Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pau
pau
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- To wrap up, to envelope; to contain, to hold; to be included in; to be patient; to undertake; to manage an affair; to assume; to engage; to warrant; to insure; a bundle, a bale, a wrapper; plated, as with gold.
- pau cò̤ cêk pau;
- do them up in one bundle.
- cúa khah sòi, pau m̄ bûa;
- the paper is too small, I cannot wrap them in it.
- phah cò̤ kâi pò pau;
- do them up in a cloth wrapper.
- jû ké li pau ūaⁿ;
- if counterfeit will guarantee an exchange.
- pau-nía;
- to guarantee; to warrant goods; to make one's self responsible for.
- pau-hâm;
- forbearing.
- pau-kẃn lṳ́ bô̤ sṳ̄;
- I assure you there is nothing to fear.
- i tó̤ pau-lám sṳ̂-sŏng;
- he undertakes to conduct the suit.
- thīⁿ kò̤ pau-hôk-phûe;
- making a wrapper to wrap clothing in.
- kò nâng pì pau-kó̤;
- hired a man to carry his bundle.
- hṳ́ tói só̤ pau kâi tŏ̤-lí sĭm khuah;
- the doctrine contained in it is of very extensive application.
- pau-kwt;
- to include; to contain; to inclose.
- pau-kwt ŭ nŏ̤ īeⁿ kâi ì-sṳ̀;
- it involves too different ideas.
- hṳ́ tieⁿ cúa pau mih mûeh?;
- What is done up in that paper?
- ngṳ̂n pau kim;
- silver plated with gold.
- i sĭ pau-phî i;
- he countenances him.
- i pau kâi láu-kṳ́;
- he keeps a mistress.
- tâng pau hiaⁿ-tĭ;
- brothers, having the same father and mother.
- pau cí-mūeⁿ;
- own sisters.
- pau tîet;
- own brother's son.
- thiⁿ-tī pĕ-bó̤ páu-ĭu;
- may the Creative Powers in Nature bless you.
- páu-ĭu i kâi pēⁿ khùe-khùe hó̤;
- grant him a speedy recovery.
- cía tīaⁿ-tîeh sĭ sîn-méng páu-ĭu i;
- the gods surely helped him in this.
- i sĭ cò̤ thài-páu, a sĭ cò̤ sìo-páu?
- Is he the principal or the secondary guardian of the emperor?
- m̄ sĭ, sĭ cò̤ thài-cṳ́ thài-páu;
- he is neither, he is the chief guardian of the heir-apparent.
- pău-ngîak;
- cruel ; tyrannical.
- pău-nŏ̤ⁿ sieⁿ kuaⁿ;
- violent wrath injures the liver.
- khîong-hîong pău-ak;
- brutal wickedness.
- hut-jîen pău pēⁿ;
- suddenly became dangerously ill.
- nâng m̄-bó̤ cṳ̆ pău, cṳ̆ khì;
- one should not throw himself away in a fit of rage.
- tṳ̂ pău, uaⁿ lîang;
- extirpate the fierce, and tranquilize the gentle.
- i kâi seⁿ-chêng châng-pău;
- his disposition is savage.
- cíu pău;
- a wine jar.
- chò pău;
- a vinegar jar.
- húe thùaⁿ pău;
- a pot for holding cinders.
- hue kim pău;
- an uru holding the bones of the dead.
- pău-hṳ̂;
- dried rock-oysters.
- lâm pău;
- Hainan oysters.
- tang-îeⁿ pău;
- Japanese oysters.