Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/phu

by Adele Marion Fielde

phu

• 普phú716728
• Universal; throughout.

i khṳt i phú thien cṳ hĭa mēⁿ cêk kùe;

he was reviled by him, every approbrious term under the whole heavens being used.

• 葡萄phû-thô̤715
• The vine; grapes.

phû-thô̤ chīu;

a grapevine.

phû-thô̤ kuaⁿ;

raisins.

phû-thô̤ cíu;

wine made from grapes.

phû-thô̤ cap;

the juice of the grape.

cêk kîu phû-thô̤;

a cluster of grapes.

tah kâi phû-thô̤ pêⁿ, khṳt phû-thô̤ câng tŏa;

put up a trellis for the grape vine to run upon.

níoⁿ-chṳ́ thoa phû-thô̤;

a rat pulls the grapes.

tiah phû-thô̤;

to gather grapes.

• 菩phû7161408
• The sacred tree of the Buddhists, the phû-thî-chīu, brought from Magdalia.

phû-thî-chīu;

the seeds of the pipul tree, used as beads.

phû-sak;

an idol; a god; inferior Buddhas.

• 浮phû140857
• The opposite of sinking; to float; to drift; to overflow; light, unsteady, volatile.

tîm lô̤h khṳ̀ lío, phû khí lâi;

sank and then rose again.

pùaⁿ phû, pùaⁿ tîm;

floating, half in the water and half out.

phû tŏ̤ mīn cīeⁿ;

rose to the surface.

cò̤ cêk tîo phû kîe;

make a pontoon bridge.

phû kâi li lîo tīo;

skim off what rises to the surface.

phū-chàu;

light minded; without stability or dignity.

phû-seⁿ kìa sì;

life passes like a dream.

khin-phû;

levity; unsteadiness.

i cò̤ sṳ̄ khin-phû;

he is very giddy.

i cĭam-cĭam phû thâu;

he is gradually rising in the world.

i put kùe cho̤ phû-thâu;

he has only just begun to rise in the world.

phû-phîe;

vagrant; unsettled; unstable.

cí kâi nâng phû-phîe căi;

this person is one who drifts hither and thither.

cí cak sṳ̄ chíaⁿ kìa-phû;

this business is not yet to be brought forward; let this be laid on the table.

màiⁿ thî-phû cía sṳ̄;

do not introduce this subject.

thî-phû i kâi mîaⁿ, i cū seⁿ khì;

if mention her name, he will become angry.

cí kúi tîo sìo phû tŏ̤ kò̤;

there are these few debts which are floating.

i cò̤ mih sṳ̄ to sĭ phû-chêng chàu-khì;

his conduct is always frivolous and mean.

• 炸phû8865
• To boil in oil.

phû îu kâi a phû lâ kâi?;

Is it boiled in oil or in lard?

àiⁿ phû cíⁿ húe a sĭ àiⁿ phû sêk húe?

Should the oil be moderately or intensely heated, for cooking them?

phû khah kùe húe;

to fry too long.

• 蒲phû71514010
• The cat-tail rush, of whose leaves mats are woven; calamus or sweet flag.

phû-n̂g;

sweet flag.

phû-kong-eng;

the dandelion.

phû-cháu ôi;

sandals woven of flag leaves.

phû-thŵn;

a hassock, or rush mat; a straw hassock covered with leaves.

• 芙蓉phû-îong144
• A shrub, the hibiscus.

phû-îong hue;

hibiscus.