# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hang
### hang

* 烘hang235866
* To place so as to absorb radiated heat.

#### hang ta;

    dry before a fire or in the sun.

#### khîeh khṳ̀ lô tèng hang;

    hang it by the stove to dry.

#### hang i ńng cìaⁿ hó̤ á wn;

    put it by the fire till it is flexible, and then it can be bent.

#### hang kàu ńng-ńng;

    let it remain in the warmth till it softens.

#### hang sie;

    hang it to warm.

#### hang i îeⁿ;

    set it to melt.

#### chíu hang sie;

    hold the hands by a fire to warm them.

#### cē hang i cĭu wn;

    placing it by a fire will warp it.

#### màiⁿ hang khah thíam;

    do not put it too close to the fire.

#### chíu pàng tŏ chíu-lô téng hang sie-sie;

    put your hands over the brazier and warm them well.
* 罕háng1641223
* Seldom; scarce; rare.

#### háng-háng ŭ cí kâi;

    it is very rarely that we have this.

#### i háng tit lâi;

    he seldom comes.

#### háng thóiⁿ-kìⁿ kâi;

    infrequently seen.

#### m̄ sĭ hi-háng kâi mûeh;

    is not a scarce article.

#### hŭam mûeh cē háng cū kìen tien;

    whatever is rare is considered valuable.

#### háng hông kâi sū;

    something that seldom occurs.

#### háng hông kâi muêh;

    an article seldom met with.
* 扞háng165643
* To fend off; to guard against.

#### háng gṳ̆;

    to fend off; to defend against.

#### bô̤ nâng háng-gṳ̆ i tit cŭ;

    no one can successfully withstand him.

#### cū sĭ i tó̤ háng-ŭe sîaⁿ-tî;

    it is he who sets a guard around and protects the city.
* 悍háng165617
* Ruthless; choleric.

#### khîang-háng;

    overbearing; impetuous.

#### hiong-háng;

    passionate and violent.
* 漢hàng1648511
* Relating to China; lusty.

#### hó̤-hàng nâng;

    a lusty fellow.

#### i cū káⁿ cò̤ hó̤-hàng;

    he is not afraid to bully people.

#### seⁿ lâi kau-chîang tōa-hàng;

    naturally very robust and burly.

#### tŏ̤ lō tèng ngŏ̤ tîeh cêk kâi tōa-hàng;

    met a powerfully built man in the road.

#### múa hàng;

    Manchus and Chinese.

#### múa hàng sîah;

    a feast of a hundred courses.

#### hàng bûn;

    Chinese literature.

#### hàng kun;

    the naturalized Banner Force, Chinese incorporated under the eight Banners.
* 寒hâng163409
* Cold; plain; poor.

#### hâng-né; hâng chìn;

    wintry.

#### thiⁿ-sî hâng-chìn;

    the weather is freezing cold.

#### sío hâng, tăi hâng;

    autumn cold and winter cold.

#### hâng sú cam;

    a thermometer.

#### hâng ke;

    my family.

#### ki hâng só̤ pek;

    hungry, cold, and destitute.

#### táⁿ hâng;

    discouraged.

#### sim hâng;

    disheartened.

#### pin-tǹg kàu i sim hâng táⁿ chìn;

    bothered him till he lost all heart.

#### hâng cîah coih;

    a wintry feast.

#### hâng jû;

    a poor scholar.

#### ko-hâng;

    friendless.

#### sŭ hâng un;

    to talk over experiences.

#### sieⁿ hâng;

    sick with a cold.

#### hâng cèng;

    sickness that is the result of cold.

#### i kâi sin-hun hṳ-hâng;

    his vitality is weak.

#### cí kĭaⁿ mûeh ŏi hâng ūi, m̄-hó̤ to̤ cîah;

    this chills the stomach, and it is not well to eat much of it.

#### i kâi pî ùi hâng-né;

    he dreads the cold.

#### hâng-lîang kâi îeh;

    cooling medicines.
* 行hâng2071440
* Parallel lines; a warehouse; a merchantile establishment.

#### hâng-lîet;

    parallel rows.

#### hâng-ngó;

    ranks, as of an army.

#### jī sía khù kâi hâng-ngó hó̤ căi;

    the characters are written in very straight parallel lines.

#### sía cêk hâng cêk hâng;

    write them in columns.

#### cí īeⁿ bûn-cṳ sĭ ēng cò̤ kúi hâng kâi?

    What number of columns to the page, in the paper used for this sort of writings?

#### ngŏ hâng kâi tn̄g ôi;

    satin shoes with five parallel lines of stitching on them.

#### i pâi hâng sĭ tŏiⁿ kúi?

    Which is he among the brothers?

#### i pâi hâng sĭ tōa a sĭ jī?

    Is he the eldest or the second born?

#### hîuⁿ àiⁿ cò̤ bâk hâng;

    I want the wadded jacket quilted in close parallel lines.

#### hâng bâk cē;

    make the lines closer together.

#### hâng ke;

    a firm or corporation.

#### tâng hâng kâi nâng;

    one of the same guild.

#### jîp hâng;

    enter a firm.

#### chut hâng;

    leave a firm.

#### hâng kui;

    commission for selling.

#### hâng siang;

    a trader in a guild.

#### îeⁿ hâng;

    a warehouse where the wares of all nations are kept.

#### séⁿ hâng;

    a Cantonese warehouse, or guildhall.

#### pńg tī hâng;

    a warehouse where native wares are kept.

#### hâng hŏ;

    members of a firm.

#### hâng kháu;

    a guild.

#### hâng cú;

    the manager of a firm.

#### hâng teng;

    a janitor or servant in a guild.

#### khui hâng phò kâi nâng;

    one who has warehouses and shops.

#### kak hâng kâi seng-lí m̄ tâng;

    each guild has a different sort of business.

#### ngŏ hâng kâi seng-lí to hó̤;

    all sorts of trade flourishes.

#### lăi hâng;

    accustomed to the business.

#### gūa hâng;

    not versed in the craft.

#### cí kâi sĭ cai hâng a m̄ cai hâng?

    Is this one versed in the business or not?

#### cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ úa m̄ cai hâng;

    this is a sort of business I am not versed in.

#### lău cai hâng;

    an old hand at it.

#### hâng chêng;

    the customs of the craft.

#### i hâng chêng kng, úa hâng chêng m̄ kng;

    he knows the ways of the guild and I do not.

#### jī-ke hâng-ke lĭ;

    both receive an income from the firm.
* 翰hâng16612410
* A plume or quill to write or draw with.

#### hâng-lîm;

    the forest of pencils, the highest of the four degrees conferred on scholars.

#### tíam hâng-lîm;

    to obtain the degree of Academician.

#### hâng-lîm īⁿ;

    the National Academy.
* 降hâng3641706
* To submit; to return to allegiance.

#### hâng-hôk;

    to yield submission.

#### bô̤ hâng-hôk i;

    will not give in to him.

#### i m̄ khéng hâng;

    he is unwilling to surrender.

#### hâng cìang;

    the general who surrenders.

#### cie hâng;

    call for a return to allegiance.

#### kui hâng;

    to return to lawful rule.

#### hâng piaⁿ;

    troops that return to their duty.

#### hâng lêng hôk hóⁿ;

    reduces the dragon, and humbles the tiger.

#### tâu hâng;

    return to loyalty.
* 項hăng1911813
* Funds; a classifier of moneys or monetary affairs.

#### kong hăng;

    public funds.

#### ngṳ̂n hăng; cîⁿ hăng;

    funds.

#### khìam hăng;

    debts; liabilities.

#### cêk hăng cîⁿ būe cêng siu;

    there is one bill not yet collected.

#### nŏ̤ hăng ngṳ̂n lóng-cóng hâiⁿ cheng-chó̤;

    the two sums are both paid in full.

#### kío hăng;

    hand over the funds.

#### kak hăng kăi hṳ̀e-mûeh;

    each sort of goods.

#### ŭ hăng-hiah hó̤ hâiⁿ úa a bô̤?

    Have you the funds for paying me or not?

#### pât hăng kâi kua tŏ̤ i chíu;

    the other matters have been put into his hands.

#### cí cêk hăng sṳ̄ lí ŵn lío;

    this business is settled.
* 旱hăng164723
* To travel by land.

#### chông cúi lō lâi a chông hăng lō lâi?

    Did you come by water or by land?

#### jîeh cōi phò hăng lō, jîeh cōi phò cúi lō?

    How much of the journey is by water, and how much of it by land?

#### kîaⁿ nŏ̤ jît hăng lō lío ṳ̂-gūa cū sĭ cúi lō;

    after two days travel by land, the rest of the way is by water.

#### kàu tī-kò̤ khí hăng?

    Where did the journey overland begin?
* 限hăng2021706
* A limit; a boundary; a restriction; to set a time or limit.

#### ŭ hăng;

    is limited.

#### ŭ hăng kâi;

    there is a limited number.

#### iú hăng;

    a small sum.

#### íu hăng kâi sṳ̄;

    there are not many items.

#### sî-hāu ŭ só̤ hăng;

    there is a limit to the time.

#### hăng cò̤ kúi jît?

    How many days do you set?

#### hăng sî hăng kheh cū àiⁿ;

    want it at the fixed time.

#### hăng tīaⁿ-tîeh kâi;

    a fixed amount.

#### kài-hăng hun-mêng;

    the limit is plainly marked.

#### ŭ kài ŭ hăng;

    has a fixed boundary.

#### kùe hăng;

    to overstep the limit, or pass the set time.

#### ùn hăng;

    conjunctions, said of one's horoscope.

#### ŭ kâi hăng-khî;

    has a set time.

#### hăng ŭ kâi tō-sìo;

    set a rule or fix a measure.

#### khwn hăng cêk kâi gûeh;

    extend the time a month.

#### hăng lṳ́ saⁿ jît cū lâi kío;

    will give you three days, after which I will come and take it.

#### tăi hăng ciang kàu;

    the great limit is near at hand; you are not likely to live long.

#### hăng îeh;

    a poison prepared so as to act at a certain time.

#### bô̤ hăng-lĭang;

    without limit.

#### m-hó̤ hăng-lĭang;

    do not restrict.

#### bô̤ hăng bô̤ lĭang;

    unlimited.

#### àiⁿ hăng kàu cìeⁿ méⁿ, cò̤ m̄ lâi;

    if you set so short a time, it cannot be done.

#### cêk jît hăng i cò̤ jîeh cōi;

    set him a stint for the day.

#### tẁn ŭ kâi mêng hăng;

    fix a limit.

#### cêk tǹg hăng nŏ̤ úaⁿ;

    stinted to two bowlfuls a meal.

#### àiⁿ cò̤ kúi hăng;

    will make several restrictions.
* 巷hāng190496
* A lane; a road.

#### hāng thâu, hāng búe;

    the head and the foot of a lane.

#### hāng kháu;

    the place where the lane opens into another road.

#### tōa hāng;

    a wide lane.

#### hāng-kíaⁿ;

    a narrow lane.

#### phiah-siah hāng;

    a by-path.

#### tōa hāng-tău;

    a wide passage.

#### hāng-tău hó̤;

    the roads are good.

#### húe hāng;

    a narrow alley between adjacent buildings.

#### hue koi líu hāng;

    brothels, called the flowery willow lanes.

#### hāng kûeh kíaⁿ;

    a short narrow lane.