Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pie
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[edit]- chah ki pie;
- insert a flag as a mark.
- i tó̤ khîa tōa pie;
- he is carrying the chief flag.
- cêng sàng pie a būe?;
- Have banners been presented yet?
- kin-nî sĭ úa kâi cío khìa cong-chun-pie;
- this year it was my quail that was the champion.
- kìm phah pie kâi sṳ̄;
- forbid the sale of lottery tickets.
- pêh-kap pie;
- Cantonese lottery tickets.
- lṳ̆-sòng pie;
- Manilla lottery tickets.
- tô̤h pie;
- get the highest prize.
- chíeⁿ pie;
- snatch the prize; emulate.
- chíaⁿ nâng lâi pie hŭe;
- ask people to form a loan-association.
- cí kâi gûeh kâi hŭe khṳt tī-tîang pie tîeh?;
- Which member of the loan association has this month bid highest for the sum of the loans?
- i cí hûe pie căi;
- he is now very stout.
- tăi tó̤ pie kâi sî-hāu;
- is growing fat.
- pêh phìen pie-nêk;
- sliced fat meat.
- cang-pie-lâ;
- layers of fat in meat.
- sî-pie;
- a watch.
- sî-pie m̄ kîaⁿ;
- this watch does not run.
- sî-pie thêng khṳ̀;
- the watch bas stopped.
- bé-pie;
- a hunting watch.
- kim-khak kâi sî-pie;
- a watch with a gold case.
- sî-pie līen;
- watch-chain.
- sî-pie cam;
- the hands of a watch.
- sî-pie kâi ke-sāi;
- the machinery of a watch.
- cí kâi sî-pie kâi huap-tîo sĭ tn̆g khṳ̀;
- the main spring of this watch is broken.
- sî-pie thàu;
- a watch stand.
- ká sì-pie;
- wind a watch.
- sî-pie kâi só̤-sî;
- watch-key.
- níoⁿ-chṳ́ pie;
- a spear for spearing rats.
- pie níoⁿ-chṳ́;
- to spear rats.
- khṳt i ēng hûe-bé-pie, pie sí khṳ̀;
- was killed by a backward thrust of his spear.
- píe-chin;
- relatives of a different surname.
- píe hiaⁿ-tĭ;
- second cousins.
- lău píe chin;
- a second or third cousin.
- ko-píe hiaⁿ-tĭ;
- father's sister's
- son.
- i-píe hiaⁿ-tĭ;
- mother's sister's son.
- i sĭ úa kâi î-píe cí-mūeⁿ;
- she is my mother's sister's daughter.
- i cha-m̄-to̤ àiⁿ cĭeⁿ píe;
- he is about to send up his memorial; is about to die.
- chîeⁿ pìe cúa;
- the wall is papered.
- pìe jī-ūe;
- to mount a scroll.
- pìe pò;
- to bleach cotton cloth.
- pìe pêh kâi pò;
- bleached cloth.
- pìe sói;
- wash and bleach.
- pìe kàu nĕ pêh-pêh;
- bleached to an exceeding whiteness.