A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / bâi

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眉

• The eye brows, and what is shaped like them.

• mâk-bâi;

  eyebrows.

• mâk bâi saⁿ-kak saⁿ-kak;

  heavy eyebrows.

• mâk-bâi khah lông;

  eyebrows too bushy.

• bâi mô̤ⁿ;

  the hair of the eyebrow.

• gô̤ bâi;

  arched eyebrows.

• jìo bâi;

  to frown.

• thò-khì îang-bâi;

  in high spirits.

• gûeh bâi;

  the young moon.

• nìo bâi;

  to scowl.

• bâi kĭa;

  oblique eyebrows.

• bâi sûi-sûi;

  long eyebrows.

• bâi thâu, bâi búe;

  the inner and outer end of the eyebrow.

• líu-hîeh bâi;

  beautiful arched eyebrows.

• bâi kĕ;

  lowering eyebrows.

楣

• The lintel.

• mn̂g bâi;

  lintel of a door.

• chái bâi;

  a timber in the eaves.

瞀

• To look, with the eyes close upon the object scrutinized.

• mâk bū, bāi m̄ kìⁿ;

  my eyes are dim and I cannot see though I put my face close down to it.

• bāi khah kú, mâk bū;

  if you look at it too long and closely your sight will become dim.

• m̄ hó̤ bāi khah thíam;

  it is not well to scrutinize it too closely.

• màiⁿ kú-kú tó̤ bāi;

  do not be always poring over it.