Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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tery made, but have not yet baked it.
- phue bô
- the mold for making casts.
- thô phue li cò̤ hó̤, būe cêng chái;
- have finished the clay model, but have not yet colored it.
- phue cò̤ hó̤, būe cêng lâm thn̄g;
- have shaped the clay, but have not yet glazed it.
- cng hĭa kâi phue;
- bricks and tiles ready for baking.
- 配phùe6721643
- A mate; an equal; a companion; to pair; to mate; to match.
- i cêng phùe chin a būe?
- Is she betrothed yet?
- phit-phùe;
- a helpmeet; to take a helpmeet.
- i m̄ cài phit-phùe;
- he will not marry again.
- phùe-hâh khṳ̀ hó̤-hó̤;
- it matches perfectly.
- lṳ́ àiⁿ cò̤-nî phùe kah?;
- How will you put them together?
- àiⁿ phùe cò̤ sĭm-mih sek?;
- What color will go well with it?
- hṳ́-phùe khṳt tī-tîang?;
- To whom is she promised in marriage?
- phùe m̄ cieⁿ;
- it does not fit.
- phùe i ŏi tit khí;
- it will go very well with that.
- phùe câu-câu;
- a perfect match.
- i kâi kong phùe thiⁿ-tī;
- his fame will last as long as the universe does.
- cí kâi sĭ i kâi ngŵn phue;
- this is his first spouse.
- 皮phûe6791070
- Skin, rind, bark, peel, external covering; a wrapper; a case; leather; furs; reputation; character.
- i tó̤ bōi phûe hùe;
- he is selling furs.
- só̤ chēng sĭ phûe-náu phûe-cháu;
- dresses in furs.
- i kâi phûe-hu ìuⁿ-jī căi;
- her complexion is very delicate.
- i pô̤h phûe căi;
- he is very thin skinned.
- i seⁿ lâi phûe khah pô̤h;
- he is naturally too sensitive.
- i m̄ kù mīn-phûe;
- he is regardless of his good name.
- sêk phûe;
- to tan hides.
- pak phûe;
- to flay.
- cí īeⁿ phûe kâi sek-cúi ngía;
- this leather has a fine tint.
- cē tṳ̂ phûe khṳ̀ kut cū chûn bô̤ tíam-kíaⁿ;
- when you take off the skin and take out the bones, there is very little left.
- i tó̤ tng phûe-tîo-phûa;
- she is a pimp.
- phûe tîo;
- a leather thong.
- ka tîo phûe-tîo lâi cò̤ chia-kui so̤h;
- cut a strip of leather to make a band for the machine.
- phûe n̆ng;
- eggs coated with clay.
- thut tīo chàu phûe lâng;
- shuffled off this mortal coil.
- phoi tīo phûe;
- pare off the rind.
- khí tī phûe;
- raise the crust of the earth; extirpate the place he lived in.
- cía sĭ bûa chíu phûe kâi cîⁿ;
- this money is hardly earned.
- 皮phûe672328
- To cultivate; to assist; to add energy to.
- i kâi sin-hūn tîeh cai phûe-íang;
- his physical health must be recuperated.
- phûe-sek kíaⁿ-tĭ;
- bring up children.
- phûe-sek tĭ-cú;
- develop one's pupils.
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- 被phŭe6691455
- A quilt or blanket.
- cí kâi phŭe sĭ jîp si-mîⁿ kâi;
- this coverlet is stuffed with raw silk.
- kah phŭe;
- to roll one's self in a coverlet.
- kám phŭe;
- cover closely with a quilt.
- thăⁿ phŭe;
- lay a quilt over him.
- phŭe kè;
- a small stand used to hold folded quilts.
- bé phŭe;
- a horse-blanket.
- sin phah cêk nía mîⁿ-phŭe;
- had a quilt over him.
- cí hwn phŭe sĭ phŭe-mîⁿ ke cîⁿ a sĭ phŭe-toaⁿ ke cîⁿ?
- For a foreign bed-quilt, which costs most, the cotton or the cover?
phueh
- 談phûeh8541498
- To converse; to talk about; to discuss; to chat.
- i tó̤ phûeh mih ūe?
- What are they talking about?
- phûeh lâi phûeh khṳ̀;
- to bandy words.
- phûeh tang phûeh sai;
- talk of all sorts of things.
- ôiⁿ tiang-sî lâi cŏ̤ phûeh;
- when you have leisure come and have a chat with me.
- bô̤ sṳ̄, tó̤ ôiⁿ phûeh;
- talking at ease, having nothing to do.
- phûeh sńg; phueh chìe;
- talk playfully.
- 沬phûeh604855
- Froth; foam; spume; drool; scum.
- cúi phûeh;
- spume on water.
- lâu phûeh;
- spit out froth.
- phûeh lâu-lâu;
- froth bubbles out.
- ko tīo mīn cīeⁿ kâi phûeh;
- skim the scum off its surface.
- nŭaⁿ seⁿ phûeh;
- frothy expectoration.
- gû-nĭ phueh;
- cream.
phuh
- 弱phûh295577
- Weak in numbers and influence.
- phûh hieⁿ;
- a small and uninfluential town.
- phûh pang, phûh kha;
- an uninfluential body.
- in cêk pâng chìo, ún cêk pâng phûh;
- they are powerful and we are weak.
- ún cí sîaⁿ lăi bô̤ mih chìo phûh;
- we here in the city are not divided into opposing parties.
- chìo kâi to̤ to̤ àiⁿ khi-hŭ phûh kâi;
- the strong are always trying to oppress the weak.
- ún ío phûh m̄ káⁿ thīn i;
- we are the weaker party and dare not provoke him.
- sĭ i sĭang phûh;
- he is the least powerful of all.
phui
- phùi nŭaⁿ;
- to expectorate.
- phùi thâm, phùi hueh;
- to spit up phlegm or blood.
- thâm-nŭaⁿ màiⁿ phùi cêk koiⁿ;
- do not spit over everything.
- i kâi thâm phùi chut lâi tòa hueh tíam;
- there are specks of blood in the phlegm which he raises.
- phùi-phùi-kìe;
- keeps spitting.
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