# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hṳ
### hṳ

* 噓hṳ2273011
* * To breathe softly; to speak well of.

#### chue-hṳ;

    say a good word for; to breathe on.

#### khṳt i cē chue-hṳ nâng cū sùaⁿ khṳ̀;

    as soon he opened his mouth to speak they dispersed.

#### pài tho̤h lṳ́ kio úa chue-hṳ tīo cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

    I trust that you will speak a good word for me in this matter.
* 虛hṳ2271416
* Vacant; untrue; unsubstantial.

#### khang-hṳ;

    empty; unoccupied.

#### hṳ-phû;

    vague; nonsensical.

#### hṳ-bû;

    visionary.

#### hṳ ké;

    untrue; unfounded.

#### hṳ-ngŭi;

    false.

#### hṳ ūe;

    idle prating.

#### khiam-hṳ;

    unambitious.

#### hṳ-sim;

    unprejudiced.

#### sim hṳ;

    apprehensive.

#### cò̤ châk kâi nâng sim hṳ;

    the thief is ever in fear of danger.

#### chêng-hêng sĭ hṳ kâi, cṳ kiaⁿ-ùi ŭ cŭe;

    if the evidences presented are false, there is danger of incurring guilt.

#### cêk nâng thŵn hṳ, peh nâng thŵn sît;

    the falsehood told by one, is repeated as truth by a hundred.

#### hṳ-mîaⁿ hṳ lĭ;

    vain is fame, empty are riches.

#### hṳ-jîak;

    decrepid.

#### hṳ-khṳ̀n;

    weak.

#### khì hueh kŭ hṳ;

    a feeble constitution.

#### chìn sî phû hṳ húe;

    hot flashes, as of fever, in cold weather.

#### i kâi ūe kù-kù hṳ, bô̤ sît;

    his words are wholly unfounded, there is no truth in them.
* 墟hṳ4433212
* A fair.

#### hṳ-tîeⁿ;

    an area where fairs are held.

#### hṳ-po;

    marts.

#### àiⁿ lâi khṳ̀ tàu hṳ;

    is going to the fair to be sold.

#### saⁿ jît hṳ;

    a fair held once in three days.

#### kúaⁿ-méⁿ khṳ̀ hù hṳ;

    hurry on to be in time for the fair.

#### tī tiang-sî tùi hṳ?

    At what time is the fair held?

#### kíaⁿ-jît tùi hṳ mē?

    Is this a day when a fair is held?

#### cĭeⁿ hṳ lâi bōi;

    take it to the fair and sell it.

#### lâi khṳ̀ hṳ tèng bói;

    let's go to the fair and buy some.
* 那hṳ́6101634
* That; there; then; those.

#### hṳ́ tiang-sî; hú sî;

    at that time.

#### hṳ́ jît;

    that day.

#### hṳ́ kò̤;

    that place.

#### hṳ́ kâi;

    that one.

#### hṳ́ kâi nâng;

    those men.

#### hṳ́ cêk nâng;

    that individual.

#### hṳ́ pńg cheh;

    that book.

#### hṳ́ ciah cûn;

    that boat.

#### hṳ́ khí îeh;

    that kind of medicine.

#### hṳ́ īeⁿ mûeh;

    that sort of thing.

#### hṳ́ koiⁿ chù;

    that house.

#### hṳ́ cêk sî, sĭeⁿ m̄ chut;

    at that moment I could not think of it.

#### cí kâi hó̤ a hṳ́ kâi hó̤?

    Which is the better this or that?

#### màiⁿ pàng hṳ́-kò̤;

    do not set it down there.

#### hṳ́ nŏ̤ⁿ kò̤ sûi lṳ́ sẃn;

    take whichever you choose of those two pieces.

#### hṳ́ ciah chíu bŏi khîeh pit;

    he cannot hold the pen with that hand.

#### i khṳ̀ hṳ́ kháu kò̤;

    he has gone outside there.

#### i tŏ̤ hṳ́ lăi;

    he is in there.

#### pàng hṳ́ tói;

    put it inside there.

#### tŏ̤ hṳ́ hn̆g-hn̆g kò̤;

    away off there.

#### tŏ̤ hṳ́ chn̂g tèng;

    on the table there.
* 許hṳ́2281494
* Grant; assent to; accede.

#### èng-hṳ́;

    to grant.

#### m̄ hṳ́ i;

    did not permit him to.

#### úa m̄ cêng hṳ́ lṳ́;

    I have not acceded to what you request.

#### lṳ́ hṳ́ kùe úa kâi;

    what you promised me.

#### cí kâi cṳ-nîe-kíaⁿ íⁿ-keng hṳ́ kè lío;

    this damsel is already promised in marriage.

#### cí kâi cṳ-nîe-kíaⁿ hṳ́-phùe khṳt i;

    this girl is betrothed to him.

#### lṳ́ màiⁿ hṳ́ i;

    do not acquiesce in what he wishes.

#### ŭ hṳ́ i a bô̤?

    Did you accord it to him or not? ​
* 漁hû11198511
* To fish.

#### hṳ̂-ong;

    a fisherman.

#### pha hṳ̂ cûn;

    a fishing boat.
* 魚hṳ̂11191950
* Fish.

#### kim hṳ̂; kim-lí;

    gold-fish.

#### lîah hṳ̂;

    catch fish.

#### pha hṳ̂;

    fish with a casting net.

#### áu hṳ̂;

    fish with a lifting net.

#### cah hṳ̂;

    catch fish by a weir.

#### tìeⁿ hṳ̂;

    catch fish with a hook.

#### chǹg hṳ̂;

    spear fish.

#### mông hṳ̂;

    catch fish with the hands.

#### lí hṳ̂;

    carp.

#### hái hṳ̂;

    sea fish.

#### khoi hṳ̂, tî hṳ̂, ùn hṳ̂;

    fish from rivers, pools, or ponds.

#### mûaⁿ-hṳ̂;

    eels.

#### hang-hṳ̂;

    the skate.

#### kha hû;

    mud-turtles.

#### ôi-tói hṳ̂;

    the sole.

#### sĭen hṳ̂;

    bass.

#### cêk tīn hṳ̂; cêk khûn hṳ̂;

    a school of fish.

#### pêh-gô-hṳ̂;

    the book moth.
* 託hṳ̄9151493
* To commission; to commit to; to entrust.

#### kìa-hṳ̄ i cêk kù ūe;

    entrust him with a message to carry.

#### kìa-hṳ̄ lṳ́ hàm i lâi;

    commission you to tell him to come.

#### cêk kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ tîeh tó̤ kìa-kìa hṳ̄-hṳ̄, kang-khó căi;

    the thing must be committed to various persons one after another, making it troublesome in the extreme.
* 㗩hṳ̄8053011

#### hṳ̄-hṳ̄-tie;

    the noise made by one shivering with cold.

#### chêng-ngw̆n tó̤ hṳ̄-hṳ̄-tie, to m̄ khṳ̀ chēng ke kâi hîuⁿ;

    will stand and shiver with cold, and not go and put on another wadded tunic.