Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/phue

by Adele Marion Fielde

phue

• 坏phue671324
• Unbaked clay vessels; unburnt tiles or pottery, ready for the oven.

c̤̀o kâi phue tŏ̤-kò̤, būe cêng sie;

have the pot tery made, but have not yet baked it.

phue bô

the mold for making casts.

thô phue li cò̤ hó̤, būe cêng chái;

have finished the clay model, but have not yet colored it.

phue cò̤ hó̤, būe cêng lâm thn̄g;

have shaped the clay, but have not yet glazed it.

cng hĭa kâi phue;

bricks and tiles ready for baking.

• 配phùe6721643
• A mate; an equal; a companion; to pair; to mate; to match.

i cêng phùe chin a būe?

Is she betrothed yet?

phit-phùe;

a helpmeet; to take a helpmeet.

i m̄ cài phit-phùe;

he will not marry again.

phùe-hâh khṳ̀ hó̤-hó̤;

it matches perfectly.

lṳ́ àiⁿ cò̤-nî phùe kah?;

How will you put them together?

àiⁿ phùe cò̤ sĭm-mih sek?;

What color will go well with it?

hṳ́-phùe khṳt tī-tîang?;

To whom is she promised in marriage?

phùe m̄ cieⁿ;

it does not fit.

phùe i ŏi tit khí;

it will go very well with that.

phùe câu-câu;

a perfect match.

i kâi kong phùe thiⁿ-tī;

his fame will last as long as the universe does.

cí kâi sĭ i kâi ngŵn phue;

this is his first spouse.

• 皮phûe6791070
• Skin, rind, bark, peel, external covering; a wrapper; a case; leather; furs; reputation; character.

i tó̤ bōi phûe hùe;

he is selling furs.

só̤ chēng sĭ phûe-náu phûe-cháu;

dresses in furs.

i kâi phûe-hu ìuⁿ-jī căi;

her complexion is very delicate.

i pô̤h phûe căi;

he is very thin skinned.

i seⁿ lâi phûe khah pô̤h;

he is naturally too sensitive.

i m̄ kù mīn-phûe;

he is regardless of his good name.

sêk phûe;

to tan hides.

pak phûe;

to flay.

cí īeⁿ phûe kâi sek-cúi ngía;

this leather has a fine tint.

cē tṳ̂ phûe khṳ̀ kut cū chûn bô̤ tíam-kíaⁿ;

when you take off the skin and take out the bones, there is very little left.

i tó̤ tng phûe-tîo-phûa;

she is a pimp.

phûe tîo;

a leather thong.

ka tîo phûe-tîo lâi cò̤ chia-kui so̤h;

cut a strip of leather to make a band for the machine.

phûe n̆ng;

eggs coated with clay.

thut tīo chàu phûe lâng;

shuffled off this mortal coil.

phoi tīo phûe;

pare off the rind.

khí tī phûe;

raise the crust of the earth; extirpate the place he lived in.

cía sĭ bûa chíu phûe kâi cîⁿ;

this money is hardly earned.

• 皮phûe672328
• To cultivate; to assist; to add energy to.

i kâi sin-hūn tîeh cai phûe-íang;

his physical health must be recuperated.

phûe-sek kíaⁿ-tĭ;

bring up children.

phûe-sek tĭ-cú;

develop one's pupils.

• 被phŭe6691455
• A quilt or blanket.

cí kâi phŭe sĭ jîp si-mîⁿ kâi;

this coverlet is stuffed with raw silk.

kah phŭe;

to roll one's self in a coverlet.

kám phŭe;

cover closely with a quilt.

thăⁿ phŭe;

lay a quilt over him.

phŭe kè;

a small stand used to hold folded quilts.

bé phŭe;

a horse-blanket.

sin phah cêk nía mîⁿ-phŭe;

had a quilt over him.

cí hwn phŭe sĭ phŭe-mîⁿ ke cîⁿ a sĭ phŭe-toaⁿ ke cîⁿ?

For a foreign bed-quilt, which costs most, the cotton or the cover?