Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/be

by Adele Marion Fielde

bé

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• A horse; cavalry; warlike; spirited; the white knight in chess.

cêk ciah bé; cêk phit bé;

one horse.

khîa bé;

to ride a horse.

bé kó;

a stallion.

bé bó̤;

a mare.

tōa bé;

a full grown horse.

bé kíaⁿ;

a colt.

tōa pak bé;

a Mongolian horse.

choiⁿ lí bé;

a swift courier; a fast horse.

bé uaⁿ;

a saddle.

bé piⁿ;

a horsewhip.

bé so̤h;

a bridle, or halter.

bé chia;

a carriage drawn by horses.

bé chíang;

a shed for horses.

bé pâng;

a stable.

bé thua chia;

horses draw carts.

bé-lēng-thâu;

the headstall.

lêk bé;

to guide a horse.

lêk tńg bé thâu;

to rein the horse about.

lêk cŭ bé;

to rein up and stop a horse.

pûah lô̤h bé;

to fall off a horse.

bé hwn-tŏ, àiⁿ lô̤h hŏ;

when the horses roll it is going to rain.

bê-lêk-tŏ;

a surcingle.

bé-tâh-tèng;

a stirrup.

bé-uaⁿ-kîe;

the pommel of a saddle.

bé-phŭe;

a saddle-cloth.

bé-cô̤;

a manger.

bé līo; bé cháu;

provender.

bé thâu;

a pier.

bé lō;

a verandah.

bé thâu cîeh;

a stone landing.

bé hu; khang bé kâi;

a groom.

līu bé;

to exercise a horse for its health.

hó̤ bé;

a gentle horse.

bé tôi;

a horse's hoof; the water-chestnut.

bé tôi hún;

flour made from the water-chestnut.

bé cang mó̤ⁿ;

horse's mane.

téng bé;

an attendant who rides ahead.

piaⁿ bé;

cavalry.

bé piaⁿ;

mounted soldiers.

nâng-bé cōi;

there is a great crowd.

bé thâu lô̤;

a gong sounded before an official who is riding.

lô̤h bé têng;

a portico where riders dismount.

châ bé;

a saw-horse.

cìen bé;

a warhorse.

hái bé;

the sea-horse.

pháu bé;

to gallop a horse.

bé tău;

a race course.

toaⁿ piⁿ phit bé;

a solitary horseman.

si bé;

an inspector of cavalry.

bé tùi;

a procession of horsemen.

bé kéng;

a fancy dress parade.

híang bé châk;

mounted robbers.

khîa koi bé;

to ride on one's shoulder.

bé kâm kieⁿ;

the horse's bits.

bé-íⁿ;

a high stool.

sùe kûiⁿ kha bé-íⁿ, thóiⁿ hì;

hired a high trestle, to sit on and see the play.

bé-cah-íⁿ;

a folding chair.

phah tieⁿ bé-cah-íⁿ tó̤ cŏ̤;

spread a folding chair and sat down.

cám bé to̤;

a long knife, used in war for cutting the legs of cavalry horses.

bé tūi;

a company of cavalry.

teng bé;

the part of a lamp which carries the wick.

pha cĭeⁿ bé;

to mount a horse.

pha lô̤h bé;

dismount from a horse.

pha cĭeⁿ bé sin cū tîeh khîa;

if you mount a horse you must ride him.

bé-keng ío khin pō-keng;

the bows used by the cavalry are lighter than those used by the infantry.

bé-cìⁿ pí pō-cìⁿ ío kōi sīa tîeh;

the arrows used by the cavalry are easier to shoot than are those used by the infantry.

mîaⁿ bé;

a famous horse; a noted person.

chiah bé; kò bé;

one employed to do work that his employer ought to do.

cò̤ bé;

to do work that another ought and is unable to do.

kìm bô pàng bé;

to forbid the employment of "ponies" at a literary examination.

lîah tîeh kúi kâi bé;

caught several "ponies."

kîaⁿ khui cē, màiⁿ khṳt bé thak tîeh;

withdraw a little, so as not to be kicked by the horse.

khṳt bé tâh tîeh;

tread upon by a horse; injured by an irresponsible person.

bé pùe m̄ jû gû pùe ún;

it is better to be carried by an ox (from which you will not fall) than by a horse (which will throw you off).

bé uaⁿ pì tŏ̤ bé sin téng;

the saddle is carried on the horse's back.

gû chia, bé cài;

carried by oxen and horses.

pháu bé siā cìⁿ;

shoot arrows from the back of a horse running at full gallop.

bé mīn;

long faced.

lâm jîn seng cûn, pak jîn khîa bé;

southerners travel by boat, and northerners on horse back.

cŏ̤ kâi bé;

to stand with the knees bent and the feet far apart.

cŏ̤ kĕ bé;

to squat down.

bé ău phàu;

reserve force.

màiⁿ chòng i kai bé thâu;

do not cross over in front of his horse.

khí bé;

the horse that leads the procession.

cîeh nâng, cîeh bé;

statue of a man on horse back.

hùam bé hùam nâng khîa;

refractory horses find reckless riders.

hó̤ bé m̄ cîah hûe thâu cháu;

gentle horses do not turn their heads to eat from stalls behind them.

saⁿ-kha-bé;

a three legged stool.

phah khui saⁿ-kha-bé;

to unfold a stand having jointed legs.

ì bé, sim ŵn;

a restless mind.

tn̆g so̤h bé;

a runaway horse.

thàm bé;

spies.

bô̤ gû, sái bé;

if you have not an ox, you must use the horse.

táng kàu thih chīu khui hue, bé seⁿ kak;

wait tell iron trees blossom, and horses have horns.

bé ûang îa;

a god, worshiped by soldiers.

bé-kúi;

the seven legged spider.

bé-lêng-khîa;

a large spider that carries its young in a nest attached to its belly.

pò-bé;

an artificial horse, used in theatres.

cúa-bé;

paper horses burned in idol worship.

cáu bé teng;

a revolving lantern.

cí kâi nâng hó̤ keng bé;

this man is expert in shooting with a bow from on horseback.

bé khùai;

constables who catch thieves.

bô̤ siu bô̤ sîp, kio bé-lîu-sîn hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

as unkempt as a roving sprite.

cêk ngân ìn chut, sì bé lâng tui;

when a word is once spoken, a team of horses cannot bring it back.

úa tó̤ kuah bé cháu, lṳ́ tó̤ cíeⁿ mî-îeⁿ, chap lṳ́ cò̤-pû lío, úa kâi tó bŏi pá;

I cut grass for horses, and you tend sheep; if I stay along with you my stomach will never be filled.

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• Weights for weighing money or goods; figures, numerals

huap bé-chìn;

standard balances.

si-bé-chìn;

balances that weigh sixteen taels to the catty.

cok si-bé;

full weights; the regular weights.

bé-kíaⁿ; bé-cí;

weights for weighing money.

jī-bé;

figures; numerals.

phah àm bé;

put a private mark on it.

phah bé-kíaⁿ;

write down the figures.