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 * Stone tablets, such as are set up in templates or public places.
 * cîeh-pi;
 * a stone tablet of any kind.
 * a stone tablet of any kind.


 * phûn pi;
 * a grave stone.


 * chíaⁿ nâng cò̤ pi-bûn;
 * invite some one to compose an inscription for the tablet.


 * cṳ̆-soiⁿ lîp ŭ pi-kì tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * fixed upon the inscription beforehand.


 * cí hù pi-cîeh phah ŭ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?;
 * How much did it cost to have this sot of grave stones cut?


 * cí kò̤ pi sip-sip-pêh, hṳ́ kò̤ pi tak-tak-lâh;
 * this tablet is a solid white and that one is a mottled gray.


 * chin-chĭeⁿ phah cîeh-pi kâi;
 * fixed as if graven on a stone.


 * To put on a binding.
 * saⁿ kṳ ēng pi-ciap a míen?;
 * Shall I bind the bottom of the tunic or not?
 * Shall I bind the bottom of the tunic or not?


 * chíu-ńg tîeh pi;
 * the sleeves must be bound.


 * hṳ́ kîⁿ pi cêk cūe-kíaⁿ o kâi;
 * put a very narrow binding of black on that edge.


 * i hŵn ŭ kâi pi-ciap kâi bó;
 * he has an additional wife.


 * sĭ ngŵn phùe a sĭ pi-ciap kâi?;
 * Is she the chief wife or one taken on in addition?


 * The metallic tongues in reed instruments.
 * tàu kâi pi lô̤h khṳ̀ pûn cìaⁿ ŏi híang;
 * insert a metallic tongue and then when you blow on it, it will emit a sound.
 * insert a metallic tongue and then when you blow on it, it will emit a sound.


 * pi màiⁿ pa-lói tīo, pa-lói tīo cū pûn bŏi híang;
 * do not meddle with and spoil the metallic tongue, if you do it will not give forth notes.


 * A tick or louse.
 * gû-pi;
 * vermin which infest cattle.
 * vermin which infest cattle.


 * To reinforce; to supply; to be useful.
 * cí ieⁿ mûeh cîah lío tăi ŭ pi-pó;
 * this when eaten is very strengthening.
 * this when eaten is very strengthening.


 * cía lêng-kò̤ màiⁿ, cîah lío bô̤ pi-pó;
 * it is better not to take this, it is not nutritive when you have eaten it.


 * A medicinal plant.
 * pi-hăi;
 * a creeper like the smilax, with purple flowers.
 * a creeper like the smilax, with purple flowers.


 * pi-mûaⁿ îu;
 * oil used in making vermilion ink.


 * pi-mûaⁿ cí;
 * the castor oil bean.


 * A bank, a dam.
 * kim-che kâi cûn àiⁿ kùe hṳ́ kùe, múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ cū tîeh pàng pi;
 * wherever an ambassador's boat wishes to pass, the banks and dams must be removed.
 * wherever an ambassador's boat wishes to pass, the banks and dams must be removed.


 * co̤h cêk tîo pi;
 * make a dam.


 * That; those; there; the other.
 * pí chṳ́;
 * that and this.
 * that and this.


 * bó chṳ́ bô̤ pí;
 * neither the one nor the other.


 * pí chṳ́ to cêk īeⁿ;
 * either will do equally well.


 * tit chṳ́ li sit pí;
 * in getting this you lose that.


 * pí sî i cò̤-nî tàⁿ?;
 * What did he say at that time?


 * A deceased mother.
 * i kâi si-có-pí sĭ ún kò̤ hùe;
 * the founders of his family were from our neighborhood.
 * the founders of his family were from our neighborhood.


 * có khàu pí;
 * deceased grandparents.


 * ceng có pí;
 * deceased great grandmother.


 * To compare; to put in a class; to sort; to equal; to correspond; an illustration; to bring into harmony; a sign of the comparative.
 * hó̤ kio i pí-pĕng;
 * may be classed with that.
 * may be classed with that.


 * lâi kio i pí-kà, thóiⁿ tī-tîang kâi hó̤;
 * compare it with his and see whose is the better.


 * cía m̄ hó̤ sie pí;
 * this is not to be compared with it.


 * pí i kâi ío hó̤ se-su;
 * is a little better than his.


 * khó̤-pí;
 * comparable to; may be illustrated by; it is like.


 * khó̤-pí i ā sĭ lâi cū hó̤;
 * as regards his coming, if he comes it is all right.


 * pí-huang i ā-sĭ m̆ le, co̤-nî?;
 * But supposing that he should refuse, then what?


 * bô̤-nâng hó̤ kio i pí;
 * there is no one who may be compared with him.


 * bô̤ kĭaⁿ pí i tit cĭeⁿ;
 * there is not one that can bear comparison with it.


 * nâng ā-sĭ thŵn m̄ kàu kuaⁿ cū àiⁿ pí che;
 * if they do not transmit orders with sufficient alacrity the magistrates will punish the policemen for dereliction of duty.


 * cí hûe, pí cá chut, kèng tōa;
 * they are more abundant now than at the early crop.


 * i pí úa kèng kîeⁿ;
 * he is more able than I.


 * lṳ́ le, put pí pât nâng;
 * being you, it is not the same as if it were another person.


 * hàm i nŏ̤ nâng khṳ̀ pí bú-gōi, pí thóiⁿ tī-tîang kâi bú-gōi kau-khîang;
 * tell the two to go and make specimens of their handiwork, and see which of them does best.


 * pí tîeh nĕ kah-kah;
 * it just fits in.


 * pí khṳ̀ hó̤ mē?;
 * In measuring one upon the other, do you find that it fits?


 * úa pí tîeh li khah khuah;
 * in measuring one on the other, I find the one too wide.


 * khîa ki ke-húe tó̤ pí bú;
 * took a weapon and acted out a military drill.


 * pí-lŭn i ā-sĭ m̄ thiaⁿ úa tàⁿ, lío cò̤-nî?;
 * But if he should not heed what I say, what then?


 * cía sĭ pí-jŭ kâi ūe;
 * this language is illustrative.


 * khîeh tîo so̤h lâi pí;
 * take a rope and by comparison of the measurements made, see which is the longer.


 * pí sĭang li put cok, pí hĭa li ŭ ṳ̂;
 * compared with the best, it is below the mark, and compared with the worst, it is above.


 * i pí i ío kûiⁿ;
 * she is taller than he.


 * thiⁿ pí tī;
 * as far apart as heaven and earth.


 * cang chíu pí kâi īeⁿ;
 * as if he were making gestures.