# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hong
### hong

* 鄷hong15716318
* A district on the Yang-tsze River where the firewells are.

#### hong-to; hong-to tī-gêk;

    Tophet.

#### sí ău phah lô̤h hong-to;

    sent after death to Tophet.

#### hong-to tăi-tì;

    the great ruler of Hades. ​
* 封hong157416
* To appoint to office; confer rank.

#### ŭ kâi hong hô, ŭ kâi hong pek;

    some were raised to the rank of marquis, and some to the rank of earl.

#### kàu hong it phín hu-jîn;

    invested with the highest rank bestowed upon women.

#### hong sîn;

    to deify, as is done by the Emperor.

#### hong kuaⁿ;

    appoint to office.

#### hong ciak;

    grant a title of nobility.

#### hong kiang tăi-chîn;

    the high provincial officers.

#### chíaⁿ hong; chíaⁿ kàu hong;

    ask a title for one's parents or relatives.

#### îⁿ hong;

    ask to have a patent of nobility bestowed on another because of one's own merits.

#### thek hong;

    promotion on account of merit.

#### thek hong pâi;

    an honorary tablet conferred by the Emperor.

#### gêk hong;

    conferred by the gods.
* 峯hong156467
* A summit, an apex, a peak.

#### suaⁿ hong;

    a mountain peak.

#### peh-khí kûiⁿ-kûiⁿ kâi suaⁿ-hong téng;

    climbed to the top of a very high mountain.

#### múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ hâi hong lŵn ngía căi;

    the peaks and ridges all around are very beautiful.

#### ko hong tok sóng;

    a solitary lofty height.
* 風hong1551820
* Manner; style; reputation; fame.

#### hong siaⁿ;

    a rumor or report.

#### hong bŭn;

    hearsay.

#### hong sôk;

    habits; modes.

#### hong khì;

    general feelings, as of a community.

#### ui hong; ui-ui hong-hong;

    awful; majestic.

#### hong-tō;

    style; manners.

#### i kâi hong-tō hó căi;

    his manners are excellent.

#### tăi chîn kâi hong-tō;

    the air of a nobleman.

#### bûn hong;

    literary fame.

#### kwn hong;

    observe the general state of affairs.
* 豐hong15715111
* Plenteous; abundant.

#### hong nî;

    a plenteous year.

#### hong kău;

    abundant; exhuberant.

#### nî tang hong-lông;

    a fertile year.

#### ngŏ kak hong teng;

    the grain is copiously piled.

#### hong múaⁿ;

    ample; full.

#### sîah cò̤ lâi hong căi;

    the feast was sumptuous.

#### hong-hong lông-lông;

    affluent; copious; plenteous.
* 鋒hong1571677
* The van; bristling like a line of bayonets.

#### kau-hong tùi lúi;

    to join in battle.

#### côiⁿ hong; sien hong; khui lō sien hong;

    the vanguard.

#### hong lāi bô̤ pí;

    incomparably sharp.

#### ceⁿ hong;

    bitter rivalry.
* 俸hóng15998
* Emoluments; salary; income.

#### hóng lôk;

    salary.

#### cîah sang hóng;

    has an income from two offices.

#### hŵt hóng;

    forfeit his salary.

#### kău hóng; kia hóng;

    increase his salary.
* 唪hóng158308
* To read or recite in a tune.

#### hóng keng;

    to intone chants as do Buddhist priests.
* 蚌hóng6571424
* A clam; a mussel.

#### lût hóng siang thî hṳ̂-ong tit lĭ;

    when the snipe and mussel nip each other the fisherman is the gainer.

#### lău hóng seⁿ cu;

    the old clam produces a pearl; the old man has a child.
* 宏hông237404
* Ample; wide.

#### khai ciang hông hwt;

    may we have great profits in our business, (a shopman's sign).

#### khwn hông, tăi lĭang;

    great magnanimity, (a polite phrase).
* 逢hông1581627
* To meet with; to come across; to occur.

#### ôih lō siang hông;

    met in a narrow path.

#### hông tîeh i lâi;

    he happened to come.

#### hông nâng cū tàⁿ;

    when you meet a man speak to him.

#### cía sĭ lâng hông kái sṳ̄;

    this is something that seldom happens.

#### cía sǹg sĭ khî hông;

    this is a rare occurrence.

#### múiⁿ hông saⁿ poih jît, pàng kò̤;

    whenever a third and an eighth day occurs, complaints may be entered.

#### khṳ̀ i kò̤ cŏ̤ cṳ̆-lâi m̄ pat hông tîeh i tŏ̤ kò̤;

    up to now it has happened that when I went to his house to sit with him, he has never been at home.

#### hông hiong hùe kit;

    meet with bad luck or with good luck.

#### i sĭ būe pat hông tîeh ngĕ-têk;

    he has not yet met one who could master him.

#### kî hông têk-chíu, cìang ngŏ̤ lîang-châi;

    the chess-player meets his match, the general his equal.
* 縫hông15812011
* To sew.

#### châi-hông;

    a tailor.

#### châi hông phò;

    a tailor's shop.
* 鴻hông2361966
* The swan; a large goose; immeasurable.

#### hông hi;

    vast felicity.

#### hông pĭen;

    to send a letter by a friend; by favor of.

#### hông ngăn;

    the wild goose.

#### hông hok;

    immeasurable bliss.
* 洪hông236856
* Vast; great.

#### hông hok;

    great blessedness.

#### khwn hông tăi lĭang;

    liberal minded and very kind.

#### hông huang kâi sî-hāu;

    when the world was still a vast waste.

#### mêh hông tōa;

    an irregular pulse.
* 鳳hŏng1591963
* A fabulous and felicitous bird; the phenix.

#### hŏng hûang;

    the male and the female phenix.

#### hŏng cío;

    a phenix.

#### hŏng kwn;

    a bride's ​coronet.

#### hŏng ngán;

    the Emperor's eye; a sign of good luck.

#### lêng kuaⁿ, hŏng chúe;

    like dragon's liver and phenix's marrow, a rare delicacy.
* 奉hŏng159375
* To receive from a superior; to serve respectfully; to reverence.

#### hŏng mĕng lâi cò̤ kuaⁿ;

    receive orders to take office.

#### hŏng cí;

    receive the will of the Emperor.

#### hŏng kà;

    received instructions.

#### hŏng-sṳ̆ pĕ-bó̤;

    reverently obey parents.

#### i mîaⁿ-ke hŏng-sêng nâng;

    he is a skillful flatterer.

#### hŏng-hìen;

    to offer, as in worship.

#### hŏng cĭeⁿ;

    to present a gift to the Emperor.

#### hŏng lói-mûeh;

    make gifts to the gods.

#### hŏng kîaⁿ kū sṳ̄;

    follow the customs of one's predecessors.