Page:A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect.djvu/129

This page needs to be proofread.
NGIÁNG NGIAP NGIEN NGIET NGIM NGIO NGO NGÓ
113

Ngiáng.

2
To look up to, as with regard, admiration, or a sense of dependence; to rely on.

Ngiap.

-4
An occupation; livelihood; patrimony; possessions; sign of the past tense.

Ngien.

-1
Elegant; beautiful; well versed or skilled in.
-1
To grind; rub; dissolve in water; to investigate to the utmost.

Ngiet.

-4
To eat; drink; bear or put up with.
-4
To bite; gnaw; seize with the teeth.

Ngim.

-1
A hurried enunciation; to close up; shut.
-1
To sigh; moan; chant; recite.
-1
A high peak of a mountain; mournful.
-1
Black; black hair; a designation of the people of China.

Ngio.

-1
High; eminent; a famous ancient king of China.
-1
Stubble or rushes used for fuel.
-1
Noisy; clamorous; contentious; debate.
-1
A kind of bell used in the army; trumpets &c.
1
A cat.

Ngo.

2
A carved image of a man; two; a pair; of the same class; to pair; to happen.
2
To plough or work in pairs; to pair; to occur; to meet.
2
Name of a water plant.
2
A file of five men; five families; mutually responsible.
2
A horary character, from 11 o'clock A.M. to 1. P.M.
2
Disobedient; rebellious; undutiful.
2
To meet; encounter; oppose; confused.
-3
Five.

Ngó.

-1
Solitary; none to associate with.
-1
Simple; ignorant; stupid; used for I.
-1
Pleased; cheerful.
-1
A corner; an angle; a nook; rigid integrity.
-1
Hasty; momentary; sudden; appearing to fall.