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

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駁

• To argue against; to contradict; to criticise adversely; to tranship; to thrust in; to insert.

• po̤h-sìo;

  find fault with the bill.

• po̤h phêng;

  cavil about the weight.

• pĭen-po̤h;

  to debate the question.

• po̤h mn̄g i;

  cross-question him.

• po̤h kàu i bô̤ ūe ìn;

  argued the opposite side of the question until he had nothing to say in reply.

• cīeⁿ-si po̤h lô̤h lâi;

  criticised by his superior in office.

• pŏ tèng cē cài-po̤h lô̤h lâi;

  the Board reversed the decision and returned it to the lower court for reconsideration.

• po̤h hùe;

  to tranship goods.

• po̤h cāi;

  tranship the cargo.

• po̤h kàu nĕ kín-kín cū ŏi tit kùe;

  if you squeeze it in very close you can get it through.

泊

• To fasten, moor, or anchor a boat.

• cûn po̤h tŏ̤ káng lăi;

  the vessel is moored in the harbour.

• ŭ kò̤ hó̤ suah-po̤h a bô̤?

  Is there good anchorage?

• po̤h pàng cí kò̤;

  moor here.

脖

• The neck.

• tìo po̤h;

  to hang one’s self.

• hāi i khṳ̀ tìo po̤h;

  was the cause of her going and hanging herself.

魄

• Desolate; poor.

• ke cṳ lô̤h pô̤h;

  the family is wretchedly poor.

• i būe lô̤h-pô̤h kâi sî-hāu, cí kò̤ sǹg i sĭang pù;

  before he became impoverished, he was reckoned to be the richest man hereabouts.

箔

• A weir; small fishing stakes.

• pô̤h táu;

  the weir.

• câh p̤ô̤h;

  to set up a weir.

• màiⁿ kio tó̤ siang pô̤h hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  do not flop about as a fish does when trying to escape from the weir.

• cū sĭ tó̤ siang pô̤h-táu hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  uneasy as a fish out of water.

• hṳ́ ki pô̤h-táu kíaⁿ m̄-hó̤ căi;

  that restless little urchin is a nuisance.

薄

• Thin; attenuated; poor; fortunate; light; few; to slight; to treat coldly; a thin leaf or plate.

• sĭ kău kâi a pô̤h kâi?

  Is it a thick or a thin one?

• siah kàu nĕ pô̤h-pô̤h;

  hew it very thin.

• màiⁿ thiu kah pô̤h;

  do not plane it too thin.

• cí kâi pô̤h hṳ́ kâi;

  this is thinner than that.

• cêk têng mô̤h pô̤h-pô̤h;

  a thin film.

• i tó̤ phah siah pô̤h;

  he is making tin foil.

• ngṳ̂n-pô̤h;

  silver foil.

• tah kim pô̤h kâi;

  covered with gold-leaf.

• sieⁿ thih pô̤h;

  plated with iron.

• sieⁿ ngṳ̂n pô̤h;

  plated with silver.

• sĭang pô̤h;

  the thinnest.

• có̤ ío pô̤h cē;

  make it rather thinner.

• chùi-lîm-phûe pô̤h-síe pô̤h-síe;

  has very thin lips.

• úa thăi i put pô̤h;

  I treated him with no lack of courtesy.

• i pô̤h thăi úa;

  he treated me with scant courtesy.

• pô̤h ceh i cē cū hó̤;

  to give him a slight reprimand is sufficient.

• pô̤h mīaⁿ;

  a hard lot.

• ẁn ka-kī kâi mīaⁿ pô̤h;

  complained of his own fate being so hard.

• i khu kau, ii khin poh i a bo?

  Did he receive contemptuous treatment on arriving?

• pô̤h lói;

  less than customary civility.

• mīn phûe pô̤h;

  thin skinned.

• pô̤h phûe căi, khin-khin cū m̄ hàuⁿ;

  he is very touchy, and gets displeased at the least reproof.

• tăⁿ-pô̤h;

  to stint; frugal; to economize.

• cṳ̆ uaⁿ tăⁿ pô̤h;

  content with little.

• pô̤h hok kâi nâng;

  one who has few blessings.

• hok-hūn pô̤h;

  has few comforts.

• khek-pô̤h căi;

  greatly harrassed.