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

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• To break; to separate the parts of a thing.

• peⁿ khui;

  to break apart by pulling at.

• cí ki sam sie-hŭ peⁿ, peⁿ cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;

  help to pull apart the sides of this stick of timber and pull it in two.

• peⁿ m̄ khui;

  cannot rend it in two.

把

• To hold; to guard; to head off.

• péⁿ mn̂g kâi nâng;

  those who guard the gates.

• péⁿ-síu mn̂g-hŏ;

  guards the gates.

• péⁿ bô̤ i kùe;

  stopped the way and would not let him pass.

• ìo lō tèng kak-kak ŭ nâng tó̤ péⁿ;

  the important roads are each guarded by some one.

柄

• A handle, a haft, a crank; having control of; authority, power.

• ūe pèⁿ;

  something to take hold of in talking.

• màiⁿ phah tīo nâng kâi ūe pèⁿ;

  do not interrupt the conversation.

• ĕ jît khṳt nâng cò̤ ūe pèⁿ;

  will furnish a subject for gossip hereafter.

• ŭ pá pèⁿ, kâi sṳ̄ cò̤ lâi bŏi jṳ̂;

  with a basis for action, the thing may be done without disorder.

• sĭ i tó̤ cíang khŵn-pèⁿ;

  it is he who holds the authority.

• cí ki pèⁿ khah tó̤;

  this haft is too short.

• tâng-ue tîeh tàu cêk ki pèⁿ cìaⁿ hó̤ ēng;

  the copper saucepan must have a handle put in, then it can be used.

• pó-thâu pèⁿ;

  an axe-helve.

• to pèⁿ;

  knife handle.

• ŭ kò̤ pèⁿ hó̤ lĭm;

  there is a crank to turn it by.

• lĭm i kâi pèⁿ lâi ká;

  take hold of the crank and turn it vertically.

併

• To take from another and add to one’s own.

• i kâi seng-lí cn̂g kâi khṳt i pèⁿ khṳ̀;

  his trade has all been absorbed by them.

• nín kak nâng kak nâng cò̤, i īa màiⁿ pèⁿ lṳ́ kâi, lṳ́ īa màiⁿ pèⁿ i kâi;

  now go each of you and make your own, he is not to take your things, and you are not to take his.

• īa si àiⁿ pèⁿ i kâi pn̄g-úaⁿ-thâu li i căi tit hàuⁿ?;

  How can he consent to having the tidbit that caps his bowl of rice taken away?

平

• Level, even, smooth, uniform, equal.

• lō m̄ pêⁿ;

  the road is not level.

• pêⁿ-pêⁿ lō;

  a level road.

• pēⁿ tī;

  level ground.

• pêⁿ-îeⁿ;

  a plain.

• pêⁿ-pêⁿ cêk īeⁿ;

  all of the same kind.

• pêⁿ-pêⁿ hó̤;

  equally good.

• m̄ pêⁿ īeⁿ;

  not of the same sort.

• pêⁿ-pêⁿ tōa;

  of the same size.

• taⁿ thô khṳ̀ thūn i pêⁿ;

  carry earth and fill in to make it level.

• hái mīn pêⁿ-pêⁿ, bô̤ huang éng;

  the sea is smooth, there is no wind nor waves.

• nŏ̤ nâng pêⁿ pun;

  divide it equally between the two.

• pàng pêⁿ màiⁿ khio bî;

  set it down so that it will stand level, do not tip it.

• nŏ̤ pôiⁿ tîeh péⁿ cài, cē m̄ péⁿ cài cū àiⁿ tăng-thâu-áu;

  you must lade in equally on either side, if you do not it will tip to one side.

• sĭ nîe pêⁿ tâng a sĭ nîe cui tâng?;

  Is it measured level with the brim, or is it heaped up?

• nŏ̤ nâng pêⁿ-pêⁿ kûiⁿ;

  the two are of equal height.

棚

• A scaffold or staging; a framework; a shed; a booth.

• hì pêⁿ;

  a platform for plays.

• tah kâi lîang pêⁿ;

  set up an awning.

• sài péⁿ;

  a drying shed.

• thiah pêⁿ;

  take down a staging.

• keⁿ pêⁿ;

  a watchman’s shed.

• kìm bô̤ nâng tah kùe-koi-pêⁿ;

  forbid any one’s putting a staging across the street.

• cò̤ kúi, so̤h m̄ cĭeⁿ ko-péⁿ;

  when you become a spirit, you won’t be able to climb up on the platform where the food is laid out for poor devils.

• cò̤ ŭ kúi pêⁿ hì?;

  How many theatrical performances are going on?

• kue pêⁿ;

  trellis for a melon vine.

• pò pêⁿ;

  a cloth awning.

• sîn pêⁿ;

  a platform for the gods.

• lō thâu pêⁿ;

  a shelter beside the road.

• tó̤ lîo-pêⁿ tói kò̤ ût;

  lying asleep in a shed.

• pêⁿ pang;

  the flooring of a stage.

• pêⁿ-téng;

  the roof of a shed or booth.

• mō̤ⁿ pêⁿ;

  a lookout.

• cĭeⁿ mō̤ⁿ-pêⁿ téng khṳ̀ mō̤ⁿ;

  went up into the observatory and looked out.

• cúa íaⁿ pêⁿ;

  a platform for a puppet show.

病

• Sickness, illness; an ailment or pain; a defect; affliction; misery.

• ŭ pēⁿ;

  is ill.

• seⁿ pēⁿ;

  to become ill.

• bô̤ pēⁿ;

  has no ailment.

• pēⁿ-cèng;

  disease; malady.

• lṳ́ thóiⁿ cía pēⁿ ùi mē?;

  Do you think his disease dangerous?

• cía pēⁿ o̤h ui;

  this is an incurable disease.

• cí khí pēⁿ bô̤-siang-kang;

  this ailment is of no consequence.

• i tì ŭ sĭm-mih-pēⁿ?;

  What disease has he?

• i kâi pēⁿ chŵn-jú lío;

  he has recovered.

• khin pēⁿ;

  a slight ailment.

• tăng pēⁿ;

  a severe illness.

• saⁿ-câp nî côiⁿ, nâng chūe pēⁿ, saⁿ-câp nî ău, pēⁿ chūe nâng;

  before thirty people go out of their way to incur illness, after thirty illness comes to people unsought.

• i tâng bô̤ pēⁿ tîeh lŏng kàu pēⁿ;

  nothing being the matter with it, he must needs meddle with it till there is.

• i bô̤ măuⁿ-pēⁿ;

  nothing is the matter with it.

• cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ kài măuⁿ-pēⁿ sĭ tŏ̤ cí kâi nâng;

  the trouble in this matter lies in this individual.

• chù-téng pó lío cong-kú àiⁿ lāu, lṳ́ thóiⁿ i kâi măuⁿ-pēⁿ sĭ tŏ̤ tī kò̤?;

  Since being mended the roof continually leaks, what do you think is the trouble with it?

• úa cū cai i kâi pī-pēⁿ tŏ̤ tĭ-kò̤;

  I know what is the trouble with it.

• i hó̤ lío, pēⁿ lêng-ūaⁿ hẃn;

  after recovering he had a relapse.

• jíam tîeh sĭm-mih pēⁿ-cèng?;

  What disease has he?

• pēⁿ su-hôk îeh;

  disease yields to medicine.

• i kâi sĭ kú pēⁿ a sĭ cho pēⁿ?;

  Is his ailment one that he has had before, or is this the first time he has had it?

• tī pēⁿ;

  cure sickness.

• thîo-lí i kâi pēⁿ;

  doctor him.

• tŏ̤ ke íang pēⁿ;

  is at home nursing his health.

• thóiⁿ tîeh bô̤ kâi pēⁿ îong;

  does not look ill.

• pău pēⁿ;

  a violent attack.

• i íⁿ-keng peⁿ kú lío;

  he has been ill a long time.

• pēⁿ kàu pùaⁿ thó̤ sí;

  so ill that he nearly died.

• cía sĭ sim pēⁿ, m̄ sĭ îeh hó̤ ui kâi;

  this is a mental disease, not curable by medicine.

• bŏi pēⁿ bŏi thìaⁿ;

  is not ill, nor in pain.

• hŵn-ló̤ kàu pēⁿ;

  made ill by grief.

• pēⁿ hó̤ lí̤o;

  has recovered.

• huang-híam kâi pēⁿ;

  a dangerous illness.

• pò̤ pēⁿ;

  to plead illness.

• tèⁿ pēⁿ;

  to pretend to be ill.

• cuang pēⁿ;

  to elaborately feign illness.

• tōa pēⁿ;

  a long fit of sickness.

• khì kàu pēⁿ;

  become ill through vexation.

• pēⁿ kàu tó̤ chn̂g;

  ill in bed.

• kio pēⁿ nâng cék īeⁿ;

  like an invalid.

• khîeh cīⁿ khṳ̀ bói pēⁿ;

  to purchase illness, to smoke opium.

• àiⁿ ui pēⁿ, jú-kèng thiⁿ pēⁿ;

  tried to cure him, but made him worse.

• pēⁿ ngŵn;

  the origin of the disease.

• pēⁿ kṳn ŏi tn̆g;

  the cause of the malady is removed.

• sĭ phio pēⁿ a sĭ pńg pēⁿ?;

  Does the disaese arise from external or internal causes?

• cí khí pēⁿ ŏi ùe nâng;

  this disease is contagious.

• úa thóiⁿ i kâi pēⁿ-sì tîm-tăng;

  I think the disease has taken a deep hold on him.

• pēⁿ îu;

  the cause of the disease.

• pēⁿ chêng;

  the symptoms.

• pēⁿ kàu àiⁿ sí;

  at the point of death.

• pēⁿ chíen;

  not very sick.

• mn̄g pēⁿ;

  inquire after the sick.