Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/phiak

by Adele Marion Fielde

phiak

• 掉phîak887648
• To whisk sidewise; to flop.

khṳt i kâi búe cē phîak, uâng cū pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;

one blow from his tail would knock a person down.

búe phîak-phîak-kìe, tó̤ jīo hô-sîn;

he keeps whisking his tail to drive away the flies.