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 * To fill a hod or basket with earth, as in building adobe walls.
 * hàm i khṳ̀ put thô;
 * tell him to go and bring earth in a hod.


 * put thô lâi ceng chîeⁿ;
 * bring the earth for pounding into tho wall.

pwn
 * To put in seasoning; to mix ingredients in food.
 * pẁn ló, pẁn câu-câu;
 * put in “stock” as a seasoning, and mix it uniformly throughout the mass.
 * put in “stock” as a seasoning, and mix it uniformly throughout the mass.


 * pẁn kài-lûah;
 * season with mustard.


 * thiⁿ-sî jûah, pá-lói cò̤ lîang-pẁn kâi lâi cîah kèng hó̤;
 * since the weather is hot it is better to prepare food with condiments of a cooling nature.


 * sûi i cò̤-nî iam pẁn sẁn;
 * let her concoct it as she pleases.


 * To revolt; to resist authority.
 * i sĭ pw̆n-ngêk kâi nâng;
 * he is a rebellious person.
 * he is a rebellious person.


 * pw̆n-châk;
 * a rebel.


 * mông pw̆n;
 * plot rebellion.


 * kek kàu i pw̆n-hẃn;
 * drove him to rebellion.


 * hẃn-pw̆n;
 * to revolt.


 * pw̆n thû; pw̆n chîn, châk cṳ́;
 * traitors; rebels.


 * i pw̆n khṳ̀ kè;
 * she eloped and married.


 * To regard lightly.
 * pw̆n-mĕng;
 * to risk life.
 * to risk life.


 * i pw̆n-mĕng căi;
 * he is foolhardy.

pwt
 * To elevate; to promote; to excel.
 * i sĭ pŵt kong-seng;
 * he is a selected sìu-châi, one who excels the common rank, and can be employed.
 * he is a selected sìu-châi, one who excels the common rank, and can be employed.


 * pŵt pó móng îaⁿ kâi chám-cìang;
 * promoted to fill a vacant post as commander of a certain garrison.


 * thî-pŵt;
 * raise to a higher post.


 * Intractable.
 * pŵt cheⁿ;
 * a comet, in allusion to its sudden appearance and supposed malign influences.
 * a comet, in allusion to its sudden appearance and supposed malign influences.


 * hàm i màiⁿ lâi tó̤ pŵt-cheⁿ;
 * tell him not to come about like an evil star.


 * pŵt-sîap;
 * uncomfortable; tiresome.
 * uncomfortable; tiresome.


 * cêk lō kâi pŵt-sîap sĭ kang-khó căi;
 * the discomforts of the journey are great.


 * pŵt-pŵt sîap-sîap, sĭm sĭ kang-khó;
 * most uncomfortable and very fatiguing.


 * To disperse, to drive off.
 * pŵt tṳ̂ put sîang;
 * to ward off evil.
 * to ward off evil.

pha
 * To throw out; to cast off.
 * pha măng lîah hṳ̂;
 * cast out a net to catch fish.
 * cast out a net to catch fish.


 * pha teng;
 * to cast anchor.


 * sai pha kîu;
 * lions playing with a ball.


 * khîeh măng lâi pha ang-chun;
 * take a net and catch quails.


 * A bladder.
 * tṳ pha;
 * a pig's bladder.
 * a pig's bladder.


 * jīe pha;
 * the bladder.


 * To bestride.
 * pha cĭeⁿ bé sin cū tîeh khîa;
 * if you mount a horse you must ride him.
 * if you mount a horse you must ride him.


 * A bubble; a blister.
 * kha seⁿ phă;
 * feet are blistered.
 * feet are blistered.


 * cúi phă;
 * bubbles.


 * seⁿ cúi phă kâi po̤-lî;
 * glass that has air bubbles in it.


 * phok phă;
 * to blister; to rise in blisters.


 * pêh phă kòi;
 * itch, having pus in the blisters.


 * ngâu kàu i kún khí lâi kâi phă kâi phă;
 * seethe it till it bubbles.


 * o phă;
 * blood blisters.


 * lâm kàu kâi phă kâi phă;
 * scalded so that it is blistered.

 phaⁿ
 * To fear; to dread; to apprehend; to suppose; lest; perhaps.
 * tong chîn put phàⁿ sí;
 * the loyal courtier has no dread of death.
 * the loyal courtier has no dread of death.


 * khíong-phàⁿ i m̄ cai;
 * lest he should be ignorant of it.


 * i thiaⁿ tîeh cū hăi-phàⁿ;
 * when he heard it he was amazed.


 * phàⁿ i cò̤-nî?
 * What are you afraid of?


 * hô̤ phàⁿ i lâi?
 * Why dread his coming?


 * kiaⁿ-phàⁿ;
 * frightened.


 * tī-tîang phàⁿ tī-tîang!
 * Who is afraid of you!


 * Spongy; light, as bread or pastry; mellow, as fruit; tender yet firm, as flesh.
 * i kâi nêk phàⁿ-phàⁿ, hó̤ căi;
 * its meat is tender and delicious.
 * its meat is tender and delicious.


 * phàⁿ-kuaⁿ;
 * the lights; the lungs.


 * cí lîap put-kíaⁿ phàⁿ căi;
 * this guava is very mellow.


 * mīⁿ-pau phû kàⁿ, màiⁿ phû khah phàⁿ;
 * in raising bread with yeast, do not let it rise till it is too porous.

phah
 * To beat; to clap.
 * i kâi khek chìe khṳ̀ hâh phah;
 * the ballad was sung in tune.
 * the ballad was sung in tune.


 * seⁿ cò̤ khṳ̀ kah-phah;
 * is well proportioned.


 * seⁿ lâi kah-phah;
 * well formed.


 * To strike, to pound, to beat, to maul, to fight; to pommel and take blows; to excite or do; to add; to play on or with; a blow, a stroke; punish
 * To strike, to pound, to beat, to maul, to fight; to pommel and take blows; to excite or do; to add; to play on or with; a blow, a stroke; punish