# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/huaⁿ
### huaⁿ

* 歡huaⁿ2447618
* Pleased with; gratified; joyous.

#### lṳ́ huaⁿ-hí i mē?

    Are you pleased with him?

#### huaⁿ sim;

    a merry heart.

#### huaⁿ thiⁿ hí tī;

    extravagant joy.

#### huaⁿ-huaⁿ hí-hí;

    delighted.

#### i thiaⁿ tîeh sĭm sĭ hí-huaⁿ;

    when he heard it he was greatly pleased.

#### i huaⁿ-hí cí kâi nâng;

    he is pleased with this person.

#### huaⁿ thâu hí chìe;

    gleefull.

#### hāi i huaⁿ-hí sí;

    kill him with joy.

#### huaⁿ-hí kàu thìo;

    jumped for joy.

#### i tōa huaⁿ-hí;

    he is greatly pleased.
* 諸hùaⁿ861499
* All, altogether; the whole.

#### hùaⁿ nâng cò̤-pû lâi;

    they all came together.

#### hùa nâng khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?

    Where have they all gone?

#### hùaⁿ kâi cò̤-nî tàⁿ?

    What did they all say about it?

#### hùaⁿ kâi sṳ̄ lí ŵn a būe?

    Is the business all finished up yet?

#### hùaⁿ kâi mûeh cò̤ hó̤;

    all the things are finished.

#### hùaⁿ kâi to̤ tùi tī-kò̤ khṳ̀?

    Where have all the knives gone to?

#### hùaⁿ kâi ūe lóng-cóng tîeh;

    all that was said was right.
* 泄hûaⁿ282855
* Easy going; lazy and slow.

#### mài hûaⁿ-hûaⁿ nē;

    do not dilly-dally.

#### i to sĭ hûaⁿ-hûaⁿ nē;

    he is very easy going.
* 鼾hûaⁿ1622093
* To snore.

#### ût kàu tó̤ hûaⁿ;

    asleep and snoring.

#### lṳ́ hûaⁿ kàu úa bŏi ût;

    you snore so that I cannot sleep.
* 凭hūaⁿ700166
* To steady the footsteps by leaning upon a prop; to lean upon or against; to rest lightly upon.

#### hàm kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ khṳt-i hūaⁿ chíu;

    call one of the children for her to lean on.

#### ŭ ki sam hó̤ hūaⁿ ío kōi kîaⁿ;

    with a cross-bar to stay one's hand against, it would be easier to walk over.

#### i hūaⁿ tŏ̤ lâng-kang kò̤;

    she leans on the balustrade.

#### hūaⁿ tŏ̤ i koiⁿ-thâu;

    stay your steps by leaning upon his shoulder.

#### úa kâi chíu khṳt lṳ́ hūaⁿ;

    lean upon my arm.
* 理hūaⁿ519967
* To take charge of; to attend to; to manage; to lay out, as funds.

#### i mîaⁿ-ke hūaⁿ-ke;

    she is expert in the management of a household.

#### cêk ke, kúi câp nâng, khṳt i hūaⁿ kàu iap-iap thiap-thiap;

    the whole family, consisting of several tens of persons, is kept in the most complete order by her.

#### cía sṳ̄ sī tī-tîang tó̤ hūaⁿ?

    Who has the management of this affair?

#### hūaⁿ seng-lí;

    manages the business.

#### hūaⁿ tŏa;

    attend the helm; steer the thing through.

#### hūaⁿ sìo;

    take charge of the accounts.

#### cía ngṳ̂n pàng kò̤ hūaⁿ ke;

    leave this money to be laid out for the support of the family.

#### i kâi gûeh ēng jîeh cōi ngṳ̂n hūaⁿ ke?

    How much is required per month to keep the family?
* 堰hūaⁿ1090329
* A bank; a dike; a dam; an embankment which prevents overflow.

#### co̤h cêk tîo hūaⁿ;

    make a dike.

#### kîaⁿ tùe cí tîo hūaⁿ kò̤ khṳ̀;

    walk along this bank.

#### múa-tī-kò̤ kâi toi-hūaⁿ co̤h kàu khìang-khìang, cúi tōa cìaⁿ bŏ̤i pang;

    the dikes everywhere are strongly made, and when the waters rise will not give way.

#### cĭeⁿ pàng cúi cí tîo hūaⁿ khṳt i im khṳ̀, taⁿ tîeh lâi co̤h kûiⁿ ce;

    when the waters were last let off, this dike was overflown, and we must now make it higher.

#### co̤h tîo hūaⁿ pàng hái-kiⁿ;

    make a bund.
* 畛hūaⁿ171025
* Raised paths between fields.

#### châng hūaⁿ;

    narrow raised paths between rice fields.

#### co̤h ke cêk tîo châng hūaⁿ;

    make another dividing path between the rice plots.

#### châng hūaⁿ siak kú sòi tîo;

    the path is narrowed by long hoeing off.

#### tùi cí ío tōa tîo kâi hūaⁿ kùe khṳ̀;

    go by this wider path.
* 釬hūaⁿ1651673
* Solder; to solder.

#### hūaⁿ i sie cîah;

    solder them together.

#### hūaⁿ khṳ̀ m̄ sie cîah;

    it is not soldered firmly.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ hūaⁿ khṳ̀ m̄ tōiⁿ;

    in that way the solder does not hold.

#### tîeh cang cía lâi hūaⁿ, cìaⁿ kien-ku;

    you must use this in soldering it and then it will be firm.

#### ēng hūaⁿ-thâu lâi hūaⁿ;

    take solder and solder it.

#### bói phêng-seⁿ lâi kap hūaⁿ-thâu;

    buy borax and make solder.