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