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  • pît693579
  • To aid, as a statesman.
có̤-hŭ, ĭu-pît;
the left and the right hand aids, titles of two ministers of state.


piu

  • piu749417
  • To squirt; to gush out.
cúi cheⁿ-piu chut lâi;
the water squirted out.
lîh lô̤h khṳ̀, hía hûeh li-li piu;
when cut open the blood gushed forth in a stream.
cē pûah phùa hía cap cū piu chut lâi;
when it fell and burst the juice squirted out.
húe lí-hẃn piu chut lâi;
the flames burst forth incessantly.
in tŏ̤ hṳ́ kâi khang piu chut lâi;
the smoke pours forth from that orifice.
piu kàu nĕ hn̆g-hn̆g khṳ̀;
spurted to a great distance.
  • piu703598
  • A small beast striped like a tiger; a tiger cat; ornate.
hîm hóⁿ pà piu;
savage beasts.
cêk piu kun-bé
a company of horse and foot.


piuh

  • piuh5791408
  • To bud; to germinate.
chun cē kàu i cū piuh gê;
when spring comes it will put forth sprouts.
hṳ́ kò̤ piuh ki sún, cí kò̤ piuh ki sún;
sends forth a shoot here and there.
tān piuh khak;
the peas have sprouted.
cìm kàu i piuh khak hwt gê;
soak them till they burst their shells, and send forth sprouts.
  • pîuh1035186
  • To prod; to stab.
pîuh ŭ jîeh chim lô̤h khṳ̀;
thrust it in ever so far.
i kâi cam pîuh lô̤h khṳ̀ hía hueh cheⁿ-sw̆n chut lâi;
he thrust in his lancet and the blood gushed out.
i kâi tó khṳt i pîuh phùa;
his bowels were pierced by it


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  • png156759
  • The maple.
png chīu;
maple trees.
  • pńg657759
  • 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?
  • pńg655751
  • 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.
  • pn̄g1271844
  • 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.


po

  • po712327
  • An open level space.
cêk kò̤ pêⁿ po khuah-khuah;
a spacious level arena.
tōa po kūiⁿ lî cí kò̤ jîeh hn̆g?
How far is your district city from here?
cháu po;
a meadow; a grassy plain.
suaⁿ po;
a plain at the base of a mountain.
po-kîⁿ po-kak tèng nâng īa cǹg ŭ phûn;
on the edges and corners of the plain graves have also been made.
  • po713328
  • A port; a landing where trade is carried on; a mart; an unwalled sea-side town.
îam po;
a salt dépôt.
sùaⁿ-thâu-po;
the port of Swatow.
kùe po;
trade along at the ports.
hŭe po;
call a meeting of the merchants of the port.
po cèng m̄ hàuⁿ;
the traders are all against it.
po chĭ;
the market.
tōa po-thâu;
a great mart (like Shanghai).
síe po thâu;
a small marine landing place.
sin siet kâi po;
a newly opened port.