A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / n

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拿

• To take, to get; to bring or carry in the hand.

• ni lâi khṳt úa;

  bring it to me.

• lóng-cóng ni khṳ̀;

  take them all along.

• màiⁿ thau ni thau nueh;

  do not pilfer any of it.

• khòi m̄ cêng ni lâi;

  the deed has not been brought.

乳

• Milk.

• ni-bó̤; a foster mother.

• gû-ni;

  cow’s milk.

• chī ni;

  to rear on milk.

• cí hûe ni cūn lâi;

  the milk has just come in her breast.

• lût gû-ni;

  to milk a cow.

• i seⁿ ni iong, tîeh ēng sĭm-mih îeh lâi ui?

  She has a broken breast, what should be used as a remedy?

• i kâi ni-cap khah cheng;

  her milk is too thin.

• i kâi ni-cap lông;

  her milk is rich.

**彌縫](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/彌縫)ní-phông589

• To set right; to patch up; to help along; to supplement the efforts of another.

• thĕng úa lâi kio lṳ́ ní-phông kàu ŵn-chŵn;

  wait until I take hold along with you and set it completely right.

• cía sĭ cèng nâng kio i ní-phông kâi;

  this was done in his behalf by all unitedly.

• jw̆n ní-phông, ní-phông m bûa;

  however much we try to reconcile the difficulty, there seems to be no way of compassing it.

• tăi-ke phêng-íu hùe cài lâi kâi i ní-phông, bú-pit àiⁿ ní-phông kàu sêng;

  let all his friends again take hold and help him, and they will surely bring it to pass this time.

• sie-hŭ ní-phông;

  help rectify the blunder.

染

• To dye; to color.

• ní phò;

  a dyer’s shop.

• àiⁿ ní cò̤ kang-cheⁿ kâi;

  wish to have it dyed brown.

• i tó̤ khui ní pâng;

  he has a dyeing establishment.

• ní kàu bŏi thò̤ sek;

  dyed a fast color.

• ní kang hó̤ căi, ní lío bŏi pìen sek;

  the dyeing is well done and the colors will not change.

璽

• The royal signet.

• gêk-ní;

  the great seal.

• i tit tîeh thŵn kok kâi gêk-ní;

  he received the state seal.

• gêk-ní khṳt i pì cáu;

  the great seal was carried off by him on his back.

泥

• Mud; soil; mire.

• thô nî ;

  clay, mud, soil.

• i cò̤ sṳ̄ thoa nî thoa cúi;

  he does a thing as if he were being dragged to it through mud and water.

• nî-cúi chīeⁿ;

  a mason.

脂

• Viscid juice or dried gum.

• in-nî;

  cosmetics.

• buah in-nî;

  use cosmetics.

• chīu nî;

  the juices of a tree.

• chêng chīu nî;

  the sap of the banyan.

• in-nî hún;

  white cosmetic.

• nî lâu-lâu;

  the juice flows.

呢

• Woolen cloth; broadcloth.

• nî pò;

  woolens.

• lâm nî;

  blue flannel.

• o nî;

  black broadcloth.

• nî kah-kíaⁿ;

  a sleeveless jacket of broadcloth.

• nî bé-kùa;

  a cloth riding jacket.

麼

• cò̤-nî;

  why, how, what.

• i cò̤-nî tàⁿ?

  What did he say?

• tîeh cò̤-nî cò̤ cìaⁿ hó̤?

  What is the best thing to be done?

• lṳ́ cò̤-nî tàⁿ cía ūe?

  Why do you speak thus?

尼

• nî-ko;

  a Buddhist nun.

• nî-ko am;

  a nunnery.

年

• A year, a revolution of the seasons; the years one has reached.

• kim nî; kin nî;

  this year.

• kū nî;

  last year.

• mêⁿ nî;

  next year.

• ău nî;

  year after next; in after years.

• tōa ău nî;

  the year after year-after-next.

• côiⁿ nî;

  year before last, or in former years, (according to the emphasis, whether placed or the first or the second syllable).

• tōa côiⁿ nî;

  the year before year-before-last.

• kṳ̆n nî; hīn nî;

  of late years.

• kú nî;

  many years ago.

• soiⁿ nî;

  in former years.

• cīeⁿ nî;

  in other years.

• kó-cá nî;

  in olden times.

• ĕ nî;

  in coming years.

• lâng nî;

  a few years.

• kúi nî;

  several years.

• choiⁿ nî peh nî to m̄ lâi;

  has not been here for ages.

• i jîeh cōi nî-khí?

  Of what age is he?

• ŭ nî-hùe kâi nâng;

  one advanced in years.

• i kâi nî-hùe khin;

  he is not advanced in years.

• sìo nî nâng;

  a young person.

• cheⁿ nî chut sṳ̆, lău nî cìaⁿ cò̤ kuaⁿ;

  if one takes degrees in youth, he fills office in old age.

• i kim nî jîeh cōi hùe?

  What is his age this year?

• íen nî;

  long years ago.

• hn̆g nî kâi sṳ̄;

  what occurred many years since.

• thàng nî;

  throughout the year.

• pùaⁿ nî;

  half a year.

• ciu nî;

  all the year round.

• kuè nî;

  to pass from one year to the next; the last day of the year.

• sin nî;

  the new year.

• pài nî;

  pay the compliments of the season; make New Year’s calls.

• ke nî;

  older; added years.

• cíe nî;

  younger; fewer years.

• ìuⁿ nî;

  in youth.

• nî-hùe cíⁿ-cíⁿ;

  is very youthful.

• nî-hùe sek;

  of mature age.

• sì nî, nî bō̤, saⁿ nî, tn̂g nî;

  four years in dates makes three full years in time.

• i khṳ̀ cêk kò̤ cū khṳ̀ kàu cêk nî kú!

  To go anywhere takes him a year!

• cêk nî kùe cêk nî;

  year after year.

• nî thâu;

  early in the year.

• nî búe;

  the end of the year.

• nî tói;

  in the middle of the year.

• nî lăi;

  before the close of the year.

• kàu nî piⁿ-piⁿ cìaⁿ kàu;

  arrived just at the close of the year.

• nî tn̂g gûeh kú kâi sṳ̄;

  a matter requiring time.

• nî-nî; pâi nî; múeⁿ nî;

  every year.

• cêk nî cêk nî;

  year by year.

• pha kùe nî;

  after New Year.

• làng nî làng nî;

  in alternate years.

• keh nî;

  intervening years.

• keh ke nŏ nî;

  after an interval of two years.

• kàu taⁿ bói ŭ jîeh cŏi nî kú?

  How many years is it since you bought it?

• nî-coih sàng lói-mûeh;

  make presents during the holidays.

• cêk jît tǹg cêk nî;

  a day seems as long as a year.

• tō jît jû nî;

  the days are like years in passing.

• thâu nî lâi;

  the first year after I came.

• kàu búe nî;

  during the last year that I was there.

• tâng nî kuaⁿ;

  magistrates who have entered upon office in the same year.

• tâng nî hiaⁿ tĭ;

  men born in the same year.

• thiⁿ nî hó̤;

  a prosperous year.

• thiⁿ nî cho-siap;

  an unfortunate year.

• nî-chéng hó̤, nî-chêng mó̤;

  a good or bad year for business.

• kàu tĭ nî cìaⁿ cò̤ tit hó̤?

  When will prosperous times return?

• hṳ́ nî sĭ sĭm-mih nî koi?

  What year was that?

• cì cêk nî úa bô̤ khṳ̀;

  I have not been there for a year.

• nî hó̤, nî mó̤;

  a favorable or unfavorable year.

• bw̄n nî;

  forever, perpetual.

• cò̤ nî;

  perform the New Year rites.

• ieh tŏ̤ tī cêk kâi nî-khî;

  limit the time to a certain year.

• nî-kha sî;

  toward the end of the year.

• ciaⁿ nî kú;

  about a year.

• m̄ khéng cêk nî;

  not so short a period as a year.

• nî gūa;

  over a year.

• m̄ cīeⁿ nî;

  not a full year.

• nî chun cē;

  a little over a year.

• nî khio;

  little more than a year.

• khui nî;

  the opening year.

• hīn-khek nî-cong sùe mŏ̤ⁿ lío;

  it is the last evening of the present year.

• kàu mńg nî cìaⁿ tit cú;

  when in the evening of life, had a son.

• i kâi nî-sìo kai-cong;

  he has attained a good old age.

• chia lío kâi cîⁿ ŭ nî bô̤ gûeh;

  when he has once got a thing on credit he does not pay till the end of the year.

• úang nî to sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  it has always been so in past years.

• lêh nî, bô̤ ko̤i ieⁿ;

  for successive years there has been no variation.

• saⁿ nî kuaⁿ nŏ̤ nî múa;

  an appointment for three years is often fulfilled in two.

• soiⁿ bói cêk-ē nî-līo pàng-kò̤;

  purchase and lay up beforehand the provisions required for a year.

• cí sù nî bô̤ nâng lâi;

  no one has come from there these many years.

• ki-hng nî ;

  years of dearth.

• hong nî;

  years of plenty.

• jūn nî;

  a year having thirteen months.

• saⁿ nî cêk jūn, ngŏ nî cài jūn;

  in every five years there are two years having thirteen mouths.

• ho̤h cōi nî;

  many years.

• i khṳ̀ lío bô̤ nî bô̤ gûeh;

  since he went nothing has been heard from him.

• kim nî hwn-cṳ̂ m̄ pí kū nî ō;

  the potatoes of the present year are not to be compared with the taro of last year.

• nî siaⁿ; nî sìo; nî khî;

  set times in the year.

• nî sīu;

  the ridge of the nose, from the point to the bridge, a portion of the face considered by fortune-tellers.

• hêng nî hông coih ŭ tńg lâi a bô̤?

  Does he return at the recurrence of the annual festivals?

• bô̤ ŭa nî;

  not many years.

• cêk nî cêk hùe tîeh cai hâk-sîp;

  each year one is a year older, and should have learned something more.

• lîen nî;

  through a series of years.

• ku-ā nî sie lîen lóng-cóng ŏi;

  for several years in succession this happened in each year.

• peh nî hâi láu;

  may you live harmoniously together a hundred years; I wish you a century of conjugal bliss.

• tŏ̤ seⁿ lâng pó̤ peh hùe sīu;

  it is difficult to secure a hundred years of life in this world.

• sí ău lâng pó̤ peh nî phûn;

  and difficult to ensure the preservation of one’s grave for a hundred years after his death.

• àiⁿ cîah àiⁿ chēng īu àiⁿ nî àiⁿ coih, kang-khó căi;

  what with food and clothing and the annual festivals, it is very hard to make both ends meet.

• nî chim, jît kú;

  long years ago.

• nî koi;

  the year of the cycle.

• khṳ̀ kàu saⁿ nî kú;

  went there three years ago.

• kàu taⁿ ŭ chit nî kú;

  it is now seven years since.

• cá nî;

  in former times.

• pât nî;

  another year.

• i lâi sàng nî lói;

  he brings new year’s presents.

• lêk nî cìn-kòng;

  annual tribute.

• tī nî?

  What year was it?

• kah nî lâi, píaⁿ nî khṳ̀;

  came in the first year of the cycle, and went in the third.

• pâi-múaⁿ nî ŭ mē?

  Is it so every year?

乳

• The breast; milk.

• i tó̤ kio nâng chī nĭ;

  she is a wet nurse.

• a nôⁿ tó̤ cîah nĭ;

  the baby is nursing.

• cang sĭm mûeh lâi cîah khṳt i ŭ nĭ?

  What can she eat to produce milk?

• a-nôⁿ cêng keh nĭ a būe?

  Is the child weaned yet?

• gû-nĭ ;

  cow’s milk.

• cuh nĭ;

  suck at the breast.

• līu nĭ;

  to milk.

泥

• Bigoted; opinionated.

• i cò̤ sū thì-thì nĭ-nĭ;

  he is very set in his ways.

• i kâi nâng thì-nĭ căi;

  he is very obstinate.

• nĭ huang-cúi kâi sṳ̄ tì-kàu būe cêng cǹg;

  have held so tenaciously to geomantic rules, that they have not been able to bury the corpse.

• sṳ̄ m̄-hó̤ khu, m̄-hó nĭ;

  should not obstinately adhere to one idea concerning the matter.

• màiⁿ nĭ tīaⁿ-tîeh cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  do not set your heart upon its being exactly so.

• cía sṳ̄ m̄-hó̤ cip-nĭ;

  do not be mulish about this.

• nĭ-thì, m̄ thong;

  set in his opinion so as to be unmoved by argument.