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

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• Vulgar, plebeian, low, mean, inferior; humble; a term for one’s self.

• ke lâi àiⁿ ŭ cun pui tōa sòi kâi lói-sìo;

  in the family there should be observance of the customary civilities between the high and the low, the elder and the younger.

• bô̤ cun pui bô̤ tōa sòi;

  no difference on account of rank nor of age.

• i kìⁿ cīeⁿ-si sĭ ka-kī cheng-cò̤ pui-ceh;

  in meeting his superior officer he speaks of himself as an “inferior officer”.

• cò̤ kuaⁿ màiⁿ cò̤ pui, cò̤ pui siu nâng khùi;

  if your are an official, do not be one of low rank, for if you are you will be treated with contumely.

• pui cūaⁿ;

  lowlive; mean, base; baseborn.

• àiⁿ khîu kau tin-tò̤ pui, àiⁿ khîu îong tin-tò̤ jôk;

  sought eminence and got a lower station, sought glory and came to disgrace instead.

悲

• To commiserate; grief for another’s woe; to be sad; to feel for; sympathy; tragic.

• i kâi nâng chû-pui căi;

  she is very tender-hearted.

• chṳ̂-pui nîe;

  a name for the goddess Kwanyin.

• pui-lŭi;

  to weep bitterly.

• pui-chô;

  sad, sorrowful.

• tăi chṳ̂ tăi pui;

  most pitiable.

• pui-ai, thìaⁿ-khàu;

  to weep and wail.

• pui-chám;

  heart-rending.

• īu pui īu hí;

  both sad and glad.

肥

• Fat, fleshy, plump; oily, rich, unctuous, fertile.

• cîah kàu pûi-pûi;

  has grown very fat.

• pûi-càng, tōa-kîaⁿ;

  fat and stout.

• thóiⁿ a-pûi ŭ tŏ̤ mē;

  see if the fat fellow is there.

• pûi-tōa;

  corpulent.

• chī kàu pûi-pûi;

  feed up and make fleshy.

• i pûi lâi phàⁿ-lauh;

  his fat is of a flabby sort.

• cí kâi pûi lâi kín-cí;

  this one’s fat is very solid.

• cí kù pûi ka-kī tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;

  looks only to his own benefit.

• cí īeⁿ keⁿ-chài tōa cîah pûi;

  this sort of vegetable takes up much fat in the cooking.

• i cîah kàu o pûe chiah tōi;

  he has become brown, hardy and stout.

• câp pûi, káu pù;

  of ten fat persons nine are rich.

疿

• Prickly heat.

• hip kàu hía pùi cêk pa cêk pa;

  pent up there till the prickly heat has come out in many spots.

• khîeh kò̤ sang-hún lâi so pùi;

  get some prepared chalk and rub the spots.

• thong sin seⁿ kàu cĕng-cĕng pùi;

  his whole body is covered with prickly heat.

吠

• To bark.

• cá mêⁿ kâi káu pūi khṳ̀ thíam căi;

  last night there was a dog barking violently.