# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/po
### popo

* 埔po712327
* An open level space.

#### cêk kò̤ pêⁿ po khuah-khuah;

    a spacious level arena.

#### tōa po kūiⁿ lî cí kò̤ jîeh hn̆g?

    How far is your district city from here?

#### cháu po;

    a meadow; a grassy plain.

#### suaⁿ po;

    a plain at the base of a mountain.

#### po-kîⁿ po-kak tèng nâng īa cǹg ŭ phûn;

    on the edges and corners of the plain graves have also been made.
* 埠po713328
* A port; a landing where trade is carried on; a mart; an unwalled sea-side town.

#### îam po;

    a salt dépôt.

#### sùaⁿ-thâu-po;

    the port of Swatow.

#### kùe po;

    trade along at the ports.

#### hŭe po;

    call a meeting of the merchants of the port.

#### po cèng m̄ hàuⁿ;

    the traders are all against it.

#### po chĭ;

    the market.

#### tōa po-thâu;

    a great mart (like Shanghai).

#### síe po thâu;

    a small marine landing place.

#### sin siet kâi po;

    a newly opened port. ​
* 夫po142371
* Carriers; porters; coolies.

#### pńg hú àiⁿ lô̤h cûn ēng-jîeh cōi po?

    How many burden-bearers does this magistrate employ when he goes on board the boat?

#### cí kâi kīe-phò ŭ jîeh cōi kĭe-po?

    How many chair-bearers are there at this chair-stand?

#### i hàm kĭe-po-thâu lâi mn̄g;

    he told the chief chair-bearer to come and inquire.

#### cúi húe po;

    a hewer of wood and drawer of water.

#### kẃn taⁿ-po kâi nâng kìe-cò̤ ki-po-thâu;

    the head of a gang of porters is called the head porter.

#### lîah nŏ̤ peh mîaⁿ po, hŵn lío m̄ kàu taⁿ;

    pressed two hundred coolies into service, and still there were not enough to carry the luggage.
* 斧pó147694
* An axe; a cleaver; a hatchet.

#### pó-thâu;

    an axe.

#### tōa pó;

    a cleaver.

#### phùa châ pó;

    a hatchet.

#### pó-thâu châk-kíaⁿ;

    carpenters’ tools.

#### kim kue ŵt pó;

    insignia of office borne beside a mandarin in processions.

#### àiⁿ chut mn̂g, khìam cṳ pó;

    lack the funds necessary for travel.
* 補pó7121457
* To repair; to mend; to close up, as a breach; to patch; to supply; to substitute; to make up; to aid; to assist; to recruit; to strengthen; the insignia of rank sewed on the robe; a supplement or addendum.

#### pó ôi;

    to mend shoes.

#### pó kâi saⁿ;

    patch a garment.

#### pó chù-téng;

    repair a roof.

#### pó pûaⁿ pó úaⁿ;

    to mend broken crockery.

#### pó lāu;

    stop a leak.

#### pó hueh;

    to improve the quality of the blood.

#### cîah pó îeh;

    take tonics.

#### cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi pó khì pó hueh;

    this medicine strengthens the system.

#### pó thiap;

    to make up a loss to one, as for a breakage, or for extra work.

#### pó thiap i jîeh cōi cîⁿ?

    How much did you give him in compensation?

#### pó ke cē;

    make up the loss a little more fully.

#### cía tîeh sìa lío cìaⁿ lâi pó, m̄ hó soiⁿ pó ău sìa;

    the tonics mnst follow the depleting medicines, it is not well to first give restoratives and then give purgatives.

#### pó ngṳ̂n-cúi;

    make up for the excess in the weight of the coins.

#### pó phêng-thâu;

    make up for light weight.

#### chēng máng-phâu pó-kùa;

    wore a long robe with a dragon embroidered on it, and a short tunic having the insignia of rank embroidered on oblong patches set in the back and the front.

#### pûe pó;

    supply a new one in place of what was damaged or destroyed.

#### kùe saⁿ jît ău cíaⁿ lâi pó cok;

    make up for absence on the day for the worship of a god, by coming with offerings three days later.

#### pó m̄ kùe;

    unable to make up the loss.

#### pó lô̤h khṳ̀ kah-kah;

    the patch is just large enough to cover the hole.

#### ciang kong pó cŭe;

    make merit offset demerit.

#### cîah ce, pó cek ak;

    fast, to atone for accumulated sins.

#### cang i kâi ŭ ṳ̂ lâi pó i kâi put cok;

    take his surplus to make up for his deficiencies; let works of supererogation offset sins of omission.

#### jĭm pó-thīⁿ, pó-thīⁿ m̄ bûa;

    try in vain to patch up the matter.

#### siu-pó hŏ-sùaⁿ;

    repair an umbrella.

#### pó tīo kâi jī;

    cover a letter with a paper patch and rewrite it.

#### cí kĭaⁿ mûeh-cîah bô̤ pó-iah;

    this food has no nourishment in it.

#### i sĭ hāu pó kuaⁿ;

    he waits to take the place of the departing official.

#### hāu pó nâng ŵn;

    an officer waiting to take his post.

#### ngŏ̤ khueh ciet pó;

    at once fill a vacancy in office.

#### pó-sĭu móng-kò̤ kâi ti-hú;

    take the place of the prefect in a certain department.

#### pó khueh;

    fill a vacancy.

#### tìo jîp khṳ̀ pó cò̤ lăi kuaⁿ;

    summoned to fill an office in Peking.

#### bûn kuaⁿ cò̤-nî hó̤ pó bú khueh?

    How can a civil officer supply a vacancy in a military office?

#### pó kàu kng-seⁿ kng-seⁿ;

    mended so skillfully that one cannot see the patch.

#### pó thìaⁿ;

    make amends to him for pain inflicted.

#### i ang ŏi li pó bó bŏi, i bó ŏi li pó ang bŏi;

    the ability of the husband makes up for the incompetence of the wife, and the ability of the wife for the inefficiency of the husband.
* 脯pó1461307
* Dried meats or fruit.

#### hṳ̀ pó;

    cured fish.

#### ah pó;

    dried ducks.

#### chài pó;

    dried turnips.

#### bûe pó;

    dried plums.

#### pó līo;

    dried provisions.

#### phâk pó;

    cure by drying in the sun.
* 播pò7036412
* To plant.

#### pò céng lô̤h thô;

    plant seed in the ground.

#### pò châng;

    set out the young rice-plants in the fields.

#### pò ng;

    transplant young rice.
* 布pò713502
* Cotton, linen, or hempen fabrics; calico; cloth.

#### i tó̤ khui pò phò;

    he keeps a shop where cotton goods are sold.

#### pêh pò;

    longcloth.

#### o pò;

    black cambric.

#### âng pò;

    red calico.

#### lâm pò; chíⁿ pò;

    blue calico.

#### lô̤ pò;

    lace; mosquito-netting.

#### n̂g-mûaⁿ pò;

    sackcloth.

#### po̤-lô̤-mûaⁿ pò;

    cloth made from the fiber of the pine-apple plant.

#### pò phit;

    piece goods.

#### cheⁿ-thâu-pò;

    unbleached cotton.

#### pńg sek kâi pò;

    cloth having its natural color.

#### pìe pêh kâi pò;

    bleached cloth.

#### kang-cheⁿ pò;

    brown cloth.

#### sîa-bûn pò;

    drillings.

#### hē pò;

    cloth for summer wear.

#### tek pò;

    foreign linen.

#### îu pò;

    oiled cloth.

#### ìn hue kâi pò;

    prints.

#### tĭu pò;

    grasscloth.

#### môⁿ-lâm pò;

    plush.

#### chiah pò;

    nankeen.

#### îeⁿ pò; hwn pò; hût pò;

    foreign fabrics.

#### ka-pùa pò;

    coarse thick native cloth, ​woven in hand-looms.

#### chíu pò;

    a handkerchief.

#### êk pò;

    a wash-cloth.

#### mīn pò;

    a towel.

#### bûeh pò;

    a foot-wrap, worn inside the stocking.

#### thâu pò;

    a turban.

#### ûi ie pò;

    an apron or loin cloth.

#### tah pò-phâng-kè lâi nê pò-phâng;

    set up the tent poles, and spread the tent.

#### pò hŏ-sùaⁿ;

    a cloth umbrella.

#### càu-pò;

    a dish cloth.

#### pò-tō̤;

    a wallet, a cloth bag.

#### pò tah-lîen;

    a cloth pouch, like a bag with a slit in its side.

#### jṳ̂ chn̂g pò;

    duster for furniture.

#### pò pau;

    a cloth bundle.

#### pò lîam;

    a cloth screen or curtain.

#### cang ngŏ sek pò lâi phah cò̤ bé-kang-lî, chái ngia;

    make a lattice work of variegated cloth, for ornamentation.

#### khun-pò;

    a thick leaved sea-weed, dried and cut into long strips, and used as food.

#### cía pò khah hi;

    this cloth is too sleazy.

#### kău pò, pô̤h pò;

    thick or thin cloth.

#### cho pò, ìuⁿ pò;

    coarse or fine fabrics.

#### pò tîeh sẃn ìuⁿ-câk kâi;

    must select a firm piece of cloth.

#### ní pò;

    to dye cloth.

#### tâh pò;

    to press cloth.

#### pak pò;

    to whiten cloth.

#### keⁿ pò;

    to weave cloth.

#### só̤ chēng sĭ cho kûn, pò saⁿ, sĭm sĭ phok-sît;

    wore a coarse petticoat and cotton tunic, and had a very rustic appearance.

#### pò bé;

    an artificial horse.

#### khîa pò bé phah pò sîaⁿ;

    rode an artificial horse to attack an artificial city.
* 醅pô6711648
* Liquor not yet strained; food that is prepared by fermentation.

#### bí sah lío lô̤h cíu píaⁿ cū hó̤ put i hwt pô;

    when the rice has been boiled, and the malt put in, then set it away to ferment.

#### hip pô;

    keep the mash in a dark warm place to ferment.

#### kek pô;

    make a ferment.

#### tāu-cìeⁿ pô;

    fermented bean catsup.
* 部pŏ7141638
* A tribunal; a board; a public court; an officer in a board; a class or division in a serial arrangement.

#### lâk pŏ;

    the Six Boards in the government.

#### lī pŏ;

    Board of Civil Office.

#### hŏ pŏ;

    Board of Revenue.

#### lí pŏ;

    Board of Rites.

#### piaⁿ pŏ;

    Board of War.

#### hîaⁿ pŏ;

    Board of Punishments.

#### kang pŏ;

    Board of Works.

#### cong-tok pŏ-tn̂g;

    Governor General.

#### sûn-bú pŏ-īⁿ;

    governor of a province.

#### kau pŏ ngí chú;

    given over to the Board for Judgment.

#### bâk pŏ;

    the vegetable kingdom.
* 嚼pō9973018
* To chew; to masticate; to bite.

#### pō kàu mîⁿ-mîⁿ;

    masticate it thoroughly.

#### m̄ hó̤ pō tîeh cîh;

    do not bite your tongue.

#### pō tîeh, khauh-khauh-kìe;

    chewing with a craunching noise.

#### mín pō, ka-n̂ng thun;

    you need not chew it, swallow it whole.

#### khah jūn, pō m̄ lô̤h;

    it is tough, and I cannot masticate it.
* 法pō123855
* A way; a means; recourse; a remedy.

#### bô̤ pō;

    it can’t be helped.

#### cía tîeh i cìaⁿ ŭ pō, pât nâng li bô̤ pō;

    he is the only one who can set this right, any one else will be of no avail.

#### hía, úa cū bô̤ pō lío;

    well, there is nothing more that I can do then.

#### lṳ́ sĭeⁿ ŭ pō a bô̤?

    Do you think that anything can be done about it?

#### hàm i cò̤-nî ŭ pō lí;

    ask him how it can be set to rights.

#### i ŭ pō cò̤ kàu hìeⁿ ngía, mîaⁿ-ke căi;

    he has a way of making it very pretty, he is very expert at it.
* 步pō713773
* A step; a pace.

#### sĭ pō kîaⁿ lâi, a sĭ cŏ̤ kīe lâi?

    Did you come on foot, or in a chair?

#### hûah tōa pō cē;

    take longer steps.

#### lṳ́ kâi kha pō khin, i kâi kha pō tăng;

    your footsteps are light, his are heavy.

#### lṳ́ kâi kha pō màiⁿ kîaⁿ kàu hìeⁿ tăng;

    do not step so heavily.

#### kha pō tâh ún;

    set your feet firmly.

#### kîaⁿ ke lâng pō cū kàu;

    a few more steps and we shall be there.

#### cêk pō cêk pō khin-khin kîaⁿ, màiⁿ pīn-pōng-kìe;

    step softly, do not make a noise in walking.

#### mùaⁿ-khí, khṳ̀ i kò̤ hûe pō;

    return his visit to-morrow.

#### cí pō, iang siaⁿ;

    stop walking and call out.

#### pō piaⁿ; pō kun;

    infantry; foot-soldiers.

#### pō piaⁿ sĭ ŏi pō-cìen kâi;

    foot-soldiers fight on foot.

#### cêk pō cêk pō;

    step by step.

#### khîeh ki pō-keng lâi sīa pō-cìⁿ;

    take the bow of a foot soldier and shoot the arrow which belongs therein.

#### kîaⁿ kàu cí pō châng tī;

    arrived at the designated position.

#### cêk lí lō jîeh cōi pō?

    How many paces in a mile?

#### lâu ŭ ṳ̂ kâi tī pō;

    leave some room for grace.

#### lâu thò̤ pō;

    leave room for retreat.

#### ŭ lâu kùi pō;

    may I trouble you to step in (to do something).

#### pō-pō kau-seng;

    gradually rose to eminence.

#### i hŵn sĭ àiⁿ mō̤ⁿ cìn pō;

    he still hopes for advancement.

#### hâiⁿ cîⁿ, bô̤ thò̤ pō;

    pay before you leave the spot.

#### tit cêk pō cìn cêk pō;

    give him an inch and he'll take an ell.

#### i nŏ̤ nâng būe pat kah kùe kha pō;

    the two have not yet learned to step together.

#### kha pō kîaⁿ kàu côi-côi;

    keep step in walking.

#### ciap pō ciap pō kîaⁿ, thóiⁿ ŭ jîeh cōi pō;

    pace it and see how many paces it is.

#### kha pō ciah;

    foot-prints.

#### i kâi súa-pō súa lâi ún-tàng;

    he moves about on his feet with great precision.

#### gêk pō;

    your steps.

#### nôiⁿ pō;

    lady’s footsteps.