A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / pa

爸

巴

A classifier of slaps with the hand; a clap; sign of the optative.
pa put tit cò̤ kàu cîaⁿ;

would that I could bring it to completion.
pa tāu; pa tāu cí;

the croton-oil fruit.
pa-cíeⁿ;

the palm of the hand.
cang pa-cíeⁿ phah i;

slapped him with his open hand.
cang pa-cíeⁿ cìeⁿ pôiⁿ hien kùe lâi, hìeⁿ pôiⁿ hien kùe khṳ̀;

slapped him on one side with one hand and on the other side with the other hand.
i khṳt i tōa nâng cang pa-cíeⁿ piang kàu hṳ́ pôiⁿ hĭⁿ thiaⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;

she was boxed by one of the elders of her family so that she is deaf in one ear.
búe-pa;

the flat part of the tail of an animal.
îeⁿ-búe pa;

sheep’s tails.
têk búe pa;

deer’s tails.

To tease, to plague; to meddle with; to handle.
i tó̤ pa-lói i kâi;

he is teasing her.
i kâi láu-láu-sît-sît, nín àiⁿ pa-lói i mih sṳ̄?

He never does harm to any one, what are you plaguing him for?
i to sĭ tó̤ pin-tǹg pa-lói i kâi;

they are always making game ofhim.
i tó̤ pa-lói cîah;

she is preparing the meal.

Perhaps; perchance.
pa-lak úa ka-kī àiⁿ khṳ̀;

perhaps I shall myself go.
pa-lak ŏi tit hó̤;

possibly it may be completed.
cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤, pa-lak bŏi hŭam cŭe;

in thus doing, it may be that no sin will be committed.

芭

飽

To eat enough; satisfied; gratified; satiated.
cîah pá;

finished his meal.
cîah būe pá;

has not yet finished his meal.
cîah cîaⁿ pá;

is just through eating.
cîah m̄ pá;

did not eat all I wanted.
màiⁿ cîah khah pá;

do not eat to repletion.
i sĭ pá hâk kâi nâng;

he is a very learned man.
i kâi mīn-sì thêng pá-múaⁿ;

he has a full round face.
ki pá îu jîn;

hunger and fullness are much as people please.
thóiⁿ kàu pá;

looked at it as long as I wish to.
cē thóiⁿ cū pá;

the sight of it is enough.
thóiⁿ lío, tó ŏi pá a bŏi?

Did you see enough of it?
khṳt i cîah pá-pá, sí lío hó̤ cò̤ kâi pá kúi;

give him all he can eat, and when he is dead he will be a contented ghost.
pá cîah m̄ jû pá ût;

eating enough is not so good as sleeping enough.
tìeⁿ kàu pá-pá;

stuffed as full as is can be.
bô̤ chài le pn̄g tîeh cîah pá cē;

since there are no side-dishes, you must eat the more of the rice.
chíaⁿ a-îⁿ lâi pá pn̄g;

ask your aunt to come to supper now.

把

To seize; to hold for the purpose of using; to grasp; to lay hold of; to take a thing to be; to consider as.
pá-cáng;

an ensign in the army.
lṳ́ pá i thóiⁿ 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

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.

靶

豹

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

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

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.
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.

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