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 * A girl; a young lady; a female; a goddess; applied to what is beautiful or elegant.
 * s̆i ta-po a sĭ cṳ-nîe?
 * Is it a boy or a girl?


 * seⁿ kâi cṳ-nîe kíaⁿ;
 * has given birth to a daughter.


 * a-nîe-kíaⁿ;
 * a little girl.


 * nín lài thóiⁿ kâi ngía a-nîe;
 * come and see this elegant lady.


 * chūa sin-nîe;
 * bring home a bride.


 * gûeh-nîe;
 * the moon.


 * a tia nîe;
 * your father and mother.


 * ún a-nîe;
 * our mother; the lady of the house; the housemother, in a large and rich family.


 * a sìa nîe;
 * the squire's wife.


 * ta-po nâng cò̤ sū a-nîe a-nîe;
 * a man who is feminine in his ways.


 * kwn-im nîe;
 * the goddess Kwanyin.


 * To measure the quantity or size of; to deliberate; to take counsel upon.
 * nîe thóiⁿ jîeh tn̂g;
 * measure it and see how long it is.
 * measure it and see how long it is.


 * nîe tiêh khah tn̂g;
 * find by measuring that it is too long.


 * nîe thóiⁿ kàu mē;
 * measure and see if there is enough.


 * nîe bí;
 * measure out rice.


 * cang táu lâi nîe;
 * take a peck measure and measure it.


 * kàu-nîe;
 * to consult about, to talk over a matter together.


 * khîeh ki chieh lâi nîe thóiⁿ ŭ chieh-thâu a bô̤;
 * take a foot rule and measure it and see whether there is anything over the exact number of feet.


 * kàu-nîe lâi īa m̄ sĭ thó̤-tàng cū màiⁿ;
 * if on talking it over it is not thought to be safe, then we will not do it.


 * sṳ-nîe;
 * to bargain; to cheapen goods; to haggle about the price.


 * sṳ-nîe lâi, cêk tàⁿ chit kâi ngṳ̂n;
 * made a bargain for it at seven dollars per picul.


 * sṳ-nîe m̄ tn̆g kè, thó̤ cîⁿ àiⁿ sie mēⁿ;
 * if a definite price be not agreed upon, there will be a quarrel at the time for payment.


 * Rations; soldier's pay; food, provisions; taxes in grain or kind.
 * kháu-nîe;
 * victuals; stores.
 * victuals; stores.


 * hwt kháu-nîe;
 * give out rations.


 * kòi nîe-bí;
 * convoy rations.


 * tòa kang nîe;
 * take along dry provisions.


 * nîe-cháu;
 * fodder.


 * cīⁿ-nîe;
 * stipend.


 * kiap nîe;
 * to forage.


 * nîe-tău;
 * the commissioner who collects the revenues of a province.


 * nîe hìang;
 * revenue, in grain.


 * ūn nîe;
 * transport the grain taken as taxes.


 * nîe-cîah cok;
 * the provisions are sufficient.


 * khìam nîe;
 * owes taxes.


 * ŵn nîe;
 * the land tax.


 * nîe hŏ;
 * tax-payers.


 * nîe che;
 * tax collectors.


 * lâp nîe;
 * to pay taxes at stated times.


 * A beam or girder.
 * tháng nîe;
 * the cross-bar of a water-bucket.
 * the cross-bar of a water-bucket.


 * cí kâi nâng sĭ kok ke kâi tàng nîe;
 * this man is a pillar of the state.


 * kîe nîe;
 * the girders of a bridge.


 * phīⁿ nie;
 * the bridge of the nose.


 * A valance or curtain.
 * nîe-sùaⁿ;
 * an umbrella with an embroidered valance depending from its edges.
 * an umbrella with an embroidered valance depending from its edges.


 * khîa ki tōa nîe-sùaⁿ;
 * carry a curtained umbrella.


 * To throw in, as in a bargain; to spare.
 * i tó̤ khṳt nīe;
 * he is begging to be let off.
 * he is begging to be let off.


 * kĥiu i nīe chíu cē;
 * beseech him to stay his hand.


 * i lâi mīn côiⁿ khîu nīe mīaⁿ;
 * he came forward and begged for his life.


 * tit nīe nâng chù, chíaⁿ nīe nâng;
 * when you let a man off, then do it fully and frankly.


 * nīe cêk chut;
 * give an extra act in a play.


 * nīe i cêk lîap cí, sĭ nīe i kṳ a sĭ nīe i bé?
 * In giving him one chessman, did he give him a queen or a knight?


 * To cede, to yield, to give way.
 * nīe i soiⁿ;
 * allow him to take precedence.
 * allow him to take precedence.


 * nīe i cŏ̤ tōa ūi;
 * yield the chief seat to him.


 * líang-ke sie-nīe cū hûa-khì;
 * if each yields to the other there will be harmony.

nih


 * To wink.
 * nih mâk;
 * to wink.
 * to wink.


 * mâk cē nih cū kàu;
 * will reach there now in a jiffy.


 * chioh-chioh-nih;
 * to look around as if lost in thought.


 * nih-a-nih;
 * winking slowly.


 * thiⁿ kong nih mâk;
 * the thunder-god winks; it lightens.


 * To walk softly and with short steps.
 * nih kha nih kha khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ kîaⁿ;
 * walk slowly and with short steps.
 * walk slowly and with short steps.


 * i cò̤-nî nih kha nih kha, m̄ káⁿ kîaⁿ tōa hûah?
 * Why does he walk so carefully, not venturing to take long steps?


 * kîaⁿ khṳ̀ nih-a-nih;
 * walks mincingly.


 * nih-chih-tó̤;
 * short hair.
 * short hair.


 * i kâi thâu-mô̤ⁿ nih-chih-tó̤, cò̤ hó̤ tá cang?
 * Her hair is very short, how can she do it up in the style of a grown woman?


 * hui-chṳ́ kâi mô̤ⁿ nih-chih-tó̤, chēng cò̤ ŏi sie?
 * A squirrel's fur is short, how can one be warm in wearing it?


 * The rootlets of leaves or grasses; appendages.
 * i bô̤ tùe bô̤ nih, tī-kò̤ to hó̤ khṳ̀;
 * he has encumbrances, and can go anywhere.
 * he has encumbrances, and can go anywhere.


 * i tùe-nih kâi bó kâi kíaⁿ tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * he is cumbered by a wife and children.


 * i kâi sìo-bâk hâiⁿ khṳ̀ hó̤ căi, cṳ̄-lâi m̄ pat ŭ tùe-nih;
 * he squares up his accounts in a very exact way, and has not