Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/phuah

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phuah

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  • phuah6866412
  • A downward stroke in writing.
cêk phuah kùe lâi cêk phuah kùe khṳ̀;
two downward strokes, one inclining to the left and the other to the right.
tíam sĭ tíam, phuah sĭ phuah, màiⁿ thèng sía;
a dot is a dot and a dash is a dash, do not make these indiscriminately.
lâu nŏ̤ phuah chiu;
had a moustache.
nŏ̤ phuah bâi ngía căi, sìu-sìu;
had beautiful tufted eyebrows, neither too heavy nor too thin.
pit cē khô̤h tîeh bâk, cū phuah m̄ khui;
if your pen is stock up with dry ink it will not make a smooth stroke.
  • phuah7108512
  • To throw water down; a dash of water; vigorous.
hŏ phuah cêk sin;
the rain has splashed all over me.
i taⁿ kau-cúi khṳ̀ phuah chài;
he is carrying water from the ditch and watering the vegetables.
i kâi nâng ûah-phuah căi;
he is in very good spirits.
ûah-ûah phuah-phuah kâi nâng;
a very lively person.
  • phuah13211911
  • To put on fertilizers.
phuah châng;
to put fertilizers on the fields.
khîa ki sìⁿ tó̤ phuah huang;
had a fan and was fanning himself.
phuah huang-lô;
fan the fire in the earthen stove.
phuah i chìn;
cool it by fanning it.
  • phûah530434
  • character seems to be missing a "dot" The gait of a sprained horse.
i kîaⁿ lō phûah-a-phûah;
in walking he crosses his legs, as does an ox weak in the legs, or as a very old man.
tâng-cá cêk ciah hóⁿ phûah-a-phûah kîaⁿ tŏ̤ cí kò̤ kùe;
a little while ago a tiger went ambling along here.