# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pak
### pakpak

* 串pak12136
* A string of.

#### kùa cêk pak chîo-cu;

    wore a string of beads, indicating official rank.

#### cêk pak sù cu;

    a string of plain beads.

#### cêk pak hieⁿ cu;

    a string of amulets.
* 剝pak708188
* To flay; to peel off; to fleece.

#### pak tīo i kâi phûe;

    skin it.

#### cûa pak khak;

    the cast skin of a serpent.

#### côih lō chíeⁿ pak;

    waylay and strip.

#### ngŏ̤ tîeh châk khṳt i pak kàu theh-theh;

    fell among thieves, and was stripped stark naked by them.

#### saⁿ khò lóng-cóng khṳt i pak khṳ̀;

    his clothes were all stripped off by them.

#### hía lău-pak-phûe kâi ūe, màiⁿ thiaⁿ i;

    he is an old skin-flint, pay no heed to him.

#### thâi lío pak tīo phûe;

    kill and flay.
* 北pak709213
* North; northern; northwards.

#### pak pôiⁿ;

    at the north.

#### pak hng;

    northern regions.

#### pah mn̂g;

    the north gate.

#### pak kháu gūa;

    beyond the wall.

#### pak kêk;

    the north pole.

#### cŏ̤ lâm hìang pak;

    faces the north.

#### i kâi cûn khṳ̀ cĭeⁿ pak;

    their vessel has gone northwards.

#### pak hái;

    the northern ocean.

#### pak-kiaⁿ;

    Peking.

#### i tó̤ bōi ​pak-thâu hùe;

    he sells northern goods.

#### pak-táu;

    the Great Dipper.

#### lâm pak hâng;

    warehouses in which both northern and southern goods are kept.

#### tùi pak lō khṳ̀;

    went by the northern route.
* 腹pak1511309
* That which envelopes the viscera; the belly or abdomen; the seat of the mind.

#### tó-pak m̄-hó̤;

    the stomach out of order.

#### síe pak kâi tī-hng;

    the abdomen.

#### cía sĭ i kâi sim-pak nâng;

    this is his bosom friend.

#### jîak hui sim-pak nâng, bô tàⁿ sim-pak ūe;

    if he were not a bosom friend, I should not speak my inmost thoughts to him.

#### ŭ kâi jŭi pak kíaⁿ;

    has a posthumous son.

#### cí pak ṳ̂i hun;

    betroth before birth.

#### khîa ki to̤, lâi khui pak;

    took a knife and opened the carcass.

#### bói cêk hù ah pak lăi, lâi chá;

    buy the contents of a duck’s carcass and grill them.

#### i kâi pak lăi châng to̤ châng kìam;

    he hides treachery in his bosom.
* 幅pak150509
* A scroll; a strip; a classifier of scrolls.

#### tîo pak;

    a scroll.

#### sì pak thâu;

    a set of four scrolls.

#### tong pak;

    the central scroll.

#### khṳ̀ bói kúi pak jī ūe lâi tìo;

    go and buy some scrolls with letters and pictures on them, and hang them up.

#### cí nŏ̤ pak ūe kauh khí, lêng-ūaⁿ khîeh nŏ̤ pak jī lâi tìo;

    roll up and put away these two drawings, and take two of the written scrolls to hang up instead.

#### huang chue lîh cêk tōa pak;

    one large scroll has been torn by the wind.

#### cí cêk pak pò jîeh tn̂g?

    What is the length of this piece of cloth?

#### cía ío khuah pak, hía ío ôih pak;

    this is the wider piece, and that the narrower.

#### nŏ̤ pak tùi-lîn;

    two scrolls that match.

#### cí kâi phŭe-toaⁿ àiⁿ cò̤ cò̤ kúi pak?

    How many breadths do you wish to have put into this quilt cover?
* 脫pak9141307
* To take off; to cast off; to lay aside; to strip off; to undress.

#### pak tīo bō̤;

    take off the hat.

#### pak tīo ôi;

    take off the shoes.

#### thong sin khṳt i pak kàu theh-theh;

    he was stripped stark naked by them.

#### pak-chiah kha;

    bare-footed.

#### pak-chiah-ka-lit;

    half naked.
* 縛pâk14112010
* To bind, to tie, to fasten.

#### khún pâk;

    to bind up securely.

#### lîah i lâi pâk pàng thĭo kò̤;

    seize him and tie him to a pillar.

#### cò̤ sṳ̄ pâk kha pâk chíu;

    doing things under difficulties.

#### bô̤ nâng péⁿ, bô̤ nâng pâk;

    no one thwarts or hampers him.

#### tîeh pâk kín-kín;

    must tie it tightly.

#### pâk m̄ kín;

    not tightly bound.

#### pâk khùaⁿ cē;

    tie it more loosely.

#### ŭ pâk ie-tŏ a bô̤?

    Have you your cloth wallet on?

#### pâk kûn;

    put on a petticoat.

#### pâk ie-tòa;

    wear a girdle.

#### pâk cò̤ cêk kîu;

    do them up in a bunch.

#### pâk cò̤ cêk pé;

    bind them in one sheaf.