Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/peh

by Adele Marion Fielde

peh

• 睜peh291098
• To open, as the eyes.

lṳ́ kâi mâk peh tōa cē;

open your eyes a little wider.

i kâi màk m̄ cai sĭm-mih măuⁿ-pēⁿ, m̄ káⁿ peh khui;

do not know what is the matter with his eyes, it hurts him to open them.

mâk peh m̄ khui;

cannot open his eyes.

hṳ́ khí mâk táng i peh kàu tōa-tōa lîap, tìeⁿ kàu hāiⁿ-hāiⁿ, hŵn sĭ m̄ tit nâng ùi;

let him bung out his eyes as much as he pleases, nobody is afraid of him.

cêk pôiⁿ mâk peh khui, cêk pôiⁿ mâk tìeⁿ bûa;

open one eye and shut the other.

• 伯peh70795
• A father's elder brother; the eldest of the brothers; a senior.

cek pek hiaⁿ tĭ;

sons of brothers.

i sĭ ún a-peh;

he is our uncle.

peh pĕ;

my dear uncle.

thâng a-peh;

father's cousin.

lău peh; peh kong;

great uncle.

cok lăi kâi a-peh;

a senior of the same clan.

hôk lăk lăi kâi a-peh;

a senior, so near of kin that mourning would be worn for him should he die.

peh ḿ;

uncle and aunt.

a-cek a-peh hùe;

uncles.

peh îa;

a god usually having its shrine on a hill.

• 柏peh708755
• The cypress, cedar, and similar evergreens.

sêng-peh;

the fir tree.

n̂g-peh;

bark of the Pterocarpus flavus^*, used to dye silks yellow.

cek-peh;

the arbor-vitæ.

• 百peh7071061
• A hundred; the whole of a class or sort; many, numerous; all.

peh lí hn̆g;

a hundred miles away.

peh-sèⁿ;

the people; the masses.

peh cîⁿ cêk kṳn;

a hundred cash per catty.

kĭaⁿ, cêk peh ngṳ̂n;

a hundred dollars apiece.

i kâi peh-peh-chap;

he is very meddlesome.

cêk tńg kìⁿ peh tńg;

seeing it once is the same as seeing it a hundred times.

peh hwt, peh tòng;

every shot tells.

peh mûeh to chî-pĭ;

all things are in readiness.

peh sṳ̄ hío;

understands all sorts of affairs.

peh cío chîo hûang;

all the birds go to the court of the phenix.

peh nî hâi láu;

grow old together for a hundred years.

peh nî cṳ ău;

when a hundred years have passed; after this life.

bûn bú peh kuaⁿ khṳ̀ chîo-hō;

all the officials, civil and military, went to congratulate him.

kuaⁿ-si kâi sṳ̄ peh pìen;

litigation takes numberless shapes.

cṳ-nîe-kíaⁿ peh pìⁿ;

young girls undergo constant transformation.

peh puaⁿ jôk-mēⁿ;

reviled him with every vile term he could think of.

peh bô̤ cêk;

not one in a hundred.

peh ke sèⁿ;

the clan names.

cîah cîaⁿ peh hùe;

lived to be about a hundred years old.

pùaⁿ peh;

half a hundred.

chò kàu peh;

make it up to a hundred.

m̄ kàu cêk peh;

not so many as a hundred.

m̄ khéng cêk phe;

not so few as a hundred.

• 擘peh7106413
• To break asunder; to pull in two; to pluck open.

hàm i kâi chùi peh khui;

tell him to open his mouth.

peh cò̤ nŏ̤ kò̤;

break it into two portions.

peh pôiⁿ; peh cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;

break it in halves.

peh kaⁿ;

divide oranges, using the hands only.

mīⁿ-pau peh kàu chùi-chùi;

break the bread in small fragments.

peh khui nŏ̤ nâng kâi chíu;

separate two who are fighting.

• 抓peh32644
• To claw; to tear with the claws.

peh kàu chap-chap-chùi;

clawed in pieces.

mīn khṳt i peh hueh lâu;

her face was clawed by him so that it bled.

peh phùa mīn phûe;

clawed the skin off his face.

màiⁿ khṳt ngio kâi jío peh tîeh;

do not let the cat claw you.

hóⁿ peh ăm;

carries his head on one side, (as if a tiger had clawed his neck).

i khau-khau peh-peh cìaⁿ ŏi tit sêng ke;

it is by raking and scraping that he has been able to support a family.

• 爬peh646874
• To clamber; to climb; to scale.

i peh m̄ khí;

he cannot climb up there.

peh cĭeⁿ chù-téng;

climb up on the roof.

lṳ́ màiⁿpeh chîeⁿ, peh piah;

do not clamber over the walls.

peh cĭeⁿ suaⁿ-téng;

scaled the mountain.

hĭaⁿ peh cĭeⁿ chn̂g téng;

the ants have got up on the table.

• 戲謔peh-gêh180
• To jest; to divert one's self.

i sĭ tó̤ peh-gêh;

he is joking.

i ciu-jît to sĭ tó̤ peh-peh gêh-gêh, tàⁿ bô̤ kù cìaⁿ-keng ūe;

he jokes all the time, and never says a word in sober earnest.

• 白pêh7061060
• White; clear; plain; gratis; without rank.

sek pêh; sek cùi pêh;

light colored.

sĭ àiⁿ pêh sek kâi, a sĭ àiⁿ chiah sek kâi? It is a white one or a brown one that is wanted?

so̤h pêh;

snowy white.

seⁿ lâi so̤h-so̤h pêh;

naturally of a snowy whiteness.

thong sin pêh-theh pêh-theh;

pure white all over.

chùi-lîm-phûe pêh-chîh-chôiⁿ;

his lips are white.

seⁿ pêh tìeⁿ;

has white blotches or blisters.

pìe pêh kâi pò sĭ cang cúi pak kàu pêh-pêh;

bleached cloth is frequently wet with water until it is white.

sói kàu khiet-khiet pêh;

wash it clean and white.

pêh tek cúa;

white writing paper.

buah kàu cêk mīn hún pêh-pêh;

smear it on till the whole face is white with powder.

úa àiⁿ îu cò̤ pêh kâi;

I want it painted white.

chēng pêh, kùaⁿ hà;

wear white as mourning.

pêh cia;

a white screen, used to separate women from men at funerals.

chēng pêh saⁿ pêh khò;

dress in white.

ún cí kò kâi nâng īa sĭ pâk;

if people here wear white skirts, they are in mourning.

âng pêh âng pêh;

pink and white.

hek pêk hun mêng;

black and white distinctly divided.

phah pêh cŭang;

a sharper who looks about while he pretends to seek a friend.

thàu tn̄g pêh jît;

in broad daylight.

pêh-pêh cū khṳt lṳ́;

let you have it for nothing.

pêh cîah;

a free meal.

cîah kàu pêh-pêh;

ate it all up clean.

pêh chíu sêng ke;

self made.

tìeⁿ khí lâi mâk-ciu kaik-kiak pêh;

bulged out his eyeballs.

sĭ tàⁿ pêh ūe a sĭ tàⁿ kuaⁿ ūe?;

Are they speaking the vernacular or the court dialect?

i àiⁿ chíaⁿ kâi nâng lâi kà pêh ūe;

he wishes to get some one to come and teach the local dialect.

i lâi m̄ cĭeⁿ sì kâi gûeh cū pat pêh ūe;

before he had been here four months he could speak the vernacular.

i kâi pêh ūe pat khṳ̀ ío chim;

he understands the spoken language very well indeed.

i kâi pêh ūe tàⁿ kio pńg tī nâng cêk īeⁿ;

he speaks like a native.

tîaⁿ pêh;

the spoken parts of a play, or those not sung.

sía pêh jī;

write words by their sound, and not according to

their meaning.

sía cêk kâi pêh cúi jī àiⁿ phah cêk ē chíu tói;

for each letter you write by its sound, I shall ferule you one stroke.

thâk pêh bûn;

read the simple text.

cí kâi nâng sĭ pêh sin;

this is a commoner.

úang lâi bô̤ pêh teng;

among those who went and came there were no commoners, all were people of rank.

âng sṳ̄, pêh sṳ̄;

a happy affair or a grevious affair; a marriage or a funeral.

tng mīn chíeⁿ pêh;

I got the better of him in that argument.

pêh cîah pêh tàⁿ;

gasconade; bragging.

pêh ok chut kong kheng;

a plain family has produced a great statesman.

mêng-pêh;

clearly.

tàⁿ ūe kàu mêng-mêng pêh-hêh;

speaks very plainly.

i tó lăi mêng-pêh; i sim lăi mêng-pêh;

he is well informed.

úa thiaⁿ m̄ mêng-pêh;

I do not understand clearly what is said.

pío pêh chut lâi;

clearly set forth.

sueh pêh;

explain clearly.

pêh-cŭang;

a counter snatcher.

• 謊唐pèh-cíaⁿ253
• ; pêh-cíaⁿ; pêh-lô̤h;

to tell falsehoods.

i tŏ̤ pêh-lô̤h, màiⁿ thiaⁿ;

he is telling what is untrue, pay no hoed to him.

i tó̤ tōa pêh-cíaⁿ;

he is telling lies.

• 帛pêh707505
• Plain white silk; taffety; wealth; property; a present of silk.

pò pêh;

silken fabrics.

châi-pêh;

riches.

châi-pêh-cheⁿ;

the god of wealth.

pâk pêh;

wear a white silk badge of mourning.