Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/phoi

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  • A list of successful candidates.
phoi-síu;
the scholar at the head of the list placarded after an examination.
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  • To reply officially to an inferior; to give a decision or order to subordinates; to post a judgment as is done at the door of the office; notice or report of a case.
cīeⁿ jît kâi tîaⁿ jîp lío ŭ phoi a būe?
Has the plea which was entered the other day received official attention yet?
íⁿ-keng phoi cún lío;
has already assented to the petition.
khṳ̀ lío táng i phoi hûe;
go and wait for the official reply.
phoi sī;
to publish a case.
úa thóiⁿ-kùe cu-phoi;
I have seen the official paper with notes in red ink.
cĭu-sî cū phoi-tẁn;
decided the case on the spot.
toaⁿ tèng phoi mêng-pêh;
the order tells plainly what is to be done.
i kâi bûn-cieⁿ cò̤-nî phoi?
What is the reply given in the dispatch?
cú-kháu phoi kàu hó̤ căi;
the Commissioner superintending the Examinations, decided the case in an admirable way.
phoi mêng sì-cì;
settle the boundaries.
kuaⁿ phoi po̤h chut lâi;
what came out in the cross-examination by the magistrate.
phang phoi;
side notes.
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  • To pare; to shave off.
phoi tīo phûe;
pare off the rind.
phoi cheⁿ-phûe lâi;
pare green pears.
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  • A thin piece of a thing.
hĭa-phòi;
fragments of tiles.
cang àng-le cîeh-phòi tó̤ sie kâk;
throwing potsherds and bits of stone at each other.
chûn cêk phòi-kíaⁿ tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
have but a shaving of it left.
khîeh nŏ̤ phòi pang lâi kṳ̀;
took two strips of board to saw.