Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/phiah

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phiah

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  • phiah69410413
  • A propensity; partiality; a whim or prejudice.
kak nâng kak nâng ŭ cêk kâi phiah pēⁿ;
each has some unsatisfied desire.
i kâi sèⁿ phiah;
his disposition is morbid.
cò̤ sṳ̄ màiⁿ cip phiah;
do not act from private prejudice.
i kâi phiah pēⁿ m̄-hō̤;
he has vicious propensities.
i kâi sèⁿ-chêng kuai-phiah;
he has a suspicious disposition.
cí īeⁿ îeh hó̤ tī thâm phiah;
this medicine corrects the desire to expectorate constantly.
  • phiah694913
  • Secluded, private; mean, lowlive, base.
phiah-cèⁿ kâi tī-hng;
a secluded spot.
phiah-phiah siah-siah kâi hāng;
an unfrequented lane.
phiah-siah kâi îeh, hâng ēng;
a remedy little known and seldom used.
sîa-phiah;
depraved.
phiah-lŏ;
untaught.
  • phîah694913
  • Private; disused.
síam-phîah kâi tī-hng;
a neglected, unfrequented spot.
khah phîah kâi îeh, cíe nâng pat;
a medicine very seldom used, and few people know what it is.