Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pien

by Adele Marion Fielde

===pien===

• 邊pien68616215
• A boundary, edge or border.

hái-pien tī-hng;

lands lying along the coast.

cí kò̤ sĭ pien séⁿ;

this is a frontier province.

i kâi huap-lâk bô̤ pien;

his skill is unbounded.

chîo-thêng ēng i tó̤ péⁿ pien;

the government employs him in ruling the frontier.

pien-kwn;

custom houses on the coast or frontier.

pien cìang;

military officers on the frontier.

• 扁píen687635
• Flat, thin.

i kâi mīn seⁿ lâi píen-píen;

her face is very thin.

tōa píen, jī-píen;

sweet melon seeds, of large or of small size.

koiⁿ-hâu áu ki píen-taⁿ;

carried a flat carrying pole over his shoulder.

• 變pìen68914916
• To transform; to change; a mutation; a turn in affairs.

khùn-kíaⁿ pìen cêk īeⁿ;

undergoes a metamorphosis every little while.

bŏi pìen-êk;

unchangeable.

nâng sim pìen;

people's minds change.

hṳ́ kâi tī-hng pìen-tŏng;

the place has altered.

kíaⁿ-jît cìeⁿ-seⁿ taⁿ, mùaⁿ-khí-cá cū pìen kùe;

he says so to-day, but to-morrow morning he will have changed his purpose.

pìen líen;

to change countenance.

i cò̤ sṳ̄ mîaⁿ-ke khŵn-pìen;

his course of action is easily changed by expediency or constraint.

pìen-hùe bô̤ khîong;

change is endless.

hŭam sṳ̄ tîeh-ŏi pìen-thong;

in all things there must be accommodation to circumstances.

• 弁pĭen689552
• Military officers of a low grade.

bûn-ŵn, bú-pĭen;

low civil and military officers.

cí cêk îaⁿ kâi pĭen piaⁿ to sĭ i kẃn;

the soldiers and officers of low grade in this encampment are all under his control.

• 辯pĭen68816014
• To wrangle for a notion; to argue opinions; to dispute a proposition.

pĭen-po̤h;

to contradict; take the opposite side of the question.

kíang pĭen;

to force a construction.

póiⁿ-pĭen;

to debate.

• 辨pĭen6881609
• To discriminate between things or qualities.

hun-pĭen sĭ hui;

distinguish between the true and the false.

pĭen mêng-pêh;

discriminate clearly.

pĭen-pîet;

note the difference between.

• 便pĭen68897
• To put at ease; to accord with; convenient, expedient, opportune, advantageous, handy; readily; accustomed to, ready at; then, so, forthwith, just as, thus, that is.

sûi-pĭen;

when convenient; as you please; suit yourself; when you like.

sŭn pĭen;

avail one's self of a good chance.

kîaⁿ huang-pĭen;

do what circumstances render easy.

hṳ́ i pĭen-ngî kîaⁿ sṳ̄;

allow him to act as may be expedient under the circumstances.

cía ūe i m̄ pĭen tàⁿ;

it is not advisable for him to speak thus.

put pĭon cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;

it is inexpedient to do so.

cí kâi pĭen sĭ;

this is just so.

sêng nâng kâi pĭen;

take advantage of a good opportunity offered by some one.

kîaⁿ sìo pĭen;

to urinate.

tăi sìo pĭen lóng-cóng m̄ thong;

there is no action either of the bowels or the bladder.

cí kâi huap-cak pĭen-tàng căi;

this plan is very convenient.

àiⁿ tàⁿ cū pĭen tàⁿ; màiⁿ ùi chṳ́ ùi pí;

if you are going to tell it then tell it, and not hesitate on account of this or that.

chíaⁿ i chēng pĭen i lâi;

ask her to come in her every-day clothes.