Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/poiⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

poiⁿ

• 斑poiⁿ650678
• Mottled; spotted; streaked.

mīn poiⁿ-poiⁿ;

pock-marked.

poiⁿ tíam poiⁿ tíam;

spotted.

tōa tíam poiⁿ;

spotted in large spots.

poiⁿ tek;

mottled bamboo.

poiⁿ hûn;

brindled.

poiⁿ lío kâi ciah kâi ciah;

marked with numerous disconnected spots.

i seⁿ lâi o poiⁿ hô;

he is black, pock-marked, and full-bearded.

mīn tèng ŭ tíam chiah poiⁿ;

he has a brown spot on his face.

• 板póiⁿ651754
• Blocks or type used in printing; a board; an instrument of flagellation, or a stroke from it.

khek ìn-póiⁿ;

engrave blocks for printing.

cía sĭ lêng-ūaⁿ hwn khek kâi póiⁿ;

this is a block that has been recut.

în-póiⁿ;

lead type.

tâng póiⁿ;

brass type.

kôih póiⁿ kâi bûn-cṳ;

a flying dispatch from court.

kôih póiⁿ;

boards used as a case for a set of books.

i cē kùe kîe cū thiu póiⁿ;

as soon as he had crossed the bridge he tore up its planks.

tăng phah, sì-câp póiⁿ;

inflicted forty heavy blows with a ferule.

sĭ phah póiⁿ-kíaⁿ, a sĭ phah tōa póiⁿ?

Is he to be beaten with the small or the large rod?

• 反póiⁿ126292
• To turn; to reverse.

póiⁿ kùe lâi póiⁿ kùe khṳ̀;

to turn to and fro.

cìeⁿ pôiⁿ pūe lío, póiⁿ kùe hìeⁿ pôiⁿ cài pūe;

when this side has been dried by the fire, turn it over and dry the other side.

ôi póiⁿ-lìn-tńg khṳt i phâk;

turn the shoes bottom upwards and let then dry in the sun.

póiⁿ o, póiⁿ pêh;

when you turn the one side up it is black, and when you turn the other side up it is white.

tâng bô̤ lí póiⁿ kàu ŭ lí;

he turns nonsense around till it appears to be sense.

màiⁿ tin-tò̤ póiⁿ;

do not let it roll over backward.

céⁿ hó̤-hó̤-sĭ-sĭ póiⁿ kàu lô̤-lô̤;

the well from its usual good condition turned turbid.

póiⁿ i kâi mâk-kha-phûe lâi thóiⁿ;

turn up his eyelid and look.

póiⁿ kau chíu khún;

tie his hands behind him.

m̄ hó̤ khah méⁿ póiⁿ cìaⁿ ŏ̤i kàu kò̤;

do not turn them over too soon, and then they will cohere in one piece.

• 笏póiⁿ2671184
• A tablet held before the breast by courtiers at audiences, down to the Ming dynasty; it was first designed for taking notes on.

chîo póiⁿ;

a court tablet.

• 邊pôiⁿ68616215
• A border or side; a boundary, an edge, a margin.

tŏ̤ cìeⁿ pôiⁿ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ hìeⁿ pôiⁿ kâi nâng sòi-sòi;

seen from this side people on the other side appear very small.

tah kùe khoi hìeⁿ pôiⁿ;

take passage to the other side the river.

mō̤ⁿ thóiⁿ tang pôiⁿ pêh a būe;

look and see whether the eastern horizon is yet light.