# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/huam
### huam

* 氾hùam128852
* To inundate; to overflow.

#### hùam-lăm;

    in motion, like a flood.

#### tōa cúi hùam-lăm;

    the waters surge.

#### múa-sì-chù hùam-hùam lăm-lăm, cĕng sĭ cúi;

    everywhere a rising flood of water.

#### i kâi ūe hùam-hùam lăm-lăm thèng tàⁿ;

    his words pour forth in a stream of reckless speech.

#### lṳ́ kâi ūe màiⁿ tàⁿ khah hùam-lăm;

    do not deluge us with your words.

#### cò̤ khṳ̀ tōa hùam-lăm, thèng cò̤;

    acts without restraint and recks nothing.
* 泛hùam128855
* Floating; unguided; objectless; to drift.

#### phû-hùam;

    floating about.

#### i cò̤ sṳ̄ phû-phû hùam-hùam, m̄ tîeh sît;

    he does things very superficially, and is never thorough.

#### cí kâi nâng khah hùam;

    this person is too unsteady.

#### hṳ́ kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ hùam căi;

    that child is very careless.

#### hùam bĕ hùam nâng khîa;

    vicious horses find reckless riders.

#### i kâi ngán sîn, thóiⁿ tîeh khah hùam, m̄ cĕⁿ;

    the expression of his eye is too wild and unsettled.

#### gūa kháu hùam-hùam, kio nâng kau-îu;

    wanders at will, with pleasure-seekers.
* 凡hûam126161
* Human; mortal; everybody; usual, common.

#### hûam-jîn;

    mankind.

#### hûam hu, sôk cṳ́;

    the common people; the vulgar.

#### i kâi pún-nía sît-căi hui hûam;

    his ability is really above the average.

#### cu hûam kâi sṳ̄ to lâu-tŏng lṳ́;

    give you much trouble about all this.

#### cū sĭ sien-nńg hĭa hûam;

    it is a fairy come into the world.

#### cía sĭ m̄ cai sĭm-mih cheⁿ sîn lâi kàng hûam kâi;

    this is some unknown divine being that has come into the world.

#### thut-lî hûam tîn kú lío;

    shuffled off this mortal coil long ago.

#### tẁn bô̤ sṳ hûam kâi sṳ̄;

    has no earthly cares.

#### hûam kang;

    secular life; the world.

#### hûam tho̤ seⁿ kâi;

    of human origin.

#### tăi hûam nâng cò̤ hó̤ cū ŭ hó̤ pò̤-èng;

    whoever does well is recompensed.
* 犯hŭam128942
* To offend; to violate; to transgress; a culprit.

#### hŭam-jîn;

    a criminal.

#### hŭam cŭe;

    to transgress.

#### hŭam cŭe kâi nâng;

    a transgressor.

#### cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ hŭam huap, m̄-hó̤ cò̤;

    this is against the rules, and must not be done.

#### kòi hŭam;

    to deliver up a criminal.

#### màiⁿ chok-hŭam tîeh i;

    do not offend him.

#### i cí kĭaⁿ cŭe sǹg sĭ gō hŭam kâi;

    this offence is to be reckoned an unintentional one.

#### kù hŭam;

    deliberately transgressed.

#### kù-ì khṳ̀ hŭam huap;

    break the law with a deliberate purpose.

#### kam-hŭam;

    a prisoner.

#### cí kâi sṳ̄ hŭam kìm;

    this is a trespass.

#### hŭam tăng cŭe li sĭu tăng hêng;

    he who commits a great crime, receives a heavy punishment.

#### hŭam khin cŭe li sĭu khin hêng;

    he whose offense is slight receives a slight punishment.

#### chîu-hŭam;

    one in custody.

#### i sĭ hŭam tîeh sĭm-mûeh?

    What has he gone counter to?
* 凡hŭam126161
* All; general.

#### hŭam nâng tàⁿ-ūe tîeh màiⁿ hṳ-bû;

    whoever speaks must not falsify.

#### hŭam sṳ̄ to tîeh kún-sín;

    whatever business you have on hand, you must conduct it with care.

#### hŭam cêk-chîet ke lăi kâi mûeh to sĭ i kẃn;

    whatsoever there is in the house she takes control of it.

#### hŭam sĭm-mih nâng;

    whosoever it be.

#### tăi hŭam kâi mûeh to sĭ ŭ sî phiⁿ ŭ sî kùi;

    things in general are sometimes cheap and sometimes dear.
* 患hŭam248617
* Grief; tribulation; affliction; to be vexed.

#### tṳ̂ lío ău hŭam;

    ward off distressing consequences.

#### hŭa-hŭam;

    affliction.

#### tŏ̤ hŭam-lāng tang;

    in tribulation.

#### pó̤ bô̤ ău-hŭam;

    protect from subsequent misfortune.

#### hŭam pēⁿ;

    a distressing malady.

#### cô̤h lío ău-hûam;

    cut off subsequent occasions for vexation.
* 範hŭam1281189
* A law; a rule; a standard.

#### i kâi hûang-hŭam sĭm sĭ ngîam;

    his prohibition is strict indeed.

#### cáu put kùe i hŭam-ûi;

    cannot run counter to his restrictive rule.