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  • pôk10738511
  • Movement of water in commotion.
cúi pôk-pôk-êk;
the water swashes up and down.
cúi pôk lâi pôk khṳ̀;
the water swashes to and fro.
màiⁿ khṳt cúi pôk cêk sin;
do not let the water swash over you.


pong

  • 𦨖pong381374
  • The tossing and rolling of a vessel on the water.
huang hiah, éng būe hiah, hía cûn tó̤ pong lío;
after the wind has ceased and before the waves have gone down, the pitching of the vessel is hardest for people to bear.
  • pòng6668615
  • To burst; to split from dryness; to pop; to crackle.
pòng lîh;
to burst asunder.
màiⁿ khṳt i pòng tîeh mâk;
do not let it fly in your eyes when it bursts.
kha-tháng pòng kho khṳ̀;
the washtub has burst its hoop.
ēng húe-îeh pòng cîeh;
blast rocks with gunpowder.
cîeh pòng;
the rocks burst and fly apart.
pòng-cē-kìe;
the sound of an explosion.
pòng-pòng-kìe;
the sound of successive explosions.
pòng cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;
burst in two.
tŏ̤ hṳ́ tói pòng chut lâi;
burst from the inside.
pòng kàu chap-chap-chùi;
burst in pieces.
pòng phùa;
burst apart.
pòng khui;
split open.
pòng tīo;
spoiled by bursting.
pòng-cîh;
snapped off.
  • pŏng6611403
  • Luxuriant; grassy.
pŏng-pŏng-cheⁿ;
a luxuriant greenness.
kak chù kâi châng-hn̂g, thóiⁿ tîeh pŏng-pŏng-cheⁿ;
the cultivated fields everywhere appear very green.
  • pōng65811210
  • An imitation of the English word pound; to weigh in pounds.
cêk pōng tǹg pńg-tī chìn sĭ câp-jī níe;
a pound, according to native scales, is twelve Chinese ounces.
cang pōng chìn, pōng thóiⁿ jîeh tăng;
take steelyards weighing pounds and see how many pounds it weighs.


po̤

  • po̤703855
  • A wave, a ripple; moved, ruffled, wavelike; glossy; shining.
cúi-po̤; cúi-po̤-hûn;
ripples.
cúi-po̤ iap-iap-sih;
the ripples sparkle.
phêng-tī khí huang po̤;
a plain rolling up in waves; a calamitous disturbance.
cêk nâng cē m̄-hó̤ cū po̤ kîp cèng nâng;
one person’s illness disturbs many people.
i sĭ khṳt nâng po̤-lŭi tîeh;
he was compromised by some one.
i cêk seⁿ phun-po̤ lâu-lok;
he is always hurrying here and there, busy with the cares of life.
cí-hûe kâi po̤-
lăng tīam-cĕⁿ;
the waves are now smooth.
po̤-lô̤-bît;
the jackfruit.
po̤-lô̤-mûaⁿ;
cloth made from the fiber of the pine-apple leaf.
po̤-sek;
changeable tints.
hut-jîen-kang, heng-po̤, khí éng;
suddenly the waves rose.
po̤-lî;
glass.
pô̤-lî khì;
glass-ware.
po̤-lî cău;
a glass shade, for covering artificial flowers.
po̤-lî phìen;
panes of glass.
po̤-lî chùi;
broken glass.
îeⁿ po̤-lî;
foreign glass.
kuah po̤-lî;
to cut glass.
  • po̤704325
  • A declivity; a slope; the side of a hill.
kîaⁿ tùi cí suaⁿ-po̤ kò̤ lâi khṳ̀;
come along over this slope of the hill.
cí kâi suaⁿ po̤ nĕ pêⁿ-pêⁿ;
this slope is a gentle one.
cí kò̤ sĭ ūe cò̤ tī-po̤;
this represents the ground in the picture.
  • 過獎po̤-cíe490
  • To praise extravagantly, to extol unduly, to laud too highly.
cía i sĭ tó̤ po̤-cíe kâi;
he is commending this beyond what it deserves.
  • po̤1971375
  • The gunwale of a vessel.
cŏ̤ tŏ̤ cûn-po̤-kîⁿ;
sat on the gunwale of the boat.
i kâi cûn-po̤ ío kûiⁿ;
his boat has higher sides.
  • pó̤6634017
  • Precious; valuable; worth; a gem; a coin; a term of compliment meaning honorable, noble, respected; to esteem; to value; biliary calculi.
pó̤ pùe;
rare, costly, precious; jewels, valuables, treasures.
bô̤ kè pó̤;
a priceless gem.
nín tó̤ khui mih pó̤ hō̤;
What is the name of your firm?
sieh kùe pó̤;
keep as a treasure.
káu pó̤;
dog bezoar, a medicine.
tien-pó̤;
precious.
i tó̤ khui pó̤-tîeⁿ;
he keeps a gambling hall, where people gamble by guessing on numbers.
bô̤-cîⁿ cin-kìⁿ pó̤;
the moneyless dream of gems.
bûn-pâng sì pó̤;
writing materials, the four precious articles of the library.
úa pat pó̤;
I am a judge of rare and costly things.
pó̤ cîeh;
precious stones.
pó̤ sua;
emery powder.
âng pó̤ cîeh;
red stones, having value as gems, or used in jewelry.
màiⁿ háⁿ kêng nâng m̄ pat pó̤;
do not find fault with poor people for not being judges of valuable articles.
khṳ̀ muaⁿ tī kò̤ chîm pó̤;
go everywhere searching for treasures.
thiⁿ cīeⁿ ŭ pó̤, jît gûeh cheⁿ sîn: tī cīeⁿ ŭ pó̤ hàu cṳ́ tong chîn;
what is most highly prized in the heavens are the sun, the moon, the stars and the gods: what is most valuable among earthly things are filial sons and loyal courtiers.