatever I tell you to do, you must do.


 * lṳ́ lâi, úa àiⁿ hun-hù lṳ́ kâi ūe;
 * come here, I have something I wish to direct you about.


 * i bô̤ hun bô̤ hù cò̤ i khṳ̀;
 * he went off without having received any directions.


 * The perceptions confused; dull.
 * hun-mîⁿ, m̄ cai nâng;
 * stupid even to insensibility.
 * stupid even to insensibility.


 * i kâi sim hun-kông;
 * his mind is confused.


 * To separate; to distinguish between; the second place in decimals; tenths.
 * hun-khui;
 * to separate.
 * to separate.


 * hun cò̤ nŏ̤ chiu;
 * separate them into two bunches.


 * hun-lî;
 * set apart.


 * hun-sùaⁿ;
 * to scatter.


 * ŭ hun-pîet;
 * there is a distinction between them.


 * pun piaⁿ tú-gṳ̆;
 * detach troops to repulse them.


 * i ŭ hun-pûi;
 * he has a bonus out of it.


 * hun-mêng;
 * distinguish clearly.


 * hun-hun mêng-mêng;
 * distinctly marked.


 * úa thóiⁿ m̄ hun-mêng;
 * I do not see it distinctly.


 * táng i lâi hun-hwt;
 * wait until he comes and divides up and sends off.


 * hun-pĭen sĭ hui;
 * argue the point.


 * i cò̤-nî cò̤ sṳ̄ bô̤ huuhun [sic] bô̤ hío?
 * Why does he act without discrimination?


 * i mih sṳ̄ hun-hun hío-hío;
 * in everything he exercises discrimination.


 * kio tōa nâng hun ;
 * condoles with his superior.


 * hun phài;
 * to sort out for distribution.


 * i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi ŭ hun ŭ chùn;
 * what he says is lucidly stated.


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ bò̤bô̤ [sic] hun chùn;
 * he acts without method.


 * hun hâu to bô̤ kíam i kâi;
 * I owe him nothing whatever.


 * câp-hun hó̤;
 * wholly satisfactory.


 * hun cò̤ nŏ̤ ē;
 * separate it into two portions.


 * úa téng-tîeh saⁿ-hun-pùaⁿ tăng;
 * I weighed it, and it is three and a half tenths of an tael in weight.


 * lṳ́ cêk tǹg cîah kúi hun bí?
 * How much rice do you eat at a meal?


 * lṳ́ àiⁿ ēng hun pang a àiⁿ ēng chùn