A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Pi

by Josiah Goddard

Pi.

尼^-1

To pass wind backwards; contempt for a person.

琵^-1

To push from; name of a stringed instrument.

秕^-1

Blasted grain; tares; chaff or grain not filled.

痺^-1

A disease arising from damp.

脾^-1

The internal membrane of the stomach; to stop.

碑¹

A stone tablet erected at tombs; in temples &c.

貔¹

Name of an animal resembling a hog.

匕²

A spoon; a ladle.

比²

To compare; classify; collate; prepare.

妣²

A deceased mother; a female ancestor.

彼²

That person, place, or thing; that; he.

偹^-3備^-3

Completed; ready; prepared; to prepare; provide.

俾^-3

To cause that; to enable; to perform; accord.

婢^-3

A female slave.

庳^-3

A low cottage; low; short; the nose.

裨^-3

To be benefited; to assist; supply what is deficient; to enable.

閉^-3

To shut a door; to stop or close up; conceal.

枇^-3

A fruit tree; a fine comb.

紕^-3

Silk fringes and tassels applied to flags; a series.

陛^-3

Stairs; steps; to ascend high.

敝^-3

Bad; spoiled; poor; tattered raiment; evil; vice; crime.

幣^-3

Silk; wealth; present.

蔽^-3

To shade; shelter; conceal; screen; small.

斃^-3

To die; dead.

被^-3

A sign of the passive verb; is; a covering; to cover over.

豼³

Name of a ferocious animal resembling a tiger.

毖³

Careful; attentive; painstaking; laborious.

柲³

The handle of a spear; a pair; stem of a pencil.

泌³

Water flowing from a spring constantly increasing and widening.

避³

To avoid; shun; retire; from; escape.

弊³

To fall prostate or dead; to kill; wearied; vicious.

賁^3-

Glossed over; ornamented; herbage.

秘^3-

Mysterious; divine; abstruse; secret.

閟^3-

Anything secret; mysterious; careful.

庇^3-

Affording shade and shelter; to cover over; protect.

詖^3-

Artful debate and litigation; insidious accusation.

轡^3-

The rain by which a horse is guided.

臂^3-

The arm from the elbow to the wrist.

鱉⁴

A species of tortoise.