Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/piang

by Adele Marion Fielde

piang

• 批piang679644
• To cuff, to slap.

piang i kâi kih-kau;

slapped her on the cheek.

• 拍piàng711645
• To slap; to pound; to rap.

khì kàu pìang chn̂g pìang íⁿ;

so angry that he pounded the tables and chairs.

hía chn̂g pìang kàu lîh;

pounded the table till it split.

kuaⁿ thiaⁿ tîeh, kâi pău li-li pìang, tó̤ hàm nâng phah i;

when the magistrate heard it he kept rapping with his mace, and calling some one to beat her.