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 cía phŏ sĭ cŏ̤ kâi;
 * these are cooked accounts.


 * chíu tèng khîeh png ŵn-phŏ;
 * held in his band a book in which to take subscriptions for the relief of Buddhist priests or for the repair of temples.


 * hàm chê-phŏ-kuaⁿ chê thóiⁿ;
 * tell the keeper of the records in the land of shades to examine the records and see.


 * kin-nî sĭ tī-tîang cip phŏ?
 * Who keeps the accounts this year?


 * co-phŏ;
 * a record of rents.

phoi

 * A list of successful candidates.
 * phoi-síu;
 * the scholar at the head of the list placarded after an examination.
 * the scholar at the head of the list placarded after an examination.


 * To reply officially to an inferior; to give a decision or order to subordinates; to post a judgment as is done at the door of the office; notice or report of a case.
 * cīeⁿ jît kâi tîaⁿ jîp lío ŭ phoi a būe?
 * Has the plea which was entered the other day received official attention yet?
 * Has the plea which was entered the other day received official attention yet?


 * íⁿ-keng phoi cún lío;
 * has already assented to the petition.


 * khṳ̀ lío táng i phoi hûe;
 * go and wait for the official reply.


 * phoi sī;
 * to publish a case.


 * úa thóiⁿ-kùe cu-phoi;
 * I have seen the official paper with notes in red ink.


 * cĭu-sî cū phoi-tẁn;
 * decided the case on the spot.


 * toaⁿ tèng phoi mêng-pêh;
 * the order tells plainly what is to be done.


 * i kâi bûn-cieⁿ cò̤-nî phoi?
 * What is the reply given in the dispatch?


 * cú-kháu phoi kàu hó̤ căi;
 * the Commissioner superintending the Examinations, decided the case in an admirable way.


 * phoi mêng sì-cì;
 * settle the boundaries.


 * kuaⁿ phoi po̤h chut lâi;
 * what came out in the cross-examination by the magistrate.


 * phang phoi;
 * side notes.


 * To pare; to shave off.
 * phoi tīo phûe;
 * pare off the rind.
 * pare off the rind.


 * phoi cheⁿ-phûe lâi;
 * pare green pears.


 * A thin piece of a thing.
 * hĭa-phòi;
 * fragments of tiles.
 * fragments of tiles.


 * cang àng-le cîeh-phòi tó̤ sie kâk;
 * throwing potsherds and bits of stone at each other.


 * chûn cêk phòi-kíaⁿ tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
 * have but a shaving of it left.


 * khîeh nŏ̤ phòi pang lâi kṳ̀;
 * took two strips of board to saw.



phoiⁿ

 * or pōiⁿ. To manage, to attend to, to prepare, to provide, to go on with, to transact business; to act as a factor.
 * i tó̤ chê-phōiⁿ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
 * he is making official inquiry into this matter.
 * he is making official inquiry into this matter.


 * mih mûeh pĭ-phōiⁿ kàu hó̤-hó̤;
 * everything is in readiness.


 * phōiⁿ i cò̤ sĭm-mih cŭe?
 * Of what degree of crime is he adjudged to be guilty?


 * phōiⁿ hùe;
 * to make a contract for goods.


 * pàng i lâi phōiⁿ ùaⁿ;
 * depute him to come and attend to the case.


 * tó̤ phōiⁿ i kâi sṳ̄;
 * manages his business for him.


 * i sĭ phōiⁿ sṳ̄ kâi nâng;
 * he acts as agent.


 * íⁿ-keng phōiⁿ tît lío;
 * it is already settled.


 * kuaⁿ-hú àiⁿ phōiⁿ i;
 * the magistrate will inquire into it.


 * phōiⁿ kàu iap-iap thiap-thiap;
 * very thoroughly attended to.


 * Tares; cockle; weeds among grain.
 * cí cho̤h bí seⁿ phōiⁿ : àiⁿ cîah tiang-sî tîeh cai lō̤ tīo phōiⁿ;
 * this rice has cockle-seed in it : when it is to be cooked the seed must be winnowed out.
 * this rice has cockle-seed in it : when it is to be cooked the seed must be winnowed out.



phok

 * Sincere, plain, unpretending.
 * phok-sît;
 * honest, rustic, sincere, simple minded.
 * honest, rustic, sincere, simple minded.


 * khĭam-phok;
 * frugal, expending no more than is necessary.


 * kui ciu, hẃn phok;
 * to reform one's habits.


 * To take an impression by rubbing upon a paper laid over a stone; a facsimile; an impression.
 * cía jī tŏ̤ tī-kò̤ phok lâi?
 * From what was this impression taken?
 * From what was this impression taken?


 * sĭ tŏ̤ cṳ̆-īⁿ lăi kâi cîeh-pi phok chut lâi kâi;
 * it was taken from a stone tablet in the college.


 * phok jī-thiap;
 * take impressions for use as examples to copy.


 * phok khṳ̀ hŭn-hŭn;
 * blurred in taking the impression.


 * Protuberant; bulging.
 * phok mâk;
 * protruding eyeballs.
 * protruding eyeballs.


 * phok-mâk kim-lí;
 * eyeballs bulging from their sockets, like those of goldfish.


 * To impinge; to strike upon; to flap; to flog.
 * chin-chĭeⁿ húe sie khṳ̀ cē khuah cū o̤h phoh-mît;
 * like fire which after it reaches a certain height, is slapped out with great difficulty.
 * like fire which after it reaches a certain height, is slapped out with great difficulty.


 * hṳ́ cêk kó châk cò̤ cē phok-mit khṳ̀;
 * that band of robbers was extirpated at a stroke.


 * To divine by looking at, or by rattling coins inside a tortoise shell; to guess; sortilege; divination.
 * kit hiang būe phok;
 * not yet divined whether it is lucky or unlucky.
 * not yet divined whether it is lucky or unlucky.


 * i suaⁿ ui mīaⁿ phok lóng-cóng ŏi;
 * he can practise sortilege, tell fortunes, cure the sick, and locate graves.


 * To spy; to reconnoitre.
 * khṳt i a-pĕ phôk tîeh;
 * was espied by his father.
 * was espied by his father.


 * àm-cĕⁿ hàm nâng khṳ̀ phôk-thóiⁿ i tó̤ cò̤ mih sṳ̄;
 * secretly engaged