Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pu

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  • pu9031578
  • To kick forward and upward.
kâi i pu khui cē;
kick it and send it farther off.
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  • To arrange; to spead out, to publish, to make known.
táng i khṳ̀ pù-pái;
wait till he has made the arrangements for it.
thóiⁿ i cò̤-nî pù-pái;
see what arrangements he makes.
i pái-pù chut lâi lêng-ūaⁿ hó̤ thóiⁿ;
they look better in the way in which he has arranged them.
táng úa kio lṳ́ pù-tì;
wait till I arrange it for you.
pù-ti̤ lâi tit ngî;
properly arranged.
pù-cèng-sài;
treasurer of a province.
pù kàu thiⁿ-ĕ;
made known throughout the Empire.
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  • Rich; wealthy; afflaent.
pù-kùi;
rich and honored.
pù-cok;
a competence.
pù-hâu;
affluent.
pù ong;
a man of means.
pù nâng;
a rich man.
pù hŏ;
a wealthy family.
nî pù, lâk khîang;
in the prime of life and strength.
kó pù;
long wealthy.
cho̤ pù put lî khîong ke īeⁿ;
the newly rich cannot put away the manners of the poor.
pù-kùi saⁿ tō̤ huang cai ím cîah;
after being rich for three generations, one knows how to take one's food properly.
pù-nâng kim o̤h táu;
a rich man's gold is hard to barter for.
pù-jîo;
rich; fertile.
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  • The side opposite the edge; the back.
to̤ pù;
the back of a knife.
hṳ̂ pù;
the ridge along the back of a fish.
keng hîⁿ, keng pù;
the string and the arch of a bow that is strung.
kîaⁿ keng-pù hn̆g ke hô̤h cōi lō;
to go by the circuitous route is a much longer journey.
ka-to̤ pù;
the dull edge of the blade of a pair of shears.
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  • A heap; a pile.
húe-pû;
a pile of refuse or rubbish ready for burning.
tī-kò̤ hwt húe-pû?
Where are they burning a pile of rubbish?
ciang-sî tó̤ sie húe-pû sie lío jûah sí;
at times when rubbish is being burned the heat from it is intolerable.
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  • To heat; to boil; to cook by boiling.
pû cho̤h kún cúi;
heat some water to the boiling point.
khîeh khṳ̀ huang-lô pû ke khún-kíaⁿ;
take it to the stove and boil it a little while longer.
pêh pû;
simply boiled.
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  • A species of gourd, of which the dried shell is used for dippers and ladles.
pû hua;
a square shallow wooden dipper.
hô-lô pû;
the bottle gourd.
pû cêk kâi cêk kâi seⁿ lío tìo tŏ̤ pêⁿ tèng;
the gourds hang one by one where they grow on the trellis.
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  • To pursue and capture; to search for and arrest.
pŭ-thiaⁿ;
superintendent of police in a sub-district magistrate's office.
cóng-tok kâi sûn-pŭ;
a police-office connected with the governor's yamun.
bûn-sûn-pŭ, bú sûn pŭ;
special aids to the chief provincial authorities, civil and military.
pŭ-hîah; pŭ khùai;
constables.
chip-pŭ-kêk;
vigilance committee.
phài i khṳ̀ pŭ tău;
depute him to pursue and arrest the thieves.
i m̄ thong kàu pŭ;
he has not understanding enough for the lowest official position.
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  • To brood; to set on eggs; to hatch.
pū cĕk tàu koi-kíaⁿ;
to hatch a nest of chickens.
koi-bó̤ tó̤ pū koi-kíaⁿ;
the hen is sitting.
câp kâi n̆ng pū chut káu ciah;
nine tenths of the eggs produced chickens.