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 * Thin; attenuated; poor; fortunate; light; few; to slight; to treat coldly; a thin leaf or plate.
 * sĭ kău kâi a pô̤h kâi?
 * Is it a thick or a thin one?


 * siah kàu nĕ pô̤h-pô̤h;
 * hew it very thin.


 * màiⁿ thiu kah pô̤h;
 * do not plane it too thin.


 * cí kâi pô̤h hṳ́ kâi;
 * this is thinner than that.


 * cêk têng mô̤h pô̤h-pô̤h;
 * a thin film.


 * i tó̤ phah siah pô̤h;
 * he is making tin foil.


 * ngṳ̂n-pô̤h;
 * silver foil.


 * tah kim pô̤h kâi;
 * covered with gold-leaf.


 * sieⁿ thih pô̤h;
 * plated with iron.


 * sieⁿ ngṳ̂n pô̤h;
 * plated with silver.


 * sĭang pô̤h;
 * the thinnest.


 * có̤ ío pô̤h cē;
 * make it rather thinner.


 * chùi-lîm-phûe pô̤h-síe pô̤h-síe;
 * has very thin lips.


 * úa thăi i put pô̤h;
 * I treated him with no lack of courtesy.


 * i pô̤h thăi úa;
 * he treated me with scant courtesy.


 * pô̤h ceh i cē cū hó̤;
 * to give him a slight reprimand is sufficient.


 * pô̤h mīaⁿ;
 * a hard lot.


 * ẁn ka-kī kâi mīaⁿ pô̤h;
 * complained of his own fate being so hard.


 * i khu kau, ŭ khin poh i a bo?
 * Did he receive contemptuous treatment on arriving?


 * pô̤h lói;
 * less than customary civility.


 * mīn phûe pô̤h;
 * thin skinned.


 * pô̤h phûe căi, khin-khin cū m̄ hàuⁿ;
 * he is very touchy, and gets displeased at the least reproof.


 * tăⁿ-pô̤h;
 * to stint; frugal; to economize.


 * cṳ̆ uaⁿ tăⁿ pô̤h;
 * content with little.


 * pô̤h hok kâi nâng;
 * one who has few blessings.


 * hok-hūn pô̤h;
 * has few comforts.


 * khek-pô̤h căi;
 * greatly harrassed.

pu


 * To kick forward and upward.
 * kâi i pu khui cē;
 * kick it and send it farther off.
 * kick it and send it farther off.


 * To arrange; to speadspread [sic] out, to publish, to make known.
 * táng i khṳ̀ pù-pái;
 * wait till he has made the arrangements for it.
 * wait till he has made the arrangements for it.


 * thóiⁿ i cò̤-nî pù-pái;
 * see what arrangements he makes.


 * i pái-pù chut lâi lêng-ūaⁿ hó̤ thóiⁿ;
 * they look better in the way in which he has arranged them.


 * táng úa kio lṳ́ pù-tì;
 * wait till I arrange it for you.


 * pù-ti̤ lâi tit ngî;
 * properly arranged.


 * pù-cèng-sài;
 * treasurer of a province.


 * pù kàu thiⁿ-ĕ;
 * made known throughout the Empire.


 * Rich; wealthy; afflaent.
 * pù-kùi;
 * rich and honored.
 * rich and honored.


 * pù-cok;
 * a competence.


 * pù-hâu;
 * affluent.


 * pù ong;
 * a man of means.


 * pù nâng;
 * a rich man.


 * pù hŏ;
 * a wealthy family.


 * nî pù, lâk khîang;
 * in the prime of life and strength.


 * kó pù;
 * long wealthy.


 * cho̤ pù put lî khîong ke īeⁿ;
 * the newly rich cannot put away the manners of the poor.


 * pù-kùi saⁿ tō̤ huang cai ím cîah;
 * after being rich for three generations, one knows how to take one's food properly.


 * pù-nâng kim o̤h táu;
 * a rich man's gold is hard to barter for.


 * pù-jîo;
 * rich; fertile.


 * The side opposite the edge; the back.
 * to̤ pù;
 * the back of a knife.
 * the back of a knife.


 * hṳ̂ pù;
 * the ridge along the back of a fish.


 * keng hîⁿ, keng pù;
 * the string and the arch of a bow that is strung.


 * kîaⁿ keng-pù hn̆g ke hô̤h cōi lō;
 * to go by the circuitous route is a much longer journey.


 * ka-to̤ pù;
 * the dull edge of the blade of a pair of shears.


 * A heap; a pile.
 * húe-pû;
 * a pile of refuse or rubbish ready for burning.
 * a pile of refuse or rubbish ready for burning.


 * tī-kò̤ hwt húe-pû?
 * Where are they burning a pile of rubbish?


 * ciang-sî tó̤ sie húe-pû sie lío jûah sí;
 * at times when rubbish is being burned the heat from it is intolerable.


 * To heat; to boil; to cook by boiling.
 * pû cho̤h kún cúi;
 * heat some water to the boiling point.
 * heat some water to the boiling point.


 * khîeh khṳ̀ huang-lô pû ke khún-kíaⁿ;
 * take it to the stove and boil it a little while longer.


 * pêh pû;
 * simply boiled.


 * A species of gourd, of which the dried shell is used for dippers and ladles.
 * pû hua;
 * a square shallow wooden dipper.
 * a square shallow wooden dipper.


 * hô-lô pû;
 * the bottle gourd.


 * pû cêk kâi cêk kâi seⁿ lío tìo tŏ̤ pêⁿ tèng;
 * the gourds hang one by one where they grow on the trellis.


 * To pursue and capture; to search for and arrest.
 * pŭ-thiaⁿ;
 * superintendent of police in a sub-district magistrate's office.
 * superintendent of police in a sub-district magistrate's office.


 * cóng-tok kâi sûn-pŭ;
 * a police-office connected with the governor's yamun.


 * bûn-sûn-pŭ, bú sûn pŭ;
 * special aids to the chief provincial authorities, civil and military.


 * pŭ-hîah; pŭ khùai;
 * constables.


 * chip-pŭ-kêk;
 * vigilance committee.


 * phài i khṳ̀ pŭ tău;
 * depute him to pursue and arrest the thieves.


 * i m̄ thong kàu pŭ;
 * he has not understanding enough for the lowest official position.


 * To brood; to set on eggs; to hatch.
 * pū cĕk tàu koi-kíaⁿ;
 * to hatch a nest of chickens.
 * to hatch a nest of chickens.


 * koi-bó̤ tó̤ pū koi-kíaⁿ;
 * the hen is sitting.


 * câp kâi n̆ng pū chut káu ciah;
 * nine tenths of the eggs produced chickens.