# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hai
### haí

* 嗐hái1613010
* An exclamation denoting surprise or grief.

#### hái, khó̤-sieh căi;

    alack, it is a pity.

#### hái, i ā sĭ thiaⁿ úa tàⁿ cū mín cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    ah, if he had heeded what I said, this would not have happened.
* 海hái160857
* The sea; maritime; vast.

#### hái cúi;

    sea water.

#### hái hṳ̂;

    salt water fish.

#### hái thô;

    mud from the sea shore.

#### hái cûn;

    sea-going vessels.

#### hái lō;

    routes at sea.

#### hái táu;

    a rock in the sea. ​

#### hái phîaⁿ;

    flats on the margin of the sea, left dry at low tide.

#### hái kîⁿ;

    the sea-shore.

#### hái tói mông cam;

    searching in the sea for a needle.

#### hái-lìang;

    broad minded.

#### hái hâm;

    magnanimous.

#### sì hái cṳ lăi;

    within the four seas; all the world, or China.

#### chut hái;

    go to sea.

#### hái châk;

    pirates.

#### hái khò;

    freebooters.

#### suaⁿ tien hái bī;

    dainties from land and sea.

#### kùe hái;

    cross the sea.

#### keh hái;

    across the sea.

#### chut hái gūa;

    gone beyond the seas.

#### lăi hái;

    inland seas.

#### hái mīn;

    the surface of the sea.

#### hái chĭ;

    a mirage at sea.

#### hái lêng ûang;

    the Dragon Sea King, the Chinese Neptune.

#### tōa hái úaⁿ;

    a very big bowl.

#### hok jû tang hái;

    may your happiness be like the eastern sea.

#### hái-káu;

    a sea-lion.

#### hái-bé;

    the sea-horse.

#### chim kùe hái;

    deeper than the sea.
* 諧hâi1871499
* To accord with; to joke, to laugh at.

#### hûa hâi;

    of one mind.

#### peh nî hâi láu;

    an aged couple.

#### khue-hâi kâi ūe;

    a joke.

#### cí kâi nâng hàuⁿ khue-hâi;

    this person is fond of joking.

#### khue-khue hâi-hâi;

    laughing and joking.

#### tâng bô̤ khue-hâi tàⁿ chut kàu ŭ khue-hâi;

    from earnestness to jesting.
* 骸hâi3061886
* The bones of the body.

#### kut-hâi;

    a skeleton.

#### si-sía kuaⁿ-bâk sĭ míen-ēng nâng kâi si-hâi tó̤ pău-lo;

    coffins are given away that the dead may not be seen.

#### thóiⁿ i tieⁿ sĭm-mih hêng-hâi chut lâi;

    see what appearance he presents.
* 頦hâi1601816
* The bones of the chin.

#### ĕ-hâi;

    the chin.

#### chíu thèⁿ ĕ-hâi;

    supporting the chin on the hand.

#### ĕ-hâi chîo-chîo;

    a projecting chin.

#### ĕ-hâi ciam-ciam; ĕ-hâi ciam-cĭ ciam-cĭ;

    a very pointed chin.

#### ĕ-hâi lō̤-thō̤ lō̤-thō̤;

    a very heavy chin.

#### chin-chĭe ke cêk têng ĕ-hâi;

    having a double chin.

#### ĕ-hâi kíaⁿ ka-lâuh khṳ̀;

    dislocation of the jaw.

#### ĕ-hâi nap-kâi-uh;

    a very receding chin.

#### bô̤ ĕ-hâi;

    a very short chin.
* 亥hăi16184
* The last of the twelve branches.

#### hăi nî, hăi gûeh, hâi jît, hăi sî,

    the last year, month, day, or hour in the cycle of twelve.
* 獬豸hăi-căi187
* A fabulous animal, half deer, half unicorn. It dwells in the desert and gores wicked men when it sees them.

#### hăi-căi pó-sim;

    an embroidered unicorn worn on the breast by officials of a certain rank.
* 駭hăi1871876
* Startled; suddenly alarmed.

#### kăi-ĭ;

    startled.

#### hăi-phàⁿ;

    scared.

#### kiaⁿ-hăi;

    frightened.

#### úa m̄ hăi-phàⁿ lṳ́;

    I do not wish to frighten you.
* 械hăi188757
* A feud; to fight.

#### khì hăi;

    arms.

#### hăi-tò;

    to fight with weapons.

#### kak hieⁿ hăi-tò;

    every village is involved in a feud.

#### líang ke hăi-tò?

    the two parties are fighting with weapons.

#### kuaⁿ chut mn̂g khṳ̀ phōiⁿ hăi-tò kâi ùaⁿ;

    the magistrate has gone out to adjudicate those cases in which there has been fighting.
* 孩hăi160396
* An infant.

#### hăi-jî;

    a young child.

#### âng hăi-jî;

    a malicious infant.

#### hŵn-lío hăi-thông khì;

    is still a child in character.

#### saⁿ-cap būe kùe sĭ hăi-thông;

    one is a child until he is thirty years old.
* 懈hăi1876113
* Languid.

#### hăi-tăi;

    inefficient, remiss.

#### hăi-hăi tăi-tăi;

    very shiftless.

#### cí hûe cò̤ khang-khùe lío nâng hăi-tăi căi;

    now that the work is done I am very tired.

#### nâng hăi-tăi nē;

    am very much jaded.
* 壞hāi2443216
* To spoil, injure, or destroy.

#### hùi-hāi;

    to spoil.

#### phùa-hāi;

    spoil by breaking.

#### lŏng hāi khṳ̀;

    spoiled by handling.

#### ô̤h i kâi īeⁿ, o̤h hāi khṳ̀;

    follow his example, and follow it to destruction.

#### lṳ́ hāi tîeh úa kâi sṳ̄;

    you spoil my plans.

#### pĭ i cù-hāi khṳ̀;

    undermined by him.

#### àu-hāi;

    spoiled by rotting.

#### pāi-hāi ke-siaⁿ;

    disgrace the family.

#### khṳt i ēng kàu hāi khṳ̀;

    has been used by him till it is worn out.

#### cí kĭaⁿ mûeh ŏi cîah hāi nâng;

    this will injure those who eat it.

#### chìn ŏi chìn hāi nâng, jûah ŏi jûah hāi nâng;

    cold and heat both injure people, each in its own way.

#### hāi sṳ̄ lío;

    there, it is all spoiled.
* 害hāi161407
* To injure, to hurt, to be the cause of damage.

#### khṳt lṳ́ hāi tîeh;

    injured by you.

#### hāi i pûah lô̤h khṳ̀ sĭ lṳ́;

    it was you who made him fall down.

#### hāi sí nâng;

    kill anybody.

#### pun i hāi bŏi sí;

    just escaped being killed by him.

#### siet kòi hām-hāi;

    lay a plan to injure.

#### hāi bó hāi kíaⁿ;

    a disgrace to his family.

#### sieⁿ hāi;

    to mar.

#### hāi thong sîaⁿ;

    a disgrace to the whole city.

#### hāi-phàⁿ;

    frightened; made afraid.

#### hāi pât nâng cū sĭ hāi ka-kī;

    if you injure others you injure yourself.

#### châng-hāi peh-sèⁿ;

    injure the people.

#### ûi hāi put chíen;

    no slight injury has been done.

#### heng lĭ, tṳ̂ hāi; ​

    to cause that which is useful to prosper, and to remove that which is hurtful.

#### hāi kàu nâng chi-chám;

    occasions distress.

#### úa cò̤-nî hāi tîeh lṳ́?

    In what way have I harmed you?

#### lī-hāi;

    harmful.

#### bŏi lī-hāi;

    is not injurious.

#### sim sĭ lī-hāi;

    is very malicious.

#### khṳt i hāi kàu chit tien poih táu;

    was set all at sixes and sevens by him.

#### tṳ̂ tīo cí tī-hng kâi tăi hāi;

    eradicate what is most harmful in this region.

#### pĭ nâng só̤ hāi;

    injured by some one.

#### seⁿ hāi nâng, sí hāi nâng;

    harmful whether alive or dead.