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the plantain, the banana.
bǎ-ciĕu (guō) 芭蕉(菓) plantains, bananas.
bă-ciĕu-bing 芭蕉瓶 plantain shaped vases.
bã ciěu-buô 芭蕉布 plantain cloth
bă-ciĕu-ló 芭蕉露 banana wine.
bä-ciěu-iek (or niŏh) 芭蕉葉 palm leaves.
hă-ciěu-siéng 芭蕉扇 a palm leaf fan.
a scar, in coll. a hard crust.
ba-hòng 疤痕 mark of a wound, a scar.
ha-liēng 疤臉 a scarred face.
bă-niu 疤鉦 a raised scar.
a floating bridge.
the corolla of a flower, (hňa-guing).
ba (là } 金鈀 a drag, a rake, a harrow, a war chariot, palladium.
a sort of a dried meat.
a sow, a two-year old hog, dried meat, ().
wide mouthed, dumb, (a-hä).
bă-ngà to open the mouth wide.
a bamboo fence, (liè-bă).
as below.
ba-hik ○袱 a bundle, a wrapper, (bäu-hik).
才手把 to hold, Num. S.
ba-băng 把柄 grasp the handle. proof.
bá-bék-nong-cê 把筆忘字 grasping my pen, T forget the characters.
bi-cing 把總 a lieutenant, O.
bā-hié 把戲 a juggler's tricks, sleight of hand.
bi-mê 把袂 to scize the sleeves, as at meeting.to act.
bã-nông (hầu) 把門(口) as gatekeeper, (áung-muồng ),
bā-ók 把握 something to grasp, a clue, a conviction.
ha-siu 把守 to guard, (bộ-uổi).
ba-ti 把持 to monopolize, to hold fast.
ba, coll. (bau) 食飽 satisfied.
bã-bók 飽腹 a full stomach.