Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pio

by Adele Marion Fielde

pío

• 表pío6821453
• To make known; an external manifestation.

seⁿ tit cêk pío nâng châi;

altogether he loks the clever man.

chíaⁿ cí seng pío;

ask that the imperial will be made known.

pío mêng-pêh chut lâi;

set it plainly forth.

pío chut i kâi chêng-cak;

make known the circumstances.

pío cieⁿ;

a memorial.

lîak-lîak pío úa kâi sim cē;

will to some extent disclose my real feelings.

• 婊pío682388
• A prostitute.

pío-kíaⁿ;

a public woman, a term used in reviling people.

náng màiⁿ chap hṳ́ khí àu pío-kíaⁿ;

let us not associate with those wenches.

• 縹緻pío-cì59
• Handsome; beautiful.

nâng īeⁿ seⁿ lâi to pío-pío cì-cì;

they are very handsome people there.