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

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揀

• To reject from the mouth, using tongue and teeth in selecting the offending object.

• ŭ kut, tîeh cai níuⁿ tīo, màiⁿ kéⁿ tîeh;

  if there are bones in it you must pick them out of the month and not get choked by them.

綹

• A fob or pocket.

• cíen-níuⁿ;

  a cut-purse.

• kṳ́n hûang cíen-níuⁿ;

  beware of pickpockets.

扭

• To collar; to gripe; to clutch.

• níuⁿ i khṳ̀ phṳ̀a;

  collar him and take him to the yamun.

• níuⁿ kàu pùaⁿ lō, khṳt i cáu khṳ̀;

  dragged him half way, when he made his escape.

• níuⁿ tŏ̤ cí kò̤ kùe;

  took him by force past here.

• níuⁿ kau;

  seize and deliver to the authorities.

鈕

• A button, a knob.

• saⁿ níuⁿ;

  buttons on a tunic.

• saⁿ liap níuⁿ;

  three buttons.

• có̤-níuⁿ;

  buttons made of knotted cord.

• phah có̤-níuⁿ;

  to make cloth buttons.

• níuⁿ phàng;

  a loop, used as a button hole.

• kng mīn kâi níuⁿ;

  plain metal buttons.

• hue níu;

  ornamental buttons.

謬

• Falsity; error; to mislead.

• pŭe-nĭuⁿ;

  misleading; fallacious.

• hṳ-nĭuⁿ;

  fabulous.

• lṳ́ thóiⁿ i kâi uē ŭ nĭuⁿ a bô̤?

  Do you think what he says extravagant?

• châng-nĭuⁿ;

  conceal a falsehood.