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bäh-měk 白墨 white chalk.
bäh-mi 白米 white rice, new rice.
băh-miêng 白麵 white noodles.
băh-mòng mòng 白茫茫 whitish and somber, dusty, hazy.
bäh-neng 白人 an albino.
bäh-ning 白仁 the sclerotica.
băl-ngà-tảng 白牙潭 an island near Pagoda anchorage.
băh (ngàng) sái 白(顏)色 white colour.
bäh-ngié 白芝 white artemisia to hold ink for stamp.
häh-ngiê 白蟻 a white ant.
bah-ngung 白銀 silver, (bäh-ging).
bäh-säk-giě 白口鷄 a boiled fowl, without sauce.
bäh(sailk) buó 白色布 white shirtings.
bảh sinh free food; to eat without condiment.
băh-siêng-tù 白善士 a fine white clay; used in plaster, cement and porcelain.
bäh-tiék 白鐵 tin, (lòng-tiếk).
băh tòng 白糖 white sugar.
băh ua 白話 local dialect, (tü-kiŏng).
häh-uâ-ing 白話文 Mandarin vernacular style.
bäh-uâ-bó 白話報 a colloquial newspaper, N.
bäh-ing the text of any book.
bäh, coll. (děk) as below.
bäh-mièu 澤苗 the name of a village.
bāi (ba) 才手 a pendulum, to shake, to arrange, to turn, to swagger.
bai-chin 擺手 the arms of a grave; to turn, as chairmen.
bai-duâi, coll. 擺大 turn to the right.
bai-sien, coll. 擺小 turn to the left.
bãi, coll.(bài, bà) to speak against.
bäi-báung 誹謗 to slander, to backbite (bài bảng).
bãi-chê gũi 誹市鬼 "anti-trade devil"; an officious meddler.
bài buổi 誹狽 unlucky, unfortunate, (báik buổi).
bāi
bãi to strike with both hands, to open.
hai, coll. (po) lame in the feet, crippled.
bai-cn 跛子 a cripple.