Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/bak
bak
- chīu-bâk;
- trees.
- hue-bâk;
- shrubbery.
- cháu-bâk;
- plants.
- bâk-līo;
- lumber.
- bâk-chīeⁿ;
- an artist who works in wood.
- bâk-kang sai-pĕ;
- a carpenter.
- cò̤ bâk-kang;
- do carpentery.
- bâk-chieh;
- a carpenter's foot rule.
- cêk kò̤ bâk kâi;
- made of a single piece of wood.
- bâk-hieⁿ;
- putchuck, used as medicine.
- bâk pŏ;
- the vegetable kingdom, the whole list of characters having this radical.
- bâk cheⁿ;
- the planet Jupiter.
- bâk hì;
- a puppet show.
- ŭ khí chīu-bâk chiu-thiⁿ-sî lut hîeh, ṳ khí chīu-bâk tang-thiⁿ-sî hîeh cìaⁿ lut, ŭ khí chīu-bâk bô̤ mih lut hîeh;
- some shrubs shed their leaves in autumn, some in winter, and some do not shed them much at all.
- sòi bâk;
- of close texture.
- thīⁿ kàu bâk-bâk;
- sewed with fine stitches.
- bâk-câk;
- without interstices.
- cí kâi pò bâk-câk;
- this cloth is imporous.
- úa kâi hîuⁿ àiⁿ bâk hâng kâi;
- I want my wadded jacket close-quilted in lines.
- kau-chap khṳ̀ ciu-bâk;
- having a close and intimate relationship with each other.
- pìn kàu bâk-bâk;
- interweave them closely so as to leave no interstices.
- sẃn i pìu khṳ̀ bâk kâi;
- select one that is close plaited.
- hĭa tĭeh pâi bâk-bâk;
- lay the tiles so as to leave no crevices.
- cò̤ bâk-bâk;
- make it so that there will be no chinks.
- pâi bâk cē;
- spread them close together.
- ki-bâk;
- the real moving cause.
- bâk īⁿ;
- an ink-stone.
- bâk hû;
- a box for prepared ink.
- bâk âp;
- a box holding cakes of ink.
- bâk kè;
- an ink rack.
- cêk tîo bâk;
- a bar of ink.
- cêk kò̤ bâk;
- a cake of ink.
- bâk cúi;
- liquid ink.
- pit bâk cúa īⁿ;
- writing materials.
- bâk sùaⁿ;
- a line made with ink.
- bâk-táu,
- a carpenter's line and reel.
- bâk hṳ̂;
- the cuttle fish.
- bâk pó;
- dried cuttle fish.
- bâk khah kṳ̂t;
- the ink is too thick.
- bâk khah chieh;
- the ink is too thin.
- bâk sía lô̤h khṳ̀ ŭn;
- the ink spreads after writing.
- bâk bûa lông cē;
- rub up a little more ink.
- ŭ sîn bâk;
- all lined and marked out.
- tăi lô̤h bâk;
- put pen to paper.
- cí kâi nâng hó̤ pit bâk;
- this is a good penman.
- bûn bâk kâi nâng;
- a student.
- àiⁿ sía ngía jī, tîeh ēng hó̤ pit bâk;
- if you would write a beautiful hand, you must use good pens and ink.
- kiaⁿ bâk hó̤ cò̤ îeh;
- Pekinese ink is good as a medicine.
- ní bâk-cúi kâi pò;
- cloth colored in ink.
- bâk-cúi ūe;
- drawn in ink.
- cí kâi bâk sĭ sĭm-mih kâi cò̤ kâi?
- Of what is this ink made?
- hó̤ cang o-in cò̤ bâk;
- soot may be made into ink.
- bâk īam-īam;
- the ink is glossy.
- bâk-bun-sek;
- a very dark reddish brown.
- bâk sái;
- ink dried on the stone.