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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
- 負pì1491542
- To carry suspended on the back.
- pì pò-tō̤;
- shoulder a wallet.
- cí cêk pò-tō̤ bí àiⁿ pì khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?;
- Where are you carrying this bag of rice?
- pì m̄ phû;
- I cannot shoulder it.
- úa pì kàu hêk sí;
- I have carried it till I am almost tired to death.
- pì a-nôⁿ;
- to carry a baby on the back in a cloth tied around the chest.
- khîeh tîo pì-tîo khṳ̀ pì;
- get the scarf used for tying children on the back, and carry him.
- nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ pì tṳ;
- a tiger carrying off a pig on his back.
- 瘦pì6751048
- Numb; a partial numbness.
- cí hûe kâi kha pì-pì;
- my foot is now asleep.
- hía îeh buah lío nĕ pì-pì, sûi nâng cò̤-nî mûeh m̄ cai thìaⁿ;
- since putting on the medicine it has no feeling in it, and whatever any one does to it there is no sensation of pain.
- chíu pì lío cīo-cīo-kìo;
- after being asleep, my hand prickles.
- pì kàu nĕ ngûi-ngûi;
- so fast asleep as to be perfectly numb.
- chn̂g kú kha cū àiⁿ pì;
- if you squat long, you legs will be numb.
- pì îeh;
- medicine producing numbness.
- 秘pì6761155
- Supernatural; private; secret.
- cí tieⁿ hng sĭ pì-thŵn kâi;
- this prescription is one that was secretly made known, or privately handed down to its recipient.
- pì kín, m̄ khéng thŵn khṳt nâng;
- kept it a close secret, and would not impart it to anyone.
- mih sṳ pì căi, m̄ hàuⁿ kà nâng;
- he is very unwilling to divulge any of his secrets, and will teach them to nobody.
- pì sĭu kâi sîn hng;
- an infallible receipt privately received.
- pì cṳ;
- secret archives; a mysterious or private book.
- tit tîeh i kâi pì puah;
- got his clapdish; received his abstruse receipts.
- 轡pì67315915
- A course on horseback.
- pháu cêk pì bé ēng jîeh cōi cîⁿ?;
- How much must be paid for the use of the horse in each course that you gallop?
- tîeh līen pháu ŭ jîeh cōi pì bé cìaⁿ hó̤ lôh tîeⁿ;
- must practise riding for many courses and then you can enter the lists at the examinations.
- 臂pì67813013
- The forearm; the arm.
- i kâi chíu-pì ío sòi;
- his arm is rather small.
- hŭ úa cêk pì cṳ lâk;
- give me a helping hand.
- i kâi chíu-pì-pà chun chut lâi lùn-lùn;
- he stretched out a very plump arm.
- phah tîeh i kâi sît-pì;
- shot him in the wing.
- i kâi pì-páng tōa ŭ lâk;
- he has brawny arms.
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- 庇pì677534
- To protect, as the gods do.
- pì-ĭu;
- to aid and bless.
- pì-ĭu i khùe-khùe hó̤;
- grant him speedy recovery.
- pó̤-pì kàu i phêng-phêng ang-ang;
- give him perfect peace.
- 脾pî6801308
- The spleen, which lying near the stomach assists to digest the food, and is supposed to open into the heart; the digestion.
- i kâi pî-ūi hó̤, bô̤ pēⁿ;
- his digestion is good, there is no derangement of the spleen and stomach.
- i cìeⁿ-sî kâi pî-tó m̄-hó̤;
- his digestive organs are out of order lately.
- tîeh chūe cē kĭen pî kâi îeh khṳ̀ cîah;
- must get some medicine that will act on the spleen, and take it.
- cí īeⁿ gû-nêk cū sĭm sĭ pó pî;
- this beef strengthens the digestion.
- pì-hṳ kâi nâng;
- one whose digestive powers are weak.
- 巵pî55494
- A jar with a small neck.
- chò pî;
- vinegar jar.
- cêk pî tāu-cìeⁿ;
- a jar of bean catsup.
- 杷枇pî-pê679
- The loquat, or medlar.
- téng cék kṳn pî-pê;
- weigh out a catty of loquats.
- 琶琵pî-pê679
- A shaped guitar with four strings.
- tôaⁿ pî-pê;
- play the viol.
- 備pĭ677910
- To prepare; to make ready; to provide for, or against; ready.
- cún pĭ;
- made ready for.
- côi-pĭ;
- all in readiness.
- ṳ̆-pĭ pīn-pīn tŏ̤-kò̤;
- every preparation has been completed.
- ŭ pĭ phah i bô̤ pĭ;
- the one who is prepared overcomes him who is unprepared.
- pĭ cok ngŵn kè lâi chíu-sôk;
- provided the original price in full and came to ransom it.
- m̄ hó̤ khîu chŵn ceh-pĭ;
- one must not look for entire perfection.
- pàng kò̤ ŭ-pĭ put ngô̤;
- put it aside in readiness for an emergency.
- bw̄n īeⁿ kŭ pĭ;
- all things are ready.
- bô̤ ṳ̆ bô̤ pĭ i cū lâi;
- he came when we were totally unprepared.
- síu-pĭ;
- the second in command of a garrison.
- cṳ̆ pĭ kháu-nîe lâi kio chîo-thêng chut lâk;
- provide one's own food, and work for the government without pay.
- 閉pĭ6761693
- To close a door; to exclude; to bar out; to stop up; obstructed, closed.
- pĭ mn̂g pĭ hŏ;
- closed doors.
- pĭ mâk cē sĭeⁿ;
- close the eyes and think.
- mn̂g-lō khui-lâi úa thóiⁿ khah pĭ-sak;
- I think the passages are too much obstructed.
- pĭ mn̂g hiuⁿ kẃn tha nâng sṳ̄;
- shut up the doors and cease to observe
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