Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pai

by Adele Marion Fielde

pai

• 擺pái6486415
• To spread out; to display; to set in order.

pái kè-sì;

to make a display; to put on airs.

pái tūi-ngó;

parade troops.

pái tŏ̤ sang pôiⁿ;

ranged on the two sides.

pái-siet mûeh-kĭaⁿ;

to put things in place.

pái hīn-hīn tó̤ khṳt nâng thóiⁿ;

lay out as to let people see them.

pái khui cē;

spread it out more.

màiⁿ pái khah khuah;

do not spread it out too broadly.

pái côi-côi, sì-cìaⁿ sì-cìaⁿ;

range them evenly and squarely.

îo-îo pái-pái;

to strut arouad.

pái tō;

. ferry formed of stationary boats.

pái toh;

to lay a table.

pái chn̂g-íⁿ;

to arrange the furniture.

pái ceng tṳ̄;

to lay the dishes.

pái kó-tóng;

arrange the bric-a-brac.

pái phâi-chîang;

arrange elegantly.

pái hó̤ thóiⁿ tīaⁿ;

laid out merely to look at.

gūa mīn pái khṳ̀ li hó̤ thóiⁿ, m̄ cai lăi mīn căi-seⁿ;

the outside is well arranged, I do not know how it may be inside.

cí kâi mûeh sĭ pái tó̤ thit-thô̤ kâi, a sĭ pái tó̤ phīⁿ phang?

Are these things put here for show, or are they put here for their sweet smell?

• 拜pâi648645
• To honor; to reverence; to kneel to; to make an obeisance; to visit; to salute; to pay one’s respects to; a salute.

pài sîn;

worship the gods.

pài có;

worship ancestors.

pài kheh;

return a visit.

pài pńg cĭeⁿ kiaⁿ;

memorialize the throne.

úa sĭm sĭ pài hôk lṳ́;

I acknowledge your superiority.

úa àiⁿ pài tho̤h lṳ́ kio úa cò̤ kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

I have something that I wish to ask you to do me for me.

i lâi hûe pài;

he has come to return your visit.

úang lâi sie pài;

go back and forth interchanging visits.

tŏ̤ móng sî pài sìang;

at that time minister of state.

pài âp;

a card case.

pài kìⁿ;

salute on seeing.

ēng pài kúi pài?

How many obeisances are to be made ?

• 牌pâi649918
• A shield, a buckler; a sign-board; a notification from government; a tablet, a memorandum; a warrant; a credential; a writ; a token; an official permit of any kind; dominoes; cards; a flat piece of iron struck to announce meals in temples.

àiⁿ kàu tī-kò̤ cū soiⁿ hwt húe-pâi;

they send an express ahead, to whatever place they are going.

tîn-pâi;

a rattan shield.

tìn-tang sāi kò̤ pâi-ūi;

an ancestral tablet was set up in the midst.

ŭ pâi ŭ phìe cìaⁿ káⁿ lîah nâng;

having a warrant on wood or one on paper, he dare arrest people.

cêk hù cúa-pâi;

a pack of playing cards.

i tó̤ phah cúa-pâi;

they are playing cards.

thàng mêⁿ phah pâi;

play cards all night.

chíaⁿ cûn-pâi, cìaⁿ hó̤ chut káng;

ask for a port clearance, then you can leave the harbour.

kàu káng īu tîeh kío cûn-pâi;

on entering port the ship’s papers must again be delivered to the proper authorities.

sāi kò̤ cîeh-pâi;

set up a stone tablet.

pâi huang;

an honorary tablet.

chîo-thêng íⁿ-keng cún i kĭen pâi-huang seng pío i;

the government has already given them permission to set up a tablet in his honor.

ie-pâi;

a badge worn at the waist, (like that of a policeman).

hĭⁿ-pâi;

flat car-rings.

ngṳ̂n-pâi;

a silver medal.

kùa kò̤ hóⁿ-thâu pâi;

suspend a tablet having a tiger’s head painted on it.

cang pâ lâi tói;

ward off with a shield.

i tó̤ phah kui-pâi;

he is playing dominoes.

khṳ̀ tău kò̤ chíaⁿ pâi;

go to the Intendent of Circuit and request an official permit.

kîaⁿ pâi kak sôk;

sent orders to all his subordinates.

khîa kò̤ tōa cîeh pâi;

erect a stone slab.

pâi pín;

a votive tablet.

lêng-pâi; sìaⁿ-cí-pâi;

the Emperor's tablet, worshipped in temples.

• 排pâi649648
• To place properly; to make a show with; to set out in a regular order; to range in a line; a row} a line.

cŏ̤ cò̤ cêk pâi;

sit in a row.

huaⁿ-hí kio nâng pâi lāng kói hun;

is glad to explain the misunderstanding.

pâi-hâng tŏiⁿ kúi?

Which row is it?

naⁿ pâi kàu hó̤-hó̤;

range them nicely.

bói cho̤h pâi-kut lâi chá;

buy some spare-rib and grill it.

thóiⁿ i pâi sĭm-mih tīn-sì chut lâi;

see how much parade they make.

pâi chîang;

set forth for display.

seⁿ lâi pâi-chîang;

is very showily arrayed.

• 平pâi701512
• Ordinarily; common; usual.

i pâi jît tī-tîang-sî lâi?

At what time of the day does he generally come?

i pâi jît to jît-tàu cìaⁿ kàu;

he usually comes about noon.

pâi nî to bô̤ cía kui-kṳ́;

there has in years past been no such usage.

pâi-sî īa sĭ cìeⁿ-se;

that is the way it always is.

• 筏pâi1221186
• A raft.

tek pâi;

bamboo raft.

sam-pâi;

a raft of pine logs.

ká cò̤ sam-pâi;

tie them together to form a raft,

cúi tōa, sam-pâi t˘ng khṳ̀;

the water was swift, and the raft broke up.

theⁿ sam-pâi;

to pole a raft along.

• 敗pāi648667
• To subvert; to destroy; to nulify; to ruin; to violate; discomfited; a rout.

i kâi ke-ngîap íⁿ-keng phùa-pāi;

his patrimony is already spent.

thiⁿ-ĕ bô̤ put pāi cṳ ke, bô put phùa cṳ kok;

in all the world, there has been no house that has not decayed, and no kingdom that has not come to an end.

cìen pāi;

defeated in battle.

cìen pāi, cáu-tńg lâi;

was worsted in the fight, and ran away.

cêk pôiⁿ cìen pāi, cêk pôiⁿ cìen îaⁿ;

one side suffers defeat, and the other side gains a victory.

cṳ̆-lâi m̄ pat phah pāi cĭang;

has never experienced a defeat in arms.

màiⁿ pāi i kâi mîaⁿ-sek;

do not mar his reputation.

siu-sîp pāi-châng kâi kun-bé;

reorganize the routed troops.

i kâi sṳ̄ pāi lío;

his affair has come to an unsuccessful issue.

i cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄ káⁿ pāi tîeh mn̂g-huang;

his conduct shows care not to disgrace the family name.

sieⁿ hong, pāi sôk kâi sṳ̄;

what corrupts the public morals.

pāi-húai tîeh;

spoiled; ruined.

sèng pāi sĭ piaⁿ-ke kâi sîeⁿ sṳ̄;

victory and defeat is the constant experience of soldiers.