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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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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.

  • 5711870
  • A horse; cavalry; warlike; spirited; the white knight in chess.
cêk ciah bé; cêk phit bé;
one horse.
khîa bé;
to ride a horse.
bé kó;
a stallion.
bé bó̤;
a mare.
tōa bé;
a full grown horse.
bé kíaⁿ;
a colt.
tōa pak bé;
a Mongolian horse.
choiⁿ lí bé;
a swift courier; a fast horse.
bé uaⁿ;
a saddle.
bé piⁿ;
a horsewhip.
bé so̤h;
a bridle, or halter.
bé chia;
a carriage drawn by horses.
bé chíang;
a shed for horses.
bé pâng;
a stable.
bé thua chia;
horses draw carts.
bé-lēng-thâu;
the headstall.
lêk bé;
to guide a horse.
lêk tńg bé thâu;
to rein the horse about.
lêk cŭ bé;
to rein up and stop a horse.
pûah lô̤h bé;
to fall off a horse.
bé hwn-tŏ, àiⁿ lô̤h hŏ;
when the horses roll it is going to rain.
bê-lêk-tŏ;
a surcingle.
bé-tâh-tèng;
a stirrup.
bé-uaⁿ-kîe;
the pommel of a saddle.
bé-phŭe;
a saddle-cloth.
bé-cô̤;
a manger.
bé līo; bé cháu;
provender.
bé thâu;
a pier.
bé lō;
a verandah.
bé thâu cîeh;
a stone landing.
bé hu; khang bé kâi;
a groom.
līu bé;
to exercise a horse for its health.
hó̤ bé;
a gentle horse.
bé tôi;
a horse's hoof; the water-chestnut.
bé tôi hún;
flour made from the water-chestnut.
bé cang mó̤ⁿ;
horse's mane.
téng bé;
an attendant
who rides ahead.
piaⁿ bé;
cavalry.
bé piaⁿ;
mounted soldiers.
nâng-bé cōi;
there is a great crowd.
bé thâu lô̤;
a gong sounded before an official who is riding.
lô̤h bé têng;
a portico where riders dismount.
châ bé;
a saw-horse.
cìen bé;
a warhorse.
hái bé;
the sea-horse.
pháu bé;
to gallop a horse.
bé tău;
a race course.
toaⁿ piⁿ phit bé;
a solitary horseman.
si bé;
an inspector of cavalry.
bé tùi;
a procession of horsemen.
bé kéng;
a fancy dress parade.
híang bé châk;
mounted robbers.
khîa koi bé;
to ride on one's shoulder.
bé kâm kieⁿ;
the horse's bits.
bé-íⁿ;
a high stool.
sùe kûiⁿ kha bé-íⁿ, thóiⁿ hì;
hired a high trestle, to sit on and see the play.
bé-cah-íⁿ;
a folding chair.
phah tieⁿ bé-cah-íⁿ tó̤ cŏ̤;
spread a folding chair and sat down.
cám bé to̤;
a long knife, used in war for cutting the legs of cavalry horses.
bé tūi;
a company of cavalry.
teng bé;
the part of a lamp which carries the wick.
pha cĭeⁿ bé;
to mount a horse.
pha lô̤h bé;
dismount from a horse.
pha cĭeⁿ bé sin cū tîeh khîa;
if you mount a horse you must ride him.
bé-keng ío khin pō-keng;
the bows used by the cavalry are lighter than those used by the infantry.
bé-cìⁿ pí pō-cìⁿ ío kōi sīa tîeh;
the arrows used by the cavalry are easier to shoot than are those used by the infantry.
mîaⁿ bé;
a famous horse; a noted person.
chiah bé; kò bé;
one employed to do work that his employer ought to do.
cò̤ bé;
to do work that another ought and is unable to do.
kìm bô pàng bé;
to forbid the employment of "ponies" at a literary examination.
lîah tîeh kúi kâi bé;
caught several "ponies."
kîaⁿ khui cē, màiⁿ khṳt bé thak tîeh;
withdraw a little, so as not to be kicked by the horse.
khṳt bé tâh tîeh;
tread upon by a horse; injured by an irresponsible person.
bé pùe m̄ jû gû pùe ún;
it is better to be carried by an ox (from which you will not fall) than by a horse (which will throw you off).
bé uaⁿ pì tŏ̤ bé sin téng;
the saddle is carried on the horse's back.
gû chia, bé cài;
carried by oxen and horses.
pháu bé siā cìⁿ;
shoot arrows from the back of a horse running at full gallop.
bé mīn;
long faced.
lâm jîn seng cûn, pak jîn khîa bé;
southerners travel by boat, and northerners on horse back.
cŏ̤ kâi bé;
to stand with the knees bent and the feet far apart.
cŏ̤ kĕ bé;
to squat down.
bé ău phàu;
reserve force.
màiⁿ chòng i kai bé thâu;
do not cross over in front of his horse.
khí bé;
the horse that leads the procession.
cîeh nâng, cîeh bé;
statue of a man on horse back.
hùam bé hùam nâng khîa;
refractory horses find reckless riders.
hó̤ bé m̄ cîah hûe