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

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卯

• The fourth in the cycle of twelve, designated by the hare; a term; the early morning.

• báu sî;

  from 5 to 7 o’clock, A.M.

• báu jît, báu gûeh, bán nî;

  the day, the month, and the year, designated in the cycle by the hare.

• báu khî;

  the periods designated by the hare.

• kau tîeh báu-sî lío;

  it is already five o’clock in the morning.

• thiⁿ kng în, jît chut bán;

  dawn is from three to five, and sunrise from five to seven o’clock.

• tang thiⁿ báu put kìen cháu;

  the grass cannot be discerned before seven o’clock in a winter’s morning.

• báu nî seⁿ kâi nâng, sĭ kìe-cò̤ sìeⁿ thò;

  those born in the fourth year of the cycle of twelve are called hares.

• tíam báu;

  to call the roll.

• gō báu;

  fail to be present at roll-call.

• thòi báu;

  substitutes.

• ìn báu;

  answer by a substitute.

• pí báu;

  recreant debtors to government.

• cĭeⁿ báu;

  young learners how to conduct public business, in the yamun.

• i ŭ báu mîaⁿ a bô̤?

  Has he a name among the learners at the yamun?

昴

• The Pleiades.

• báu cheⁿ;

  báu jît koi; the Pleiades.

• báu cheⁿ lâk lîap;

  the Pleiades are six stars.