Page:English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular Or Spoken Language of Swatow.djvu/36

BID bid, hun-hù; hàm; sái. a price, tshut-kè. adieu, chiãm-pie̍t; sî-pie̍t.

bier, kuaⁿ-tshâ-íⁿ.

big, tōa; tãi.

bigot, chip-thì; thì-nĩⁿ; chip-ì; chip-phiah.

bile, táⁿ; táⁿ-tsap; n̂g-thâm.

bilge, water, tiam-lāu; sia̍p-tsúi.

bill, toaⁿ; hùe-toaⁿ; ngṳ̂n-toaⁿ. make out, khui-toaⁿ. of bird, chiáu-tshùi.

billhook, liâm; liâm-to.

billet, tsṳ-sìn; kò-jī; sòi-huang-sìn. of wood, kò-tshâ.

billow, éng; tsúi-eng; hái-éng.

bind, pa̍k; hâ; khún-pa̍k; khún; tîⁿ. book, kap-chheh. feet, tîⁿ-kha.

bird, chiáu. cage, chiáu-lâng. lime, chiáu-thi. nest, chiáu-siū; chiáu-tàu. edible bird's nest, ièn-o; ièn-tshài.

birth, seⁿ; tshut-sì. birth-place, ngûan-chiã; kū-chiã; pńg-chiã; pńg-tshù.

birthday, seⁿ-ji̍t; siū-tàng. keep one's, kāng-i-tsò seⁿ-ji̍t.

bistre, tṳ-kuaⁿ-sek; tsang-sak; ou-âng-sek.

bit, of anything, che̍k-tiám; tiám-kiáⁿ; kò-kiáⁿ. boring, tsǹg-kiáⁿ. horse's, bé-hâm-thih.

bitch, káu-bó.

bite, kã. bite off, kã-tñg. as pepper, soh--tie̍h chi̍h; soh-tshùi soh-chi̍h.

bitter, khóu. in life, khóu-tshó; sin-khóu.

bitumen, chie̍h-iû.

black, ou; hek. black and blue, ou-chheⁿ.

blackguard, láu-kiáⁿ; iá-kiáⁿ. pháiⁿ-kiáⁿ.

blackbird, peh-chi̍h-chiáu; peh-lêng.

blacking, shou, sueh-ôi kâi-ba̍k-tsúi.

blacksmith, phah-thih sai-pẽ.

bladder, jiē-pha; tsúi-pha; phâng-kuang.

blade, to-ne̍k. of grass, tsháu-keⁿ; tsháu-sún; che̍k-ki-tsháu. "ilka blade o' grass keps its ain drap o' dew", ki-tsháu tiám-lōu.

blame, hiâm; cheh-hiâm; cheh-mēⁿ; cheh-pĩ. it is my, sĩ uá kâi-kùe-sit. worthy of, khó-cheh; hó-hiâm; m̄-tùi-sṳ̄; m̄-tie̍h; ũ-phāng; ũ-khiah.

blameless, bô-hó-hiàm; bô-phāng hó-cheh; bô-ũ hó-ngí; bô m̄-tie̍h--tshù.

bland, un-jiû; un-hûa. but with hatred in the heart, kháu