Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/piah

by Adele Marion Fielde

piah

• 壁piah6913213
• A partition wall; the wall of a house; a screen; a defense or obstruction; a dividing cliff or water-shed.

pàng tŏ̤ piah kha piⁿ;

set it down close to the wall.

tah piah teng;

a wall lamp.

ceng kò̤ cìe-piah;

make a wall that will be a screen.

sì-chù cŭang tîeh, to sĭ̆ tâng-chîeⁿ thih-piah;

no opening for exit in any direction.

kĭa kùe piah;

steeper than a wall.

peh tŏ̤ kò̤ cîeh-piah téng;

has climbed up on the stone wall.

sì piah sio jîen;

reduced to four bare walls; very poor indeed.

sie keh piah;

living on opposite sides of the same wall; only a wall between.

keh piah phò;

adjoining shops.

keh piah chîeⁿ;

a dividing wall.

keh cêk têng piah tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;

separated only by a wall.

• 璧piah6919613
• A princely gem, an ancient jade badge of office, made with a round hole in it, and held in the hands at court; to decline.

ngŵn piah kui tĭe;

the original gem will be returned; the debt will be repaid.

ngŵn mûeh piah sīa;

return the gift as a present to the donor.

piah hûe khṳ̀ hâiⁿ i;

send it back to him.

siu to̤h-teng âng-cek, ṳ̂ tien piah sīa;

return with thanks to the donor all the valuables except the table-lamp and red candles.