Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pau

by Adele Marion Fielde

pau

• 包pau663208
• To wrap up, to envelope; to contain, to hold; to be included in; to be patient; to undertake; to manage an affair; to assume; to engage; to warrant; to insure; a bundle, a bale, a wrapper; plated, as with gold.

pau cò̤ cêk pau;

do them up in one bundle.

cúa khah sòi, pau m̄ bûa;

the paper is too small, I cannot wrap them in it.

phah cò̤ kâi pò pau;

do them up in a cloth wrapper.

jû ké li pau ūaⁿ;

if counterfeit will guarantee an exchange.

pau-nía;

to guarantee; to warrant goods; to make one's self responsible for.

pau-hâm;

forbearing.

pau-kẃn lṳ́ bô̤ sṳ̄;

I assure you there is nothing to fear.

i tó̤ pau-lám sṳ̂-sŏng;

he undertakes to conduct the suit.

thīⁿ kò̤ pau-hôk-phûe;

making a wrapper to wrap clothing in.

kò nâng pì pau-kó̤;

hired a man to carry his bundle.

hṳ́ tói só̤ pau kâi tŏ̤-lí sĭm khuah;

the doctrine contained in it is of very extensive application.

pau-kwt;

to include; to contain; to inclose.

pau-kwt ŭ nŏ̤ īeⁿ kâi ì-sṳ̀;

it involves too different ideas.

hṳ́ tieⁿ cúa pau mih mûeh?;

What is done up in that paper?

ngṳ̂n pau kim;

silver plated with gold.

i sĭ pau-phî i;

he countenances him.

i pau kâi láu-kṳ́;

he keeps a mistress.

• 胞pau6631305
• Uterine; brotherly.

tâng pau hiaⁿ-tĭ;

brothers, having the same father and mother.

pau cí-mūeⁿ;

own sisters.

pau tîet;

own brother's son.

• 保páu66497
• To protect, to defend, to keep safe.

thiⁿ-tī pĕ-bó̤ páu-ĭu;

may the Creative Powers in Nature bless you.

páu-ĭu i kâi pēⁿ khùe-khùe hó̤;

grant him a speedy recovery.

cía tīaⁿ-tîeh sĭ sîn-méng páu-ĭu i;

the gods surely helped him in this.

i sĭ cò̤ thài-páu, a sĭ cò̤ sìo-páu? Is he the principal or the secondary guardian of the emperor?

m̄ sĭ, sĭ cò̤ thài-cṳ́ thài-páu;

he is neither, he is the chief guardian of the heir-apparent.

• 暴pău6667211
• Stormy, tempestuous; cruel, violent; oppressive; fierce.

pău-ngîak;

cruel ; tyrannical.

pău-nŏ̤ⁿ sieⁿ

kuaⁿ;

violent wrath injures the liver.

khîong-hîong pău-ak;

brutal wickedness.

hut-jîen pău pēⁿ;

suddenly became dangerously ill.

nâng m̄-bó̤ cṳ̆ pău, cṳ̆ khì;

one should not throw himself away in a fit of rage.

tṳ̂ pău, uaⁿ lîang;

extirpate the fierce, and tranquilize the gentle.

i kâi seⁿ-chêng châng-pău;

his disposition is savage.

• 瓿pău673988
• A gallipot; a jar with a small neck and large body.

cíu pău;

a wine jar.

chò pău;

a vinegar jar.

húe thùaⁿ pău;

a pot for holding cinders.

hue kim pău;

an uru holding the bones of the dead.

• 蠣pău52314215
• Rock oysters.

pău-hṳ̂;

dried rock-oysters.

lâm pău;

Hainan oysters.

tang-îeⁿ pău;

Japanese oysters.