bê

See also: Appendix:Variations of "be"

Mandarin

Romanization

bê

1. Nonstandard spelling of bê̄.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Related to Persian بی (bi).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eː

Preposition

bê

1. without

Portuguese

bê

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbe/

• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: bê

Noun

bê m (plural bês)

1. bee (name of the letter B, b)

Derived terms

• bê-á-bá

Related terms

• alfabeto, abecedário

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓe˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓej˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓej˧˧]

Etymology 1

Onomatopoetic.

Noun

(classifier con) bê • (𠶎)

1. a Feng calf

Derived terms

Derived terms

• thịt bê

 

Related terms

• bò

Interjection

bê • (𠶎)

1. (onomatopoeia) The cry of a calf

Etymology 2

Verb

bê

1. to carry with both hands
2. (colloquial) to interlard

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French bé.

Noun

bê

1. The name of the Latin-script letter B.
2. The name of the Latin-script letter P.

Usage notes

• The onset consonant /p/ does not occur in native Vietnamese phonology, and every word containing it is a loanword. Most Vietnamese people, especially southerners, find difficulty in differentiating it from /ɓ/, as they cannot articulate /p/. There are some ways to tell the two apart, or to tell the letters b and p apart, including using expressions like bê bò (literally “b as in bò”) and bê phở (literally “p as in phở”).

Synonyms

• bờ; bê bò (1)
• phê; bê phở (2)

Zazaki

Etymology

Compare Northern Kurdish bê

Preposition

bê

1. without