Grammar – B

Bān-it – Just in case / on the odd chance that

Bat – Have…-ed (at some time in the past)

Bē koh / bōe koh – Never again

Bē khah su – Be just as good as / are no worse than

Bē su / bōe su – Be like / be no more than

Bē tàng / bōe tàng  - Cannot (physically do or achieve something)

Bē [verb] tit / bōe [verb] tit – Can’t (physically [verb] / are not allowed to [verb]

Beh – Going to …

Beh [verb] chìn-chêng – Before [verb]-ing

Beh ná – How could you / how are you going to be able to / how do you expect to …

Beh thài  - How could you / how are you going to be able to / how do you expect to …

Bián-tit – To save the trouble of … / avoid the inconvenience (or waste) of …

Bīn-lîm / biān-lîm – Face (task, problem, etc.)

Bīn-tùi  - Face (task, problem, etc.)

Bô – Otherwise

Bô - What the heck…; Are you (serious / crazy / out of your mind / etc.) …

Bô Might as well / should / need to

Bô [time] -For only [time] / after only [time] / not even for [time]

Bô…bô… – [Often used for emphasis or simply as a colorful way to speak]

Bô… bē sái / bōe sái – Have to…, have no choice but to…

Bô…mā bô… – Neither…nor…

Bô A, tio̍h bô B; bô A tio̍h m̄ BNot B unless A; not B until A

Bô beh koh – Never want to … again / will no longer

X bô Y hiah-ni̍h-á/hiah-ni̍h [Stative Verb] – X is not as [Stative Verb] as Y

Bô it-tēng – Not necessarily / not likely

Bô kán-tan (chiah) -With great difficulty / it took a lot of effort to

Bô kò· tit -(without) bothering to / (not) bother to / no longer continue to

Bô-kóanNo matter what/how

Bô koh [verb] – No longer

Bô kóng – Not be considered as / not be

Bô-lūn … (lóng …) – No matter who/what/how/how much/etc….

Bô nāi-hô – Have no choice but to

Bô pí…(iā) koh khah.. – There’s no one / nothing that is more…than…

Bô pòaⁿ [measure word / time word] – Not one…, not a single…

Bô phah-sǹg – Without expecting / unexpectedly

Bô ta̍t-tit – Not be worth it

Bô tiāⁿ-tioh – Might / might very well

Bô thangNot very; not really

Bōe [verb] tit  - [see: bē [verb] tit]

Bōe koh – [see: bē koh]

Bōe su – [see: bē su]

Bōe tàng  - [see: bē tàng]

Bo̍h-kóng (sī) – Moreover / furthermore

Bóng [verb] – (Without hope of success or particular purpose, but) [verb] anyway

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