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

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尾

• The end; the tail; the hindmost.

• nî búe;

  the end of the year.

• gûeh búe;

  the last of the month.

• khí-thâu kàu suah-búe;

  from beginning to end.

• ŭ cêk ki búe;

  it has a tail.

• cûn búe;

  the stern of a boat.

• cêk búe hṳ̂;

  one fish.

• cêk búe chôiⁿ;

  a silk worm.

• búe ŏi kiu; búe ŏi khìo;

  its tail turns up.

• khut búe;

  draws in his tail.

• îe búe;

  to wag the tail.

• búe ŏi ciam;

  has a pointed tail.

• chân thâu, chân búe;

  the two ends of a rice field.

• ŭ thâu búe;

  systematically arranged.

• bô̤ thâu bô̤ búe;

  without methed.

• cò̤ sṳ̄ màiⁿ bô̤ bùe;

  finish up the things you do.

• síu búe siang kù;

  reciprocal regard between leader and follower.

• m̄ cai thâu búe;

  does not know the ins and outs of the matter.

• m̄ hó̤ ùi síu; ùi búe;

  do not be apprehensive about that matter.

• khṳ̀ kàu hṳ̀ búe-búe;

  go to the extreme end.

• kío-búe kâi kíaⁿ;

  the youngest child.

• kío-búe-ău;

  the very hindmost.

• búe ău;

  in the rear.

• lêng hûiⁿ búe;

  a pendant cloud.

• sìo búe;

  the balance of an account.

• cîⁿ búe;

  an unpaid remainder.

• khang-khùe búe;

  remnant of work.

• sńg lío kâi búe;

  the consequence of a frolic.

• pit búe;

  the point of a pencil.

• sam búe;

  the small end of a log.

• chīu búe;

  the top of a tree.

• câh thâu, câh búe;

  intercept at both ends.

• cah thâu, cah búe;

  lift at both ends.

• hāng thâu hāng búe;

  the head and the foot of a lane.

• cêk phau búe;

  a tail bushy at the end.

• cò̤ kúi ki búe;

  having several pendant ends.

• búe lu-lu;

  a blunt end.

• cam búe;

  the point of a needle.

• thûh búe cam;

  a blunt needle.

• cam thâu sùaⁿ búe;

  remnants of thread left in the needle.

• kàu hṳ̀ búe jû tōa;

  it is bigger at the other end.

• pit búe khui soi;

  the point of the brush is bristly.

• piⁿ búe so̤h;

  the coarse silk braided into the queue.

• chíu-búe ngân;

  his fingers are cold.

• kha búe;

  the lower extremities.

• pàng tō̤ mîn-chn̂g kha búe;

  put it there at the foot of the bed.

• cí kĭaⁿ sĭ móng nâng pàng tīo kâi chíu búe;

  this is a relict of a certain person.

• kín kùe huang búe lûi;

  fiercer than a final clap of thunder.

• hĭⁿ búe thiaⁿ-kìⁿ;

  just caught the sound of it.

• mâk búe thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;

  caught a glimpse of it.

• tùe i kâi chùi búe tàⁿ;

  repeat it after him.

• ēng kàu hú búe jú hó̤;

  it will be better when it is nearly used up.

• khó thâu màiⁿ khó búe;

  take the hardship at the beginning, and not have it to endure at the end.

• kù thâu kù búe;

  consider it on all sides.

• cîh búe seⁿ chṳ;

  has festers on the end of his tongue.

• hŭ-jîn hùe kâi ău-táu búe;

  the lower part of a woman’s coiffure, at the back of her head.

• huang-thai búe;

  the end of a tyfoon.

黴

• Mildew.

• chĭeⁿ bûe;

  mildewed.

• m̄ cai phâk cĭu chĭeⁿ bûe;

  if you do not sun it, it will mildew.

媒

• A go-between; a match-maker.

• bûe-nâng;

  the go between.

• tho̤h lṳ́ cò̤ bûe;

  entrust the making of the match to you.

• sīa bûe-nâng;

  remunerate the go-between.

• bûe phûa;

  an old woman who makes matches.

• bûe-nâng chùi, chūa nâng ùi;

  whosoever follows the direction of a matchmaker goes into danger.

囮

• To decoy; to inveigle.

• cío-bûe;

  a decoy bird; a stool pigeon.

• cò̤ bûe;

  act as a decoy.

• châk bô̤ bûe, pùaⁿ lō hûe;

  if the thief had no one to lead him, he would turn back when half way to his destination.

梅

• Plums.

• cêk lîap bûe;

  a plum.

• îeⁿ-bûe;

  the arbutus, or Chinese strawberry.

• bûe-hue;

  plum blossoms.

• cheⁿ tek bûe;

  green plums.

• lŏ kîam bûe;

  pickled plums.

• bûe-pó tîam kâi a kîam kâi?

  Are these plums sweet or salt?

• îeⁿ-bûe thien-phàu; îeⁿ-bûe chng;

  a disease of licentions people.

煤

• Fossil coal; soot; embers.

• bûe-thòaⁿ;

  fossil coal.

• líu bûe-thòaⁿ;

  to dig coal.

• bûe-thòaⁿ suaⁿ;

  a coal mine.

• nín kâi lô sĭ ēng bûe-thòaⁿ a sĭ ēng húe-thòaⁿ?

  Do you use hard coal or charcoal in your stove?

• jîem àm cū huang bûe?

  How late do you rake up the fire?

• tun bûe-thòaⁿ;

  to store coal.

拳

• The game of morra.

• cîah cíu lío, phah bûe;

  drink wine, and then play at morra.

• i hṳ́ cêk mêⁿ kâi cíu-bûe thàng-thàng phah su, khṳt-nâng kẁn cíu, kẁn kàu lok-lok;

  throughout that whole night he was beaten in the game of morra, and was forced to drink wine as a forfeit, until he was drenched in it.

脢

• The meat on the breast.

• bûe-nêk;

  the brisket; the tenderloin.

未

• Not yet; adverb of negation.

• būe cêng;

  has not yet.

• būe tīaⁿ;

  it is not yet fixed.

• būe pit;

  it is yet uncertain.

• būe ŭ;

  has none as yet.

• būe cai;

  does not yet know.

• būe ŏi;

  cannot yet do it.

• būe hó̤;

  not yet ready.

• būe jîen;

  is not as yet necessarily thus.

• àiⁿ kàu a būe?

  Are we almost there?

• lâi a būe?

  Has he come yet?

• cîah pá a būe?

  Has he finished his meal yet?

• àiⁿ khṳ̀ a būe?

  Are you going now?

• àiⁿ khṳ̀ būe khṳ̀;

  he is just going.

• būe jîp lîu;

  clerks about courts who are not yet promoted.