Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/phie

by Adele Marion Fielde

phie

• 票phìe6841136
• A warrant; a summons; an evidence of authority.

chut phìe;

issue an official summons.

che phìe;

a policeman's warrant.

tòa pâi tòa phìe khṳ̀ lîah nâng;

take warrants aid arrest people.

bô̤ pâi bô̤ phìe;

destitute of any evidence of authority.

lêng-ūaⁿ tńg tieⁿ phìe;

to renew a warrant.

ngīam lō-phìe;

examine a pass permitting one to cross the lines.

hŭ sin kâi lō-phìe;

a passport.

• 苗phîe5911405
• The tender blade of herbs.

châng phîe li hó̤, m̄ căi ău-lâi kak kúe căi-seⁿ?

The young grain is in fine condition, but we do not know how it will be when it hereafter comes to head up.

• 萍phîe7011408
• Duckweed.

tî tèng kâi phîe;

the duck- weed which covers the pool.

ko cho̤h phîe lâi khṳt i cîah;

gather some duckweed and feed him.

bô̤ kṳn, cúi lâu phîe;

a rootless, drifting weed; a homeless vagabond.

i kâi nâng cò̤ sṳ̄ phû-phîe;

he does things in a desultory fashion.

• 鰾phĭe68419511
• The air-bladder of fishes, from which glue is made.

hṳ̂ phĭe;

fish bladders.