# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/peⁿ
### peⁿpeⁿ

* 㧳peⁿ649644
* To break; to separate the parts of a thing.

#### peⁿ khui;

    to break apart by pulling at.

#### cí ki sam sie-hŭ peⁿ, peⁿ cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;

    help to pull apart the sides of this stick of timber and pull it in two.

#### peⁿ m̄ khui;

    cannot rend it in two.
* 把péⁿ644644
* To hold; to guard; to head off.

#### péⁿ mn̂g kâi nâng;

    those who guard the gates.

#### péⁿ-síu mn̂g-hŏ;

    guards the gates.

#### péⁿ bô̤ i kùe;

    stopped the way and would not let him pass.

#### ìo lō tèng kak-kak ŭ nâng tó̤ péⁿ;

    the important roads are each guarded by some one.
* 柄pèⁿ700755
* A handle, a haft, a crank; having control of; authority, power.

#### ūe pèⁿ;

    something to take hold of in talking.

#### màiⁿ phah tīo nâng kâi ūe pèⁿ;

    do not interrupt the conversation.

#### ĕ jît khṳt nâng cò̤ ūe pèⁿ;

    will furnish a subject for gossip hereafter.

#### ŭ pá pèⁿ, kâi sṳ̄ cò̤ lâi bŏi jṳ̂;

    with a basis for action, the thing may be done without disorder.

#### sĭ i tó̤ cíang khŵn-pèⁿ;

    it is he who holds the authority.

#### cí ki pèⁿ khah tó̤;

    this haft is too short.

#### tâng-ue tîeh tàu cêk ki pèⁿ cìaⁿ hó̤ ēng;

    the copper saucepan must have a handle put in, then it can be used.

#### pó-thâu pèⁿ;

    an axe-helve.

#### to pèⁿ;

    knife handle.

#### ŭ kò̤ pèⁿ hó̤ lĭm;

    there is a crank to turn it by.

#### lĭm i kâi pèⁿ lâi ká;

    take hold of the crank and turn it vertically.
* 併pèⁿ70096
* To take from another and add to one's own.

#### i kâi seng-lí cn̂g kâi khṳt i pèⁿ khṳ̀;

    his trade has all been absorbed by them.

#### nín kak nâng kak nâng cò̤, i īa màiⁿ pèⁿ lṳ́ kâi, lṳ́ īa màiⁿ pèⁿ i kâi;

    now go each of you and make your own, he is not to take your things, and you are not to take his.

#### īa si àiⁿ pèⁿ i kâi pn̄g-úaⁿ-thâu li i căi tit hàuⁿ?;

    How can he consent to having the tidbit that caps his bowl of rice taken away?
* 平pêⁿ701512
* Level, even, smooth, uniform, equal.

#### lō m̄ pêⁿ;

    the road is not level.

#### pêⁿ-pêⁿ lō;

    a level road.

#### pēⁿ tī;

    level ground.

#### pêⁿ-îeⁿ;

    a plain.

#### pêⁿ-pêⁿ cêk īeⁿ;

    all of the same kind.

#### pêⁿ-pêⁿ hó̤;

    equally good.

#### m̄ pêⁿ īeⁿ;

    not of the same sort.

#### pêⁿ-pêⁿ tōa;

    of the same size.

#### taⁿ thô khṳ̀ thūn i pêⁿ;

    carry earth and fill in to make it level.

#### hái mīn pêⁿ-pêⁿ, bô̤ huang éng;

    the sea is smooth, there is no wind nor waves.

#### nŏ̤ nâng pêⁿ pun;

    divide it equally between the two.

#### pàng pêⁿ màiⁿ khio bî;

    set it down so that it will stand level, do not tip it.

#### nŏ̤ pôiⁿ tîeh péⁿ cài, cē m̄ péⁿ cài cū àiⁿ tăng-thâu-áu;

    you must lade in equally on either side, if you do not it will tip to one side.

#### sĭ nîe pêⁿ tâng a sĭ nîe cui tâng?;

    Is it measured level with the brim, or is it heaped up?

#### nŏ̤ nâng pêⁿ-pêⁿ kûiⁿ;

    the two are of equal height. ​
* 棚pêⁿ662758
* A scaffold or staging; a framework; a shed; a booth.

#### hì pêⁿ;

    a platform for plays.

#### tah kâi lîang pêⁿ;

    set up an awning.

#### sài péⁿ;

    a drying shed.

#### thiah pêⁿ;

    take down a staging.

#### keⁿ pêⁿ;

    a watchman's shed.

#### kìm bô̤ nâng tah kùe-koi-pêⁿ;

    forbid any one's putting a staging across the street.

#### cò̤ kúi, so̤h m̄ cĭeⁿ ko-péⁿ;

    when you become a spirit, you won't be able to climb up on the platform where the food is laid out for poor devils.

#### cò̤ ŭ kúi pêⁿ hì?;

    How many theatrical performances are going on?

#### kue pêⁿ;

    trellis for a melon vine.

#### pò pêⁿ;

    a cloth awning.

#### sîn pêⁿ;

    a platform for the gods.

#### lō thâu pêⁿ;

    a shelter beside the road.

#### tó̤ lîo-pêⁿ tói kò̤ ût;

    lying asleep in a shed.

#### pêⁿ pang;

    the flooring of a stage.

#### pêⁿ-téng;

    the roof of a shed or booth.

#### mō̤ⁿ pêⁿ;

    a lookout.

#### cĭeⁿ mō̤ⁿ-pêⁿ téng khṳ̀ mō̤ⁿ;

    went up into the observatory and looked out.

#### cúa íaⁿ pêⁿ;

    a platform for a puppet show.
* 病pēⁿ7001045
* Sickness, illness; an ailment or pain; a defect; affliction; misery.

#### ŭ pēⁿ;

    is ill.

#### seⁿ pēⁿ;

    to become ill.

#### bô̤ pēⁿ;

    has no ailment.

#### pēⁿ-cèng;

    disease; malady.

#### lṳ́ thóiⁿ cía pēⁿ ùi mē?;

    Do you think his disease dangerous?

#### cía pēⁿ o̤h ui;

    this is an incurable disease.

#### cí khí pēⁿ bô̤-siang-kang;

    this ailment is of no consequence.

#### i tì ŭ sĭm-mih-pēⁿ?;

    What disease has he?

#### i kâi pēⁿ chŵn-jú lío;

    he has recovered.

#### khin pēⁿ;

    a slight ailment.

#### tăng pēⁿ;

    a severe illness.

#### saⁿ-câp nî côiⁿ, nâng chūe pēⁿ, saⁿ-câp nî ău, pēⁿ chūe nâng;

    before thirty people go out of their way to incur illness, after thirty illness comes to people unsought.

#### i tâng bô̤ pēⁿ tîeh lŏng kàu pēⁿ;

    nothing being the matter with it, he must needs meddle with it till there is.

#### i bô̤ măuⁿ-pēⁿ;

    nothing is the matter with it.

#### cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ kài măuⁿ-pēⁿ sĭ tŏ̤ cí kâi nâng;

    the trouble in this matter lies in this individual.

#### chù-téng pó lío cong-kú àiⁿ lāu, lṳ́ thóiⁿ i kâi măuⁿ-pēⁿ sĭ tŏ̤ tī kò̤?;

    Since being mended the roof continually leaks, what do you think is the trouble with it?

#### úa cū cai i kâi pī-pēⁿ tŏ̤ tĭ-kò̤;

    I know what is the trouble with it.

#### i hó̤ lío, pēⁿ lêng-ūaⁿ hẃn;

    after recovering he had a relapse.

#### jíam tîeh sĭm-mih pēⁿ-cèng?;

    What disease has he?

#### pēⁿ su-hôk îeh;

    disease yields to medicine.

#### i kâi sĭ kú pēⁿ a sĭ cho pēⁿ?;

    Is his ailment one that he has had before, or is this the first time he has had it?

#### tī pēⁿ;

    cure sickness.

#### thîo-lí i kâi pēⁿ;

    doctor him.

#### tŏ̤ ke íang pēⁿ;

    is at home nursing his health.

#### thóiⁿ tîeh bô̤ kâi pēⁿ îong;

    does not look ill.

#### pău pēⁿ;

    a violent attack.

#### i íⁿ-keng peⁿ kú lío;

    he has been ill a long time.

#### pēⁿ kàu pùaⁿ thó̤ sí;

    so ill that he nearly died.

#### cía sĭ sim pēⁿ, m̄ sĭ îeh hó̤ ui kâi;

    this is a mental disease, not curable by medicine.

#### bŏi pēⁿ bŏi thìaⁿ;

    is not ill, nor in pain.

#### hŵn-ló̤ kàu pēⁿ;

    made ill by grief.

#### pēⁿ hó̤ lí̤o;

    has recovered.

#### huang-híam kâi pēⁿ;

    a dangerous illness.

#### pò̤ pēⁿ;

    to plead illness.

#### tèⁿ pēⁿ;

    to pretend to be ill.

#### cuang pēⁿ;

    to elaborately feign illness.

#### tōa pēⁿ;

    a long fit of sickness.

#### khì kàu pēⁿ;

    become ill through vexation.

#### pēⁿ kàu tó̤ chn̂g;

    ill in bed.

#### kio pēⁿ nâng cék īeⁿ;

    like an invalid.

#### khîeh cīⁿ khṳ̀ bói pēⁿ;

    to purchase illness, to smoke opium.

#### àiⁿ ui pēⁿ, jú-kèng thiⁿ pēⁿ;

    tried to cure him, but made him worse.

#### pēⁿ ngŵn;

    the origin of the disease.

#### pēⁿ kṳn ŏi tn̆g;

    the cause of the malady is removed.

#### sĭ phio pēⁿ a sĭ pńg pēⁿ?;

    Does the disaese arise from external or internal causes?

#### cí khí pēⁿ ŏi ùe nâng;

    this disease is contagious.

#### úa thóiⁿ i kâi pēⁿ-sì tîm-tăng;

    I think the disease has taken a deep hold on him.

#### pēⁿ îu;

    the cause of the disease.

#### pēⁿ chêng;

    the symptoms.

#### pēⁿ kàu àiⁿ sí;

    at the point of death.

#### pēⁿ chíen;

    not very sick.

#### mn̄g pēⁿ;

    inquire after the sick.