# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/phang
### phang

* 蜂phang1561427
* Insects of the family Vespidæ.

#### bît-phang;

    the honey-bee.

#### o-phang;

    the humble-bee.

#### lin-liang-phang;

    the sphex.

#### n̂g-phang;

    a hornet.

#### hóⁿ-thâu phang;

    a wasp.

#### màiⁿ sîp tîeh hóⁿ-thâu-phang;

    do not trouble a wasp.

#### phang-tû;

    a beehive.

#### cí tû phang kuah ŭ jîeh cōi bît?

    How much honey did you get from this swarm?

#### phang cōi cū kuah cōi, phang cíe cū kuah cíe;

    if the swarm is large you get more, and if it is small you get less.

#### phang hío kun-chîn;

    the swarm knows its ruler.

#### cêk ē chut sin phang-ûang cū tîeh pun tû;

    as soon as a new queen is developed, the swarm must be divided.

#### phang īa sĭ khṳ̀ chái ŭ hó̤ bît cū tîeh khîeh tńg lâi cìn-kong phang-ûang;

    if the bees gather good honey they must bring it as tribute to the queen.

#### bît phìen;

    a comb of honey.

#### cêk kóng bît;

    a cell in honey-comb.

#### phang-tàu;

    a wasp's nest.

#### phang chì;

    the sting of a bee.

#### khṳt phang tàng tîeh;

    stung by a bee.

#### sí phang, ûah chì;

    a dead bee has a live sting.

#### bô̤-chì-phang m̄ tit nâng ùi;

    no one fears a stingless bee.
* 攀phang6536415
* To pull toward one; to engage one to do something.

#### phang i chut lâi tàⁿ ūe;

    get him to come forward and speak.

#### i lâi phang úa khṳ̀ tâng lí;

    he came to get me to go and help him attend to it.

#### phang-tâng tăi-ke lâi ngí sṳ̄;

    would get you all to come and deliberate upon this affair.

#### m̄ káⁿ kau phang;

    dare not venture to engage in it.
* 香phang1881860
* Fragrant; sweet-smelling.

#### phīⁿ sat, m̄ cai phang chàu;

    nose stopped up so as to be unable to tell the difference between a perfume and a stench.

#### bī phang căi;

    it has a very sweet savour.

#### phang kùe lêng-hieⁿ;

    sweeter than bergamot.

#### lêng-hieⁿ kùe hái phang;

    bergamot is odorous even after crossing the sea.

#### phīⁿ tîeh phang;

    it smells sweet.

#### ûn hieⁿ-châ lâi phīⁿ phang; ​

    burn some aromatic wood to make a sweet odor.

#### chèng kàu koiⁿ phang-phang;

    the fragrance is diffused throughout the place.

#### ūe koiⁿ phang;

    the air is laden with fragrance.

#### phang hue;

    fragrant flowers.
* 紡pháng1351204
* To spin.

#### pháng se;

    spin cotton yarn.

#### pháng ceh;

    spin and splice threads.

#### khùe pháng bô̤ hó̤ se;

    urgent spinning makes bad yarn.
* 胖phàng6591305
* Fat and hearty.

#### cîah kàu nŏ̤ kâi kih-kau phàng-phàng;

    has grown very fat in the cheeks.
* 襻phàng65414519
* A loop to hold a button.

#### būe cêng cai níu-phàng;

    have not yet sewed on the loops for the buttons.

#### khò-thúi phàng;

    the loops on leggins.
* 盼phàng6541094
* To glance at.

#### úa phàng-mō̤ⁿ i lâi;

    I am looking for his coming.

#### lṳ́ hó̤ kù-phàng i;

    you should look after him.
* 帆phâng126503
* A sail; a tent; an awning.

#### cûn phâng;

    the sails of a boat.

#### phâng cûn;

    sailing vessels.

#### thâu phâng;

    the fore sail.

#### tōa phâng;

    the main sail.

#### búe phâng;

    the mizzen sail.

#### tī-tiang-sî cìaⁿ àiⁿ îang phâng?

    When are you going to set sail?

#### cĭeⁿ phâng;

    to hoist sail.

#### kùe phâng;

    to shift a sail.

#### cí ciah cûn kâi phâng-chîeh so̤h-lō lóng-cóng hó̤;

    the sails and rigging of this boat are all ready.

#### cia pò-phâng;

    screen by an awning.

#### pha pò-phâng;

    spread an awning.

#### cêk phâng huang cū sái kàu hṳ́ kò̤ khṳ̀;

    we can sail there at one tack.

#### huang tōa, phâng màiⁿ līu khah kûiⁿ;

    there is a high wind do not set too much sail.

#### tńg phâng;

    to tack.

#### lô̤h phâng;

    take in sail.

#### phâng heh kĕ cē;

    shorten sail a little.

#### tōa phâng tōa chîeh sái lâi méⁿ;

    large sails give speed in sailing.

#### sái phâng;

    to sail.

#### phâng kauh khí;

    roll up a sail.

#### phâng lîo-so̤h, tîeh cai kwn;

    you must look out for the line by which the sail is managed.

#### hû-tîap phâng;

    lugger sails.

#### phâng hâ cíe nŏ̤ kâi;

    draw up the sail so as to lessen it by two sections.

#### phâng thâu;

    the wide end of a sail.
* 篷phâng66111811
* Mats made by interlacing bamboo leaves between splints, to serve as a roof, awning or partition.

#### phâng lîo;

    an attap hut.

#### khàm-phâng;

    a mat used as a cover.

#### tah phâng;

    set up a mat as an awning.

#### cia phâng;

    shelter with a mat.

#### kêh phâng;

    partition off with a mat.

#### cûn phâng;

    a boat cover.

#### ngĕ phâng;

    a mat that is too stiff to be rolled up.

#### ńng phâng;

    a flexible mat.
* 旁phâng658706
* Lateral; the side; by the side of.

#### cèng nâng cŏ̤ tŏ̤ líang phâng;

    the people sat on either side.

#### khĭa tŏ̤ cêk phâng tàⁿ ūe;

    stood at one side talking.

#### pàng tŏ̤ phâng-piⁿ;

    set it down by the side of it.

#### i phâng-piⁿ kâi nâng bô̤ hŭ-cŏ̤ i;

    those of his party do not support him.

#### phâng-jîn;

    the bystanders.

#### phâng jîak bô̤ nâng;

    as if there was no one near; no lookers on.

#### sìu chíu, phâng kwn, bô̤ khṳ̀ kìu i;

    sleeved his hands, and stood aside looking on, giving him no help.

#### phâng-kwn-cía tīaⁿ;

    the looker on is most clear-headed.

#### chông phâng chah jîp;

    forced in from the side; a side issue.
* 膀胱phâng-khuang478
* The bladder.
* 鵬phâng6611968
* A monstrous bird, like the roc of Arabian story; the Chinese fable that it was transformed from the leviathan.

#### tōa phâng-cío ŭ jîeh tōa ciah?

    How large is the roc?
* 縫phāng15812011
* A crack; chink; a cleft; a fissure.

#### chîeⁿ pit phāng lío;

    the wall has cracked.

#### pit cūe phāng;

    to split so as to show a fissure.

#### lāu kâi phāng;

    has a chink in it.

#### seⁿ phāng;

    has cracks in it.

#### bô̤ phāng hó̤ cǹg jîp khṳ̀;

    no crevice by which one can squeeze in.

#### cò̤ kàu thóiⁿ m̄ chut ŭ phāng;

    made so that no cracks can be discovered.

#### ŭ cūe hûn phāng i cū cai;

    if there is a flaw in it, he will know.

#### làng phāng;

    leave a crevice.

#### būe lă soih khí phāng;

    not enough to fill the chinks between his teeth.

#### phāng tîeh cang cúa kô miⁿ, cìaⁿ bŏi làng huang;

    must paste paper over the cracks, then the wind cannot blow in.

#### íam mn̂g phāng;

    peep through the cracks in the door.

#### làng-làng phāng-phāng;

    full of cracks.

#### i kâi chíu phāng khuah;

    his fingers are far apart; he lets things slip through his fingers easily.
* 膨脹phāng-cìang662
* Obese; bloated; distended; swollen; puffed out.