Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/bun

by Adele Marion Fielde

bun

• 蚊bun10411424
• Gnats.

o bun;

black gnats.

seⁿ bun;

breeds gnats.

bun kău căi;

the gnats are very thick.

bun máng;

buzzing insects.

bô̤ bun bô̤ máng;

no gnats nor mosquitoes.

khṳt bun kă kàu kâi lâu kâi lâu;

bitten by gnats till he was all blotches.

thóiⁿ bô̤ bun hìeⁿ tōa;

considered him as insignificant as a gnat.

bun táⁿ;

cowardly.

cŭ bun sêng lûi;

if you get enough gnats together their noise will be as loud as thunder.

bun hng-hng-kìe;

gnats buzz.

cêk tu bun;

a swarm of gnats.

bun kíaⁿ;

sand flies.

• 紊bún10431204
• Involved; embroiled; confused.

lí kàu ŭ tîo put bún;

to manage so that there be no entanglement; to straighten out in distinct lines.

bŏi bún-lŭan;

is not confused or disordered.

mih sṳ̄ tîo-tît tîo-tît, cn̂g kâi bŏi bún-lŭan;

everything is set straight, and there is no complication.

• 穿bùn1191164
• To burrow; to work one's way through a narrow opening; to wriggle into a hole.

i cē kiaⁿ cū bùn jîp khang tói;

as soon as he is frightened he scratches his way into his hole.

cíeⁿ-seⁿ tṳ-kíaⁿ bùn tit kùe mē?

Can the pigs wriggle through?

khang khah khuah, khṳt cío bùn cáu khṳ̀;

the interstices were too wide, and the bird got through and escaped.

i bùn lâi bùn khṳ̀, bùn bòi tit chut;

he tried his best, but could not work his way though so as to get out.

koi-lam kâi khang hìeⁿ sòi, koi cò̤-nî ŏi bùn chut lâi?

Since the interstices in the coop are so small, how could the fowls push their way through?

bùn lô̤h thô tói;

wriggle down into the mud, as eels or crabs do.

koi cong-kú tó̤ bùn;

the hens keep trying all the time to get out.

• 文bûn1041670
• Literary; civil; elegant.

bûn bâk;

literary.

bûn ngía;

intellectual or refined.

bûn huap;

grammar.

bûn pit;

the pen of a ready writer.

bûn chái;

scientific.

bûn cieⁿ;

an essay.

kó bûn;

ancient literature.

sî bûn;

modern literature.

sṳ bûn;

an elegant style.

bûn-sek;

a specious appearance.

ngŵn bûn;

the original text.

bûn-cieⁿ kó̤; bûn-cieⁿ chó̤;

the original draft.

pêh bûn;

plain text.

sueh bûn;

to explain the text.

cò̤ bûn;

make a draft.

tâu bûn;

deliver a dispatch.

kong bûn;

public documents.

bûn cṳ;

documents.

kìa bûn-cṳ;

î bûn; send dispatches.

tòa bûn cṳ;

bear a dispatch.

m̄ tâk cêk bûn cîⁿ;

it is not worth a cash.

bûn bú;

civil and military.

bûn bīe;

a Confucian temple.

kháu bûn kháu bú;

examination of scholars and cadets.

bûn tîeⁿ;

the arena for literary contests.

bûn kháu;

the examinations, civil and military.

lêng bûn, lêng bú;

an able scholar and soldier.

bûn bú chŵn châi;

familiar with both books and weapons.

bûn kuaⁿ;

civil ofiicers.

ô̤h cò̤ bûn;

learn to be scholarly.

khǹg sì bûn;

exhortations to morality.

bûn ùaⁿ;

civil bureau.

thien bûn;

astronomy the hosts of heavenly bodies.

thien bûn seng;

astronomers.

kwn thien-bûn;

observe the stars.

bûn-lí;

the literary style of writing.

bûn-thông;

a student.

i sĭ bûn sìu-câi a bṳ́ sìu-câi?

Is he a literary or a military graduate?

• 玫瑰bûn-kùi584
• A red gem; a red rose.

bûn-kùi lō;

rose water.

bûn-kùi îu;

attar of roses.

nín kâi bûn-kùi lō kâi ngṳ̂n kúi ki?

How many bottles of rosewater do you give for a dollar?

• 紋bûn10411204
• Lines or marks.

bun ngṳ̂n;

sycee, pure silver.

• 聞bŭn10411288
• To hear; to learn by report.

thŵn bŭn;

a tradition; to repeat a report.

hong bŭn;

a rumor.

thiaⁿ-bŭn;

to hear.

húang bŭn;

ascertain by hearing.

mîaⁿ bŭn sì-hái;

famed throughout the empire.

úa tŏ̤ hú-sîaⁿ cū bŭn-kìⁿ cía sṳ̄;

I heard this at the Departmental City.

sin-bŭn-cúa;

a newspaper.

úa bŭn mîaⁿ kú lío;

I have long been acquainted with your name.

• 悶būn577618
• Sad; unhappy; melancholy.

iu-būn;

grieved.

chô-būn;

sorrowful.

būn-būn nē;

very unhappy.

kói būn; sùaⁿ būn;

to dissipate grief.

lṳ́ màiⁿ iu-būn;

do not be distressed.