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 * A wife's parents.
 * ngâk pĕ, ngâk bó̤;
 * wife's father and mother.


 * lĕng ngâk;
 * your wife's parents.

ngam

 * Seasonably; fitly; opportune.
 * úa àiⁿ khṳ̀ chūe i, ngam-ngam ngŏ̤ tîeh i lâi;
 * I was just going in search of him when he opportunely came.
 * I was just going in search of him when he opportunely came.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ kap lô̤h khṳ̀ ngam-ngam hó̤;
 * that is imprinted in just the right spot.


 * A mortise; a notch; a nock.
 * châk kâi ngám;
 * chisel out a mortise.
 * chisel out a mortise.


 * tio kâi ngám;
 * carve out a notch.


 * tàu tit lô̤h ngám;
 * the tenon goes into the mortise.


 * tîeh tau kau lô̤h ngam lô̤h ngam;
 * fit the tenon deeply into its mortise.


 * tú-tú kah-ngám kah-ngám;
 * it exactly fits into the nock.


 * cúa-kîⁿ tèng ka kâi ngám;
 * cut a notch in the edge of the paper.


 * pang piⁿ kṳ̀ kâi ngám;
 * saw a notch in the edge of the board.


 * A cliff; a precipice; a high bank; steep; dangerous.
 * suaⁿ ngâm hām lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * the high ledge has caved off.
 * the high ledge has caved off.


 * cîeh ngâm;
 * a rocky cliff.


 * peh cĭeⁿ ngâm téng;
 * climb the steep bank.


 * cí kâi suaⁿ châm-ngâm châm-ngâm;
 * this hill is very precipitous.


 * ni-ngâm;
 * a cancerous or hard breast.

ngan

 * To rise higher and higher; grand; imposing; high, as in price.
 * mûeh kè ti ngan;
 * the prices of articles vary.
 * the prices of articles vary.


 * cì-khì ngan-ngan;
 * self possessed.


 * tàⁿ ūe màiⁿ khah kek ngan;
 * in speaking do not say what offends one's self-love.


 * The eye; marks resembling an eye; an opening.
 * i kâi ngán-sîn hó̤;
 * the expression of his eye is good.
 * the expression of his eye is good.


 * ŭ ngán bô̤ cū;
 * he has eyes without lenses; he is not discriminating as to the merits of persons.


 * i hó̤ ngán lâk;
 * he judges things at a glance.


 * thóiⁿ i m̄ tŏ̤ ngán kài;
 * kept no impression of him in mind.


 * ngán côiⁿ ŭ sṳ̄ mē?
 * Have you any immediate business?


 * tèng pá-ngán;
 * stand the next to the senior wrangler in the cìn-sṳ̆ examination.


 * i cêk sang hó̤ ngán-mâk;
 * he has a fine pair of eyes.


 * cūaⁿ jîn bô̤ kùi ngán;
 * low people have not valuable eyes.


 * khṳ̀ tàu cêk kâi sìⁿ ngán;
 * go and get a pivot put in the end of the fan.


 * ka-to̤ ngán khah siap, ēng îu buah i kût cē;
 * the pivot of the shears is so tight that the blades move with much friction, take some oil and oil it.


 * chŵn cîah cêk sang bâi ngán;
 * his beauty lies wholly in his eyes.


 * i nŏ̤ nâng bâi lâi ngán khṳ̀;
 * the two were exchanging meaning glances.


 * sang ngán hue-lêng;
 * a pheasant's feather with two eyes on it.


 * khóng-chieh kâi mô̤ⁿ ŭ ngán;
 * peacocks' feathers have eyes.


 * hó̤ ngán tói;
 * strong sharp eyes.


 * A target hung near a race course.
 * cìⁿ-ngán-khang;
 * openings in the battlement of a wall, for archers to shoot through.
 * openings in the battlement of a wall, for archers to shoot through.


 * To temper by plunging in water.
 * ngàn chìu cúi;
 * to temper by plunging in cold water.
 * to temper by plunging in cold water.


 * cí īeⁿ kǹg sĭ khṳ̀ ngàn chim kheⁿ kâi kheⁿ cúi;
 * this sort of steel is tempered in the water of a deep pit.


 * līen lío khîeh khṳ̀ ngàn cúi, līen lío khîeh khṳ̀ ngàn cúi, ngàn jú ke hûe jú hó̤;
 * heat it and plunge it into water, repeating the process, the more times the better.


 * To seize with force; to pinch hard.
 * ngàn kàu ŭ ku-ā kâi cńg-kah ūi;
 * pinched so as to leave the prints of the nails.
 * pinched so as to leave the prints of the nails.


 * lṳ́ kio úa lìam hó̤-hó̤, màiⁿ ngàn tîeh;
 * pinch me softly, and not so hard as to hurt.


 * úa hàm i lâi kio úa tĕⁿ pùe-kṳn, kŭa saⁿ khṳt i ngàn phùa khṳ̀;
 * I asked him to come and gently pinch the sinews of my back for me, and he pinched so hard as to tear holes in my tunic.


 * Cold; chilly, cool.
 * lā ngân cē;
 * let it cool off a little.
 * let it cool off a little.


 * i kâi chíu ki-ki ngân;
 * her hands are cold as ice.


 * mông tîeh kha ngân, chíu ngân;
 * his extremities are cold to the touch.


 * thiⁿ-sî ngân;
 * the weather is cold.


 * A word; a sentence; a remark; an assertion; a phrase; speech, talk, sayings; report, rumor; an order; to discourse, to say, to address, to talk, to express an opinion.
 * nŏ̤ nâng cŏ̤ tó̤ ngân-thâm ngí-lŭn;
 * two persons sat chatting together.
 * two persons sat chatting together.


 * ngân-gṳ́;
 * words, talk.


 * sit ngân;
 * a slip of the tongue.


 * hue ngân, khá gṳ́;
 * exaggeration, hyperbole.


 * chéⁿ sì kâi lîang ngân;
 * a useful and moral allegory.


 * m̄ kẃn nâng ngân sĭ, ngân hui;
 * pay no attention to people's gossip.


 * gṳ̄-sṳ́ sĭ ngân-kuaⁿ;
 * censors are officials whose duty it is to speak.


 * có̤-sak ngân lō;
 * interrupt the conversation.


 * ngân hĕng m̄ hû;
 * his words and actions do