phin edit

  • 砒礵phin-sng679
  • The red sulphuret of arsenic.
tâk kùe phin-sng;
more poisonous than arsenic.
  • phín697306
  • Series, rank, grade, order.
kĕ phín;
of a low grade.
hĭa phín;
mean; of low rank.
kêk phín;
the highest rank.
tng chîo it phín;
holds the highest rank under government.
  • phín6881545
  • To censure; to disparage; to dismiss; to cashier.
i pĭ phín tńg khṳ̀;
he was cashiered and sent home.
phín chut lâi cò̤ ti-kūiⁿ;
degraded in office and transferred to a district-magistracy.
phín lô̤h né-keng;
dismissed to the palace for discarded concubines.
  • phîn702448
  • A self-supporting, upright screen.
phîn tìeⁿ;
the cloth or paper covering a screen.
úa tŏ̤ kau-íⁿ phîn kò̤;
leaning on the back of a chair.
pái cêk hù cé-kang, kìaⁿ-phîn;
set out a pair of ornaments consisting of a vase and a pier-glass.
ûi phîn;
enclose with a folding screen.
phîn-síam;
removable, folding doors.
pâk kâi ie-phîn;
tie on a loin-cloth.
chíaⁿ nâng cò̤ kò̤ phîn bûn;
invite some one to compose stanzas, suitable to write on a screen.
  • phîn3956413
  • To impinge; to throw against and hit.
i kâi tăng-kíaⁿ àiⁿ khṳ̀ phîn i kâi o-kng;
the little thin pickle pot is going to cast itself against the big black water-jar.
phîn cúi-nî;
to skip stones along the surface of the water.
khì khí lâi cū kâi i phîn phîn tīo;
if he gets wrathy he will dash himself upon it and smash it in pieces.
khîeh kò̤ cng-kŏ̤ khṳ̀ phîn i;
took a brickbat, and hit him with it.
cía sĭ cang ˘nng khṳ̀ phîn cîeh-thâu;
this is pitting an egg against a stone.


  • phîn6977516
  • A fragrant fruit, the Sterculia balangas.
phîn kúaiⁿ;
the apple is sometimes thus called.
  • phîn6971544
  • Poor; destitute; impoverished.
phîn-khîong nâng;
poor people.
kun-cṳ́ kâi nâng uaⁿ phîn;
the princely man is content even in poverty.
ke phîn, chin lău;
poor, and with aged parents.
phîn-cūaⁿ cṳ kau put khó̤ bûang;
those who were our companions when we were in poverty, should not be forgotten.
cêk phîn jû sói;
destitute as if everything had been washed away.