Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/nioⁿ

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nioⁿ

  • nioⁿ32644
  • To tickle, titilate or cajole.
tṳ cē nioⁿ i cū ût lô̤h khṳ̀;
titilate a pig a little and he will go to sleep.
cē nioⁿ cū àiⁿ chìe;
if you tickle him he will laugh.
úa m̄-ùi nioⁿ;
I am not easily tickled.
khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ lâi nioⁿ i;
gradually cajole him into it.
  • 嫋娜níoⁿ-nó̤632
  • Lissome; slender; flexible.
seⁿ lâi sĭm sĭ níoⁿ-nó̤;
is naturally very graceful.
níoⁿ-níoⁿ nó̤-nó̤;
very graceful.
  • nìoⁿ96217010
  • To wrinkle; creases.
nìoⁿ bâi;
to scowl.
i kâi mīn phûe ŏi nìoⁿ;
her face is wrinkled.
hîah tèng ŏi nìoⁿ hûn;
his brow is furrowed.
nìoⁿ cêk cūe hûn;
make a crease.
i kai mīn phûe pô̤h-pô̤h, cn̂g kâi bŏi nìoⁿ;
her face is fair, and without wrinkles.
cih hó̤-hó̤, màiⁿ nìoⁿ hûn;
fold it nicely and do not wrinkle it.
cŏ̤ kàu saⁿ nìoⁿ-nìoⁿ;
sat till lier tunic was rumpled.
i thóiⁿ tîeh, phīⁿ nìoⁿ chùi nìoⁿ;
when he saw it he drew up his face as if to laugh.
cúi mīn kâi cúi-po̤-hûn nìoⁿ-nìoⁿ;
the surface of the water is rippled.
i cìeⁿ lău, kâi phûe to bŏi nìoⁿ;
though so old, his skin is not shriveled.