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 cē thóiⁿ tîeh hûn pue, phek sùaⁿ;
 * as soon as she saw it she lost all presence of mind.


 * sam hûn chit phek;
 * the three souls and seven spirits of man.


 * A sudden, loud noise.
 * thiaⁿ-kìⁿ cêk siaⁿ phek-lék;
 * heard a crash.
 * heard a crash.


 * i kâi nâng phek-lêk cǎi;
 * he is a very boisterous person.


 * i kai siaⁿ-âu, jû tâng phek-lêk;
 * his voice sounds like thunder.


 * Long-ells, a kind of woolen cloth.
 * phek-ki ío phīⁿ, nî ío kùi;
 * long-ells is cheaper than broadcloth.
 * long-ells is cheaper than broadcloth.

 pheng


 * To boil; to decoct for food.
 * i mîaⁿ-ke pheng-thîo chài-bǔ;
 * she is skillful in concocting food.
 * she is skillful in concocting food.


 * i lâi chíaⁿ kâi thiap sĭ sía "pheng mêng hāu kà";
 * his card of invitation said, "the tea is made and we await your instructions."


 * pheng līen;
 * to seethe as glue; to decoct, as medicines.


 * To reject; to lightly regard.
 * àiⁿ kio i pheng mīaⁿ;
 * will stake his life against hers.
 * will stake his life against hers.


 * i tîo mīaⁿ cū àiⁿ kio i pheng khṳ̀;
 * will risk her life in opposition to him.


 * To ask; to inquire; to send messengers to an equal to make inquiries; to invite or negotiate, with a present.
 * phèng chíaⁿ i lâi;
 * invite him to come.
 * invite him to come.


 * phèng- chíaⁿ hîen-jîn;
 * engage a teacher.


 * úa àiⁿ phèng i lâi úa kò̤, phèng i m̄ khéng lâi;
 * I wished to get him to come to my house, but he would not come.


 * ka-kī chin-sin khṳ̀ phèng i saⁿ tńg cìaⁿ khéng lâi;
 * went myself and asked him three times before he would come.


 * To discuss the merits of; to settle the order of; to arrange; to criticise a writing; to revise and edit; to deliberate and weigh.
 * phêng-lŭn cí kâi nâng;
 * discuss this person's characteristics.
 * discuss this person's characteristics.


 * cò̤-nî phōiⁿ-phêng?
 * What arrangement have you decided upon in regard to it?


 * lṳ́ phêng-thóiⁿ tī kâi hó̤;
 * consider which one is the best.


 * khṳt ŏi hùe phêng cē;
 * let those who are competent revise it.


 * pín phêng;
 * to estimate the merits of.


 * Even; equal; just; equable; common, ordinary; peaceful, undisturbed; to subdue, to tranquilize.
 * thiⁿ ĕ thài phêng;
 * the whole empire is tranquil.
 * the whole empire is tranquil.


 * cò̤ sṳ̄ kong-phêng;
 * act justly.


 * sim lăi hûa-phêng;
 * a mind at peace.


 * khîeh lô̤h thien-phêng khṳ̀ phêng ;
 * put it in the balances and weigh it.


 * phêng tī khí huang-po̤;
 * raise a needless disturbance.


 * phêng jît;
 * daily; commonly.


 * sĭ phêng-sieⁿ-nâng;
 * is a commoner.


 * phêng-sù;
 * heretofore; ordinarily.


 * phêng-sî;
 * hitherto.


 * phêng mîn;
 * the common people.


 * nía piaⁿ khṳ̀ phêng châk;
 * raise troops and quell the insurgents.


 * khṳ̀ kàu, châk cū phêng;
 * on arriving, the insurgents were pacified.


 * i phêng-pêh bô̤ kù mēⁿ úa ; he scolded me with- out the least reason, chng-kháu íⁿ-keng phêng-hôk lío;
 * the sore is already healed.


 * phêng-ang;
 * peace.


 * kau suaⁿ chú khut, phêng-îang chú tût;
 * in the high mountains choose a glen, in the open country choose an eminence.


 * i hàuⁿ thòi nâng ūi put phêng;
 * he likes to take the part of the injured.


 * seⁿ-phêng;
 * habitually.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh phêng-phêng, bô̤ khî;
 * it appears just as usual, there is nothing strange about it.


 * lō phêng;
 * the road is safe.


 * A friend, a companion, a peer, an equal, one of the same views or school.
 * phêng-íu;
 * a male friend.
 * a male friend.


 * i kio úa sĭ phêng-íu;
 * he is my friend.


 * cí kâi sĭ tâng theng kâi phêng-íu;
 * these are fellow students who studied by the light from the same window.


 * ti kí kâi hó̤ phêng;
 * an intimate friend.


 * cai sim kâi phêng-íu ;
 * a companion who knows one's mind.


 * saⁿ phêng, sì íu;
 * a coterie of friends.


 * Natural borax, brought from Thibet.
 * Natural borax, brought from Thibet.

 phi


 * To open, to spread, to unroll; to break, as clouds; to uncover; to rive; to throw on, as a cloak.
 * phi-khui lâi thóiⁿ;
 * open it out and see.
 * open it out and see.


 * sin tèng phi kâi cang-sui ;
 * throw on a rain-cloak.


 * chn̂g-kûn iⁿ-phi thang-thang sin;
 * the table-valances and chair-covers were span new.


 * chŵn sin phi kùa;
 * completely cloaked.


 * i phi hwt, cĭang kìam, tó̤ cò̤ huap;
 * he, with un-braided hair and brandished sword, was reciting incantations.


 * i cŏ̤ tŏ̤ îang kīe tèng, chēng kŭa phi-koiⁿ, tì kŭa ciak-téng;
 * he sat in an open sedan chair, wearing a graduate's wide cape, and a pointed hat with a peculiar button.


 * cí kâi sìn mīn tèng sĭ sía móng nâng gêk phi;
 * the directions on the outside of this letter are that a certain person is to open it.


 * cía sĭ phi kuaⁿ lêh táⁿ kâi ūe;
 * this is unfolding my inmost thoughts to you.