Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/phau

by Adele Marion Fielde

phau

• 吊phau886303
• To twirl on the end of a string.

phau tŏ-kâu;

to carry earth-beetles about, suspended on a string, as do those who fight them.

hāi i khṳ̀ phau tŏ-kâu;

caused him to go and hang himself.

• 抛phau666644
• To abandon ; to cast off.

phau chi lî cṳ́;

abandon wife and children.

phau-khì i kâi ke, khṳ̀ cò̤ hûe-sĭeⁿ;

abandoned his family and became a priest.

• 刨phau665185
• A spoke-shave; to shave.

phau tīo sūaīⁿ phûe;

shave off the rind of a mango.

suāiⁿ-phau;

a knife used in paring mangoes.

chiu kue phau;

a shave used to pare autumn squashes.

• 跑pháu6671575
• To run; to gallop; to hasten.

pháu bé;

to race horses.

pháu-cáu;

to run fast.

pháu bûn-cṳ;

to send a dispatch post-haste.

pháu kiaⁿ-che;

a Pekinese messenger.

ŏi pháu ŏi cáu;

can canter around.

• 砲phàu6671125
• A cannon; large guns.

khui tōa phàu;

fire a great gun.

pàng phàu;

fire off cannon.

phàu-cí;

cannon ball.

phàu-kè;

gun-carriage.

phàu- thâi;

a fort.

phàu-ngán;

the touch-hole.

phàu híang;

the cannon roars.

hwt hō̤ phàu;

fire a signal gun.

phàu-síu;

a gunner.

pàng phàu ngêng-cih;

fire a salute.

phàu-tūi;

a company of artillery.

• 泡phàu667855
• To steep in hot water.

phàu cho̤h tê;

steep some tea.

cang kún cúi lâi phàu i ńng;

steep it in hot water till it is soft.

phàu nêk-chò̤-thng lâi thō pn̄g;

make some broth to rinse down the rice.

• 炮phàu667865
• To wrap in clay and roast.

phàu-cì;

to mix, as medicines; to compound, as remedies; to temper, as condiments.

• 咆phâu666805
• To roar, to bluster, to rage.

cèng nâng phâu-hau, jw̆n jíang;

all the people clamored, and screamed at random.

cèng nâng thiaⁿ tîeh cū phâu-hau;

when they all heard it they became furious.

• 匏phâu667209
• A musical instrument made from a calabash.

kim, cîeh, si, tek, phâu, thó, kek, bâk, kìe-cò̤ poih im;

the eight musical tones are the sounds made by instruments of metal, of stone, stringed instruments, pipes, instruments made from clay, from leather, and from wood.

• 袍phâu6671455
• A long robe.

chēng lêng phâu;

wear a robe with a dragon embroidered on it.

sò phâu;

a plain robe.

máng phâu;

an em- broidered robe.

phûe phâu;

a fur mantle.

cìen phâu;

a warrior's robe.

phàu thâu sì khùi to hak ŭ;

has long and short robes for all the four seasons.

• 抱phǎu665645
• To feel; to have in the heart; to adhere.

phău put phêng;

ready for a quarrel.

cí kâi nâng phău hŭ căi;

this is a remarkably clever man.

cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ úa sît căi phău hăm;

this is something that I deeply regret.

phău bṳ̆n cong sin;

I can never forgive it.