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 * A shield, a buckler; a sign-board; a notification from government; a tablet, a memorandum; a warrant; a credential; a writ; a token; an official permit of any kind; dominoes; cards; a flat piece of iron struck to announce meals in temples.
 * àiⁿ kàu tī-kò̤ cū soiⁿ hwt húe-pâi;
 * they send an express ahead, to whatever place they are going.


 * tîn-pâi;
 * a rattan shield.


 * tìn-tang sāi kò̤ pâi-ūi;
 * an ancestral tablet was set up in the midst.


 * ŭ pâi ŭ phìe cìaⁿ káⁿ lîah nâng;
 * having a warrant on wood or one on paper, he dare arrest people.


 * cêk hù cúa-pâi;
 * a pack of playing cards.


 * i tó̤ phah cúa-pâi;
 * they are playing cards.


 * thàng mêⁿ phah pâi;
 * play cards all night.


 * chíaⁿ cûn-pâi, cìaⁿ hó̤ chut káng;
 * ask for a port clearance, then you can leave the harbour.


 * kàu káng īu tîeh kío cûn-pâi;
 * on entering port the ship’s papers must again be delivered to the proper authorities.


 * sāi kò̤ cîeh-pâi;
 * set up a stone tablet.


 * pâi huang;
 * an honorary tablet.


 * chîo-thêng íⁿ-keng cún i kĭen pâi-huang seng pío i;
 * the government has already given them permission to set up a tablet in his honor.


 * ie-pâi;
 * a badge worn at the waist, (like that of a policeman).


 * hĭⁿ-pâi;
 * flat car-rings.


 * ngṳ̂n-pâi;
 * a silver medal.


 * kùa kò̤ hóⁿ-thâu pâi;
 * suspend a tablet having a tiger’s head painted on it.


 * cang pâ lâi tói;
 * ward off with a shield.


 * i tó̤ phah kui-pâi;
 * he is playing dominoes.


 * khṳ̀ tău kò̤ chíaⁿ pâi;
 * go to the Intendent of Circuit and request an official permit.


 * kîaⁿ pâi kak sôk;
 * sent orders to all his subordinates.


 * khîa kò̤ tōa cîeh pâi;
 * erect a stone slab.


 * pâi pín;
 * a votive tablet.


 * lêng-pâi; sìaⁿ-cí-pâi;
 * the Emperor's tablet, worshipped in temples.


 * To place properly; to make a show with; to set out in a regular order; to range in a line; a row} a line.
 * cŏ̤ cò̤ cêk pâi;
 * sit in a row.
 * sit in a row.


 * huaⁿ-hí kio nâng pâi lāng kói hun;
 * is glad to explain the misunderstanding.


 * pâi-hâng tŏiⁿ kúi?
 * Which row is it?


 * naⁿ pâi kàu hó̤-hó̤;
 * range them nicely.


 * bói cho̤h pâi-kut lâi chá;
 * buy some spare-rib and grill it.


 * thóiⁿ i pâi sĭm-mih tīn-sì chut lâi;
 * see how much parade they make.


 * pâi chîang;
 * set forth for display.


 * seⁿ lâi pâi-chîang;
 * is very showily arrayed.


 * Ordinarily; common; usual.
 * i pâi jît tī-tîang-sî lâi?
 * At what time of the day does he generally come?
 * At what time of the day does he generally come?


 * i pâi jît to jît-tàu cìaⁿ kàu;
 * he usually comes about noon.


 * pâi nî to bô̤ cía kui-kṳ́;
 * there has in years past been no such usage.


 * pâi-sî īa sĭ cìeⁿ-se;
 * that is the way it always is.


 * A raft.
 * tek pâi;
 * bamboo raft.
 * bamboo raft.


 * sam-pâi;
 * a raft of pine logs.


 * ká cò̤ sam-pâi;
 * tie them together to form a raft,. [sic]


 * cúi tōa, sam-pâi tn̆g khṳ̀;
 * the water was swift, and the raft broke up.


 * theⁿ sam-pâi;
 * to pole a raft along.


 * To subvert; to destroy; to nulifynullify [sic]; to ruin; to violate; discomfited; a rout.
 * i kâi ke-ngîap íⁿ-keng phùa-pāi;
 * his patrimony is already spent.
 * his patrimony is already spent.


 * thiⁿ-ĕ bô̤ put pāi cṳ ke, bô put phùa cṳ kok;
 * in all the world, there has been no house that has not decayed, and no kingdom that has not come to an end.


 * cìen pāi;
 * defeated in battle.


 * cìen pāi, cáu-tńg lâi;
 * was worsted in the fight, and ran away.


 * cêk pôiⁿ cìen pāi, cêk pôiⁿ cìen îaⁿ;
 * one side suffers defeat, and the other side gains a victory.


 * cṳ̆-lâi m̄ pat phah pāi cĭang;
 * has never experienced a defeat in arms.


 * màiⁿ pāi i kâi mîaⁿ-sek;
 * do not mar his reputation.


 * siu-sîp pāi-châng kâi kun-bé;
 * reorganize the routed troops.


 * i kâi sṳ̄ pāi lío;
 * his affair has come to an unsuccessful issue.


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄ káⁿ pāi tîeh mn̂g-huang;
 * his conduct shows care not to disgrace the family name.


 * sieⁿ hong, pāi sôk kâi sṳ̄;
 * what corrupts the public morals.


 * pāi-húai tîeh;
 * spoiled; ruined.


 * sèng pāi sĭ piaⁿ-ke kâi sîeⁿ sṳ̄;
 * victory and defeat is the constant experience of soldiers.

pak

 * A string of.
 * kùa cêk pak chîo-cu;
 * wore a string of beads, indicating official rank.
 * wore a string of beads, indicating official rank.


 * cêk pak sù cu;
 * a string of plain beads.


 * cêk pak hieⁿ cu;
 * a string of amulets.


 * To flay; to peel off; to fleece.
 * pak tīo i kâi phûe;
 * skin it.
 * skin it.


 * cûa pak khak;
 * the cast skin of a serpent.


 * côih lō chíeⁿ pak;
 * waylay and strip.


 * ngŏ̤ tîeh châk khṳt i pak kàu theh-theh;
 * fell among thieves, and was stripped stark naked by them.


 * saⁿ khò lóng-cóng khṳt i pak khṳ̀;
 * his clothes were all stripped off by them.


 * hía lău-pak-phûe kâi ūe, màiⁿ thiaⁿ i;
 * he is an old skin-flint, pay no heed to him.


 * thâi lío pak tīo phûe;
 * kill and flay.


 * North; northern; northwards.
 * pak pôiⁿ;
 * at the north.
 * at the north.


 * pak hng;
 * northern regions.


 * pah mn̂g;
 * the north gate.


 * pak kháu gūa;
 * beyond the wall.


 * pak kêk;
 * the north pole.


 * cŏ̤ lâm hìang pak;
 * faces the north.


 * i kâi cûn khṳ̀ cĭeⁿ pak;
 * their vessel has gone northwards.


 * pak hái;
 * the northern ocean.


 * pak-kiaⁿ;
 * Peking.


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