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

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搬

• To move from one place to another; to transport.

• puaⁿ chù;

  to change one’s dwelling place.

• puaⁿ tŏ̤ pât kò̤ tīu;

  moved elsewhere to reside.

• puaⁿ-ūn nîe-hìang;

  transport stores for the army.

• puaⁿ so̤ sĭ hui;

  carry to and fro the words that set people at variance.

• puaⁿ so̤ sṳ̂-sŏng;

  fetch and carry reports until a lawsuit ensues.

般

• A sort; a way; manner of.

• to sĭ cêk puaⁿ;

  they are all of one sort.

• câp poih puaⁿ bú gōi, puaⁿ-puaⁿ hío;

  of all the eighteen kinds of military drill, he understands each.

• choiⁿ puaⁿ bw̄n puaⁿ, to sĭ mīaⁿ;

  among all manner of things, life is of chief importance.

磐

• A large rock; a foundation stone.

• kien-kú kùe cîeh-púaⁿ;

  immovable as a rock.

• tŏ̤ cîeh-púaⁿ téng tìe hṳ̂;

  sat on a rock fishing with line and hook.

半

• A half; a large piece of.

• tùi-tùi cêk pùaⁿ;

  just half.

• to̤ pùaⁿ sĭ m̄-hó̤ kâi;

  full half of it is bad.

• chûn ŭ cêk tōa pùaⁿ;

  have rather more than half of it left.

• pùa-mêⁿ;

  midnight.

• lṳ́ tōa i cêk pùaⁿ;

  you are twice as large as he.

• pùaⁿ-sì nâng;

  a middle aged person.

• pùaⁿ sìn, pùaⁿ gî;

  half believing and half doubting.

• pùaⁿ hàuⁿ, pùaⁿ m̄ hàuⁿ;

  half willing and half reluctant.

• táng ke pùaⁿ khek;

  wait a few minutes longer.

• kiaⁿ kàu pùaⁿ sí;

  half dead with fright.

• cêk pùaⁿ nâng, cêk pùaⁿ kúi;

  half man and half demon.

• pùaⁿ lō cîh phoi-taⁿ;

  broke his carrying pole when half way to his destination.

• cih pùaⁿ;

  to halve.

• m̄ hó̤ pùaⁿ thû jṳ̂ hùi;

  do not leave a thing half finished.

• pùaⁿ pôiⁿ mīn;

  a profile view.

• ūe kâi pùaⁿ sin múiⁿ jîn;

  paint a half-length portrait.

• cîah kàu pùaⁿ pak;

  ate half a meal.

• cía îeh tîeh pùaⁿ pak kâi sî-hāu cîah;

  this medicine is to be taken between meals.

• cīeⁿ-pùaⁿ-kùa;

  the middle of the forenoon.

• ĕ-pùaⁿ-kùa;

  middle of the afternoon.

• cīeⁿ-pùaⁿ-mêⁿ bô̤ hìeⁿ sàu, ĕ-pùaⁿ-mêⁿ sàu ío thíam;

  the first part of the night I do not cough much, but the latter part of the night I cough violently.

• hŵn-lío pùaⁿ kûeh būe cêng lô̤h;

  half of them are not yet put in.

• nŏ̤ tháng cúi pùaⁿ-pùaⁿ;

  two buckets, each half full of water.

• i kâi mn̂g pùaⁿ hăm-hŏiⁿ;

  his door is ajar.

• i chûn pùaⁿ tîo sèⁿ-mīaⁿ;

  he is only half alive.

• thiⁿ ke pùaⁿ úaⁿ;

  add another half bowlful.

• i ā-sĭ khéng pùaⁿ mâk thóiⁿ-kù to cū hó̤;

  if he will take a look at it occasionally that will suffice.

• pùaⁿ guêh;

  half a month.

• cûn kàu pùaⁿ khoi;

  the boat has reached the middle of the river.

• pùaⁿ pôiⁿ;

  a half.

• bô̤ pùaⁿ nâng tŏ̤;

  there was nobody at all there.

• kâi pùaⁿ kâi ŭ;

  have one or two only.

• pùaⁿ-sîa-sì pùaⁿ-sîa-sì nē;

  very oblique.

• ka pùaⁿ-sîa-sì, pùaⁿ-sîa-sì nē;

  cut it bias.

• cêk hûe, pùaⁿ hûe;

  barely once or twice.

• chēng kàu pùaⁿ-kū-lô̤h;

  half worn.

• cîah kàu pùaⁿ-làm-sò̤;

  eat barely enough.

• pùaⁿ ta tâm;

  half dry.

• pùaⁿ cheⁿ sêk;

  half ripe.

• pùaⁿ siaⁿ tàⁿ cū hío;

  understood it before he was half through speaking.

• pĕng bô̤ pùaⁿ kù ūe;

  they never have any words with each other.

• pùaⁿ cìn pùa thò̤;

  hesitating whether to advance or to retreat.

• pùaⁿ ngĕ ńng kâi ūe;

  language that is neither too harsh nor too yielding.

• pùaⁿ lâm-ńng;

  a hermaphrodite.

搬

• To remove from one place to another.

• cá sĭ pûaⁿ kùe khṳ̀, taⁿ īu àiⁿ pûaⁿ kùe lâi;

  it was moved there before, and now it is to be moved back again.

• pûaⁿ-pûaⁿ îe-îe, chŵn bô̤ tīaⁿ-tîeh;

  moves it first to one place and then to another, without fixing upon any place for it.

盤

• A plate, tray or flat dish; a market; a game; an affair.

• sói pûaⁿ-úaⁿ;

  wash the dishes.

• pûaⁿ-úaⁿ màiⁿ leh-leh-kìe;

  do not clatter the dishes.

• tháng-pûaⁿ;

  a salver.

• tōa pûaⁿ, sòi pûaⁿ, pûaⁿ kíaⁿ;

  large, medium-sized, and small plates.

• kio pûaⁿ pêⁿ-pêⁿ tōa;

  of the same size as the platter.

• pûaⁿ tôi, pûaⁿ kha;

  the upper and the under side of a plate.

• pûaⁿ màiⁿ thâh khah kûiⁿ;

  do not pile the plates too high.

• pûaⁿ kíam cheng-khih, sói lío, chit ta, tò̤-khap khí;

  scrape the plates clean, wash them, wipe them dry, and set them bottom upward in a pile.

• sǹg-pûaⁿ;

  an abacus.

• ngó seⁿ pûaⁿ;

  trays for holding offerings to the gods.

• îaⁿ-pûaⁿ cap to̤ ̆tī-kò̤?

  Where is the camp set?

• ūe cêk kâi kî-pûaⁿ;

  draw the squares on a chess-board.

• náng lâi teh cêk pûaⁿ kî;

  let us play a game of chess.

• kha pûaⁿ;

  the instep.

• chíu pûaⁿ;

  the back of the hand.

• tī-tiang-sî kau pûaⁿ?

  When was the business transferred to others?

• siu pûaⁿ; suah pûaⁿ;

  to wind up an affair.

• cía hùe tī-tiang-sî cìaⁿ àiⁿ khui pûaⁿ?

  When are these goods to be throw upon the market?

• pûaⁿ-tî;

  disbursments; incidental expenses.

• saⁿ chùn pûaⁿ, ngŏ chùn pûaⁿ chit chùn pûaⁿ;

  three, five, and seven inch platters.

逾

• To pass over or beyond.

• pûaⁿ sîaⁿ chut khṳ̀;

  traversed the city and went out on the other side.

• pûaⁿ kùe chîeⁿ cū sĭ i kâi ău thâu;

  pass over the wall and you come to the back of his house.

• pûaⁿ suaⁿ kùe nía;

  to cross the mountains.

• pûaⁿ tùi chù-téng kùe;

  went over the tops of the houses.

拂

• To brush off; a duster.

• pŭaⁿ tīo eng-têng;

  brush off the dust.

• pŭaⁿ máng kâi máng-pŭaⁿ;

  a brush for brushing off mosquitoes.