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Rh bue


 * The end; the tail; the hindmost.
 * nî búe;
 * the end of the year.
 * 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 methedmethod [sic].


 * 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.


 * Mildew.
 * chĭeⁿ bûe;
 * mildewed.
 * mildewed.


 * m̄ cai phâk cĭu chĭeⁿ bûe;
 * if you do not sun it, it will mildew.


 * A go-between; a match-maker.
 * bûe-nâng;
 * the go between.
 * 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.


 * To decoy; to inveigle.
 * cío-bûe;
 * a decoy bird; a stool pigeon.
 * 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.


 * Plums.
 * cêk lîap bûe;
 * a plum.
 * 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 licentionslicentious [sic] people.


 * Fossil coal; soot; embers.
 * bûe-thòaⁿ;
 * fossil coal.
 * 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.


 * The game of morra.
 * cîah cíu lío, phah bûe;
 * drink wine, and then play at morra.
 * 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.


 * The meat on the breast.
 * bûe-nêk;
 * the brisket; the tenderloin.
 * the brisket; the tenderloin.


 * Not yet; adverb of negation.
 * būe cêng;
 * has not yet.
 * 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