Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/nng

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nng

  • ńng641380
  • Women; females; feminine.
sĭ ńng-jîn a sĭ lâm-jîn?
Is it a man or a woman?
lâm ńng kíaⁿ;
sons and daughters.
thông ńng;
a girl; a virgin.
hŭ-ńng;
women.
sien ńng;
a sylph.
keng ńng;
a woman belonging to the palace.
ńng lìu;
womenfolk.
ńng kè, lâm hun;
women marry and men take wives.
sĭ seⁿ lâm a sĭ seⁿ ńng?
Has slie given birth to a boy or to a girl?
cîeh ńng;
a barren woman.
  • ńng3051594
  • Soft; delicate; weak; tender; ductile, pliable, yielding; limber; lithe; with no fixed principles; infirm of purpose.
hip ńng;
soften it by covering it closely and keeping it warm.
cìm i ńng;
soften it by soaking.
ńng-jîak;
weak; debilitated.
tì ŭ kâi ńng kha pēⁿ;
has a weakness of the legs.
pat ńng-sì khûn;
understand the art of self-defense in boxing.
tô̤h hía jîu-ńng kâi;
select a flexible one.
pūe i ńng;
soften it by keeping it before the fire.
chēng kàu cêk sin cap-cap ńng;
have worn it till it is limp.
pìn sin sng-ńng;
my whole body is lame.
kha ǹng-ǹng;
legs are weak.
kha sng chíu ńng;
limbs weary and aching.
kâi sim-cì ńng;
has no grit; is irresolute.
kîaⁿ lío ńng-nâh-ûe;
in walking he staggers from weakness.
thong sín ńng ûe-ûe;
his whole body is limp and lifeless.
thôiⁿ tîeh ńng ki, ńng tô̤;
it appears to be all wilted down.
ńng-nîeh;
no strength of muscle; no energy.
i cìeⁿ-sî thàng kàu ńng-nap căi;
he is lately earning so much as to be in easy circumstances.
cang kún cúi lâi lâm i ńng;
take hot water and dash upon it to soften it.
sin bí pn̄g, cîah tîeh ńng-ńng, ho cai;
the rice of the newly gathered crop tastes very tender and good.
i kâi mô̤ⁿ ío ngĕ, i kâi mô̤ⁿ ío ńng;
the one has stiff bristles and the other soft fur.
hía khí, khṳt i cē tàng cū ńng;
it sets my teeth on edge, as soon as it touches them.
ńng-soih kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ siu cò̤ cêk ē;
take the small, delicate articles that would be easily broken, and put them together.
i kâi lâk ío ngĕ, i kâi lâk ío ńng;
the one is rather stiff, the other more pliant.
m̄-hó̤ khak ńng khṳt i;
do not be too easy with him.
ūe tîeh tàⁿ ńng cē, màiⁿ tàⁿ khah ngĕ;
speak more gently, do not speak too harshly.
cía ôi sĭ ńng tói kâi a sĭ ngĕ tói kâi?
Are these shoes soled with felt or with wood?
hău-seⁿ tiang-sî cîh ío ńng, ô̤h ūe ío kōi;
in youth the tongue is flexible, and it is easier to learn languages.
hṳ́ ĕ kâi tī-kha ńng;
the base is not firm.
líang pôiⁿ kŭ m̄ khéng tâk ńng;
neither party was willing to yield at all.
i kâi ŏi ngĕ, bŏi ńng;
he can be firm, but not complaisant.
pùaⁿ ngĕ pùaⁿ ńng;
forcible and yet mild.
i cìeⁿ-seⁿ sĭ tó̤ sò̤ ngĕ ńng kâi;
in so doing they are trying to see which can be the most determined.
cía tîeh cang ńng so̤h lâi pâk;
must tie this with a slack rope; must use gentleness in order to bind.
khí-thâu-ĕ pàng ńng-ńng, pàng i lâi jîp sì;
at first, make things very easy for him, and thus get him in your power.
i sĭ khi-hŭ i ńng-kha-chîh;
he abuses him because he is a soft-shelled crab; he imposes on his weakness.
i kâi sim-tn̂g ńng;
his disposition is very yielding.
phòng phŭe ût tîeh ío ńng;
a fluffy coverlet is softest to sleep in.
i keng tèng kâi láu-îa sĭ ngē sin kâi a sĭ ńng sin kâi?
Is the idol in that temple, a solid one with painted clothes, or a jointed one with real clothes?
thiⁿ-sî jûah, hûe kàu nĕ ńng-ńng;
in hot weather it becomes very plastic.
ńng kha chn̂g;
a table with, folding legs.
àiⁿ ngĕ cū ngĕ, àiⁿ ńng cū ńng;
can be firm when firmness is necessary, and compliant when compliance is desirable.
sẃn nŏ̤ ki ko̤ ńng-ńng jūn-jūn kâi;
select two very elastic and tough poles.
īu ńng īu bŏi cîh;
elastic but not easily broken.
ńng kǹg;
soft steel.
i kâi ńng sim căi;
is tender hearted.
chǹg tîeh i kâi ńng tó;
stabbed him in the bowels.
mông tîeh nap-nap ńng;
it feels very soft.
cía tîeh ēng ńng sì, m̄ hó̤ ēng ngĕ sì;
in this, gentleness not severity must be exercised.
chîp kàu ńng-ńng;
knead it over till it becomes very soft.
  • n̂ng2909717
  • The pulp of a squash or melon; the pith of plants; the second film or coating of a branch.
si-kue sĭ cîah kue-n̂ng, tang-kue sĭ líu tīo n̂ng m̄ cîah;
of watermelons the innermost pulp is eaten, of squashes the innermost pulp is dug out and is not eaten.
tìo-kue n̂ng;
the middle pulp of a cucumber.
tek n̂ng;
the pith of bamboos.
ēng sng-sûi ki kâi jī-n̂ng;
use the coating which lies close under the bark of the mulberry.
  • n̂ng5041637
  • A term of respect; a gentleman.
lĕng n̂ng;
your son.
sin-n̂ng;
a bridegroom.
cí nŏ̤ nâng sĭ n̂ng kŭ;
these two are brothers-in-law.
a-n̂ng;
my sister's husband.
sĭ cò̤ tì cêk pŏ kâi sĭ-n̂ng?
Of which Board is he the Vice President?
  • n̂ng63312013
  • To overstitch; to hem; to overcast.
lṳ́ sĭ àiⁿ n̂ng a sĭ àiⁿ nîap?
Shall I overhand it or run it?
n̂ng ìuⁿ cam ìuⁿ cam;
overhand it with very fine stitches.
nng kâi saⁿ;
make a tunic.
koi n̆ng, ah n̆ng, gô̤ n̆ng, cío n̆ng;
the eggs of hens, ducks, geese and birds.
ló n̆ng;
pickled eggs.
n̆ng jîn, n̆ng pêh, n̆ng khak;
the yolk, the white and the shell of an egg.
koi n̆ng kâi hêng sĭ îⁿ lío, tòa tn̂g-sien: cêk thâu ío tōa, cêk thâu ío sòi;
the shape of a hen's egg is circular in one way, and eliptical the other: one end is larger than the other.
khà n̆ng;
break an egg.
phah n̆ng;
to beat up an egg.
koi n̆ng ko;
sponge cake.
pū n̆ng;
to hatch eggs.
ún ah n̆ng;
hatch ducks' eggs by artificial heat.
seⁿ n̆ng;
to lay eggs.
n̆ng tōaⁿ;
undeveloped eggs.
pû n̆ng;
poached eggs.
ìeⁿ n̆ng;
egg fritters.
chá n̆ng;
fried eggs.
sâh n̆ng;
boiled eggs.
luah n̆ng pau;
omelet.
n̆ng si;
shredded eggs.
sâh kâi n̆ng khṳt i ah kiaⁿ;
boil an egg and give it him to pacify his fears.
phûe n̆ng;
eggs preserved in clay.
n̆ng phah phàⁿ;
eggs beaten to a froth.