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

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抹

• To smear; to daub; to rub on; to wipe away.

• buah hún;

  lay on a white cosmetic.

• buah in-nî;

  to put on rouge.

• buah îeh;

  to rub with a medicine.

• buah îeh-ko̤;

  smear with ointment.

• buah pit;

  to smear the pen in the ink.

• cang îu buah thâu-mô̤ⁿ;

  to put oil on the hair.

• buah îu;

  annoint.

• buah khui;

  to wipe away.

• chíu buah m̄ khui, khîa ki to̤ lûi kĭo;

  if you cannot wipe it off with you hand, get a knife and scrape it off.

• buah tīo;

  to erase by wiping; to blot out.

撥

• To set aside for a special purpose; to detach; to dispose according to a plan.

• buah cò̤ kúi kò̤ eng;

  apportion for use in several places.

• hun-buah tīaⁿ-tîeh lío;

  already apportioned.

• cêk kò̤ àiⁿ buah jîeh cōi nâng khṳ̀?

  How many persons are to be sent to each place?

• buah ŭ jîeh cōi piaⁿ lâi?

  How many soldiers are detached for this?

• buah cí nâng khṳ̀ hṳ́ kò̤;

  appoint this man to go there.

• buah tŏ̤ cêk pôiⁿ;

  set on one side.

• hun-buah m̄ khui;

  could not distribute according to the plan fixed upon.

• buah kang lâi;

  come in at an interlude in the work.

• buah phāng lâi;

  come when there is an interval of leisure.

末

• Fine dust; powder.

• îeh bûah;

  medicinal powders.

• ngói bûah;

  bray into powder.

• àiⁿ ngói cò̤ sòi bûah tîeh ngói ìuⁿ-ìuⁿ;

  if you wish to make fine powder, you must pulverize it till it is very small.

• ngói bûah lío, kap cò̤ îeh-îⁿ;

  when you have brayed it into a fine powder, then work it up into pills.

• buah îeh-bûah;

  apply a medicinal powder.

鈸

• Cymbals.

• i tó̤ phah bûah;

  he is sounding the cymbals.