Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/png

by Adele Marion Fielde

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• The maple.

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maple trees.

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• Lists of successful candidates at the triennial examinations.

m̄ cai pńg chut a būe;

do not know whether the lists are placarded yet or not.

chut pńg ău keh jît cū àiⁿ hok;

after the lists have been placarded, and one day has elapsed, there is a re-examination.

pńg tah tŏ̤ tī kò̤?

Where are the lists put up?

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• Native; one’s own; appropriate to; proper; capital; principal; a classifier of books and documents; used by officials before their titles for I, my.

pńg kok;

own country.

pńg séⁿ;

native province.

pńg thô pńg tī;

one’s native place.

pńg cîⁿ;

one’s own funds, or capital.

cĭeⁿ pńg;

petition the throne.

pńg īⁿ;

I, the imperial commissioner.

i kâi seng-lí cò̤ sîh pńg;

he lost money in his business.

chíu pńg;

the visiting card of an official sent to his superior.

pńg hūn;

one’s proper function; one’s duty.

pńg-eng-kai cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

that is the way that it ought properly to be.

thâk bˆo̤͘ kúi pńg cṳ cū àiⁿ cò̤ gâu;

wanted to be taken for a sage before he had read more than a few books.

cí pang cṳ jîeh cōi pńg?

How many volumes in this set?

cí pńg cṳ-cheh;

this book.

úa pńg-pńg àiⁿ lâi;

I was myself intending to come.

i pńg sĭ kâi àu-nâng;

he is essentially a rascal.

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• Cooked rice.

ciah pn̄g;

take a meal.

bô̤ chài, pn̄g tîeh cîah pá cē;

as there are no vegetables, you must eat the more of the rice.

i cêk jît cîah saⁿ tǹg pn̄g;

he eats rice three times a day.

cía îeh tîeh nā pn̄g côiⁿ cîah, màiⁿ nā pn̄g ău;

this medicine must be taken before, not after, the meal.

pêh-bí-pn̄g cîah kùiⁿ, chò̤-bí-pn̄g cîah m̄ lô̤h;

when accustomed to white rice one cannot swallow brown rice.

pn̄g sî;

a rice-spoon.

pn̄g úaⁿ;

a rice-bowl.

pn̄g puah;

a rice pot.

cṳ́ pn̄g;

cook rice.

pû pn̄g;

boil rice.

hô pn̄g;

dip the rice from the boiling water.

tŭn pn̄g;

cook rice in a vessel surrounded by boiling water.

pn̄g tè lío kui i khṳ̀ thâk ta;

pour the water off the rice, and leave it to drain dry drop by drop.