# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pho
### phopho

* 麩pho1421994
* Bran.

#### bêh pho;

    wheat bran.

#### ŭ nâng bói pho khṳ̀ chī tṳ;

    some people buy bran to feed hogs.
* 鋪pho7151677
* To spread out; to arrange to lay in order; bedding.

#### pho tī-póiⁿ;

    to lay a movable floor.

#### thó-ĕ pho ciⁿ, kak chái;

    spread a felt carpet on the floor.

#### pho-pang;

    bed boards.

#### pho-pang cò̤-nî bô̤ chṳ cháu-chîeh?

    Why did you not spread the straw mat on the bed?

#### pho-tîn;

    bedding.

#### pho-kài;

    bed coverings.

#### tâng pho;

    bed-fellow.

#### phah pho;

    set up a bedstead.

#### phah kĕ pho;

    make a bed on the floor.

#### phah pho, thô-ĕ mîn;

    make a bed and sleep on the floor.

#### khàng-pho;

    a settee.

#### hun-pho;

    an opium couch.

#### pho-íⁿ;

    a sofa.

#### pho-phŭe;

    a coverlet.

#### pho-tìeⁿ;

    a small mosquito bar.

#### pho-thâu, pho búe, pho côiⁿ;

    the head, foot, and side of the bed.

#### pho kha;

    under the bed.

#### àiⁿ pho cîeh a m̆?

    Is it to be paved with stones?

#### pho cío-mô̤ⁿ;

    lay on feathers in feather-work.

#### mîⁿ pho lâi khah pô̤h;

    the cotton is laid on too thinly.
* 譜phó71214913
* A list, a record, a chronicle, a treatise.

#### côk-phó;

    a clan register.

#### siu côk-phó;

    revise the clan register.

#### kî-phó;

    a book of games of chess.

#### ūe phó;

    a treatise on drawing.

#### chó̤ phó;

    a treatise on short-hand writing.

#### hue-phó;

    a book of embroidery patterns.

#### cí kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi bô̤ phó;

    what was said, was wholly unreliable.

#### i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi bô̤ phó bô̤ pho̤h;

    what ho says is not substantiated by any evidence.

#### ūe phó sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ;

    that is a general outline of the affair.

#### lṳ́ chò̤-lîak tàⁿ kâi phó úa thiaⁿ;

    you give me a general account of it.
* 普phó716728
* Throughout; everywhere; all.

#### phó thiⁿ-ĕ ŭ jîeh cōi kok?

    How many countries are there in the whole world?

#### phó tō;

    get souls out of torment.

#### phó kìu cèng nâng;

    saves all living men.

#### phó cì;

    rescue all.
* 塘phò8613210
* A Chinese league, equal to 3½ English miles.

#### phò gūa lō;

    over a league distant.

#### câp lí ûi cêk phò;

    ten Chinese miles make a league.
* 舖phò7161359
* A shop, or workshop.

#### siu phò;

    shut up shop.

#### phò cú;

    the owner of the shop.

#### phò tû;

    the shelves.

#### phò theng;

    shop windows.

#### phò co;

    shop rent.

#### phò-phò sĭ hùe;

    the shops are full of goods.

#### nín kâi pó̤ phò tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?

    Where is your shop?

#### hâng phò;

    warehouses.

#### i tó̤ khui phò;

    he keeps a shop.

#### cí koiⁿ sĭ lău phò;

    this is the old stand.

#### koi-thâu hāng-búe kâi phò-kíaⁿ;

    shops in obscure parts of the town.

#### phò-thâu;

    a large shop.

#### khui phò ke;

    shop-men.

#### tìam-phò;

    an inn.

#### sêng pûe i kâi phò lâi khui;

    succeeds to his shop, with its fixtures and good will.

#### phò mīn;

    shop front.

#### phò côiⁿ īu tùi chĭ;

    the shop fronts on the market.

#### phò ău thàng tī-kò̤?

    What does the back of the shop open upon?

#### cêk jît phah khui phò mn̂g tîeh nŏ̤ kâi ngṳ̂n sṳ-hùi;

    the running expenses of the shop are two dollars per day.

#### kau-chài-phò;

    a ship chandler's or comprador's store.
* 簿phŏ71411813
* A register; a list; a tablet; a memorandum book; a blank-book.

#### sìo phŏ;

    account book.

#### cĭeⁿ ló̤h phŏ; chĭeⁿ lô̤h phŏ; teng lô̤h phŏ;

    set down in the register.

#### jît-cheng phŏ;

    a day-book, diary or journal.

#### lîu-súi phŏ;

    a blotter.

#### nâng mîaⁿ phŏ;

    list of names.

#### cìe phŏ sǹg-sìo;

    reckon it according to the memorandum.

#### chau kùe phŏ;

    transfer it from one account to another.

#### pîaⁿ kùe cóng-phŏ;

    transfer it to the ledger.

#### i ŭ phŏ kṳ̆ a bô?

    Has he any written proof to show for it?

#### khîeh phŏ lâi hek thóiⁿ;

    bring the books and make a careful examination. ​cía phŏ sĭ cŏ̤ kâi;
    these are cooked accounts.

#### chíu tèng khîeh png ŵn-phŏ;

    held in his band a book in which to take subscriptions for the relief of Buddhist priests or for the repair of temples.

#### hàm chê-phŏ-kuaⁿ chê thóiⁿ;

    tell the keeper of the records in the land of shades to examine the records and see.

#### kin-nî sĭ tī-tîang cip phŏ?

    Who keeps the accounts this year?

#### co-phŏ;

    a record of rents.