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niuu bie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

measure (the quantity of) rice

量米

Thauliah køef iaxtiøh cidpea bie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

You have to prime the pump. To do business you need capital. (Lit. To steal chickens you need a handful of rice.)

偷雞也得一把米。

🗣 bie 🗣 (u: bie) 美 [wt][mo] bí [#]

1. (Adj) pretty; beautiful; good-looking; nice-looking || 漂亮、好看。

🗣le: (u: bie'jiin) 🗣 (美人) (美人)

2. (Adj) good; well; proper; virtuous; benevolent || 好、善。

🗣le: (u: oaan'bie) 🗣 (完美) (完美)

3. (N) abbreviation for America (continent); abbr for United States of America || 洲名國名的簡稱。

🗣le: (u: Bie'kog) 🗣 (美國) (美國)

🗣le: (u: Bie'ciw) 🗣 (美洲) (美洲)
tonggi: ; s'tuix:

🗣 bie 🗣 (u: bie) 米 [wt][mo] bí [#]

1. (N) rice with husk removed || 去殼的稻穀。

🗣le: (u: zhøx'bie) 🗣 (糙米) (糙米)

2. (N) small grain-like things || 細小成粒似米的東西。

🗣le: (u: tee'bie) 🗣 (茶米) (茶葉)

🗣le: (u: hee'bie) 🗣 (蝦米) (蝦米)

3. (N) fruit or pulp resembling grain of rice || 指狀如米粒的果實、果肉。

🗣le: (u: hoafn'beh bie) 🗣 (番麥米) (玉米粒)

🗣le: (u: kafm'ar bie) 🗣 (柑仔米) (橘子果肉中的顆粒)

4. (Mw) metre (kongchiøq) || 計算長度的單位。

🗣le: (u: cit bie) 🗣 (一米) (一公尺)
tonggi: ; s'tuix:

🗣 bykarm 🗣 (u: bie'karm) 美感 [wt][mo] bí-kám [#]

1. () (CE) sense of beauty; aesthetic perception || 美感
tonggi: ; s'tuix:

🗣 byseg 🗣 (u: bie'seg) 美色 [wt][mo] bí-sik [#]

1. () (CE) charm; loveliness (of a woman) || 美色
tonggi: ; s'tuix:

🗣 Byzek 🗣 (u: Bie'zek) 美籍 [wt][mo] Bí-tsi̍k [#]

1. () (CE) American (i.e. of US nationality) || 美籍
tonggi: ; s'tuix:

🗣 thatbie 🗣 (u: thad'bie) that-bí [wt][mo] that-bí [#]

1. () a type of work shoe based on tabi, traditional Japanese socks. from Japanese 足袋 (tabi) || 一種工作鞋。源自日語たび(tabi)，日語漢字為「足袋」。
tonggi: ; s'tuix:

bie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie [[...]] 

hulled rice

米

• ciah bie mxzay bykex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah bie m'zay bie'kex [[...]] 
  person who knows but little of the world
  不知天高地厚

• zaixlaai-bie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'laai'bie; zai'laai-bie [[...]] 
  customary rice
  在來米

• zhørbie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhøx'bie [[...]] 
  rice separated from the husk
  糙米

• zudbie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zut'bie [[...]] 
  glutinous rice
  糯米

• honglaibie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoong'laai'bie [[...]] 
  improved rice
  蓬萊米

• peqbie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peh'bie [[...]] 
  rice beaten white in the mortar
  白米

bybiau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'biau; (bie'miau) [[...]] 

grand, magnificent, sublime, excellent, splendid

美妙

• bybiau ee koasviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'biau ee koaf'sviaf [[...]] 
  wonderful sound of music
  美妙的歌聲

Byhofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bie'hofng [[...]] 

the U.S.A. part of the world

美方

byhurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'hurn [[...]] 

vermicelli made of rice, rice noodles

米粉

byiongsut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'ioong'sut [[...]] 

art of make-up, cosmetology

美容術

bykarm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'karm [[...]] 

sense of beauty, esthetic sense

美感

bykex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'kex [[...]] 

price of rice

米價

Bykog Zhambosiwtviuo Lienseghoexgi zwsek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bie'kog Zhafm'boo'siuo'tviuo Lieen'sek'hoe'gi zuo'sek [[...]] 

Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff

美國參謀首長聯席會議主席。

Bykog Toglip Ciernzefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bie'kog Tok'lip Ciexn'zefng [[...]] 

U.S.A. War of Independence

美國獨力戰爭

bylao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'lao [[...]] 

brittle hollow confection made of puffed rice and sugar

米荖

bylongzoar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'loong'zoar [[...]] 

good quality of paper

美濃紙

by'mau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'mau [[...]] 

attractive looks, beautiful face of a woman

美貌

byphafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'phafng [[...]] 

confection made from puffed rice, rolls made of puffed rice sweeten with sugar

米花餅

bysudkaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'sut'kaix [[...]] 

the world of art

美術界

bysudphirn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'sut'phirn [[...]] 

a work of art,

美術品

bytaam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'taam [[...]] 

instructive anecdote, story of an exemplary deed

美談

bytao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'tao [[...]] 

a wooden measure used for measuring one "tau" of rice

米斗

bythiab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'thiab [[...]] 

part of salary paid with rice

食物配給

zaixlaai-bie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'laai'bie; zai'laai-bie; (purn'tør-bie) [[...]] 

the customary rice, local rice, an inferior quality of rice

在來米

zhaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa [[...]] 

firewood, brushwood, wooden

柴

• zhaa, bie, iuu, iaam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa, bie, iuu, iaam [[...]] 
  necessities of life (Lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt)
  柴米油鹽

ciah sypng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah sie'png; (ciah sie'bie) [[...]] 

loafer sometimes because of physical disability

只吃不做

ciam'afbie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciafm'ar'bie [[...]] 

kind of rice in Taiwan

在來米之一種

cyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cyn [[...]] 

pint

升

• cit cyn bie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit cyn bie [[...]] 
  one pint of rice
  一升米

• bycyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'cyn [[...]] 
  small rice measure
  量米器

ciøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciøh; (sek) [[...]] 

rocks, stones or minerals commonly known as kidney or gall stones, calculus, a way of calculation, a picul or 10 pecks

石

• cit ciøh bie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit ciøh bie [[...]] 
  picul of rice
  一石米

• kietciøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kied'ciøh [[...]] 
  to get gall or kidney stones
  結石

• iøcie kietciøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iøf'cie kied'ciøh [[...]] 
  kidney stone
  腎臟結石

zoadsex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoat'sex [[...]] 

peerless, matchless, unique

絕世

• zoadsex ee byjiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoat'sex ee bie'jiin [[...]] 
  woman of peerless beauty, the fairest of the fair
  絕世的美人

zw'iaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuo'iaux [[...]] 

most important, principal, essential

主要

• Taioaan zwiaux ee safnbut si bie kaq thngg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Taai'oaan zuo'iaux ee sarn'but si bie kaq thngg. [[...]] 
  The principal products of Formosa are rice and sugar.
  臺灣主要的產物是米和糖。

• Goar ee zwiaux ee bogteg si thoankaux, m si kax Enggie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar ee zuo'iaux ee bok'teg si thoaan'kaux, m si kax Efng'gie. [[...]] 
  My chief aim (purpose) is to spread the faith, not to teach English.
  我的主要目的是傳教不是教英文。

• zwiaux goan'yn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuo'iaux goaan'yn [[...]] 
  chief cause or reason
  主要原因

zuxjienbie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zu'jieen'bie; (zu'jieen'suie) [[...]] 

natural beauty, beauties of nature

自然美

zuylo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuie'lo [[...]] 

voyage, by sea

水路

• Bykog kaux ciaf u svaf lefpaix ee zuylo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bie'kog kaux ciaf u svaf lea'paix ee zuie'lo. [[...]] 
  From America to here is a voyage of three weeks.
  美國到這兒由水路(坐船)要三個禮拜。

Hoa'ex Byzek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hoaa'ex Bie'zek [[...]] 

American of Chinese descent

華裔美籍

kaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaix [[...]] 

boundary, a border, a sphere, world, a suffix expressing class

界

• bysudkaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'sut'kaix [[...]] 
  world of art
  美術界

• zo'kaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zof'kaix [[...]] 
  settlement, concession
  租界

• gafnkaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: garn'kaix [[...]] 
  range of vision
  眼界

• kefngkaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kerng'kaix [[...]] 
  boundary
  境界

• seakaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sex'kaix [[...]] 
  world (geographical)
  世界

kengkøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kefng'koex; kefng'køex [[...]] 

go through, by way of, progress (of an affair or illness), lapse (of time)

經過

• Tuix Bykog kengkøex Jidpurn laai Taioaan. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tuix Bie'kog kefng'koex Jit'purn laai Taai'oaan.; Tuix Bie'kog kefng'køex Jit'purn laai Taai'oaan. [[...]] 
  came to Taiwan from the States by way of Japan
  從美國經過日本來台灣。

• Suxkvia ee kengkøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Su'kvia ee kefng'koex; Su'kvia ee kefng'køex [[...]] 
  development of an event
  事件的經過

• Pvexlaang ee kengkøex cyn hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pve'laang ee kefng'koex cyn hør.; Pve/Pvi'laang ee kefng'køex cyn hør. [[...]] 
  The patient is progressing favorably.
  病人的經過(進展) 很好

khaw'ym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khao'ym; (khviw) [[...]] 

provincial accent, dialect

口音,腔調

• Y ee Taioaan-oe u cidsut'ar Bykog-khviw. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ee Taai'oaan'oe u cit'sud'ar Bie'kog'khviw.; Y ee Taai'oaan-oe u cit'sud'ar Bie'kog-khviw. [[...]] 
  There is a faint trace of an American accent in his Taiwanese.
  他的台語有點美國腔。

khioksvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khiog'svoax [[...]] 

curve, curved line

曲線

• khioksvoax-bie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khiog'svoax'bie; khiog'svoax-bie [[...]] 
  beauty of line
  曲線美

lao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lao [[...]] 

brittle confection

米花

• bylao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'lao [[...]] 
  brittle confection made of rice
  米花捲

• moalao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: moaa'lao [[...]] 
  brittle confection made of sesame seeds
  芝麻花捲

mef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mef; mef/my; (my) [[...]] 

handful of (rice, sugar, salt, sand), take up a handful of

把,抓

• Thauliah køef, ia tiøh cidmef bie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thaw'liah kef, ia tiøh cit mef bie.; Thaw'liah køef, ia tiøh cit'mef/my bie. [[...]] 
  Even if you want to steal a chicken, you have to spend a handful of rice. You cannot accomplish anything without effort.
  偷雞也得一把米。

niuu bie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: niuu bie [[...]] 

measure (the quantity of) rice

量米

pahbytoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: paq'bie'too [[...]] 

picture showing large numbers of beautiful women

百美圖

phafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phafng; (hiofng) [[...]] 

sweet smelling, fragrant, aromatic, balmy, tasty, delicious, fair, beautiful

香

• byphafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'phafng [[...]] 
  cake made of puffed rice and sugar
  爆米花

• zhengphafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhefng'phafng [[...]] 
  gently and pleasantly fragrant (not too strong)
  清香

symbie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sirm'bie [[...]] 

appreciation of the beautiful, be artistic or esthetic

審美

taixsaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tai'saix [[...]] 

ambassador, envoy

大使

• Bykog zuxhoaa taixsaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bie'kog zu'hoaa tai'saix [[...]] 
  American ambassador to the Republic of China
  美國駐華大使

tao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tao; (tor) [[...]] 

dry measure somewhat like a peck, equals ten "chin", one-tenth of a "chioh"

斗

• bytao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'tao [[...]] 
  wooden measure used for measuring one "tau" of rice
  米斗

• phangtao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaang'tao [[...]] 
  the chief mourner carrying the spirit tablet in a rice measure
  捧斗

• hortao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hox'tao [[...]] 
  bucket for raising water for irrigation, person having a projecting chin
  戽斗,下顎突出

• lauxtao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lau'tao [[...]] 
  funnel
  漏斗

• uttao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ud'tao [[...]] 
  a smoothing iron
  熨斗

Thauliah køef ia tiøh cidpea bie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thaw'liah kef ia tiøh cit pea bie.; Thaw'liah køef ia tiøh cit pea bie. [[...]] 

You have to prime the pump. To do business you need capital. (Lit. To steal chickens you need a handful of rice.)

偷雞也得一把米。

thiab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thiab [[...]] 

to paste, to stick up, make up the deficiency, subsidize

貼

• bythiab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'thiab [[...]] 
  part of salary paid in rice
  米貼

• pofthiab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: por'thiab [[...]] 
  make up a deficiency, to supplement, subsidize
  補貼

• thefthiab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thea'thiab [[...]] 
  have sympathy with, show solicitude or consideration for
  體貼

• tinthiab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tyn'thiab [[...]] 
  allowance, help out with money
  津貼

aebie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aix'bie [[...]] 

fond of beauty

愛美

Bykog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'kog [[...]] 

the United States of America

美國

bykøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'køf [[...]] 

steamed cake of rice

糯米糕

bytao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'tao [[...]] 

rice container of 18 liters

斗

bythaibak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'thay'bak [[...]] 

short noodle of rice

zarnbie-sy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaxn'bie-sy [[...]] 

hymn, songs of praise

讚美詩

u: bie'iorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.12]

N : citrate of magnesia, effervescing powders, fruit salts

氧化鎂

u: bie'jiin'ciøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.12]

N lúi : a kind of red arum, Musa cocinea

美人蕉

bykøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'køf [[...]][i#] [p.12]

N : steamed cake (made of unground glutinous rice)

糯米糕

u: bie'køf'tau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.12]

N : steamed sweet cake (made of unground glutinous rice and red beans)

米糕豆

bykoafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'koafn [[...]][i#] [p.12]

SV/N : (of) stylish appearance (clothing, buildings, decorations, etc)

美觀

Bykog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bie'kog [[...]][i#] [p.12]

N : The United States of America

美國

Bykog-laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bie'kog'laang [[...]][i#] [p.12]

N : citizen of the United States of America

美國人

By'oan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bie'oan [[...]][i#] [p.12]

N : foreign aid given by the United States of America

美援

bytau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'tau [[...]][i#] [p.12]

N lia̍p : small bean, largely used for the stuffing of cakes

飯豆

zarnbie-sy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaxn'bie'sy [[...]][i#] [p.21]

N : hymn, song of praise

讚美詩

zengbie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zefng'bie [[...]][i#] [p.23]

VO/fig : drop the head (of a person very sleepy)

搗米

u: zut'bie'koex; zut'bie'køex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.45]

N bé : a kind of grouper, Epinephelus chlorostigma

密點石斑

u: zut'bie'zhao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.45]

N châng : a grass of the crabgrass family, Digitaria adscendens

假馬唐

u: hof'bie'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.88]

N bé : a kind of slipmouth (fish), Leiognathus leuciscus

曳絲鰏

hoxnglaai-bie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hong'laai'bie [[...]][i#] [p.100]

N : rice of an improved strain (shorter, heavier, more glutinous than the native chai7-lai5-bi2)

蓬萊米

u: peh'bie'hii; peh'bie-hii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.198]

N/Ich bé : a kind of croaker fish, Argyrosomus macrocephalus

白米魚

u: of'bie 烏米 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.A0133] [#43858]

( 1 ) 第二期作秫米e5品種名 。 ( 2 ) 阿片 。 <>

u: of'bie'tau 烏米豆 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.A0133] [#43859]

長方形e5烏豆e5一種 。 ( 舊曆五月收成 , 用來製造豆油 ) 。 <>

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