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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.

necessarily thus.

àiⁿ kàu a būe?
Are we almost there?
lâi a būe?
Has he come yet?
cîah pá a būe?
Has he finished his meal yet?
àiⁿ khṳ̀ a būe?
Are you going now?
àiⁿ khṳ̀ būe khṳ̀;
he is just going.
būe jîp lîu;
clerks about courts who are not yet promoted.

bûeh

  • bûeh103714515
  • Stockings.
cêk ciah bûeh;
a stocking.
cêk sang bûeh;
a pair of stockings.
mî bûeh;
woolen stockings.
bûeh àng; bûeh tháng;
the leg of a stocking.
bûeh cíeⁿ;
the foot of a stocking.
bûeh teⁿ, bûeh thâu, bûeh tói;
the heel, toe, and sole of a stocking.
chēng bûeh;
to put on, or to wear stockings.
bûeh tòa;
garters.
pêh bûeh;
white stockings.
chíⁿ bûeh;
blue stockings.
toaⁿ têng bûeh;
stockings made of a single layer of cloth.
sang têng bûeh; koih bûeh;
stockings of double thickness.
hô-khî bûeh;
knitted stockings.

bun

o bun;
black gnats.
seⁿ bun;
breeds gnats.
bun kău căi;
the gnats are very thick.
bun máng;
buzzing insects.
bô̤ bun bô̤ máng;
no gnats nor mosquitoes.
khṳt bun kă kàu kâi lâu kâi lâu;
bitten by gnats till he was all blotches.
thóiⁿ bô̤ bun hìeⁿ tōa;
considered him as insignificant as a gnat.
bun táⁿ;
cowardly.
cŭ bun sêng lûi;
if you get enough gnats together their noise will be as loud as thunder.
bun hng-hng-kìe;
gnats buzz.
cêk tu bun;
a swarm of gnats.
bun kíaⁿ;
sand flies.
  • bún10431204
  • Involved; embroiled; confused.
lí kàu ŭ tîo put bún;
to manage so that there be no entanglement; to straighten out in distinct lines.
bŏi bún-lŭan;
is not confused or disordered.
mih sṳ̄ tîo-tît tîo-tît, cn̂g kâi bŏi bún-lŭan;
everything is set straight, and there is no complication.
  • 穿bùn1191164
  • To burrow; to work one's way through a narrow opening; to wriggle into a hole.
i cē kiaⁿ cū bùn jîp khang tói;
as soon as he is frightened he scratches his way into his hole.
cíeⁿ-seⁿ tṳ-kíaⁿ bùn tit kùe mē?
Can the pigs wriggle through?
khang khah khuah, khṳt cío bùn cáu khṳ̀;
the interstices were too wide, and the bird got through and escaped.
i bùn lâi bùn khṳ̀, bùn bòi tit chut;
he tried his best,
but could not work his way though so as to get out.
koi-lam kâi khang hìeⁿ sòi, koi cò̤-nî ŏi bùn chut lâi?
Since the interstices in the coop are so small, how could the fowls push their way through?
bùn lô̤h thô tói;
wriggle down into the mud, as eels or crabs do.
koi cong-kú tó̤ bùn;
the hens keep trying all the time to get out.
  • bûn1041670
  • Literary; civil; elegant.
bûn bâk;
literary.
bûn ngía;
intellectual or refined.
bûn huap;
grammar.
bûn pit;
the pen of a ready writer.
bûn chái;
scientific.
bûn cieⁿ;
an essay.
kó bûn;
ancient literature.
sî bûn;
modern literature.
sṳ bûn;
an elegant style.
bûn-sek;
a specious appearance.
ngŵn bûn;
the original text.
bûn-cieⁿ kó̤; bûn-cieⁿ chó̤;
the original draft.
pêh bûn;
plain text.
sueh bûn;
to explain the text.
cò̤ bûn;
make a draft.
tâu bûn;
deliver a dispatch.
kong bûn;
public documents.
bûn cṳ;
documents.
kìa bûn-cṳ;
î bûn; send dispatches.
tòa bûn cṳ;
bear a dispatch.
m̄ tâk cêk bûn cîⁿ;
it is not worth a cash.
bûn bú;
civil and military.
bûn bīe;
a Confucian temple.
kháu bûn kháu bú;
examination of scholars and cadets.
bûn tîeⁿ;
the arena for literary contests.
bûn kháu;
the examinations, civil and military.
lêng bûn, lêng bú;
an able scholar and soldier.
bûn bú chŵn châi;
familiar with both books and weapons.
bûn kuaⁿ;
civil ofiicers.
ô̤h cò̤ bûn;
learn to be scholarly.
khǹg sì bûn;
exhortations to morality.
bûn ùaⁿ;
civil bureau.
thien bûn;
astronomy the hosts of heavenly bodies.
thien bûn seng;
astronomers.
kwn thien-bûn;
observe the stars.
bûn-lí;
the literary style of writing.
bûn-thông;
a student.
i sĭ bûn sìu-câi a bṳ́ sìu-câi?
Is he a literary or a military graduate?
  • 玫瑰bûn-kùi584
  • A red gem; a red rose.
bûn-kùi lō;
rose water.
bûn-kùi îu;
attar of roses.
nín kâi bûn-kùi lō kâi ngṳ̂n kúi ki?
How many bottles of rosewater do you give for a dollar?
  • bûn10411204
  • Lines or marks.
bun ngṳ̂n;
sycee, pure silver.
  • bŭn10411288
  • To hear; to learn by report.
thŵn bŭn;
a tradition; to repeat a report.
hong bŭn;
a rumor.
thiaⁿ-bŭn;
to hear.
húang bŭn;
ascertain by hearing.
mîaⁿ bŭn sì-hái;
famed throughout