Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/puaⁿ

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puaⁿ

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  • puaⁿ6506410
  • To move from one place to another; to transport.
puaⁿ chù;
to change one's dwelling place.
puaⁿ tŏ̤ pât kò̤ tīu;
moved elsewhere to reside.
puaⁿ-ūn nîe-hìang;
transport stores for the army.
puaⁿ so̤ sĭ hui;
carry to and fro the words that set people at variance.
puaⁿ so̤ sṳ̂-sŏng;
fetch and carry reports until a lawsuit ensues.
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  • A sort; a way; manner of.
to sĭ cêk puaⁿ;
they are all of one sort.
câp poih puaⁿ bú gōi, puaⁿ-puaⁿ hío;
of all the eighteen kinds of military drill, he understands each.
choiⁿ puaⁿ bw̄n puaⁿ, to sĭ mīaⁿ;
among all manner of things, life is of chief importance.
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  • A large rock; a foundation stone.
kien-kú kùe cîeh-púaⁿ;
immovable as a rock.
tŏ̤ cîeh-púaⁿ téng tìe hṳ̂;
sat on a rock fishing with line and hook.
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  • A half; a large piece of.
tùi-tùi cêk pùaⁿ;
just half.
to̤ pùaⁿ sĭ m̄-hó̤ kâi;
full half of it is bad.
chûn ŭ cêk tōa pùaⁿ;
have rather more than half of it left.
pùa-mêⁿ;
midnight.
lṳ́ tōa i cêk pùaⁿ;
you are twice as large as he.
pùaⁿ-sì nâng;
a middle aged person.
pùaⁿ sìn, pùaⁿ gî;
half believing and half doubting.
pùaⁿ hàuⁿ, pùaⁿ m̄ hàuⁿ;
half willing and half reluctant.
táng ke pùaⁿ khek;
wait a few minutes longer.
kiaⁿ kàu pùaⁿ sí;
half dead with fright.
cêk pùaⁿ nâng, cêk pùaⁿ kúi;
half man and half demon.
pùaⁿ lō cîh phoi-taⁿ;
broke his carrying pole when half way to his destination.
cih pùaⁿ;
to halve.
m̄ hó̤ pùaⁿ thû jṳ̂ hùi;
do not leave a thing half finished.
pùaⁿ pôiⁿ mīn;
a profile view.
ūe kâi pùaⁿ sin múiⁿ jîn;
paint a half-length portrait.
cîah kàu pùaⁿ pak;
ate half a meal.
cía îeh tîeh pùaⁿ pak kâi sî-hāu cîah;
this medicine is to be taken between meals.
cīeⁿ-pùaⁿ-kùa;
the middle of the forenoon.
ĕ-pùaⁿ-kùa;
middle of the afternoon.
cīeⁿ-pùaⁿ-mêⁿ bô̤ hìeⁿ sàu, ĕ-pùaⁿ-mêⁿ sàu ío thíam;
the first part of the night I do not cough much, but the latter part of the night I cough violently.
hŵn-lío pùaⁿ kûeh būe cêng lô̤h;
half of them are not yet put in.
nŏ̤ tháng cúi pùaⁿ-pùaⁿ;
two buckets, each half full of water.
i kâi mn̂g pùaⁿ hăm-hŏiⁿ;
his door is ajar.
i chûn pùaⁿ tîo sèⁿ-mīaⁿ;
he is only half alive.
thiⁿ ke pùaⁿ úaⁿ;
add another half bowlful.
i ā-sĭ khéng pùaⁿ mâk thóiⁿ-kù to cū hó̤;
if he will take a look at it occasionally that will suffice.
pùaⁿ guêh;
half a month.
cûn kàu pùaⁿ khoi;
the boat has reached the middle of the river.
pùaⁿ pôiⁿ;
a half.
bô̤ pùaⁿ nâng tŏ̤;
there was nobody at all there.
kâi pùaⁿ kâi ŭ;
have one or two only.
pùaⁿ-sîa-sì pùaⁿ-sîa-sì nē;
very oblique.
ka pùaⁿ-sîa-sì, pùaⁿ-sîa-sì nē;
cut it bias.
cêk hûe, pùaⁿ hûe;
barely once or twice.
chēng kàu pùaⁿ-kū-lô̤h;
half worn.
cîah kàu pùaⁿ-làm-sò̤;
eat barely enough.
pùaⁿ ta tâm;
half dry.
pùaⁿ cheⁿ sêk;
half ripe.
pùaⁿ siaⁿ tàⁿ cū hío;
understood it before he was half through speaking.
pĕng bô̤ pùaⁿ kù ūe;
they never have any words with each other.
pùaⁿ cìn pùa thò̤;
hesitating whether to advance or to retreat.
pùaⁿ ngĕ ńng kâi ūe;
language that is neither too harsh nor too yielding.
pùaⁿ lâm-ńng;
a hermaphrodite.
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  • To remove from one place to another.
cá sĭ pûaⁿ kùe khṳ̀, taⁿ īu àiⁿ pûaⁿ kùe lâi;
it was moved there before, and now it is to be moved back again.
pûaⁿ-pûaⁿ îe-îe, chŵn bô̤ tīaⁿ-tîeh;
moves it first to one place and then to another, without fixing upon any place for it.
  • pûaⁿ65310810
  • A plate, tray or flat dish; a market; a game; an affair.
sói pûaⁿ-úaⁿ;
wash the dishes.
pûaⁿ-úaⁿ màiⁿ leh-leh-kìe;
do not clatter the dishes.
tháng-pûaⁿ;
a salver.
tōa pûaⁿ, sòi pûaⁿ, pûaⁿ kíaⁿ;
large, medium-sized, and small plates.
kio pûaⁿ pêⁿ-pêⁿ tōa;
of the same size as the platter.
pûaⁿ tôi, pûaⁿ kha;
the upper and the under side of a plate.
pûaⁿ màiⁿ thâh khah kûiⁿ;
do not pile the plates too high.
pûaⁿ kíam cheng-khih, sói lío, chit ta, tò̤-khap khí;
scrape the plates clean, wash them, wipe them dry, and set them bottom upward in a pile.
sǹg-pûaⁿ;
an abacus.
ngó seⁿ pûaⁿ;
trays for holding offerings to the gods.
îaⁿ-pûaⁿ cap to̤ ̆tī-kò̤?
Where is the camp set?
ūe cêk kâi kî-pûaⁿ;
draw the squares on a chess-board.
náng lâi teh cêk pûaⁿ kî;
let us play a game of chess.
kha pûaⁿ;
the instep.
chíu pûaⁿ;
the back of the hand.
tī-tiang-sî kau pûaⁿ?
When was the business transferred to others?
siu pûaⁿ; suah pûaⁿ;
to wind up an affair.
cía hùe tī-tiang-sî cìaⁿ àiⁿ khui pûaⁿ?
When are these goods to be throw upon the market?
pûaⁿ-tî;
disbursments; incidental expenses.
saⁿ chùn pûaⁿ, ngŏ chùn pûaⁿ chit chùn pûaⁿ;
three, five, and seven inch platters.
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  • To pass over or beyond.
pûaⁿ sîaⁿ chut khṳ̀;
traversed the city and went out on the other side.
pûaⁿ kùe chîeⁿ cū sĭ i kâi ău thâu;
pass over the wall and you come to the back of his house.
pûaⁿ suaⁿ kùe nía;
to cross the mountains.
pûaⁿ tùi chù-téng kùe;
went over the tops of the houses.
  • pŭaⁿ154645
  • To brush off; a duster.
pŭaⁿ tīo eng-têng;
brush off the dust.
pŭaⁿ máng kâi máng-pŭaⁿ;
a brush for brushing off mosquitoes.