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 * A dove; a pigeon.
 * hún-cío;
 * doves.


 * hún-cío tû;
 * a dove-cote.


 * cêk tùi hún-cío;
 * a pair of doves.


 * ēng hún-cío lâi tòa sìn;
 * make use of pigeons for carrying letters.


 * Meal; flour; powder; powdered, comminuted; to put on powder or pigments.
 * -hún;
 * wheaten flour.
 * wheaten flour.


 * bí-hún-kuaⁿ;
 * vermicelli.


 * hún-tîo;
 * maccaroni.


 * tāu hún;
 * flour made from peas or beans.


 * cîⁿ-chang hún;
 * flour made from water chestnuts.


 * lîang-hún;
 * potato flour.


 * lîang-hún càng;
 * dumplings made from potato flour.


 * ngó-hún;
 * arrow-root.


 * cŏ̤-hún;
 * white powder used as a cosmetic.


 * in-cîⁿ hún buah kàu âng-âng;
 * made red with rouge.


 * sang-hún;
 * toilet-powder.


 * ngói kàu hún-hún;
 * triturate it to a fine powder.


 * khòng kàu i hún kut chùi si;
 * beat him to a jelly.


 * hún chîeⁿ;
 * whitewash a wall.


 * hún i pêh;
 * whitewash it.


 * hún âng hún âng;
 * very fair, as if painted red and white.


 * hún sek;
 * a specious appearance.


 * hún-sek kâi ūe;
 * specious promises.


 * hún-sek kàu thóiⁿ m̄ chut;
 * furbished up so that one could not discover the fraud.


 * hún pâi;
 * a painted board used by boys in learning to write.


 * bói sang hún tói kâi châ ôi;
 * buy a pair of wooden shoes having painted soles.


 * Anger; resentment.
 * cêk sî cṳ hún;
 * momentary anger.
 * momentary anger.


 * hún-nō̤ⁿ;
 * wrathful.


 * Impetuous; urgent; prompt.
 * hùn-cì thâk cṳ;
 * study with ardor.
 * study with ardor.


 * ci kâi nâng chut tīn sĭm sĭ hùn-îong;
 * this man goes forth to battle with undaunted courage.


 * hùn-lâk khṳ̀ cò̤;
 * promptly go and do it.


 * To instruct; to lead in the right way; to caution.
 * kà-hùn;
 * to teach.
 * to teach.


 * kà-hùn kíaⁿ-tĭ;
 * to instruct one's children.


 * ke-hùn;
 * home teachings.


 * hùn-līen piaⁿ-bé;
 * drill the troops.


 * hùn tău;
 * to indoctrinate.


 * hùn-sī;
 * to direct.


 * lṳ́ tîeh thiaⁿ i kà-hùn;
 * you must heed his precepts.


 * cía sĭ bô̤ nâng kà-hùn kâi kíaⁿ-tĭ;
 * this is an undisciplined lad.


 * cía phêng-jît sĭ bô̤ kà bô̤ hùn cìaⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * it is through lack of training that he is thus.


 * To bore; to pierce.
 * tîeh khîeh cǹg-kíaⁿ cìaⁿ hùn tit lô̤h;
 * you must take a gimlet to it, then you can pierce it.
 * you must take a gimlet to it, then you can pierce it.


 * ēng keng-hùn lâi hùn;
 * take an angur and bore it.


 * hùn sie-lîn-thàng;
 * bore it through.


 * A last for making shoes or boots; to form on a last.
 * ôi hùn;
 * a boot last.
 * a boot last.


 * i kâi hùn-thâu hùn lâi hó̤ chēng;
 * his last forms it into a shape pleasant to wear.


 * Lines; marks; creases.
 * cúi hûn;
 * ripples.
 * ripples.


 * chíu hûn;
 * lines in the hand.


 * hûeⁿ hûn;
 * horizontal marks.


 * tît hûn;
 * perpendicular lines.


 * bô̤ hûn bô̤ ciah;
 * left no trace.


 * nĕ jìo-jìo, cĕng-cĕng hûn;
 * all wrinkled and creased.


 * nìo cêk cūe hûn;
 * make a crease.


 * cih khṳ̀ seⁿ hûn;
 * creased by folding.


 * ut kàu tît-tît, bô̤ hûn;
 * ironed out straight and smooth.


 * i kâi sí hûn phû lío;
 * he has the signs of death upon him.


 * i seⁿ-sêng kâi gō̤ hûn phû;
 * he looks as if he were starving.


 * i mīn téng ŭ im-tek hûn;
 * he looks like a good man.


 * The shade; the manes; the mind; the wits; the faculties.
 * lêng-hûn;
 * the spirit; the soul.
 * the spirit; the soul.


 * hûn-phek;
 * the immortal part; the spirits of man.


 * sam hûn chit phek;
 * the three ghosts, and the seven spirits of man.


 * kiaⁿ kàu sit hûn;
 * terrified out of his wits.


 * hûn m̄ tŏ̤ sin;
 * he is out of his mind.


 * wn hûn lṳ́ sùaⁿ;
 * the unrevenged ghost will not be quiet.


 * i kâi im-hûn cong-kú m̄ sio;
 * his spirit will never take its departure.


 * hûe hûn tńg lâi;
 * the returning spirit comes to the tablet, (before the 49th day after death).


 * hāi i kiaⁿ kàu hûn bô̤;
 * frightened him out of his senses.


 * cē thóiⁿ hûn cū bô̤;
 * as soon as he saw it he lost his wits.


 * cêk hûe cū hûn sùaⁿ;
 * after the return, the spirit was at rest.


 * hûn māng-kìⁿ peh kàu suaⁿ téng;
 * dreamed that I climbed to the mountain top.


 * i kâi hûn híen-sin khṳt i thóiⁿ;
 * his ghost appeared to them.


 * ín hûn; cie hûn;
 * to lead the spirit home from abroad.


 * siu i kâi hûn;
 * take possession of his mind.


 * hẃn hûn, ûah khí lâi;
 * to come to life again.


 * A scar, scratch, crack, or flaw.
 * màiⁿ mûeh seⁿ hûn;
 * do not scratch it.
 * do not scratch it.


 * sieⁿ hûn;
 * a scar from a wound.


 * mâk-cap hûn;
 * traces of tears.


 * bŏi lò hun-ciah;
 * has left no visible trace.


 * poiⁿ hûn;
 * small pox marks.


 * mīn-tèng cêk cūe hûn sĭ kuah tîeh kâi a sĭ pûah tîeh kâi?
 * Was the scar on your face made by a cut or by a fall?


 * pit cūe hûn;
 * has cracked.


 * ku-ā kò̤ pit hûn;
 * several of them have flaws in them.