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

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蚊

• Gnats.

• o bun;

  black gnats.

• seⁿ bun;

  breeds gnats.

• bun kău căi;

  the gnats are very thick.

• bun máng;

  buzzing insects.

• bô̤ bun bô̤ máng;

  no gnats nor mosquitoes.

• khṳt bun kă kàu kâi lâu kâi lâu;

  bitten by gnats till he was all blotches.

• thóiⁿ bô̤ bun hìeⁿ tōa;

  considered him as insignificant as a gnat.

• bun táⁿ;

  cowardly.

• cŭ bun sêng lûi;

  if you get enough gnats together their noise will be as loud as thunder.

• bun hng-hng-kìe;

  gnats buzz.

• cêk tu bun;

  a swarm of gnats.

• bun kíaⁿ;

  sand flies.

紊

• Involved; embroiled; confused.

• lí kàu ŭ tîo put bún;

  to manage so that there be no entanglement; to straighten out in distinct lines.

• bŏi bún-lŭan;

  is not confused or disordered.

• mih sṳ̄ tîo-tît tîo-tît, cn̂g kâi bŏi bún-lŭan;

  everything is set straight, and there is no complication.

穿

• To burrow; to work one’s way through a narrow opening; to wriggle into a hole.

• i cē kiaⁿ cū bùn jîp khang tói;

  as soon as he is frightened he scratches his way into his hole.

• cíeⁿ-seⁿ tṳ-kíaⁿ bùn tit kùe mē?

  Can the pigs wriggle through?

• khang khah khuah, khṳt cío bùn cáu khṳ̀;

  the interstices were too wide, and the bird got through and escaped.

• i bùn lâi bùn khṳ̀, bùn bòi tit chut;

  he tried his best, but could not work his way though so as to get out.

• koi-lam kâi khang hìeⁿ sòi, koi cò̤-nî ŏi bùn chut lâi?

  Since the interstices in the coop are so small, how could the fowls push their way through?

• bùn lô̤h thô tói;

  wriggle down into the mud, as eels or crabs do.

• koi cong-kú tó̤ bùn;

  the hens keep trying all the time to get out.

文

• Literary; civil; elegant.

• bûn bâk;

  literary.

• bûn ngía;

  intellectual or refined.

• bûn huap;

  grammar.

• bûn pit;

  the pen of a ready writer.

• bûn chái;

  scientific.

• bûn cieⁿ;

  an essay.

• kó bûn;

  ancient literature.

• sî bûn;

  modern literature.

• sṳ bûn;

  an elegant style.

• bûn-sek;

  a specious appearance.

• ngŵn bûn;

  the original text.

• bûn-cieⁿ kó̤; bûn-cieⁿ chó̤;

  the original draft.

• pêh bûn;

  plain text.

• sueh bûn;

  to explain the text.

• cò̤ bûn;

  make a draft.

• tâu bûn;

  deliver a dispatch.

• kong bûn;

  public documents.

• bûn cṳ;

  documents.

• kìa bûn-cṳ;

  î bûn; send dispatches.

• tòa bûn cṳ;

  bear a dispatch.

• m̄ tâk cêk bûn cîⁿ;

  it is not worth a cash.

• bûn bú;

  civil and military.

• bûn bīe;

  a Confucian temple.

• kháu bûn kháu bú;

  examination of scholars and cadets.

• bûn tîeⁿ;

  the arena for literary contests.

• bûn kháu;

  the examinations, civil and military.

• lêng bûn, lêng bú;

  an able scholar and soldier.

• bûn bú chŵn châi;

  familiar with both books and weapons.

• bûn kuaⁿ;

  civil ofiicers.

• ô̤h cò̤ bûn;

  learn to be scholarly.

• khǹg sì bûn;

  exhortations to morality.

• bûn ùaⁿ;

  civil bureau.

• thien bûn;

  astronomy the hosts of heavenly bodies.

• thien bûn seng;

  astronomers.

• kwn thien-bûn;

  observe the stars.

• bûn-lí;

  the literary style of writing.

• bûn-thông;

  a student.

• i sĭ bûn sìu-câi a bṳ́ sìu-câi?

  Is he a literary or a military graduate?

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• A red gem; a red rose.

• bûn-kùi lō;

  rose water.

• bûn-kùi îu;

  attar of roses.

• nín kâi bûn-kùi lō kâi ngṳ̂n kúi ki?

  How many bottles of rosewater do you give for a dollar?

紋

• Lines or marks.

• bun ngṳ̂n;

  sycee, pure silver.

聞

• To hear; to learn by report.

• thŵn bŭn;

  a tradition; to repeat a report.

• hong bŭn;

  a rumor.

• thiaⁿ-bŭn;

  to hear.

• húang bŭn;

  ascertain by hearing.

• mîaⁿ bŭn sì-hái;

  famed throughout the empire.

• úa tŏ̤ hú-sîaⁿ cū bŭn-kìⁿ cía sṳ̄;

  I heard this at the Departmental City.

• sin-bŭn-cúa;

  a newspaper.

• úa bŭn mîaⁿ kú lío;

  I have long been acquainted with your name.

悶

• Sad; unhappy; melancholy.

• iu-būn;

  grieved.

• chô-būn;

  sorrowful.

• būn-būn nē;

  very unhappy.

• kói būn; sùaⁿ būn;

  to dissipate grief.

• lṳ́ màiⁿ iu-būn;

  do not be distressed.