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u: aw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.6]
V : soak, steep (in a solution which is intended to alter the material in some way, eg, bamboo in water, to rot it; grass, to make compost, cloth, in a dye-vat, etc, but not used of food-stuffs.)
浸漬
baibut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: baai'but [[...]][i#] [p.8]
V : bury
埋沒
baibut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: baai'but [[...]][i#] [p.8]
V : have one's talent unrecognized or misused
埋沒
baxnbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'but [[...]][i#] [p.9]
N : all things, everything
萬物
Bykog-laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bie'kog'laang [[...]][i#] [p.12]
N : Westerner (incorrectly but widely used for foreigners in general)
美國人
bisengbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bii'sefng'but [[...]][i#] [p.12]
N : germ, microbe
微生物
bøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo [[...]][i#] [p.14]
pVmod : unsuccessfully (no result from action)<[chhe7-bo5]: look for but cannot find><[thak8-bo5]: read but cannot understand>
無
bøthafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'thafng [[...]][i#] [p.15]
AV : will not (in sentence tag) <…[m7-ku2 i bo5-thang]: … but he won't>
不要
bukibut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu'ky'but [[...]][i#] [p.18]
N : inorganic substance
無機物
but'ar-hii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bud'ar'hii [[...]][i#] [p.19]
N bé : any minute edible fish
魩子魚
but [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but [[...]][i#] [p.19]
N : formative: entity, thing
物
budcid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'cid [[...]][i#] [p.19]
N : material things, substance, matter
物質
budzw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'zw [[...]][i#] [p.19]
N : materials, products, resources
物資
bud'iøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'iøh [[...]][i#] [p.19]
N/Bib : myrrh
沒藥
budkex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'kex [[...]][i#] [p.19]
N : cost-of-living, price of commodities
物價
u: but khefng ix tiong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.19]
Sph : a small token of my esteem
禮輕情意重
budlie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'lie [[...]][i#] [p.19]
N : physics
物理
budlie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'lie [[...]][i#] [p.19]
Nmod : physical, physio-
物理
budphirn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'phirn [[...]][i#] [p.19]
N/R : article of trade, commodity
物品
budsarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'sarn [[...]][i#] [p.19]
N : products
物產
budseg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'seg [[...]][i#] [p.19]
V : search for, look for (someone of sthg desired or needed)
物色
budsiw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'siw [[...]][i#] [p.19]
V : confiscate
沒收
zaibut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaai'but [[...]][i#] [p.20]
N : goods, possessions, riches
財物
zekzuy-toxngbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeg'zuy'tong'but [[...]][i#] [p.23]
N/Biol : vertebrate
脊椎動物
cysi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cie'si [[...]][i#] [p.26]
V : is only (freq trans best by Ccl: but, except, that, however)
只是
ciaqzhøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah'zhøf [[...]][i#] [p.28]
VO : eat a meat diet (for the vegetarian beef is always excluded, but other meats, fish, eggs, fish, eggs, and onions, permitted)
吃葷
ciah-kaki [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah kaf'ki [[...]][i#] [p.28]
VO : receive a salary but no meals from an employer
領乾薪水
ciofnglui [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciorng'lui [[...]][i#] [p.33]
N : kind, sort, species (for men species but not race)
種類
u: zø'but'zuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.37]
N : Creator
造物主
zofngsi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zorng'si [[...]][i#] [p.40]
Ccl : (introduces a clause which records an action or event other than would be expected from the preceding clause-which may be introduced by sui-jian5) but, however, nevertheless (syn m7-ku2)
可是
zongbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoong'but [[...]][i#] [p.40]
N : concealed or hidden goods
贓物
zhaekof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaix'kof [[...]][i#] [p.47]
N/Budd/Tao ê : nun who follows a rule of chastity and vegetarianism but is not shaven (cf ni5-kou)
尼姑
chiekeg-but [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chix'keg'but [[...]][i#] [p.52]
N : irritant, stimulant
刺激物
chiørpoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiøx'poef [[...]][i#] [p.56]
N : position of the divining blocks (both face up) meaning "uncertain" (the gods are amused, but not necessarily favorable, or they consider the request ridiculous, cf siuN7-poe, im-poe)
陽卦
zhozoar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhof'zoar [[...]][i#] [p.60]
N tiuⁿ : coarse but soft kind of toilet paper (made of bamboo)
草紙
høeabut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hex'but; høex'but [[...]][i#] [p.81]
N : goods, merchandise
貨物
høeabudchiaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hex'but'chiaf; høex'but'chiaf [[...]][i#] [p.81]
N tâi : truck, freight-car, freight-train
貨車
hoarhabbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoax'hap'but [[...]][i#] [p.90]
N : chemical compound
化合物
hoahkuun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoaq'kuun [[...]][i#] [p.91]
VO : play the Chinese form of mora or "stone, paper, scissors" (In the former each player displays from 0 to 5 fingers simultaneously shouting the expected total (5 may be displayed, but not called) which must be at least as great as the number he displays. If one gets the correct total, his opponent must drink a cup of wine. In the latter only one person calls, and his opponent must not match the form of the hand displayed. If he matches it, he must drink to acknowledge loss of the point.)
猜拳
hoeabut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoex'but [[...]][i#] [p.96]
N : rubbish, useless thing
廢物
høeabut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoex'but; høex'but [[...]][i#] [p.96]
N : goods, merchandise
貨物
høeabudchiaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoex'but'chiaf; høex'but'chiaf [[...]][i#] [p.96]
N tâi : truck, freight-car, freight-train
貨車
hokbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hog'but [[...]][i#] [p.97]
RV : capsize and sink, be engulfed (in water, a crowd, sliding earth, etc)
覆沒
u: hofng'huun jiin'but [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.98]
N ê : man of the hour, man of the week, central figure in the news (at any given time)
風雲人物
huosafnbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hux'sarn'but [[...]][i#] [p.100]
N : by-product
副產物
huun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: huun [[...]][i#] [p.103]
N : soul, spirit (possessed by all animal life, but of a lower order than leng5, which is possessed only by man and God, cf leng5, the2)
魂
ibut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: y'but [[...]][i#] [p.105]
N niá : clothing
衣物
u: ii'but zuo'gi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.105]
N : materialism
唯物主義
iar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iar [[...]][i#] [p.106]
SV : uncultivated, untrained (child), cruel or ambitious (heart), (good but) strong (taste or small)
野
u: ia'hør'khix ia'hør'chiøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.107]
Sph : provoking but rather laughable
啼笑皆非
u: iah'hør'khix iah'hør'chiøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.107]
Sph : provoking but rather laughable
啼笑皆非
irnsoatbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ixn'soad'but [[...]][i#] [p.110]
N : printed material
印刷物
iøqbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iøh'but [[...]][i#] [p.111]
N : drugs, medicine
藥物
u: iøh'but liaau'hoad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.111]
N/Med : medication, medical treatment
藥物療法
iongbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ioong'but [[...]][i#] [p.111]
N/Anat : the penis
陽物
iongku [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ioong'ku [[...]][i#] [p.111]
N/Anat : penis (syn iong5-but cf im-ku7)
陽具
iwkibut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iuo'ky'but [[...]][i#] [p.113]
N : organic matter, organism
有機物
u: iuo'sie iuo'ciofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.113]
Sph : undependable (starts but doesn't finish), abortive
有始無終
jichviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jii'chviar [[...]][i#] [p.116]
Ccl : (follows cl introduced by "not only": but also)
而且
jixchviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ji'chviar [[...]][i#] [p.116]
Ccl : (follows cl introduced by "not only": but also)
而且
u: jiin'biin aix'but [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.117]
Sph : love one's subjects and be kind to all creatures (Maxim for the ideal rulers)
仁民愛物
jinbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'but [[...]][i#] [p.117]
N ê : distinguished person
人物
jinbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'but [[...]][i#] [p.117]
N ê : member of the east (drama)
人物
u: jiin, sii, su, te, but; jiin, sii, su, tøe, but [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.117]
N list : people, time, affair, place, and thing (the five things that affect one's fortune)
人 時 事 地 物
jiogkoafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiok'koafn [[...]][i#] [p.118]
N : young man who has reached physical maturity but is not yet experienced and wise (about 20 years of age)
弱冠
u: Juu'liim Goa'suo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.119]
N : The Scholars (famous satire by Wu Ching-tzu, ostensibly about the Ming Dynasty but actually a criticism of the Ch'ing Dynasty)
儒林外史
kaosw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaux'sw [[...]][i#] [p.127]
: 2: Presbyterian: preacher who has passed his General Assembly examination but has not yet been ordained
教師
kekafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'kafng [[...]][i#] [p.127]
V/N : do additional (but unnecessary) work
做吃力不討好的事
kekbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: keg'but [[...]][i#] [p.129]
VO : investigate the nature of things, study nature (Confucius' rule for achieving wisdom)
格物
kerngjieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kexng'jieen [[...]][i#] [p.131]
Ccl : yet, but after all, but still
竟然
kierntiogbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiexn'tiog/tiok'but [[...]][i#] [p.134]
N keng, tòng : building
建築物
koputciofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kof'pud'ciofng [[...]][i#] [p.141]
Pmod : no alternative but to…
不得已
kofbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kor'but [[...]][i#] [p.141]
N : antique
古物
kofbut-siofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kor'but'siofng [[...]][i#] [p.141]
N : junk business
舊貨商
koftorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kor'torng [[...]][i#] [p.142]
SV : strange but interesting (action), cute
古董
u: kox'thea'but [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.142]
N : solids
固體物
koaebut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koaix'but [[...]][i#] [p.143]
N : freak, monster
怪物
koaebut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koaix'but [[...]][i#] [p.143]
N : demon, ghost, specter
怪物
koaekiet [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koaix'kiet [[...]][i#] [p.143]
N ê : able but dangerous man
怪傑
kongkhoarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kofng'khoarn [[...]][i#] [p.148]
N : public funds (handled by a person but not belonging to him)
公款
khanbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khafn'but [[...]][i#] [p.153]
N : an issue of a periodical
刊物
u: khyn'chixn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.157]
SV : light (but bulky)
很輕
khinsyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khyn'syn [[...]][i#] [p.157]
SV : light (but bulky)
毫無掛慮
khvoax-bøexzhud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax be'zhud; khvoax bøe'zhud [[...]][i#] [p.159]
Vph : look at but be uncertain about (a person's character, ownership of sthg, etc)
看不出
khvoarbøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax'bøo [[...]][i#] [p.159]
Vph : look at but not understand
看輕
khorngbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khoxng'but [[...]][i#] [p.161]
N : minerals
礦物
khorngbut-cid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khoxng'but'cid [[...]][i#] [p.161]
N : mineral matter
礦物質
khorngbut-hak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khoxng'but'hak [[...]][i#] [p.161]
N : mineralogy
礦物學
khorngbut-iuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khoxng'but'iuu [[...]][i#] [p.161]
N : mineral oil
礦物油
u: laxng'jit bøo laxng'geh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.165]
sph : occasionally (not every day but at least once a month)
常常的
lefbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lea'but [[...]][i#] [p.166]
n ê : gift, present
禮物
leeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: leeng [[...]][i#] [p.167]
n : spirit (possessed by both God and man, but not by animals, cf hun5, the2)
靈
longzokbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: loong'zog'but [[...]][i#] [p.176]
N : crops, produce
農作物
u: m'ax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.178]
Ccl : (following statement of some difficulty introduces the statement of obligation to persevere) : but still, however, nevertheless
不
mxkuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'kuo [[...]][i#] [p.178]
Ccl : (introduces a clause which records an action or event other than would be expected from the preceding clause — which may be introduced by siu-jian5) : but, however, neverthless (syn chong2-si7)
不過
u: m'tan'na [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.178]
Ccl : (introduces a clause and specifies that the actor or action is not isolated. It is complemented by another Ccl in the following clause) : not only… (but also)… (cf m7-na7)
不光是
ma [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ma [[...]][i#] [p.178]
Pmod : also, too <Goa3 u7 chiah8 i ma7 u7 chiah8: I ate (a cookie) but he also ate one>, <Nai7-chi long2 ma7 sio2-khoa2 sng-sng : Lichees are all a little sour>
也
paisietbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: paai'sied'but [[...]][i#] [p.195]
N : discharge, excrement, excretion
排泄物
poxjuo-toxngbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: po'juo tong'but [[...]][i#] [p.207]
N : mammal
哺乳動物
u: phvax'phuh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.212]
SV : corpulent and flabby, apparently strong and healthy but actually weak and sickly
虛胖
phokbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phog'but [[...]][i#] [p.217]
N : natural history
博物
u: phog'but'vi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.217]
N keng : museum
博物院
phokbudkoarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phog'but'koarn [[...]][i#] [p.217]
N keng : museum
博物館
sengbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sefng'but [[...]][i#] [p.224]
N : creature, living things, organism
生物
sengbut-cid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sefng'but'cid [[...]][i#] [p.224]
N : animal matter
生物物質
sengbut-hak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sefng'but'hak [[...]][i#] [p.224]
N : biology
生物學
u: sefng'but'kex'sefng'soad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.224]
N : biogenesis
生物繼生說
sengbut-lui [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sefng'but'lui [[...]][i#] [p.224]
N : animal (as a class of being)
生物類
serngbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sexng'but [[...]][i#] [p.224]
N : holy article
聖物
siaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siaf [[...]][i#] [p.227]
V : buy or sell on credit (not term payments, but a promise to pay)
賒
siøfciar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siør'ciar [[...]][i#] [p.234]
N/Tit : Miss (married, but using her maiden name in her professional capacity)
小姐
sidbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sit'but [[...]][i#] [p.238]
N : substance
實物
sidbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sit'but [[...]][i#] [p.238]
N : plants
植物
sidbut-hak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sit'but'hak [[...]][i#] [p.238]
N : botany (as a science)
植物學
sidbut-hagkaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sit'but'hak'kaf [[...]][i#] [p.238]
N ê : botanist
植物學家
sidbut-he [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sit'but'he [[...]][i#] [p.238]
N : department of botany (college)
植物系
sidbudhngg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sit'but'hngg [[...]][i#] [p.238]
N : botanical garden
植物園
siuxzøxbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siu'zø'but [[...]][i#] [p.240]
N : creature, created thing
受造物
u: sviu'zøx/zoex; sviu'zøx/zøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.240]
V : have thought, had thought (but the outcome was different)
以為
suobut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sux'but [[...]][i#] [p.247]
N : four important Chinese herb medicines (cf tong-kui, chhoan-kiong, peh8-chiok, siok8-te7)
四物
suxbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: su'but [[...]][i#] [p.247]
N : affair, matter, thing
事物
taxn'gai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tan'gai [[...]][i#] [p.253]
Ccl : (introduces an adversative) but
但是
taxnsi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tan'si [[...]][i#] [p.253]
Ccl : (introduces an adversative) but
但是
u: taang'køq'buo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.254]
Sph : of the same father but a different mother
同父異母
tauxhoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tau'hoef [[...]][i#] [p.255]
N : soft bean-curd (jelled but not yet pressed or shaped)
豆腐腦
u: tiim'tien'but [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.264]
N : precipitate
沉澱物
tøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tøf; tøf [[...]][i#] [p.268]
Ccl/Pmod : (indicates that what follows was not expected): but, however, since (this is the situation)
但是
u: tof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.269]
Ccl/Pmod : (indicates that what follows was not expected): but, however, since (this is the situation)
都
u: toax'tiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.270]
V : treat one well (not because he deserves it but) out of consideration for someone else
惦念
toxngbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tong'but [[...]][i#] [p.275]
N chiah : living creature, aniaml
動物
toxngbut-hak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tong'but'hak [[...]][i#] [p.275]
N : zoology
動物學
u: tong'but'hak'ciar/kaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.275]
N ê : zoologist
動物學者(家)
toxngbudhngg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tong'but'hngg [[...]][i#] [p.275]
N : zoo
動物園
toxngbut-kaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tong'but'kaix [[...]][i#] [p.275]
N : animal kingdom
動物界
u: tong'but tien'hurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.275]
N/Med : glycogen
動物澱粉
u: thaai'jiin'ciab'but [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.278]
VO ph : treat people and things (of one's attitude or manner)
待人接物
thihkut'ar-svy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thiq'kud'ar'svy [[...]][i#] [p.284]
SV : skinny but strong
瘦壯
u: thvoax'zuie'hoax'hap'but [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.287]
N : carbohydrate
碳水化合物
thogbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thok'but [[...]][i#] [p.289]
N : reading material
讀物
uibut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: uii'but [[...]][i#] [p.292]
N : 1: bequest 2: keepsake, memento (of someone who has died)
遺物
uibut-lun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: uii'but'lun [[...]][i#] [p.292]
N : materialism
唯物論