Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/phaⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

phaⁿ

• 怕phàⁿ647615
• To fear; to dread; to apprehend; to suppose; lest; perhaps.

tong chîn put phàⁿ sí;

the loyal courtier has no dread of death.

khíong-phàⁿ i m̄ cai;

lest he should be ignorant of it.

i thiaⁿ tîeh cū hăi-phàⁿ;

when he heard it he was amazed.

phàⁿ i cò̤-nî?

What are you afraid of?

hô̤ phàⁿ i lâi?

Why dread his coming?

kiaⁿ-phàⁿ;

frightened.

tī-tîang phàⁿ tī-tîang!

Who is afraid of you!

• 脆phàⁿ10181306
• Spongy; light, as bread or pastry; mellow, as fruit; tender yet firm, as flesh.

i kâi nêk phàⁿ-phàⁿ, hó̤ căi;

its meat is tender and delicious.

phàⁿ-kuaⁿ;

the lights; the lungs.

cí lîap put-kíaⁿ phàⁿ căi;

this guava is very mellow.

mīⁿ-pau phû kàⁿ, màiⁿ phû khah phàⁿ;

in raising bread with yeast, do not let it rise till it is too porous.