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 * A hundred; the whole of a class or sort; many, numerous; all.
 * peh lí hn̆g;
 * a hundred miles away.


 * peh-sèⁿ;
 * the people; the masses.


 * peh cîⁿ cêk kṳn;
 * a hundred cash per catty.


 * kĭaⁿ, cêk peh ngṳ̂n;
 * a hundred dollars apiece.


 * i kâi peh-peh-chap;
 * he is very meddlesome.


 * cêk tńg kìⁿ peh tńg;
 * seeing it once is the same as seeing it a hundred times.


 * peh hwt, peh tòng;
 * every shot tells.


 * peh mûeh to chî-pĭ;
 * all things are in readiness.


 * peh sṳ̄ hío;
 * understands all sorts of affairs.


 * peh cío chîo hûang;
 * all the birds go to the court of the phenix.


 * peh nî hâi láu;
 * grow old together for a hundred years.


 * peh nî cṳ ău;
 * when a hundred years have passed; after this life.


 * bûn bú peh kuaⁿ khṳ̀ chîo-hō;
 * all the officials, civil and military, went to congratulate him.


 * kuaⁿ-si kâi sṳ̄ peh pìen;
 * litigation takes numberless shapes.


 * cṳ-nîe-kíaⁿ peh pìⁿ;
 * young girls undergo constant transformation.


 * peh puaⁿ jôk-mēⁿ;
 * reviled him with every vile term he could think of.


 * peh bô̤ cêk;
 * not one in a hundred.


 * peh ke sèⁿ;
 * the clan names.


 * cîah cîaⁿ peh hùe;
 * lived to be about a hundred years old.


 * pùaⁿ peh;
 * half a hundred.


 * chò kàu peh;
 * make it up to a hundred.


 * m̄ kàu cêk peh;
 * not so many as a hundred.


 * m̄ khéng cêk phe;
 * not so few as a hundred.


 * To break asunder; to pull in two; to pluck open.
 * hàm i kâi chùi peh khui;
 * tell him to open his mouth.
 * tell him to open his mouth.


 * peh cò̤ nŏ̤ kò̤;
 * break it into two portions.


 * peh pôiⁿ; peh cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;
 * break it in halves.


 * peh kaⁿ;
 * divide oranges, using the hands only.


 * mīⁿ-pau peh kàu chùi-chùi;
 * break the bread in small fragments.


 * peh khui nŏ̤ nâng kâi chíu;
 * separate two who are fighting.


 * To claw; to tear with the claws.
 * peh kàu chap-chap-chùi;
 * clawed in pieces.
 * clawed in pieces.


 * mīn khṳt i peh hueh lâu;
 * her face was clawed by him so that it bled.


 * peh phùa mīn phûe;
 * clawed the skin off his face.


 * màiⁿ khṳt ngio kâi jío peh tîeh;
 * do not let the cat claw you.


 * hóⁿ peh ăm;
 * carries his head on one side, (as if a tiger had clawed his neck).


 * i khau-khau peh-peh cìaⁿ ŏi tit sêng ke;
 * it is by raking and scraping that he has been able to support a family.


 * To clamber; to climb; to scale.
 * i peh m̄ khí;
 * he cannot climb up there.
 * he cannot climb up there.


 * peh cĭeⁿ chù-téng;
 * climb up on the roof.


 * lṳ́ màiⁿ peh chîeⁿ, peh piah;
 * do not clamber over the walls.


 * peh cĭeⁿ suaⁿ-téng;
 * scaled the mountain.


 * hĭaⁿ peh cĭeⁿ chn̂g téng;
 * the ants have got up on the table.


 * To jest; to divert one's self.
 * i sĭ tó̤ peh-gêh;
 * he is joking.
 * he is joking.


 * i ciu-jît to sĭ tó̤ peh-peh gêh-gêh, tàⁿ bô̤ kù cìaⁿ-keng ūe;
 * he jokes all the time, and never says a word in sober earnest.


 * White; clear; plain; gratis; without rank.
 * sek pêh; sek cùi pêh;
 * light colored.
 * light colored.


 * sĭ àiⁿ pêh sek kâi, a sĭ àiⁿ chiah sek kâi?
 * It is a white one or a brown one that is wanted?


 * so̤h pêh;
 * snowy white.


 * seⁿ lâi so̤h-so̤h pêh;
 * naturally of a snowy whiteness.


 * thong sin pêh-theh pêh-theh;
 * pure white all over.


 * chùi-lîm-phûe pêh-chîh-chôiⁿ;
 * his lips are white.


 * seⁿ pêh tìeⁿ;
 * has white blotches or blisters.


 * pìe pêh kâi pò sĭ cang cúi pak kàu pêh-pêh;
 * bleached cloth is frequently wet with water until it is white.


 * sói kàu khiet-khiet pêh;
 * wash it clean and white.


 * pêh tek cúa;
 * white writing paper.


 * buah kàu cêk mīn hún pêh-pêh;
 * smear it on till the whole face is white with powder.


 * úa àiⁿ îu cò̤ pêh kâi;
 * I want it painted white.


 * chēng pêh, kùaⁿ hà;
 * wear white as mourning.


 * pêh cia;
 * a white screen, used to separate women from men at funerals.


 * chēng pêh saⁿ pêh khò;
 * dress in white.


 * ún cí kò kâi nâng īa sĭ pâk pêh kûn cū sĭ tòa hà;
 * if people here wear white skirts, they are in mourning.


 * âng pêh âng pêh;
 * pink and white.


 * hek pêk hun mêng;
 * black and white distinctly divided.


 * phah pêh cŭang;
 * a sharper who looks about while he pretends to seek a friend.


 * thàu tn̄g pêh jît;
 * in broad daylight.


 * pêh-pêh cū khṳt lṳ́;
 * let you have it for nothing.


 * pêh cîah;
 * a free meal.


 * cîah kàu pêh-pêh;
 * ate it all up clean.


 * pêh chíu sêng ke;
 * self made.


 * tìeⁿ khí lâi mâk-ciu kaik-kiak pêh;
 * bulged out his eyeballs.


 * sĭ tàⁿ pêh ūe a sĭ tàⁿ kuaⁿ ūe?;
 * Are they speaking the vernacular or the court dialect?


 * i àiⁿ chíaⁿ kâi nâng lâi kà pêh ūe;
 * he wishes to get some one to come and teach the local dialect.


 * i lâi m̄ cĭeⁿ sì kâi gûeh cū pat pêh ūe;
 * before he had been here four months he could speak the vernacular.


 * i kâi pêh ūe pat khṳ̀ ío chim;
 * he understands the spoken language very well indeed.


 * i kâi pêh ūe tàⁿ kio pńg tī nâng cêk īeⁿ;
 * he speaks like a native.


 * tîaⁿ pêh;
 * the spoken parts of a play, or those not sung.


 * sía pêh jī;
 * write words by their sound, and not according to