# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hoⁿ
### hóⁿ

* 否hóⁿ141304
* Not; not so.

#### sĭ hóⁿ hó̤ sía jī khṳt úa cai;

    whether affirmative or negative, write and let me know.

#### sĭ hóⁿ cò̤-nî?

    What is the affirmative and what the negative side of the question?
* 琥珀hóⁿ-phek224
* Amber, said by the Chinese to be transformed from resin.

#### àiⁿ jīn hóⁿ-phek ŭ sĭm-mih huang-huap?

    What is the way of telling whether a substance is amber?

#### hóⁿ-phek ŏi sîp kâi;

    amber will collect electricity.

#### cìaⁿ hóⁿ-phek chìu jîet ŏi kit teng-sim cháu;

    real amber when heated by friction will attract lamp-wicks or straws.

#### hueh phek;

    red amber.
* 虎hóⁿ2241412
* A tiger; fierce; awful.

#### lău-hóⁿ; nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ;

    a tiger.

#### hóⁿ kó;

    a male tiger.

#### hóⁿ bó̤;

    a tigeress.

#### kúi ciah hóⁿ;

    several tigers.

#### méⁿ hóⁿ;

    a fierce tiger.

#### hóⁿ cìang;

    a dauntless leader.

#### hóⁿ hêng;

    a ferocious aspect.

#### hóⁿ ui;

    warlike; dreadful.

#### pêh hóⁿ;

    the white tiger.

#### pêh hóⁿ kă lṳ́!

    May the white tiger devour you!

#### cúa nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ;

    a paper tiger, a braggart.

#### lêng hóⁿ tò;

    a furious fight between two.

#### khîa hó̤ⁿ lâng hĭa;

    he who rides a tiger finds it hard to dismount.

#### nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ thiam sît;

    add wings to a tiger; give additional power to the malevolent.

#### pue hóⁿ tūi;

    a company of flying tigers; troops having the flying tiger on their flag.

#### phah hóⁿ chin hiaⁿ-tĭ;

    if you are going to attack a tiger you must have own brothers to help.

#### khṳ̀ nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ chùi kò̤ khṳt nêk;

    go to a tiger to beg a piece of meat.

#### nâng sí lâu mîaⁿ, hóⁿ sí lâu phûe;

    when a man dies he leaves his name behind him, when a tiger dies he leaves his pelt.

#### cū sĭ cêk ciah hóⁿ!

    He is a tiger!

#### líu hóⁿ hām;

    dig a pitfall for catching tigers.

#### hóⁿ tàu;

    a tiger's lair.

#### m̄ jîp hóⁿ tàu kò̤, căi tit lîah tîeh hóⁿ-kíaⁿ?

    If you do not enter the tiger's den, how can you seize the cubs?

#### tú-tú phah tîeh hóⁿ phīⁿ;

    hit the tiger exactly on his nose; struck the vulnerable part.

#### lêng kîaⁿ hóⁿ pō;

    a majestic bearing.

#### hóⁿ búe thūi cu;

    a pearl hangs at the end of the tiger's tail.

#### tieⁿ hóⁿ năuⁿ; tieⁿ năuⁿ cìⁿ lâi sīa hóⁿ;

    set a trap for shooting tigers.

#### ngâu hóⁿ-kut ka;

    make glue from tigers' bones.

#### hóⁿ phûe jôk;

    rugs made from tigers' skins.

#### hóⁿ gê;

    tigers' teeth.

#### hóⁿ jío;

    tigers' claws.

#### hóⁿ hĭⁿ cháu;

    the strawberry geranium.

#### hóⁿ-thâu pâi;

    a tablet with a tiger's head drawn upon it.

#### hô-sîn hóⁿ;

    a small spider that pounces on flies.

#### nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ ngĕ-sèⁿ;

    of an awfully stern temper.

#### nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ pì tṳ;

    a tiger carrying a pig on its back.

#### chut jîp méⁿ hóⁿ siang sûi;

    tigers submissively follow him about.

#### hâng lêng, hôk hóⁿ;

    bring dragons and tigers back to their allegiance.

#### hóⁿ kim-kâm;

    a weapon for killing tigers.

#### hóⁿ cĭeⁿ che;

    the tiger is at bay.

#### nĭoⁿ hóⁿ m̄ cĭeⁿ che bô̤ lêng-ûi phah i;

    if the tiger does not ​rear at the pitch-fork you cannot shoot him.

#### thiaⁿ-kìⁿ hóⁿ hm̄-hm̄-kìe;

    heard the tiger growling.

#### hóⁿ phâu-hau;

    tigers roar.

#### hóⁿ āuⁿ-āuⁿ-kìe;

    tigers snarl.

#### keh jît thóiⁿ-kìⁿ hóⁿ kha-ciah jîeh tōa kâi;

    the other day I saw the tracks of a very large tiger.

#### sí hóⁿ cò̤ ûah hóⁿ phah;

    treat a dead tiger as if he were alive.

#### hóⁿ lô̤h pêⁿ-îeⁿ pĭ káu khi;

    when a tiger comes down into the arable land, he may be harried by a dog.