五
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A complete number; the whole of a kind.
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ngó kak;
all sorts of grain.
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phōiⁿ cêk hù ngó-seⁿ khṳ̀ pài sîn;
prepare the full comple ment of dressed animal carcasses to offer to the gods.
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cêk hù ngó-kúe tîh;
a set of fruit dishes.
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ūe cò̤ ngó hok;
paint the five bats in different positions.
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ngó căng lâk hú;
all the internal organs.
伍
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Men arranged by fives; a file of soldiers; a squad, a company; a comrade; to associate with.
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hâng-ngó;
rank and file; in regular files.
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pái tūi-ngó chut lâi ngêng-cih;
paraded & company out, to meet and welcome.
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i sĭ hâng-ngó chut sin, îaⁿ ngó kâi sṳ̄ i sêk;
he rose from the ranks, and is familiar with camp life.
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ngŏ nâng ûi ngó;
five men form a sqaad.
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sío-lí kio i téng-ngó;
ashamed to be in the same company with him.
午
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Midday; south.
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jît-thâu tng ngó;
the sun is on the meridian; it is just noon.
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cīeⁿ ngó, ĕ ngó;
forenoon and afternoon.
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jît íⁿ-keng kùe ngó;
the sun has already past the zenith.
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cîah ngó pn̄g ău cū lâi;
will come after the midday meal.
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cŏ̤ hìang sĭ cìaⁿ cṳ́-ngó;
it sets due north and south.
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tong ngó;
midday.
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ngó sîah;
a midday banquet.
偶
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An image; a pair, a match, a mate; as an adverb, unpremeditatedly, accidentally.
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ngó-sìeⁿ;
images; idols; a statue.
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pài ngó-sìeⁿ;
worship idols.
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ngó-ngŏ̤ sĭeⁿ tîeh;
happened to think of it.
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cía sĭ ngó-jîen kâi sṳ̄;
this is a matter of course.
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ngó-jṳ́ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;
chanced to see it.
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i tŏ̤ sìo nî cū sit ngó;
he lost his mate in early life.
忤
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Disobedient; intractable; froward.
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ngó-ngêk;
headstrong ; stiff in holding to one’s opinions, especially against superiors.
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ngó tîeh i kâi ì;
go against his wishes.
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hàu-sŭn hŵn seⁿ hàu-sŭn kíaⁿ, ngó-ngêk hŵn seⁿ ngŏ-ngêk jî;
the filial have filial children, the froward have froward sons.
藕
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The large rootstalk of the Nelumbrium, used for food.
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ngŏ hún;
arrowroot.
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ngó-cak;
roots of the water-lily.
五
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Five.
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tŏiⁿ ngŏ;
the fifth.
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ngŏ gûeh;
the fifth month.
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ngŏ peh ngŏ câp ngŏ;
five hundred and fifty-five.
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chiu ngŏ;
the fifth day of the month.
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jîh-ngŏ;
twenty-five.
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peh lâng ngŏ;
a hundred and five.
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ngŏ choiⁿ lâng-lâng ngŏ; ngŏ khàng-khàng ngŏ;
five thousand and five.
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ngŏ ngŏ jĭ-câp-ngŏ;
five times five are twenty-five.
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ngŏ kìⁿ ngŏ;
once five is five.
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jĭ ngŏ, cìn it câp;
twice five are ten.
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saⁿ ngŏ it-câp-ngŏ;
thrice five are fifteen.
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ngŏ kṳn ngŏ níe;
five pounds and five ounces.
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câp-ngŏ phāng thiaⁿ;
a main room, having fifteen rows of tiles in its roof.
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ngŏ koiⁿ kùe, thiaⁿ li jîh-ngŏ phāng;
five rooms in a row, the central one being the main room, with twenty-five rows of tiles in its roof.
午
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The seventh of the twelve stems, symbolized by the horse.
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ngŏ sî;
from 11 o’clock A.M. to 1 o’clock P.M.
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thóiⁿ sî-ceng li sĭ ngŏ sî cho̤;
it is just eleven by the clock.
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ngŏ sî tong;
just noon.
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ngŏ sî búe;
nearly one o’clock.
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kah ngŏ nî;
a year that is first in the cycle of ten, and seventh in the cycle of twelve.
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keⁿ ngŏ gûeh;
a month that is the seventh in the cycle of ten and seventh in the cycle of twelve.
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píaⁿ ngŏ jît;
a day that is the third in the cycle of ten and seventh in the cycle of twelve.
仵
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ngŏ-co̤h;
certain persons attached to the courts, whose decision at inquests is relied on, and their report taken; the term is also applied to those who enshroud the dead.
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sí nâng cáu m̄ kùe ngŏ-coh chíu;
the dead cannot escape the hands of the coroners.