Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pho
pho
[edit]- bêh pho;
- wheat bran.
- ŭ nâng bói pho khṳ̀ chī tṳ;
- some people buy bran to feed hogs.
- pho tī-póiⁿ;
- to lay a movable floor.
- thó-ĕ pho ciⁿ, kak chái;
- spread a felt carpet on the floor.
- pho-pang;
- bed boards.
- pho-pang cò̤-nî bô̤ chṳ cháu-chîeh?
- Why did you not spread the straw mat on the bed?
- pho-tîn;
- bedding.
- pho-kài;
- bed coverings.
- tâng pho;
- bed-fellow.
- phah pho;
- set up a bedstead.
- phah kĕ pho;
- make a bed on the floor.
- phah pho, thô-ĕ mîn;
- make a bed and sleep on the floor.
- khàng-pho;
- a settee.
- hun-pho;
- an opium couch.
- pho-íⁿ;
- a sofa.
- pho-phŭe;
- a coverlet.
- pho-tìeⁿ;
- a small mosquito bar.
- pho-thâu, pho búe, pho côiⁿ;
- the head, foot, and side of the bed.
- pho kha;
- under the bed.
- àiⁿ pho cîeh a m̆?
- Is it to be paved with stones?
- pho cío-mô̤ⁿ;
- lay on feathers in feather-work.
- mîⁿ pho lâi khah pô̤h;
- the cotton is laid on too thinly.
- côk-phó;
- a clan register.
- siu côk-phó;
- revise the clan register.
- kî-phó;
- a book of games of chess.
- ūe phó;
- a treatise on drawing.
- chó̤ phó;
- a treatise on short-hand writing.
- hue-phó;
- a book of embroidery patterns.
- cí kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi bô̤ phó;
- what was said, was wholly unreliable.
- i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi bô̤ phó bô̤ pho̤h;
- what ho says is not substantiated by any evidence.
- ūe phó sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ;
- that is a general outline of the affair.
- lṳ́ chò̤-lîak tàⁿ kâi phó úa thiaⁿ;
- you give me a general account of it.
- phó thiⁿ-ĕ ŭ jîeh cōi kok?
- How many countries are there in the whole world?
- phó tō;
- get souls out of torment.
- phó kìu cèng nâng;
- saves all living men.
- phó cì;
- rescue all.
- phò gūa lō;
- over a league distant.
- câp lí ûi cêk phò;
- ten Chinese miles make a league.
- siu phò;
- shut up shop.
- phò cú;
- the owner of the shop.
- phò tû;
- the shelves.
- phò theng;
- shop windows.
- phò co;
- shop rent.
- phò-phò sĭ hùe;
- the shops are full of goods.
- nín kâi pó̤ phò tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?
- Where is your shop?
- hâng phò;
- warehouses.
- i tó̤ khui phò;
- he keeps a shop.
- cí koiⁿ sĭ lău phò;
- this is the old stand.
- koi-thâu hāng-búe kâi phò-kíaⁿ;
- shops in obscure parts of the town.
- phò-thâu;
- a large shop.
- khui phò ke;
- shop-men.
- tìam-phò;
- an inn.
- sêng pûe i kâi phò lâi khui;
- succeeds to his shop, with its fixtures and good will.
- phò mīn;
- shop front.
- phò côiⁿ īu tùi chĭ;
- the shop fronts on the market.
- phò ău thàng tī-kò̤?
- What does the back of the shop open upon?
- cêk jît phah khui phò mn̂g tîeh nŏ̤ kâi ngṳ̂n sṳ-hùi;
- the running expenses of the shop are two dollars per day.
- kau-chài-phò;
- a ship chandler's or comprador's store.
- sìo phŏ;
- account book.
- cĭeⁿ ló̤h phŏ; chĭeⁿ lô̤h phŏ; teng lô̤h phŏ;
- set down in the register.
- jît-cheng phŏ;
- a day-book, diary or journal.
- lîu-súi phŏ;
- a blotter.
- nâng mîaⁿ phŏ;
- list of names.
- cìe phŏ sǹg-sìo;
- reckon it according to the memorandum.
- chau kùe phŏ;
- transfer it from one account to another.
- pîaⁿ kùe cóng-phŏ;
- transfer it to the ledger.
- i ŭ phŏ kṳ̆ a bô?
- Has he any written proof to show for it?
- khîeh phŏ lâi hek thóiⁿ;
- bring the books and make a careful examination. cía phŏ sĭ cŏ̤ kâi;
- these are cooked accounts.
- chíu tèng khîeh png ŵn-phŏ;
- held in his band a book in which to take subscriptions for the relief of Buddhist priests or for the repair of temples.
- hàm chê-phŏ-kuaⁿ chê thóiⁿ;
- tell the keeper of the records in the land of shades to examine the records and see.
- kin-nî sĭ tī-tîang cip phŏ?
- Who keeps the accounts this year?
- co-phŏ;
- a record of rents.