Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/bai

by Adele Marion Fielde

bâi

• 眉bâi5851094
• The eye brows, and what is shaped like them.

mâk-bâi;

eyebrows.

mâk bâi saⁿ-kak saⁿ-kak;

heavy eyebrows.

mâk-bâi khah lông;

eyebrows too bushy.

bâi mô̤ⁿ;

the hair of the eyebrow.

gô̤ bâi;

arched eyebrows.

jìo bâi;

to frown.

thò-khì îang-bâi;

in high spirits.

gûeh bâi;

the young moon.

nìo bâi;

to scowl.

bâi kĭa;

oblique eyebrows.

bâi sûi-sûi;

long eyebrows.

bâi thâu, bâi búe;

the inner and outer end of the eyebrow.

líu-hîeh bâi;

beautiful arched eyebrows.

bâi kĕ;

lowering eyebrows.

• 楣bâi585759
• The lintel.

mn̂g bâi;

lintel of a door.

chái bâi;

a timber in the eaves.

• 瞀bāi5881099
• To look, with the eyes close upon the object scrutinized.

mâk bū, bāi m̄ kìⁿ;

my eyes are dim and I cannot see though I put my face close down to it.

bāi khah kú, mâk bū;

if you look at it too long and closely your sight will become dim.

m̄ hó̤ bāi khah thíam;

it is not well to scrutinize it too closely.

màiⁿ kú-kú tó̤ bāi;

do not be always poring over it.