Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/poiⁿ
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poiⁿ[edit]
- mīn poiⁿ-poiⁿ;
- pock-marked.
- poiⁿ tíam poiⁿ tíam;
- spotted.
- tōa tíam poiⁿ;
- spotted in large spots.
- poiⁿ tek;
- mottled bamboo.
- poiⁿ hûn;
- brindled.
- poiⁿ lío kâi ciah kâi ciah;
- marked with numerous disconnected spots.
- i seⁿ lâi o poiⁿ hô;
- he is black, pock-marked, and full-bearded.
- mīn tèng ŭ tíam chiah poiⁿ;
- he has a brown spot on his face.
- 板póiⁿ651754
- Blocks or type used in printing; a board; an instrument of flagellation, or a stroke from it.
- khek ìn-póiⁿ;
- engrave blocks for printing.
- cía sĭ lêng-ūaⁿ hwn khek kâi póiⁿ;
- this is a block that has been recut.
- în-póiⁿ;
- lead type.
- tâng póiⁿ;
- brass type.
- kôih póiⁿ kâi bûn-cṳ;
- a flying dispatch from court.
- kôih póiⁿ;
- boards used as a case for a set of books.
- i cē kùe kîe cū thiu póiⁿ;
- as soon as he had crossed the bridge he tore up its planks.
- tăng phah, sì-câp póiⁿ;
- inflicted forty heavy blows with a ferule.
- sĭ phah póiⁿ-kíaⁿ, a sĭ phah tōa póiⁿ?
- Is he to be beaten with the small or the large rod?
- póiⁿ kùe lâi póiⁿ kùe khṳ̀;
- to turn to and fro.
- cìeⁿ pôiⁿ pūe lío, póiⁿ kùe hìeⁿ pôiⁿ cài pūe;
- when this side has been dried by the fire, turn it over and dry the other side.
- ôi póiⁿ-lìn-tńg khṳt i phâk;
- turn the shoes bottom upwards and let then dry in the sun.
- póiⁿ o, póiⁿ pêh;
- when you turn the one side up it is black, and when you turn the other side up it is white.
- tâng bô̤ lí póiⁿ kàu ŭ lí;
- he turns nonsense around till it appears to be sense.
- màiⁿ tin-tò̤ póiⁿ;
- do not let it roll over backward.
- céⁿ hó̤-hó̤-sĭ-sĭ póiⁿ kàu lô̤-lô̤;
- the well from its usual good condition turned turbid.
- póiⁿ i kâi mâk-kha-phûe lâi thóiⁿ;
- turn up his eyelid and look.
- póiⁿ kau chíu khún;
- tie his hands behind him.
- m̄ hó̤ khah méⁿ póiⁿ cìaⁿ ŏ̤i kàu kò̤;
- do not turn them over too soon, and then they will cohere in one piece.
- 笏póiⁿ2671184
- A tablet held before the breast by courtiers at audiences, down to the Ming dynasty; it was first designed for taking notes on.
- chîo póiⁿ;
- a court tablet.
- tŏ̤ cìeⁿ pôiⁿ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ hìeⁿ pôiⁿ kâi nâng sòi-sòi;
- seen from this side people on the other side appear very small.
- tah kùe khoi hìeⁿ pôiⁿ;
- take passage to the other side the river.
- mō̤ⁿ thóiⁿ tang pôiⁿ pêh a būe;
- look and see whether the eastern horizon is yet light.