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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
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  • phau666644
  • To abandon ; to cast off.
phau chi lî cṳ́;
abandon wife and children.
phau-khì i kâi ke, khṳ̀ cò̤ hûe-sĭeⁿ;
abandoned his family and became a priest.
  • phau665185
  • A spoke-shave; to shave.
phau tīo sūaīⁿ phûe;
shave off the rind of a mango.
suāiⁿ-phau;
a knife used in paring mangoes.
chiu kue phau;
a shave used to pare autumn squashes.
  • pháu6671575
  • To run; to gallop; to hasten.
pháu bé;
to race horses.
pháu-cáu;
to run fast.
pháu bûn-cṳ;
to send a dispatch post-haste.
pháu kiaⁿ-che;
a Pekinese messenger.
ŏi pháu ŏi cáu;
can canter around.
  • phàu6671125
  • A cannon; large guns.
khui tōa phàu;
fire a great gun.
pàng phàu;
fire off cannon.
phàu-cí;
cannon ball.
phàu-kè;
gun-carriage.
phàu- thâi;
a fort.
phàu-ngán;
the touch-hole.
phàu híang;
the cannon roars.
hwt hō̤ phàu;
fire a signal gun.
phàu-síu;
a gunner.
pàng phàu ngêng-cih;
fire a salute.
phàu-tūi;
a company of artillery.
  • phàu667855
  • To steep in hot water.
phàu cho̤h tê;
steep some tea.
cang kún cúi lâi phàu i ńng;
steep it in hot water till it is soft.
phàu nêk-chò̤-thng lâi thō pn̄g;
make some broth to rinse down the rice.
  • phàu667865
  • To wrap in clay and roast.
phàu-cì;
to mix, as medicines; to compound, as remedies; to temper, as condiments.
  • phâu666805
  • To roar, to bluster, to rage.
cèng nâng phâu-hau, jw̆n jíang;
all the people clamored, and screamed at random.
cèng nâng thiaⁿ tîeh cū phâu-hau;
when they all heard it they became furious.
  • phâu667209
  • A musical instrument made from a calabash.
kim, cîeh, si, tek, phâu, thó, kek, bâk, kìe-cò̤ poih im;
the eight musical tones are the sounds made by instruments of metal, of stone, stringed instruments, pipes, instruments made from clay, from leather, and from wood.
  • phâu6671455
  • A long robe.
chēng lêng phâu;
wear a robe with a dragon embroidered on it.
sò phâu;
a plain robe.
máng phâu;
an em-
broidered robe.
phûe phâu;
a fur mantle.
cìen phâu;
a warrior's robe.
phàu thâu sì khùi to hak ŭ;
has long and short robes for all the four seasons.
  • phǎu665645
  • To feel; to have in the heart; to adhere.
phău put phêng;
ready for a quarrel.
cí kâi nâng phău hŭ căi;
this is a remarkably clever man.
cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ úa sît căi phău hăm;
this is something that I deeply regret.
phău bṳ̆n cong sin;
I can never forgive it.

phe

  • phè646505
  • A kerchief; a veil; a stomacher; to gather up, as in an apron.
chíu phè;
a handkerchief.
cia máng-phè;
wear a veil.
lô̤ phè;
a lace veil.
cang saⁿ-phè lâi phè;
gather them up in the skirt of your tunic.
pâk kâi âng tó-phè;
wore a red stomacher.
  • phĕ3611454
  • Long robes.
chēng kâi saⁿ, tn̂g-phĕ-phĕ;
wore a very long tunic.

pheⁿ

  • phêⁿ701512
  • Even; uniform.
phêⁿ siaⁿ;
the even tones.
cĭeⁿ phêⁿ, ĕ phêⁿ;
the high even and the low even tones.
sĭ phêⁿ im a sĭ ceh im?
Is it an even tone or is it one of the other three tones?

pheh

  • phêh7106412
  • To flap; to flit.
phêh sît;
to clap the wings.
teng khṳt îah phêh kùe khṳ̀;
the lamp was put out by a moth's flapping its wings.
koi-ang phêh sît lío cū thí;
the cock claps its wings and crows.
kâi pit-pô̤ phêh tùe thâu-khak téng kùe;
a bat flitted past above their heads.

— phek —

  • phek69416913
  • To develop, as nature does; to open up; to disclose.
tī-hng khai-phek;
an open country.
gūa tîaⁿ khui-phek căi;
the outer court is broad and airy.
tī-tîeⁿ khui-khui phek-phek;
a wide open plain.
i kâi mn̂g lō m̄ khui-phek, khah ak-sak;
his way is not plain, he is too much hedged in.
i kâi sim-heng khai-phek bŏi oih-sòi;
his mind is liberal, not narrow.
  • phek7111945
  • The animal soul, that goes earthward at death and forms the ghost; the faculties, the senses, the animal spirits.
lô̤h phek;
spiritless, disheartened.
kiaⁿ kàu i bô̤ hûn bô̤ phek;
frightened out of his wits.
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