# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pai
### paipai

* 擺pái6486415
* To spread out; to display; to set in order.

#### pái kè-sì;

    to make a display; to put on airs.

#### pái tūi-ngó;

    parade troops.

#### pái tŏ̤ sang pôiⁿ;

    ranged on the two sides.

#### pái-siet mûeh-kĭaⁿ;

    to put things in place.

#### pái hīn-hīn tó̤ khṳt nâng thóiⁿ;

    lay out as to let people see them.

#### pái khui cē;

    spread it out more.

#### màiⁿ pái khah khuah;

    do not spread it out too broadly.

#### pái côi-côi, sì-cìaⁿ sì-cìaⁿ;

    range them evenly and squarely.

#### îo-îo pái-pái;

    to strut arouad.

#### pái tō;

    . ferry formed of stationary boats.

#### pái toh;

    to lay a table.

#### pái chn̂g-íⁿ;

    to arrange the furniture.

#### pái ceng tṳ̄;

    to lay the dishes.

#### pái kó-tóng;

    arrange the bric-a-brac.

#### pái phâi-chîang;

    arrange elegantly.

#### pái hó̤ thóiⁿ tīaⁿ;

    laid out merely to look at.

#### gūa mīn pái khṳ̀ li hó̤ thóiⁿ, m̄ cai lăi mīn căi-seⁿ;

    the outside is well arranged, I do not know how it may be inside.

#### cí kâi mûeh sĭ pái tó̤ thit-thô̤ kâi, a sĭ pái tó̤ phīⁿ phang?

    Are these things put here for show, or are they put here for their sweet smell?
* 拜pâi648645
* To honor; to reverence; to kneel to; to make an obeisance; to visit; to salute; to pay one’s respects to; a salute.

#### pài sîn;

    worship the gods.

#### pài có;

    worship ancestors.

#### pài kheh;

    return a visit.

#### pài pńg cĭeⁿ kiaⁿ;

    memorialize the throne.

#### úa sĭm sĭ pài hôk lṳ́;

    I acknowledge your superiority.

#### úa àiⁿ pài tho̤h lṳ́ kio úa cò̤ kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

    I have something that I wish to ask you to do me for me.

#### i lâi hûe pài;

    he has come to return your visit.

#### úang lâi sie pài;

    go back and forth interchanging visits.

#### tŏ̤ móng sî pài sìang;

    at that time minister of state.

#### pài âp;

    a card case.

#### pài kìⁿ;

    salute on seeing.

#### ēng pài kúi pài?

    How many obeisances are to be made ? ​
* 牌pâi649918
* A shield, a buckler; a sign-board; a notification from government; a tablet, a memorandum; a warrant; a credential; a writ; a token; an official permit of any kind; dominoes; cards; a flat piece of iron struck to announce meals in temples.

#### àiⁿ kàu tī-kò̤ cū soiⁿ hwt húe-pâi;

    they send an express ahead, to whatever place they are going.

#### tîn-pâi;

    a rattan shield.

#### tìn-tang sāi kò̤ pâi-ūi;

    an ancestral tablet was set up in the midst.

#### ŭ pâi ŭ phìe cìaⁿ káⁿ lîah nâng;

    having a warrant on wood or one on paper, he dare arrest people.

#### cêk hù cúa-pâi;

    a pack of playing cards.

#### i tó̤ phah cúa-pâi;

    they are playing cards.

#### thàng mêⁿ phah pâi;

    play cards all night.

#### chíaⁿ cûn-pâi, cìaⁿ hó̤ chut káng;

    ask for a port clearance, then you can leave the harbour.

#### kàu káng īu tîeh kío cûn-pâi;

    on entering port the ship’s papers must again be delivered to the proper authorities.

#### sāi kò̤ cîeh-pâi;

    set up a stone tablet.

#### pâi huang;

    an honorary tablet.

#### chîo-thêng íⁿ-keng cún i kĭen pâi-huang seng pío i;

    the government has already given them permission to set up a tablet in his honor.

#### ie-pâi;

    a badge worn at the waist, (like that of a policeman).

#### hĭⁿ-pâi;

    flat car-rings.

#### ngṳ̂n-pâi;

    a silver medal.

#### kùa kò̤ hóⁿ-thâu pâi;

    suspend a tablet having a tiger’s head painted on it.

#### cang pâ lâi tói;

    ward off with a shield.

#### i tó̤ phah kui-pâi;

    he is playing dominoes.

#### khṳ̀ tău kò̤ chíaⁿ pâi;

    go to the Intendent of Circuit and request an official permit.

#### kîaⁿ pâi kak sôk;

    sent orders to all his subordinates.

#### khîa kò̤ tōa cîeh pâi;

    erect a stone slab.

#### pâi pín;

    a votive tablet.

#### lêng-pâi; sìaⁿ-cí-pâi;

    the Emperor's tablet, worshipped in temples.
* 排pâi649648
* To place properly; to make a show with; to set out in a regular order; to range in a line; a row} a line.

#### cŏ̤ cò̤ cêk pâi;

    sit in a row.

#### huaⁿ-hí kio nâng pâi lāng kói hun;

    is glad to explain the misunderstanding.

#### pâi-hâng tŏiⁿ kúi?

    Which row is it?

#### naⁿ pâi kàu hó̤-hó̤;

    range them nicely.

#### bói cho̤h pâi-kut lâi chá;

    buy some spare-rib and grill it.

#### thóiⁿ i pâi sĭm-mih tīn-sì chut lâi;

    see how much parade they make.

#### pâi chîang;

    set forth for display.

#### seⁿ lâi pâi-chîang;

    is very showily arrayed.
* 平pâi701512
* Ordinarily; common; usual.

#### i pâi jît tī-tîang-sî lâi?

    At what time of the day does he generally come?

#### i pâi jît to jît-tàu cìaⁿ kàu;

    he usually comes about noon.

#### pâi nî to bô̤ cía kui-kṳ́;

    there has in years past been no such usage.

#### pâi-sî īa sĭ cìeⁿ-se;

    that is the way it always is.
* 筏pâi1221186
* A raft.

#### tek pâi;

    bamboo raft.

#### sam-pâi;

    a raft of pine logs.

#### ká cò̤ sam-pâi;

    tie them together to form a raft,

#### cúi tōa, sam-pâi tn̆g khṳ̀;

    the water was swift, and the raft broke up.

#### theⁿ sam-pâi;

    to pole a raft along.
* 敗pāi648667
* To subvert; to destroy; to nulify; to ruin; to violate; discomfited; a rout.

#### i kâi ke-ngîap íⁿ-keng phùa-pāi;

    his patrimony is already spent.

#### thiⁿ-ĕ bô̤ put pāi cṳ ke, bô put phùa cṳ kok;

    in all the world, there has been no house that has not decayed, and no kingdom that has not come to an end.

#### cìen pāi;

    defeated in battle.

#### cìen pāi, cáu-tńg lâi;

    was worsted in the fight, and ran away.

#### cêk pôiⁿ cìen pāi, cêk pôiⁿ cìen îaⁿ;

    one side suffers defeat, and the other side gains a victory.

#### cṳ̆-lâi m̄ pat phah pāi cĭang;

    has never experienced a defeat in arms.

#### màiⁿ pāi i kâi mîaⁿ-sek;

    do not mar his reputation.

#### siu-sîp pāi-châng kâi kun-bé;

    reorganize the routed troops.

#### i kâi sṳ̄ pāi lío;

    his affair has come to an unsuccessful issue.

#### i cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄ káⁿ pāi tîeh mn̂g-huang;

    his conduct shows care not to disgrace the family name.

#### sieⁿ hong, pāi sôk kâi sṳ̄;

    what corrupts the public morals.

#### pāi-húai tîeh;

    spoiled; ruined.

#### sèng pāi sĭ piaⁿ-ke kâi sîeⁿ sṳ̄;

    victory and defeat is the constant experience of soldiers.