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 would knock a person down.
 * búe phîak-phîak-kìe, tó̤ jīo hô-sîn;
 * he keeps whisking his tail to drive away the flies.

phie

 * A warrant; a summons; an evidence of authority.
 * chut phìe;
 * issue an official summons.
 * issue an official summons.


 * che phìe;
 * a policeman's warrant.


 * tòa pâi tòa phìe khṳ̀ lîah nâng;
 * take warrants aid arrest people.


 * bô̤ pâi bô̤ phìe;
 * destitute of any evidence of authority.


 * lêng-ūaⁿ tńg tieⁿ phìe;
 * to renew a warrant.


 * ngīam lō-phìe;
 * examine a pass permitting one to cross the lines.


 * hŭ sin kâi lō-phìe;
 * a passport.


 * The tender blade of herbs.
 * châng phîe li hó̤, m̄ căi ău-lâi kak kúe căi-seⁿ?
 * The young grain is in fine condition, but we do not know how it will be when it hereafter comes to head up.
 * The young grain is in fine condition, but we do not know how it will be when it hereafter comes to head up.


 * Duckweed.
 * tî tèng kâi phîe;
 * the duck- weed which covers the pool.
 * the duck- weed which covers the pool.


 * ko cho̤h phîe lâi khṳt i cîah;
 * gather some duckweed and feed him.


 * bô̤ kṳn, cúi lâu phîe;
 * a rootless, drifting weed; a homeless vagabond.


 * i kâi nâng cò̤ sṳ̄ phû-phîe;
 * he does things in a desultory fashion.


 * The air-bladder of fishes, from which glue is made.
 * hṳ̂ phĭe;
 * fish bladders.
 * fish bladders.

phien

 * Selfish; partial; addicted to; bent on; at or by the side; in polite language, by your help, as if the speaker was at the other's side, like a companion.
 * i bô̤ phien-sṳ;
 * he has no private ends in view.
 * he has no private ends in view.


 * bô̤ phien sim;
 * has no feeling of partiality.


 * i phien ài-sieh sòi kâi;
 * she is unduly partial to the youngest one.


 * cía sĭ i kâi phien-pâng sù chut kâi;
 * this one was born of his concubine.


 * bô̤ phien bô̤ ngŭi;
 * without favoritism or guile.


 * soiⁿ phien lío;
 * I have already eaten.


 * sù-cē, cía khah ŭ phien;
 * excuse me, with your leave I will eat.


 * i cò̤ cìaⁿ, i cò̤ phien;
 * the one acts fairly, the other selfishly.


 * phien-phien m̄ i lṳ́;
 * indeed I cannot agree with you.


 * phien tŏ̤ cêk pôiⁿ;
 * inclines to one side.


 * i phien àiⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * he wants it so.


 * cía sĭ phien-phiah kâi lō;
 * this is a private road.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ kâi tŏ̤-lí sǹg sĭ phien, hŵn m̄ chŵn;
 * this reasoning is one sided, and not wholly candid.


 * To walk lamely, as from weak ankles.
 * i sĭ kîaⁿ khṳ̀ phien-phien nē;
 * he totters along.
 * he totters along.


 * i sĭ kha seⁿ lâi phien-phien;
 * he is naturally very weak in his legs.


 * A page or section; a leaf of a book.
 * cí phien cṳ ŭ jîeh tn̂g?
 * How long is this section?
 * How long is this section?


 * tàⁿ kàu cêk chîang phien;
 * gave a long, minute description.


 * cêk png cṳ jîeh cōi phien?
 * How many leaves are there in one volume?


 * i cêk jît cò̤ ŭ ku-ā phien bûn-cieⁿ;
 * in one day he writes several pages of an essay.


 * hien kùe nŏ̤ phien;
 * turn over two leaves.


 * To arrange, to compose.
 * i sĭ cò̤ hâng-lîm-īⁿ phien-siu;
 * he is a reviser of books in the National Academy.
 * he is a reviser of books in the National Academy.


 * i phien tŏ̤ tŏiⁿ kúi hō̤?
 * Under what mark is it ranged?


 * jī-hō̤ soiⁿ khṳ̀ phien chṳ̀-sŭ;
 * first arrange the labels in their order in the series.


 * chṳ̀-sŭ íⁿ-keng phien tīaⁿ-tîeh lío;
 * the order is already arranged.


 * i phien tŏ̤ tī-kâi ūi-chṳ̀ cŏ̤?
 * Which is the seat that he is to sit in?


 * To fly about; to flatter.
 * pue khṳ̀ phien-phien nē;
 * fly liither and thither; to flutter about.
 * fly liither and thither; to flutter about.


 * To slice off, to cut in thin flakes.
 * phìen pô̤h-pô̤h;
 * shave it up in very thin slices.
 * shave it up in very thin slices.


 * phìen tōa hue cē;
 * slice it up in broader slices.


 * phìen khah kău cū jūn-jūn;
 * if you slice it too thick it will be tough.


 * Anything thin and small, as a leaf, flake, strip, bit, chip or slip ; a classifier of plots of land, spaces of time, pieces of paper, and petals of flowers; a half; a section; to divide; to slice; a statement, a paper.
 * cêk phìen cúa;
 * a slip of paper.
 * a slip of paper.


 * cêk phìen ké ūe;
 * it is all false.


 * kuah kâi mîaⁿ-phìen-ìu, hó̤ lâi khap toaⁿ-phìen;
 * engrave a stamp for stamp- ing the name on visiting cards.


 * piaⁿ-phìen;
 * baroos camphor.


 * kôih phìen kâi càu-cieⁿ;
 * a memorial, with a supplement folded within it.


 * àiⁿ côih cò̤ jîeh cōi phìen?
 * How many slices do you want it cut into?


 * phìen cò̤ pó̤h phìen;
 * slice it into thin flakes.


 * phìen cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;
 * slice it down through the middle.


 * âng pêh phìen;
 * thin slices of lean and fat pork in alternate layers.


 * chûn bô phìen-kíaⁿ-ni;
 * have scarcely a bit left.


 * îeh phìen;
 * drugs in thin shavings.


 * i sĭ cêk phìen hó̤ ì;
 * he has a good idea.


 * cu-phìen;
 * seed-pearls.


 * cêk phìen khang tī;
 * a strip of vacant land.


 * kieⁿ-phìen;
 * sliced ginger root.