Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pui

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  • pui668246
  • Vulgar, plebeian, low, mean, inferior; humble; a term for one's self.
ke lâi àiⁿ ŭ cun pui tōa sòi kâi lói-sìo;
in the family there should be observance of the customary civilities between the high and the low, the elder and the younger.
bô̤ cun pui bô̤ tōa sòi;
no difference on account of rank nor of age.
i kìⁿ cīeⁿ-si sĭ ka-kī cheng-cò̤ pui-ceh;
in meeting his superior officer he speaks of himself as an “inferior officer”.
cò̤ kuaⁿ màiⁿ cò̤ pui, cò̤ pui siu nâng khùi;
if your are an official, do not be one of low rank, for if you are you will be treated with contumely.
pui cūaⁿ;
lowlive; mean, base; baseborn.
àiⁿ khîu kau tin-tò̤ pui, àiⁿ khîu îong tin-tò̤ jôk;
sought eminence and got a lower station, sought glory and came to disgrace instead.
  • pui668618
  • To commiserate; grief for another's woe; to be sad; to feel for; sympathy; tragic.
i kâi nâng chû-pui căi;
she is very tender-hearted.
chṳ̂-pui nîe;
a name for the goddess Kwanyin.
pui-lŭi;
to weep bitterly.
pui-chô;
sad, sorrowful.
tăi chṳ̂ tăi pui;
most pitiable.
pui-ai, thìaⁿ-khàu;
to weep and wail.
pui-chám;
heart-rending.
īu pui īu hí;
both sad and glad.
  • pûi1371304
  • Fat, fleshy, plump; oily, rich, unctuous, fertile.
cîah kàu pûi-pûi;
has grown very fat.
pûi-càng, tōa-kîaⁿ;
fat and stout.
thóiⁿ a-pûi ŭ tŏ̤ mē;
see if the fat fellow is there.
pûi-tōa;
corpulent.
chī kàu pûi-pûi;
feed up and make fleshy.
i pûi lâi phàⁿ-lauh;
his fat is of a flabby sort.
cí kâi pûi lâi kín-cí;
this one's fat is very solid.
cí kù pûi ka-kī tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
looks only to his own benefit.
cí īeⁿ keⁿ-chài tōa cîah pûi;
this sort of vegetable takes up much fat in the cooking.
i cîah kàu o pûe chiah tōi;
he has become brown, hardy and stout.
câp pûi, káu pù;
of ten fat persons nine are rich.
hip kàu hía pùi cêk pa cêk pa;
pent up there till the prickly heat has come out in many spots.
khîeh kò̤ sang-hún lâi so pùi;
get some prepared chalk and rub the spots.
thong sin seⁿ kàu cĕng-cĕng pùi;
his whole body is covered with prickly heat.
cá mêⁿ kâi káu pūi khṳ̀ thíam căi;
last night there was a dog barking violently.