Be

"Be" in nan-hbl

зэ

ze

(intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

зэ

ze

(to occupy a place)

сы

(used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

ю

i͡u

(intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

zh-min-nan

(used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

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