bamboo.
- poiⁿ hûn;
- brindled.
- poiⁿ lío kâi ciah kâi ciah;
- marked with numerous disconnected spots.
- i seⁿ lâi o poiⁿ hô;
- he is black, pock-marked, and full-bearded.
- mīn tèng ŭ tíam chiah poiⁿ;
- he has a brown spot on his face.
- 板póiⁿ651754
- Blocks or type used in printing; a board; an instrument of flagellation, or a stroke from it.
- khek ìn-póiⁿ;
- engrave blocks for printing.
- cía sĭ lêng-ūaⁿ hwn khek kâi póiⁿ;
- this is a block that has been recut.
- în-póiⁿ;
- lead type.
- tâng póiⁿ;
- brass type.
- kôih póiⁿ kâi bûn-cṳ;
- a flying dispatch from court.
- kôih póiⁿ;
- boards used as a case for a set of books.
- i cē kùe kîe cū thiu póiⁿ;
- as soon as he had crossed the bridge he tore up its planks.
- tăng phah, sì-câp póiⁿ;
- inflicted forty heavy blows with a ferule.
- sĭ phah póiⁿ-kíaⁿ, a sĭ phah tōa póiⁿ?
- Is he to be beaten with the small or the large rod?
- 反póiⁿ126292
- To turn; to reverse.
- póiⁿ kùe lâi póiⁿ kùe khṳ̀;
- to turn to and fro.
- cìeⁿ pôiⁿ pūe lío, póiⁿ kùe hìeⁿ pôiⁿ cài pūe;
- when this side has been dried by the fire, turn it over and dry the other side.
- ôi póiⁿ-lìn-tńg khṳt i phâk;
- turn the shoes bottom upwards and let then dry in the sun.
- póiⁿ o, póiⁿ pêh;
- when you turn the one side up it is black, and when you turn the other side up it is white.
- tâng bô̤ lí póiⁿ kàu ŭ lí;
- he turns nonsense around till it appears to be sense.
- màiⁿ tin-tò̤ póiⁿ;
- do not let it roll over backward.
- céⁿ hó̤-hó̤-sĭ-sĭ póiⁿ kàu lô̤-lô̤;
- the well from its usual good condition turned turbid.
- póiⁿ i kâi mâk-kha-phûe lâi thóiⁿ;
- turn up his eyelid and look.
- póiⁿ kau chíu khún;
- tie his hands behind him.
- m̄ hó̤ khah méⁿ póiⁿ cìaⁿ ŏ̤i kàu kò̤;
- do not turn them over too soon, and then they will cohere in one piece.
- 笏póiⁿ2671184
- A tablet held before the breast by courtiers at audiences, down to the Ming dynasty; it was first designed for taking notes on.
- chîo póiⁿ;
- a court tablet.
- 邊pôiⁿ68616215
- A border or side; a boundary, an edge, a margin.
- tŏ̤ cìeⁿ pôiⁿ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ hìeⁿ pôiⁿ kâi nâng sòi-sòi;
- seen from this side people on the other side appear very small.
- tah kùe khoi hìeⁿ pôiⁿ;
- take passage to the other side the river.
- mō̤ⁿ thóiⁿ tang pôiⁿ pêh a būe;
- look and see whether the eastern horizon is yet light.
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poih
- poih choiⁿ lâng poih câp poih;
- eight thousand and eighty-eight.
- tŏiⁿ poih kâi;
- the eighth one.
- nî huang jī poih;
- he is now sixteen.
- poih jī kha;
- flaring legs.
- poih jī;
- the eight characters, denoting the year, month, day and hour of one’s birth, from which horoscopes are cast.
- poih im ceng;
- a musical clock or a music-box.
- poih pó̤;
- the eight precious things which the eight genti carry in their hands.
- sĭ poih-kak kâi;
- it is octagonal.
- poih-kak;
- a kind of spice, having eight points around the seed.
- poih-sien chn̂g;
- an octagonal table.
- i sĭ poih pài cṳ kau;
- they are on very friendly terms.
- 拔pôih647645
- To pull out; to extract; to eradicate.
- cun-thak pôih m̄ chut;
- I cannot pull the cork out of the bottle.
- khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ pôih;
- pull it gently.
- pôih kìam;
- to draw a sword.
- hăm kṳn pôih khí lâi;
- pull it up roots and all.
- i cêk mô̤ⁿ put pôih;
- he would not pull out a hair for it; would give nothing at all for it.
- i àiⁿ khîu lṳ́ pôih i chut lâi;
- he is going to beseech you to take him out of prison.
- 䥀pôih4716710
- To pull in extending anything; to extend by pulling.
- pôih i tn̂g;
- stretch it to its full length; lengthen it by pulling.
- cē pôih i ŏi tn̂g;
- it stretches when you pull on it.
- pôih ngṳ̂n sùaⁿ;
- to draw silver wire.
pok
- 卜pok717259
- To divine by looking at, or rattling coins inside of tortoise shell; sortilege.
- pok-khùe;
- to divine; to inquire of the fates.
- i pok lâi cún căi;
- he rightly divined it.
- būe pok, soiⁿ cai;
- knew it before he forecast.
- 燐pok5418613
- Flitting, like an ignis fatuns.
- pok-pok-thìo, cū sĭ kúi-húe hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- flitting hither and thither like a will-o-the-wisp.
- mêⁿ-kùa tŏ̤ cûn-thâu thóiⁿ-kìⁿ suaⁿ-phîaⁿ kâi kúi-húe pok-pok-thìo;
- in the night, saw from the prow of the boat, the will-o-the-wisps flitting about on the shore.
- 僕pôk717912
- A vassal, a retainer, a servant or menial; one who aids in laborious duties.
- nôⁿ-pôk;
- a man servant or slave.
- pĭ-pôk;
- a female slave.
- cêk cú cêk pôk cò̤-pû lâi;
- master and servant came together.
- pôk hŭ;
- a servant's wife, or a woman-servant.
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