bau

  • báu581263
  • The fourth in the cycle of twelve, designated by the hare; a term; the early morning.
báu sî;
from 5 to 7 o'clock, A.M.
báu jît, báu gûeh, bán nî;
the day, the month, and the year, designated in the cycle by the hare.
báu khî;
the periods designated by the hare.
kau tîeh báu-sî lío;
it is already five o'clock in the morning.
thiⁿ kng în, jît chut bán;
dawn is from three to five, and sunrise from five to seven o'clock.
tang thiⁿ báu put kìen cháu;
the grass cannot be discerned before seven o'clock in a winter's morning.
báu nî seⁿ kâi nâng, sĭ kìe-cò̤ sìeⁿ thò;
those born in the fourth year of the cycle of twelve are called hares.
tíam báu;
to call the roll.
gō báu;
fail to be present at roll-call.
thòi báu;
substitutes.
ìn báu;
answer by a substitute.
pí báu;
recreant debtors to government.
cĭeⁿ báu;
young learners how to conduct public business, in the yamun.
i ŭ báu mîaⁿ a bô̤?
Has he a name among the learners at the yamun?
  • báu582725
  • The Pleiades.
báu cheⁿ;
báu jît koi; the Pleiades.
báu cheⁿ lâk lîap;
the Pleiades are six stars.