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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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ngŏ bī;

salt, sour, sweet, pungent, and bitter, are the five tastes.
bô̤ bī bô̤ sò;
insipid.
hó̤ bī-sò;
delicious.
hó̤ cṳ bī;
very toothsome.
sit bī;
lose flavor.
cáu bī;
its flavor has departed.
ía bī;
a gamey flavor; delicacies of the forest.
suaⁿ tien hái bī;
delicacies from land and sea.
hâh bī, m̄ hâh bī;
palatable, or unpalatable.
bī hó̤;
it tastes good.
khì-bī;
the savor.
bô̤ mih bī;
rather insipid.
chàu ip bī;
a close smell; musty.
khî bī;
luscious.
ko̤h bī;
changed its flavor.
lṳ́ phīⁿ tîeh sĭm-mih bī;
you smell and see whether it is good.
chàu kâi bī, phang kâi bī;
a bad smell or a good smell.
koiⁿ bī cē;
season it a little more.
tîeh ŭ cí īeⁿ lô̤h khṳ̀ ah bī;
you must add this, to make the taste just right.
cìeⁿ-seⁿ ío ŭ bī;
thus it is more relishable.
bô̤ bī;
insipid; it does not affect me particularly.
cí kâi nâng bô̤ nâng bī;
this fellow is not human.
bô̤ cṳ bī;
no taste for the beauties of books.
sît-căi ŭ hiaⁿ-tĭ bī;
has truly a fraternal disposition.
chŵn bô̤ ang-cía bī;
wholly destitute of conjugal tastes.
sin bī;
the first of the season.
lău bī;
old fruits.
múi bī;
well-flavored.
chù-bī;
pretty, amusing, interesting.

bîe

  • bîe591649
  • 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.
  • bîe101114711
  • 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.
  • bîe95110912
  • 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.
  • bīe5925312
  • 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.

bih

  • bih687635
  • Flat, thin, flattened out.
i kâi thâu bih-bih;
it has a flat head.
khoih bih-bih;
to flatten by squeezing between two boards.
tĕⁿ bih;
squeezed flat.
teh bih;
crushed flat.
khṳt nâng lūn kàu bih-bih;
trampled flat by people.
  • bih15294
  • To crouch down; to lie perdue; to crouch for the purpose of concealment.
cē bih kĕ cū tok i m̄ tîeh;
as he crouched, the knife failed to hit him.
méⁿ-méⁿ bih-cáu;
ran away quickly crouching out of sight.
bih kàu nâng chūe m̄ tîeh;
hid away so that he could not be found.
koi bih lô̤h khṳ̀;
the hen squats in order to get out of sight.
i àm-cĕⁿ bih cêk chiu ké-húe tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤;
he secretly concealed a pile of weapons there.
  • bîh59311811
  • Bamboos or reeds split into strips; splints; slats.
i tó̤ phùa tek bîh;
he is making splints.
cía àiⁿ bîh-cheⁿ kâi a bîh-n̂ng kâi?
Would you use the outer or the inner portion of the bamboo for this?
tháng-kho bîh;
slats used for bucket-hoops.

bīo

  • bīo592384
  • Wonderful; subtle; mysterious.
bīo căi;
very wonderful.
sĭm bīo;
very subtle.
kèng bīo;
more difficult to fathom.
kêk bīo;
extremely abstruse.
àu-bīo;
mysterious.
khá bīo;
ingenious.
bīo huap;
an admirable method.
bīo chíu;
a skilled artist or physician.
bīo kòi;
a capital scheme.
khî bīo;
surprisingly clever.
bīo sĭeⁿ;
subtle thought.
bīo pín;
a fine thing.
bīo îeh;
a wonderful remedy.
sîn bīo;
supernatural.
sîn bīo bô̤ pí;
incomparably perfect.

bît

  • bît5961428
  • Honey; nectar; sugary.
phang-bît;
honey.
bît-phang;
honey-bees.
bît-lâh;
bees-wax.
po̤-lô̤-bît;
the jack-fruit.
pêh bît;
white honey.
so̤h bît;
pure white honey.
lău bît;
old honey.