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430 : son.
 * i-píe hiaⁿ-tĭ;
 * mother's sister's son.


 * i sĭ úa kâi î-píe cí-mūeⁿ;
 * she is my mother's sister's daughter.


 * i cha-m̄-to̤ àiⁿ cĭeⁿ píe;
 * he is about to send up his memorial; is about to die.


 * To mount maps or scrolls; to line with paper or cloth.
 * chîeⁿ pìe cúa;
 * the wall is papered.
 * the wall is papered.


 * pìe jī-ūe;
 * to mount a scroll.


 * To bleach; to whiten.
 * pìe pò;
 * to bleach cotton cloth.
 * to bleach cotton cloth.


 * pìe pêh kâi pò;
 * bleached cloth.


 * pìe sói;
 * wash and bleach.


 * pìe kàu nĕ pêh-pêh;
 * bleached to an exceeding whiteness.

===pien===


 * A boundary, edge or border.
 * hái-pien tī-hng;
 * lands lying along the coast.
 * lands lying along the coast.


 * cí kò̤ sĭ pien séⁿ;
 * this is a frontier province.


 * i kâi huap-lâk bô̤ pien;
 * his skill is unbounded.


 * chîo-thêng ēng i tó̤ péⁿ pien;
 * the government employs him in ruling the frontier.


 * pien-kwn;
 * custom houses on the coast or frontier.


 * pien cìang;
 * military officers on the frontier.


 * Flat, thin.
 * i kâi mīn seⁿ lâi píen-píen;
 * her face is very thin.
 * her face is very thin.


 * tōa píen, jī-píen;
 * sweet melon seeds, of large or of small size.


 * koiⁿ-hâu áu ki píen-taⁿ;
 * carried a flat carrying pole over his shoulder.


 * To transform; to change; a mutation; a turn in affairs.
 * khùn-kíaⁿ pìen cêk īeⁿ;
 * undergoes a metamorphosis every little while.
 * undergoes a metamorphosis every little while.


 * bŏi pìen-êk;
 * unchangeable.


 * nâng sim pìen;
 * people's minds change.


 * hṳ́ kâi tī-hng pìen-tŏng;
 * the place has altered.


 * kíaⁿ-jît cìeⁿ-seⁿ taⁿ, mùaⁿ-khí-cá cū pìen kùe;
 * he says so to-day, but to-morrow morning he will have changed his purpose.


 * pìen líen;
 * to change countenance.


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ mîaⁿ-ke khŵn-pìen;
 * his course of action is easily changed by expediency or constraint.


 * pìen-hùe bô̤ khîong;
 * change is endless.


 * hŭam sṳ̄ tîeh-ŏi pìen-thong;
 * in all things there must be accommodation to circumstances.


 * Military officers of a low grade.
 * bûn-ŵn, bú-pĭen;
 * low civil and military officers.
 * low civil and military officers.


 * cí cêk îaⁿ kâi pĭen piaⁿ to sĭ i kẃn;
 * the soldiers and officers of low grade in this encampment are all under his control.


 * To wrangle for a notion; to argue opinions; to dispute a proposition.
 * To wrangle for a notion; to argue opinions; to dispute a proposition.
 * pĭen-po̤h;
 * to contradict; take the opposite side of the question.


 * kíang pĭen;
 * to force a construction.


 * póiⁿ-pĭeu;
 * to debate.


 * To discriminate between things or qualities.
 * hun-pĭen sĭ hui;
 * distinguish between the true and the false.
 * distinguish between the true and the false.


 * pĭen mêng-pêh;
 * discriminate clearly.


 * pĭen-pîet;
 * note the difference between.


 * To put at ease; to accord with; convenient, expedient, opportune, advantageous, handy; readily; accustomed to, ready at; then, so, forthwith, just as, thus, that is.
 * sûi-pĭen;
 * when convenient; as you please; suit yourself; when you like.
 * when convenient; as you please; suit yourself; when you like.


 * sŭn pĭen;
 * avail one's self of a good chance.


 * kîaⁿ huang-pĭen;
 * do what circumstances render easy.


 * hṳ́ i pĭen-ngî kîaⁿ sṳ̄;
 * allow him to act as may be expedient under the circumstances.


 * cía ūe i m̄ pĭen tàⁿ;
 * it is not advisable for him to speak thus.


 * put pĭon cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;
 * it is inexpedient to do so.


 * cí kâi pĭen sĭ;
 * this is just so.


 * sêng nâng kâi pĭen;
 * take advantage of a good opportunity offered by some one.


 * kîaⁿ sìo pĭen;
 * to urinate.


 * tăi sìo pĭen lóng-cóng m̄ thong;
 * there is no action either of the bowels or the bladder.


 * cí kâi huap-cak pĭen-tàng căi;
 * this plan is very convenient.


 * àiⁿ tàⁿ cū pĭen tàⁿ; màiⁿ ùi chṳ́ ùi pí;
 * if you are going to tell it then tell it, and not hesitate on account of this or that.


 * chíaⁿ i chēng pĭen i lâi;
 * ask her to come in her every-day clothes.

===piet===


 * To separate; to divide; to part; to distinguish; different.
 * hun-pîet;
 * to discriminate between.
 * to discriminate between.


 * hun-pîet sĭ hui;
 * distinguish between the true and the false.


 * cĭam pîet sù-sî;
 * separated for a little time.


 * pĭen-pîet mêng-pêh;
 * discriminate clearly.


 * keh-pîet kú lío;
 * long separated.


 * i íⁿ-keng pîet nîap, cò̤ pât sṳ̄;
 * he has already left that occupation and is doing other business.


 * kàu hṳ́ kò̤ pîet ŭ thiⁿ tī;
 * when there one leads a very different sort of life.


 * seⁿ-chêng kak pîet;
 * their dispositions are unlike.


 * lâm ńng ŭ pîet;
 * the sexes are separated by proprieties.


 * lî hieⁿ pîet céⁿ;
 * leave one's native village.


 * sî pîet;
 * take leave of.


 * lŏi tang híen ŭ pîet chêng;
 * there are manifestly other circumstances which he has not told.

===pih===


 * A turtle.
 * pih kah;
 * turtle shell.
 * turtle shell.


 * cúi pih;
 * a flat water-flask.


 * bâk pih cí;
 * the seeds of a sort of squash, used medicinally.