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 ăm kò̤;
 * fill it up to the neck.


 * chēng lô̤h cìaⁿ pīn kha-thâu-u, khah tó̤;
 * on putting it on it reaches only to the knees, it is too short.


 * From or at this point.
 * àiⁿ pīn tī-kò khí?
 * At what point shall I begin?
 * At what point shall I begin?


 * pīn kíaⁿ-jît khí sǹg;
 * begin to reckon from to-day.


 * pīn ĕ kâi gûeh cí;
 * make next month the close of the period.


 * pīn tìn-tang kò̤ côih lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * sever it from the middle.


 * Ready; convenient; handy.
 * pīn a būe?
 * Are you ready?
 * Are you ready?


 * nĕ pīn-pīn;
 * just at hand; all ready.


 * m̄-pīn;
 * inconvenient, unhandy; unattainable.


 * pīn bói pīn bōi;
 * buy or sell ready made.


 * siu-sîp pīn-pīn, tŏ̤ táng i;
 * all ready and waiting for him.


 * cáu-khí lâi pn̄g pīn, chài pīn;
 * when he gets up breakfast is all ready.

píopio [sic]

 * To make known; an external manifestation.
 * seⁿ tit cêk pío nâng châi;
 * altogether he loks the clever man.
 * altogether he loks the clever man.


 * chíaⁿ cí seng pío;
 * ask that the imperial will be made known.


 * pío mêng-pêh chut lâi;
 * set it plainly forth.


 * pío chut i kâi chêng-cak;
 * make known the circumstances.


 * pío cieⁿ;
 * a memorial.


 * lîak-lîak pío úa kâi sim cē;
 * will to some extent disclose my real feelings.


 * A prostitute.
 * pío-kíaⁿ;
 * a public woman, a term used in reviling people.
 * a public woman, a term used in reviling people.


 * náng màiⁿ chap hṳ́ khí àu pío-kíaⁿ;
 * let us not associate with those wenches.


 * Handsome; beautiful.
 * nâng īeⁿ seⁿ lâi to pío-pío cì-cì;
 * they are very handsome people there.
 * they are very handsome people there.

pit

 * A pencil or small brush; a pen; to write; drawing; penmanship.
 * khîeh ki pit;
 * take a pen.
 * take a pen.


 * pit chue;
 * pen-handle.


 * pit tâng;
 * a cylinder to hold pens.


 * pit nêk; pit mô̤ⁿ;
 * the brush.


 * pit búe;
 * the point.


 * pit thap;
 * the case.


 * khîa pit;
 * to hold a pen.


 * pit-kíaⁿ, tōa-pit;
 * a small or a large pen.


 * in-pit;
 * a lead pencil.


 * thih pit bô̤ î;
 * my word is as good as my bond; you may rely on my so doing.


 * lô̤h pit;
 * begin to write.


 * lô̤h pit jṳ̂ lêng kauh cúi;
 * he writes like a dragon swirling water; he writes with an easy firm hand.


 * tùi thóiⁿ i kâi pit ciah sĭ mē;
 * see if it is his hand-writing.


 * thóiⁿ sĭ i kâi chin chíu tek pit mē;
 * see whether it was written by his own hand.


 * sĭ i chin pit sía kâi;
 * he wrote it himself.


 * pît-ûeh ngĕ căi;
 * the strokes are very bold and firm.


 * pit cṳ;
 * fees to a writer.


 * sĭ pât nâng thòi pit kâi;
 * it is written by an amanuensis.


 * i kâi pit-bâk hô̤;
 * he is a good writer.


 * pit kè;
 * a pen rack.


 * ngṳ̂n-cu pit;
 * a pen for writing in red ink.


 * phùa pit;
 * to begin to learn to write.


 * Enough; satisfied; fall.
 * i cîah kàu tó pit-pit;
 * he has eaten all he wants.
 * he has eaten all he wants.


 * cí kâi tō̤ tìeⁿ kàu pit;
 * this wallet is stuffed full.


 * cîah kàu kâi kui pit-pit;
 * has eaten its crop full.


 * jîp mîⁿ, jîp kàu pit-pit;
 * stuff in cotton, till it is as full as it will hold.


 * Chapped.
 * kha pit, chíu pit;
 * chapped feet and hands.
 * chapped feet and hands.


 * mīn tîeh chîang sói, cìaⁿ bŏi pit;
 * you must bathe your face in tepid water then it will not chap.


 * A strong affirmative; certainly; must; determined on.
 * pit-pit m̄ sĭ;
 * it is certainly not so.
 * it is certainly not so.


 * hô̤ pit cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
 * What necessity is there for that?


 * pit-su àiⁿ ēng;
 * cannot do without it.


 * pit-jîen;
 * surely.


 * pit-tīaⁿ;
 * decidedly.


 * cía m̄-hó̤ pit;
 * do not be too certain about this.


 * put pit jù chṳ́;
 * it is not sure that it is thus.


 * būe pit;
 * perhaps not.


 * sì pit;
 * undoubtedly.


 * úa thóiⁿ i pit lâi;
 * I think he is sure to come.


 * pit sĭ i m̄ tŏ̤;
 * he is doubtless away from home.


 * i pit-pit m̆;
 * he is determined that he will not.


 * To finish; to bring to an end; all; entirely.
 * kong sṳ̄ pît a būe?
 * Is the public business finished?
 * Is the public business finished?


 * sṳ̄ lí būe pît;
 * the job is not yet done.


 * ūe tàⁿ pît cū khṳ̀;
 * having finished what I had to say I went.


 * pît-kéng sĭ cò̤-nìnî [sic]?
 * After all, what is it?


 * To warn persons off the road and thus make way for the sovereign; an imperial journey.
 * cŭ-pît;
 * a stoppage in an imperial progress.
 * a stoppage in an imperial progress.


 * móng hûang-tì tng-sî cêng cŭ-pît tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤;
 * a certain emperor once stopped there when journeying.


 * A bat.
 * pît-pô̤ hĭⁿ;
 * having ears like a bat’s.
 * having ears like a bat’s.


 * pît-pô̤ sái hó̤ cò̤ îeh;
 * the excrement of bats is used as a medicine.


 * ūe ngŏ kâi pît-pô̤;
 * paint the five bats (a common style of ornamentation).


 * pît-pô̤ cît-cît-kìe;
 * bats squeak.