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424 : their meaning.
 * sía cêk kâi pêh cúi jī àiⁿ phah cêk ē chíu tói;
 * for each letter you write by its sound, I shall ferule you one stroke.


 * thâk pêh bûn;
 * read the simple text.


 * cí kâi nâng sĭ pêh sin;
 * this is a commoner.


 * úang lâi bô̤ pêh teng;
 * among those who went and came there were no commoners, all were people of rank.


 * âng sṳ̄, pêh sṳ̄;
 * a happy affair or a grevious affair; a marriage or a funeral.


 * tng mīn chíeⁿ pêh;
 * I got the better of him in that argument.


 * pêh cîah pêh tàⁿ;
 * gasconade; bragging.


 * pêh ok chut kong kheng;
 * a plain family has produced a great statesman.


 * mêng-pêh;
 * clearly.


 * tàⁿ ūe kàu mêng-mêng pêh-;
 * speaks very plainly.


 * i tó lăi mêng-pêh; i sim lăi mêng-pêh;
 * he is well informed.


 * úa thiaⁿ m̄ mêng-pêh;
 * I do not understand clearly what is said.


 * pío pêh chut lâi;
 * clearly set forth.


 * sueh pêh;
 * explain clearly.


 * pêh-cŭang;
 * a counter snatcher.


 * ; pêh-cíaⁿ; pêh-lô̤h;
 * to tell falsehoods.
 * to tell falsehoods.


 * i tŏ̤ pêh-lô̤h, màiⁿ thiaⁿ;
 * he is telling what is untrue, pay no hoed to him.


 * i tó̤ tōa pêh-cíaⁿ;
 * he is telling lies.


 * Plain white silk; taffety; wealth; property; a present of silk.
 * pò pêh;
 * silken fabrics.
 * silken fabrics.


 * châi-pêh;
 * riches.


 * châi-pêh-cheⁿ;
 * the god of wealth.


 * pâk pêh;
 * wear a white silk badge of mourning.

===pek===


 * An earnest, resolute feeling; oppressed; borne down with.
 * sim pek;
 * oppressed in mind by the consideration of it.
 * oppressed in mind by the consideration of it.


 * sim lăi pek căi;
 * the feelings greatly interested.


 * thiaⁿ tíeh i kâi ūe, sît-căi pek;
 * on hearing what he said, she became deeply distressed about it.


 * An earl.
 * pek ciah;
 * the rank of an earl.
 * the rank of an earl.


 * The cedar.
 * n̂ngn̂g [sic]-pek;
 * bark of the, used in medicine, and for dyeing silks yellow.
 * bark of the, used in medicine, and for dyeing silks yellow.


 * pek-cí-jîn;
 * jumper seeds.


 * To insist upon; to urge; to crowd; to harass; to reduce to straits; urgent; imperious.
 * pek-chiet;
 * pressing; urgent.
 * pressing; urgent.


 * kip pek;
 * requiring haste.


 * ui si so pek;
 * driven by circumstances.


 * cia si pek i bo nai kai;
 * this is crowding him beyond what he can endure.


 * pek tho sìo bâk;
 * urgently demand payment of a bill.


 * pek lîah;
 * seize with haste.


 * pek kàu i sí khṳ̀;
 * kill by hard usage.


 * pek tó̤ nâng mīaⁿ;
 * harass to death.


 * pek i sía tīo;
 * compel him to cast it away.


 * pek i kói-kè;
 * force a wife to marry another man.


 * sṳ̄ khah pek, lí m̄ chut;
 * the business is too urgent, I cannot attend to it.


 * jît-cí pek;
 * the time is close at hand.


 * pek-pek;
 * very pressing.


 * pek khṳ̀ kín căi;
 * driven to great straits.


 * pek-lêk;
 * browbeat one into.


 * pek kàu hṳ́ piⁿ-piⁿ;
 * drove him on to the border.


 * ke-húe cheⁿ-pek bûa khṳ̀;
 * the armed men rushed upon.


 * pek kàu i cĭeⁿ thiⁿ bo̤ lō, ló̤h tī bô̤ mn̂g;
 * drove him to desperation.

===peng===


 * To hold in the hand; to uphold; to maintain; to have power.
 * sĭ i tó̤ péng khŵn;
 * it is he who holds the power.
 * it is he who holds the power.


 * péng kong phōiⁿ sṳ̄;
 * adjudicate matters in an equitable way.


 * Union between things naturally separate.
 * péng cóiⁿ;
 * a double finger, two of the fingers grown together.
 * a double finger, two of the fingers grown together.


 * péng khî;
 * two teeth united so as to form one.


 * péng hîap;
 * ribs joined as to have no interstice between the two.


 * To trust to; confiding in; according to, as; proof, evidence; that which can be proven.
 * pêng tong bói-kàn móng nâng kâi châng;
 * depend on a middleman to buy a field from a certain man.
 * depend on a middleman to buy a field from a certain man.


 * jĭm pêng i cò̤-nî īeⁿ;
 * in any way he pleases.


 * cía sĭ ŭ pêng ŭ kṳ̆ kâi;
 * this is something for which there is proof.


 * bô̤ pêng-kṳ̆;
 * without proof.


 * kháu sueh, bô̤ pêng;
 * words will not serve for proof.


 * cang sĭm-mûeh ûi pêng?;
 * What evidence is there for it?


 * cía sĭ pêng i tàⁿ kâi;
 * this verifies what he said.


 * pêng toaⁿ;
 * a receipt or order.


 * pêng-toaⁿ chú ngṳ̂n cêk choiⁿ níe;
 * the draft calls for a thousand taels.


 * Two standing or going together; a dual arrangement; a copulative particle; altogether; both, with, and, also, moreover, unitedly, at once; used before a negative it enforces it.
 * pĕng bô̤ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * it is not so at all.
 * it is not so at all.


 * pĕng hut;
 * by no means.


 * pĕng hui ŭ ì;
 * quite unintentional.


 * nŏ̤ nâng pĕng cŏ̤;
 * both sat down.


 * pĕng m̄ sĭ;
 * not so at all.


 * pĕng ĭong, jîeh cōi cîⁿ?;
 * How much was it, including commission?