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 * Carriers; porters; coolies.
 * pńg hú àiⁿ lô̤h cûn ēng-jîeh cōi po?
 * How many burden-bearers does this magistrate employ when he goes on board the boat?


 * cí kâi kīe-phò ŭ jîeh cōi kĭe-po?
 * How many chair-bearers are there at this chair-stand?


 * i hàm kĭe-po-thâu lâi mn̄g;
 * he told the chief chair-bearer to come and inquire.


 * cúi húe po;
 * a hewer of wood and drawer of water.


 * kẃn taⁿ-po kâi nâng kìe-cò̤ ki-po-thâu;
 * the head of a gang of porters is called the head porter.


 * lîah nŏ̤ peh mîaⁿ po, hŵn lío m̄ kàu taⁿ;
 * pressed two hundred coolies into service, and still there were not enough to carry the luggage.


 * An axe; a cleaver; a hatchet.
 * pó-thâu;
 * an axe.
 * an axe.


 * tōa pó;
 * a cleaver.


 * phùa châ pó;
 * a hatchet.


 * pó-thâu châk-kíaⁿ;
 * carpenters’ tools.


 * kim kue ŵt pó;
 * insignia of office borne beside a mandarin in processions.


 * àiⁿ chut mn̂g, khìam cṳ pó;
 * lack the funds necessary for travel.


 * To repair; to mend; to close up, as a breach; to patch; to supply; to substitute; to make up; to aid; to assist; to recruit; to strengthen; the insignia of rank sewed on the robe; a supplement or addendum.
 * pó ôi;
 * to mend shoes.
 * to mend shoes.


 * pó kâi saⁿ;
 * patch a garment.


 * pó chù-téng;
 * repair a roof.


 * pó pûaⁿ pó úaⁿ;
 * to mend broken crockery.


 * pó lāu;
 * stop a leak.


 * pó hueh;
 * to improve the quality of the blood.


 * cîah pó îeh;
 * take tonics.


 * cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi pó khì pó hueh;
 * this medicine strengthens the system.


 * pó thiap;
 * to make up a loss to one, as for a breakage, or for extra work.


 * pó thiap i jîeh cōi cîⁿ?
 * How much did you give him in compensation?


 * pó ke cē;
 * make up the loss a little more fully.


 * cía tîeh sìa lío cìaⁿ lâi pó, m̄ hó soiⁿ pó ău sìa;
 * the tonics mnst follow the depleting medicines, it is not well to first give restoratives and then give purgatives.


 * pó ngṳ̂n-cúi;
 * make up for the excess in the weight of the coins.


 * pó phêng-thâu;
 * make up for light weight.


 * chēng máng-phâu pó-kùa;
 * wore a long robe with a dragon embroidered on it, and a short tunic having the insignia of rank embroidered on oblong patches set in the back and the front.


 * pûe pó;
 * supply a new one in place of what was damaged or destroyed.


 * kùe saⁿ jît ău cíaⁿ lâi pó cok;
 * make up for absence on the day for the worship of a god, by coming with offerings three days later.


 * pó m̄ kùe;
 * unable to make up the loss.


 * pó lô̤h khṳ̀ kah-kah;
 * the patch is just large enough to cover the hole.


 * ciang kong pó cŭe;
 * make merit offset demerit.


 * cîah ce, pó cek ak;
 * fast, to atone for accumulated sins.


 * cang i kâi ŭ ṳ̂ lâi pó i kâi put cok;
 * take his surplus to make up for his deficiencies; let works of supererogation offset sins of omission.


 * jĭm pó-thīⁿ, pó-thīⁿ m̄ bûa;
 * try in vain to patch up the matter.


 * siu-pó hŏ-sùaⁿ;
 * repair an umbrella.


 * pó tīo kâi jī;
 * cover a letter with a paper patch and rewrite it.


 * cí kĭaⁿ mûeh-cîah bô̤ pó-iah;
 * this food has no nourishment in it.


 * i sĭ hāu pó kuaⁿ;
 * he waits to take the place of the departing official.


 * hāu pó nâng ŵn;
 * an officer waiting to take his post.


 * ngŏ̤ khueh ciet pó;
 * at once fill a vacancy in office.


 * pó-sĭu móng-kò̤ kâi ti-hú;
 * take the place of the prefect in a certain department.


 * pó khueh;
 * fill a vacancy.


 * tìo jîp khṳ̀ pó cò̤ lăi kuaⁿ;
 * summoned to fill an office in Peking.


 * bûn kuaⁿ cò̤-nî hó̤ pó bú khueh?
 * How can a civil officer supply a vacancy in a military office?


 * pó kàu kng-seⁿ kng-seⁿ;
 * mended so skillfully that one cannot see the patch.


 * pó thìaⁿ;
 * make amends to him for pain inflicted.


 * i ang ŏi li pó bó bŏi, i bó ŏi li pó ang bŏi;
 * the ability of the husband makes up for the incompetence of the wife, and the ability of the wife for the inefficiency of the husband.


 * Dried meats or fruit.
 * hṳ̀ pó;
 * cured fish.
 * cured fish.


 * ah pó;
 * dried ducks.


 * chài pó;
 * dried turnips.


 * bûe pó;
 * dried plums.


 * pó līo;
 * dried provisions.


 * phâk pó;
 * cure by drying in the sun.


 * To plant.
 * pò céng lô̤h thô;
 * plant seed in the ground.
 * plant seed in the ground.


 * pò châng;
 * set out the young rice-plants in the fields.


 * pò ng;
 * transplant young rice.


 * Cotton, linen, or hempen fabrics; calico; cloth.
 * i tó̤ khui pò phò;
 * he keeps a shop where cotton goods are sold.
 * he keeps a shop where cotton goods are sold.


 * pêh pò;
 * longcloth.


 * o pò;
 * black cambric.


 * âng pò;
 * red calico.


 * lâm pò; chíⁿ pò;
 * blue calico.


 * lô̤ pò;
 * lace; mosquito-netting.


 * n̂g-mûaⁿ pò;
 * sackcloth.


 * po̤-lô̤-mûaⁿ pò;
 * cloth made from the fiber of the pine-apple plant.


 * pò phit;
 * piece goods.


 * cheⁿ-thâu-pò;
 * unbleached cotton.


 * pńg sek kâi pò;
 * cloth having its natural color.


 * pìe pêh kâi pò;
 * bleached cloth.


 * kang-cheⁿ pò;
 * brown cloth.


 * sîa-bûn pò;
 * drillings.


 * hē pò;
 * cloth for summer wear.


 * tek pò;
 * foreign linen.


 * îu pò;
 * oiled cloth.


 * ìn hue kâi pò;
 * prints.


 * tĭu pò;
 * grasscloth.


 * môⁿ-lâm pò;
 * plush.


 * chiah pò;
 * nankeen.


 * îeⁿ pò; hwn pò; hût pò;
 * foreign fabrics.


 * ka-pùa pò;
 * coarse thick native cloth,