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 * The gums.
 * khí-ngṳ̂n kò̤ phṳ̂ khí-pau;
 * has a gum-boil on his gum.

 ngṳt


 * To stop because the end has been reached; to clear off, as an account; terminated.
 * ngṳ̂n hù bōi kái nâng siu ngṳt, chù li kau bói kâi nâng kẃn ciaⁿ;
 * the money being paid over in full to the seller, the house is to be handed over to the purchaser for his sole behoof.
 * the money being paid over in full to the seller, the house is to be handed over to the purchaser for his sole behoof.


 * Even; till; up to.
 * ngṳt-kim íⁿ-keng nǒ̤ nî;
 * up to this time, two years have elapsed.
 * up to this time, two years have elapsed.


 * ngut-kim íⁿ-keng ku-ā kâi gûeh;
 * up to now it is already several months.


 * To suffer; to endure; to bear.
 * i kò̤ kâi nâng ío ŏi ngṳ̂t;
 * the people there have greater endurance.
 * the people there have greater endurance.


 * pa-lak cū ngṳ̂t tit khṳ̀;
 * perhaps I can get along with it.


 * lieh-lieh-hue cí khí khó-chó̤ ngṳ̂t m̄ khṳ̀;
 * ordinary persons could not endure this sort of hardship.


 * i ngṳ̂t khó, ngṳ̂t kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;
 * he is inured to suffering.

 ngwn


 * Thick-headed; mulish.
 * hṳ́ kò̤ kâi nâng ngẃn căi;
 * the people there are very stupid.
 * the people there are very stupid.


 * sît-căi si ngŵn mîu;
 * are really a set of dunderheads.


 * Trinkets, or gems for playing with; to toy or play with; to test, to try; valuable, rare; fine.
 * kó-ngẃn;
 * bric-a-brac.
 * bric-a-brac.


 * ngẃn khì;
 * valuable articles such as rare vases, pots or fine porcelain.


 * ngŵn huap;
 * to despise the laws.


 * ngẃn i kâi bī;
 * try its flavour.


 * îu-ngẃn;
 * to ramble for recreation.


 * The commencement; the first cause; the head; the principal; the eldest; original; primary; among Tauists a vast period of time like a geological epoch.
 * ngŵn-nî;
 * the first year of a reign.
 * the first year of a reign.


 * cí kâi hûang-tì kói-ngŵn cò sĭm-mûeh?
 * What is the style of the reign of this monarch?


 * ngŵn-khì put cok;
 * his constitution is not strong.


 * sam ngŵn kîp tĭ;
 * the three senior graduates.


 * ngŵn-sio-coih;
 * the fifteenth of the first month.


 * ngŵn chîo;
 * the Original or Mongol dynasty: it swayed China and Central Asia from A. D. 1278 to 1369.


 * ngŵn-tàng;
 * New Year's day.


 * A fountain, source, or origin.
 * cúi ngŵn;
 * a fountain.
 * a fountain.


 * ngŵn thâu;
 * the source.


 * i kâi kṳn-ngŵn sĭ chông tī-kò̤ lâi kâi?
 * Whence does it originate?


 * cîah cúi cū sṳ tîeh cúi-ngŵn;
 * in drinking remember the fountain.


 * khoi cúi kâi ngŵn-thâu sĭ tŏ tī kò̤?
 * Where is the source of this river?


 * hô̤ ngŵn;
 * the source of a stream.


 * châi ngŵn kún-kún;
 * an ever welling fountain.


 * cúi-kâi ngŵn-cûaⁿ kún-kún lâu bŏi lío;
 * the spring wells inexhaustibly from its source.


 * tī tîeh i kâi pēⁿ cìaⁿ ŏi tn̆g kṳn;
 * if the source of the disease is reached, it may be radically cured.


 * Origin; source; beginning; natural; proper; inate; originally, primarily; really; honestly; the original condition; to trace a matter to its source.
 * chîm-mn̄g i kâi ngŵn-îu;
 * inquire into the causes.
 * inquire into the causes.


 * chêng ŭ khó̤ ngŵn;
 * there are extenuating circumstances.


 * ngŵn-lâi jû chṳ́;
 * it was originally like this.


 * tong-ngŵn;
 * China.


 * úa ngŵn bô̤ sĭeⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * I did not originally think of so doing.


 * mûeh kui ngŵn cú;
 * the goods revert to their original owner.


 * ngŵn chêng tīaⁿ cŭe;
 * search out the facts, and condemn the wrong-doer accordingly.


 * i-ngŵn sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ khì;
 * it was originally built in that style.


 * ngŵn īeⁿ;
 * the original style.


 * ngŵn khòi;
 * the original deed.


 * kha, thàu lío ŏi hôk ngŵn a bŏi?
 * Will the feet on being unbound resume their original shape?


 * ngŵn pńg si jîeh cōi?
 * What capital had he to start with?


 * ngŵn ngṳ̂n siu hûe;
 * got back the sum originally paid out.


 * ngŵn-cá sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * that is the way it was at first.


 * ngŵn-kū sĭ cía ĭeⁿ;
 * in the beginning it was like this.


 * ngŵn lō tńg lâi;
 * returned by the same route.


 * chūe chut i kâi kṳn-ngŵn;
 * search out its origin.


 * i i-kū tŏ̤ ngŵn ūi tīu;
 * he lives in the place where he used to live.


 * ngŵn nâng;
 * the same person who did it before.


 * The countenance; color.
 * chēng kú-kú ngŵn-sek bŏi pìⁿ;
 * the color will not change, no matter how long it is worn.
 * the color will not change, no matter how long it is worn.


 * bô̤ ngŵn hó̤ sie kìⁿ;
 * have not the face to call on him.


 * hô̤h hwt, thông ngŵn;
 * hoary hair, and a youthful face.


 * To desire; to hope; a preference; the object of desire.
 * sĭ i ka-kī chêng ngw̆n kâi, a sĭ lṳ́ míen-kíang i kâi?
 * Did he do it voluntarily or did you constrain him?
 * Did he do it voluntarily or did you constrain him?


 * sĭ i kam-ngw̆n cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * he is willing to have it thus.


 * thiaⁿ tîeh ngw̆n sì;