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

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睜

• To open, as the eyes.

• lṳ́ kâi mâk peh tōa cē;

  open your eyes a little wider.

• i kâi màk m̄ cai sĭm-mih măuⁿ-pēⁿ, m̄ káⁿ peh khui;

  do not know what is the matter with his eyes, it hurts him to open them.

• mâk peh m̄ khui;

  cannot open his eyes.

• hṳ́ khí mâk táng i peh kàu tōa-tōa lîap, tìeⁿ kàu hāiⁿ-hāiⁿ, hŵn sĭ m̄ tit nâng ùi;

  let him bung out his eyes as much as he pleases, nobody is afraid of him.

• cêk pôiⁿ mâk peh khui, cêk pôiⁿ mâk tìeⁿ bûa;

  open one eye and shut the other.

伯

• A father’s elder brother; the eldest of the brothers; a senior.

• cek pek hiaⁿ tĭ;

  sons of brothers.

• i sĭ ún a-peh;

  he is our uncle.

• peh pĕ;

  my dear uncle.

• thâng a-peh;

  father’s cousin.

• lău peh; peh kong;

  great uncle.

• cok lăi kâi a-peh;

  a senior of the same clan.

• hôk lăk lăi kâi a-peh;

  a senior, so near of kin that mourning would be worn for him should he die.

• peh ḿ;

  uncle and aunt.

• a-cek a-peh hùe;

  uncles.

• peh îa;

  a god usually having its shrine on a hill.

柏

• The cypress, cedar, and similar evergreens.

• sêng-peh;

  the fir tree.

• n̂g-peh;

  bark of the Pterocarpus flavus*, used to dye silks yellow.

• cek-peh;

  the arbor-vitæ.

百

• A hundred; the whole of a class or sort; many, numerous; all.

• peh lí hn̆g;

  a hundred miles away.

• peh-sèⁿ;

  the people; the masses.

• peh cîⁿ cêk kṳn;

  a hundred cash per catty.

• kĭaⁿ, cêk peh ngṳ̂n;

  a hundred dollars apiece.

• i kâi peh-peh-chap;

  he is very meddlesome.

• cêk tńg kìⁿ peh tńg;

  seeing it once is the same as seeing it a hundred times.

• peh hwt, peh tòng;

  every shot tells.

• peh mûeh to chî-pĭ;

  all things are in readiness.

• peh sṳ̄ hío;

  understands all sorts of affairs.

• peh cío chîo hûang;

  all the birds go to the court of the phenix.

• peh nî hâi láu;

  grow old together for a hundred years.

• peh nî cṳ ău;

  when a hundred years have passed; after this life.

• bûn bú peh kuaⁿ khṳ̀ chîo-hō;

  all the officials, civil and military, went to congratulate him.

• kuaⁿ-si kâi sṳ̄ peh pìen;

  litigation takes numberless shapes.

• cṳ-nîe-kíaⁿ peh pìⁿ;

  young girls undergo constant transformation.

• peh puaⁿ jôk-mēⁿ;

  reviled him with every vile term he could think of.

• peh bô̤ cêk;

  not one in a hundred.

• peh ke sèⁿ;

  the clan names.

• cîah cîaⁿ peh hùe;

  lived to be about a hundred years old.

• pùaⁿ peh;

  half a hundred.

• chò kàu peh;

  make it up to a hundred.

• m̄ kàu cêk peh;

  not so many as a hundred.

• m̄ khéng cêk phe;

  not so few as a hundred.

擘

• To break asunder; to pull in two; to pluck open.

• hàm i kâi chùi peh khui;

  tell him to open his mouth.

• peh cò̤ nŏ̤ kò̤;

  break it into two portions.

• peh pôiⁿ; peh cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;

  break it in halves.

• peh kaⁿ;

  divide oranges, using the hands only.

• mīⁿ-pau peh kàu chùi-chùi;

  break the bread in small fragments.

• peh khui nŏ̤ nâng kâi chíu;

  separate two who are fighting.

抓

• To claw; to tear with the claws.

• peh kàu chap-chap-chùi;

  clawed in pieces.

• mīn khṳt i peh hueh lâu;

  her face was clawed by him so that it bled.

• peh phùa mīn phûe;

  clawed the skin off his face.

• màiⁿ khṳt ngio kâi jío peh tîeh;

  do not let the cat claw you.

• hóⁿ peh ăm;

  carries his head on one side, (as if a tiger had clawed his neck).

• i khau-khau peh-peh cìaⁿ ŏi tit sêng ke;

  it is by raking and scraping that he has been able to support a family.

爬

• To clamber; to climb; to scale.

• i peh m̄ khí;

  he cannot climb up there.

• peh cĭeⁿ chù-téng;

  climb up on the roof.

• lṳ́ màiⁿpeh chîeⁿ, peh piah;

  do not clamber over the walls.

• peh cĭeⁿ suaⁿ-téng;

  scaled the mountain.

• hĭaⁿ peh cĭeⁿ chn̂g téng;

  the ants have got up on the table.

**戲謔peh-gêh180

• To jest; to divert one’s self.

• i sĭ tó̤ peh-gêh;

  he is joking.

• i ciu-jît to sĭ tó̤ peh-peh gêh-gêh, tàⁿ bô̤ kù cìaⁿ-keng ūe;

  he jokes all the time, and never says a word in sober earnest.

白

• White; clear; plain; gratis; without rank.

• sek pêh; sek cùi pêh;

  light colored.

• sĭ àiⁿ pêh sek kâi, a sĭ àiⁿ chiah sek kâi? It is a white one or a brown one that is wanted?

• so̤h pêh;

  snowy white.

• seⁿ lâi so̤h-so̤h pêh;

  naturally of a snowy whiteness.

• thong sin pêh-theh pêh-theh;

  pure white all over.

• chùi-lîm-phûe pêh-chîh-chôiⁿ;

  his lips are white.

• seⁿ pêh tìeⁿ;

  has white blotches or blisters.

• pìe pêh kâi pò sĭ cang cúi pak kàu pêh-pêh;

  bleached cloth is frequently wet with water until it is white.

• sói kàu khiet-khiet pêh;

  wash it clean and white.

• pêh tek cúa;

  white writing paper.

• buah kàu cêk mīn hún pêh-pêh;

  smear it on till the whole face is white with powder.

• úa àiⁿ îu cò̤ pêh kâi;

  I want it painted white.

• chēng pêh, kùaⁿ hà;

  wear white as mourning.

• pêh cia;

  a white screen, used to separate women from men at funerals.

• chēng pêh saⁿ pêh khò;

  dress in white.

• ún cí kò kâi nâng īa sĭ pâk;

  if people here wear white skirts, they are in mourning.

• âng pêh âng pêh;

  pink and white.

• hek pêk hun mêng;

  black and white distinctly divided.

• phah pêh cŭang;

  a sharper who looks about while he pretends to seek a friend.

• thàu tn̄g pêh jît;

  in broad daylight.

• pêh-pêh cū khṳt lṳ́;

  let you have it for nothing.

• pêh cîah;

  a free meal.

• cîah kàu pêh-pêh;

  ate it all up clean.

• pêh chíu sêng ke;

  self made.

• tìeⁿ khí lâi mâk-ciu kaik-kiak pêh;

  bulged out his eyeballs.

• sĭ tàⁿ pêh ūe a sĭ tàⁿ kuaⁿ ūe?;

  Are they speaking the vernacular or the court dialect?

• i àiⁿ chíaⁿ kâi nâng lâi kà pêh ūe;

  he wishes to get some one to come and teach the local dialect.

• i lâi m̄ cĭeⁿ sì kâi gûeh cū pat pêh ūe;

  before he had been here four months he could speak the vernacular.

• i kâi pêh ūe pat khṳ̀ ío chim;

  he understands the spoken language very well indeed.

• i kâi pêh ūe tàⁿ kio pńg tī nâng cêk īeⁿ;

  he speaks like a native.

• tîaⁿ pêh;

  the spoken parts of a play, or those not sung.

• sía pêh jī;

  write words by their sound, and not according to

  their meaning.

• sía cêk kâi pêh cúi jī àiⁿ phah cêk ē chíu tói;

  for each letter you write by its sound, I shall ferule you one stroke.

• thâk pêh bûn;

  read the simple text.

• cí kâi nâng sĭ pêh sin;

  this is a commoner.

• úang lâi bô̤ pêh teng;

  among those who went and came there were no commoners, all were people of rank.

• âng sṳ̄, pêh sṳ̄;

  a happy affair or a grevious affair; a marriage or a funeral.

• tng mīn chíeⁿ pêh;

  I got the better of him in that argument.

• pêh cîah pêh tàⁿ;

  gasconade; bragging.

• pêh ok chut kong kheng;

  a plain family has produced a great statesman.

• mêng-pêh;

  clearly.

• tàⁿ ūe kàu mêng-mêng pêh-hêh;

  speaks very plainly.

• i tó lăi mêng-pêh; i sim lăi mêng-pêh;

  he is well informed.

• úa thiaⁿ m̄ mêng-pêh;

  I do not understand clearly what is said.

• pío pêh chut lâi;

  clearly set forth.

• sueh pêh;

  explain clearly.

• pêh-cŭang;

  a counter snatcher.

**謊唐pèh-cíaⁿ253

• ; pêh-cíaⁿ; pêh-lô̤h;

• i tŏ̤ pêh-lô̤h, màiⁿ thiaⁿ;

  he is telling what is untrue, pay no hoed to him.

• i tó̤ tōa pêh-cíaⁿ;

  he is telling lies.

帛

• Plain white silk; taffety; wealth; property; a present of silk.

• pò pêh;

  silken fabrics.

• châi-pêh;

  riches.

• châi-pêh-cheⁿ;

  the god of wealth.

• pâk pêh;

  wear a white silk badge of mourning.