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and the other by his feet.

pĭⁿ nŏ̤ kí píⁿ-kíaⁿ;

braid two little queues.

piⁿ jṳ̂ căi;

his queue in unkempt.

khŵn piⁿ;

wind the queue around the head.

piⁿ tá cò̤ cang-kíaⁿ-lô̤;

coil up the queue in a knot at the back of the head.

siu piⁿ;

comb the queue.

lâu piⁿ;

let the hair grow out to form a queue.

i thì tīo piⁿ khṳ̤̀ cò̤ hûe-sīeⁿ;

he shaved off his queue and became a priest.

piⁿ búe so̤h;

the silk braided into the queue.

• ‮扁‬píⁿ687635
• Flat; thin.

cêk kò̤ cîeh píⁿ-píⁿ;

a thin slab of stone.

i kâi mīn seⁿ lâi pô̤h-píⁿ;

her face is very thin.

teh kàu nĕ píⁿ-píⁿ;

pressed down very flat.

iⁿ m̄ cîaⁿ îⁿ, píⁿ m̄ cîaⁿ píⁿ;

it is all out of shape.

i kâi chài-pó tâh kàu píⁿ-píⁿ;

his dried turnips are trampled down flat.

• ‮變‬pìⁿ68914916
• To transform; to change; a mutation from one state of being to another or to the original condition.

pìⁿ mīn;

to change countenance.

i ŏi pìⁿ cò̤ nâng;

it is metamorphosed into a human being.

i ŏi kōi pìⁿ a bŏi?;

Is it apt to change?

cong-kú bŏi pìⁿ;

never changes.

pìⁿ cò̤ kúi;

turns into a demon.

i bô̤ tau bô̤ tah, cū pìⁿ mīn pìⁿ súi;

he changes countenance when there is not the least occasion for it.

i hŵn lío pìⁿ būe chŵn;

its transformation is not yet complete.

jĭm sói bŏi pìⁿ sek;

will endure washing without changing its color.

cṳ-nîe-kíaⁿ câp-poih pìⁿ;

a young girl goes through many transformations.

i cí ău pìⁿ kàu hó̤ căi;

he is lately much changed for the better.

ŭ khi sua-hṳ̂ ŏi pìⁿ cò̤ hóⁿ;

there is a species of shark that changes into a tiger.

• ‮辮‬piⁿ68912014
• To braid; to plait; braid.

pĭⁿ cò̤ cêk tio so̤h;

plait it and make a rope of it.

pĭⁿ piⁿ;

braid the queue.

phah pĭⁿ;

make braids.

hue pĭⁿ;

flowered braid.

kim pĭⁿ;

gold braid.

pĭⁿ àiⁿ pĭⁿ kín a pĭⁿ khùaⁿ?;

Do you wish to have the braid plaited tightly or loosely?

• ‮辯‬piⁿ68814914
• To dispute; to argue; to wrangle for a notion.

póiⁿ-pĭⁿ;

to argue the point; to force a construction; to dispute a proposition.

i m̄ khéng sù-hôk, cong-kú tó̤ póiⁿ-pĭⁿ;

he is unwilling to submit, and is forever arguing the point.

mih hō̤ ūe i to póiⁿ-pĭⁿ ŭ lâi;

he will take the contrary side in whatever one advocates.

piaⁿ

• ‮兵‬piaⁿ698125
• A soldier; troops; a force; an army; military; warlike.

piaⁿ teng;

soldiers.

piaⁿ cìang;

army leaders.

khí piaⁿ;

raise troops.

thîo piaⁿ;

to station troops.

ceng piaⁿ;

disciplined troops.

hôk piaⁿ;

troops in ambush.

tăi piaⁿ;

the main body of the army.

bé-piaⁿ;

cavalry.

pō-piaⁿ;

infantry.

cìen piaⁿ;

the engaged forces.

kìu piaⁿ;

a force sent to succor.

tíam piaⁿ;

to call the roll; mustering.

chau-līen piaⁿ-bé;

to exercise or drill troops; a disciplined force.

• ‮冰‬piaⁿ698851
• Ice; icy; crystallized.

piaⁿ sng;

ice and frost.

piaⁿ sng cúi;

ice-water.

cúi kit sêng piaⁿ;

water freezes and forms ice.

piaⁿ îeⁿ khṳ̀;

the ice has melted.

piaⁿ-thn̂g;

rock candy.

pŏ̤-hò̤ piaⁿ;

crystallized peppermint essence.

• ‮餅‬píaⁿ6991846
• Cake; biscuit; dumplings.

píaⁿ kuaⁿ;

dry biscuits.

guêh píaⁿ;

cakes made at the full of the eighth moon and used in worshipping it.

so-píaⁿ;

crisp cakes.

píaⁿ phûe, píaⁿ āⁿ;

the pastry and the filling of a dumpling.

gû-ni-píaⁿ;

cheese.

sie píaⁿ;

to bake cakes.

pūe píaⁿ;

to bake cakes in a pan over the fire.

• ‮丙‬píaⁿ69914
• The third of the ten stems.

píaⁿ teng sok húe;

the third and fourth of the ten stems belong to fire.

cŏ̤ jîm hìang píaⁿ;

facing due south.

• ‮併‬pìaⁿ70098
• To reduce to uniformity; to expose; to endanger; to pour together.

pìaⁿ mīaⁿ cò̤;

act without regard to his life.

i pìaⁿ căi;

he is very reckless.

nŏ̤ úaⁿ pìaⁿ cò̤ cêk úaⁿ;

put what is in the two bowls into one.

nŏ̤ saⁿ khí ùaⁿ-kĭaⁿ pìaⁿ cò̤ cêk khí;

reduce two or three cases at law to a single case.

màiⁿ pìaⁿ sua-îa;

do not spill it in turning it out.

pìaⁿ cò̤ cêk ē;

turn them all into one lot.

sì pau, pìaⁿ cò̤ cêk pau;

put the four bundles into one.

sie pìaⁿ;

join in one.

pìaⁿ thóiⁿ tī-tîang méⁿ;

see who will be quickest.

• ‮並‬pìaⁿ70017

thun-pìaⁿ;

to swallow up; to devour.

tōa hieⁿ thun-pìaⁿ síe hieⁿ, tōa kok thun-pìaⁿ síe kok;

large towns swallow up small ones, and great nations swallow up lesser ones.

jī ke sie thun-piaⁿ;

the two devour each other.

• ‮述‬pîaⁿ7791625
• To repeat what one has heard.

úa pîaⁿ lṳ́ thiaⁿ;

I will narrate it to you as I heard it.

jī mó̤ chîa, ūe mó̤ pîaⁿ;

letters should not be rubbed out and written in again on the same paper, and words should not be repeated from hearsay.

i cò̤-nî tàⁿ, lṳ́ pîaⁿ úa thiaⁿ;