Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/phiah

by Adele Marion Fielde

phiah

• 癖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.

• 僻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.

• 僻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.