A a an interjection of casual response

BADA dissipation, waste

BADALAMBI to squander, to dissipate, to waste

BADAN dish, tray

BADAR a monk's alms bowl; cf. badiri

BADAR SEME speaking without due deliberation, speaking wildly

BADARAKA abundant, rich

BADARAMBI (-ka) to become wide, to expand, to become larger, to become prosperous

BADARAMBUMBI 1. to enlarge, to expand, to propagate 2. caus./pass. of badarambi

BADARAMBUNGGA magnifying, enlarging

BADARAMBUNGGA BULEKŪ magnifying glass

BADARAN enlargement, widening, growth

BADARANGGA DORO the Kuang-hsu reign period, 1875-1908

BADE (postposition) in the case that, if

BADIRI a monk's alms bowl

BADUN a weight measure--ten pecks, a bushel

BADUN JAHUDAI a ship whose stern had the shape of a bushel measure

BADZUNG Sublieutenant, BH 752F

BAGIYAMBI to hold a small child's legs while he urinates or defecates

BAHA perfect participle of bahambi

BAHA BAHAI unintentionally

BAHABUMBI 1. caus./pass. of bahambi 2. to dream 3. to get drunk

BAHAMBI 1. to get, to obtain 2. to be able

BAHACI I hope that . . .

BAHACI TŪTTU if only it were so!

BAHARA SONGKO tracks that show that the prey has been wounded

BAHARAKŪ SONGKO tracks that show that the prey has escaped

BAHANA the central pole of a Mongolian yurt

BAHANAMBI 1. to go to get 2. to be able 3. to experience

BAHANASI connoisseur, expert

BAHANJIMBI to come to get

BAHIYA pine cone

BAI 1. plain, simple 2. for nothing, free, in vain 3. at leisure, unemployed 4. only 5. particle of finality

BAI NIYALMA a man without work or position

BAI TEMBI to live in leisure, to live in retirement

BAI TIYEI BITHE visiting card

BAIBI 1. plain, ordinary 2. for nothing, with no purpose, vainly, simply, merely

BAIBULA the paradise flycatcher (Tersiphone paradisi)

BAIBULAN see baibula

BAIBUMBI 1. caus. of baimbi 2. to require, to need, to use

BAIBUNGGA provisions

BAICABUMBI caus. of baicambi

BAICABURE TEMGETU a certificate of inspection

BAICAMBI to inspect, to examine, to investigate, to survey

BAICAME BEIDERE HAFAN Provincial Judge, BH 830

BAICAME TUWARA HAFAN Censor, BH 213

BAICAME WAKALARA KUNGGERI a section of the Court of tate Ceremonial that was in charge of fixing punishments for officials who failed to pay a courtesy visit to the court after receiving an imperial favor

BAICAN inspection, examination

BAICAN I EJEKU ( dJ - ) Official of the Censorate Chancery, BH 211

BAICANABUMBI caus. of baicanambi

BAICANAMBI to go to inspect

BAICANDUMBI/BAICANUMBI to inspect together

BAICANJIMBI to come to inspect

BAICASI Prefectural Police Inspector, BH 850

BAIDALAMBI to punish by beating

BAIHANABUMBI caus. of baihanambi

BAIHANAMBI to go to search for

BAIHANJIMBI to come to search for

BAIKŪ whore, lewd woman

BAILI kindness, mercy, tenderness

BAILI ISIBUMBI to repay a kindness

BAILI JAFAMBI to repay a kindness

BAILINGGA merciful, kind

BAILISI 1. beneficiary 2. 'one who seeks happiness,' i.e., a Buddhist, Taoist, or shaman

BAIMBI (imperative baisu) to seek, to look for, to wish, to ask for

BAIME SUIMBI to search high and low

BAINDUMBI/BAINUMBI to seek together, to discuss

BAINGGE of a certain place

BAINJIMBI to come to seek, request, etc.

BAISE Chinese cabbage

BAISIN without an official position, at leisure

BAISING settlement, village

BAISU imperative of baimbi

BAITA matter, affair, business, event

BAITA AKŪ free, not busy, it doesn't matter, it's no use, useless

BAITA BE ALIHA HAFAN Vice-governor of Peking, BH 793

BAITA BE DARA FIYENTEN Registry Office of the Imperial Clan Court, BH 63

BAITA BE KADALARA HAFAN Proctor, BH 94, 139, 144, etc.

BAITA BELHEKU Junior Archivist, BH 202

BAITA DE AFAHA HAFAN Clerk, BH 190, 267

BAITA DE DARA HAFAN Commissary of Records, BH 826

BAITA DE HAMIRAKŪ not in conformity with the matter, doesn't correspond to the matter at hand

BAITA EJERE BOO registration office--the police station of the Peking Gendarmerie

BAITA EJERE HAFAN asecretary of the Wen-yuan-ko

BAITA HACIN I BOO business office of the Board of Finance

BAITA I SEKIYEN a quotation from the statutes

BAITA OBURAKŪ does not treat as a matter of consequence

BAITA SITA matters and affairs

BAITA TUŠAHA NIYALMA a person in charge of a matter

BAITA TUWARA NIYALMA someone in charge of a matter

BAITA WESIMBURE BA Chancery of Memorials to the Emperor, BH 105

BAITAI ICIHIYASI Registrar, BH 64, 117, 212, etc.; cf. baita de dara hafan

BAITAI SARASI Archivist, BH 830A, etc.; cf. BH 506

BAITAI TURGUN the cause of an event

BAITAKŪ same as baita akū; useless

BAITALABUMBI 1. caus./pass. of baitalambi 2. to be employed as an official

BAITALABURE HAFAN a hereditary rank of the seventh grade, BH 944

BAITALAMBI to use, to employ

BAITALAN 1. utilization, use 2. a thing in daily use, a necessity

BAITALAN DE ACABURE NAMUN a storehouse for wax and / incense

BAITANGGA 1. usable, applicable, useful 2. errand boy, handyman, underling

BAITASI official of achancery, BH 211, 212B

BAIŽIN same as baisin

BAJAR SEME filled with many and sundry things

BAJARGI the far shore, the opposite shore

BAJI a little bit (more), a while

BAJI NONGGIMBI to add a little bit more

BAJI OME in a short while

BAJIKAN just a tiny bit (more)

BAJILA on the opposite shore

BAJIMA a little while more

BAJIMASHŪN a while thereafter

BAJU the dregs from arki

BAKALAJI see bakalji

BAKALJI a bone above the hoof of a horse or cow, pastern

BAKCAMBI see bakjambi

BAKCILABUMBI 1. caus./pass. of bakcilambi 2. to put in opposition, to make oppose

BAKCILAMBI to oppose, to sit or stand opposite

BAKCIN the opposite side, opponent, opposite number

BAKCIN AKŪ without match, peerless

BAKCIN WAKA is no match (for)

BAKJA BAKJALAME ILIMBI to rear up and stop (of horses)

BAKJABUMBI caus. of bakjambi

BAKJALAMBI to rear (of horses), to come to a sudden stop

BAKJALAME ILIMBI to come to a sudden stop (of a galloping horse)

BAKJAMBI (-ka) to congeal

BAKSALABUMBI caus. of baksalambi

BAKSALAMBI 1. to tie into bundles 2. to divide (troops) into squads

BAKSAN 1. a bundle 2. a squad, a small group (of troops)

BAKSAN MEYEN the ranks, line (of soldiers)

BAKSANDA leader of a squad

BAKSANGGA 1. an ancient Chinese grain measure equaling eight bushels 2. pertaining to a bundle or squad

BAKSANGGA FICAKŪ a sheng, a classical Chinese wind instrument

BAKSATU Sublieutenant, BH 752F

BAKSI a scholar, a learned man, gentleman

BAKTA the placenta of cattle

BAKTAKŪ the internal organs

BAKTAMBI 1. to contain, to encompass 2. to bear, to endure

BAKTAMBUMBI 1. to be indulgent (toward), to forgive 2. to accept, to put up with, to suffer (misfortune)

BAKTAMBUN 1. forgiveness 2. contents

BAKTAN capacity, contents

BAKTANDAMBI to contain, to hold

BAKTANDARAKŪ doesn't fit, won't go in, unforgivable

BAKTANDARAKŪ ARAHABI put on great airs, posed as something great

BAKTANDARAKŪ BAYAN extremely rich

BAKTANGGA containing, encompassing

BAKTANGGA BULEKŪ compass

BAKTANGGA IKTANGGA implication, hidden meaning

BALAI blindly, vainly, carelessly, indiscriminately, falsely, unreasonably

BALAI FEMEN vain talk, useless prattling

BALAI ICI SINDAMBI to put something down carelessly, to put just any old place

BALAI ONDOMBI to move blindly, to act to no purpose

BALAKTA clots of blood on an afterbirth

BALAMA 1. mad, crazy 2. (sentence particle) only, just, however, but

BALAMADAMBI to rave, to act crazily

BALBA having poor eyesight

BALCITAMBI to vouch for

BALDA white on the chest of an animal, a pig with white feet; cf. balta

BALDARGAN probably the lesser kestrel (Cerchneis naumanni)

BALDARHAN see baldargan

BALDASITAMBI to slip

BALHAMBI to make an offering to the gods to escape from smallpox

BALIYA 1. interjection used when laughing at someone's ineptitude 2. an interjection of pity

BALJUN ghost, apparition, goblin

BALJUN I TUNA ghostly fire, ignis fatuus

BALTA a dog whose nose ridge is white, white hair on an animal's chest, a pig with white feet

BALTAHA the hair under the chin of a sable

BALU blind; see also dogo

BAMBI (-ngka) 1. to be tired, to be lazy, to feel too lazy to do something 2. to gnaw a hole

BAN 1. a troop 2. half

BAN ŠI GUWAN HAFAN attendant in various governmental offices

BANAJE TEBUMBI to have evil spirits driven out by a shaman

BANAJI the earth god

BANAŠI myrtle

BANCAN DUHA the rectum of horses, donkeys, and mules

BANCUKA tired

BANDA HARA knotweed (Polygonum aviculare)

BANDA MAFA the god of hunters

BANDAJIN 1. idler 2. things collected by rodents

BANDAMBI to tire, to become fatigued

BANDAN bench, chair

BANDAN ASU a large fish net attached to a pole and carried by two men

BANDI learned man, pundit

BANDO the shrub Pentapetes phoenicea

BANG bulletin, notice

BANG YAN number two in the palace examination

BANGGUHE myna bird

BANGNAMBI to accuse someone of doing something wrong

BANGSE night watchman's clapper

BANGTU 1. bracket, support for a rafter 2. a cloud-shaped stirrup

BANIHA thanks, gratitude, thank you!

BANIHA ARAMBI to thank

BANIHA BUMBI to thank

BANIHALAMBI to thank

BANIHŪN seriously wounded and sure to be brought down (of game)

BANIHŪNJAMBI to treat kindly

BANILJI wart on a horse's leg

BANIMBI see banjimbi

BANIN form, appearance, shape, nature, essence

BANIN EHE ugly in appearance

BANIN MAFA paternal grandfather

BANIN MAMA paternal grandmother

BANIN SAIN having a good appearance, good-looking

BANIN WEN appearance, aspect

BANINARAKŪ indefatigable

BANINGGA natural, essential, having form

BANIRKE ENIYE stepmother

BANITAI by nature, inborn

BANITAINGGE that which has a nature, being alike by nature

BANJI a game that uses twenty-four black and white pieces on a chessboard

BANJI EFIMBI to play the game of banji

BANJIBUMBI 1. caus. of banjimbi 2. to give birth to, to quicken 3. to compile, to compose, to make up, to form (e.g., a military unit)

BANJIBUME ARARA HAFAN Proofreader, BH 94, 139

BANJIBUME DASAKŪ Compiler of the First Class, BH 200A

BANJIBUN a compendium, a creation, a product

BANJIBUNGGA productive, creative

BANJIMBI 1. to live, to be born, 2. to form, to come into existence, to become

BANJIHA AHUN consanguineous elder brother

BANJIHA AMA natural father

BANJIHA DEO consanguineous younger brother

BANJIHA ENIYE natural mother

BANJIHA INENGGI birthday

BANJIRE SAIN get along well together, on good terms with

BANJIRE URSE people of means

BANJIRE WERE life, livelihood

BANJIME the same as banji

BANJIN appearance, nature, character, livelihood; cf. basin

BANJINAMBI 1. to go to live (at another place) 2. to be reborn 3. to make an appearance, to come about naturally 4. to grow into

BANJINARAKŪ inappropriate (as), unbecoming

BANJINJIMBI to come to live (in a new place)

BANJIRKE step- (as in stepmother, step-father, etc.)

BANJISHŪN having sufficient money or goods to lead a comfortable life

BANJITAI by nature, inborn, naturally; cf. banitai

BANJITAI DALANGGA a natural dike

BANUHŪN lazy

BANUHŪŠAMBI to be lazy

BAR BAR SEME many people talking together

BAR BIR SEME in profusion, in great quantity, many people talking

BARABUMBI 1. caus. of barambi 2. to mix, to mix among, to mingle together

BARAG'ALANDA the Sanskrit name for the mandarin duck

BARAMBI to mix together, to soak one's rice with soup, to pour soup on rice

BARAMBUMBI see barabumbi

BARAMIDA jack fruit

BARAMIT paramita--the means leading to nirvana

BARAN 1. great number, large quantity, crowd, mass 2. disposition of troops 3. situation, circumstances 4. form, appearance, outline

BARAN AKŪ without any ado, simply, without ceremony

BARANDZA prajna--transcendental knowledge

BARBEHE a name for the myna

BARDANGGI braggart

BARDANGGILAMBI to brag, to boast

BARGIN see Burgin

BARGIYABUMBI caus. of bargiyambi

BARGIYAMBI 1. to store, to preserve, to protect 2. to take in, to receive, to harvest, to gather, to collect 3. to shave both ends of an arrow shaft

BARGIYAFI AFABURE KUNGGERI Registry, BH 251

BARGIYAHA TEMGETU a confirmation of receipt, a receipt

BARGIYARA ASARARA FALGANGGA Section of Archives, BH 535

BARGIYARA ASARARA HAFAN Collector, BH 652F

BARGIYAN collecting, harvest

BARGIYANAMBI to go to collect

BARGIYARALAMBI same as bargiyatambi

BARGIYASHŪN narrowing toward the mouth

BARGIYATAMBI 1. to protect, to take care of 2. to bring together in one place 3. to straighten up, to fix up, to put in order 4. to hold back, to dam up

BARGIYATARA DALANGGA a dam

BARIN female of a beast of prey

BARKIYAMBI to understand, to grasp, to perceive, to notice

BARKIYAKŪ without paying attention, carelessly

BARKIYAME GŪNIHAKŪ without attention, heedlessly, carelessly

BARTANAMBI to become stained by sweat

BARU (postposition) toward

BARUN a full year or month

BASA salary, emolument, recompense

BASA BUMBI to pay a salary to, to give recompense to

BASA WECEMBI to make a thanksgiving offering for rain

BASA WERIMBI to leave a small offering for the gods along the road or in the mountains in thanks for a safe passing

BASAGIYAMBI see basugiyambi

BASAN 1. a girth 2. a wickerwork of willow placed on the roof

BASILAMBI to box

BASUBUMBI caus./pass. of basumbi

BASUCUN cause for joking or derision

BASUGIYAMBI see basunggiyambi

BASUMBI to make fun of, to deride, to mock

BASUNGGIYAMBI to talk in one's sleep

BASŪNGGIYARA MANGGA often talks in his sleep

BASUNUMBI to deride together

BAA wife's younger sister

BAŠAKŪ a (fly-) whisk

BAŠAMBI 1. to chase away, to drive off 2. to urge, to press 3. to push (a cart), to drive (a vehicle)

BAŠILAMBI to hit with the fists

BATA enemy

BATAK SEME the sound of something metallic striking the ground

BATALABUMBI caus. of batalambi

BATALAMBI to be an enemy, to oppose

BATANGGA hostile, inimical

BATKALAMBI to deceive, to cheat, to swindle

BATMAGA ruby

BATUN incompletely thawed--thawed on the surface but still frozen underneath

BATURU 1. brave 2. hero

BATURU KIYANGKIYAN brave and strong

BATURULAMBI to be brave, to act bravely

BATURUNGGA endowed with courage

BAYABUMBI caus. of bayambi

BAYALAMBI to be happy, to be glad

BAYAMBI (-ka) to be rich, to become rich

BAYAMBUMBI caus. of bayambi

BAYAN 1. rich, rich man 2. having many pocks (from smallpox)

BAYAN ANIYA a bountiful year

BAYAN WESIHŪN wealth and honor, wealthy and respected

BAYARA guard, troops on guard duty

BAYARAI JALAN I JANGGIN Colonel, BH 734

BAYARAI JUWAN I DA Lieutenant, BH 734

BAYARAI KŪWARAN barracks of the banner guard northwest of Peking

BAYARAI TUI JANGGIN Captain-General, BH 734

BAYASA plural of bayan

BE 1. we (exclusive) 2. accusative particle 3. count (the title) 4. a wooden crossbar in front of a wagon shaft 5. food for birds

BE HIYAN silver pheasant; cf. šunggin gasha

BEBELIYEMBI (-ke) to grow stiff from the cold

BEBEREMBI to grow stiff from the cold

BEBU sounds used to lull a baby to sleep, lullaby

BEBUŠEMBI to sing lullabies to

BECEBUMBI caus./pass. of becembi

BECEMBI to scold, to reproach, to reprimand

BECEN reprimand, rebuke

BECEN ACAMBI to quarrel

BECEN JAMAN quarrels and arguments

BEGUN quarrel, squabble

BEGUN COKO fighting cock

BECUN ULHŪMA a fighting pheasant

BECUNŪBUMBI caus. of becunumbi

BECUNŪMBI to fight, to quarrel

BEDERCEKU hesitant, shrinking

BEDERCEMBI to retreat, to withdraw

BEDEREBUMBI 1. caus. of bederembi 2. to send back, to withdraw (v.t.), to refuse, to return a courtesy or gift

BEDEREMBI to return, to withdraw (at court or at a ceremony), to die (of a noble personage)

BEDEREME KATARAMBI to go slowly (of a horse)

BEDERI stripes or spots on animals or birds

BEDERI CECIKE a black bird with white spots and a long beak

BEDERI MOO the tiger-stripe tree of Hainan

BEDERINEME BANJIMBI to form stripes or spots

BEDERINGGE having spots or stripes

BEDU another name for the tiger; cf. tasha

BEDUN sturdy, solidly made

BEGING Peking

BEGU pubic bone

BEG'O the ginkgo

BEHE ink, inkstick

BEHE I HUCIN a type of spring, so-called because it issues from stones resembling inksticks

BEHE ŠUIMBI to grind an inkstone

BEHEI FOLORO FALGA a section of the Imperial Library concerned with carving wooden blocks for printing

BEHEI NAMU a large round ink vessel

BEHEI TEHE an inkstick holder

BEHELEBUMBI caus. of behelembi

BEHELEMBI to grind an inkstick

BEI an inscribed memorial stone

BEIBUN I EFEN sacrificial cakes

BEIDEBUMBI caus./pass. of beidembi

BEIDEMBI to examine (a case), to try (a case), to judge

BEIDERE BOO tribunal of the Court of Colonial Affairs

BEIDERE JURGAN Board of Justice, BH 438

BEIDERE JURGAN I KUNGGE YAMUN Department of Criminal Cases, BH 218A

BEIDERE JURGAN I TOKTOHO GISUN set phrases used by the Board of Justice, legal terms

BEIDEN examination, trial

BEIDEN BE ALIHA AMBAN minister of justice in antiquity

BEIDEN BE TUWANCIHIYARA YAMUN Court of Judicature and Revision, BH 215

BEIDESI judge

BEIDURI sapphire

BEIGUWE root of the mustard plant

BEIGUWEN frost, cold

BEIGUWEREMBI to freeze, to frost

BEIHE an edible seaweed; cf. kanin

BEIHUWE scarecrow

BEIKUWEN cold, frigid

BEIKUWEREMBI (-ke) to be cold, to frost

BEILE beile, ruler, prince of the third rank

BEILE I FAIDAN I DA Major-Domo of a Prince's Palace, BH 44

BEILE I FUJIN wife of a beile

BEILE I JUI DOROI GEGE daughter of a beile

BEILE I SARGAN DOROI FUJIN wife of a beile

BEILECI a short-haired autumn pelt

BEILECILEMBI 1. to molt, to shed fur 2. to act haughtily

BEILECINEMBI to form a short-haired autumn coat (on animals)

BEISE beise, prince, a prince of the fourth rank

BEISE I FUJIN the wife of a beise

BEJE the back of an oven-bed

BEJI a winning combination in the game of gacuha

BEJIHIYEBUMBI caus. of bejihiyembi

BEJIHIYELE consolation

BEJIHIYEMBI to console

BEJILEMBI to make a hidden allusion

BEKDE BAKDA see bekte bakta

BEKDUN debt, loan

BEKDUN BOŠOMBI to call in a debt

BEKDUN GAKDUN debts, heavily in debt

BEKDUN SINDAMBI to make a loan

BEKI firm, strong

BEKIKEN rather firm, somewhat firm

BEKILEBUMBI caus. of bekilembi

BEKILEMBI to make fast, to make firm, to strengthen

BEKIN confidence, trust

BEKITU strong, stable, dependable

BEKTE BAKTA dismayed, dumfounded

BEKTELEMBI to cut off the feet as a punishment

BEKTEREMBI (-ke) to be frozen in one's tracks, to be dumfounded by fear

BEKTO fritillary (an herbal medicine)

BEKU pubis of a woman

BELCI madman, deranged

BELCIDEMBI to act like a madman

BELE hulled rice, an edible grain

BELE BUDA cooked rice

BELEI SIHABUKŪ a funnel for rice

BELEBUMBI caus./pass. of belembi

BELEMBI 1. to harm an innocent person through a false accusation 2. to murder treacherously--especially one's prince

BELEMIMBI to hull rice; cf. niyelembi

BELEN 1. false accusation 2. a treacherous murder

BELENDUMBI to accuse one another

BELENI ready-made, already prepared, finished

BELENINGGE something ready-made, that which is already prepared

BELGE a grain of rice, the core of fruit

BELGEMBI to tie things to the saddle

BELGENEMBI to form into grains BELGERI ILHA the opium poppy

BELHEBUKU an official in charge of the needs of foreign emissaries

BELHEBUMBI caus. of belhembi

BELHEMBI to prepare

BELHERE COOHA reserves (troops)

BELHERE HAFAN the same as belhebuku

BELHEN preparation

BELHENDUMBI/BELHENUMBI to prepare together

BELHENEMBI to go to prepare

BELHENJIMBI to come to prepare

BELHESI preparer--one who prepares everything for a service in a temple

BELHETU an official in charge of military supplies

BELI dolt, fool

BELIYEDEMBI to act foolishly, to do in a foolish way

BELIYEKEN somewhat foolish

BELIYEN foolish, doltish

BEMBEREMBI (-ke) to repeat oneself or talk foolishly because of senility

BEN 1. talent, capability 2. a pad or book of paper

BENCAN capital (money)

BENCIYAN the same as bencan

BENEBUMBI caus. of benembi

BENEBUME SIMNEMBI to take a preliminary examination for the degree of Metropolitan Graduate

BENEMBI to send (away from the speaker), to deliver, to give as a gift

BENESI messenger; cf. wesimbure bithei benesi

BENGNELI suddenly, hastily

BENGNEMBI to be in haste

BENGSEN talent, capability

BENGSENGGE talented (person)

BENJIMBI (imperative: benju) to send (hither), to deliver (hither)

BENJIHE BITHE BARGIYARA BOO registry for incoming correspondence in the Workshop of the Imperial Household

BENJU imperative of benjimbi

BEO the accusative particle joined to the interrogative particle

BEREBUMBI caus. of berembi

BEREMBI (-ke) to be dumfounded by fright or anger, to be lame

BEREN a door or window frame

BERGE a latch or toggle, a small piece of wood or metal to which a rope is attached

BERGELEMBI to attach to a latch or toggle

BERGU see berhu

BERHE 1. the bridge of a stringed instrument 2. a small horizontal piece of wood attached to a tiger spear 3. eye discharge caused by the wind

BERHELEMBI 1. to attach a bridge to a stringed instrument 2. the same as bergelembi

BERHŪ term of address used by a wife to her husband's younger sister, or by an elder sister to her younger brother's wife

BERI a bow

BERI ARAMBI to draw a bow full length (at mounted archery)

BERI BELHERE BA the place where the emperor's bows were prepared and kept

BERI CAMBI to draw a bow

BERI CIRA the bow has a hard pull, the bow is taut

BERI DOBTON a bow case

BERI FAKSI 1. a bowmaker 2. a water strider (insect)

BERI FITHEKU a crossbow