ENto do (general term); lazy; sth to do; to be, to serve as, to act as; to be an official; to comfort, to encourage; to comfort and encourage; to curry (favor), to give (face to sb); to curry favor with, to flatter, to ingratiate (oneself with sb); to curry favor with, to flatter, to ingratiate oneself with sb
中文做，干; 懒; 事情; 作为，当; 当官; 安抚; 安慰; 取（悦），讨（好）; 取悦，讨好
bbei[be³³]adverb
ENadverbializer; particle which creates adverbial clauses (or phrases) of manner; (marks the object of verbs of cognition, speech, perception and so on, especially, but not exclusively, when the object is an embedded clause); all, both (general term)
ENthin (e.g. paper, ice or any flat object); sparse, thinly spaced (e.g. corn which didn't sprout well); shallow (e.g. water in a lake)
中文薄; 稀少，稀疏; 浅
bbei[be³³]classifier
ENvillage; in a village; for villages and towns
中文村寨; 村里; 个（用于村寨）
bbei[be³³]phrase
ENsnow; to be snowing dry snow, for dry snow to be floating around; to snow
中文雪; 飘着干雪; 下雪
bbei[be³³]noun
ENyear (use is very restricted)
中文年
bbei[be³³]
ENvillage
中文村落
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COM
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phrase
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COM
Part of speech
adverb
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COM
Part of speech
adjective
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COM
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classifier
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COM
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phrase
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COM
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noun
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COM
Usage examples
Ezee bbei neiq lei?
What are (you) doing?
你在干什么？
Tee jjaiq jigaiq bbei lo bbei neiq ye.
He is busily doing (his) work.
他正忙着干活。
Tei'ee bbei sei pil seil, ggaihee bbee tal seiq.
After (you) finish (your) homework, then (you) can go play.
做完作业后，就可以去玩了。
Ngeq cheeni taf goq baba keel mei, jjaif siuq bbeizo me jju meq yil, lei wul ceeq seiq.
I went to their house to help today. But there was nothing to do, so (I) came home.
我今天到他们家去帮忙，但没什么事可做，所以就回来了。
Tee seeqzzee bbei ceiqkvl hal ggv seiq.
She has been a teacher for more than ten years.
她当十多年的老师了。
Ngeq cheeni ggvzzeiq pielpie yil, ngaf bba gai ddeemaiq rer mei, nge gge nvlmei lei bbei yel ceeq ye.
Today I broke something and was afraid (of what) my father (might say), but (he) actually comforted me.
我今天弄坏了东西，有点怕我爸，但是他反而过来安慰我。
Ceel qer talrheeq zzerq chee shuaq rua seiqmei, zzer'laq la me gogoq yil, nvlmei me zeiq bbei ggeq chual bbeef seil, meeq bai shee gvl.
Date-plum persimmon trees are very tall, and the branches are not sturdy. If (you) do not carefully climb up, (you) can fall flat on the ground and die.
黑枣树非常高，树枝也脆，爬上去要是不小心，会摔死的。
Cheeni daiche pil, ngeq seiq bbei bbei ner lei?
(My) bike was stolen today. What should I do?
今天把单车弄丢了，我该怎么办呢？
Sources
ECura Archive — Multilingual Audio Database of Spoken and Sung Lyrics from Songs in Oral Tradition (ECura project). Naxi subset. https://ecuraarchive.org/find-corpus
Pinson, Latasha. Naxi Dictionary. Webonary.org. SIL International. https://www.webonary.org/naxi/