# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/phue
### phuephue

* 坏phue671324
* Unbaked clay vessels; unburnt tiles or pottery, ready for the oven.

#### c̤̀o kâi phue tŏ̤-kò̤, būe cêng sie;

    have the pot ​tery made, but have not yet baked it.

#### phue bô

    the mold for making casts.

#### thô phue li cò̤ hó̤, būe cêng chái;

    have finished the clay model, but have not yet colored it.

#### phue cò̤ hó̤, būe cêng lâm thn̄g;

    have shaped the clay, but have not yet glazed it.

#### cng hĭa kâi phue;

    bricks and tiles ready for baking.
* 配phùe6721643
* A mate; an equal; a companion; to pair; to mate; to match.

#### i cêng phùe chin a būe?

    Is she betrothed yet?

#### phit-phùe;

    a helpmeet; to take a helpmeet.

#### i m̄ cài phit-phùe;

    he will not marry again.

#### phùe-hâh khṳ̀ hó̤-hó̤;

    it matches perfectly.

#### lṳ́ àiⁿ cò̤-nî phùe kah?;

    How will you put them together?

#### àiⁿ phùe cò̤ sĭm-mih sek?;

    What color will go well with it?

#### hṳ́-phùe khṳt tī-tîang?;

    To whom is she promised in marriage?

#### phùe m̄ cieⁿ;

    it does not fit.

#### phùe i ŏi tit khí;

    it will go very well with that.

#### phùe câu-câu;

    a perfect match.

#### i kâi kong phùe thiⁿ-tī;

    his fame will last as long as the universe does.

#### cí kâi sĭ i kâi ngŵn phue;

    this is his first spouse.
* 皮phûe6791070
* Skin, rind, bark, peel, external covering; a wrapper; a case; leather; furs; reputation; character.

#### i tó̤ bōi phûe hùe;

    he is selling furs.

#### só̤ chēng sĭ phûe-náu phûe-cháu;

    dresses in furs.

#### i kâi phûe-hu ìuⁿ-jī căi;

    her complexion is very delicate.

#### i pô̤h phûe căi;

    he is very thin skinned.

#### i seⁿ lâi phûe khah pô̤h;

    he is naturally too sensitive.

#### i m̄ kù mīn-phûe;

    he is regardless of his good name.

#### sêk phûe;

    to tan hides.

#### pak phûe;

    to flay.

#### cí īeⁿ phûe kâi sek-cúi ngía;

    this leather has a fine tint.

#### cē tṳ̂ phûe khṳ̀ kut cū chûn bô̤ tíam-kíaⁿ;

    when you take off the skin and take out the bones, there is very little left.

#### i tó̤ tng phûe-tîo-phûa;

    she is a pimp.

#### phûe tîo;

    a leather thong.

#### ka tîo phûe-tîo lâi cò̤ chia-kui so̤h;

    cut a strip of leather to make a band for the machine.

#### phûe n̆ng;

    eggs coated with clay.

#### thut tīo chàu phûe lâng;

    shuffled off this mortal coil.

#### phoi tīo phûe;

    pare off the rind.

#### khí tī phûe;

    raise the crust of the earth; extirpate the place he lived in.

#### cía sĭ bûa chíu phûe kâi cîⁿ;

    this money is hardly earned.
* 皮phûe672328
* To cultivate; to assist; to add energy to.

#### i kâi sin-hūn tîeh cai phûe-íang;

    his physical health must be recuperated.

#### phûe-sek kíaⁿ-tĭ;

    bring up children.

#### phûe-sek tĭ-cú;

    develop one's pupils.
* 被phŭe6691455
* A quilt or blanket.

#### cí kâi phŭe sĭ jîp si-mîⁿ kâi;

    this coverlet is stuffed with raw silk.

#### kah phŭe;

    to roll one's self in a coverlet.

#### kám phŭe;

    cover closely with a quilt.

#### thăⁿ phŭe;

    lay a quilt over him.

#### phŭe kè;

    a small stand used to hold folded quilts.

#### bé phŭe;

    a horse-blanket.

#### sin phah cêk nía mîⁿ-phŭe;

    had a quilt over him.

#### cí hwn phŭe sĭ phŭe-mîⁿ ke cîⁿ a sĭ phŭe-toaⁿ ke cîⁿ?

    For a foreign bed-quilt, which costs most, the cotton or the cover?