hinge

kapza bantukin a biapi a si, aa khing, aa bunh; e.g. The success of our picnic hinges on the kind of weather we shall have = Kan hnianghrawm a tthat lai le tthat lai lo cu nikhua nawl a si lai, nikhua ah aa khing.

hint

hmelchunhnak pek; e.g. Ni Ni hinted that she wanted to go to bed = Ni Ni nih ih ka duh cang tiah hmelchunhnak a langhter (mittheh zongin a si kho, Ih a cu cang, ti zongin a si kho).

hire

rianttuantu lak

hit

1. thongh; e.g. They hit each other = Pakhat le pakhat an i thawng; e.g. He ducked when I tried to hit him = Thongh ka zalh ah a ka kun tak;
2. cumh; e.g He hit his little brother = A naute kha a cumh;
3. tuk; e.g. He hit the ball with a stick = Pumpululh kha fung in a tuk;
4. khawn; e.g. He hit his head against the wall = A lu vampang ah aa khawn;
5. ton, hmuh; e.g. We hit the right road in the dark = Mui padap ah lam kha kan va hmuh, kan va khen.
past tense and past participle of hit = hit.

hitch

hren; e.g. He hitched the horse to a post = Rang cu tung ah a hren.

hoard

a thli in i khon

hobble

bai thalhmalh i kal

hoist

thlir , cawi

hold

1. put , pu; e.g. Please hold this book = Hi cauk hi rak pu ta;
2. tlaih; e.g. Hold the door open = Innka kha tlai law i hung peng seh;
3. tlum; e.g. This pot can hold ten cups of water = Hi um nih hin ti hrai hra a tlum;
4. ngeih; e.g. He holds the rank of a captain = Amah cu kepten a si;
5. tuah; e.g. They are holding a meeting = Meeting an tuah lio;
6.ruah; e.g. People once held that the world was flat = Hlan ah cun mi nih vawlei hi a per tiah an rak ruah.
hold forth = a thiam ngai bantuk i chim.
hold off = i naihter lo i umter peng khawh.
hold on = fek tein i tlaihpeng.

 

hold up

1. tlakter lo;
2. ramh; e.g. The robber held us up with guns = Mifir nih meithal he an kan ramh;
3. peh khawh peng, tuah khawh peng