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Benefit, iáh; lé iáh: favour, ŏng.

Benevolence, ìng-ái; ìng-dáik.

Benevolent, hō̤ sĭng.

Benign, cṳ̀ sĭng: favourable, sŏng.

Bent, uăng; kuóh: – on, buóh: inclination, cé-ché̤ṳ.

Benumbed, bé: – by cold, gàng ngâing; ngàu.

Benzoin, ăng-sék-hiŏng.

Bequeath, mì; mì diòng.

Berry, siŏh bì.

Berth, cabin, sùng dū; sùng chŏng: situation, dê huŏng.

Beseech, kōng-gìu; gìu.

Beset, ùi.

Beside, bòng-biĕng; sĭng-biĕng; buòng-biĕng.

Besides, ī-nguôi̤; lêng-nguôi̤; gó-lièng.

Besiege, –a city, ùi siàng.

Besmear, máe̤k.

Besom, chēng-chīu.

Besotted, tìng-nĭk.

Bespeak, sĕng gōng diâng.

Best, dâ̤ ĕk hō̤; ding hō̤; cé hō̤; gĭk hō̤.

Bestow, ké̤ṳk; sé̤ṳ; siĕ: – alms, sié-cá̤.

Bestride, kiè.

Bet, V. dū-siŏ.

Betel-nut, bĭng-lòng.

Betray, mâ̤.

Betroth, có̤-chĭng: girl betrothed in infancy and reared in the family of her future husband, sĭng-mô-giāng.

Better, gó hō̤; gáing hō̤: much –, hō̤ dék sâ̤: – in health, chă; giéng chă: slightly –, sāu chă.

Between, dṳ̆ng-găng.

Bewail, tiè-mà: grieve for, siŏng sĭng.