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 * pĭⁿ nŏ̤ kí píⁿ-kíaⁿ;
 * braid two little queues.


 * piⁿ jṳ̂ căi;
 * his queue inis [sic] unkempt.


 * khŵn piⁿ;
 * wind the queue around the head.


 * piⁿ tá cò̤ cang-kíaⁿ-lô̤;
 * coil up the queue in a knot at the back of the head.


 * siu piⁿ;
 * comb the queue.


 * lâu piⁿ;
 * let the hair grow out to form a queue.


 * i thì tīo piⁿ khṳ̤̀ cò̤ hûe-sīeⁿ;
 * he shaved off his queue and became a priest.


 * piⁿ búe so̤h;
 * the silk braided into the queue.


 * Flat; thin.
 * cêk kò̤ cîeh píⁿ-píⁿ;
 * a thin slab of stone.
 * a thin slab of stone.


 * i kâi mīn seⁿ lâi pô̤h-píⁿ;
 * her face is very thin.


 * teh kàu nĕ píⁿ-píⁿ;
 * pressed down very flat.


 * iⁿ m̄ cîaⁿ îⁿ, píⁿ m̄ cîaⁿ píⁿ;
 * it is all out of shape.


 * i kâi chài-pó tâh kàu píⁿ-píⁿ;
 * his dried turnips are trampled down flat.


 * To transform; to change; a mutation from one state of being to another or to the original condition.
 * pìⁿ mīn;
 * to change countenance.
 * to change countenance.


 * i ŏi pìⁿ cò̤ nâng;
 * it is metamorphosed into a human being.


 * i ŏi kōi pìⁿ a bŏi?;
 * Is it apt to change?


 * cong-kú bŏi pìⁿ;
 * never changes.


 * pìⁿ cò̤ kúi;
 * turns into a demon.


 * i bô̤ tau bô̤ tah, cū pìⁿ mīn pìⁿ súi;
 * he changes countenance when there is not the least occasion for it.


 * i hŵn lío pìⁿ būe chŵn;
 * its transformation is not yet complete.


 * jĭm sói bŏi pìⁿ sek;
 * will endure washing without changing its color.


 * cṳ-nîe-kíaⁿ câp-poih pìⁿ;
 * a young girl goes through many transformations.


 * i cí ău pìⁿ kàu hó̤ căi;
 * he is lately much changed for the better.


 * ŭ khi sua-hṳ̂ ŏi pìⁿ cò̤ hóⁿ;
 * there is a species of shark that changes into a tiger.


 * To braid; to plait; braid.
 * pĭⁿ cò̤ cêk tio so̤h;
 * plait it and make a rope of it.
 * plait it and make a rope of it.


 * pĭⁿ piⁿ;
 * braid the queue.


 * phah pĭⁿ;
 * make braids.


 * hue pĭⁿ;
 * flowered braid.


 * kim pĭⁿ;
 * gold braid.


 * pĭⁿ àiⁿ pĭⁿ kín a pĭⁿ khùaⁿ?;
 * Do you wish to have the braid plaited tightly or loosely?


 * To dispute; to argue; to wrangle for a notion.
 * póiⁿ-pĭⁿ;
 * to argue the point; to force a construction; to dispute a proposition.
 * to argue the point; to force a construction; to dispute a proposition.


 * i m̄ khéng sù-hôk, cong-kú tó̤ póiⁿ-pĭⁿ;
 * he is unwilling to submit, and is forever arguing the point.


 * mih hō̤ ūe i to póiⁿ-pĭⁿ ŭ lâi;
 * he will take the contrary side in whatever one advocates.



piaⁿ

 * A soldier; troops; a force; an army; military; warlike.
 * piaⁿ teng;
 * soldiers.
 * soldiers.


 * piaⁿ cìang;
 * army leaders.


 * khí piaⁿ;
 * raise troops.


 * thîo piaⁿ;
 * to station troops.


 * ceng piaⁿ;
 * disciplined troops.


 * hôk piaⁿ;
 * troops in ambush.


 * tăi piaⁿ;
 * the main body of the army.


 * bé-piaⁿ;
 * cavalry.


 * pō-piaⁿ;
 * infantry.


 * cìen piaⁿ;
 * the engaged forces.


 * kìu piaⁿ;
 * a force sent to succor.


 * tíam piaⁿ;
 * to call the roll; mustering.


 * chau-līen piaⁿ-bé;
 * to exercise or drill troops; a disciplined force.


 * Ice; icy; crystallized.
 * piaⁿ sng;
 * ice and frost.
 * ice and frost.


 * piaⁿ sng cúi;
 * ice-water.


 * cúi kit sêng piaⁿ;
 * water freezes and forms ice.


 * piaⁿ îeⁿ khṳ̀;
 * the ice has melted.


 * piaⁿ-thn̂g;
 * rock candy.


 * pŏ̤-hò̤ piaⁿ;
 * crystallized peppermint essence.


 * Cake; biscuit; dumplings.
 * píaⁿ kuaⁿ;
 * dry biscuits.
 * dry biscuits.


 * guêh píaⁿ;
 * cakes made at the full of the eighth moon and used in worshipping it.


 * so-píaⁿ;
 * crisp cakes.


 * píaⁿ phûe, píaⁿ āⁿ;
 * the pastry and the filling of a dumpling.


 * gû-ni-píaⁿ;
 * cheese.


 * sie píaⁿ;
 * to bake cakes.


 * pūe píaⁿ;
 * to bake cakes in a pan over the fire.


 * The third of the ten stems.
 * píaⁿ teng sok húe;
 * the third and fourth of the ten stems belong to fire.
 * the third and fourth of the ten stems belong to fire.


 * cŏ̤ jîm hìang píaⁿ;
 * facing due south.


 * To reduce to uniformity; to expose; to endanger; to pour together.
 * pìaⁿ mīaⁿ cò̤;
 * act without regard to his life.
 * act without regard to his life.


 * i pìaⁿ căi;
 * he is very reckless.


 * nŏ̤ úaⁿ pìaⁿ cò̤ cêk úaⁿ;
 * put what is in the two bowls into one.


 * nŏ̤ saⁿ khí ùaⁿ-kĭaⁿ pìaⁿ cò̤ cêk khí;
 * reduce two or three cases at law to a single case.


 * màiⁿ pìaⁿ sua-îa;
 * do not spill it in turning it out.


 * pìaⁿ cò̤ cêk ē;
 * turn them all into one lot.


 * sì pau, pìaⁿ cò̤ cêk pau;
 * put the four bundles into one.


 * sie pìaⁿ;
 * join in one.


 * pìaⁿ thóiⁿ tī-tîang méⁿ;
 * see who will be quickest.


 * thun-pìaⁿ;
 * to swallow up; to devour.
 * to swallow up; to devour.


 * tōa hieⁿ thun-pìaⁿ síe hieⁿ, tōa kok thun-pìaⁿ síe kok;
 * large towns swallow up small ones, and great nations swallow up lesser ones.


 * jī ke sie thun-piaⁿ;
 * the two devour each other.


 * To repeat what one has heard.
 * úa pîaⁿ lṳ́ thiaⁿ;
 * I will narrate it to you as I heard it.
 * I will narrate it to you as I heard it.


 * jī mó̤ chîa, ūe mó̤ pîaⁿ;
 * letters should not be rubbed out and written in again on the same paper, and words should not be repeated from hearsay.


 * i cò̤-nî tàⁿ, lṳ́ pîaⁿ úa thiaⁿ;