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458 screens; do not spoil the play by bringing into view the puppets that cast their shadows on the screen.
 * tîeh màiⁿ thăng phùa thâu, cē thăng phùa thâu cū cong-kú àiⁿ;
 * do not begin, else you will always be wanting to do it.


 * To rive; to split; to rend.
 * phùa châ;
 * split wood.
 * split wood.


 * phùa cò̤ nŏ pôiⁿ;
 * split it in two.


 * phùa cò̤ sì lìam;
 * split it into quarters.


 * phùa m̄ lô̤h;
 * I can't split it.


 * phùa châ, thóiⁿ châ sì;
 * in splitting wood consider which way the grain lies.


 * phùa tek-bih;
 * make bamboo splints.


 * An old woman, a dame, a crone, a hag.
 * kong-phûa;
 * an old couple.
 * an old couple.


 * i lâi pài ún kâi kong-phûa;
 * they came to pay their respects to our old people.


 * kong-phûa bó̤ pó̤-hō̤;
 * may the god of the bedstead grant a blessing.


 * lău phûa;
 * a grandfather's concubine.


 * bûe phûa;
 * a matchmaker.


 * thóiⁿ sìaⁿ phûa;
 * an old female spirit medium.


 * i seⁿ lâi a-phûa mīn a-phûa mīn;
 * he has a face like an old woman's.


 * thái-kò̤ phua;
 * a crone who is a leper.


 * i tó̤ tng sau-phûa;
 * she keeps a brothel.


 * sau-phûa âi;
 * an old woman who has charge of a bagnio. 

phuaⁿ

 * To trip up a horse.
 * hṳ́ kò̤ soiⁿ mâiⁿ-hôk phùaⁿ-bé-so̤h tó̤ táng i lâi;
 * first set a lasso for the horse's feet, and then await his arrival.
 * first set a lasso for the horse's feet, and then await his arrival.


 * i kâi bé khṳt phùaⁿ-bé-so̤hⁿ phùaⁿ tó̤, nâng īa pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * his horse was tripped up by the rope stretched to trip him, and the rider fell off.


 * To purchase for retailing.
 * nín kâi hùe tŏ̤ tī-kò̤ phùaⁿ lâi?;
 * Where do you buy the goods that you sell?
 * Where do you buy the goods that you sell?


 * cá-cá cū cĭeⁿ tîeⁿ khṳ̀ phùaⁿ hùe;
 * goes early to the market to get the goods he is to peddle.


 * A decision; a verdict; an official judgment.
 * tn̂g-phùaⁿ chau chut lâi thóiⁿ;
 * copy out the official decision for examination.
 * copy out the official decision for examination.


 * thóiⁿ i kâi tn̂g-phùaⁿ cò̤-nî phùaⁿ;
 * see what verdict shall be given.


 * phùaⁿ cúa-khò;
 * decide what is well or badly written in a copy-book, as a teacher does for his pupil.


 * A comrade, a fellow, an associate; to follow, to attend on.
 * sĭ i kâi tâng-phŭaⁿ;
 * it is his companion.
 * it is his companion.


 * i pái mêⁿ tó̤ phŭaⁿ lêng;
 * he every night keeps the manes company, by sleeping near the coffin.


 * pûe-phŭaⁿ nâng-kheh tó̤ cŏ̤;
 * sitting with a guest.


 * ŭ nâng sie phŭaⁿ a-bô̤?;
 * Is there any one with him?


 * bô̤ nâng sie phŭaⁿ;
 * without companionship.


 * kâi sĭ tṳ phŭaⁿ hóⁿ mî;
 * it is like to the dog offering himself to the tiger as a bed-fellow.


 * bô̤ phŭaⁿ, kù-chṳ́ m̄ cê g [sic] khṳ̀;
 * did not go because I had no one to go with me.


 * mêⁿ-hng lâi sie phŭaⁿ lāu-jîet cē;
 * come this evening and enjoy the entertainment with us.


 * bô̤ mûeh hó̤ phŭaⁿ chíu;
 * I have nothing to take in my hand (to give ease of manner).

phuah

 * A downward stroke in writing.
 * cêk phuah kùe lâi cêk phuah kùe khṳ̀;
 * two downward strokes, one inclining to the left and the other to the right.
 * two downward strokes, one inclining to the left and the other to the right.


 * tíam sĭ tíam, phuah sĭ phuah, màiⁿ thèng sía;
 * a dot is a dot and a dash is a dash, do not make these indiscriminately.


 * lâu nŏ̤ phuah chiu;
 * had a moustache.


 * nŏ̤ phuah bâi ngía căi, sìu-sìu;
 * had beautiful tufted eyebrows, neither too heavy nor too thin.


 * pit cē khô̤h tîeh bâk, cū phuah m̄ khui;
 * if your pen is stock up with dry ink it will not make a smooth stroke.


 * To throw water down; a dash of water; vigorous.
 * hŏ phuah cêk sin;
 * the rain has splashed all over me.
 * the rain has splashed all over me.


 * i taⁿ kau-cúi khṳ̀ phuah chài;
 * he is carrying water from the ditch and watering the vegetables.


 * i kâi nâng ûah-phuah căi;
 * he is in very good spirits.


 * ûah-ûah phuah-phuah kâi nâng;
 * a very lively person.


 * To put on fertilizers.
 * phuah châng;
 * to put fertilizers on the fields.
 * to put fertilizers on the fields.


 * To fan.
 * khîa ki sìⁿ tó̤ phuah huang;
 * had a fan and was fanning himself.
 * had a fan and was fanning himself.


 * phuah huang-lô;
 * fan the fire in the earthen stove.


 * phuah i chìn;
 * cool it by fanning it.


 * The gait of a sprained horse.
 * i kîaⁿ lō phûah-a-phûah;
 * in walking he crosses his legs, as does an ox weak in the legs, or as a very old man.
 * in walking he crosses his legs, as does an ox weak in the legs, or as a very old man.


 * tâng-cá cêk ciah hóⁿ phûah-a-phûah kîaⁿ tŏ̤ cí kò̤ kùe;
 * a little while ago a tiger went ambling along here.

phue

 * Unbaked clay vessels; unburnt tiles or pottery, ready for the oven.
 * c̤̀o kâi phue tŏ̤-kò̤, būe cêng sie;
 * have the pot
 * have the pot