# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pien

​===pien===
* 邊pien68616215
* A boundary, edge or border.

## hái-pien tī-hng;

    lands lying along the coast.

## cí kò̤ sĭ pien séⁿ;

    this is a frontier province.

## i kâi huap-lâk bô̤ pien;

    his skill is unbounded.

## chîo-thêng ēng i tó̤ péⁿ pien;

    the government employs him in ruling the frontier.

## pien-kwn;

    custom houses on the coast or frontier.

## pien cìang;

    military officers on the frontier.
* 扁píen687635
* Flat, thin.

## i kâi mīn seⁿ lâi píen-píen;

    her face is very thin.

## tōa píen, jī-píen;

    sweet melon seeds, of large or of small size.

## koiⁿ-hâu áu ki píen-taⁿ;

    carried a flat carrying pole over his shoulder.
* 變pìen68914916
* To transform; to change; a mutation; a turn in affairs.

## khùn-kíaⁿ pìen cêk īeⁿ;

    undergoes a metamorphosis every little while.

## bŏi pìen-êk;

    unchangeable.

## nâng sim pìen;

    people's minds change.

## hṳ́ kâi tī-hng pìen-tŏng;

    the place has altered.

## kíaⁿ-jît cìeⁿ-seⁿ taⁿ, mùaⁿ-khí-cá cū pìen kùe;

    he says so to-day, but to-morrow morning he will have changed his purpose.

## pìen líen;

    to change countenance.

## i cò̤ sṳ̄ mîaⁿ-ke khŵn-pìen;

    his course of action is easily changed by expediency or constraint.

## pìen-hùe bô̤ khîong;

    change is endless.

## hŭam sṳ̄ tîeh-ŏi pìen-thong;

    in all things there must be accommodation to circumstances.
* 弁pĭen689552
* Military officers of a low grade.

## bûn-ŵn, bú-pĭen;

    low civil and military officers.

## cí cêk îaⁿ kâi pĭen piaⁿ to sĭ i kẃn;

    the soldiers and officers of low grade in this encampment are all under his control.
* 辯pĭen68816014
* To wrangle for a notion; to argue opinions; to dispute a proposition.

## pĭen-po̤h;

    to contradict; take the opposite side of the question.

## kíang pĭen;

    to force a construction.

## póiⁿ-pĭeu;

    to debate.
* 辨pĭen6881609
* To discriminate between things or qualities.

## hun-pĭen sĭ hui;

    distinguish between the true and the false.

## pĭen mêng-pêh;

    discriminate clearly.

## pĭen-pîet;

    note the difference between.
* 便pĭen68897
* To put at ease; to accord with; convenient, expedient, opportune, advantageous, handy; readily; accustomed to, ready at; then, so, forthwith, just as, thus, that is.

## sûi-pĭen;

    when convenient; as you please; suit yourself; when you like.

## sŭn pĭen;

    avail one's self of a good chance.

## kîaⁿ huang-pĭen;

    do what circumstances render easy.

## hṳ́ i pĭen-ngî kîaⁿ sṳ̄;

    allow him to act as may be expedient under the circumstances.

## cía ūe i m̄ pĭen tàⁿ;

    it is not advisable for him to speak thus.

## put pĭon cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;

    it is inexpedient to do so.

## cí kâi pĭen sĭ;

    this is just so.

## sêng nâng kâi pĭen;

    take advantage of a good opportunity offered by some one.

## kîaⁿ sìo pĭen;

    to urinate.

## tăi sìo pĭen lóng-cóng m̄ thong;

    there is no action either of the bowels or the bladder.

## cí kâi huap-cak pĭen-tàng căi;

    this plan is very convenient.

## àiⁿ tàⁿ cū pĭen tàⁿ; màiⁿ ùi chṳ́ ùi pí;

    if you are going to tell it then tell it, and not hesitate on account of this or that.

## chíaⁿ i chēng pĭen i lâi;

    ask her to come in her every-day clothes.