Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/phang

by Adele Marion Fielde

phang

• 蜂phang1561427
• Insects of the family Vespidæ.

bît-phang;

the honey-bee.

o-phang;

the humble-bee.

lin-liang-phang;

the sphex.

n̂g-phang;

a hornet.

hóⁿ-thâu phang;

a wasp.

màiⁿ sîp tîeh hóⁿ-thâu-phang;

do not trouble a wasp.

phang-tû;

a beehive.

cí tû phang kuah ŭ jîeh cōi bît?

How much honey did you get from this swarm?

phang cōi cū kuah cōi, phang cíe cū kuah cíe;

if the swarm is large you get more, and if it is small you get less.

phang hío kun-chîn;

the swarm knows its ruler.

cêk ē chut sin phang-ûang cū tîeh pun tû;

as soon as a new queen is developed, the swarm must be divided.

phang īa sĭ khṳ̀ chái ŭ hó̤ bît cū tîeh khîeh tńg lâi cìn-kong phang-ûang;

if the bees gather good honey they must bring it as tribute to the queen.

bît phìen;

a comb of honey.

cêk kóng bît;

a cell in honey-comb.

phang-tàu;

a wasp's nest.

phang chì;

the sting of a bee.

khṳt phang tàng tîeh;

stung by a bee.

sí phang, ûah chì;

a dead bee has a live sting.

bô̤-chì-phang m̄ tit nâng ùi;

no one fears a stingless bee.

• 攀phang6536415
• To pull toward one; to engage one to do something.

phang i chut lâi tàⁿ ūe;

get him to come forward and speak.

i lâi phang úa khṳ̀ tâng lí;

he came to get me to go and help him attend to it.

phang-tâng tăi-ke lâi ngí sṳ̄;

would get you all to come and deliberate upon this affair.

m̄ káⁿ kau phang;

dare not venture to engage in it.

• 香phang1881860
• Fragrant; sweet-smelling.

phīⁿ sat, m̄ cai phang chàu;

nose stopped up so as to be unable to tell the difference between a perfume and a stench.

bī phang căi;

it has a very sweet savour.

phang kùe lêng-hieⁿ;

sweeter than bergamot.

lêng-hieⁿ kùe hái phang;

bergamot is odorous even after crossing the sea.

phīⁿ tîeh phang;

it smells sweet.

ûn hieⁿ-châ lâi phīⁿ phang;

burn some aromatic wood to make a sweet odor.

chèng kàu koiⁿ phang-phang;

the fragrance is diffused throughout the place.

ūe koiⁿ phang;

the air is laden with fragrance.

phang hue;

fragrant flowers.

• 紡pháng1351204
• To spin.

pháng se;

spin cotton yarn.

pháng ceh;

spin and splice threads.

khùe pháng bô̤ hó̤ se;

urgent spinning makes bad yarn.

• 胖phàng6591305
• Fat and hearty.

cîah kàu nŏ̤ kâi kih-kau phàng-phàng;

has grown very fat in the cheeks.

• 襻phàng65414519
• A loop to hold a button.

būe cêng cai níu-phàng;

have not yet sewed on the loops for the buttons.

khò-thúi phàng;

the loops on leggins.

• 盼phàng6541094
• To glance at.

úa phàng-mō̤ⁿ i lâi;

I am looking for his coming.

lṳ́ hó̤ kù-phàng i;

you should look after him.

• 帆phâng126503
• A sail; a tent; an awning.

cûn phâng;

the sails of a boat.

phâng cûn;

sailing vessels.

thâu phâng;

the fore sail.

tōa phâng;

the main sail.

búe phâng;

the mizzen sail.

tī-tiang-sî cìaⁿ àiⁿ îang phâng?

When are you going to set sail?

cĭeⁿ phâng;

to hoist sail.

kùe phâng;

to shift a sail.

cí ciah cûn kâi phâng-chîeh so̤h-lō lóng-cóng hó̤;

the sails and rigging of this boat are all ready.

cia pò-phâng;

screen by an awning.

pha pò-phâng;

spread an awning.

cêk phâng huang cū sái kàu hṳ́ kò̤ khṳ̀;

we can sail there at one tack.

huang tōa, phâng màiⁿ līu khah kûiⁿ;

there is a high wind do not set too much sail.

tńg phâng;

to tack.

lô̤h phâng;

take in sail.

phâng heh kĕ cē;

shorten sail a little.

tōa phâng tōa chîeh sái lâi méⁿ;

large sails give speed in sailing.

sái phâng;

to sail.

phâng kauh khí;

roll up a sail.

phâng lîo-so̤h, tîeh cai kwn;

you must look out for the line by which the sail is managed.

hû-tîap phâng;

lugger sails.

phâng hâ cíe nŏ̤ kâi;

draw up the sail so as to lessen it by two sections.

phâng thâu;

the wide end of a sail.

• 篷phâng66111811
• Mats made by interlacing bamboo leaves between splints, to serve as a roof, awning or partition.

phâng lîo;

an attap hut.

khàm-phâng;

a mat used as a cover.

tah phâng;

set up a mat as an awning.

cia phâng;

shelter with a mat.

kêh phâng;

partition off with a mat.

cûn phâng;

a boat cover.

ngĕ phâng;

a mat that is too stiff to be rolled up.

ńng phâng;

a flexible mat.

• 旁phâng658706
• Lateral; the side; by the side of.

cèng nâng cŏ̤ tŏ̤ líang phâng;

the people sat on either side.

khĭa tŏ̤ cêk phâng tàⁿ ūe;

stood at one side talking.

pàng tŏ̤ phâng-piⁿ;

set it down by the side of it.

i phâng-piⁿ kâi nâng bô̤ hŭ-cŏ̤ i;

those of his party do not support him.

phâng-jîn;

the bystanders.

phâng jîak bô̤ nâng;

as if there was no one near; no lookers on.

sìu chíu, phâng kwn, bô̤ khṳ̀ kìu i;

sleeved his hands, and stood aside looking on, giving him no help.

phâng-kwn-cía tīaⁿ;

the looker on is most clear-headed.

chông phâng chah jîp;

forced in from the side; a side issue.

• 膀胱phâng-khuang478
• The bladder.

• 鵬phâng6611968
• A monstrous bird, like the roc of Arabian story; the Chinese fable that it was transformed from the leviathan.

tōa phâng-cío ŭ jîeh tōa ciah?

How large is the roc?

• 縫phāng15812011
• A crack; chink; a cleft; a fissure.

chîeⁿ pit phāng lío;

the wall has cracked.

pit cūe phāng;

to split so as to show a fissure.

lāu kâi phāng;

has a chink in it.

seⁿ phāng;

has cracks in it.

bô̤ phāng hó̤ cǹg jîp khṳ̀;

no crevice by which one can squeeze in.

cò̤ kàu thóiⁿ m̄ chut ŭ phāng;

made so that no cracks can be discovered.

ŭ cūe hûn phāng i cū cai;

if there is a flaw in it, he will know.

làng phāng;

leave a crevice.

būe lă soih khí phāng;

not enough to fill the chinks between his teeth.

phāng tîeh cang cúa kô miⁿ, cìaⁿ bŏi làng huang;

must paste paper over the cracks, then the wind cannot blow in.

íam mn̂g phāng;

peep through the cracks in the door.

làng-làng phāng-phāng;

full of cracks.

i kâi chíu phāng khuah;

his fingers are far apart; he lets things slip through his fingers easily.

• 膨脹phāng-cìang662
• Obese; bloated; distended; swollen; puffed out.