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406 heretofore left any balance to be afterward settled.
 * sio-bâk chŵn bŏi nih khìam;
 * his account has no small balance left for collection.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ tùe-tùe nih-nih kang-khó căi;
 * there are all sorts of little hindrances making it very difficult.

nin


 * You, plural.
 * cía sĭ nín kâi;
 * this belongs to your folks.
 * this belongs to your folks.


 * nín chíaⁿ cŏ̤;
 * please take seats.


 * nín tī-tiang-sî lâi?
 * When did you all come?


 * cí kò̤ châng sĭ nín kâi a sĭ in kâi?
 * Is this field yours or theirs?


 * m̄ cai sĭ nín kâi a sĭ un kâi;
 * do not know whether it is yours or ours.


 * i kio nín ŭ chin mē?
 * Is he a relation of yours?


 * in pat nín;
 * they are acquainted with your people.

 nioⁿ


 * To tickle, titilate or cajole.
 * tṳ cē nioⁿ i cū ût lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * titilate a pig a little and he will go to sleep.
 * titilate a pig a little and he will go to sleep.


 * cē nioⁿ cū àiⁿ chìe;
 * if you tickle him he will laugh.


 * úa m̄-ùi nioⁿ;
 * I am not easily tickled.


 * khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ lâi nioⁿ i;
 * gradually cajole him into it.


 * Lissome; slender; flexible.
 * seⁿ lâi sĭm sĭ níoⁿ-nó̤;
 * is naturally very graceful.
 * is naturally very graceful.


 * níoⁿ-níoⁿ nó̤-nó̤;
 * very graceful.


 * To wrinkle; creases.
 * nìoⁿ bâi;
 * to scowl.
 * to scowl.


 * i kâi mīn phûe ŏi nìoⁿ;
 * her face is wrinkled.


 * hîah tèng ŏi nìoⁿ hûn;
 * his brow is furrowed.


 * nìoⁿ cêk cūe hûn;
 * make a crease.


 * i kai mīn phûe pô̤h-pô̤h, cn̂g kâi bŏi nìoⁿ;
 * her face is fair, and without wrinkles.


 * cih hó̤-hó̤, màiⁿ nìoⁿ hûn;
 * fold it nicely and do not wrinkle it.


 * cŏ̤ kàu saⁿ nìoⁿ-nìoⁿ;
 * sat till lier tunic was rumpled.


 * i thóiⁿ tîeh, phīⁿ nìoⁿ chùi nìoⁿ;
 * when he saw it he drew up his face as if to laugh.


 * cúi mīn kâi cúi-po̤-hûn nìoⁿ-nìoⁿ;
 * the surface of the water is rippled.


 * i cìeⁿ lău, kâi phûe to bŏi nìoⁿ;
 * though so old, his skin is not shriveled.

 nioh


 * To squirm; to wriggle; to twitch.
 * nîoh-nîoh-tăng;
 * just able to move; to twitch and squirm slightly like a half killed reptile.
 * just able to move; to twitch and squirm slightly like a half killed reptile.


 * cûa hŵn-lío ŏi nih-nioh tin-tăng, tîeh phah ke nŏ̤ ē;
 * the snake can still wriggle a little, you must give him a couple of blows more.


 * cúi-koi tok cò̤ nŏ̤ saⁿ kò̤ hŵn-lío ŏi nih-nioh tin-tăng;
 * a frog when cut in two or three pieces will still continue to twitch and jerk.


 * ŏi nîoh-nîoh-tăng, sĭ ŏi ûah kâi īeⁿ;
 * it squirms, as if it were alive.


 * hía īeⁿ sĭ būe sí kâi īeⁿ, hŵn ŏi nîoh-nîoh-tăng;
 * that does not appear to be dead, it still moves a little.

 niuⁿ


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


 * A fob or pocket.
 * cíen-níuⁿ;
 * a cut-purse.
 * a cut-purse.


 * kṳ́n hûang cíen-níuⁿ;
 * beware of pickpockets.


 * To collar; to gripe; to clutch.
 * níuⁿ i khṳ̀ phṳ̀a;
 * collar him and take him to the yamun.
 * 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.


 * A button, a knob.
 * saⁿ níuⁿ;
 * buttons on a tunic.
 * 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.


 * Falsity; error; to mislead.
 * pŭe-nĭuⁿ;
 * misleading; fallacious.
 * 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.

 nng


 * Women; females; feminine.
 * sĭ ńng-jîn a sĭ lâm-jîn?
 * Is it a man or a woman?
 * Is it a man or a woman?


 * lâm ńng kíaⁿ;
 * sons and daughters.


 * thông ńng;
 * a girl; a virgin.


 * hŭ-ńng;
 * women.


 * sien ńng;
 * a sylph.


 * keng ńng;
 * a woman belonging to the palace.


 * ńng lìu;
 * womenfolk.


 * ńng kè, lâm hun;
 * women marry and men take wives.


 * sĭ seⁿ lâm a sĭ seⁿ ńng?
 * Has she given birth to a boy or to a girl?


 * cîeh ńng;
 * a barren woman.


 * Soft; delicate; weak; tender; ductile, pliable, yielding; limber; lithe; with no fixed principles; infirm of purpose.
 * hip ńng;
 * soften it by covering it closely and keeping it warm.
 * soften it by covering it closely and keeping it warm.


 * cìm i ńng;
 * soften it by soaking.


 * ńng-jîak;
 * weak; debilitated.


 * tì ŭ