# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pheng
### pheng

* 烹pheng660867
* To boil; to decoct for food.

#### i mîaⁿ-ke pheng-thîo chài-bǔ;

    she is skillful in concocting food.

#### i lâi chíaⁿ kâi thiap sĭ sía "pheng mêng hāu kà";

    his card of invitation said, "the tea is made and we await your instructions."

#### pheng līen;

    to seethe as glue; to decoct, as medicines.
* 拚pheng124645
* To reject; to lightly regard.

#### àiⁿ kio i pheng mīaⁿ;

    will stake his life against hers.

#### i tîo mīaⁿ cū àiⁿ kio i pheng khṳ̀;

    will risk her life in opposition to him.
* 聘phèng7021287
* To ask; to inquire; to send messengers to an equal to make inquiries; to invite or negotiate, with a present.

#### phèng chíaⁿ i lâi;

    invite him to come.

#### phèng- chíaⁿ hîen-jîn;

    engage a teacher.

#### úa àiⁿ phèng i lâi úa kò̤, phèng i m̄ khéng lâi;

    I wished to get him to come to my house, but he would not come.

#### ka-kī chin-sin khṳ̀ phèng i saⁿ tńg cìaⁿ khéng lâi;

    went myself and asked him three times before he would come.
* 評phêng7011495
* To discuss the merits of; to settle the order of; to arrange; to criticise a writing; to revise and edit; to deliberate and weigh.

#### phêng-lŭn cí kâi nâng;

    discuss this person's characteristics.

#### cò̤-nî phōiⁿ-phêng?

    What arrangement have you decided upon in regard to it?

#### lṳ́ phêng-thóiⁿ tī kâi hó̤;

    consider which one is the best.

#### khṳt ŏi hùe phêng cē;

    let those who are competent revise it.

#### pín phêng;

    to estimate the merits of.
* 平phêng701512
* Even; equal; just; equable; common, ordinary; peaceful, undisturbed; to subdue, to tranquilize.

#### thiⁿ ĕ thài phêng;

    the whole empire is tranquil.

#### cò̤ sṳ̄ kong-phêng;

    act justly.

#### sim lăi hûa-phêng;

    a mind at peace.

#### khîeh lô̤h thien-phêng khṳ̀ phêng ;

    put it in the balances and weigh it.

#### phêng tī khí huang-po̤;

    raise a needless disturbance.

#### phêng jît;

    daily; commonly.

#### sĭ phêng-sieⁿ-nâng;

    is a commoner.

#### phêng-sù;

    heretofore; ordinarily.

#### phêng-sî;

    hitherto.

#### phêng mîn;

    the common people.

#### nía piaⁿ khṳ̀ phêng châk;

    raise troops and quell the insurgents.

#### khṳ̀ kàu, châk cū phêng;

    on arriving, the insurgents were pacified.

#### i phêng-pêh bô̤ kù mēⁿ úa ; he scolded me with- out the least reason, chng-kháu íⁿ-keng phêng-hôk lío;

    the sore is already healed.

#### phêng-ang;

    peace.

#### kau suaⁿ chú khut, phêng-îang chú tût;

    in the high mountains choose a glen, in the open country choose an eminence.

#### i hàuⁿ thòi nâng ūi put phêng;

    he likes to take the part of the injured.

#### seⁿ-phêng;

    habitually.

#### thóiⁿ tîeh phêng-phêng, bô̤ khî;

    it appears just as usual, there is nothing strange about it.

#### lō phêng;

    the road is safe.
* 朋phêng661744
* A friend, a companion, a peer, an equal, one of the same views or school.

#### phêng-íu;

    a male friend.

#### i kio úa sĭ phêng-íu;

    he is my friend.

#### cí kâi sĭ tâng theng kâi phêng-íu;

    these are fellow students who studied by the light from the same window.

#### ti kí kâi hó̤ phêng;

    an intimate friend.

#### cai sim kâi phêng-íu ;

    a companion who knows one's mind.

#### saⁿ phêng, sì íu;

    a coterie of friends.
* 硼砂phêng-seⁿ661
* Natural borax, brought from Thibet.