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Rh : what other people are doing.
 * pĭ-keng;
 * the change of life.


 * pĭ-gûeh;
 * obstruction of the menses.


 * ŭ cêk īeⁿ cie kìe cò̤ pĭ-kháu-cie, ŏi cîah sí nâng;
 * there is a kind of pepper called "shut-mouth" that kills those who eat it.


 * Unworthy, vile, abject; a demeaning respectful term for my or mine.
 * pĭ-tong m̄ tŏ̤;
 * my humble master is not at home.
 * my humble master is not at home.


 * pĭ hieⁿ lî cí kò̤ hn̆g;
 * my poor village is far from here.


 * tŏ̤ ún pĭ tī tīu jîeh kú?;
 * How long have you lived in our unworthy country?


 * pĭ tìam cí khí hùe bōi ŵn lío;
 * these goods are all sold off, at our poor stall.


 * pĭ chin cêng khṳ̀ kìⁿ lṳ́ mē?;
 * Did my relative pay you a visit?


 * A sign of the passive voice, showing that what follows was suffered or done.
 * pĭ úa thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;
 * was seen by me.
 * was seen by me.


 * i pĭ i hāi-sí;
 * he was killed by her.


 * pĭ nâng mēⁿ;
 * reviled by people.


 * pĭ nín hah;
 * beaten by you.


 * A maid-servant; unmarried female slaves.
 * nôⁿ-pĭ;
 * a slave girl.
 * a slave girl.


 * pĭ-nńg;
 * female slaves.


 * pĭ pôk hùe;
 * servants, male and female.


 * i tâng sò̤i bōi khṳt nâng ûi pĭ;
 * she was sold as a slave in early childhood.


 * To ascend high places; ascent to a palace or court.
 * i cĭeⁿ kiaⁿ khṳ̀ pĭ-kìⁿ;
 * he has gone to Peking to have an audience with the Emperor.
 * he has gone to Peking to have an audience with the Emperor.


 * cheng hûang-tì cò̤ pĭ-ĕ;
 * the Emperor is addressed as Your Majesty.


 * To shade; to screen; obscured.
 * ci-pĭ;
 * to hide from observation.
 * to hide from observation.


 * seng kî pĭ jît;
 * raise flags enough to obscure the sun.


 * lâng míen ŭ pĭ hîen kâi cŭe;
 * it is not easy to overlook the sin of keeping the worthy in obscurity.


 * Trouble, mischief.
 * cêk huap lîp, cêk pī seⁿ, àiⁿ siet-lîp kàu bô̤ pī sĭ kang-khó;
 * whatever way of doing it you may fix upon, that way will have difficulties arising in it; to arrange matters so that no mischief will come of it is hard.
 * whatever way of doing it you may fix upon, that way will have difficulties arising in it; to arrange matters so that no mischief will come of it is hard.


 * cí kâi huap hó̤ căi, kîaⁿ kàu cìeⁿ kú hŵn-lío bô̤ pĭ-pēⁿ;
 * this method is excellent, we have followed it ever so long and it still works without a hitch.


 * sĭ i tó̤ bú pī;
 * it is he who is working in an underhand way to produce trouble.


 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ i kâi pī-pēⁿ sĭ tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?;
 * Where do you think the trouble lies?


 * jît kú cū pī-seⁿ;
 * after awhile mischief arises.


 * cí khí sṳ̄ kâi chéng-pī cōi căi;
 * there are many difficulties in this business.


 * mih īeⁿ lĭ-pī i to pat;
 * ho is up to all sorts of tricks.


 * cía bô̤ pī bô̤ pēⁿ;
 * there is no trouble about this.


 * To flee from, to escape, to avoid, to shun, to dodge, to retire, to stand aside, to abscond, to hide away.
 * i sĭ cáu khṳ̀ hṳ́ kò̤ pī cè;
 * he fled thither to avoid his creditors.
 * he fled thither to avoid his creditors.


 * pī lāng;
 * to avoid trouble.


 * cí kâi jī pī-hùi;
 * this letter is one to be avoided (as if it were one used in the Emperor's name).


 * pī tăng cĭu khin;
 * shirk the hard work and take the easy.


 * i m̄ pī hîam-gî;
 * he does not avoid the appearance of evil.


 * pī kùe cêk tńg;
 * escaped once.


 * pī sú;
 * to avoid hot weather, (as by going into the country).


 * síam-pī put-kîp;
 * to shun it is impracticable.


 * tô̤-pī kàu nĕ hn̆g-hn̆g;
 * fled far away.


 * ngŏ̤ tîeh i cū tîeh hûe-pī;
 * if you meet him you must withdraw.


 * pī sùe hìang;
 * avoid paying duty on goods.


 * pī bûa;
 * stand aside; draw back.


 * àiⁿ pī, pī m̄ khṳ̀;
 * wish to shun it but cannot.


 * cí kâi jît sĭ pī tîeh sĭm-mih seⁿ-sìeⁿ?;
 * What hours of this day must be shunned by people born in certain years?



piⁿ

 * A whip; a lash; to lash.
 * bé-piⁿ;
 * a horsewhip.
 * a horsewhip.


 * i pun i piⁿ-phah cèk peh ē;
 * he received a hundred lashes from him.


 * phûe piⁿ;
 * a leathern whip.


 * sái sang piⁿ;
 * wield a pair of bludgeons.


 * On the border or side; the margin.
 * lâi cŏ̤ pàng úa sin-piⁿ;
 * come and sit beside me.
 * come and sit beside me.


 * châng piⁿ châng, chù piⁿ chù;
 * their fields and houses adjoin.


 * cêk piⁿ co̤h chîeⁿ nŏ̤ piⁿ kng;
 * the party who builds the partition wall, makes both sides of it smooth.


 * i cò̤-nî jĭm hàm m̄ bûa piⁿ?;
 * Why does he not come when he is called?


 * tŏ̤ hìeⁿ pôiⁿ piⁿ;
 * on the other side.


 * kàu cìeⁿ pôiⁿ piⁿ;
 * has reached this side.


 * hue piⁿ ngṳ̂n;
 * the milled dollar.


 * hût piⁿ ngṳ̂n;
 * dollars having a head on one side.


 * tói piⁿ;
 * the inner face.


 * gūa piⁿ;
 * the outer face.


 * i chùi piⁿ seⁿ lîap kì;
 * he has a mole on the side of his mouth.


 * cí kâi sĭ i sin-piⁿ kâi nâng;
 * this is his companion or concubine.


 * The queue.
 * pĭⁿ piⁿ;
 * plait the queue.
 * plait the queue.


 * i kâi piⁿ ŭ ciap cáng a bô̤?;
 * Does he wear false hair in his queue?


 * i cang piⁿ hiuh i;
 * he struck her with his queue.


 * cáng i kâi piⁿ;
 * clutched his queue.


 * cêk nâng túi piⁿ, cêk nâng peⁿ kha;
 * one dragged him by the queue