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

普

Universal; throughout.
i khṳt i phú thien cṳ hĭa mēⁿ cêk kùe;

he was reviled by him, every approbrious term under the whole heavens being used.

The vine; grapes.
phû-thô̤ chīu;

a grapevine.
phû-thô̤ kuaⁿ;

raisins.
phû-thô̤ cíu;

wine made from grapes.
phû-thô̤ cap;

the juice of the grape.
cêk kîu phû-thô̤;

a cluster of grapes.
tah kâi phû-thô̤ pêⁿ, khṳt phû-thô̤ câng tŏa;

put up a trellis for the grape vine to run upon.
níoⁿ-chṳ́ thoa phû-thô̤;

a rat pulls the grapes.
tiah phû-thô̤;

to gather grapes.

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浮

The opposite of sinking; to float; to drift; to overflow; light, unsteady, volatile.
tîm lô̤h khṳ̀ lío, phû khí lâi;

sank and then rose again.
pùaⁿ phû, pùaⁿ tîm;

floating, half in the water and half out.
phû tŏ̤ mīn cīeⁿ;

rose to the surface.
cò̤ cêk tîo phû kîe;

make a pontoon bridge.
phû kâi li lîo tīo;

skim off what rises to the surface.
phū-chàu;

light minded; without stability or dignity.
phû-seⁿ kìa sì;

life passes like a dream.
khin-phû;

levity; unsteadiness.
i cò̤ sṳ̄ khin-phû;

he is very giddy.
i cĭam-cĭam phû thâu;

he is gradually rising in the world.
i put kùe cho̤ phû-thâu;

he has only just begun to rise in the world.
phû-phîe;

vagrant; unsettled; unstable.
cí kâi nâng phû-phîe căi;

this person is one who drifts hither and thither.
cí cak sṳ̄ chíaⁿ kìa-phû;

this business is not yet to be brought forward; let this be laid on the table.
màiⁿ thî-phû cía sṳ̄;

do not introduce this subject.
thî-phû i kâi mîaⁿ, i cū seⁿ khì;

if mention her name, he will become angry.
cí kúi tîo sìo phû tŏ̤ kò̤;

there are these few debts which are floating.
i cò̤ mih sṳ̄ to sĭ phû-chêng chàu-khì;

his conduct is always frivolous and mean.

炸

To boil in oil.
phû îu kâi a phû lâ kâi?;

Is it boiled in oil or in lard?
àiⁿ phû cíⁿ húe a sĭ àiⁿ phû sêk húe?

Should the oil be moderately or intensely heated, for cooking them?
phû khah kùe húe;

to fry too long.

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