Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/phueh

by Adele Marion Fielde

phueh

• 談phûeh8541498
• To converse; to talk about; to discuss; to chat.

i tó̤ phûeh mih ūe?

What are they talking about?

phûeh lâi phûeh khṳ̀;

to bandy words.

phûeh tang phûeh sai;

talk of all sorts of things.

ôiⁿ tiang-sî lâi cŏ̤ phûeh;

when you have leisure come and have a chat with me.

bô̤ sṳ̄, tó̤ ôiⁿ phûeh;

talking at ease, having nothing to do.

phûeh sńg; phueh chìe;

talk playfully.

• 沬phûeh604855
• Froth; foam; spume; drool; scum.

cúi phûeh;

spume on water.

lâu phûeh;

spit out froth.

phûeh lâu-lâu;

froth bubbles out.

ko tīo mīn cīeⁿ kâi phûeh;

skim the scum off its surface.

nŭaⁿ seⁿ phûeh;

frothy expectoration.

gû-nĭ phueh;

cream.