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pua

 * To disseminate; to strew; to scatter abroad; to sow.
 * pùa-îang i kâi mîaⁿ;
 * publish his name far and wide.
 * publish his name far and wide.


 * thŵn-pùa;
 * to promulgate.


 * A winnowing; to winnow.
 * pùa bí;
 * to winnow rice.
 * to winnow rice.


 * thai pùa; to sift and winnow.
 * pùa-ki;
 * a winnowing basket.


 * pùa tīo cho-khng;
 * winnow away the chaff.


 * khṳt huang éng pùa tîeh;
 * splashed by wind and waves.



puaⁿ

 * To move from one place to another; to transport.
 * puaⁿ chù;
 * to change one's dwelling place.
 * to change one's dwelling place.


 * puaⁿ tŏ̤ pât kò̤ tīu;
 * moved elsewhere to reside.


 * puaⁿ-ūn nîe-hìang;
 * transport stores for the army.


 * puaⁿ so̤ sĭ hui;
 * carry to and fro the words that set people at variance.


 * puaⁿ so̤ sṳ̂-sŏng;
 * fetch and carry reports until a lawsuit ensues.


 * A sort; a way; manner of.
 * to sĭ cêk puaⁿ;
 * they are all of one sort.
 * they are all of one sort.


 * câp poih puaⁿ bú gōi, puaⁿ-puaⁿ hío;
 * of all the eighteen kinds of military drill, he understands each.


 * choiⁿ puaⁿ bw̄n puaⁿ, to sĭ mīaⁿ;
 * among all manner of things, life is of chief importance.


 * A large rock; a foundation stone.
 * kien-kú kùe cîeh-púaⁿ;
 * immovable as a rock.
 * immovable as a rock.


 * tŏ̤ cîeh-púaⁿ téng tìe hṳ̂;
 * sat on a rock fishing with line and hook.


 * A half; a large piece of.
 * tùi-tùi cêk pùaⁿ;
 * just half.
 * just half.


 * to̤ pùaⁿ sĭ m̄-hó̤ kâi;
 * full half of it is bad.


 * chûn ŭ cêk tōa pùaⁿ;
 * have rather more than half of it left.


 * pùa-mêⁿ;
 * midnight.


 * lṳ́ tōa i cêk pùaⁿ;
 * you are twice as large as he.


 * pùaⁿ-sì nâng;
 * a middle aged person.


 * pùaⁿ sìn, pùaⁿ gî;
 * half believing and half doubting.


 * pùaⁿ hàuⁿ, pùaⁿ m̄ hàuⁿ;
 * half willing and half reluctant.


 * táng ke pùaⁿ khek;
 * wait a few minutes longer.


 * kiaⁿ kàu pùaⁿ sí;
 * half dead with fright.


 * cêk pùaⁿ nâng, cêk pùaⁿ kúi;
 * half man and half demon.


 * pùaⁿ lō cîh phoi-taⁿ;
 * broke his carrying pole when half way to his destination.


 * cih pùaⁿ;
 * to halve.


 * m̄ hó̤ pùaⁿ thû jṳ̂ hùi;
 * do not leave a thing half finished.


 * pùaⁿ pôiⁿ mīn;
 * a profile view.


 * ūe kâi pùaⁿ sin múiⁿ jîn;
 * paint a half-length portrait.


 * cîah kàu pùaⁿ pak;
 * ate half a meal.


 * cía îeh tîeh pùaⁿ pak kâi sî-hāu cîah;
 * this medicine is to be taken between meals.


 * cīeⁿ-pùaⁿ-kùa;
 * the middle of the forenoon.


 * ĕ-pùaⁿ-kùa;
 * middle of the afternoon.


 * cīeⁿ-pùaⁿ-mêⁿ bô̤ hìeⁿ sàu, ĕ-pùaⁿ-mêⁿ sàu ío thíam;
 * the first part of the night I do not cough much, but the latter part of the night I cough violently.


 * hŵn-lío pùaⁿ kûeh būe cêng lô̤h;
 * half of them are not yet put in.


 * nŏ̤ tháng cúi pùaⁿ-pùaⁿ;
 * two buckets, each half full of water.


 * i kâi mn̂g pùaⁿ hăm-hŏiⁿ;
 * his door is ajar.


 * i chûn pùaⁿ tîo sèⁿ-mīaⁿ;
 * he is only half alive.


 * thiⁿ ke pùaⁿ úaⁿ;
 * add another half bowlful.


 * i ā-sĭ khéng pùaⁿ mâk thóiⁿ-kù to cū hó̤;
 * if he will take a look at it occasionally that will suffice.


 * pùaⁿ guêh;
 * half a month.


 * cûn kàu pùaⁿ khoi;
 * the boat has reached the middle of the river.


 * pùaⁿ pôiⁿ;
 * a half.


 * bô̤ pùaⁿ nâng tŏ̤;
 * there was nobody at all there.


 * kâi pùaⁿ kâi ŭ;
 * have one or two only.


 * pùaⁿ-sîa-sì pùaⁿ-sîa-sì nē;
 * very oblique.


 * ka pùaⁿ-sîa-sì, pùaⁿ-sîa-sì nē;
 * cut it bias.


 * cêk hûe, pùaⁿ hûe;
 * barely once or twice.


 * chēng kàu pùaⁿ-kū-lô̤h;
 * half worn.


 * cîah kàu pùaⁿ-làm-sò̤;
 * eat barely enough.


 * pùaⁿ ta tâm;
 * half dry.


 * pùaⁿ cheⁿ sêk;
 * half ripe.


 * pùaⁿ siaⁿ tàⁿ cū hío;
 * understood it before he was half through speaking.


 * pĕng bô̤ pùaⁿ kù ūe;
 * they never have any words with each other.


 * pùaⁿ cìn pùa thò̤;
 * hesitating whether to advance or to retreat.


 * pùaⁿ ngĕ ńng kâi ūe;
 * language that is neither too harsh nor too yielding.


 * pùaⁿ lâm-ńng;
 * a hermaphrodite.


 * To remove from one place to another.
 * cá sĭ pûaⁿ kùe khṳ̀, taⁿ īu àiⁿ pûaⁿ kùe lâi;
 * it was moved there before, and now it is to be moved back again.
 * it was moved there before, and now it is to be moved back again.


 * pûaⁿ-pûaⁿ îe-îe, chŵn bô̤ tīaⁿ-tîeh;
 * moves it first to one place and then to another, without fixing upon any place for it.


 * A plate, tray or flat dish; a market; a game; an affair.
 * sói pûaⁿ-úaⁿ;
 * wash the dishes.
 * wash the dishes.


 * pûaⁿ-úaⁿ màiⁿ leh-leh-kìe;
 * do not clatter the dishes.


 * tháng-pûaⁿ;
 * a salver.


 * tōa pûaⁿ, sòi pûaⁿ, pûaⁿ kíaⁿ;
 * large, medium-sized, and small plates.


 * kio pûaⁿ pêⁿ-pêⁿ tōa;
 * of the same size as the platter.


 * pûaⁿ tôi, pûaⁿ kha;
 * the upper and the under side of a plate.


 * pûaⁿ màiⁿ thâh khah kûiⁿ;
 * do not pile the plates too high.


 * pûaⁿ kíam cheng-khih, sói lío, chit ta, tò̤-khap khí;
 * scrape the plates clean, wash them, wipe them dry, and set them bottom upward in a pile.


 * sǹg-pûaⁿ;
 * an abacus.


 * ngó seⁿ pûaⁿ;
 * trays for holding offerings to the gods.


 * îaⁿ-pûaⁿ cap to̤ ̆tī-kò̤?
 * Where is the camp set?


 * ūe cêk kâi kî-pûaⁿ;
 * draw the squares on a chess-board.


 * náng lâi teh cêk pûaⁿ kî;
 * let us play a game of chess.


 * kha pûaⁿ;
 * the instep.


 * chíu pûaⁿ;
 * the