son.
i-píe hiaⁿ-tĭ;
mother's sister's son.
i sĭ úa kâi î-píe cí-mūeⁿ;
she is my mother's sister's daughter.
i cha-m̄-to̤ àiⁿ cĭeⁿ pío;
he is about to send up his memorial; is about to die. 裱 pìe 682 145 8 To mount maps or scrolls; to line with paper or cloth. chîeⁿ pìe cúa;
the wall is papered.
pìe jī-ūe;
to mount a scroll. 漂 pìe 683 85 11 To bleach; to whiten. pìe pò;
to bleach cotton cloth.
pìe pêh kâi pò;
bleached cloth.
pìe sói;
wash and bleach.
pìe kàu nĕ pêh-pêh;
bleached to an exceeding whiteness. pien 邊 pien 686 162 15 A boundary, edge or border. hái-pien tī-hng;
lands lying along the coast.
cí kò̤ sĭ pien séⁿ;
this is a frontier province.
i kâi huap-lâk bô̤ pien;
his skill is unbounded.
chîo-thêng ēng i tó̤ péⁿ pien;
the government employs him in ruling the frontier.
pien-kwn;
custom houses on the coast or frontier.
pien cìang;
military officers on the frontier. 扁 píen 687 63 5 Flat, thin. i kâi mīn seⁿ lâi píen-píen;
her face is very thin.
tōa píen, jī-píen;
sweet melon seeds, of large or of small size.
koiⁿ-hâu áu ki píen-taⁿ;
carried a flat carrying pole over his shoulder. 變 pìen 689 149 16 To transform; to change; a mutation; a turn in affairs. khùn-kíaⁿ pìen cêk īeⁿ;
undergoes a metamorphosis every little while.
bŏi pìen-êk;
unchangeable.
nâng sim pìen;
people's minds change.
hṳ́ kâi tī-hng pìen-tŏng;
the place has altered.
kíaⁿ-jît cìeⁿ-seⁿ taⁿ, mùaⁿ-khí-cá cū pìen kùe;
he says so to-day, but to-morrow morning he will have changed his purpose.
pìen líen;
to change countenance.
i cò̤ sṳ̄ mîaⁿ-ke khŵn-pìen;
his course of action is easily changed by expediency or constraint.
pìen-hùe bô̤ khîong;
change is endless.
hŭam sṳ̄ tîeh-ŏi pìen-thong;
in all things there must be accommodation to circumstances. 弁 pĭen 689 55 2 Military officers of a low grade. bûn-ŵn, bú-pĭen;
low civil and military officers.
cí cêk îaⁿ kâi pĭen piaⁿ to sĭ i kẃn;
the soldiers and officers of low grade in this encampment are all under his control. 辯 pĭen 688 160 14 To wrangle for a notion; to argue opinions; to dispute a proposition.
pĭen-po̤h;
to contradict; take the opposite side of the question.
kíang pĭen;
to force a construction.
póiⁿ-pĭeu;
to debate. 辨 pĭen 688 160 9 To discriminate between things or qualities. hun-pĭen sĭ hui;
distinguish between the true and the false.
pĭen mêng-pêh;
discriminate clearly.
pĭen-pîet;
note the difference between. 便 pĭen 688 9 7 To put at ease; to accord with; convenient, expedient, opportune, advantageous, handy; readily; accustomed to, ready at; then, so, forthwith, just as, thus, that is. sûi-pĭen;
when convenient; as you please; suit yourself; when you like.
sŭn pĭen;
avail one's self of a good chance.
kîaⁿ huang-pĭen;
do what circumstances render easy.
hṳ́ i pĭen-ngî kîaⁿ sṳ̄;
allow him to act as may be expedient under the circumstances.
cía ūe i m̄ pĭen tàⁿ;
it is not advisable for him to speak thus.
put pĭon cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;
it is inexpedient to do so.
cí kâi pĭen sĭ;
this is just so.
sêng nâng kâi pĭen;
take advantage of a good opportunity offered by some one.
kîaⁿ sìo pĭen;
to urinate.
tăi sìo pĭen 1óng-cóng m̄ thong;
there is no action either of the bowels or the bladder.
cí kâi huap-cak pĭen-tàng căi;
this plan is very convenient.
àiⁿ tàⁿ cū pĭen tàⁿ; màiⁿ ùi chṳ́ ùi pí;
if you are going to tell it then tell it, and not hesitate on account of this or that.
chíaⁿ i chēng pĭen i lâi;
ask her to come in her every-day clothes. piet 别 pîet 684 18 5 To separate; to divide; to part; to distinguish; different. hun-pîet;
to discriminate between.
hun-pîet sĭ hui;
distinguish between the true and the false.
cĭam pîet sù-sî;
separated for a little time.
pĭen-pîet mêng-pêh;
discriminate clearly.
keh-pîet kú lío;
long separated.
i íⁿ-keng pîet nîap, cò̤ pât sṳ̄;
he has already left that occupation and is doing other business.
kàu hṳ́ kò̤ pîet ŭ thiⁿ tī;
when there one leads a very different sort of life.
seⁿ-chêng kak pîet;
their dispositions are unlike.
lâm ńng ŭ pîet;
the sexes are separated by proprieties.
lî hieⁿ pîet céⁿ;
leave one's native village.
sî pîet;
take leave of.
lŏi tang híen ŭ pîet chêng;
there are manifestly other circumstances which he has not told. pih pih kah;
turtle shell.
cúi pih;
a flat water-flask.
bâk pih cí;
the seeds of a sort of squash, used medicinally. 
