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. 碼 bé 572 112 10 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. beh síe bêh ;common wheat.
tōa bêh ;barley.
saⁿ-kak bêh ;buckwheat.
bêh-sūi ;an ear of wheat.
bêh-kó̤ ;wheat stubble.
bêh-kó̤-cháu bō̤ ;a hat made of wheat straw.
bêh pho ;bran.
bêh hún ;flour made from parched wheat.
bêh chòi ;coarse wheaten flour.
bêh kúe ;wheaten cakes.
bêh luah ;strips of dried paste.
kuah bêh ;to reap wheat.
oi bêh ;to grind wheat.
phah bêh ;sut bêh ; to thresh wheat.bêh gê ;wheat sprouts, used in medicine. bi 米 bí 590 119 0 Rice, hulled but not cooked; small grains.
pêh bí ;clean hulled rice.
chò̤ bí ;imperfectly hulled rice.
cût bí ;glutinous rice.
ciam bí ;water grown rice.
hêⁿ bí ;dried prawns.
sîeⁿ cîah kâi sĭ ciam bí ;water grown rice is the kind that is commonly eaten.
tê-bí ;dry
tea leaves.
oi bí ;to hull rice.
ceng bí ;to pound rice.
nîe bí ;to measure rice.
tîah bí ;to buy rice.
pùa bí ;to winnow rice.
bí būe oi, kìe-cò̤ chek ;rice that has not been passed through the hulling mill is called paddy.
bí cṳ̂ lío, bô̤ ám kâi kìe cò̤ pn̄g, ŭ ám kâi kìe cò̤ mûeⁿ ;cooked rice having no porridge with it is called boiled rice, while that having porridge with it is called congee.
bí hún ;rice flour.
bí ceng hu kìe-cò̤ chòi ;when rice is finely pulverized it is called rice-flour.
bí-chòi ;coarse rice flour.
bí hún kuaⁿ ;vermicelli made from rice flour.
cût bí cî ;large cakes made from glutinous rice.
cût-bí îⁿ ; ciam-bí îⁿ ;pellets of boiled paste, made from rice flour. 低 bî 877 9 5 The position of a steelyard-bar, when the body weighed is a very little lighter than what is indicated by the notch at which the steelyard weight balances it. téng tîeh ío bî ;rather light weight.
bŏi khio bî, pêⁿ chìn kùe ;the beam tilts neither the one way nor the other, but stands level, and thus weighed I hand it over to you.
lîah pêⁿ-pêⁿ īeⁿ, màiⁿ lîah khio bî ;treat them just alike, showing no more respect to the one than to the other. 㖐 bĭ 1051 80 7 The sound made in calling ducks—bĭ bĭ bĭ bĭ. ah-bĭ ;a toy duck. 泳 bī 1149 85 5 To dive; to swim under water. bī cúi ;to dive into the water.
bī kùe khoi ;swim across the river under water.
bī mûeh-kĭaⁿ ;to dive and bring up things.
bī cúi kâi nâng ;divers.
bī tîeh cêk peh ngṳ̂n ;dived and brought up a hundred dollars.
ŏi sîu ŏi bī ;can swim both above and below the surface.
cêk kâi khùi, bī jîeh kú ?How long can one stay under water with but one inspiration of breath? 未 bī 1052 75 1 The eighth in the cycle of twelve, symbolized by the goat. bī sî ;from 1 to 3 o'clock P.M.
bī gûeh ;the 6th month.
bī nî ;the year of the goat.
bī nî chut sì kìe-cò̤ sìeⁿ îeⁿ ;one born in the year of the goat is called a goat. 味 bī 1053 30 5 To relish; to take pleasure in; a dainty; taste, flavor, seasoning, relish. ngŏ-bī-kè ;a cruet-stand.
ngŏ-bī cí ;the seed of the Kadsura Chinensis *
kîam, sng, tîam, hiam, khó, cĭu sĭ 