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

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榜

Lists of successful candidates at the triennial examinations.
m̄ cai pńg chut a būe;

do not know whether the lists are placarded yet or not.
chut pńg ău keh jît cū àiⁿ hok;

after the lists have been placarded, and one day has elapsed, there is a re-examination.
pńg tah tŏ̤ tī kò̤?

Where are the lists put up?

本

Native; one’s own; appropriate to; proper; capital; principal; a classifier of books and documents; used by officials before their titles for I, my.
pńg kok;

own country.
pńg séⁿ;

native province.
pńg thô pńg tī;

one’s native place.
pńg cîⁿ;

one’s own funds, or capital.
cĭeⁿ pńg;

petition the throne.
pńg īⁿ;

I, the imperial commissioner.
i kâi seng-lí cò̤ sîh pńg;

he lost money in his business.
chíu pńg;

the visiting card of an official sent to his superior.
pńg hūn;

one’s proper function; one’s duty.
pńg-eng-kai cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

that is the way that it ought properly to be.
thâk bˆo̤͘ kúi pńg cṳ cū àiⁿ cò̤ gâu;

wanted to be taken for a sage before he had read more than a few books.
cí pang cṳ jîeh cōi pńg?

How many volumes in this set?
cí pńg cṳ-cheh;

this book.
úa pńg-pńg àiⁿ lâi;

I was myself intending to come.
i pńg sĭ kâi àu-nâng;

he is essentially a rascal.

飯

Cooked rice.
ciah pn̄g;

take a meal.
bô̤ chài, pn̄g tîeh cîah pá cē;

as there are no vegetables, you must eat the more of the rice.
i cêk jît cîah saⁿ tǹg pn̄g;

he eats rice three times a day.
cía îeh tîeh nā pn̄g côiⁿ cîah, màiⁿ nā pn̄g ău;

this medicine must be taken before, not after, the meal.
pêh-bí-pn̄g cîah kùiⁿ, chò̤-bí-pn̄g cîah m̄ lô̤h;

when accustomed to white rice one cannot swallow brown rice.
pn̄g sî;

a rice-spoon.
pn̄g úaⁿ;

a rice-bowl.
pn̄g puah;

a rice pot.
cṳ́ pn̄g;

cook rice.
pû pn̄g;

boil rice.
hô pn̄g;

dip the rice from the boiling water.
tŭn pn̄g;

cook rice in a vessel surrounded by boiling water.
pn̄g tè lío kui i khṳ̀ thâk ta;

pour the water off the rice, and leave it to drain dry drop by drop.

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