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 bamboo.
 * poiⁿ hûn;
 * brindled.


 * poiⁿ lío kâi ciah kâi ciah;
 * marked with numerous disconnected spots.


 * i seⁿ lâi o poiⁿ hô;
 * he is black, pock-marked, and full-bearded.


 * mīn tèng ŭ tíam chiah poiⁿ;
 * he has a brown spot on his face.


 * Blocks or type used in printing; a board; an instrument of flagellation, or a stroke from it.
 * khek ìn-póiⁿ;
 * engrave blocks for printing.
 * engrave blocks for printing.


 * cía sĭ lêng-ūaⁿ hwn khek kâi póiⁿ;
 * this is a block that has been recut.


 * în-póiⁿ;
 * lead type.


 * tâng póiⁿ;
 * brass type.


 * kôih póiⁿ kâi bûn-cṳ;
 * a flying dispatch from court.


 * kôih póiⁿ;
 * boards used as a case for a set of books.


 * i cē kùe kîe cū thiu póiⁿ;
 * as soon as he had crossed the bridge he tore up its planks.


 * tăng phah, sì-câp póiⁿ;
 * inflicted forty heavy blows with a ferule.


 * sĭ phah póiⁿ-kíaⁿ, a sĭ phah tōa póiⁿ?
 * Is he to be beaten with the small or the large rod?


 * To turn; to reverse.
 * póiⁿ kùe lâi póiⁿ kùe khṳ̀;
 * to turn to and fro.
 * to turn to and fro.


 * cìeⁿ pôiⁿ pūe lío, póiⁿ kùe hìeⁿ pôiⁿ cài pūe;
 * when this side has been dried by the fire, turn it over and dry the other side.


 * ôi póiⁿ-lìn-tńg khṳt i phâk;
 * turn the shoes bottom upwards and let then dry in the sun.


 * póiⁿ o, póiⁿ pêh;
 * when you turn the one side up it is black, and when you turn the other side up it is white.


 * tâng bô̤ lí póiⁿ kàu ŭ lí;
 * he turns nonsense around till it appears to be sense.


 * màiⁿ tin-tò̤ póiⁿ;
 * do not let it roll over backward.


 * céⁿ hó̤-hó̤-sĭ-sĭ póiⁿ kàu lô̤-lô̤;
 * the well from its usual good condition turned turbid.


 * póiⁿ i kâi mâk-kha-phûe lâi thóiⁿ;
 * turn up his eyelid and look.


 * póiⁿ kau chíu khún;
 * tie his hands behind him.


 * m̄ hó̤ khah méⁿ póiⁿ cìaⁿ ŏ̤i kàu kò̤;
 * do not turn them over too soon, and then they will cohere in one piece.


 * A tablet held before the breast by courtiers at audiences, down to the Ming dynasty; it was first designed for taking notes on.
 * chîo póiⁿ;
 * a court tablet.
 * a court tablet.


 * A border or side; a boundary, an edge, a margin.
 * tŏ̤ cìeⁿ pôiⁿ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ hìeⁿ pôiⁿ kâi nâng sòi-sòi;
 * seen from this side people on the other side appear very small.
 * seen from this side people on the other side appear very small.


 * tah kùe khoi hìeⁿ pôiⁿ;
 * take passage to the other side the river.


 * mō̤ⁿ thóiⁿ tang pôiⁿ pêh a būe;
 * look and see whether the eastern horizon is yet light.



poih

 * Eight.
 * poih choiⁿ lâng poih câp poih;
 * eight thousand and eighty-eight.
 * eight thousand and eighty-eight.


 * tŏiⁿ poih kâi;
 * the eighth one.


 * nî huang jī poih;
 * he is now sixteen.


 * poih jī kha;
 * flaring legs.


 * poih jī;
 * the eight characters, denoting the year, month, day and hour of one’s birth, from which horoscopes are cast.


 * poih im ceng;
 * a musical clock or a music-box.


 * poih pó̤;
 * the eight precious things which the eight genti carry in their hands.


 * sĭ poih-kak kâi;
 * it is octagonal.


 * poih-kak;
 * a kind of spice, having eight points around the seed.


 * poih-sien chn̂g;
 * an octagonal table.


 * i sĭ poih pài cṳ kau;
 * they are on very friendly terms.


 * To pull out; to extract; to eradicate.
 * cun-thak pôih m̄ chut;
 * I cannot pull the cork out of the bottle.
 * I cannot pull the cork out of the bottle.


 * khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ pôih;
 * pull it gently.


 * pôih kìam;
 * to draw a sword.


 * hăm kṳn pôih khí lâi;
 * pull it up roots and all.


 * i cêk mô̤ⁿ put pôih;
 * he would not pull out a hair for it; would give nothing at all for it.


 * i àiⁿ khîu lṳ́ pôih i chut lâi;
 * he is going to beseech you to take him out of prison.


 * To pull in extending anything; to extend by pulling.
 * pôih i tn̂g;
 * stretch it to its full length; lengthen it by pulling.
 * stretch it to its full length; lengthen it by pulling.


 * cē pôih i ŏi tn̂g;
 * it stretches when you pull on it.


 * pôih ngṳ̂n sùaⁿ;
 * to draw silver wire.

pok

 * To divine by looking at, or rattling coins inside of tortoise shell; sortilege.
 * pok-khùe;
 * to divine; to inquire of the fates.
 * to divine; to inquire of the fates.


 * i pok lâi cún căi;
 * he rightly divined it.


 * būe pok, soiⁿ cai;
 * knew it before he forecast.


 * Flitting, like an ignis fatuns.
 * pok-pok-thìo, cū sĭ kúi-húe hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * flitting hither and thither like a will-o-the-wisp.
 * flitting hither and thither like a will-o-the-wisp.


 * mêⁿ-kùa tŏ̤ cûn-thâu thóiⁿ-kìⁿ suaⁿ-phîaⁿ kâi kúi-húe pok-pok-thìo;
 * in the night, saw from the prow of the boat, the will-o-the-wisps flitting about on the shore.


 * A vassal, a retainer, a servant or menial; one who aids in laborious duties.
 * nôⁿ-pôk;
 * a man servant or slave.
 * a man servant or slave.


 * pĭ-pôk;
 * a female slave.


 * cêk cú cêk pôk cò̤-pû lâi;
 * master and servant came together.


 * pôk hŭ;
 * a servant's wife, or a woman-servant.