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Rh tery made, but have not yet baked it.
 * phue bô
 * the mold for making casts.


 * thô phue li cò̤ hó̤, būe cêng chái;
 * have finished the clay model, but have not yet colored it.


 * phue cò̤ hó̤, būe cêng lâm thn̄g;
 * have shaped the clay, but have not yet glazed it.


 * cng hĭa kâi phue;
 * bricks and tiles ready for baking.


 * A mate; an equal; a companion; to pair; to mate; to match.
 * i cêng phùe chin a būe?
 * Is she betrothed yet?
 * Is she betrothed yet?


 * phit-phùe;
 * a helpmeet; to take a helpmeet.


 * i m̄ cài phit-phùe;
 * he will not marry again.


 * phùe-hâh khṳ̀ hó̤-hó̤;
 * it matches perfectly.


 * lṳ́ àiⁿ cò̤-nî phùe kah?;
 * How will you put them together?


 * àiⁿ phùe cò̤ sĭm-mih sek?;
 * What color will go well with it?


 * hṳ́-phùe khṳt tī-tîang?;
 * To whom is she promised in marriage?


 * phùe m̄ cieⁿ;
 * it does not fit.


 * phùe i ŏi tit khí;
 * it will go very well with that.


 * phùe câu-câu;
 * a perfect match.


 * i kâi kong phùe thiⁿ-tī;
 * his fame will last as long as the universe does.


 * cí kâi sĭ i kâi ngŵn phue;
 * this is his first spouse.


 * Skin, rind, bark, peel, external covering; a wrapper; a case; leather; furs; reputation; character.
 * i tó̤ bōi phûe hùe;
 * he is selling furs.
 * he is selling furs.


 * só̤ chēng sĭ phûe-náu phûe-cháu;
 * dresses in furs.


 * i kâi phûe-hu ìuⁿ-jī căi;
 * her complexion is very delicate.


 * i pô̤h phûe căi;
 * he is very thin skinned.


 * i seⁿ lâi phûe khah pô̤h;
 * he is naturally too sensitive.


 * i m̄ kù mīn-phûe;
 * he is regardless of his good name.


 * sêk phûe;
 * to tan hides.


 * pak phûe;
 * to flay.


 * cí īeⁿ phûe kâi sek-cúi ngía;
 * this leather has a fine tint.


 * cē tṳ̂ phûe khṳ̀ kut cū chûn bô̤ tíam-kíaⁿ;
 * when you take off the skin and take out the bones, there is very little left.


 * i tó̤ tng phûe-tîo-phûa;
 * she is a pimp.


 * phûe tîo;
 * a leather thong.


 * ka tîo phûe-tîo lâi cò̤ chia-kui so̤h;
 * cut a strip of leather to make a band for the machine.


 * phûe n̆ng;
 * eggs coated with clay.


 * thut tīo chàu phûe lâng;
 * shuffled off this mortal coil.


 * phoi tīo phûe;
 * pare off the rind.


 * khí tī phûe;
 * raise the crust of the earth; extirpate the place he lived in.


 * cía sĭ bûa chíu phûe kâi cîⁿ;
 * this money is hardly earned.


 * To cultivate; to assist; to add energy to.
 * i kâi sin-hūn tîeh cai phûe-íang;
 * his physical health must be recuperated.
 * his physical health must be recuperated.


 * phûe-sek kíaⁿ-tĭ;
 * bring up children.


 * phûe-sek tĭ-cú;
 * develop one's pupils.


 * A quilt or blanket.
 * cí kâi phŭe sĭ jîp si-mîⁿ kâi;
 * this coverlet is stuffed with raw silk.
 * this coverlet is stuffed with raw silk.


 * kah phŭe;
 * to roll one's self in a coverlet.


 * kám phŭe;
 * cover closely with a quilt.


 * thăⁿ phŭe;
 * lay a quilt over him.


 * phŭe kè;
 * a small stand used to hold folded quilts.


 * bé phŭe;
 * a horse-blanket.


 * sin phah cêk nía mîⁿ-phŭe;
 * had a quilt over him.


 * cí hwn phŭe sĭ phŭe-mîⁿ ke cîⁿ a sĭ phŭe-toaⁿ ke cîⁿ?
 * For a foreign bed-quilt, which costs most, the cotton or the cover?

phueh

 * To converse; to talk about; to discuss; to chat.
 * i tó̤ phûeh mih ūe?
 * What are they talking about?
 * What are they talking about?


 * phûeh lâi phûeh khṳ̀;
 * to bandy words.


 * phûeh tang phûeh sai;
 * talk of all sorts of things.


 * ôiⁿ tiang-sî lâi cŏ̤ phûeh;
 * when you have leisure come and have a chat with me.


 * bô̤ sṳ̄, tó̤ ôiⁿ phûeh;
 * talking at ease, having nothing to do.


 * phûeh sńg; phueh chìe;
 * talk playfully.


 * Froth; foam; spume; drool; scum.
 * cúi phûeh;
 * spume on water.
 * spume on water.


 * lâu phûeh;
 * spit out froth.


 * phûeh lâu-lâu;
 * froth bubbles out.


 * ko tīo mīn cīeⁿ kâi phûeh;
 * skim the scum off its surface.


 * nŭaⁿ seⁿ phûeh;
 * frothy expectoration.


 * gû-nĭ phueh;
 * cream.

phuh

 * Weak in numbers and influence.
 * phûh hieⁿ;
 * a small and uninfluential town.
 * a small and uninfluential town.


 * phûh pang, phûh kha;
 * an uninfluential body.


 * in cêk pâng chìo, ún cêk pâng phûh;
 * they are powerful and we are weak.


 * ún cí sîaⁿ lăi bô̤ mih chìo phûh;
 * we here in the city are not divided into opposing parties.


 * chìo kâi to̤ to̤ àiⁿ khi-hŭ phûh kâi;
 * the strong are always trying to oppress the weak.


 * ún ío phûh m̄ káⁿ thīn i;
 * we are the weaker party and dare not provoke him.


 * sĭ i sĭang phûh;
 * he is the least powerful of all.

phui

 * To spit.
 * phùi nŭaⁿ;
 * to expectorate.
 * to expectorate.


 * phùi thâm, phùi hueh;
 * to spit up phlegm or blood.


 * thâm-nŭaⁿ màiⁿ phùi cêk koiⁿ;
 * do not spit over everything.


 * i kâi thâm phùi chut lâi tòa hueh tíam;
 * there are specks of blood in the phlegm which he raises.


 * phùi-phùi-kìe;
 * keeps spitting.