Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/phau
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phau
- 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.
- phau chi lî cṳ́;
- abandon wife and children.
- phau-khì i kâi ke, khṳ̀ cò̤ hûe-sĭeⁿ;
- abandoned his family and became a priest.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- phàu-cì;
- to mix, as medicines; to compound, as remedies; to temper, as condiments.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
phe
- chíu phè;
- a handkerchief.
- cia máng-phè;
- wear a veil.
- lô̤ phè;
- a lace veil.
- cang saⁿ-phè lâi phè;
- gather them up in the skirt of your tunic.
- pâk kâi âng tó-phè;
- wore a red stomacher.
- chēng kâi saⁿ, tn̂g-phĕ-phĕ;
- wore a very long tunic.
pheⁿ
- phêⁿ siaⁿ;
- the even tones.
- cĭeⁿ phêⁿ, ĕ phêⁿ;
- the high even and the low even tones.
- sĭ phêⁿ im a sĭ ceh im?
- Is it an even tone or is it one of the other three tones?
pheh
- phêh sît;
- to clap the wings.
- teng khṳt îah phêh kùe khṳ̀;
- the lamp was put out by a moth's flapping its wings.
- koi-ang phêh sît lío cū thí;
- the cock claps its wings and crows.
- kâi pit-pô̤ phêh tùe thâu-khak téng kùe;
- a bat flitted past above their heads.
— phek —
- tī-hng khai-phek;
- an open country.
- gūa tîaⁿ khui-phek căi;
- the outer court is broad and airy.
- tī-tîeⁿ khui-khui phek-phek;
- a wide open plain.
- i kâi mn̂g lō m̄ khui-phek, khah ak-sak;
- his way is not plain, he is too much hedged in.
- i kâi sim-heng khai-phek bŏi oih-sòi;
- his mind is liberal, not narrow.
- 魄phek7111945
- The animal soul, that goes earthward at death and forms the ghost; the faculties, the senses, the animal spirits.
- lô̤h phek;
- spiritless, disheartened.
- kiaⁿ kàu i bô̤ hûn bô̤ phek;
- frightened out of his wits.
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