Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pui
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pui
[edit]- ke lâi àiⁿ ŭ cun pui tōa sòi kâi lói-sìo;
- in the family there should be observance of the customary civilities between the high and the low, the elder and the younger.
- bô̤ cun pui bô̤ tōa sòi;
- no difference on account of rank nor of age.
- i kìⁿ cīeⁿ-si sĭ ka-kī cheng-cò̤ pui-ceh;
- in meeting his superior officer he speaks of himself as an “inferior officer”.
- cò̤ kuaⁿ màiⁿ cò̤ pui, cò̤ pui siu nâng khùi;
- if your are an official, do not be one of low rank, for if you are you will be treated with contumely.
- pui cūaⁿ;
- lowlive; mean, base; baseborn.
- àiⁿ khîu kau tin-tò̤ pui, àiⁿ khîu îong tin-tò̤ jôk;
- sought eminence and got a lower station, sought glory and came to disgrace instead.
- i kâi nâng chû-pui căi;
- she is very tender-hearted.
- chṳ̂-pui nîe;
- a name for the goddess Kwanyin.
- pui-lŭi;
- to weep bitterly.
- pui-chô;
- sad, sorrowful.
- tăi chṳ̂ tăi pui;
- most pitiable.
- pui-ai, thìaⁿ-khàu;
- to weep and wail.
- pui-chám;
- heart-rending.
- īu pui īu hí;
- both sad and glad.
- cîah kàu pûi-pûi;
- has grown very fat.
- pûi-càng, tōa-kîaⁿ;
- fat and stout.
- thóiⁿ a-pûi ŭ tŏ̤ mē;
- see if the fat fellow is there.
- pûi-tōa;
- corpulent.
- chī kàu pûi-pûi;
- feed up and make fleshy.
- i pûi lâi phàⁿ-lauh;
- his fat is of a flabby sort.
- cí kâi pûi lâi kín-cí;
- this one's fat is very solid.
- cí kù pûi ka-kī tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
- looks only to his own benefit.
- cí īeⁿ keⁿ-chài tōa cîah pûi;
- this sort of vegetable takes up much fat in the cooking.
- i cîah kàu o pûe chiah tōi;
- he has become brown, hardy and stout.
- câp pûi, káu pù;
- of ten fat persons nine are rich.
- hip kàu hía pùi cêk pa cêk pa;
- pent up there till the prickly heat has come out in many spots.
- khîeh kò̤ sang-hún lâi so pùi;
- get some prepared chalk and rub the spots.
- thong sin seⁿ kàu cĕng-cĕng pùi;
- his whole body is covered with prickly heat.
- cá mêⁿ kâi káu pūi khṳ̀ thíam căi;
- last night there was a dog barking violently.