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 * To aid, as a statesman.
 * có̤-hŭ, ĭu-pît;
 * the left and the right hand aids, titles of two ministers of state.

piu

 * To squirt; to gush out.
 * cúi cheⁿ-piu chut lâi;
 * the water squirted out.
 * the water squirted out.


 * lîh lô̤h khṳ̀, hía hûeh li-li piu;
 * when cut open the blood gushed forth in a stream.


 * cē pûah phùa hía cap cū piu chut lâi;
 * when it fell and burst the juice squirted out.


 * húe lí-hẃn piu chut lâi;
 * the flames burst forth incessantly.


 * in tŏ̤ hṳ́ kâi khang piu chut lâi;
 * the smoke pours forth from that orifice.


 * piu kàu nĕ hn̆g-hn̆g khṳ̀;
 * spurted to a great distance.


 * A small beast striped like a tiger; a tiger cat; ornate.
 * hîm hóⁿ pà piu;
 * savage beasts.
 * savage beasts.


 * cêk piu kun-bé
 * a company of horse and foot.

piuh

 * To bud; to germinate.
 * chun cē kàu i cū piuh gê;
 * when spring comes it will put forth sprouts.
 * when spring comes it will put forth sprouts.


 * hṳ́ kò̤ piuh ki sún, cí kò̤ piuh ki sún;
 * sends forth a shoot here and there.


 * tān piuh khak;
 * the peas have sprouted.


 * cìm kàu i piuh khak hwt gê;
 * soak them till they burst their shells, and send forth sprouts.


 * To prod; to stab.
 * pîuh ŭ jîeh chim lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * thrust it in ever so far.
 * thrust it in ever so far.


 * i kâi cam pîuh lô̤h khṳ̀ hía hueh cheⁿ-sw̆n chut lâi;
 * he thrust in his lancet and the blood gushed out.


 * i kâi tó khṳt i pîuh phùa;
 * his bowels were pierced by it

png

 * The maple.
 * png chīu;
 * maple trees.
 * maple trees.


 * Lists of successful candidates at the triennial examinations.
 * m̄ cai pńg chut a būe;
 * do not know whether the lists are placarded yet or not.
 * do not know whether the lists are placarded yet or not.


 * chut pńg ău keh jît cū àiⁿ hok;
 * after the lists have been placarded, and one day has elapsed, there is a re-examination.


 * pńg tah tŏ̤ tī kò̤?
 * Where are the lists put up?


 * Native; one’s own; appropriate to; proper; capital; principal; a classifier of books and documents; used by officials before their titles for I, my.
 * pńg kok;
 * own country.
 * own country.


 * pńg séⁿ;
 * native province.


 * pńg thô pńg tī;
 * one’s native place.


 * pńg cîⁿ;
 * one’s own funds, or capital.


 * cĭeⁿ pńg;
 * petition the throne.


 * pńg īⁿ;
 * I, the imperial commissioner.


 * i kâi seng-lí cò̤ sîh pńg;
 * he lost money in his business.


 * chíu pńg;
 * the visiting card of an official sent to his superior.


 * pńg hūn;
 * one’s proper function; one’s duty.


 * pńg-eng-kai cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * that is the way that it ought properly to be.


 * thâk bô̤ kúi pńg cṳ cū àiⁿ cò̤ gâu;
 * wanted to be taken for a sage before he had read more than a few books.


 * cí pang cṳ jîeh cōi pńg?
 * How many volumes in this set?


 * cí pńg cṳ-cheh;
 * this book.


 * úa pńg-pńg àiⁿ lâi;
 * I was myself intending to come.


 * i pńg sĭ kâi àu-nâng;
 * he is essentially a rascal.


 * Cooked rice.
 * ciah pn̄g;
 * take a meal.
 * take a meal.


 * bô̤ chài, pn̄g tîeh cîah pá cē;
 * as there are no vegetables, you must eat the more of the rice.


 * i cêk jît cîah saⁿ tǹg pn̄g;
 * he eats rice three times a day.


 * cía îeh tîeh nā pn̄g côiⁿ cîah, màiⁿ nā pn̄g ău;
 * this medicine must be taken before, not after, the meal.


 * pêh-bí-pn̄g cîah kùiⁿ, chò̤-bí-pn̄g cîah m̄ lô̤h;
 * when accustomed to white rice one cannot swallow brown rice.


 * pn̄g sî;
 * a rice-spoon.


 * pn̄g úaⁿ;
 * a rice-bowl.


 * pn̄g puah;
 * a rice pot.


 * cṳ́ pn̄g;
 * cook rice.


 * pû pn̄g;
 * boil rice.


 * hô pn̄g;
 * dip the rice from the boiling water.


 * tŭn pn̄g;
 * cook rice in a vessel surrounded by boiling water.


 * pn̄g tè lío kui i khṳ̀ thâk ta;
 * pour the water off the rice, and leave it to drain dry drop by drop.

po

 * An open level space.
 * cêk kò̤ pêⁿ po khuah-khuah;
 * a spacious level arena.
 * a spacious level arena.


 * tōa po kūiⁿ lî cí kò̤ jîeh hn̆g?
 * How far is your district city from here?


 * cháu po;
 * a meadow; a grassy plain.


 * suaⁿ po;
 * a plain at the base of a mountain.


 * po-kîⁿ po-kak tèng nâng īa cǹg ŭ phûn;
 * on the edges and corners of the plain graves have also been made.


 * A port; a landing where trade is carried on; a mart; an unwalled sea-side town.
 * îam po;
 * a salt dépôt.
 * a salt dépôt.


 * sùaⁿ-thâu-po;
 * the port of Swatow.


 * kùe po;
 * trade along at the ports.


 * hŭe po;
 * call a meeting of the merchants of the port.


 * po cèng m̄ hàuⁿ;
 * the traders are all against it.


 * po chĭ;
 * the market.


 * tōa po-thâu;
 * a great mart (like Shanghai).


 * síe po thâu;
 * a small marine landing place.


 * sin siet kâi po;
 * a newly opened port.