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 * To take an unfair advantage ; to cheat, to deceive, to delude, to lie.
 * úa bô̤ phìen lṳ́ kâi;
 * I am not deceiving you in regard to it.


 * khṳt i phìen khṳ̀;
 * was cheated by him.


 * ŭ phìen a bô̤?
 * Is there any imposition about it?


 * kuang-phìen;
 * to befool.


 * phìen-kêk;
 * a plan for swindling.


 * khi-phìen;
 * to cheat out of; to impose upon.


 * The carpels of oranges and similar fruits.
 * peh nŏ̤ phìen kaⁿ;
 * took off two sections from the orange.
 * took off two sections from the orange.


 * peh phìen īu pun i;
 * broke off a section of the pumelo and gave it to her.


 * sǹg phìen;
 * the scales from a bulb of garlic.

phin

 * The red sulphuret of arsenic.
 * tâk kùe phin-sng;
 * more poisonous than arsenic.
 * more poisonous than arsenic.


 * Series, rank, grade, order.
 * kĕ phín;
 * of a low grade.
 * of a low grade.


 * hĭa phín;
 * mean; of low rank.


 * kêk phín;
 * the highest rank.


 * tng chîo it phín;
 * holds the highest rank under government.


 * To censure; to disparage; to dismiss; to cashier.
 * i pĭ phín tńg khṳ̀;
 * he was cashiered and sent home.
 * he was cashiered and sent home.


 * phín chut lâi cò̤ ti-kūiⁿ;
 * degraded in office and transferred to a district-magistracy.


 * phín lô̤h né-keng;
 * dismissed to the palace for discarded concubines.


 * A self-supporting, upright screen.
 * phîn tìeⁿ;
 * the cloth or paper covering a screen.
 * the cloth or paper covering a screen.


 * úa tŏ̤ kau-íⁿ phîn kò̤;
 * leaning on the back of a chair.


 * pái cêk hù cé-kang, kìaⁿ-phîn;
 * set out a pair of ornaments consisting of a vase and a pier-glass.


 * ûi phîn;
 * enclose with a folding screen.


 * phîn-síam;
 * removable, folding doors.


 * pâk kâi ie-phîn;
 * tie on a loin-cloth.


 * chíaⁿ nâng cò̤ kò̤ phîn bûn;
 * invite some one to compose stanzas, suitable to write on a screen.


 * To impinge; to throw against and hit.
 * i kâi tăng-kíaⁿ àiⁿ khṳ̀ phîn i kâi o-kng;
 * the little thin pickle pot is going to cast itself against the big black water-jar.
 * the little thin pickle pot is going to cast itself against the big black water-jar.


 * phîn cúi-nî;
 * to skip stones along the surface of the water.


 * khì khí lâi cū kâi i phîn phîn tīo;
 * if he gets wrathy he will dash himself upon it and smash it in pieces.


 * khîeh kò̤ cng-kŏ̤ khṳ̀ phîn i;
 * took a brickbat, and hit him with it.


 * cía sĭ cang ˘nng khṳ̀ phîn cîeh-thâu;
 * this is pitting an egg against a stone.


 * A fragrant fruit, the Sterculia balangas.
 * phîn kúaiⁿ;
 * the apple is sometimes thus called.
 * the apple is sometimes thus called.


 * Poor; destitute; impoverished.
 * phîn-khîong nâng;
 * poor people.
 * poor people.


 * kun-cṳ́ kâi nâng uaⁿ phîn;
 * the princely man is content even in poverty.


 * ke phîn, chin lău;
 * poor, and with aged parents.


 * phîn-cūaⁿ cṳ kau put khó̤ bûang;
 * those who were our companions when we were in poverty, should not be forgotten.


 * cêk phîn jû sói;
 * destitute as if everything had been washed away.

phio

 * The signal flag or banner used as a marking flag; the troops under one banner; a corps; a sign- board; a ticket or card; a warrant; to make a signal; to put up a notice; to inscribe.
 * úa thóiⁿ-kìⁿ kâi phio-thâu;
 * I saw the notice that he had put up.
 * I saw the notice that he had put up.


 * i kâi îeh-phio cò̤-nî tàⁿ?
 * What does the advertisement, stuck up to lead people to buy his medicine, say about it?


 * put-lŭn bōi sĭm-mûeh to chut ŭ phio;
 * whatever sort of thing is sold, there is the shop-mark set upon it.


 * i seⁿ lâi phio-tì;
 * she is very pretty.


 * i phio ĕ ŭ jîeh cōi îaⁿ?
 * How many brigades are there under that flag. [sic]


 * i sĭ cò̤ tok-phio kâi kuaⁿ a cò̤ bú-phio kâi kuaⁿ?
 * Is he a governor or a lieutenant governor?


 * cí kâi sĭ tŏ̤ tìn-phio kò̤, hṳ́ kâi sĭ tŏ̤ thî-phio kò̤;
 * this one is with the brigadier-general, that one is with the major-general.


 * sĭ i phio ĕ kâi piaⁿ;
 * they are troops that belong under his banner.


 * To sail; to travel by water.
 * i sĭ tùi lăi lō khṳ̀ a sĭ phio hái khṳ̀?
 * Did he go by land or by sea?
 * Did he go by land or by sea?


 * phio hái ío méⁿ kàu;
 * by going by sea he will arrive sooner.


 * Swayed by the wind.
 * khin-phio;
 * of no great weight.
 * of no great weight.


 * i kâi cò̤ sṳ̄ khah khin-phio;
 * his conduct is marked by too great levity.


 * khîeh tîeh khin-phio khin-phio nē;
 * take hold of it very lightly indeed.


 * To drift; to float about.
 * tŏ̤ hái tèng phio;
 * drift about at sea.
 * drift about at sea.


 * sì-chù phio-lîu;
 * roam about everywhere, as a vagabond might.


 * phio kùe îeⁿ;
 * roam abroad across the seas.


 * Wanton; lewd.
 * i kâi sĭ tōa phîo kheh;
 * he is one who spends much in lewdness.
 * he is one who spends much in lewdness.


 * i m̄ cṳ̆