Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/phuah
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phuah
[edit]- cêk phuah kùe lâi cêk phuah kùe khṳ̀;
- two downward strokes, one inclining to the left and the other to the right.
- tíam sĭ tíam, phuah sĭ phuah, màiⁿ thèng sía;
- a dot is a dot and a dash is a dash, do not make these indiscriminately.
- lâu nŏ̤ phuah chiu;
- had a moustache.
- nŏ̤ phuah bâi ngía căi, sìu-sìu;
- had beautiful tufted eyebrows, neither too heavy nor too thin.
- pit cē khô̤h tîeh bâk, cū phuah m̄ khui;
- if your pen is stock up with dry ink it will not make a smooth stroke.
- hŏ phuah cêk sin;
- the rain has splashed all over me.
- i taⁿ kau-cúi khṳ̀ phuah chài;
- he is carrying water from the ditch and watering the vegetables.
- i kâi nâng ûah-phuah căi;
- he is in very good spirits.
- ûah-ûah phuah-phuah kâi nâng;
- a very lively person.
- phuah châng;
- to put fertilizers on the fields.
- khîa ki sìⁿ tó̤ phuah huang;
- had a fan and was fanning himself.
- phuah huang-lô;
- fan the fire in the earthen stove.
- phuah i chìn;
- cool it by fanning it.
- i kîaⁿ lō phûah-a-phûah;
- in walking he crosses his legs, as does an ox weak in the legs, or as a very old man.
- tâng-cá cêk ciah hóⁿ phûah-a-phûah kîaⁿ tŏ̤ cí kò̤ kùe;
- a little while ago a tiger went ambling along here.