Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pek

by Adele Marion Fielde

pek

• 愊pek692619
• An earnest, resolute feeling; oppressed; borne down with.

sim pek;

oppressed in mind by the consideration of it.

sim lăi pek căi;

the feelings greatly interested.

thiaⁿ tíeh i kâi ūe, sît-căi pek;

on hearing what he said, she became deeply distressed about it.

• 伯pek707755
• An earl.

pek ciah;

the rank of an earl.

• 柏pek708755
• The cedar.

n̂ng-pek;

bark of the Pterocarpus flavus^*, used in medicine, and for dyeing silks yellow.

pek-cí-jîn;

jumper seeds.

• 逼pek6921629
• To insist upon; to urge; to crowd; to harass; to reduce to straits; urgent; imperious.

pek-chiet;

pressing; urgent.

kip pek;

requiring haste.

ui si so pek;

driven by circumstances.

cia si pek i bo nai kai;

this is crowding him beyond what he can endure.

pek thosìo bâk;

urgently demand payment of a bill.

pek lîah;

seize with haste.

pek kàu i sí khṳ̀;

kill by hard usage.

pek tó̤ nâng mīaⁿ;

harass to death.

pek i sía tīo;

compel him to cast it away.

pek i kói-kè;

force a wife to marry another man.

sṳ̄ khah pek, lí m̄ chut;

the business is too urgent, I cannot attend to it.

jît-cí pek;

the time is close at hand.

pek-pek;

very pressing.

pek khṳ̀ kín căi;

driven to great straits.

pek-lêk;

browbeat one into.

pek kàu hṳ́ piⁿ-piⁿ;

drove him on to the border.

ke-húe cheⁿ-pek bûa khṳ̀;

the armed men rushed upon.

pek kàu i cĭeⁿ thiⁿ bo̤ lō, ló̤h tī bô̤ mn̂g;

drove him to desperation.