Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/bwn
bw̆n
- khin-bw̆n;
- to treat haughtily.
- bú-bw̆n;
- treat with contempt.
- màiⁿ bw̆n tîeh i,
- do not slight him;
- cìeⁿ-seⁿ sǹg sĭ siet-bw̆n tîeh i;
- that would be considered contemptuous treatment of him.
- tìeⁿ bw̆n;
- a curtain.
- kiē bw̆n;
- sedan curtains.
- bw̆n-cheⁿ;
- a turnip, green colored and with tubers above ground, used in medicine.
- bw̆n-cháu lâng tṳ̂;
- tangle grass is not easily extirpated.
- bw̆n-thâu;
- a loaf of steamed bread.
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- A mystic emblem of high antiquity, explained to be the symbol of Buddha's heart; it is the hammer of Thor and is common in Norse mythology.
- àiⁿ kuah cò̤ bw̆n-jī piⁿ;
- will have it carved with a border in Vetruvian scroll.
- bw̆n-jī pĭⁿ;
- braid with the Vitruvian scroll woven in it.
- bw̄n-jī lâng-kang;
- a balustrade with a convoluted lattice.
- bw̄n nâng;
- everybody.
- bw̄n mûeh;
- everything.
- bw̄n kok;
- all nations.
- bw̄n hok;
- every blessing.
- bw̄n ak îm ûi síu;
- of all wickedness lewdness is chief.
- bw̄n kim ke-súaⁿ;
- an estate of immense value.
- cêk bw̄n;
- ten thousand.
- cêk choiⁿ bw̄n;
- ten millions.
- peh bw̄n;
- a million.
- câp bw̄n;
- a hundred thousand.
- cêk pńg, bw̄n lâi;
- ten thousand per cent gain.
- châng-hn̂g, bw̄n khẃn;
- countless acres of farm land.
- bw̄n bô̤ cêk sit;
- nothing lost or missed.
- bw̄n tang cṳ cêk;
- one among a thousand.
- bw̄n kó to bŏi hāi;
- it will never wear out; time will not affect it.
- bw̄n bô̤ chṳ́ lí;
- there is no such principle.
- bw̄n-bw̄n m̄ hó̤;
- most certainly not; a thousand times no.
- bw̄n-bw̄n put lêng;
- it cannot be done.
- lṳ́ choiⁿ bw̄n tîeh lâi;
- you must come without fail.
- choiⁿ kun bw̄n bé;
- myriads.
- bw̄n sì;
- all ages.
- bw̄n tō̤;
- all generations.
- choiⁿ châng bw̄n tī;
- an immeasurable extent of land.
- kàu cí-kò̤ choiⁿ suaⁿ bw̄n cúi, sît-căi sĭ kang-khó;
- to come here over innumerable mountains and seas is indeed difficult.
- būe cău bw̄n mûeh cṳ côiⁿ;
- before all things were created.