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 * To stir up rebellion by seductive talk; misleading; disorderly; perverse.
 * pŭe-nĭu;
 * seditious.


 * úa thiaⁿ-kìⁿ i kâi ūe pŭe-pŭe nĭu-nĭu, m̄ hâh chêng-lí;
 * I consider what he says seditious and unreasonable.


 * àiⁿ sueh cṳ tîeh kio cṳ lí, màiⁿ pŭe;
 * in explaining a book, one must not go counter to the rules of exposition.


 * To add or heap up dirt.
 * pŭe hun-kuah;
 * hill up sweet-potatoes.
 * hill up sweet-potatoes.


 * pŭe thô, pŭe kûiⁿ cē;
 * hoe the earth up higher around it.


 * To dry by or over a fire.
 * pūe nŏ̤ kâi kúe lâi tíam sim;
 * heat up two cakes for luncheon.
 * heat up two cakes for luncheon.


 * pūe tê;
 * to fire tea.


 * tōa pūe, síe pūe;
 * dried much or little by exposure to dry heat.


 * i chìn, tó̤ pūe húe;
 * he is cold, and is warming himself at the fire.


 * nàng khì lâi sie pūe cū bŏi chìn;
 * snuggle together and you will not be cold.


 * pūe-lam;
 * a spit.

puh

 * To prod; to thrust; to stab.
 * khṳt to̤-kíaⁿ pûh lô̤h khṳ̀ hûeh cū lâu;
 * when the pen-knife was thrust in the blood ran.
 * when the pen-knife was thrust in the blood ran.


 * khṳt ki chì pûh kàu uang-uang chim lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * was stabbed over so deeply by a thorn.


 * Flabby.
 * pûh nêk;
 * flabby meat.
 * flabby meat.


 * cêk sin nêk pûh-pûh, m̄ tōiⁿ;
 * his flesh is flabby and not solid.

pui

 * Vulgar, plebeian, low, mean, inferior; humble; a term for one's self.
 * ke lâi àiⁿ ŭ cun pui tōa sòi kâi lói-sìo;
 * in the family there should be observance of the customary civilities between the high and the low, the elder and the younger.
 * in the family there should be observance of the customary civilities between the high and the low, the elder and the younger.


 * bô̤ cun pui bô̤ tōa sòi;
 * no difference on account of rank nor of age.


 * i kìⁿ cīeⁿ-si sĭ ka-kī cheng-cò̤ pui-ceh;
 * in meeting his superior officer he speaks of himself as an “inferior officer”.


 * cò̤ kuaⁿ màiⁿ cò̤ pui, cò̤ pui siu nâng khùi;
 * if your are an official, do not be one of low rank, for if you are you will be treated with contumely.


 * pui cūaⁿ;
 * lowlive; mean, base; baseborn.


 * àiⁿ khîu kau tin-tò̤ pui, àiⁿ khîu îong tin-tò̤ jôk;
 * sought eminence and got a lower station, sought glory and came to disgrace instead.


 * To commiserate; grief for another's woe; to be sad; to feel for; sympathy; tragic.
 * i kâi nâng chû-pui căi;
 * she is very tender-hearted.
 * she is very tender-hearted.


 * chṳ̂-pui nîe;
 * a name for the goddess Kwanyin.


 * pui-lŭi;
 * to weep bitterly.


 * pui-chô;
 * sad, sorrowful.


 * tăi chṳ̂ tăi pui;
 * most pitiable.


 * pui-ai, thìaⁿ-khàu;
 * to weep and wail.


 * pui-chám;
 * heart-rending.


 * īu pui īu hí;
 * both sad and glad.


 * Fat, fleshy, plump; oily, rich, unctuous, fertile.
 * cîah kàu pûi-pûi;
 * has grown very fat.
 * has grown very fat.


 * pûi-càng, tōa-kîaⁿ;
 * fat and stout.


 * thóiⁿ a-pûi ŭ tŏ̤ mē;
 * see if the fat fellow is there.


 * pûi-tōa;
 * corpulent.


 * chī kàu pûi-pûi;
 * feed up and make fleshy.


 * i pûi lâi phàⁿ-lauh;
 * his fat is of a flabby sort.


 * cí kâi pûi lâi kín-cí;
 * this one's fat is very solid.


 * cí kù pûi ka-kī tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
 * looks only to his own benefit.


 * cí īeⁿ keⁿ-chài tōa cîah pûi;
 * this sort of vegetable takes up much fat in the cooking.


 * i cîah kàu o pûepûi [sic] chiah tōi;
 * he has become brown, hardy and stout.


 * câp pûi, káu pù;
 * of ten fat persons nine are rich.


 * Prickly heat.
 * hip kàu hía pùi cêk pa cêk pa;
 * pent up there till the prickly heat has come out in many spots.
 * pent up there till the prickly heat has come out in many spots.


 * khîeh kò̤ sang-hún lâi so pùi;
 * get some prepared chalk and rub the spots.


 * thong sin seⁿ kàu cĕng-cĕng pùi;
 * his whole body is covered with prickly heat.


 * To bark.
 * cá mêⁿ kâi káu pūi khṳ̀ thíam căi;
 * last night there was a dog barking violently.
 * last night there was a dog barking violently.

pun

 * To distribute; to apportion; to divide up.
 * i nŏ̤ nâng íⁿ-keng pun khui cîah;
 * the two have already established themselves separately in housekeeping.
 * the two have already established themselves separately in housekeeping.


 * i a-tĭ tó̤ pìaⁿ pun ke-húe;
 * his younger brother is pressing him to divide the property.


 * kâi nâng pun ŭ jîeh cōi bó châng?
 * How many acres of land does each get in the division of property?


 * pun cò̤ câp hūn;
 * divide it into ten equal portions.


 * cŏ̤ suaⁿ pun hūn;
 * remains at head-quarters, to apportion to each his share.


 * jw̆n pun, pun m̄ lío;
 * an endless remainder when divided.


 * lô̤h sĭm mûeh cē pun cū cheng-chó̤?
 * What do you put in to separate the different elements?


 * i ke lăi saⁿ pun lâk ko̤h;
 * in that family each is for himself.


 * chīu pun a;
 * the tree forks.


 * khoi pun cò̤ nŏ̤