# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hui
### hui

* 旋hui821707
* To revolve; to move in an orbit.

#### hui pûaⁿ;

    a wind wheel.

#### i ŏi li-li hui, li-li hui;

    it keeps turning round and round.

#### phah hui;

    cause to revolve by tapping.

#### in cē kek i cū ŏi hui;

    when the steam impels it, it revolves.
* 輝hui2601598
* Refulgent; glistening.

#### teng cek kuang-hui;

    lights are brilliant.
* 麾hui2612004
* A standard; to signal.

#### tâu tŏ̤ i hui ĕ;

    enrolled under his banner.

#### cí-hui piaⁿ-bé;

    signal to the cavalry.
* 妃hui137383
* The secondary wives of a monarch.

#### hŏ hui;

    royal women next the queen.

#### kùi hui;

    your royal highnesses.

#### ûang hui; thài-cṳ́ hui;

    the wife of the heir-apparent.

#### keng hui;

    imperial concubines.

#### hui pin;

    ladies-in-waiting.
* 揮hui260649
* To move the hand briskly.

#### hui sói;

    wash by dabbing.

#### cí-hui;

    to move the hand about as in pointing.

#### hui kim jû thô;

    hands out money as if it were dirt.

#### cêk hui jṳ̂ cĭu;

    at one stroke of the pen it is done.

#### cí-hui kun-sṳ̆;

    a director; a certain officer at Peking.

#### hṳ́ hùaⁿ nâng to sĭ thiaⁿ i cí-hui;

    they all follow his directions.
* 票hui6841136
* A ticket; a certificate.

#### tǹg-hui;

    a pawn-ticket.

#### tńg hui;

    to renew a pawn-ticket.

#### phah tieⁿ hui khṳt i;

    wrote out a certificate and gave it to him.

#### hui mīn cò̤-nî sía?

    What is written on the certificate?

#### nîe hui;

    a receipt for taxes.
* 非hui1361750
* An adverb of negation; not so.

#### hôk sĭ hôk hui, lṳ́ kio úa tàⁿ;

    whether it be so or not, tell me.

#### sĭ pĭen sĭ, hui pĭen hui, bô̤ hẃn-hẃn hok-hok;

    let your yea be yea, and your nay be nay, without vacillation or variation.

#### màiⁿ khṳ̀ jía sĭ hui;

    do not go and excite discussion about it.

#### hui-jîen;

    certainly not.

#### kio nâng cò̤ cêk tîeⁿ sĭ hui;

    involve people in a dispute.

#### kòi-kà sĭ hui;

    set at variance.

#### lâi sueh sĭ-hui cía, pĭen-sĭ sĭ-hui nâng;

    he who gossips is a gossip.

#### pit hui bô̤ in;

    is surely not without a cause.

#### môk hui sĭ lṳ́;

    it is certainly you.

#### àiⁿ cò̤ kàu cìeⁿ-seⁿ hui kōi;

    to make it like that is not easy.

#### hui hun kâi sṳ̄ màiⁿ chap;

    what does not appertain to your functions that do not enter upon.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ hui sĭ bô̤ tŏ̤-lí;

    that is not without reason on its side.

#### cía sṳ̄, hui sĭ kîaⁿ m̄ khṳ̀;

    it is quite possible to carry forward this business.

#### hui lói;

    improper.

#### pńg hui ŭ ì;

    unintentional.

#### bô̤ hui sĭ i;

    it cannot be other than he.

#### tṳ̂ hui tîeh móng nâng khṳ̀ tàⁿ, i cìaⁿ hàuⁿ;

    if this person and none other goes and tells him about it, he will consent.
* 回hui261313
* To turn in a horizontal plane.

#### hui-tńg sin;

    to turn the body.

#### hui-tńg thâu;

    to turn the head.

#### hui kùe lâi;

    turn it around this way.

#### hui kùe khṳ̀;

    turn it around the other way.

#### cúi hui-tò̤-tńg;

    the current sents backward.
* 灰hui260862
* Gray.

#### hui sek;

    gray.

#### cng-hui tîu;

    pongee.

#### hui-sek jìo-se;

    gray figured silk.
* 翡hui1401248
* The kingfisher.

#### hui-chùi-gêk;

    chrysoprase.

#### hui-chùi cío;

    the blue and green kingfisher. ​
* 卉húi263243
* Herbs; plants.

#### i mîaⁿ-ke ūe hue-húi;

    he is skillful in the delineation of plants.

#### lṳ́ àiⁿ nâng-kíaⁿ kâi hó̤, a sĭ hue-húi kâi hó̤?

    Do you like those with human figures pictured on them, or those with shrubs?
* 廢hùi1385312
* To abandon; to set aside; to cast away.

#### hùi tīo i kâi ke-ngîap;

    abandoned his property.

#### hùi khṳ̀;

    thrown aside.

#### cò̤ hùi mûeh kio i bói;

    buy it as a cast off article.

#### hùi-hāi kâi hùe-mûeh;

    worthless damaged goods.

#### hùi sî sit ngîap;

    to waste time is to lose property.

#### m̄-hó̤ pùaⁿ thû jṳ̂ hùi;

    do not give up when half done.

#### hùi cíang, lîp ìuⁿ;

    set aside the elder in favor of the younger.

#### hùi tek lîp sù;

    set aside the chief wife and place a concubine in power.

#### mih sṳ̄ hùi sí;

    all is going to wreck.

#### cìeⁿ-sî huang-hùi căi, bó̤ ēng kang;

    is now dilapidated and out of repair.

#### châng-hn̂g huang-hùi;

    fields run to waste.

#### hùi tŭi; hùi-hùi tŭi-tŭi;

    neglected; unthrifty.

#### hùi-cît;

    superannuated.

#### hùi jîn;

    cripples; infirm people.

#### ŭ li hak, bô̤ li hùi, màiⁿ khṳ̀ thìaⁿ i;

    if we can get it we will, and if we can't get it we will let it go, but don't distress yourself about it.
* 費hùi1391545
* To lavish; to expend; to waste; outlay.

#### hua-hùi cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n;

    spend money lavishly.

#### hùi-ēng;

    use wastefully.

#### cêk jît ēng jîeh cōi cîⁿ sṳ-hùi?

    What is the expense per day?

#### so̤-hùi;

    expenses.

#### nín cêk nî ēng so̤-hùi jîeh cōi ngṳ̂n?

    How much do you expend per year?

#### phùa-hùi tīo jîeh cōi cîⁿ;

    squandered a large sum.

#### hùi sṳ̄ căi;

    a vexatious affair.

#### sĭm sĭ hùi chíu;

    very difficult to bring about.

#### kàu hṳ́-kò̤ ēng jîeh cōi pûaⁿ-hùi?

    How much is the fare in going there?

#### hùi sim, hùi sim;

    I've put you to much trouble.

#### hùi sîn kâi sṳ̄;

    a wearisome job.

#### hṳ hùi;

    useless outlay.

#### chŵn míen hùi lâk;

    you need not waste your strength on it.
* 肺hùi1391304
* The lungs.

#### hùi-hú;

    the lungs.

#### i àiⁿ úa kâi sim-kuaⁿ, úa àiⁿ i kâi hùi-hú;

    we are mortal enemies.

#### cí kâi pēⁿ sĭ hùi keng kâi pēⁿ;

    this is a lung disease.

#### hùi-iong;

    an abcess in the lungs; tubercular consumption.

#### hùi húe;

    inflamation of the lungs.

#### hùi-ke;

    the lights.

#### hùi kẃn; hùi kńg;

    the bronchial tubes.

#### hùi-hîeh tìeⁿ tōa;

    the lobes of the lungs are swollen.

#### hùi sĭ cú ngŵn khì;

    the lungs control the amount of air that is in them.

#### nâng cē tháu-khùi hùi cū hoih, cē khip khùi hùi cū pá;

    when we expel the breath the lungs collapse, and when we inspire the breath the lungs expand.

#### lṳ́ khip khùi, khip kàu tn̂g-tn̂g, thoíⁿ lṳ́ kâi hùi tī-kò̤ ŏi thìaⁿ a bŏi;

    draw a very long breath, and see whether there is a pain in any part of your lungs.
* 諱hùi2661497
* To keep a respectful silence upon.

#### i tàⁿ ūe chŵn bô̤ kĭ hùi;

    in speaking he wholly avoids the use of tabooed names.

#### cí kâi sĭ hŭam hùi;

    this is a heedless use of sacred names.

#### pī hùi;

    to avoid the use of sacred names.

#### gṳ̄-hùi;

    the Emperor's personal name.

#### bīe hùi;

    names of the Emperor's ancestors.

#### sìa hùi;

    sacred names which are to be avoided.
* 缶hûi1411210
* Earthenware; crockery.

#### hûi-khì;

    earthen vessels.

#### bōi hûi hùe;

    those who sell earthenware.

#### sie hûi kâi nâng;

    one who bakes pottery.

#### hûi-îe;

    a potter's kiln.

#### sau hûi năi khà;

    a cracked dish won't easily break.

#### bōi hûi nâng cîah khih;

    he who sells crockery eats from cracked dishes.

#### hûi thô;

    potter's clay.
* 惠hŭi264618
* Grace; that bestowed in charity.

#### ṳn-hŭi;

    mercy; grace.

#### nía hŭi, nía hŭi;

    I am obliged for your kindness.

#### i cêng sĭu kùe i kâi hŭi;

    he has experienced his clemency.

#### sái kàu nâng tit tîeh sît hŭi;

    enables people to get real aid.
* 慧hŭi2656111
* Sagacity; wisdom; cleverness.

#### tì-hŭi;

    wisdom.

#### chong-mêng tì-hŭi;

    clear headed and sagacious.

#### sẃn kâi tì-hŭi kâi nâng;

    select a wise person.

#### i bô̤ tì-hŭi;

    he is not discerning.

#### m̄ cai i ŭ tì-hŭi a bô̤;

    do not know whether he is shrewd or not.
* 緯hūi10561209
* The woof.

#### si keⁿ pò hūi;

    silk warp and cotton woof.

#### tît kâi sĭ keⁿ, hûeⁿ kâi sĭ hūi;

    the lengthwise threads are the warp, and the transverse threads are the woof.