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ăm kò̤;

fill it up to the neck.

chēng lô̤h cìaⁿ pīn kha-thâu-u, khah tó̤;

on putting it on it reaches only to the knees, it is too short.

• ‮就‬pīn999439
• From or at this point.

àiⁿ pīn tī-kò khí?

At what point shall I begin?

pīn kíaⁿ-jît khí sǹg;

begin to reckon from to-day.

pīn ĕ kâi gûeh cí;

make next month the close of the period.

pīn tìn-tang kò̤ côih lô̤h khṳ̀;

sever it from the middle.

• ‮便‬pīn68897
• Ready; convenient; handy.

pīn a būe?

Are you ready?

nĕ pīn-pīn;

just at hand; all ready.

m̄-pīn;

inconvenient, unhandy; unattainable.

pīn bói pīn bōi;

buy or sell ready made.

siu-sîp pīn-pīn, tŏ̤ táng i;

all ready and waiting for him.

cáu-khí lâi pn̄g pīn, chài pīn;

when he gets up breakfast is all ready.

pío

• ‮表‬pío6821453
• To make known; an external manifestation.

seⁿ tit cêk pío nâng châi;

altogether he loks the clever man.

chíaⁿ cí seng pío;

ask that the imperial will be made known.

pío mêng-pêh chut lâi;

set it plainly forth.

pío chut i kâi chêng-cak;

make known the circumstances.

pío cieⁿ;

a memorial.

lîak-lîak pío úa kâi sim cē;

will to some extent disclose my real feelings.

• ‮婊‬pío682388
• A prostitute.

pío-kíaⁿ;

a public woman, a term used in reviling people.

náng màiⁿ chap hṳ́ khí àu pío-kíaⁿ;

let us not associate with those wenches.

• ‮縹緻‬pío-cì59
• Handsome; beautiful.

nâng īeⁿ seⁿ lâi to pío-pío cì-cì;

they are very handsome people there.

pit

• ‮筆‬pit6931186
• A pencil or small brush; a pen; to write; drawing; penmanship.

khîeh ki pit;

take a pen.

pit chue;

pen-handle.

pit tâng;

a cylinder to hold pens.

pit nêk; pit mô̤ⁿ;

the brush.

pit búe;

the point.

pit thap;

the case.

khîa pit;

to hold a pen.

pit-kíaⁿ, tōa-pit;

a small or a large pen.

in-pit;

a lead pencil.

thih pit bô̤ î;

my word is as good as my bond; you may rely on my so doing.

lô̤h pit;

begin to write.

lô̤h pit jṳ̂ lêng kauh cúi;

he writes like a dragon swirling water; he writes with an easy firm hand.

tùi thóiⁿ i kâi pit ciah sĭ mē;

see if it is his hand-writing.

thóiⁿ sĭ i kâi chin chíu tek pit mē;

see whether it was written by his own hand.

sĭ i chin pit sía kâi;

he wrote it himself.

pît-ûeh ngĕ căi;

the strokes are very bold and firm.

pit cṳ;

fees to a writer.

sĭ pât nâng thòi pit kâi;

it is written by an amanuensis.

i kâi pit-bâk hô̤;

he is a good writer.

pit kè;

a pen rack.

ngṳ̂n-cu pit;

a pen for writing in red ink.

phùa pit;

to begin to learn to write.

• ‮飽‬pit6641845
• Enough; satisfied; fall.

i cîah kàu tó pit-pit;

he has eaten all he wants.

cí kâi tō̤ tìeⁿ kàu pit;

this wallet is stuffed full.

cîah kàu kâi kui pit-pit;

has eaten its crop full.

jîp mîⁿ, jîp kàu pit-pit;

stuff in cotton, till it is as full as it will hold.

• ‮坼‬pit960325
• Chapped.

kha pit, chíu pit;

chapped feet and hands.

mīn tîeh chîang sói, cìaⁿ bŏi pit;

you must bathe your face in tepid water then it will not chap.

• ‮必‬pit692611
• A strong affirmative; certainly; must; determined on.

pit-pit m̄ sĭ;

it is certainly not so.

hô̤ pit cìeⁿ-seⁿ?

What necessity is there for that?

pit-su àiⁿ ēng;

cannot do without it.

pit-jîen;

surely.

pit-tīaⁿ;

decidedly.

cía m̄-hó̤ pit;

do not be too certain about this.

put pit jù chṳ́;

it is not sure that it is thus.

būe pit;

perhaps not.

sì pit;

undoubtedly.

úa thóiⁿ i pit lâi;

I think he is sure to come.

pit sĭ i m̄ tŏ̤;

he is doubtless away from home.

i pit-pit m̆;

he is determined that he will not.

• ‮畢‬pît6921026
• To finish; to bring to an end; all; entirely.

kong sṳ̄ pît a būe?

Is the public business finished?

sṳ̄ lí būe pît;

the job is not yet done.

ūe tàⁿ pît cū khṳ̀;

having finished what I had to say I went.

pît-kéng sĭ cò̤-nì?

After all, what is it?

• ‮蹕‬pît69215711
• To warn persons off the road and thus make way for the sovereign; an imperial journey.

cŭ-pît;

a stoppage in an imperial progress.

móng hûang-tì tng-sî cêng cŭ-pît tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤;

a certain emperor once stopped there when journeying.

• ‮蝙蝠‬pît-pô̤687
• A bat.

pît-pô̤ hĭⁿ;

having ears like a bat’s.

pît-pô̤ sái hó̤ cò̤ îeh;

the excrement of bats is used as a medicine.

ūe ngŏ kâi pît-pô̤;

paint the five bats (a common style of ornamentation).

pît-pô̤ cît-cît-kìe;

bats squeak.