A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / phio | 閩南語書寫

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

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  • The signal flag or banner used as a marking flag; the troops under one banner; a corps; a sign- board; a ticket or card; a warrant; to make a signal; to put up a notice; to inscribe.

  • úa thóiⁿ-kìⁿ kâi phio-thâu;

    I saw the notice that he had put up.

  • i kâi îeh-phio cò̤-nî tàⁿ?

    What does the advertisement, stuck up to lead people to buy his medicine, say about it?

  • put-lŭn bōi sĭm-mûeh to chut ŭ phio;

    whatever sort of thing is sold, there is the shop-mark set upon it.

  • i seⁿ lâi phio-tì;

    she is very pretty.

  • i phio ĕ ŭ jîeh cōi îaⁿ?

    How many brigades are there under that flag.

  • i sĭ cò̤ tok-phio kâi kuaⁿ a cò̤ bú-phio kâi kuaⁿ?

    Is he a governor or a lieutenant governor?

  • cí kâi sĭ tŏ̤ tìn-phio kò̤, hṳ́ kâi sĭ tŏ̤ thî-phio kò̤;

    this one is with the brigadier-general, that one is with the major-general.

  • sĭ i phio ĕ kâi piaⁿ;

    they are troops that belong under his banner.

  • To sail; to travel by water.

  • i sĭ tùi lăi lō khṳ̀ a sĭ phio hái khṳ̀?

    Did he go by land or by sea?

  • phio hái ío méⁿ kàu;

    by going by sea he will arrive sooner.

  • Swayed by the wind.

  • khin-phio;

    of no great weight.

  • i kâi cò̤ sṳ̄ khah khin-phio;

    his conduct is marked by too great levity.

  • khîeh tîeh khin-phio khin-phio nē;

    take hold of it very lightly indeed.

  • To drift; to float about.

  • tŏ̤ hái tèng phio;

    drift about at sea.

  • sì-chù phio-lîu;

    roam about everywhere, as a vagabond might.

  • phio kùe îeⁿ;

    roam abroad across the seas.

  • Wanton; lewd.

  • i kâi sĭ tōa phîo kheh;

    he is one who spends much in lewdness.

  • i m̄ cṳ̆ lĭang căi, to̤ bŏi thàng, īu hàuⁿ phîo;

    he lacks the power of self-restraint, earns nothing, and and follows lewd women.

  • hàuⁿ phîo;

    lecherous.