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

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包

• To wrap up, to envelope; to contain, to hold; to be included in; to be patient; to undertake; to manage an affair; to assume; to engage; to warrant; to insure; a bundle, a bale, a wrapper; plated, as with gold.

• pau cò̤ cêk pau;

  do them up in one bundle.

• cúa khah sòi, pau m̄ bûa;

  the paper is too small, I cannot wrap them in it.

• phah cò̤ kâi pò pau;

  do them up in a cloth wrapper.

• jû ké li pau ūaⁿ;

  if counterfeit will guarantee an exchange.

• pau-nía;

  to guarantee; to warrant goods; to make one’s self responsible for.

• pau-hâm;

  forbearing.

• pau-kẃn lṳ́ bô̤ sṳ̄;

  I assure you there is nothing to fear.

• i tó̤ pau-lám sṳ̂-sŏng;

  he undertakes to conduct the suit.

• thīⁿ kò̤ pau-hôk-phûe;

  making a wrapper to wrap clothing in.

• kò nâng pì pau-kó̤;

  hired a man to carry his bundle.

• hṳ́ tói só̤ pau kâi tŏ̤-lí sĭm khuah;

  the doctrine contained in it is of very extensive application.

• pau-kwt;

  to include; to contain; to inclose.

• pau-kwt ŭ nŏ̤ īeⁿ kâi ì-sṳ̀;

  it involves too different ideas.

• hṳ́ tieⁿ cúa pau mih mûeh?;

  What is done up in that paper?

• ngṳ̂n pau kim;

  silver plated with gold.

• i sĭ pau-phî i;

  he countenances him.

• i pau kâi láu-kṳ́;

  he keeps a mistress.

胞

• Uterine; brotherly.

• tâng pau hiaⁿ-tĭ;

  brothers, having the same father and mother.

• pau cí-mūeⁿ;

  own sisters.

• pau tîet;

  own brother’s son.

保

• To protect, to defend, to keep safe.

• thiⁿ-tī pĕ-bó̤ páu-ĭu;

  may the Creative Powers in Nature bless you.

• páu-ĭu i kâi pēⁿ khùe-khùe hó̤;

  grant him a speedy recovery.

• cía tīaⁿ-tîeh sĭ sîn-méng páu-ĭu i;

  the gods surely helped him in this.

• i sĭ cò̤ thài-páu, a sĭ cò̤ sìo-páu? Is he the principal or the secondary guardian of the emperor?

• m̄ sĭ, sĭ cò̤ thài-cṳ́ thài-páu;

  he is neither, he is the chief guardian of the heir-apparent.

暴

• Stormy, tempestuous; cruel, violent; oppressive; fierce.

• pău-ngîak;

  cruel ; tyrannical.

• pău-nŏ̤ⁿ sieⁿ

• kuaⁿ;

  violent wrath injures the liver.

• khîong-hîong pău-ak;

  brutal wickedness.

• hut-jîen pău pēⁿ;

  suddenly became dangerously ill.

• nâng m̄-bó̤ cṳ̆ pău, cṳ̆ khì;

  one should not throw himself away in a fit of rage.

• tṳ̂ pău, uaⁿ lîang;

  extirpate the fierce, and tranquilize the gentle.

• i kâi seⁿ-chêng châng-pău;

  his disposition is savage.

瓿

• A gallipot; a jar with a small neck and large body.

• cíu pău;

  a wine jar.

• chò pău;

  a vinegar jar.

• húe thùaⁿ pău;

  a pot for holding cinders.

• hue kim pău;

  an uru holding the bones of the dead.

蠣

• Rock oysters.

• pău-hṳ̂;

  dried rock-oysters.

• lâm pău;

  Hainan oysters.

• tang-îeⁿ pău;

  Japanese oysters.