tang bît ;
honey made in winter.
bît àng ;
honey jar.
kuah bît ;
to take up honey.
bît-phang tû ;
bee-hives.
bît cìm ;
preserved in honey.
ngâu bît ;
steeped in honey.
túi bît ;
made into a paste with honey.
bît tháng kaⁿ ;
sugary oranges.
bît sek ;
straw-color.
kho̤h bît ;
prepared honey.
ki chui jû buah bît ;
a mouth speaking honied words.
bît sái ;
bee-bread.
bît pho̤h ;
honey-comb.
bît sīu ;
cells in honey comb.
滅 bît 593 85 10
To submerge; to sink in.
lô̤h khṳ̀ bît thâu bît hîah, híam-híam kek sí ;
sank in over head and ears and came very near being drowned.
khĭa lô̤h khṳ̀, bît pīn tī-kò̤?
When you stand in it, how far up does it reach?
tâh lô̤h khṳ̀, bît kàu kha-thâu-u ;
stepped on it, and sank up to my knees.
ôi-tói kûiⁿ-kûiⁿ, tâh lô̤h khṳ̀ hŵn-lío bît khṳ̀ ;
though the soles of my shoes were very high, I still sank to their tops when I stepped on it.
bó
ang bó ;
husband and wife.
bó kíaⁿ ;
wife and children.
chūa bó ;
marry a wife.
sieh bó ;
be kind to a wife.
ùi bó ;
afraid of a wife.
cháu-thâu kâi bó ;
his first wife.
ki chú kâi bó ;
ciap ki kâi bó ; inferior wife.
ău bó ;
second wife.
soiⁿ kâi bó hó̤, ău kâi bó m̄-hó̤ ;
his former wife was a good one, his present wife is not.
cang cáu-kíaⁿ kè khṳt i cò̤ bó̤ ;
gave his daughter to him to be his wife.
chūa i kâi a-ko cò̤ bó ;
married his aunt.
i kâi bó sĭ ún kâi píe kâi ;
his wife is our cousin.
bó kâi cí-mūe kìe-cò̤ chi-î ;
a wife's sisters are called sisters-in-law.
畝 bó 588 102 5
The Chinese acre, which is 733 1 / 3 square yards, or about one sixth of an English acre.
chân bó ;
rice fields.
cêk bó tī ;
an acre of land.
cêk khẃn sĭ cêk peh bó ;
the largest land measure is one hundred acres.
nín hak ŭ jîeh cōi bó chân-hn̂g ?
How many acres of arrable land do you own?
cí-kò̤ kâi chân, ke hùe, hak ŭ jîeh cōi bó ?
Of the fields about here, how many acres are owned by those who own the most?
bó tī, cìa ká ŭ jîeh cōi thn̂g ?
How much sugar can you get from an acre of sugar cane?
cîaⁿ câp bó tī hún-kuah ;
about ten acres of sweet potatoes.
cí kò̤ chù-tī ŭ câp bó khuah ;
this building lot contains ten acres.
cí kâi tī cìeⁿ khuah, cêk nî ēng lâp jîeh cōi bó chân nîe ?
On a piece of land as large as this how much must be paid annually
in taxes?
ŵn-nîe sĭ cìe bó sǹg-sìo ;
government taxes are reckoned according to the number of acres.
ún cí-kò̤ kâi tī pí nín kò̤ ío hó̤ cèng-co̤h, cêk bó siu ke cêk ûe ;
our land here is better than is yours for agriculture, and we can get twice as much from it.
cí kò̤ chân thóiⁿ tîeh bó-siaⁿ ío ôih ;
I should think this lot the smaller.
bó-toaⁿ ;
the peony.
bó-toaⁿ phûe ;
the bark of the peony, used in medicine.
模 bô 605 75 11
A mold; a form or guide to go by; a pattern.
ìn kâi cńg-thâu bô ;
to set one's signature by pressing the inked thumb on a document.
cù tíaⁿ kâi tíaⁿ-bô ;
the molds used in casting iron pans; thô bô ; a clay mold.
cîeh bô ;
a stone mold.
窿 bô 567 116 12
The vault of heaven, referring to its arched expanse.
am-bô ;
over-arching; rounding upward; a space hollowed out.
i kâi īeⁿ am-bô am-bô ;
it is of a vaultlike shape.
màiⁿ cò̤ khah am-bô ;
do not make it so that it rounds upward too much.
戊 bō 1062 62 1
The fifth in the cycle of ten; it relates to earth.
bō sĭ sôk câp thien-kang . cí câp kâi sĭ thien-kang, sôk îang ; hṳ́ câp-jī kâi sĭ tī-ciⁿ, sôk im ;
these ten are the heavenly cycle, and pertain to the male principle in nature; those twelve are the earthly cycle and pertain to the female principle in nature.
câp thien-kang, lâi phùi câp-jī tī-ciⁿ, sǹg kàu lâk-câp kâi cū kàu ;
the cycle of ten reckoned ten times, matches the cycle of twelve reckoned five times.
bói
bói hùe ;
buys goods.
bói sĭu ;
to buy in.
bói cok ;
bought the full quantity.
bói poiⁿ ;
to purvey; a comprador.
bói kàu cuang ;
buys wholesale.
chàm chùi bói ;
to buy at retail or buy piecemeal.
bói pīn lío ;
bought and made ready.
cò̤ bói bōi ;
be a trader.
bói bōi seng-lí ;
the business of a merchant.
siu bói kó-tóng ;
curiosities bought here.
bói lâi kùi, bōi khṳ̀ phīⁿ ;
bought dear and sold cheap.
bói chiah-kha ;
bought a concubine.
bói chiah-kha kíaⁿ ;
bought a female slave.
bói sùaⁿ ;
buy thread; employ a detective.
bói jîp bōi chut ;
buy in and sell out.
bôi hôk nâng sim ;
win people's hearts.
bói sí i kâi sim ;
get complete possession of his affections.
bói chân-hn̂g chù-ok ;
buy land