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

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斑

• Mottled; spotted; streaked.

• mīn poiⁿ-poiⁿ;

  pock-marked.

• poiⁿ tíam poiⁿ tíam;

  spotted.

• tōa tíam poiⁿ;

  spotted in large spots.

• poiⁿ tek;

  mottled bamboo.

• poiⁿ hûn;

  brindled.

• poiⁿ lío kâi ciah kâi ciah;

  marked with numerous disconnected spots.

• i seⁿ lâi o poiⁿ hô;

  he is black, pock-marked, and full-bearded.

• mīn tèng ŭ tíam chiah poiⁿ;

  he has a brown spot on his face.

板

• Blocks or type used in printing; a board; an instrument of flagellation, or a stroke from it.

• khek ìn-póiⁿ;

  engrave blocks for printing.

• cía sĭ lêng-ūaⁿ hwn khek kâi póiⁿ;

  this is a block that has been recut.

• în-póiⁿ;

  lead type.

• tâng póiⁿ;

  brass type.

• kôih póiⁿ kâi bûn-cṳ;

  a flying dispatch from court.

• kôih póiⁿ;

  boards used as a case for a set of books.

• i cē kùe kîe cū thiu póiⁿ;

  as soon as he had crossed the bridge he tore up its planks.

• tăng phah, sì-câp póiⁿ;

  inflicted forty heavy blows with a ferule.

• sĭ phah póiⁿ-kíaⁿ, a sĭ phah tōa póiⁿ?

  Is he to be beaten with the small or the large rod?

反

• To turn; to reverse.

• póiⁿ kùe lâi póiⁿ kùe khṳ̀;

  to turn to and fro.

• cìeⁿ pôiⁿ pūe lío, póiⁿ kùe hìeⁿ pôiⁿ cài pūe;

  when this side has been dried by the fire, turn it over and dry the other side.

• ôi póiⁿ-lìn-tńg khṳt i phâk;

  turn the shoes bottom upwards and let then dry in the sun.

• póiⁿ o, póiⁿ pêh;

  when you turn the one side up it is black, and when you turn the other side up it is white.

• tâng bô̤ lí póiⁿ kàu ŭ lí;

  he turns nonsense around till it appears to be sense.

• màiⁿ tin-tò̤ póiⁿ;

  do not let it roll over backward.

• céⁿ hó̤-hó̤-sĭ-sĭ póiⁿ kàu lô̤-lô̤;

  the well from its usual good condition turned turbid.

• póiⁿ i kâi mâk-kha-phûe lâi thóiⁿ;

  turn up his eyelid and look.

• póiⁿ kau chíu khún;

  tie his hands behind him.

• m̄ hó̤ khah méⁿ póiⁿ cìaⁿ ŏ̤i kàu kò̤;

  do not turn them over too soon, and then they will cohere in one piece.

笏

• A tablet held before the breast by courtiers at audiences, down to the Ming dynasty; it was first designed for taking notes on.

• chîo póiⁿ;

  a court tablet.

邊

• A border or side; a boundary, an edge, a margin.

• tŏ̤ cìeⁿ pôiⁿ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ hìeⁿ pôiⁿ kâi nâng sòi-sòi;

  seen from this side people on the other side appear very small.

• tah kùe khoi hìeⁿ pôiⁿ;

  take passage to the other side the river.

• mō̤ⁿ thóiⁿ tang pôiⁿ pêh a būe;

  look and see whether the eastern horizon is yet light.