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bô pât mih kâi;
have nothing beside.
ŭ pât īeⁿ;
have other kinds.
m̄ sĭ pât nâng;
it is none but yourself; seeing that it is you.
àiⁿ khù pât kô̤;
am going elsewhere.
pât kâi tī-hng bô̤;
it is not to be found in other places.
pât kok īa ŭ;
other countries have it.
tîeh kùe pât séⁿ;
must go to another province.
bô̤ pât ŵn-kù;
there is no other cause for it.

pau

  • pau663208
  • To wrap up, to envelope; to contain, to hold; to be included in; to be patient; to undertake; to manage an affair; to assume; to engage; to warrant; to insure; a bundle, a bale, a wrapper; plated, as with gold.
pau cò̤ cêk pau;
do them up in one bundle.
cúa khah sòi, pau m̄ bûa;
the paper is too small, I cannot wrap them in it.
phah cò̤ kâi pò pau;
do them up in a cloth wrapper.
jû ké li pau ūaⁿ;
if counterfeit will guarantee an exchange.
pau-nía;
to guarantee; to warrant goods; to make one's self responsible for.
pau-hâm;
forbearing.
pau-kẃn lṳ́ bô̤ sṳ̄;
I assure you there is nothing to fear.
i tó̤ pau-lám sṳ̂-sŏng;
he undertakes to conduct the suit.
thīⁿ kò̤ pau-hôk-phûe;
making a wrapper to wrap clothing in.
kò nâng pì pau-kó̤;
hired a man to carry his bundle.
hṳ́ tói só̤ pau kâi tŏ̤-lí sĭm khuah;
the doctrine contained in it is of very extensive application.
pau-kwt;
to include; to contain; to inclose.
pau-kwt ŭ nŏ̤ īeⁿ kâi ì-sṳ̀;
it involves too different ideas.
hṳ́ tieⁿ cúa pau mih mûeh?;
What is done up in that paper?
ngṳ̂n pau kim;
silver plated with gold.
i sĭ pau-phî i;
he countenances him.
i pau kâi láu-kṳ́;
he keeps a mistress.
  • pau6631305
  • Uterine; brotherly.
tâng pau hiaⁿ-tĭ;
brothers, having the same father and mother.
pau cí-mūeⁿ;
own sisters.
pau tîet;
own brother's son.
  • páu66497
  • To protect, to defend, to keep safe.
thiⁿ-tī pĕ-bó̤ páu-ĭu;
may the Creative Powers in Nature bless you.
páu-ĭu i kâi pēⁿ khùe-khùe hó̤;
grant him a speedy recovery.
cía tīaⁿ-tîeh sĭ sîn-méng páu-ĭu i;
the gods surely helped him in this.
i sĭ cò̤ thài-páu, a sĭ cò̤ sìo-páu? Is he the principal or the secondary guardian of the emperor?
m̄ sĭ, sĭ cò̤ thài-cṳ́ thài-páu;
he is neither, he is the chief guardian of the heir-apparent.
  • pău6667211
  • Stormy, tempestuous; cruel, violent; oppressive; fierce.
pău-ngîak;
cruel ; tyrannical.
pău-nŏ̤ⁿ sieⁿ
kuaⁿ;
violent wrath injures the liver.
khîong-hîong pău-ak;
brutal wickedness.
hut-jîen pău pēⁿ;
suddenly became dangerously ill.
nâng m̄-bó̤ cṳ̆ pău, cṳ̆ khì;
one should not throw himself away in a fit of rage.
tṳ̂ pău, uaⁿ lîang;
extirpate the fierce, and tranquilize the gentle.
i kâi seⁿ-chêng châng-pău;
his disposition is savage.
  • pău673988
  • A gallipot; a jar with a small neck and large body.
cíu pău;
a wine jar.
chò pău;
a vinegar jar.
húe thùaⁿ pău;
a pot for holding cinders.
hue kim pău;
an uru holding the bones of the dead.
  • pău52314215
  • Rock oysters.
pău-hṳ̂;
dried rock-oysters.
lâm pău;
Hainan oysters.
tang-îeⁿ pău;
Japanese oysters.

pauh

  • pauh97510415
  • Pimples; rash; a cold-sore.
cí nŏ̤ jīt, mīn cīeⁿ phû lîap jûah-pauh;
a cold-sore been coming out on my face these two days.
  • pauh1211058
  • To sprout out; to bud.
hue íⁿ-keng pauh lúi;
the plant has already put forth twigs.
pauh ki sún lo̤-lo̤ tn̂g chut lâi;
has put forth a long slender sprout.

pe

  • 644644
  • A faggot; a bundle; a classifier of things held in the hand; a single handful.
cêk pé châ;
a bundle of faggots.
cêk pé tṳ̄;
a bundle of chopsticks.
pâk cò̤ cêk pé;
tie them up in a bundle.
cêk pé cêk pé;
bunch by bunch.
líam húe-pé chīeⁿ lō;
light a torch to illumine the way.
i khṳ̀ ŭ kâi pé gûeh;
he has been gone about a month.
cía tâk kàu peh pé ngṳ̂n;
this is worth about a hundred dollars.
i kâi chíu-pé ho̤h tŏa;
he has very large arms.
cē sa cū cìaⁿ pé;
as soon as you rake it up you will get a bundle.
meⁿ pé bí pun i;
took up a handful of rice and gave it to him.
meⁿ pé îam lài lô̤h;
take up a handful of salt and put it in.
  • 646874
  • To scratch.
pê thâu-khak;
to scratch the head.
pê cĭeⁿ;
scratch where it itches.
saⁿ nî kòi ciah lă lṳ́ pê;
scratching itch scars that are three years old is as much work as you care to do.
khin-khin pê;
scratch lightly.
it-khùai, thǹg bûeh pê kha;
the greatest comfort is to take off your stockings and scratch your feet.