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ăm kò̤;

fill it up to the neck.
chēng lô̤h cìaⁿ pīn kha-thâu-u, khah tó̤;
on putting it on it reaches only to the knees, it is too short.
  • pīn999439
  • From or at this point.
àiⁿ pīn tī-kò khí?
At what point shall I begin?
pīn kíaⁿ-jît khí sǹg;
begin to reckon from to-day.
pīn ĕ kâi gûeh cí;
make next month the close of the period.
pīn tìn-tang kò̤ côih lô̤h khṳ̀;
sever it from the middle.
  • 便pīn68897
  • Ready; convenient; handy.
pīn a būe?
Are you ready?
nĕ pīn-pīn;
just at hand; all ready.
m̄-pīn;
inconvenient, unhandy; unattainable.
pīn bói pīn bōi;
buy or sell ready made.
siu-sîp pīn-pīn, tŏ̤ táng i;
all ready and waiting for him.
cáu-khí lâi pn̄g pīn, chài pīn;
when he gets up breakfast is all ready.


pío

  • pío6821453
  • To make known; an external manifestation.
seⁿ tit cêk pío nâng châi;
altogether he loks the clever man.
chíaⁿ cí seng pío;
ask that the imperial will be made known.
pío mêng-pêh chut lâi;
set it plainly forth.
pío chut i kâi chêng-cak;
make known the circumstances.
pío cieⁿ;
a memorial.
lîak-lîak pío úa kâi sim cē;
will to some extent disclose my real feelings.
  • pío682388
  • A prostitute.
pío-kíaⁿ;
a public woman, a term used in reviling people.
náng màiⁿ chap hṳ́ khí àu pío-kíaⁿ;
let us not associate with those wenches.
  • 縹緻pío-cì59
  • Handsome; beautiful.
nâng īeⁿ seⁿ lâi to pío-pío cì-cì;
they are very handsome people there.


pit

  • pit6931186
  • A pencil or small brush; a pen; to write; drawing; penmanship.
khîeh ki pit;
take a pen.
pit chue;
pen-handle.
pit tâng;
a cylinder to hold pens.
pit nêk; pit mô̤ⁿ;
the brush.
pit búe;
the point.
pit thap;
the case.
khîa pit;
to hold a pen.
pit-kíaⁿ, tōa-pit;
a small or a large pen.
in-pit;
a lead pencil.
thih pit bô̤ î;
my word is as good as my bond; you may rely on my so doing.
lô̤h pit;
begin to write.
lô̤h pit jṳ̂ lêng kauh cúi;
he writes like a dragon swirling water; he writes with an easy firm hand.
tùi thóiⁿ i kâi pit ciah sĭ mē;
see if it is his hand-writing.
thóiⁿ sĭ i kâi chin chíu tek pit mē;
see whether it was written by his own hand.
sĭ i chin pit sía kâi;
he wrote it himself.
pît-ûeh ngĕ căi;
the strokes are very bold and firm.
pit cṳ;
fees to a writer.
sĭ pât nâng thòi pit kâi;
it is written by an amanuensis.
i kâi pit-bâk hô̤;
he is a good writer.
pit kè;
a pen rack.
ngṳ̂n-cu pit;
a pen for writing in red ink.
phùa pit;
to begin to learn to write.
  • pit6641845
  • Enough; satisfied; fall.
i cîah kàu tó pit-pit;
he has eaten all he wants.
cí kâi tō̤ tìeⁿ kàu pit;
this wallet is stuffed full.
cîah kàu kâi kui pit-pit;
has eaten its crop full.
jîp mîⁿ, jîp kàu pit-pit;
stuff in cotton, till it is as full as it will hold.
  • pit960325
  • Chapped.
kha pit, chíu pit;
chapped feet and hands.
mīn tîeh chîang sói, cìaⁿ bŏi pit;
you must bathe your face in tepid water then it will not chap.
  • pit692611
  • A strong affirmative; certainly; must; determined on.
pit-pit m̄ sĭ;
it is certainly not so.
hô̤ pit cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
What necessity is there for that?
pit-su àiⁿ ēng;
cannot do without it.
pit-jîen;
surely.
pit-tīaⁿ;
decidedly.
cía m̄-hó̤ pit;
do not be too certain about this.
put pit jù chṳ́;
it is not sure that it is thus.
būe pit;
perhaps not.
sì pit;
undoubtedly.
úa thóiⁿ i pit lâi;
I think he is sure to come.
pit sĭ i m̄ tŏ̤;
he is doubtless away from home.
i pit-pit m̆;
he is determined that he will not.
  • pît6921026
  • To finish; to bring to an end; all; entirely.
kong sṳ̄ pît a būe?
Is the public business finished?
sṳ̄ lí būe pît;
the job is not yet done.
ūe tàⁿ pît cū khṳ̀;
having finished what I had to say I went.
pît-kéng sĭ cò̤-?
After all, what is it?
  • pît69215711
  • To warn persons off the road and thus make way for the sovereign; an imperial journey.
cŭ-pît;
a stoppage in an imperial progress.
móng hûang-tì tng-sî cêng cŭ-pît tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤;
a certain emperor once stopped there when journeying.
  • 蝙蝠pît-pô̤687
  • A bat.
pît-pô̤ hĭⁿ;
having ears like a bat’s.
pît-pô̤ sái hó̤ cò̤ îeh;
the excrement of bats is used as a medicine.
ūe ngŏ kâi pît-pô̤;
paint the five bats (a common style of ornamentation).
pît-pô̤ cît-cît-kìe;
bats squeak.