# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/puaⁿ
### puaⁿpuaⁿ

* 搬puaⁿ6506410
* To move from one place to another; to transport.

#### puaⁿ chù;

    to change one's dwelling place.

#### puaⁿ tŏ̤ pât kò̤ tīu;

    moved elsewhere to reside.

#### puaⁿ-ūn nîe-hìang;

    transport stores for the army.

#### puaⁿ so̤ sĭ hui;

    carry to and fro the words that set people at variance.

#### puaⁿ so̤ sṳ̂-sŏng;

    fetch and carry reports until a lawsuit ensues.
* 般puaⁿ6501374
* A sort; a way; manner of.

#### to sĭ cêk puaⁿ;

    they are all of one sort.

#### câp poih puaⁿ bú gōi, puaⁿ-puaⁿ hío;

    of all the eighteen kinds of military drill, he understands each.

#### choiⁿ puaⁿ bw̄n puaⁿ, to sĭ mīaⁿ;

    among all manner of things, life is of chief importance.
* 磐púaⁿ65411210
* A large rock; a foundation stone.

#### kien-kú kùe cîeh-púaⁿ;

    immovable as a rock.

#### tŏ̤ cîeh-púaⁿ téng tìe hṳ̂;

    sat on a rock fishing with line and hook.
* 半pùaⁿ651243
* A half; a large piece of.

#### tùi-tùi cêk pùaⁿ;

    just half.

#### to̤ pùaⁿ sĭ m̄-hó̤ kâi;

    full half of it is bad.

#### chûn ŭ cêk tōa pùaⁿ;

    have rather more than half of it left.

#### pùa-mêⁿ;

    midnight.

#### lṳ́ tōa i cêk pùaⁿ;

    you are twice as large as he.

#### pùaⁿ-sì nâng;

    a middle aged person.

#### pùaⁿ sìn, pùaⁿ gî;

    half believing and half doubting.

#### pùaⁿ hàuⁿ, pùaⁿ m̄ hàuⁿ;

    half willing and half reluctant.

#### táng ke pùaⁿ khek;

    wait a few minutes longer.

#### kiaⁿ kàu pùaⁿ sí;

    half dead with fright.

#### cêk pùaⁿ nâng, cêk pùaⁿ kúi;

    half man and half demon.

#### pùaⁿ lō cîh phoi-taⁿ;

    broke his carrying pole when half way to his destination.

#### cih pùaⁿ;

    to halve.

#### m̄ hó̤ pùaⁿ thû jṳ̂ hùi;

    do not leave a thing half finished.

#### pùaⁿ pôiⁿ mīn;

    a profile view.

#### ūe kâi pùaⁿ sin múiⁿ jîn;

    paint a half-length portrait.

#### cîah kàu pùaⁿ pak;

    ate half a meal.

#### cía îeh tîeh pùaⁿ pak kâi sî-hāu cîah;

    this medicine is to be taken between meals.

#### cīeⁿ-pùaⁿ-kùa;

    the middle of the forenoon.

#### ĕ-pùaⁿ-kùa;

    middle of the afternoon.

#### cīeⁿ-pùaⁿ-mêⁿ bô̤ hìeⁿ sàu, ĕ-pùaⁿ-mêⁿ sàu ío thíam;

    the first part of the night I do not cough much, but the latter part of the night I cough violently.

#### hŵn-lío pùaⁿ kûeh būe cêng lô̤h;

    half of them are not yet put in.

#### nŏ̤ tháng cúi pùaⁿ-pùaⁿ;

    two buckets, each half full of water.

#### i kâi mn̂g pùaⁿ hăm-hŏiⁿ;

    his door is ajar.

#### i chûn pùaⁿ tîo sèⁿ-mīaⁿ;

    he is only half alive.

#### thiⁿ ke pùaⁿ úaⁿ;

    add another half bowlful.

#### i ā-sĭ khéng pùaⁿ mâk thóiⁿ-kù to cū hó̤;

    if he will take a look at it occasionally that will suffice.

#### pùaⁿ guêh;

    half a month.

#### cûn kàu pùaⁿ khoi;

    the boat has reached the middle of the river.

#### pùaⁿ pôiⁿ;

    a half.

#### bô̤ pùaⁿ nâng tŏ̤;

    there was nobody at all there.

#### kâi pùaⁿ kâi ŭ;

    have one or two only.

#### pùaⁿ-sîa-sì pùaⁿ-sîa-sì nē;

    very oblique.

#### ka pùaⁿ-sîa-sì, pùaⁿ-sîa-sì nē;

    cut it bias.

#### cêk hûe, pùaⁿ hûe;

    barely once or twice.

#### chēng kàu pùaⁿ-kū-lô̤h;

    half worn.

#### cîah kàu pùaⁿ-làm-sò̤;

    eat barely enough.

#### pùaⁿ ta tâm;

    half dry.

#### pùaⁿ cheⁿ sêk;

    half ripe.

#### pùaⁿ siaⁿ tàⁿ cū hío;

    understood it before he was half through speaking.

#### pĕng bô̤ pùaⁿ kù ūe;

    they never have any words with each other.

#### pùaⁿ cìn pùa thò̤;

    hesitating whether to advance or to retreat.

#### pùaⁿ ngĕ ńng kâi ūe;

    language that is neither too harsh nor too yielding.

#### pùaⁿ lâm-ńng;

    a hermaphrodite.
* 搬pûaⁿ6506410
* To remove from one place to another.

#### cá sĭ pûaⁿ kùe khṳ̀, taⁿ īu àiⁿ pûaⁿ kùe lâi;

    it was moved there before, and now it is to be moved back again.

#### pûaⁿ-pûaⁿ îe-îe, chŵn bô̤ tīaⁿ-tîeh;

    moves it first to one place and then to another, without fixing upon any place for it.
* 盤pûaⁿ65310810
* A plate, tray or flat dish; a market; a game; an affair.

#### sói pûaⁿ-úaⁿ;

    wash the dishes.

#### pûaⁿ-úaⁿ màiⁿ leh-leh-kìe;

    do not clatter the dishes.

#### tháng-pûaⁿ;

    a salver.

#### tōa pûaⁿ, sòi pûaⁿ, pûaⁿ kíaⁿ;

    large, medium-sized, and small plates.

#### kio pûaⁿ pêⁿ-pêⁿ tōa;

    of the same size as the platter.

#### pûaⁿ tôi, pûaⁿ kha;

    the upper and the under side of a plate.

#### pûaⁿ màiⁿ thâh khah kûiⁿ;

    do not pile the plates too high.

#### pûaⁿ kíam cheng-khih, sói lío, chit ta, tò̤-khap khí;

    scrape the plates clean, wash them, wipe them dry, and set them bottom upward in a pile.

#### sǹg-pûaⁿ;

    an abacus.

#### ngó seⁿ pûaⁿ;

    trays for holding offerings to the gods.

#### îaⁿ-pûaⁿ cap to̤ ̆tī-kò̤?

    Where is the camp set?

#### ūe cêk kâi kî-pûaⁿ;

    draw the squares on a chess-board.

#### náng lâi teh cêk pûaⁿ kî;

    let us play a game of chess.

#### kha pûaⁿ;

    the instep.

#### chíu pûaⁿ;

    the ​back of the hand.

#### tī-tiang-sî kau pûaⁿ?

    When was the business transferred to others?

#### siu pûaⁿ; suah pûaⁿ;

    to wind up an affair.

#### cía hùe tī-tiang-sî cìaⁿ àiⁿ khui pûaⁿ?

    When are these goods to be throw upon the market?

#### pûaⁿ-tî;

    disbursments; incidental expenses.

#### saⁿ chùn pûaⁿ, ngŏ chùn pûaⁿ chit chùn pûaⁿ;

    three, five, and seven inch platters.
* 逾pûaⁿ11241629
* To pass over or beyond.

#### pûaⁿ sîaⁿ chut khṳ̀;

    traversed the city and went out on the other side.

#### pûaⁿ kùe chîeⁿ cū sĭ i kâi ău thâu;

    pass over the wall and you come to the back of his house.

#### pûaⁿ suaⁿ kùe nía;

    to cross the mountains.

#### pûaⁿ tùi chù-téng kùe;

    went over the tops of the houses.
* 拂pŭaⁿ154645
* To brush off; a duster.

#### pŭaⁿ tīo eng-têng;

    brush off the dust.

#### pŭaⁿ máng kâi máng-pŭaⁿ;

    a brush for brushing off mosquitoes.