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  • 5901190
  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • The sound made in calling ducks—bĭ bĭ bĭ bĭ.
ah-bĭ;
a toy duck.
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  • 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?
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  • 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.
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  • 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*, in which the five tastes are supposed to reside: it is used in medicine.
kîam, sng, tîam, hiam, khó, cĭu sĭ 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.