# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/bun
### bun

* 蚊bun10411424
* Gnats.

#### o bun;

    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.
* 紊bún10431204
* Involved; embroiled; confused.

#### lí kàu ŭ tîo put bún;

    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.
* 穿bùn1191164
* 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.

#### 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.
* 文bûn1041670
* Literary; civil; elegant.

#### bûn bâk;

    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?
* 玫瑰bûn-kùi584
* A red gem; a red rose.

#### bûn-kùi lō;

    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?
* 紋bûn10411204
* Lines or marks.

#### bun ngṳ̂n;

    sycee, pure silver.
* 聞bŭn10411288
* To hear; to learn by report.

#### thŵn bŭn;

    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 ​the empire.

#### úa tŏ̤ hú-sîaⁿ cū bŭn-kìⁿ cía sṳ̄;

    I heard this at the Departmental City.

#### sin-bŭn-cúa;

    a newspaper.

#### úa bŭn mîaⁿ kú lío;

    I have long been acquainted with your name.
* 悶būn577618
* Sad; unhappy; melancholy.

#### iu-būn;

    grieved.

#### chô-būn;

    sorrowful.

#### būn-būn nē;

    very unhappy.

#### kói būn; sùaⁿ būn;

    to dissipate grief.

#### lṳ́ màiⁿ iu-būn;

    do not be distressed.