Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/phoiⁿ
phoiⁿ
[edit]- 辦phōiⁿ6521609
- or pōiⁿ. To manage, to attend to, to prepare, to provide, to go on with, to transact business; to act as a factor.
- i tó̤ chê-phōiⁿ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
- he is making official inquiry into this matter.
- mih mûeh pĭ-phōiⁿ kàu hó̤-hó̤;
- everything is in readiness.
- phōiⁿ i cò̤ sĭm-mih cŭe?
- Of what degree of crime is he adjudged to be guilty?
- phōiⁿ hùe;
- to make a contract for goods.
- pàng i lâi phōiⁿ ùaⁿ;
- depute him to come and attend to the case.
- tó̤ phōiⁿ i kâi sṳ̄;
- manages his business for him.
- i sĭ phōiⁿ sṳ̄ kâi nâng;
- he acts as agent.
- íⁿ-keng phōiⁿ tît lío;
- it is already settled.
- kuaⁿ-hú àiⁿ phōiⁿ i;
- the magistrate will inquire into it.
- phōiⁿ kàu iap-iap thiap-thiap;
- very thoroughly attended to.
- cí cho̤h bí seⁿ phōiⁿ: àiⁿ cîah tiang-sî tîeh cai lō̤ tīo phōiⁿ;
- this rice has cockle-seed in it: when it is to be cooked the seed must be winnowed out.