# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/bi
### bi

* 米bí5901190
* Rice, hulled but not cooked;
    small grains.

#### pêh bí;

    clean hulled rice.

#### chò̤ bí;

    imperfectly hulled rice.

#### cût bí;

    glutinous rice.

#### ciam bí;

    water grown rice.

#### hêⁿ bí;

    dried prawns.

#### sîeⁿ cîah kâi sĭ ciam bí;

    water grown rice is the kind that is commonly eaten.

#### tê-bí;

    dry tea leaves.

#### oi bí;

    to hull rice.

#### ceng bí;

    to pound rice.

#### nîe bí;

    to measure rice.

#### tîah bí;

    to buy rice.

#### pùa bí;

    to winnow rice.

#### bí būe oi, kìe-cò̤ chek;

    rice that has not been passed through the hulling mill is called paddy.

#### bí cṳ̂ lío, bô̤ ám kâi kìe cò̤ pn̄g, ŭ ám kâi kìe cò̤ mûeⁿ;

    cooked rice having no porridge with it is called boiled rice, while that having porridge with it is called congee.

#### bí hún;

    rice flour.

#### bí ceng hu kìe-cò̤ chòi;

    when rice is finely pulverized it is called rice-flour.

#### bí-chòi;

    coarse rice flour.

#### bí hún kuaⁿ;

    vermicelli made from rice flour.

#### cût bí cî;

    large cakes made from glutinous rice.

#### cût-bí îⁿ; ciam-bí îⁿ;

    pellets of boiled paste, made from rice flour.
* 低bî87795
* The position of a steelyard-bar, when the body weighed is a very little lighter than what is indicated by the notch at which the steelyard weight balances it.

#### téng tîeh ío bî;

    rather light weight.

#### bŏi khio bî, pêⁿ chìn kùe;

    the beam tilts neither the one way nor the other, but stands level, and thus weighed I hand it over to you.

#### lîah pêⁿ-pêⁿ īeⁿ, màiⁿ lîah khio bî;

    treat them just alike, showing no more respect to the one than to the other.
* 㖐bĭ1051807
* The sound made in calling ducks—bĭ bĭ bĭ bĭ.

#### ah-bĭ;

    a toy duck.
* 泳bī1149855
* To dive; to swim under water.

#### bī cúi;

    to dive into the water.

#### bī kùe khoi;

    swim across the river under water.

#### bī mûeh-kĭaⁿ;

    to dive and bring up things.

#### bī cúi kâi nâng;

    divers.

#### bī tîeh cêk peh ngṳ̂n;

    dived and brought up a hundred dollars.

#### ŏi sîu ŏi bī;

    can swim both above and below the surface.

#### cêk kâi khùi, bī jîeh kú?

    How long can one stay under water with but one inspiration of breath?
* 未bī1052751
* The eighth in the cycle of twelve, symbolized by the goat.

#### bī sî;

    from 1 to 3 o'clock P.M.

#### bī gûeh;

    the 6th month.

#### bī nî;

    the year of the goat.

#### bī nî chut sì kìe-cò̤ sìeⁿ îeⁿ;

    one born in the year of the goat is called a goat.
* 味bī1053305
* To relish; to take pleasure in; a dainty; taste, flavor, seasoning, relish.

#### ngŏ-bī-kè;

    a cruet-stand.

#### ngŏ-bī cí;

    the seed of the Kadsura Chinensis$^*$, in which the five tastes are supposed to reside: it is used in medicine.

#### kîam, sng, tîam, hiam, khó, cĭu sĭ ​ngŏ bī;

    salt, sour, sweet, pungent, and bitter, are the five tastes.

#### bô̤ bī bô̤ sò;

    insipid.

#### hó̤ bī-sò;

    delicious.

#### hó̤ cṳ bī;

    very toothsome.

#### sit bī;

    lose flavor.

#### cáu bī;

    its flavor has departed.

#### ía bī;

    a gamey flavor; delicacies of the forest.

#### suaⁿ tien hái bī;

    delicacies from land and sea.

#### hâh bī, m̄ hâh bī;

    palatable, or unpalatable.

#### bī hó̤;

    it tastes good.

#### khì-bī;

    the savor.

#### bô̤ mih bī;

    rather insipid.

#### chàu ip bī;

    a close smell; musty.

#### khî bī;

    luscious.

#### ko̤h bī;

    changed its flavor.

#### lṳ́ phīⁿ tîeh sĭm-mih bī;

    you smell and see whether it is good.

#### chàu kâi bī, phang kâi bī;

    a bad smell or a good smell.

#### koiⁿ bī cē;

    season it a little more.

#### tîeh ŭ cí īeⁿ lô̤h khṳ̀ ah bī;

    you must add this, to make the taste just right.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ ío ŭ bī;

    thus it is more relishable.

#### bô̤ bī;

    insipid; it does not affect me particularly.

#### cí kâi nâng bô̤ nâng bī;

    this fellow is not human.

#### bô̤ cṳ bī;

    no taste for the beauties of books.

#### sît-căi ŭ hiaⁿ-tĭ bī;

    has truly a fraternal disposition.

#### chŵn bô̤ ang-cía bī;

    wholly destitute of conjugal tastes.

#### sin bī;

    the first of the season.

#### lău bī;

    old fruits.

#### múi bī;

    well-flavored.

#### chù-bī;

    pretty, amusing, interesting.