Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/bie

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bîe

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  • To trace, to limn, to sketch.
bîe jī;
to trace letters through paper.
bîe sía;
to trace letters, laying thin paper over the characters to be copied.
bîe i kâi īeⁿ;
limn its likeness.
bîe kàu sĭo;
sketched a good likeness.
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  • To peek; to peep; to espy.
i tó̤ bîe thóiⁿ ŭ khang-khiah a bô̤;
he comes and peeps about to see if there is any chink for him to see through.
lṳ́ màiⁿ lâi tó̤ bîe thóiⁿ, úa cai;
you need not come and spy around, I know you are there.
i tīaⁿ-tîeh lâi bîe thóiⁿ, nâng thâu-soiⁿ ṳ̆ i;
as he is sure to come spying around, we will prepare for him beforehand.
bô̤ bîe;
no peeking allowed.
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  • The eyes half shut; to squint.
mâk bîe-bîe;
squint-eyed.
mâk tieⁿ kàu bîe-bîe;
she affects languor by keeping her eyelids half closed.
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  • A temple; a fane.
thài bīe;
the imperial ancestral temple.
ke bīe; có bīe;
an ancestral temple.
sîn bīe;
an idol temple.
bīe ú;
temples of every kind.
cêk cō̤ bīe;
one temple.
bûn bīe;
a temple where civil officers worship.
bú bīe;
a temple where warriors worship.
bīe cok;
a temple curator, a sexton.
sin khí bīe;
newly built temples.
sîaⁿ-hn̂g bīe;
the municipal temple in a walled city.
thó-tī bīe;
the temple of the local god.
cheⁿ-lêng bīe;
temple of the green dragon.
jîp bīe sie hieⁿ;
go into the temple to burn incense.
khṳ̀ keng-bīe kò̤ pài, cah ngṳ̂n-tĭaⁿ, hieⁿ, cek;
go to the temple to worship, taking spirit-money, incense, and candles.