Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/po̤h

by Adele Marion Fielde

po̤h

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• To argue against; to contradict; to criticise adversely; to tranship; to thrust in; to insert.

po̤h-sìo;

find fault with the bill.

po̤h phêng;

cavil about the weight.

pĭen-po̤h;

to debate the question.

po̤h mn̄g i;

cross-question him.

po̤h kàu i bô̤ ūe ìn;

argued the opposite side of the question until he had nothing to say in reply.

cīeⁿ-si po̤h lô̤h lâi;

criticised by his superior in office.

pŏ tèng cē cài-po̤h lô̤h lâi;

the Board reversed the decision and returned it to the lower court for reconsideration.

po̤h hùe;

to tranship goods.

po̤h cāi;

tranship the cargo.

po̤h kàu nĕ kín-kín cū ŏi tit kùe;

if you squeeze it in very close you can get it through.

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• To fasten, moor, or anchor a boat.

cûn po̤h tŏ̤ káng lăi;

the vessel is moored in the harbour.

ŭ kò̤ hó̤ suah-po̤h a bô̤?

Is there good anchorage?

po̤h pàng cí kò̤;

moor here.

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• The neck.

tìo po̤h;

to hang one's self.

hāi i khṳ̀ tìo po̤h;

was the cause of her going and hanging herself.

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• Desolate; poor.

ke cṳ lô̤h pô̤h;

the family is wretchedly poor.

i būe lô̤h-pô̤h kâi sî-hāu, cí kò̤ sǹg i sĭang pù;

before he became impoverished, he was reckoned to be the richest man hereabouts.

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• A weir; small fishing stakes.

pô̤h táu;

the weir.

câh p̤ô̤h;

to set up a weir.

màiⁿ kio tó̤ siang pô̤h hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

do not flop about as a fish does when trying to escape from the weir.

cū sĭ tó̤ siang pô̤h-táu hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

uneasy as a fish out of water.

hṳ́ ki pô̤h-táu kíaⁿ m̄-hó̤ căi;

that restless little urchin is a nuisance.

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• Thin; attenuated; poor; fortunate; light; few; to slight; to treat coldly; a thin leaf or plate.

sĭ kău kâi a pô̤h kâi?

Is it a thick or a thin one?

siah kàu nĕ pô̤h-pô̤h;

hew it very thin.

màiⁿ thiu kah pô̤h;

do not plane it too thin.

cí kâi pô̤h hṳ́ kâi;

this is thinner than that.

cêk têng mô̤h pô̤h-pô̤h;

a thin film.

i tó̤ phah siah pô̤h;

he is making tin foil.

ngṳ̂n-pô̤h;

silver foil.

tah kim pô̤h kâi;

covered with gold-leaf.

sieⁿ thih pô̤h;

plated with iron.

sieⁿ ngṳ̂n pô̤h;

plated with silver.

sĭang pô̤h;

the thinnest.

có̤ ío pô̤h cē;

make it rather thinner.

chùi-lîm-phûe pô̤h-síe pô̤h-síe;

has very thin lips.

úa thăi i put pô̤h;

I treated him with no lack of courtesy.

i pô̤h thăi úa;

he treated me with scant courtesy.

pô̤h ceh i cē cū hó̤;

to give him a slight reprimand is sufficient.

pô̤h mīaⁿ;

a hard lot.

ẁn ka-kī kâi mīaⁿ pô̤h;

complained of his own fate being so hard.

i khu kau, ŭ khin poh i a bo?

Did he receive contemptuous treatment on arriving?

pô̤h lói;

less than customary civility.

mīn phûe pô̤h;

thin skinned.

pô̤h phûe căi, khin-khin cū m̄ hàuⁿ;

he is very touchy, and gets displeased at the least reproof.

tăⁿ-pô̤h;

to stint; frugal; to economize.

cṳ̆ uaⁿ tăⁿ pô̤h;

content with little.

pô̤h hok kâi nâng;

one who has few blessings.

hok-hūn pô̤h;

has few comforts.

khek-pô̤h căi;

greatly harrassed.