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

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標

• A banner; a flag or streamer used as a marking-flag; a ticket or card.

• chah ki pie;

  insert a flag as a mark.

• i tó̤ khîa tōa pie;

  he is carrying the chief flag.

• cêng sàng pie a būe?;

  Have banners been presented yet?

• kin-nî sĭ úa kâi cío khìa cong-chun-pie;

  this year it was my quail that was the champion.

• kìm phah pie kâi sṳ̄;

  forbid the sale of lottery tickets.

• pêh-kap pie;

  Cantonese lottery tickets.

• lṳ̆-sòng pie;

  Manilla lottery tickets.

• tô̤h pie;

  get the highest prize.

• chíeⁿ pie;

  snatch the prize; emulate.

• chíaⁿ nâng lâi pie hŭe;

  ask people to form a loan-association.

• cí kâi gûeh kâi hŭe khṳt tī-tîang pie tîeh?;

  Which member of the loan association has this month bid highest for the sum of the loans?

臕

• Corpulent; fat; stout.

• i cí hûe pie căi;

  he is now very stout.

• tăi tó̤ pie kâi sî-hāu;

  is growing fat.

• pêh phìen pie-nêk;

  sliced fat meat.

• cang-pie-lâ;

  layers of fat in meat.

表

• sî-pie;

  a watch.

• sî-pie m̄ kîaⁿ;

  this watch does not run.

• sî-pie thêng khṳ̀;

  the watch bas stopped.

• bé-pie;

  a hunting watch.

• kim-khak kâi sî-pie;

  a watch with a gold case.

• sî-pie līen;

  watch-chain.

• sî-pie cam;

  the hands of a watch.

• sî-pie kâi ke-sāi;

  the machinery of a watch.

• cí kâi sî-pie kâi huap-tîo sĭ tn̆g khṳ̀;

  the main spring of this watch is broken.

• sî-pie thàu;

  a watch stand.

• ká sì-pie;

  wind a watch.

• sî-pie kâi só̤-sî;

  watch-key.

鏢

• A sharp pointed spear; to spear.

• níoⁿ-chṳ́ pie;

  a spear for spearing rats.

• pie níoⁿ-chṳ́;

  to spear rats.

• khṳt i ēng hûe-bé-pie, pie sí khṳ̀;

  was killed by a backward thrust of his spear.

表

• A statement presented to the emperor; exterior; outer.

• píe-chin;

  relatives of a different surname.

• píe hiaⁿ-tĭ;

  second cousins.

• lău píe chin;

  a second or third cousin.

• ko-píe hiaⁿ-tĭ;

  father’s sister’s

  son.

• i-píe hiaⁿ-tĭ;

  mother’s sister’s son.

• i sĭ úa kâi î-píe cí-mūeⁿ;

  she is my mother’s sister’s daughter.

• i cha-m̄-to̤ àiⁿ cĭeⁿ pío;

  he is about to send up his memorial; is about to die.

裱

• To mount maps or scrolls; to line with paper or cloth.

• chîeⁿ pìe cúa;

  the wall is papered.

• pìe jī-ūe;

  to mount a scroll.

漂

• To bleach; to whiten.

• pìe pò;

  to bleach cotton cloth.

• pìe pêh kâi pò;

  bleached cloth.

• pìe sói;

  wash and bleach.

• pìe kàu nĕ pêh-pêh;

  bleached to an exceeding whiteness.