boil, a, che̍k-lia̍p-thûe; zua̍h-pauh; pùi kat. on buttocks, tsõ-póiⁿ-tshng.
boisterous, wind, huang mé; huang tōa; khûang-huang tãi-tsak.
bold, káⁿ; táⁿ; káⁿ-káⁿ; káⁿ-ûi; ũ-táⁿ-la̍t; ũ-táⁿ-lia̍k; mùiⁿ-sí.
boletus, ba̍k-zṳ́.
bolster, tn̂g-chím-thâu; zo̍k.
bolt, of door, mn̂g-tshùaⁿ; mn̂g-chhēng; mn̂g-tshùan. iron bolt or wedge for boring stones, tsãm. thunder bolt, lûi-tsãm, bolt a door, tshùaⁿ-mn̂g; chhēng-mn̂g; kueⁿ-mn̂g; tshùan-mn̂g. bolt out, tshùaⁿ--tshut-khṳ̀; kueⁿ-tiāu. grain, thai. bolter, bí-lô; bí-thai.
bolus, ie̍h-îⁿ; tōa-ie̍h-îⁿ.
bombastic, lō-ho; tàⁿ-tōa-ūe.
bombazine, ú-lẽng; ú-tn̄g; ú-se.
bond, contract, ieh-toaⁿ; ieh-jī; ha̍p-tâng, khòi.
bondman, po̍k; nôuⁿ-po̍k; ke-po̍k; po̍k-jîn.
bone, kut; kut-thâu; kut-hâi (after death). out of joint, kut tshut-khũ. to set, after dislocation, kut tàu-tńg; kut tàu-lo̍h-ngám.
bonnet, bō. one, che̍k-téng-bō. to put on, tì-bō.
bonze, hûe-siēⁿ.
book, tsṳ; chheh; tsṳ-chheh. one volume, che̍k-pńg-tsṳ. whole work, che̍k-pang. binding, kap-chheh; tèng-chheh. case, tsṳ-tû. cover, chheh-phûe. learning, ha̍k-mn̄g. seller, bōi-tsṳ-chheh tshâi-tsú. stand, tsṳ-chheh-kè; tsṳ-kè. worm, chheh-hṳ̂; pe̍h-gôu-hṳ̂; (metaph.) khṳ̂n-tha̍k; tsṳ-tsù. read one silently, thóiⁿ-tsṳ. read one audibly, as in study, tha̍k-tsṳ. compose or write one, tù-tsṳ. classical books, kiaⁿ-tsṳ. quote a book phrase, ín-tsṳ-kù. recite ad aperturam, tshoh-liām. bookish, hàuⁿ-tha̍k-tsṳ.
boon, ṳn-sṳ̀.
boor, hieⁿ-ẽ-nâng; kṳ-hieⁿ-nâng; tshou-hu; tshân-peⁿ-ko. boorish, tshou-so̍k; so̍k-hu.
boots, ôi; hia. boot-straps, hia-tòa. boot-tree, hia-hùn.
booth, tsháu-liâu.
bootless, vain, bô-ēng; bô-iah; bô-kong-hāu.
booty, tsng-mue̍h; tsha̍t-tsng; chhiéⁿ-kiap mue̍h-kiãⁿ.
borax, phêng-sa.
border, kéng-kài; kau-kài. bordering, sie-kiam-kài.
bore, tsǹg. a hole, tsǹg-khang; sú-khang. borer, tsńg-kiáⁿ; keng-sú.
