Selfish; partial; addicted to; bent on; at or by the side; in polite language, by your help, as if the speaker was at the other's side, like a companion.
i bô̤ phien-sṳ;
he has no private ends in view.
bô̤ phien sim;
has no feeling of partiality.
i phien ài-sieh sòi kâi;
she is unduly partial to the youngest one.
cía sĭ i kâi phien-pâng sù chut kâi;
this one was born of his concubine.
bô̤ phien bô̤ ngŭi;
without favoritism or guile.
soiⁿ phien lío;
I have already eaten.
sù-cē, cía khah ŭ phien;
excuse me, with your leave I will eat.
i cò̤ cìaⁿ, i cò̤ phien;
the one acts fairly, the other selfishly.
phien-phien m̄ i lṳ́;
indeed I cannot agree with you.
phien tŏ̤ cêk pôiⁿ;
inclines to one side.
i phien àiⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
he wants it so.
cía sĭ phien-phiah kâi lō;
this is a private road.
cìeⁿ-seⁿ kâi tŏ̤-lí sǹg sĭ phien, hŵn m̄ chŵn;
this reasoning is one sided, and not wholly candid.
Anything thin and small, as a leaf, flake, strip, bit, chip or slip ; a classifier of plots of land, spaces of time, pieces of paper, and petals of flowers; a half; a section; to divide; to slice; a statement, a paper.
cêk phìen cúa;
a slip of paper.
cêk phìen ké ūe;
it is all false.
kuah kâi mîaⁿ-phìen-ìu, hó̤ lâi khap toaⁿ-phìen;
engrave a stamp for stamp- ing the name on visiting cards.
piaⁿ-phìen;
baroos camphor.
kôih phìen kâi càu-cieⁿ;
a memorial, with a supplement folded within it.
àiⁿ côih cò̤ jîeh cōi phìen?
How many slices do you want it cut into?
phìen cò̤ pó̤h phìen;
slice it into thin flakes.
phìen cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;
slice it down through the middle.
âng pêh phìen;
thin slices of lean and fat pork in alternate layers.
