Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/phwn

by Adele Marion Fielde

phwn

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• To give in evidence; to testify against; to falsely accuse in order to harm.

phwn táng;

to turn state's evidence.

phwn chîu, bô̤ phwn táng;

one testifies against his enemies, not against his accomplices.

châk tng tn̂g phwn i cò̤ o̤ ke;

the robber testified in open court that he was a receiver of stolen goods.

cía sǹg sĭ chîu phwn kâi;

this is the testimony of an adversary.

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• A funeral banner.

cie-hûn phwn;

a banner used in leading home the spirit of a dead person.

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• A frontier.

phwn-thâi;

the treasurer of a province.

hong cò̤ phwn-uang;

made a feudal prince.

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• To judge; to decide; a verdict.

sím-phẁn;

to try a case and give a verdict.

phẁn-tẁn;

to give sentence.

thong-phẁn;

a syndic in an inferior department under a sub-prefect.

phẁn-kuaⁿ;

a Decider of Life in hades; the Chinese Atropos.

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• The semi-circular pools before provincial colleges.

cía tùi-lîu sĭ hō̤ i kâi kíaⁿ jîp phẁn kâi;

this pair of matched scrolls is sent as a present to congratulate him upon bis son's entrance into college.

kak ̤̂oh kâi ô̤h-keng lăi to ŭ phẁn-keng tî;

every college has the semi-circular pool within its grounds.

i hiaⁿ tĭ tâng nî cìn phẁn;

the two brothers entered the public school the same year.

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• To take at a fixed rate; to buy goods for retailing; in detail.

phŵn mn̄g;

to interrogate.

cē phŵn-po̤h, i kâi cin chêng cū chut hīn;

as soon as be was cross-questioned, the real facts were made apparent.

phŵn-chê kang-sòi;

inquire into carefully and judicially.

tong-kok sĭ phŵn-kó khí-thâu cò̤ hûang-tì;

Panku was the first emperor of China.

phŵn bùi;

fare; travelling expenses.

sĭ i chut lâi phŵn sŵn;

he takes the lead in entertaining the guests.

i lâi phŵn cí hâng lăi kâi hùe-mûeh khṳ̀ bōi;

he comes to this warehouse and gets goods to dispose of at retail.

i kâi hùe to sĭ tŏ̤ cí kò̤ phŵn kâi;

be gets his goods here.

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• To coil around.

phŵn lêng thĭo;

a pillar with a bas-relief representing a dragon coiled around it.

kî-kuaⁿ tèng phŵn ŭ lêng;

the flag-staff has a dragon coiled around it.

chīu ki tèng phŵn ŭ cûa tŏ̤ kò̤;

there is a snake coiled around a branch of the tree.

tîo thâng phŵn tŏ̤ hue-ki tèng;

a worm is coiled around the flower-stalk.

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• To contract or double up the limbs.

phŵn thúi cŏ̤;

sit cross-legged.

phŵn khí kha;

to cross the legs.

nŏ̤ ciah chíu li phŵn tŏ̤ koiⁿ-thâu tèng;

the arms crossed, with the hands resting on the shoulders.