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20 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.

bûehbueh [sic]


 * Stockings.
 * cêk ciah bûeh;
 * a stocking.
 * a stocking.


 * cêk sang bûeh;
 * a pair of stockings.


 * mî bûeh;
 * woolen stockings.


 * bûeh àng; bûeh tháng;
 * the leg of a stocking.


 * bûeh cíeⁿ;
 * the foot of a stocking.


 * bûeh teⁿ, bûeh thâu, bûeh tói;
 * the heel, toe, and sole of a stocking.


 * chēng bûeh;
 * to put on, or to wear stockings.


 * bûeh tòa;
 * garters.


 * pêh bûeh;
 * white stockings.


 * chíⁿ bûeh;
 * blue stockings.


 * toaⁿ têng bûeh;
 * stockings made of a single layer of cloth.


 * sang têng bûeh; koih bûeh;
 * stockings of double thickness.


 * hô-khî bûeh;
 * knitted stockings.

bun


 * Gnats.
 * o bun;
 * black gnats.
 * 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.


 * Involved; embroiled; confused.
 * lí kàu ŭ tîo put bún;
 * to manage so that there be no entanglement; to straighten out in distinct lines.
 * 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.


 * 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.
 * 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.


 * Literary; civil; elegant.
 * bûn bâk;
 * literary.
 * 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?


 * A red gem; a red rose.
 * bûn-kùi lō;
 * rose water.
 * 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?


 * Lines or marks.
 * bun ngṳ̂n;
 * sycee, pure silver.
 * sycee, pure silver.


 * To hear; to learn by report.
 * thŵn bŭn;
 * a tradition; to repeat a report.
 * 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