Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/peⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

peⁿ

• 㧳peⁿ649644
• To break; to separate the parts of a thing.

peⁿ khui;

to break apart by pulling at.

cí ki sam sie-hŭ peⁿ, peⁿ cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;

help to pull apart the sides of this stick of timber and pull it in two.

peⁿ m̄ khui;

cannot rend it in two.

• 把péⁿ644644
• To hold; to guard; to head off.

péⁿ mn̂g kâi nâng;

those who guard the gates.

péⁿ-síu mn̂g-hŏ;

guards the gates.

péⁿ bô̤ i kùe;

stopped the way and would not let him pass.

ìo lō tèng kak-kak ŭ nâng tó̤ péⁿ;

the important roads are each guarded by some one.

• 柄pèⁿ700755
• A handle, a haft, a crank; having control of; authority, power.

ūe pèⁿ;

something to take hold of in talking.

màiⁿ phah tīo nâng kâi ūe pèⁿ;

do not interrupt the conversation.

ĕ jît khṳt nâng cò̤ ūe pèⁿ;

will furnish a subject for gossip hereafter.

ŭ pá pèⁿ, kâi sṳ̄ cò̤ lâi bŏi jṳ̂;

with a basis for action, the thing may be done without disorder.

sĭ i tó̤ cíang khŵn-pèⁿ;

it is he who holds the authority.

cí ki pèⁿ khah tó̤;

this haft is too short.

tâng-ue tîeh tàu cêk ki pèⁿ cìaⁿ hó̤ ēng;

the copper saucepan must have a handle put in, then it can be used.

pó-thâu pèⁿ;

an axe-helve.

to pèⁿ;

knife handle.

ŭ kò̤ pèⁿ hó̤ lĭm;

there is a crank to turn it by.

lĭm i kâi pèⁿ lâi ká;

take hold of the crank and turn it vertically.

• 併pèⁿ70096
• To take from another and add to one's own.

i kâi seng-lí cn̂g kâi khṳt i pèⁿ khṳ̀;

his trade has all been absorbed by them.

nín kak nâng kak nâng cò̤, i īa màiⁿ pèⁿ lṳ́ kâi, lṳ́ īa màiⁿ pèⁿ i kâi;

now go each of you and make your own, he is not to take your things, and you are not to take his.

īa si àiⁿ pèⁿ i kâi pn̄g-úaⁿ-thâu li i căi tit hàuⁿ?;

How can he consent to having the tidbit that caps his bowl of rice taken away?

• 平pêⁿ701512
• Level, even, smooth, uniform, equal.

lō m̄ pêⁿ;

the road is not level.

pêⁿ-pêⁿ lō;

a level road.

pēⁿ tī;

level ground.

pêⁿ-îeⁿ;

a plain.

pêⁿ-pêⁿ cêk īeⁿ;

all of the same kind.

pêⁿ-pêⁿ hó̤;

equally good.

m̄ pêⁿ īeⁿ;

not of the same sort.

pêⁿ-pêⁿ tōa;

of the same size.

taⁿ thô khṳ̀ thūn i pêⁿ;

carry earth and fill in to make it level.

hái mīn pêⁿ-pêⁿ, bô̤ huang éng;

the sea is smooth, there is no wind nor waves.

nŏ̤ nâng pêⁿ pun;

divide it equally between the two.

pàng pêⁿ màiⁿ khio bî;

set it down so that it will stand level, do not tip it.

nŏ̤ pôiⁿ tîeh péⁿ cài, cē m̄ péⁿ cài cū àiⁿ tăng-thâu-áu;

you must lade in equally on either side, if you do not it will tip to one side.

sĭ nîe pêⁿ tâng a sĭ nîe cui tâng?;

Is it measured level with the brim, or is it heaped up?

nŏ̤ nâng pêⁿ-pêⁿ kûiⁿ;

the two are of equal height.

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• A scaffold or staging; a framework; a shed; a booth.

hì pêⁿ;

a platform for plays.

tah kâi lîang pêⁿ;

set up an awning.

sài péⁿ;

a drying shed.

thiah pêⁿ;

take down a staging.

keⁿ pêⁿ;

a watchman's shed.

kìm bô̤ nâng tah kùe-koi-pêⁿ;

forbid any one's putting a staging across the street.

cò̤ kúi, so̤h m̄ cĭeⁿ ko-péⁿ;

when you become a spirit, you won't be able to climb up on the platform where the food is laid out for poor devils.

cò̤ ŭ kúi pêⁿ hì?;

How many theatrical performances are going on?

kue pêⁿ;

trellis for a melon vine.

pò pêⁿ;

a cloth awning.

sîn pêⁿ;

a platform for the gods.

lō thâu pêⁿ;

a shelter beside the road.

tó̤ lîo-pêⁿ tói kò̤ ût;

lying asleep in a shed.

pêⁿ pang;

the flooring of a stage.

pêⁿ-téng;

the roof of a shed or booth.

mō̤ⁿ pêⁿ;

a lookout.

cĭeⁿ mō̤ⁿ-pêⁿ téng khṳ̀ mō̤ⁿ;

went up into the observatory and looked out.

cúa íaⁿ pêⁿ;

a platform for a puppet show.

• 病pēⁿ7001045
• Sickness, illness; an ailment or pain; a defect; affliction; misery.

ŭ pēⁿ;

is ill.

seⁿ pēⁿ;

to become ill.

bô̤ pēⁿ;

has no ailment.

pēⁿ-cèng;

disease; malady.

lṳ́ thóiⁿ cía pēⁿ ùi mē?;

Do you think his disease dangerous?

cía pēⁿ o̤h ui;

this is an incurable disease.

cí khí pēⁿ bô̤-siang-kang;

this ailment is of no consequence.

i tì ŭ sĭm-mih-pēⁿ?;

What disease has he?

i kâi pēⁿ chŵn-jú lío;

he has recovered.

khin pēⁿ;

a slight ailment.

tăng pēⁿ;

a severe illness.

saⁿ-câp nî côiⁿ, nâng chūe pēⁿ, saⁿ-câp nî ău, pēⁿ chūe nâng;

before thirty people go out of their way to incur illness, after thirty illness comes to people unsought.

i tâng bô̤ pēⁿ tîeh lŏng kàu pēⁿ;

nothing being the matter with it, he must needs meddle with it till there is.

i bô̤ măuⁿ-pēⁿ;

nothing is the matter with it.

cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ kài măuⁿ-pēⁿ sĭ tŏ̤ cí kâi nâng;

the trouble in this matter lies in this individual.

chù-téng pó lío cong-kú àiⁿ lāu, lṳ́ thóiⁿ i kâi măuⁿ-pēⁿ sĭ tŏ̤ tī kò̤?;

Since being mended the roof continually leaks, what do you think is the trouble with it?

úa cū cai i kâi pī-pēⁿ tŏ̤ tĭ-kò̤;

I know what is the trouble with it.

i hó̤ lío, pēⁿ lêng-ūaⁿ hẃn;

after recovering he had a relapse.

jíam tîeh sĭm-mih pēⁿ-cèng?;

What disease has he?

pēⁿ su-hôk îeh;

disease yields to medicine.

i kâi sĭ kú pēⁿ a sĭ cho pēⁿ?;

Is his ailment one that he has had before, or is this the first time he has had it?

tī pēⁿ;

cure sickness.

thîo-lí i kâi pēⁿ;

doctor him.

tŏ̤ ke íang pēⁿ;

is at home nursing his health.

thóiⁿ tîeh bô̤ kâi pēⁿ îong;

does not look ill.

pău pēⁿ;

a violent attack.

i íⁿ-keng peⁿ kú lío;

he has been ill a long time.

pēⁿ kàu pùaⁿ thó̤ sí;

so ill that he nearly died.

cía sĭ sim pēⁿ, m̄ sĭ îeh hó̤ ui kâi;

this is a mental disease, not curable by medicine.

bŏi pēⁿ bŏi thìaⁿ;

is not ill, nor in pain.

hŵn-ló̤ kàu pēⁿ;

made ill by grief.

pēⁿ hó̤ lí̤o;

has recovered.

huang-híam kâi pēⁿ;

a dangerous illness.

pò̤ pēⁿ;

to plead illness.

tèⁿ pēⁿ;

to pretend to be ill.

cuang pēⁿ;

to elaborately feign illness.

tōa pēⁿ;

a long fit of sickness.

khì kàu pēⁿ;

become ill through vexation.

pēⁿ kàu tó̤ chn̂g;

ill in bed.

kio pēⁿ nâng cék īeⁿ;

like an invalid.

khîeh cīⁿ khṳ̀ bói pēⁿ;

to purchase illness, to smoke opium.

àiⁿ ui pēⁿ, jú-kèng thiⁿ pēⁿ;

tried to cure him, but made him worse.

pēⁿ ngŵn;

the origin of the disease.

pēⁿ kṳn ŏi tn̆g;

the cause of the malady is removed.

sĭ phio pēⁿ a sĭ pńg pēⁿ?;

Does the disaese arise from external or internal causes?

cí khí pēⁿ ŏi ùe nâng;

this disease is contagious.

úa thóiⁿ i kâi pēⁿ-sì tîm-tăng;

I think the disease has taken a deep hold on him.

pēⁿ îu;

the cause of the disease.

pēⁿ chêng;

the symptoms.

pēⁿ kàu àiⁿ sí;

at the point of death.

pēⁿ chíen;

not very sick.

mn̄g pēⁿ;

inquire after the sick.