Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pek

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===pek===

  • 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.
pek ciah;
the rank of an earl.
n̂ng-pek;
bark of the Pterocarpus flavus*, used in medicine, and for dyeing silks yellow.
pek-cí-jîn;
jumper seeds.
  • 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.