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446 ment by bambooing; to act on, to operate on, to perform; an auxiliary verb denoting action.
 * lîah i khṳ̀ phah;
 * seize him and beat him.


 * phah i cáu;
 * drive him off by beating him.


 * nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ sie phah;
 * the two are fighting with each other.


 * i phah úa;
 * he struck me.


 * phah thóiⁿ tī-tîang îaⁿ;
 * wrestle and see who is the stronger.


 * ŏi khṳt i phah tîeh a bŏi?
 * Did it hit you?


 * phah khûn-thâu;
 * to box.


 * sĭu i phah;
 * was beaten by him.


 * saⁿ jît phah sì tńg;
 * beaten four times in three days.


 * phah kuaⁿ-si;
 * bring a suit against.


 * phah thih kâi nâng;
 * a blacksmith.


 * i būe sĭ thih phah kâi;
 * he has not yet hardened his muscles by hard work.


 * phah siah;
 * work in pewter.


 * phah cîeh;
 * stone cutting.


 * phah chèng;
 * fire a gun.


 * i būe pat khṳt nâng phah mâk;
 * he ought to be knocked down for such insolence.


 * phah tùi i kâi phiaⁿ-lî;
 * struck him in the side.


 * phah cîh i kâi kha;
 * broke his leg.


 * phah ang-chun;
 * to fight quails.


 * phah cío;
 * to shoot birds.


 * phah ìn;
 * play shuttle-cock.


 * phah pa-cíeⁿ;
 * strike on the palm.


 * toah phah;
 * scold and pound.


 * phah n̆ng;
 * beat up eggs.


 * i tó̤ phah kang;
 * they are at work.


 * phah m̄ lô̤h chíu;
 * could not strike him.


 * hàm kâi lâi tûi ie phah phôk;
 * call somebody to manipulate the back, beating it lightly.


 * phah sèng-cĭang;
 * gain a battle.


 * phah pāi cĭang;
 * lost the battle.


 * phah tieⁿ toaⁿ;
 * write out a permit.


 * phah bé-kíaⁿ;
 * to set down figures.


 * phah îu;
 * to express oil.

phai
 * The noise made in spitting or hooting; to snort at.
 * iah-phái;
 * to flout; to scoff at; to hoot at; to treat with contumely.
 * to flout; to scoff at; to hoot at; to treat with contumely.


 * i phái-phái-kìe, li-li mēⁿ;
 * he snorted at and kept on reviling her.


 * Bad, evil.
 * phái kíaⁿ;
 * a bad fellow.
 * a bad fellow.


 * phái nâng cò̤ phái sṳ̄;
 * the evil do evil.


 * To branch, as a stream; to ramify, as a family; a rill; to appoint to a post; to distribute to each person; a tribe; all; a lot; the whole company; a classifier.
 * ciⁿ-phài;
 * a tribe, clan, or branch.
 * a tribe, clan, or branch.


 * cí kâi jī sĭ sĭm-mih phài?
 * What is the name given to these, to distinguish them from others of the same surname?


 * kio i tâng phài;
 * am of the same family branch as he.


 * cêk phài to sĭ suaⁿ;
 * the whole of it is mountainous.


 * cí cêk phài tī-hng kâi cúi lâu tŏ̤ tī-kò̤ khṳ̀?
 * Where does the water of this region flow to?


 * phài i khṳ̀;
 * send him to his post.


 * ēng phài kúi nâng khṳ̀?
 * How many persons must we depute?


 * phài tīaⁿ-tîeh a būe?
 * Are the places to which each is to go exactly assigned yet?


 * cía sĭ i kâi tek-phài;
 * this is the offspring of his chief wife.


 * cí kâi nâng cìaⁿ-phài căi;
 * this man is very upright.


 * cèng nâng lâi phài cîⁿ;
 * they all came and contributed their quota of cash.


 * cìe châng-bó khue phài;
 * fix each person's quota in accordance with the extent of his arable land.


 * hó̤ phài-thâu;
 * of a good stock.


 * sî-phài kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
 * what is now all the rage.


 * chut lâi bô̤ phài bô̤ thâu;
 * has no style about it.

phang
 * Insects of the family Vespidæ.
 * bît-phang;
 * the honey-bee.
 * the honey-bee.


 * o-phang;
 * the humble-bee.


 * lin-liang-phang;
 * the sphex.


 * n̂g-phang;
 * a hornet.


 * hóⁿ-thâu phang;
 * a wasp.


 * màiⁿ sîp tîeh hóⁿ-thâu-phang;
 * do not trouble a wasp.


 * phang-tû;
 * a beehive.


 * cí tû phang kuah ŭ jîeh cōi bît?
 * How much honey did you get from this swarm?


 * phang cōi cū kuah cōi, phang cíe cū kuah cíe;
 * if the swarm is large you get more, and if it is small you get less.


 * phang hío kun-chîn;
 * the swarm knows its ruler.


 * cêk ē chut sin phang-ûang cū tîeh pun tû;
 * as soon as a new queen is developed, the swarm must be divided.


 * phang īa sĭ khṳ̀ chái ŭ hó̤ bît cū tîeh khîeh tńg lâi cìn-kong phang-ûang;
 * if the bees gather good honey they must bring it as tribute to the queen.


 * bît phìen;
 * a comb of honey.


 * cêk kóng bît;
 * a cell in honey-comb.


 * phang-tàu;
 * a wasp's nest.


 * phang chì;
 * the sting of a bee.


 * khṳt phang tàng tîeh;
 * stung by a bee.


 * sí phang, ûah chì;
 * a dead bee has a live sting.


 * bô̤-chì-phang m̄ tit nâng ùi;
 * no one fears a stingless bee.


 * To pull toward one; to engage one to do something.
 * phang i chut lâi tàⁿ ūe;
 * get him to come forward and speak.
 * get him to come forward and speak.


 * i lâi phang úa khṳ̀ tâng lí;
 * he came to get me to go and help him attend to it.


 * phang-tâng tăi-ke lâi ngí sṳ̄;
 * would get you all to come and deliberate upon this affair.


 * m̄ káⁿ kau phang;
 * dare not venture to engage in it.


 * Fragrant; sweet-smelling.
 * phīⁿ sat, m̄ cai phang chàu;
 * nose stopped up so as to be unable to tell the difference between a perfume and a stench.
 * nose stopped up so as to be unable to tell the difference between a perfume and a stench.


 * bī phang căi;
 * it has a very sweet savour.


 * phang kùe lêng-hieⁿ;
 * sweeter than bergamot.


 * lêng-hieⁿ kùe hái phang;
 * bergamot is odorous even after crossing the sea.


 * phīⁿ tîeh phang;
 * it smells sweet.


 * ûn hieⁿ-châ lâi phīⁿ phang;