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

麩

鋪

To spread out; to arrange to lay in order; bedding.
pho tī-póiⁿ;

to lay a movable floor.
thó-ĕ pho ciⁿ, kak chái;

spread a felt carpet on the floor.
pho-pang;

bed boards.
pho-pang cò̤-nî bô̤ chṳ cháu-chîeh?

Why did you not spread the straw mat on the bed?
pho-tîn;

bedding.
pho-kài;

bed coverings.
tâng pho;

bed-fellow.
phah pho;

set up a bedstead.
phah kĕ pho;

make a bed on the floor.
phah pho, thô-ĕ mîn;

make a bed and sleep on the floor.
khàng-pho;

a settee.
hun-pho;

an opium couch.
pho-íⁿ;

a sofa.
pho-phŭe;

a coverlet.
pho-tìeⁿ;

a small mosquito bar.
pho-thâu, pho búe, pho côiⁿ;

the head, foot, and side of the bed.
pho kha;

under the bed.
àiⁿ pho cîeh a m̆?

Is it to be paved with stones?
pho cío-mô̤ⁿ;

lay on feathers in feather-work.
mîⁿ pho lâi khah pô̤h;

the cotton is laid on too thinly.

譜

A list, a record, a chronicle, a treatise.
côk-phó;

a clan register.
siu côk-phó;

revise the clan register.
kî-phó;

a book of games of chess.
ūe phó;

a treatise on drawing.
chó̤ phó;

a treatise on short-hand writing.
hue-phó;

a book of embroidery patterns.
cí kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi bô̤ phó;

what was said, was wholly unreliable.
i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi bô̤ phó bô̤ pho̤h;

what ho says is not substantiated by any evidence.
ūe phó sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ;

that is a general outline of the affair.
lṳ́ chò̤-lîak tàⁿ kâi phó úa thiaⁿ;

you give me a general account of it.

普

塘

舖

A shop, or workshop.
siu phò;

shut up shop.
phò cú;

the owner of the shop.
phò tû;

the shelves.
phò theng;

shop windows.
phò co;

shop rent.
phò-phò sĭ hùe;

the shops are full of goods.
nín kâi pó̤ phò tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?

Where is your shop?
hâng phò;

warehouses.
i tó̤ khui phò;

he keeps a shop.
cí koiⁿ sĭ lău phò;

this is the old stand.
koi-thâu hāng-búe kâi phò-kíaⁿ;

shops in obscure parts of the town.
phò-thâu;

a large shop.
khui phò ke;

shop-men.
tìam-phò;

an inn.
sêng pûe i kâi phò lâi khui;

succeeds to his shop, with its fixtures and good will.
phò mīn;

shop front.
phò côiⁿ īu tùi chĭ;

the shop fronts on the market.
phò ău thàng tī-kò̤?

What does the back of the shop open upon?
cêk jît phah khui phò mn̂g tîeh nŏ̤ kâi ngṳ̂n sṳ-hùi;

the running expenses of the shop are two dollars per day.
kau-chài-phò;

a ship chandler’s or comprador’s store.

簿

A register; a list; a tablet; a memorandum book; a blank-book.
sìo phŏ;

account book.
cĭeⁿ ló̤h phŏ; chĭeⁿ lô̤h phŏ; teng lô̤h phŏ;

set down in the register.
jît-cheng phŏ;

a day-book, diary or journal.
lîu-súi phŏ;

a blotter.
nâng mîaⁿ phŏ;

list of names.
cìe phŏ sǹg-sìo;

reckon it according to the memorandum.
chau kùe phŏ;

transfer it from one account to another.
pîaⁿ kùe cóng-phŏ;

transfer it to the ledger.
i ŭ phŏ kṳ̆ a bô?

Has he any written proof to show for it?
khîeh phŏ lâi hek thóiⁿ;

bring the books and make a careful examination. cía phŏ sĭ cŏ̤ kâi;

these are cooked accounts.
chíu tèng khîeh png ŵn-phŏ;

held in his band a book in which to take subscriptions for the relief of Buddhist priests or for the repair of temples.
hàm chê-phŏ-kuaⁿ chê thóiⁿ;

tell the keeper of the records in the land of shades to examine the records and see.
kin-nî sĭ tī-tîang cip phŏ?

Who keeps the accounts this year?
co-phŏ;

a record of rents.

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