Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/boi
bói
- bói hùe;
- buys goods.
- bói sĭu;
- to buy in.
- bói cok;
- bought the full quantity.
- bói poiⁿ;
- to purvey; a comprador.
- bói kàu cuang;
- buys wholesale.
- chàm chùi bói;
- to buy at retail or buy piecemeal.
- bói pīn lío;
- bought and made ready.
- cò̤ bói bōi;
- be a trader.
- bói bōi seng-lí;
- the business of a merchant.
- siu bói kó-tóng;
- curiosities bought here.
- bói lâi kùi, bōi khṳ̀ phīⁿ;
- bought dear and sold cheap.
- bói chiah-kha;
- bought a concubine.
- bói chiah-kha kíaⁿ;
- bought a female slave.
- bói sùaⁿ;
- buy thread; employ a detective.
- bói jîp bōi chut;
- buy in and sell out.
- bôi hôk nâng sim;
- win people's hearts.
- bói sí i kâi sim;
- get complete possession of his affections.
- bói chân-hn̂g chù-ok;
- buy land and houses.
- i tó̤ bó̤i bōi;
- he is engaged in trade.
- 不能bŏi616
- Cannot; unable; incapable.
- i ŏi a bŏi?
- Can he or can he not?
- úa bŏi;
- I cannot do it.
- hāi i bŏi cîah bŏi ût;
- caused him to lose both appetite and sleep.
- khah tăng, bŏi taⁿ;
- it is too heavy, I cannot carry it.
- m̄ cai i ŏ a bŏi;
- do not know whether he is able to do it or not.
- bōi tīo;
- sold off.
- bōi m̄ khṳ̀;
- cannot sell.
- àiⁿ bōi, bô̤ nâng àiⁿ;
- wants to sell it but nobody wants it.
- m̄ kam bōi;
- not willing to sell it.
- bōi mêⁿ;
- evening sales.
- chut bōi;
- for sale.
- chàm-chùi bô̤ bōi;
- will not sell at retail.
- bōi kàu cuang;
- sell wholesale.
- kàu kĭaⁿ cìaⁿ ŭ bōi;
- sold only by the lot.
- bōi sin;
- sold himself.
- tău bói tău bōi;
- trade in contraband articles.
- bōi tṳ-kíaⁿ;
- sell pigs; sell into foreign servitude.
- hẃn bōi nâng kháu;
- sell girls into brothels.
- bōi nâng-chêng khṳt i;
- to curry favor.
- bōi chut cĕng-cĕng cîⁿ;
- sell for cash.
- bōi sîh pńg;
- sell at less than cost.
- khṳt i bōi;
- betrayed by him.
- bōi kok;
- betray one's country.
- sî bói sî bōi;
- sold as soon as bought.
- bōi líen;
- barter one's honor.
- bōi pàng;
- let prisoners away.
- bōi bó kè kíaⁿ kâi cîⁿ i to àiⁿ;
- he will take the price of his wife and children.