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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
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cò̤ sĭm-mih nâng?
- Whom did you take him to be?
- i kâi cò̤ sṳ̄ ŭ pá-thî;
- he acts in a masterful way.
- cū sĭ i tó̤ pá-thî sṳ̄;
- it is he who holds control in the affair.
- cò̤ mîh sṳ̄ àiⁿ ŭ pá-pèⁿ;
- in whatever one does he needs something that he can use as a handie.
- màiⁿ pá i kâi kang-hu gō khṳ̀;
- do not interfere with him so as to spoil his work.
- àiⁿ pá cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ cò̤-nî lâi chù-lì?
- How shall we arrange this business?
- cò̤ pá hì;
- play tricks of legerdemain; to performs feats, as acrobats or trained animals do; jugglery.
- 榜pá6577510
- A list of successful candidates.
- pa-ngán;
- the “eye of the list”, a term for the second scholar in the land; the idea is that he is second in order as the eye is under the forehead.
- nŏ̤ hiaⁿ tĭ cêk kâi tèng cŏ̤-ngŵn, cêk kâi tèng pá-ngân;
- of the two brothers one became the first scholar of the empire, and the other the second.
- sīa cìⁿ kâi pá;
- a target.
- tòng tîeh pá kâi âng-sim;
- hit the centre.
- sīa tîeh pá kîⁿ;
- hit the outer edge of the target.
- pûaⁿ pá;
- fired over the target.
- pài pá;
- a little short of the mark; the arrow fell at the foot of the target.
- sīa m̄ tîeh pá;
- did not hit the target.
- 豹pà6651533
- A name for spotted felinæ, the leopard, panther, jaguar, cheetah or ounce. The leopard is the insignia of military officers of the fourth rank.
- kim cîⁿ pà;
- the leopard.
- hóⁿ seⁿ pà jî;
- the tiger has a leopard as its offspring.
- pà phûe cêk tíam cêk tíam, hue-hue;
- a leopard-skin is speckled and spotted.
- 霸pà64517313
- To reign by force rather than by law; to incroach on; to hold in check through fear.
- pá-cìam nâng kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
- take possession of other people’s things.
- cí kâi nâng cò̤ sṳ̄ pà căi;
- this person does things in a high handed way.
- hûeⁿ-pà; hùeⁿ-hûeⁿ pà-pà;
- regardless of the rights of others.
- cìeⁿ-seⁿ sǹg sĭ pà-tău;
- this is a resort to intimidation.
- i kâi ūe pà-tău căi;
- his language is intended to intimidate.
- 罷pă64512210
- To suffice; to cease from, to leave off, to finish; to quash; to strike work; enough; no more.
- kău cìeⁿ-seⁿ le pă lío;
- that is enough of this; it is quite time this was stopped.
- m̄ khéng pă chíu;
- would not stay his hand.
- jī ke phah pă, màiⁿ sie chūe;
- both parties having discontinued the quarrel, let there be no farther fighting.
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- ûi sĭm-mih sṳ̄ pă chĭ?
- What is the reason for the markets being closed?
- cèng nâng hŭe-côi pă kháu;
- they all combined and forclosed the examination by refusing to attend.
- àiⁿ pă put lêng;
- could not stop though he wished to.
- m̄ àiⁿ, cū pă;
- if you do not want it let it alone.
- i íⁿ-keng pă ceh, kui ke;
- he has already fulfilled his duties and returned home.
- 冒pă582137
- To assume a false name.
- i tŏ̤ gūa kháu to sĭ pă i kâi mîaⁿ;
- he always assumes his name when abroad.
- thèng pă nâng kâi mîaⁿ;
- take other people’s names.
- pă i kâi kî-hō̤;
- make illegal use of their flag.
- i sĭ pă tī-tîang kâi hŏ̤-thâu?
- Whose mark has he counterfeited?
pai
- 擺pái6486415
- To spread out; to display; to set in order.
- pái kè-sì;
- to make a display; to put on airs.
- pái tūi-ngó;
- parade troops.
- pái tŏ̤ sang pôiⁿ;
- ranged on the two sides.
- pái-siet mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
- to put things in place.
- pái hīn-hīn tó̤ khṳt nâng thóiⁿ;
- lay out as to let people see them.
- pái khui cē;
- spread it out more.
- màiⁿ pái khah khuah;
- do not spread it out too broadly.
- pái côi-côi, sì-cìaⁿ sì-cìaⁿ;
- range them evenly and squarely.
- îo-îo pái-pái;
- to strut arouad.
- pái tō;
- . ferry formed of stationary boats.
- pái toh;
- to lay a table.
- pái chn̂g-íⁿ;
- to arrange the furniture.
- pái ceng tṳ̄;
- to lay the dishes.
- pái kó-tóng;
- arrange the bric-a-brac.
- pái phâi-chîang;
- arrange elegantly.
- pái hó̤ thóiⁿ tīaⁿ;
- laid out merely to look at.
- gūa mīn pái khṳ̀ li hó̤ thóiⁿ, m̄ cai lăi mīn căi-seⁿ;
- the outside is well arranged, I do not know how it may be inside.
- cí kâi mûeh sĭ pái tó̤ thit-thô̤ kâi, a sĭ pái tó̤ phīⁿ phang?
- Are these things put here for show, or are they put here for their sweet smell?
- 拜pâi648645
- To honor; to reverence; to kneel to; to make an obeisance; to visit; to salute; to pay one’s respects to; a salute.
- pài sîn;
- worship the gods.
- pài có;
- worship ancestors.
- pài kheh;
- return a visit.
- pài pńg cĭeⁿ kiaⁿ;
- memorialize the throne.
- úa sĭm sĭ pài hôk lṳ́;
- I acknowledge your superiority.
- úa àiⁿ pài tho̤h lṳ́ kio úa cò̤ kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
- I have something that I wish to ask you to do me for me.
- i lâi hûe pài;
- he has come to return your visit.
- úang lâi sie pài;
- go back and forth interchanging visits.
- tŏ̤ móng sî pài sìang;
- at that time minister of state.
- pài âp;
- a card case.
- pài kìⁿ;
- salute on seeing.
- ēng pài kúi pài?
- How many obeisances are to be made ?
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