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[edit]- png chīu;
- maple trees.
- m̄ cai pńg chut a būe;
- do not know whether the lists are placarded yet or not.
- chut pńg ău keh jît cū àiⁿ hok;
- after the lists have been placarded, and one day has elapsed, there is a re-examination.
- pńg tah tŏ̤ tī kò̤?
- Where are the lists put up?
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- Native; one’s own; appropriate to; proper; capital; principal; a classifier of books and documents; used by officials before their titles for I, my.
- pńg kok;
- own country.
- pńg séⁿ;
- native province.
- pńg thô pńg tī;
- one’s native place.
- pńg cîⁿ;
- one’s own funds, or capital.
- cĭeⁿ pńg;
- petition the throne.
- pńg īⁿ;
- I, the imperial commissioner.
- i kâi seng-lí cò̤ sîh pńg;
- he lost money in his business.
- chíu pńg;
- the visiting card of an official sent to his superior.
- pńg hūn;
- one’s proper function; one’s duty.
- pńg-eng-kai cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- that is the way that it ought properly to be.
- thâk bô̤ kúi pńg cṳ cū àiⁿ cò̤ gâu;
- wanted to be taken for a sage before he had read more than a few books.
- cí pang cṳ jîeh cōi pńg?
- How many volumes in this set?
- cí pńg cṳ-cheh;
- this book.
- úa pńg-pńg àiⁿ lâi;
- I was myself intending to come.
- i pńg sĭ kâi àu-nâng;
- he is essentially a rascal.
- ciah pn̄g;
- take a meal.
- bô̤ chài, pn̄g tîeh cîah pá cē;
- as there are no vegetables, you must eat the more of the rice.
- i cêk jît cîah saⁿ tǹg pn̄g;
- he eats rice three times a day.
- cía îeh tîeh nā pn̄g côiⁿ cîah, màiⁿ nā pn̄g ău;
- this medicine must be taken before, not after, the meal.
- pêh-bí-pn̄g cîah kùiⁿ, chò̤-bí-pn̄g cîah m̄ lô̤h;
- when accustomed to white rice one cannot swallow brown rice.
- pn̄g sî;
- a rice-spoon.
- pn̄g úaⁿ;
- a rice-bowl.
- pn̄g puah;
- a rice pot.
- cṳ́ pn̄g;
- cook rice.
- pû pn̄g;
- boil rice.
- hô pn̄g;
- dip the rice from the boiling water.
- tŭn pn̄g;
- cook rice in a vessel surrounded by boiling water.
- pn̄g tè lío kui i khṳ̀ thâk ta;
- pour the water off the rice, and leave it to drain dry drop by drop.