Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ngien

by Adele Marion Fielde

ngien

• 研ngien10851126
• Thoroughly, minutely.

ngien kìu;

expound minutely.

ngien sím;

adjudicate with the utmost nicety.

• 研ngîen10851126
• To search into carefully.

ngîen kìu;

examine so as to be able to expound.

lṳ́ tîeh khṳ̀ sòi ngîen; cìaⁿ cai hṳ́ tói kâi ì-bī;

you must go and examine into it minutely, then you will know its inward meaning.

tn̂g-tn̂g khṳt kuaⁿ cē ngîen sím, sṳ̄ chêng cū lò chut lâi;

as session by session it comes before the magistrate for trial, the facts of the case will be disclosed.

• 譏誚ngîen-síen334
• To scoff at; to deride.

i kâi ngîen-síen i mih sṳ̄?

Why do they gibe at him?

to sĭ tó̤ ngîen-ngîen síen-síen i;

is always satirizing him.