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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
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- 扇phìⁿ758636
- The leaf of a door, and hence used as a classifier of shutters and windows.
- nŏ̤ phìⁿ mn̂g kueⁿ miⁿ-miⁿ;
- shut both leaves of the door tightly.
- cí kúi phìⁿ síam-mn̂g cò̤ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?;
- How much did you pay for these folding doors?
- i kâi phīⁿ sòng-sòng;
- he has a very prominent nose.
- phīⁿ tōa li pó mâk thap;
- the size of the nose makes up for the hollowness of the eyes.
- gû phīⁿ tú tîeh châk chíu;
- the ox laid his nose against the thief's hand and followed him off.
- phīⁿ kau-kau;
- a hooked nose.
- phīⁿ-lêng-kut lāi-lāi;
- a thin nose.
- phīⁿ ciam-ciam;
- a sharp nose.
- phīⁿ bih-bih;
- a flat nose.
- phīⁿ chúa;
- a crooked nose.
- phīⁿ-nîe;
- the ridge of the nose.
- phīⁿ-khang; phīⁿ-khang-kńg;
- the nostrils.
- phīⁿ-sái;
- mucous from the nose.
- phīⁿ uaⁿ;
- bridge of the nose.
- phīⁿ cún;
- the end of the nose.
- cîah phīⁿ-hun; hngk phīⁿ-hun;
- to take snuff.
- sàng phīⁿ;
- blow the nose.
- hngk phīⁿ;
- expel or inhale the air forcibly through the nose.
- cía cū sǐ hì-pêⁿ-téng kâi ūe-pêh-phīⁿ kâi;
- this is the buffoon in the theatre (and has his nose painted white).
- úai phīⁿ-khang môⁿ;
- scrape the hair from the nostrils.
- thâp phīⁿ;
- without a nose.
- phīⁿ sak;
- the nose stopped up; snuffles.
- chùi hâp bûa, cang phīⁿ-khang tháu-khùi;
- shut your mouth and breathe through your nose.
- 嗅phīⁿ2113010
- To smell; to scent.
- phīⁿ tîeh;
- smelled.
- phīⁿ thóiⁿ hó̤ a m̄-hó̤;
- smell it and see whether it is good.
- phīⁿ tîeh chàu;
- smelled a bad odor.
- phīⁿ tîeh phang cǎi;
- smelled very fragrant.
- i hn̆g-hn̆g to phīⁿ tit kàu;
- he can smell at a great distance.
- úa phīⁿ m̄ tîeh, i cò̤-nî cū phīⁿ-kìⁿ?;
- I cannot smell it, how is it that he can?
- phīⁿ tîeh kòng-kòng phang;
- smells very odorous.
- phīⁿ m̄ chut;
- cannot discover by the sense of smell.
- jîeh hn̆g to phīⁿ-kìⁿ;
- scents it from afar.
- cē phīⁿ tîeh cū hîn;
- if you smell it, it will make you dizzy.
- 貔貅phīⁿ-hiuⁿ211
- A ferocious beast fabled to devour tigers; the term is applied to a valiant general.
phiaⁿ
- 拋phiaⁿ666644
- To fling or throw down with force.
- i cē khì khîeh khí lâi cū phiaⁿ tīo;
- when angry he took it up and flung it down and broke it.
- phiaⁿ lôh khṳ̀̀ chap-chap-chùi;
- dashed it down and broke it in little pieces.
- phiaⁿ kàu hn̆g-hn̆g kò̤ khṳ̀;
- flung it far away.
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- 脅phiaⁿ1951306
- The flanks, the sides; the space below the arms.
- phiaⁿ-lî kut;
- ribs.
- phiaⁿ nêk; tu kâi phîaⁿ nêk;
- a side of pork.
- phîaⁿ-lî thìaⁿ;
- a pain in the side.
- 聘phìaⁿ7021287
- A dower; a portion; the betrothal presents.
- phìaⁿ-kim jîeh cōi?;
- How much is paid by the groom's father to the bride's parents?
- ngí tīaⁿ, nô̤ kò̤ phìaⁿ;
- it is fixed at twice ten taels.
- sàng phìaⁿ a būe?;
- Are the betrothal gifts presented yet?
- bô̤ tham i kâi kāu phìaⁿ;
- do not covet a large dower.
- 坪phîaⁿ701325
- A flat; a level area.
- hái phîaⁿ;
- flats, covered at high tide with salt water.
- thūn hái phîaⁿ;
- fill in the salt meadows; made land on the sea-shore.
- suaⁿ phîaⁿ;
- a plateau.
- 埤phîaⁿ680328
- A classifier of jobs.
- phîaⁿ sṳ̄, lóng-cóng pàng úa sin tèng;
- leave the whole affair to me.
- cí cêk phîaⁿ lóng-cóng àiⁿ i lí, bô̤ kùe i kang-khó;
- wants him to attend to the whole job, and has no regard to the hardship he undergoes.
phiah
- 癖phiah69410413
- A propensity; partiality; a whim or prejudice.
- kak nâng kak nâng ŭ cêk kâi phiah pēⁿ;
- each has some unsatisfied desire.
- i kâi sèⁿ phiah;
- his disposition is morbid.
- cò̤ sṳ̄ màiⁿ cip phiah;
- do not act from private prejudice.
- i kâi phiah pēⁿ m̄-hō̤;
- he has vicious propensities.
- i kâi sèⁿ-chêng kuai-phiah;
- he has a suspicious disposition.
- cí īeⁿ îeh hó̤ tī thâm phiah;
- this medicine corrects the desire to expectorate constantly.
- 僻phiah694913
- Secluded, private; mean, lowlive, base.
- phiah-cèⁿ kâi tī-hng;
- a secluded spot.
- phiah-phiah siah-siah kâi hāng;
- an unfrequented lane.
- phiah-siah kâi îeh, hâng ēng;
- a remedy little known and seldom used.
- sîa-phiah;
- depraved.
- phiah-1ŏ;
- untaught.
- 僻phîah694913
- Private; disused.
- síam-phîah kâi tī-hng;
- a neglected, unfrequented spot.
- khah phîah kâi îeh, cíe nâng pat;
- a medicine very seldom used, and few people know what it is.
phiak
- 掉phîak887648
- To whisk sidewise; to flop.
- khṳt i kâi búe cē phîak, uâng cū pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;
- one blow from his tail
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