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

蜂

Insects of the family Vespidæ.
bît-phang;

the honey-bee.
o-phang;

the humble-bee.
lin-liang-phang;

the sphex.
n̂g-phang;

a hornet.
hóⁿ-thâu phang;

a wasp.
màiⁿ sîp tîeh hóⁿ-thâu-phang;

do not trouble a wasp.
phang-tû;

a beehive.
cí tû phang kuah ŭ jîeh cōi bît?

How much honey did you get from this swarm?
phang cōi cū kuah cōi, phang cíe cū kuah cíe;

if the swarm is large you get more, and if it is small you get less.
phang hío kun-chîn;

the swarm knows its ruler.
cêk ē chut sin phang-ûang cū tîeh pun tû;

as soon as a new queen is developed, the swarm must be divided.
phang īa sĭ khṳ̀ chái ŭ hó̤ bît cū tîeh khîeh tńg lâi cìn-kong phang-ûang;

if the bees gather good honey they must bring it as tribute to the queen.
bît phìen;

a comb of honey.
cêk kóng bît;

a cell in honey-comb.
phang-tàu;

a wasp’s nest.
phang chì;

the sting of a bee.
khṳt phang tàng tîeh;

stung by a bee.
sí phang, ûah chì;

a dead bee has a live sting.
bô̤-chì-phang m̄ tit nâng ùi;

no one fears a stingless bee.

攀

To pull toward one; to engage one to do something.
phang i chut lâi tàⁿ ūe;

get him to come forward and speak.
i lâi phang úa khṳ̀ tâng lí;

he came to get me to go and help him attend to it.
phang-tâng tăi-ke lâi ngí sṳ̄;

would get you all to come and deliberate upon this affair.
m̄ káⁿ kau phang;

dare not venture to engage in it.

香

Fragrant; sweet-smelling.
phīⁿ sat, m̄ cai phang chàu;

nose stopped up so as to be unable to tell the difference between a perfume and a stench.
bī phang căi;

it has a very sweet savour.
phang kùe lêng-hieⁿ;

sweeter than bergamot.
lêng-hieⁿ kùe hái phang;

bergamot is odorous even after crossing the sea.
phīⁿ tîeh phang;

it smells sweet.
ûn hieⁿ-châ lâi phīⁿ phang;

burn some aromatic wood to make a sweet odor.
chèng kàu koiⁿ phang-phang;

the fragrance is diffused throughout the place.
ūe koiⁿ phang;

the air is laden with fragrance.
phang hue;

fragrant flowers.

紡

胖

襻

盼

帆

A sail; a tent; an awning.
cûn phâng;

the sails of a boat.
phâng cûn;

sailing vessels.
thâu phâng;

the fore sail.
tōa phâng;

the main sail.
búe phâng;

the mizzen sail.
tī-tiang-sî cìaⁿ àiⁿ îang phâng?

When are you going to set sail?
cĭeⁿ phâng;

to hoist sail.
kùe phâng;

to shift a sail.
cí ciah cûn kâi phâng-chîeh so̤h-lō lóng-cóng hó̤;

the sails and rigging of this boat are all ready.
cia pò-phâng;

screen by an awning.
pha pò-phâng;

spread an awning.
cêk phâng huang cū sái kàu hṳ́ kò̤ khṳ̀;

we can sail there at one tack.
huang tōa, phâng màiⁿ līu khah kûiⁿ;

there is a high wind do not set too much sail.
tńg phâng;

to tack.
lô̤h phâng;

take in sail.
phâng heh kĕ cē;

shorten sail a little.
tōa phâng tōa chîeh sái lâi méⁿ;

large sails give speed in sailing.
sái phâng;

to sail.
phâng kauh khí;

roll up a sail.
phâng lîo-so̤h, tîeh cai kwn;

you must look out for the line by which the sail is managed.
hû-tîap phâng;

lugger sails.
phâng hâ cíe nŏ̤ kâi;

draw up the sail so as to lessen it by two sections.
phâng thâu;

the wide end of a sail.

篷

Mats made by interlacing bamboo leaves between splints, to serve as a roof, awning or partition.
phâng lîo;

an attap hut.
khàm-phâng;

a mat used as a cover.
tah phâng;

set up a mat as an awning.
cia phâng;

shelter with a mat.
kêh phâng;

partition off with a mat.
cûn phâng;

a boat cover.
ngĕ phâng;

a mat that is too stiff to be rolled up.
ńng phâng;

a flexible mat.

旁

Lateral; the side; by the side of.
cèng nâng cŏ̤ tŏ̤ líang phâng;

the people sat on either side.
khĭa tŏ̤ cêk phâng tàⁿ ūe;

stood at one side talking.
pàng tŏ̤ phâng-piⁿ;

set it down by the side of it.
i phâng-piⁿ kâi nâng bô̤ hŭ-cŏ̤ i;

those of his party do not support him.
phâng-jîn;

the bystanders.
phâng jîak bô̤ nâng;

as if there was no one near; no lookers on.
sìu chíu, phâng kwn, bô̤ khṳ̀ kìu i;

sleeved his hands, and stood aside looking on, giving him no help.
phâng-kwn-cía tīaⁿ;

the looker on is most clear-headed.
chông phâng chah jîp;

forced in from the side; a side issue.

鵬

A monstrous bird, like the roc of Arabian story; the Chinese fable that it was transformed from the leviathan.
tōa phâng-cío ŭ jîeh tōa ciah?

How large is the roc?

縫

A crack; chink; a cleft; a fissure.
chîeⁿ pit phāng lío;

the wall has cracked.
pit cūe phāng;

to split so as to show a fissure.
lāu kâi phāng;

has a chink in it.
seⁿ phāng;

has cracks in it.
bô̤ phāng hó̤ cǹg jîp khṳ̀;

no crevice by which one can squeeze in.
cò̤ kàu thóiⁿ m̄ chut ŭ phāng;

made so that no cracks can be discovered.
ŭ cūe hûn phāng i cū cai;

if there is a flaw in it, he will know.
làng phāng;

leave a crevice.
būe lă soih khí phāng;

not enough to fill the chinks between his teeth.
phāng tîeh cang cúa kô miⁿ, cìaⁿ bŏi làng huang;

must paste paper over the cracks, then the wind cannot blow in.
íam mn̂g phāng;

peep through the cracks in the door.
làng-làng phāng-phāng;

full of cracks.
i kâi chíu phāng khuah;

his fingers are far apart; he lets things slip through his fingers easily.

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