欲

動

1. 要、想，表示意願。

   你欲去無？

   Lí beh khì--bô?

   你要去嗎？

副

1. 將要、快要。

   欲落雨矣。

   Beh lo̍h-hōo--ah.

   要下雨了。

   天欲光矣。

   Thinn beh kng--ah.

   天要亮了。

連

1. 若是、如果，表示假設。

   欲我，早就佮伊變面矣。

   Beh guá, tsá tō kah i pìnn-bīn--ah.

   要是我，我早就跟他翻臉了。

beh

華語：要
英語：to want, wish, will, sign of future

That man is on the point of death. (in articulo mortis)
那個人快要死了！

bueh

華語：要、將要
英語：to wish, want, willl, sign of future

I am going, are you going?
我要去，你要嗎？

bueh

英語：This word is sometimes used to express a conditional clause

If it had not rained the rice would be already cut.\If I had known that he was not coming, I would not have come.\If a doctor had been here he would not have died.\If I had known that the price would go up, I would not have sold it.\If I had known the weather would be nice, I would not have brought an umbrella.
若不是下雨，稻子已經割完了/早知道他沒有來，我就不來了/要是醫生在，他就不會死/早知道會漲價，我就不賣/要是知道會放晴，我就不帶雨傘來