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 * Movement of water in commotion.
 * cúi pôk-pôk-êk;
 * the water swashes up and down.


 * cúi pôk lâi pôk khṳ̀;
 * the water swashes to and fro.


 * màiⁿ khṳt cúi pôk cêk sin;
 * do not let the water swash over you.

pong

 * The tossing and rolling of a vessel on the water.
 * huang hiah, éng būe hiah, hía cûn tó̤ pong lío;
 * after the wind has ceased and before the waves have gone down, the pitching of the vessel is hardest for people to bear.
 * after the wind has ceased and before the waves have gone down, the pitching of the vessel is hardest for people to bear.


 * To burst; to split from dryness; to pop; to crackle.
 * pòng lîh;
 * to burst asunder.
 * to burst asunder.


 * màiⁿ khṳt i pòng tîeh mâk;
 * do not let it fly in your eyes when it bursts.


 * kha-tháng pòng kho khṳ̀;
 * the washtub has burst its hoop.


 * ēng húe-îeh pòng cîeh;
 * blast rocks with gunpowder.


 * cîeh pòng;
 * the rocks burst and fly apart.


 * pòng-cē-kìe;
 * the sound of an explosion.


 * pòng-pòng-kìe;
 * the sound of successive explosions.


 * pòng cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;
 * burst in two.


 * tŏ̤ hṳ́ tói pòng chut lâi;
 * burst from the inside.


 * pòng kàu chap-chap-chùi;
 * burst in pieces.


 * pòng phùa;
 * burst apart.


 * pòng khui;
 * split open.


 * pòng tīo;
 * spoiled by bursting.


 * pòng-cîh;
 * snapped off.


 * Luxuriant; grassy.
 * pŏng-pŏng-cheⁿ;
 * a luxuriant greenness.
 * a luxuriant greenness.


 * kak chù kâi châng-hn̂g, thóiⁿ tîeh pŏng-pŏng-cheⁿ;
 * the cultivated fields everywhere appear very green.


 * An imitation of the English word pound; to weigh in pounds.
 * cêk pōng tǹg pńg-tī chìn sĭ câp-jī níe;
 * a pound, according to native scales, is twelve Chinese ounces.
 * a pound, according to native scales, is twelve Chinese ounces.


 * cang pōng chìn, pōng thóiⁿ jîeh tăng;
 * take steelyards weighing pounds and see how many pounds it weighs.



po̤

 * A wave, a ripple; moved, ruffled, wavelike; glossy; shining.
 * cúi-po̤; cúi-po̤-hûn;
 * ripples.
 * ripples.


 * cúi-po̤ iap-iap-sih;
 * the ripples sparkle.


 * phêng-tī khí huang po̤;
 * a plain rolling up in waves; a calamitous disturbance.


 * cêk nâng cē m̄-hó̤ cū po̤ kîp cèng nâng;
 * one person’s illness disturbs many people.


 * i sĭ khṳt nâng po̤-lŭi tîeh;
 * he was compromised by some one.


 * i cêk seⁿ phun-po̤ lâu-lok;
 * he is always hurrying here and there, busy with the cares of life.


 * cí-hûe kâi po̤- lăng tīam-cĕⁿ;
 * the waves are now smooth.


 * po̤-lô̤-bît;
 * the jackfruit.


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


 * po̤-sek;
 * changeable tints.


 * hut-jîen-kang, heng-po̤, khí éng;
 * suddenly the waves rose.


 * po̤-lî;
 * glass.
 * po̤-lî;
 * glass.


 * pô̤po̤ [sic]-lî khì;
 * glass-ware.


 * po̤-lî cău;
 * a glass shade, for covering artificial flowers.


 * po̤-lî phìen;
 * panes of glass.


 * po̤-lî chùi;
 * broken glass.


 * îeⁿ po̤-lî;
 * foreign glass.


 * kuah po̤-lî;
 * to cut glass.


 * A declivity; a slope; the side of a hill.
 * kîaⁿ tùi cí suaⁿ-po̤ kò̤ lâi khṳ̀;
 * come along over this slope of the hill.
 * come along over this slope of the hill.


 * cí kâi suaⁿ po̤ nĕ pêⁿ-pêⁿ;
 * this slope is a gentle one.


 * cí kò̤ sĭ ūe cò̤ tī-po̤;
 * this represents the ground in the picture.


 * To praise extravagantly, to extol unduly, to laud too highly.
 * cía i sĭ tó̤ po̤-cíe kâi;
 * he is commending this beyond what it deserves.
 * he is commending this beyond what it deserves.


 * The gunwale of a vessel.
 * cŏ̤ tŏ̤ cûn-po̤-kîⁿ;
 * sat on the gunwale of the boat.
 * sat on the gunwale of the boat.


 * i kâi cûn-po̤ ío kûiⁿ;
 * his boat has higher sides.


 * Precious; valuable; worth; a gem; a coin; a term of compliment meaning honorable, noble, respected; to esteem; to value; biliary calculi.
 * pó̤ pùe;
 * rare, costly, precious; jewels, valuables, treasures.
 * rare, costly, precious; jewels, valuables, treasures.


 * bô̤ kè pó̤;
 * a priceless gem.


 * nín tó̤ khui mih pó̤ hō̤;
 * What is the name of your firm?


 * sieh kùe pó̤;
 * keep as a treasure.


 * káu pó̤;
 * dog bezoar, a medicine.


 * tien-pó̤;
 * precious.


 * i tó̤ khui pó̤-tîeⁿ;
 * he keeps a gambling hall, where people gamble by guessing on numbers.


 * bô̤-cîⁿ cin-kìⁿ pó̤;
 * the moneyless dream of gems.


 * bûn-pâng sì pó̤;
 * writing materials, the four precious articles of the library.


 * úa pat pó̤;
 * I am a judge of rare and costly things.


 * pó̤ cîeh;
 * precious stones.


 * pó̤ sua;
 * emery powder.


 * âng pó̤ cîeh;
 * red stones, having value as gems, or used in jewelry.


 * màiⁿ háⁿ kêng nâng m̄ pat pó̤;
 * do not find fault with poor people for not being judges of valuable articles.


 * khṳ̀ muaⁿ tī kò̤ chîm pó̤;
 * go everywhere searching for treasures.


 * thiⁿ cīeⁿ ŭ pó̤, jît gûeh cheⁿ sîn : tī cīeⁿ ŭ pó̤ hàu cṳ́ tong chîn;
 * what is most highly prized in the heavens are the sun, the moon, the stars and the gods: what is most valuable among earthly things are filial sons and loyal courtiers.