Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/bue
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bue
- nî búe;
- the end of the year.
- gûeh búe;
- the last of the month.
- khí-thâu kàu suah-búe;
- from beginning to end.
- ŭ cêk ki búe;
- it has a tail.
- cûn búe;
- the stern of a boat.
- cêk búe hṳ̂;
- one fish.
- cêk búe chôiⁿ;
- a silk worm.
- búe ŏi kiu; búe ŏi khìo;
- its tail turns up.
- khut búe;
- draws in his tail.
- îe búe;
- to wag the tail.
- búe ŏi ciam;
- has a pointed tail.
- chân thâu, chân búe;
- the two ends of a rice field.
- ŭ thâu búe;
- systematically arranged.
- bô̤ thâu bô̤ búe;
- without methed.
- cò̤ sṳ̄ màiⁿ bô̤ bùe;
- finish up the things you do.
- síu búe siang kù;
- reciprocal regard between leader and follower.
- m̄ cai thâu búe;
- does not know the ins and outs of the matter.
- m̄ hó̤ ùi síu; ùi búe;
- do not be apprehensive about that matter.
- khṳ̀ kàu hṳ̀ búe-búe;
- go to the extreme end.
- kío-búe kâi kíaⁿ;
- the youngest child.
- kío-búe-ău;
- the very hindmost.
- búe ău;
- in the rear.
- lêng hûiⁿ búe;
- a pendant cloud.
- sìo búe;
- the balance of an account.
- cîⁿ búe;
- an unpaid remainder.
- khang-khùe búe;
- remnant of work.
- sńg lío kâi búe;
- the consequence of a frolic.
- pit búe;
- the point of a pencil.
- sam búe;
- the small end of a log.
- chīu búe;
- the top of a tree.
- câh thâu, câh búe;
- intercept at both ends.
- cah thâu, cah búe;
- lift at both ends.
- hāng thâu hāng búe;
- the head and the foot of a lane.
- cêk phau búe;
- a tail bushy at the end.
- cò̤ kúi ki búe;
- having several pendant ends.
- búe lu-lu;
- a blunt end.
- cam búe;
- the point of a needle.
- thûh búe cam;
- a blunt needle.
- cam thâu sùaⁿ búe;
- remnants of thread left in the needle.
- kàu hṳ̀ búe jû tōa;
- it is bigger at the other end.
- pit búe khui soi;
- the point of the brush is bristly.
- piⁿ búe so̤h;
- the coarse silk braided into the queue.
- chíu-búe ngân;
- his fingers are cold.
- kha búe;
- the lower extremities.
- pàng tō̤ mîn-chn̂g kha búe;
- put it there at the foot of the bed.
- cí kĭaⁿ sĭ móng nâng pàng tīo kâi chíu búe;
- this is a relict of a certain person.
- kín kùe huang búe lûi;
- fiercer than a final clap of thunder.
- hĭⁿ búe thiaⁿ-kìⁿ;
- just caught the sound of it.
- mâk búe thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;
- caught a glimpse of it.
- tùe i kâi chùi búe tàⁿ;
- repeat it after him.
- ēng kàu hú búe jú hó̤;
- it will be better when it is nearly used up.
- khó thâu màiⁿ khó búe;
- take the hardship at the beginning, and not have it to endure at the end.
- kù thâu kù búe;
- consider it on all sides.
- cîh búe seⁿ chṳ;
- has festers on the end of his tongue.
- hŭ-jîn hùe kâi ău-táu búe;
- the lower part of a woman's coiffure, at the back of her head.
- huang-thai búe;
- the end of a tyfoon.
- chĭeⁿ bûe;
- mildewed.
- m̄ cai phâk cĭu chĭeⁿ bûe;
- if you do not sun it, it will mildew.
- bûe-nâng;
- the go between.
- tho̤h lṳ́ cò̤ bûe;
- entrust the making of the match to you.
- sīa bûe-nâng;
- remunerate the go-between.
- bûe phûa;
- an old woman who makes matches.
- bûe-nâng chùi, chūa nâng ùi;
- whosoever follows the direction of a matchmaker goes into danger.
- cío-bûe;
- a decoy bird; a stool pigeon.
- cò̤ bûe;
- act as a decoy.
- châk bô̤ bûe, pùaⁿ lō hûe;
- if the thief had no one to lead him, he would turn back when half way to his destination.
- cêk lîap bûe;
- a plum.
- îeⁿ-bûe;
- the arbutus, or Chinese strawberry.
- bûe-hue;
- plum blossoms.
- cheⁿ tek bûe;
- green plums.
- lŏ kîam bûe;
- pickled plums.
- bûe-pó tîam kâi a kîam kâi?
- Are these plums sweet or salt?
- îeⁿ-bûe thien-phàu; îeⁿ-bûe chng;
- a disease of licentions people.
- bûe-thòaⁿ;
- fossil coal.
- líu bûe-thòaⁿ;
- to dig coal.
- bûe-thòaⁿ suaⁿ;
- a coal mine.
- nín kâi lô sĭ ēng bûe-thòaⁿ a sĭ ēng húe-thòaⁿ?
- Do you use hard coal or charcoal in your stove?
- jîem àm cū huang bûe?
- How late do you rake up the fire?
- tun bûe-thòaⁿ;
- to store coal.
- cîah cíu lío, phah bûe;
- drink wine, and then play at morra.
- i hṳ́ cêk mêⁿ kâi cíu-bûe thàng-thàng phah su, khṳt-nâng kẁn cíu, kẁn kàu lok-lok;
- throughout that whole night he was beaten in the game of morra, and was forced to drink wine as a forfeit, until he was drenched in it.
- bûe-nêk;
- the brisket; the tenderloin.
- būe cêng;
- has not yet.
- būe tīaⁿ;
- it is not yet fixed.
- būe pit;
- it is yet uncertain.
- būe ŭ;
- has none as yet.
- būe cai;
- does not yet know.
- būe ŏi;
- cannot yet do it.
- būe hó̤;
- not yet ready.
- būe jîen;
- is not as yet necessarily thus.
- àiⁿ kàu a būe?
- Are we almost there?
- lâi a būe?
- Has he come yet?
- cîah pá a būe?
- Has he finished his meal yet?
- àiⁿ khṳ̀ a būe?
- Are you going now?
- àiⁿ khṳ̀ būe khṳ̀;
- he is just going.
- būe jîp lîu;
- clerks about courts who are not yet promoted.