Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/bau
bau
- 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?
- báu cheⁿ;
- báu jît koi; the Pleiades.
- báu cheⁿ lâk lîap;
- the Pleiades are six stars.