Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/bie
bîe
- bîe jī;
- to trace letters through paper.
- bîe sía;
- to trace letters, laying thin paper over the characters to be copied.
- bîe i kâi īeⁿ;
- limn its likeness.
- bîe kàu sĭo;
- sketched a good likeness.
- i tó̤ bîe thóiⁿ ŭ khang-khiah a bô̤;
- he comes and peeps about to see if there is any chink for him to see through.
- lṳ́ màiⁿ lâi tó̤ bîe thóiⁿ, úa cai;
- you need not come and spy around, I know you are there.
- i tīaⁿ-tîeh lâi bîe thóiⁿ, nâng thâu-soiⁿ ṳ̆ i;
- as he is sure to come spying around, we will prepare for him beforehand.
- bô̤ bîe;
- no peeking allowed.
- mâk bîe-bîe;
- squint-eyed.
- mâk tieⁿ kàu bîe-bîe;
- she affects languor by keeping her eyelids half closed.
- thài bīe;
- the imperial ancestral temple.
- ke bīe; có bīe;
- an ancestral temple.
- sîn bīe;
- an idol temple.
- bīe ú;
- temples of every kind.
- cêk cō̤ bīe;
- one temple.
- bûn bīe;
- a temple where civil officers worship.
- bú bīe;
- a temple where warriors worship.
- bīe cok;
- a temple curator, a sexton.
- sin khí bīe;
- newly built temples.
- sîaⁿ-hn̂g bīe;
- the municipal temple in a walled city.
- thó-tī bīe;
- the temple of the local god.
- cheⁿ-lêng bīe;
- temple of the green dragon.
- jîp bīe sie hieⁿ;
- go into the temple to burn incense.
- khṳ̀ keng-bīe kò̤ pài, cah ngṳ̂n-tĭaⁿ, hieⁿ, cek;
- go to the temple to worship, taking spirit-money, incense, and candles.