bid, hun-hù; hàm; sái. a price, tshut-kè. adieu, chiãm-pie̍t; sî-pie̍t.
bier, kuaⁿ-tshâ-íⁿ.
big, tōa; tãi.
bigot, chip-thì; thì-nĩⁿ; chip-ì; chip-phiah.
bile, táⁿ; táⁿ-tsap; n̂g-thâm.
bilge, water, tiam-lāu; sia̍p-tsúi.
bill, toaⁿ; hùe-toaⁿ; ngṳ̂n-toaⁿ. make out, khui-toaⁿ. of bird, chiáu-tshùi.
billhook, liâm; liâm-to.
billet, tsṳ-sìn; kò-jī; sòi-huang-sìn. of wood, kò-tshâ.
billow, éng; tsúi-eng; hái-éng.
bind, pa̍k; hâ; khún-pa̍k; khún; tîⁿ. book, kap-chheh. feet, tîⁿ-kha.
bird, chiáu. cage, chiáu-lâng. lime, chiáu-thi. nest, chiáu-siū; chiáu-tàu. edible bird's nest, ièn-o; ièn-tshài.
birth, seⁿ; tshut-sì. birth-place, ngûan-chiã; kū-chiã; pńg-chiã; pńg-tshù.
birthday, seⁿ-ji̍t; siū-tàng. keep one's, kāng-i-tsò seⁿ-ji̍t.
bistre, tṳ-kuaⁿ-sek; tsang-sek; ou-âng-sek.
bit, of anything, che̍k-tiám; tiám-kiáⁿ; kò-kiáⁿ. boring, tsǹg-kiáⁿ. horse's, bé-hâm-thih.
bitch, káu-bó.
bite, kã. bite off, kã-tñg. as pepper, soh--tie̍h chi̍h; soh-tshùi soh-chi̍h.
bitter, khóu. in life, khóu-tshó; sin-khóu.
bitumen, chie̍h-iû.
black, ou; hek. black and blue, ou-chheⁿ.
blackguard, láu-kiáⁿ; iá-kiáⁿ. pháiⁿ-kiáⁿ.
blackbird, peh-chi̍h-chiáu; peh-lêng.
blacking, shoe, sueh-ôi kâi-ba̍k-tsúi.
blacksmith, phah-thih sai-pẽ.
bladder, jiē-pha; tsúi-pha; phâng-kuang.
blade, to-ne̍k. of grass, tsháu-keⁿ; tsháu-sún; che̍k-ki-tsháu. "ilka blade o' grass keps its ain drap o' dew", ki-tsháu tiám-lōu.
blame, hiâm; cheh-hiâm; cheh-mēⁿ; cheh-pĩ. it is my, sĩ uá kâi-kùe-sit. worthy of, khó-cheh; hó-hiâm; m̄-tùi-sṳ̄; m̄-tie̍h; ũ-phāng; ũ-khiah.
blameless, bô-hó-hiàm; bô-phāng hó-cheh; bô-ũ hó-ngí; bô m̄-tie̍h--tshù.
bland, un-jiû; un-hûa. but with hatred in the heart, kháu
