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 * To creep; to crawl.
 * chit cŏ̤ poih pê káu hwt gê;
 * sit up at seven months old, creep at eight and teeth at nine.


 * To crawl, as worms do.
 * sêng-peh thâng pê cêk koiⁿ, chi-gî căi;
 * the caterpillars from the fir trees are crawling everywhere, and rendering all places horrible.
 * the caterpillars from the fir trees are crawling everywhere, and rendering all places horrible.


 * cêk tīo pê tŏ̤ lṳ́ sin tèng;
 * there is one crawling upon you.


 * A drag; a rake; to harrow.
 * lôi, pê, cúi-chia;
 * ploughs, harrows and water-wheels; farming implements.
 * ploughs, harrows and water-wheels; farming implements.


 * khîa ki khau-pê khṳ̀ khau cháu;
 * take a rake and rake out the weeds.


 * pê châng;
 * harrow a field.


 * phah sua pê;
 * an instrument for clearing water courses from sand.


 * pê khui;
 * rake open.


 * thih pê;
 * an iron rake.


 * ; pê-khî;
 * a small land-crab common in rice-fields.
 * a small land-crab common in rice-fields.


 * âng kha pê-khî;
 * red clawed land crabs.


 * ; pê-thâu;
 * a trident; a three pronged fork, used as a weapon in battle.
 * a trident; a three pronged fork, used as a weapon in battle.


 * A father; an ancestor.
 * seⁿ pĕ;
 * he who begot me.
 * he who begot me.


 * pĕ chin;
 * own father.


 * ngĭ pĕ;
 * adopted father.


 * pĕ cip;
 * my father's friends.


 * peh pĕ, cek pĕ;
 * father's elder and younger brother.


 * pĕ hiaⁿ kà kíaⁿ-tĭ to sĭ kà i hó̤;
 * when fathers and elder brothers teach the children of a family, they are always well taught.


 * pĕ-bó̤ kuaⁿ;
 * our district magistrate.


 * thî-kìu pĕ sṳ;
 * examine his father and his teacher.


 * i tâng sòi bô̤ pĕ bô̤ bó̤;
 * from his infancy he has had neither father nor mother.


 * có pĕ;
 * grandfather.


 * ceng có pĕ;
 * great grandfather.


 * kau có pĕ;
 * great great grandfather.


 * ngák pĕ;
 * wife's father.


 * tâng-nî pĕ;
 * the father of a friend born in the same year as myself.


 * i kâi pĕ có īa sĭ thí-mīn kâi nâng;
 * his ancestors also were people of repute.


 * jû ló ău-pĕ;
 * hatred like that toward a step-father.


 * pĕ bó̤ sieh kíaⁿ kâi sim, bô̤ só put cì;
 * the affection of parents toward their children has no limit.


 * thiⁿ ĕ bô̤ put sĭ ti pĕ bó̤;
 * nothing under heaven can render our parents anything but our parents.



peⁿ

 * To break; to separate the parts of a thing.
 * peⁿ khui;
 * to break apart by pulling at.
 * to break apart by pulling at.


 * cí ki sam sie-hŭ peⁿ, peⁿ cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;
 * help to pull apart the sides of this stick of timber and pull it in two.


 * peⁿ m̄ khui;
 * cannot rend it in two.


 * To hold; to guard; to head off.
 * péⁿ mn̂g kâi nâng;
 * those who guard the gates.
 * those who guard the gates.


 * péⁿ-síu mn̂g-hŏ;
 * guards the gates.


 * péⁿ bô̤ i kùe;
 * stopped the way and would not let him pass.


 * ìo lō tèng kak-kak ŭ nâng tó̤ péⁿ;
 * the important roads are each guarded by some one.


 * A handle, a haft, a crank; having control of; authority, power.
 * ūe pèⁿ;
 * something to take hold of in talking.
 * something to take hold of in talking.


 * màiⁿ phah tīo nâng kâi ūe pèⁿ;
 * do not interrupt the conversation.


 * ĕ jît khṳt nâng cò̤ ūe pèⁿ;
 * will furnish a subject for gossip hereafter.


 * ŭ pá pèⁿ, kâi sṳ̄ cò̤ lâi bŏi jṳ̂;
 * with a basis for action, the thing may be done without disorder.


 * sĭ i tó̤ cíang khŵn-pèⁿ;
 * it is he who holds the authority.


 * cí ki pèⁿ khah tó̤;
 * this haft is too short.


 * tâng-ue tîeh tàu cêk ki pèⁿ cìaⁿ hó̤ ēng;
 * the copper saucepan must have a handle put in, then it can be used.


 * pó-thâu pèⁿ;
 * an axe-helve.


 * to pèⁿ;
 * knife handle.


 * ŭ kò̤ pèⁿ hó̤ lĭm;
 * there is a crank to turn it by.


 * lĭm i kâi pèⁿ lâi ká;
 * take hold of the crank and turn it vertically.


 * To take from another and add to one's own.
 * i kâi seng-lí cn̂g kâi khṳt i pèⁿ khṳ̀;
 * his trade has all been absorbed by them.
 * his trade has all been absorbed by them.


 * nín kak nâng kak nâng cò̤, i īa màiⁿ pèⁿ lṳ́ kâi, lṳ́ īa màiⁿ pèⁿ i kâi;
 * now go each of you and make your own, he is not to take your things, and you are not to take his.


 * īa si àiⁿ pèⁿ i kâi pn̄g-úaⁿ-thâu li i căi tit hàuⁿ?;
 * How can he consent to having the tidbit that caps his bowl of rice taken away?


 * Level, even, smooth, uniform, equal.
 * lō m̄ pêⁿ;
 * the road is not level.
 * the road is not level.


 * pêⁿ-pêⁿ lō;
 * a level road.


 * pēⁿpêⁿ [sic] tī;
 * level ground.


 * pêⁿ-îeⁿ;
 * a plain.


 * pêⁿ-pêⁿ cêk īeⁿ;
 * all of the same kind.


 * pêⁿ-pêⁿ hó̤;
 * equally good.


 * m̄ pêⁿ īeⁿ;
 * not of the same sort.


 * pêⁿ-pêⁿ tōa;
 * of the same size.


 * taⁿ thô khṳ̀ thūn i pêⁿ;
 * carry earth and fill in to make it level.


 * hái mīn pêⁿ-pêⁿ, bô̤ huang éng;
 * the sea is smooth, there is no wind nor waves.


 * nŏ̤ nâng pêⁿ pun;
 * divide it equally between the two.


 * pàng pêⁿ màiⁿ khio bî;
 * set it down so that it will stand level, do not tip it.


 * nŏ̤ pôiⁿ tîeh péⁿ cài, cē m̄ péⁿ cài cū àiⁿ tăng-thâu-áu;
 * you must lade in equally on either side, if you do not it will tip to one side.


 * sĭ nîe pêⁿ tâng a sĭ nîe cui tâng?;
 * Is it measured level with the brim, or is it heaped up?


 * nŏ̤ nâng pêⁿ-pêⁿ kûiⁿ;
 * the two are of equal height.