Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/phuh

by Adele Marion Fielde

phuh

• 弱phûh295577
• Weak in numbers and influence.

phûh hieⁿ;

a small and uninfluential town.

phûh pang, phûh kha;

an uninfluential body.

in cêk pâng chìo, ún cêk pâng phûh;

they are powerful and we are weak.

ún cí sîaⁿ lăi bô̤ mih chìo phûh;

we here in the city are not divided into opposing parties.

chìo kâi to̤ to̤ àiⁿ khi-hŭ phûh kâi;

the strong are always trying to oppress the weak.

ún ío phûh m̄ káⁿ thīn i;

we are the weaker party and dare not provoke him.

sĭ i sĭang phûh;

he is the least powerful of all.