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- sĭ úa kâi a-pa;
- it is my papa.
- i ŭ a-pa hó̤ úa;
- he has his father to depend upon.
- pa put tit cò̤ kàu cîaⁿ;
- would that I could bring it to completion.
- pa tāu; pa tāu cí;
- the croton-oil fruit.
- pa-cíeⁿ;
- the palm of the hand.
- cang pa-cíeⁿ phah i;
- slapped him with his open hand.
- cang pa-cíeⁿ cìeⁿ pôiⁿ hien kùe lâi, hìeⁿ pôiⁿ hien kùe khṳ̀;
- slapped him on one side with one hand and on the other side with the other hand.
- i khṳt i tōa nâng cang pa-cíeⁿ piang kàu hṳ́ pôiⁿ hĭⁿ thiaⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;
- she was boxed by one of the elders of her family so that she is deaf in one ear.
- búe-pa;
- the flat part of the tail of an animal.
- îeⁿ-búe pa;
- sheep’s tails.
- têk búe pa;
- deer’s tails.
- 擺弄pa-lói648
- To tease, to plague; to meddle with; to handle.
- i tó̤ pa-lói i kâi;
- he is teasing her.
- i kâi láu-láu-sît-sît, nín àiⁿ pa-lói i mih sṳ̄?
- He never does harm to any one, what are you plaguing him for?
- i to sĭ tó̤ pin-tǹg pa-lói i kâi;
- they are always making game ofhim.
- i tó̤ pa-lói cîah;
- she is preparing the meal.
- 庶幾pa-lak778
- Perhaps; perchance.
- pa-lak úa ka-kī àiⁿ khṳ̀;
- perhaps I shall myself go.
- pa-lak ŏi tit hó̤;
- possibly it may be completed.
- cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤, pa-lak bŏi hŭam cŭe;
- in thus doing, it may be that no sin will be committed.
- pa-cie;
- a banana.
- pa-cie sìⁿ;
- a fan shaped like a plantain leaf.
- cîah pá;
- finished his meal.
- cîah būe pá;
- has not yet finished his meal.
- cîah cîaⁿ pá;
- is just through eating.
- cîah m̄ pá;
- did not eat all I wanted.
- màiⁿ cîah khah pá;
- do not eat to repletion.
- i sĭ pá hâk kâi nâng;
- he is a very learned man.
- i kâi mīn-sì thêng pá-múaⁿ;
- he has a full round face.
- ki pá îu jîn;
- hunger and fullness are much as people please.
- thóiⁿ kàu pá;
- looked at it as long as I wish to.
- cē thóiⁿ cū pá;
- the sight of it is enough.
- thóiⁿ lío, tó ŏi pá a bŏi?
- Did you see enough of it?
- khṳt i cîah pá-pá, sí lío hó̤ cò̤ kâi pá kúi;
- give him all he can eat, and when he is dead he will be a contented ghost.
- pá cîah m̄ jû pá ût;
- eating enough is not so good as sleeping enough.
- tìeⁿ kàu pá-pá;
- stuffed as full as is can be.
- bô̤ chài le pn̄g tîeh cîah pá cē;
- since there are no side-dishes, you must eat the more of the rice.
- chíaⁿ a-îⁿ lâi pá pn̄g;
- ask your aunt to come to supper now.
- 把pá644644
- To seize; to hold for the purpose of using; to grasp; to lay hold of; to take a thing to be; to consider as.
- pá-cáng;
- an ensign in the army.
- lṳ́ pá i thóiⁿ cò̤ sĭm-mih nâng?
- Whom did you take him to be?
- i kâi cò̤ sṳ̄ ŭ pá-thî;
- he acts in a masterful way.
- cū sĭ i tó̤ pá-thî sṳ̄;
- it is he who holds control in the affair.
- cò̤ mîh sṳ̄ àiⁿ ŭ pá-pèⁿ;
- in whatever one does he needs something that he can use as a handie.
- màiⁿ pá i kâi kang-hu gō khṳ̀;
- do not interfere with him so as to spoil his work.
- àiⁿ pá cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ cò̤-nî lâi chù-lì?
- How shall we arrange this business?
- cò̤ pá hì;
- play tricks of legerdemain; to performs feats, as acrobats or trained animals do; jugglery.
- pa-ngán;
- the “eye of the list”, a term for the second scholar in the land; the idea is that he is second in order as the eye is under the forehead.
- nŏ̤ hiaⁿ tĭ cêk kâi tèng cŏ̤-ngŵn, cêk kâi tèng pá-ngân;
- of the two brothers one became the first scholar of the empire, and the other the second.
- sīa cìⁿ kâi pá;
- a target.
- tòng tîeh pá kâi âng-sim;
- hit the centre.
- sīa tîeh pá kîⁿ;
- hit the outer edge of the target.
- pûaⁿ pá;
- fired over the target.
- pài pá;
- a little short of the mark; the arrow fell at the foot of the target.
- sīa m̄ tîeh pá;
- did not hit the target.
- 豹pà6651533
- A name for spotted felinæ, the leopard, panther, jaguar, cheetah or ounce. The leopard is the insignia of military officers of the fourth rank.
- kim cîⁿ pà;
- the leopard.
- hóⁿ seⁿ pà jî;
- the tiger has a leopard as its offspring.
- pà phûe cêk tíam cêk tíam, hue-hue;
- a leopard-skin is speckled and spotted.
- pá-cìam nâng kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
- take possession of other people’s things.
- cí kâi nâng cò̤ sṳ̄ pà căi;
- this person does things in a high handed way.
- hûeⁿ-pà; hùeⁿ-hûeⁿ pà-pà;
- regardless of the rights of others.
- cìeⁿ-seⁿ sǹg sĭ pà-tău;
- this is a resort to intimidation.
- i kâi ūe pà-tău căi;
- his language is intended to intimidate.
- 罷pă64512210
- To suffice; to cease from, to leave off, to finish; to quash; to strike work; enough; no more.
- kău cìeⁿ-seⁿ le pă lío;
- that is enough of this; it is quite time this was stopped.
- m̄ khéng pă chíu;
- would not stay his hand.
- jī ke phah pă, màiⁿ sie chūe;
- both parties having discontinued the quarrel, let there be no farther fighting.
- ûi sĭm-mih sṳ̄ pă chĭ?
- What is the reason for the markets being closed?
- cèng nâng hŭe-côi pă kháu;
- they all combined and forclosed the examination by refusing to attend.
- àiⁿ pă put lêng;
- could not stop though he wished to.
- m̄ àiⁿ, cū pă;
- if you do not want it let it alone.
- i íⁿ-keng pă ceh, kui ke;
- he has already fulfilled his duties and returned home.
- i tŏ̤ gūa kháu to sĭ pă i kâi mîaⁿ;
- he always assumes his name when abroad.
- thèng pă nâng kâi mîaⁿ;
- take other people’s names.
- pă i kâi kî-hō̤;
- make illegal use of their flag.
- i sĭ pă tī-tîang kâi hŏ̤-thâu?
- Whose mark has he counterfeited?