# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/po̤h
### po̤hpo̤h

* 駁po̤h7081874
* To argue against; to contradict; to criticise adversely; to tranship; to thrust in; to insert.

#### po̤h-sìo;

    find fault with the bill.

#### po̤h phêng;

    cavil about the weight.

#### pĭen-po̤h;

    to debate the question.

#### po̤h mn̄g i;

    cross-question him.

#### po̤h kàu i bô̤ ūe ìn;

    argued the opposite side of the question until he had nothing to say in reply.

#### cīeⁿ-si po̤h lô̤h lâi;

    criticised by his superior in office.

#### pŏ tèng cē cài-po̤h lô̤h lâi;

    the Board reversed the decision and returned it to the lower court for reconsideration.

#### po̤h hùe;

    to tranship goods.

#### po̤h cāi;

    tranship the cargo.

#### po̤h kàu nĕ kín-kín cū ŏi tit kùe;

    if you squeeze it in very close you can get it through.
* 泊po̤h707855
* To fasten, moor, or anchor a boat.

#### cûn po̤h tŏ̤ káng lăi;

    the vessel is moored in the harbour.

#### ŭ kò̤ hó̤ suah-po̤h a bô̤?

    Is there good anchorage?

#### po̤h pàng cí kò̤;

    moor here.
* 脖po̤h7181307
* The neck.

#### tìo po̤h;

    to hang one's self.

#### hāi i khṳ̀ tìo po̤h;

    was the cause of her going and hanging herself.
* 魄pô̤h7111945
* Desolate; poor.

#### ke cṳ lô̤h pô̤h;

    the family is wretchedly poor.

#### i būe lô̤h-pô̤h kâi sî-hāu, cí kò̤ sǹg i sĭang pù;

    before he became impoverished, he was reckoned to be the richest man hereabouts.
* 箔pô̤h7061188
* A weir; small fishing stakes.

#### pô̤h táu;

    the weir.

#### câh p̤ô̤h;

    to set up a weir.

#### màiⁿ kio tó̤ siang pô̤h hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    do not flop about as a fish does when trying to escape from the weir.

#### cū sĭ tó̤ siang pô̤h-táu hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    uneasy as a fish out of water.

#### hṳ́ ki pô̤h-táu kíaⁿ m̄-hó̤ căi;

    that restless little urchin is a nuisance. ​
* 薄pô̤h70514013
* Thin; attenuated; poor; fortunate; light; few; to slight; to treat coldly; a thin leaf or plate.

#### sĭ kău kâi a pô̤h kâi?

    Is it a thick or a thin one?

#### siah kàu nĕ pô̤h-pô̤h;

    hew it very thin.

#### màiⁿ thiu kah pô̤h;

    do not plane it too thin.

#### cí kâi pô̤h hṳ́ kâi;

    this is thinner than that.

#### cêk têng mô̤h pô̤h-pô̤h;

    a thin film.

#### i tó̤ phah siah pô̤h;

    he is making tin foil.

#### ngṳ̂n-pô̤h;

    silver foil.

#### tah kim pô̤h kâi;

    covered with gold-leaf.

#### sieⁿ thih pô̤h;

    plated with iron.

#### sieⁿ ngṳ̂n pô̤h;

    plated with silver.

#### sĭang pô̤h;

    the thinnest.

#### có̤ ío pô̤h cē;

    make it rather thinner.

#### chùi-lîm-phûe pô̤h-síe pô̤h-síe;

    has very thin lips.

#### úa thăi i put pô̤h;

    I treated him with no lack of courtesy.

#### i pô̤h thăi úa;

    he treated me with scant courtesy.

#### pô̤h ceh i cē cū hó̤;

    to give him a slight reprimand is sufficient.

#### pô̤h mīaⁿ;

    a hard lot.

#### ẁn ka-kī kâi mīaⁿ pô̤h;

    complained of his own fate being so hard.

#### i khu kau, ŭ khin poh i a bo?

    Did he receive contemptuous treatment on arriving?

#### pô̤h lói;

    less than customary civility.

#### mīn phûe pô̤h;

    thin skinned.

#### pô̤h phûe căi, khin-khin cū m̄ hàuⁿ;

    he is very touchy, and gets displeased at the least reproof.

#### tăⁿ-pô̤h;

    to stint; frugal; to economize.

#### cṳ̆ uaⁿ tăⁿ pô̤h;

    content with little.

#### pô̤h hok kâi nâng;

    one who has few blessings.

#### hok-hūn pô̤h;

    has few comforts.

#### khek-pô̤h căi;

    greatly harrassed.