Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/phai
phai
- iah-phái;
- to flout; to scoff at; to hoot at; to treat with contumely.
- i phái-phái-kìe, li-li mēⁿ;
- he snorted at and kept on reviling her.
- phái kíaⁿ;
- a bad fellow.
- phái nâng cò̤ phái sṳ̄;
- the evil do evil.
- 派phài650856
- To branch, as a stream; to ramify, as a family; a rill; to appoint to a post; to distribute to each person; a tribe; all; a lot; the whole company; a classifier.
- ciⁿ-phài;
- a tribe, clan, or branch.
- cí kâi jī sĭ sĭm-mih phài?
- What is the name given to these, to distinguish them from others of the same surname?
- kio i tâng phài;
- am of the same family branch as he.
- cêk phài to sĭ suaⁿ;
- the whole of it is mountainous.
- cí cêk phài tī-hng kâi cúi lâu tŏ̤ tī-kò̤ khṳ̀?
- Where does the water of this region flow to?
- phài i khṳ̀;
- send him to his post.
- ēng phài kúi nâng khṳ̀?
- How many persons must we depute?
- phài tīaⁿ-tîeh a būe?
- Are the places to which each is to go exactly assigned yet?
- cía sĭ i kâi tek-phài;
- this is the offspring of his chief wife.
- cí kâi nâng cìaⁿ-phài căi;
- this man is very upright.
- cèng nâng lâi phài cîⁿ;
- they all came and contributed their quota of cash.
- cìe châng-bó khue phài;
- fix each person's quota in accordance with the extent of his arable land.
- hó̤ phài-thâu;
- of a good stock.
- sî-phài kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
- what is now all the rage.
- chut lâi bô̤ phài bô̤ thâu;
- has no style about it.