Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pwt
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pwt
- i sĭ pŵt kong-seng;
- he is a selected sìu-châi, one who excels the common rank, and can be employed.
- pŵt pó móng îaⁿ kâi chám-cìang;
- promoted to fill a vacant post as commander of a certain garrison.
- thî-pŵt;
- raise to a higher post.
- pŵt cheⁿ;
- a comet, in allusion to its sudden appearance and supposed malign influences.
- hàm i màiⁿ lâi tó̤ pŵt-cheⁿ;
- tell him not to come about like an evil star.
- pŵt-sîap;
- uncomfortable; tiresome.
- cêk lō kâi pŵt-sîap sĭ kang-khó căi;
- the discomforts of the journey are great.
- pŵt-pŵt sîap-sîap, sĭm sĭ kang-khó;
- most uncomfortable and very fatiguing.
- pŵt tṳ̂ put sîang;
- to ward off evil.