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 * The vine; grapes.
 * phû-thô̤ chīu;
 * a grapevine.


 * phû-thô̤ kuaⁿ;
 * raisins.


 * phû-thô̤ cíu;
 * wine made from grapes.


 * phû-thô̤ cap;
 * the juice of the grape.


 * cêk kîu phû-thô̤;
 * a cluster of grapes.


 * ta kâi phû-thô̤ pêⁿ, khṳt phû-thô̤ câng tŏa;
 * put up a trellis for the grape vine to run upon.


 * níoⁿ-chṳ́ thoa phû-thô̤;
 * a rat pulls the grapes.


 * tiah phû-thô̤;
 * to gather grapes.


 * The sacred tree of the Buddhists, the phû-thî-chīu, brought from Magdalia.
 * phû-thî-chīu;
 * the seeds of the pipul tree, used as beads.
 * the seeds of the pipul tree, used as beads.


 * phû-sak;
 * an idol; a god; inferior Buddhas.


 * The opposite of sinking; to float; to drift; to overflow; light, unsteady, volatile.
 * tîm lô̤h khṳ̀ lío, phû khí lâi;
 * sank and then rose again.
 * sank and then rose again.


 * pùaⁿ phû, pùaⁿ tîm;
 * floating, half in the water and half out.


 * phû tŏ̤ mīn cīeⁿ;
 * rose to the surface.


 * cò̤ cêk tîo phû kîe;
 * make a pontoon bridge.


 * phû kâi li lîo tīo;
 * skim off what rises to the surface.


 * phū-chàu;
 * light minded; without stability or dignity.


 * phû-seⁿ kìa sì;
 * life passes like a dream.


 * khin-phû;
 * levity; unsteadiness.


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ khin-phû;
 * he is very giddy.


 * i cĭam-cĭam phû thâu;
 * he is gradually rising in the world.


 * i put kùe cho̤ phû-thâu;
 * he has only just begun to rise in the world.


 * phû-phîe;
 * vagrant; unsettled; unstable.


 * cí kâi nâng phû-phîe căi;
 * this person is one who drifts hither and thither.


 * cí cak sṳ̄ chíaⁿ kìa-phû;
 * this business is not yet to be brought forward; let this be laid on the table.


 * màiⁿ thî-phû cía sṳ̄;
 * do not introduce this subject.


 * thî-phû i kâi mîaⁿ, i cū seⁿ khì;
 * if mention her name, he will become angry.


 * cí kúi tîo sìo phû tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * there are these few debts which are floating.


 * i cò̤ mih sṳ̄ to sĭ phû-chêng chàu-khì;
 * his conduct is always frivolous and mean.


 * To boil in oil.
 * phû îu kâi a phû lâ kâi?;
 * Is it boiled in oil or in lard?
 * Is it boiled in oil or in lard?


 * àiⁿ phû cíⁿ húe a sĭ àiⁿ phû sêk húe?
 * Should the oil be moderately or intensely heated, for cooking them?


 * phû khah kùe húe;
 * to fry too long.


 * The cat-tail rush, of whose leaves mats are woven; calamus or sweet flag.
 * phû-n̂g;
 * sweet flag.
 * sweet flag.


 * phû-kong-eng;
 * the dandelion.


 * phû-cháu ôi;
 * sandals woven of flag leaves.


 * phû-thŵn;
 * a hassock, or rush mat; a straw hassock covered with leaves.


 * A shrub, the hibiscus.
 * phû-îong hue;
 * hibiscus.
 * hibiscus.

phua

 * To lay open.
 * phùa khui lâi thóiⁿ;
 * open it out and see what is inside.
 * open it out and see what is inside.


 * phùa sim kuaⁿ;
 * disclose the real feelings.


 * phùa cò̤ nŏ̤ poiⁿ; phùa cò̤ pôiⁿ;
 * to halve; to divide in two.


 * To rend, break, ruin, or defeat; to take by storm; to detect, to lay bare, to solve, to explain; split, tattered, broken, injured.
 * phùa-phùa chùi-chùi, tâk tîeh sĭm mih cîⁿ;
 * it is all in pieces, and worth almost nothing.
 * it is all in pieces, and worth almost nothing.


 * i chēng kàu phùa lîh-lîh;
 * he wears his clothing till it is in tatters.


 * i tó̤ pó phùa saⁿ;
 * she is mending a torn garment.


 * tŏ̤ hṳ́ hûe kiaⁿ phùa táⁿ khṳ̀;
 * was at that time so scared that he lost all courage.


 * phah phùa i kâi îaⁿ-pûaⁿ;
 * broke up their camp.


 * i cí ău phùa-pāi lío;
 * he has since been defeated.


 * hía sĭ phùa ke kíaⁿ;
 * he is one who will ruin his family.


 * i a-pĕ cū sĭ chûn cōi-cōi ciⁿ, i īa phùa tit ŵn;
 * should his father leave a great amount of money, he would waste it all.


 * i cí sù-nî, ūi sṳ̄, kâi ke phùa kàu cheng-khih cheng-khih;
 * he has during these last few years had troubles which have impoverished his family.


 * úa thóiⁿ phùa i kâi ì;
 * I see through his design.


 * m̄ cîaⁿ khṳt nâng thóiⁿ phùa;
 * that people may not find it out.


 * bô̤ nâng thóiⁿ tit phùa;
 * nobody detected it.


 * cò̤ hìeⁿ thóiⁿ m̄ phùa cúa?;
 * Why are you so blinded?


 * phùa châi;
 * to lose property, as by theft.


 * phùa cîⁿ tói ūn;
 * spend money to get good luck.


 * phùa-hùi tīo jîeh cōi cîⁿ cìaⁿ cò̤ sêng;
 * laid out much before it was brought to completion.


 * phùa i kâi huap;
 * discovered how he did it.


 * phùa i kâi kòi;
 * guessed his stratagem.


 * phah phùa sîaⁿ-tî;
 * carried the city by storm.


 * hût kă m̄ phùa;
 * cannot bite into the pit of the fruit.


 * ngó-seⁿ phùa-sùaⁿ cū lâi chíaⁿ nâng-kheh;
 * when the five carcasses are divided, we will then invite the guests.


 * cí kâi tŏ̤-lí cū sĭeⁿ m̄ phùa;
 * I did not think out this principle.


 * cêk ē cŭang, hía po̤-lî-khì cn̂g kâi phùa khṳ̀;
 * that glassware was all broken at one thump.


 * chēng sang phùa ôi-lioh;
 * wore a pair of old slipshod shoes.


 * saⁿ khò chēng kàu hûeⁿ phùa tît lîh;
 * wore his clothes till they were rent in all directions.


 * cîah lío ùaⁿ cē tîeh khà phùa cúi-kng;
 * after eating it you will be so thirsty that you will break the water jar in your haste to get water.


 * màiⁿ thûh phùa i kâi pêⁿ theng cúa;
 * do not poke a hole through his paper