# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hiaⁿ
### hiaⁿ

* 兄hiaⁿ213103
* An elder brother; a senior; used after names as a term of respect, like Mr.

#### hiⁿ tĭ;

    brothers.

#### hiaⁿ tĭ kíaⁿ;

    little brothers.

#### chin hiaⁿ tĭ;

    own brothers.

#### thang hiaⁿ tĭ;

    cousins, sons of brothers.

#### î píe hiaⁿ tĭ;

    cousins, sons of sisters.

#### píe hiaⁿ tĭ;

    male cousins of different surnames.

#### cŭang hiaⁿ tĭ;

    second cousins.

#### côk lăi hiaⁿ tĭ;

    men of the same clan.

#### tâng pau hiaⁿ tĭ;

    sons of the same father and mother.

#### ĭ bó̤ hiaⁿ tĭ;

    brothers having the same father, but not the same mother.

#### tek sù hiaⁿ tĭ;

    sons of the chief and of the inferior wife.

#### tâng nî hiaⁿ tĭ;

    friends born in the same year, or men who would have been married to each other had they not been of the same sex.

#### mêng hiaⁿ tĭ;

    brethren of the same creed.

#### sĭa hiaⁿ tĭ; hŭe hiaⁿ tĭ;

    brethren of the same sect.

#### ngĭ hiaⁿ tĭ;

    brothers by adoption.

#### ūaⁿ thiap hiaⁿ tĭ;

    brothers by exchange of cards bearing dates of birth days.

#### ùaⁿ hiaⁿ tĭ;

    fellow-graduates.

#### nî hiaⁿ tĭ;

    those who in the same year attain a literary degree higher than the first.

#### sai hiaⁿ tĭ;

    fellow-apprentices.

#### sṳ hiaⁿ tĭ;

    those of the same craft.

#### khòi cò̤ hiaⁿ tĭ;

    made brothers by a contract.

#### hiaⁿ tĭ kuaⁿ;

    officials of the same rank.

#### ngô̤ hiaⁿ;

    I, your unworthy elder brother.

#### lĕng hiaⁿ;

    your elder brother.

#### ke hiaⁿ;

    my elder brother.

#### pĕ hiaⁿ;

    father's elder brother.

#### hiaⁿ só̤;

    elder brother's wife.

#### soiⁿ hiaⁿ;

    your departed brother.

#### a-hiaⁿ hùe;

    seniors.

#### a-hiaⁿ hùe, kîaⁿ khui cē;

    get out of the way there, brethren.

#### ŭ kâi a-hiaⁿ nâng tŏ̤ kîaⁿ;

    an elderly man was going along.

#### hiaⁿ thâi; lău hiaⁿ thâi;

    honorable Sir.

#### hiaⁿ cíang;

    respected friends, used as an address in writing.

#### khóng huang hiaⁿ;

    the brother with the square hole, a cash.

#### hiaⁿ mūe;

    brother and sister.

#### a ún hiaⁿ;

    Mr. Un.

#### móng a-hiaⁿ;

    that man.

#### lṳ́ kìe-cò̤ mih a-hiaⁿ?

    What are you called Sir?

#### nín a hiaⁿ hùe tó̤ cò̤ mih sṳ̄?

    What are your men-folks doing?

#### tōa hiaⁿ, jī hiaⁿ;

    the eldest and next to the eldest brother.
* 觸híaⁿ9914813
* To push sidewise with the horns.

#### khṳt gû híaⁿ tîeh;

    hooked by an ox.

#### cí ciah gû ŏi híaⁿ nâng;

    this ox is apt to hit people with its horns.
* 拕hìaⁿ3646
* To widen; to open out.

#### hìaⁿ khui khṳt i phâk;

    open it up to the sun.

#### khui hìaⁿ-hìaⁿ tó̤ lā;

    opened out fully for airing.

#### nín kâi mn̂g cò̤-nî khui kàu hìaⁿ-hìaⁿ?

    Why are all your doors thrown wide open?

#### ūe tàⁿ lío, hìaⁿ-hìaⁿ khui;

    having spoken about it, he continued to expatiate upon it.

#### kun-sṳ̆ hìaⁿ cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ, tìn-tang kâi tōa phàu cū bū khṳ̀;

    the troops defiled to either side, and the great canon in the middle volleyed forth.
* 燒hîaⁿ7448612
* To put on fuel; to build a fire.

#### húe tîeh hîaⁿ thong-lông thong-lông;

    lay the fire in such a way that there will be plenty of fuel with spaces for draught between.

#### khĭam châ, hîaⁿ phùa càu;

    lacking wood, (one cannot) make the fire so hot as to crack the furnace.

#### jw̆n hîaⁿ, hîaⁿ m̄ sêk;

    however much fuel I put on, I can't make the fire hot enough to cook it.

#### hîaⁿ cúi lâi sói-êk;

    heat water for bathing.

#### mûeh-hîaⁿ;

    fuel.

#### tô̤h cho̤h mûeh-hîaⁿ lâi hîaⁿ;

    take some fuel and put it on the fire.
* 刑hîaⁿ206184
* Criminal jurisprudence.

#### hîaⁿ pŏ;

    the Board of Punishments.

#### hîaⁿ pŏ sīeⁿ-cṳ;

    the President of the Board of Punishments.

#### hîaⁿ pâng a-pún;

    a clerk in the criminal courts.

#### hîaⁿ mīaⁿ sṳ-îa;

    a counsellor in criminal cases in the local courts.
* 艾hīaⁿ6201402
* Mugwort; moxa.

#### chah hīaⁿ;

    to wear sprigs of mugwort in the hair.

#### hīaⁿ jông;

    moxa punk.

#### io būe cêng máng tîeh hīaⁿ tŏ̤ kò̤;

    has not yet come any where near carrying out the project.

#### hó̤ cang hīaⁿ khṳ̀ sói cū hó̤;

    it will get well if you bathe it with mugwort.