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BROTH broth, thng. chicken, koi-thng.

brothel, kĩ-kuán; tsa-bóu-kuán; sau-kuán.

brother, older, hiaⁿ. younger, tĩ. brothers, hiaⁿ-tĩ. one's own, chhin-hiaⁿ-tĩ. in-law (wife's brother), chhi-kũ; (sister's husband), a-nn̂g; ché-hu; mūeⁿ-sài. your brothers (polite), khun-tõng.

brow, hia̍h-sìn; hia̍h-mn̂g-sîn. eye brows, ma̍k-bâi.

browbeat, khi-hũ; khi-iap.

brown, tsang-sek; tṳ-kuaⁿ-sek.

bruise, to, cheng--tie̍h; phah--tie̍h; tûi--tie̍h; teh--tie̍h; tshùaⁿ--tie̍h. a, ou-chheⁿ; ou-chheⁿ kek-hueh.

bruit, huang-bũn; hong-siaⁿ; hong-bũn.

brush, sueh. shoe, ôi-sueh. tooth, khí-sueh.

brutal, khîm-siù-iēⁿ; hiau-hiông. a brute, khîm-siù.

bubble, tsúi-phã; tsúi chhèng; tsúi thiàu; tsúi kún--khí.

bubo, seⁿ-suāiⁿ; seⁿ-to̍k; seⁿ-pièn-to̍k; khan-ha̍t (non-venereal); seⁿ-khî (arising after fever).

buccaneer, hái-tsha̍t.

buck, te̍k-kóu. horn, te̍k-kak.

bucket, tsúi-tháng; tiàu-tháng (with bow handle). for well, pua̍h-tháng.

buckler, pâi; tîn-pâi; chhiú-pâi.

buckwheat, saⁿ-kak-be̍h.

bud, a, gê; sún; hue-lúi. to, huat-gê; huat-sún; phah-lúi.

Buddha, Hu̍t; Hu̍t-tsóu. Buddhism, Hu̍t-kà. Buddhists, Hu̍t-ke; pài-Hu̍t kâi-nâng. priests, hûe-siēⁿ.

buffalo, tsúi-gû; suaⁿ-gû.

bug, ba̍t-sat; ba̍k-sat.

build, a house, khí-tshù; kiẽn-ok. walls, of concrete, cheng-chhiêⁿ. of stones, kih-chhiêⁿ. loosely with stones, lúi-chie̍h. ship. tsõ-tsûn; tèng-tsûn.

bulb, kṳn-thâu. of taro, ōu-thâu. of lotus, nôiⁿ-kãu.

bulge, thóu-tshut. inwards, thap-ji̍p.

bulky, lô-ho; tōa.

bull, gû-kóu. young, gû-kóu-kiáⁿ.

bullet, în-chí; chhèng-chí; seⁿ-tsu.

bullion, bûn-ngṳ̂n; uâng-pó; ngṳ̂n-piáⁿ; ngṳ̂n-tiâu; khiau-thâu-si.

bully, tsò-hûeⁿ; tsò-chhiàu; tsò-khiâng.

bulrush, teng-sim-tsháu.

bulwarks, of city, siâⁿ-chhiêⁿ. of ship, tsûn-po.

, of flowers, che̍k-pé-hue; che̍k-pà-hue; che̍k-tẽⁿ-hue.