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nak

  • nâk633649
  • To mix and knead.
nâk thíam-thíam;
knead it very thoroughly.
nâk khah tōa ē;
kneaded into too large a lump.
nâk mīⁿ-hún cò̤ píaⁿ;
mix flour into cakes.
  • nâk497645
  • To seize with the claws or fingers.
i sang chíu nâk kín-kín;
clutched tightly with both his hands.
chíu cē nâk m̄ kín cū phìu khṳ̀;
not being tightly grasped in his hand, it slipped through.
nâk tîeh i kâi búe;
seized him by the tail.
ciah koi-kíaⁿ khṳt ēng nâk khṳ̀;
a chicken has been carried off by a hawk.
i khṳt hóⁿ nâk kàu cêk sin chap-chap-chùi;
he was torn in pieces by a tiger.
kâi tó khṳt i nâk phùa khṳ̀ lío, hṳ́ tói kâi tn̂g cū khṳt i cîam chut lâi;
he first clawed open the bowels, and then dragged out the entrails.


nang

  • 我等náng627
  • We, including the hearer.
cía m̄ sĭ náng kâi, sĭ in kâi;
this is not ours, it is theirs.
náng hó̤ lâi khṳ̀;
let us go.
àiⁿ a m̆, tŏ̤ náng ka-kī;
whether we will or not, is for ourselves to decide.
i m̄ hàuⁿ hâiⁿ náng, náng lâi chūe i;
if he will not give it back to us, let us take measures for making him do it.
náng tăi-ke tîeh hûa-môk;
we must all be at peace among ourselves.
i thau khîeh náng kâi;
he stole something that belonged to us.
náng cêk ciah koi khṳt i lîah khṳ̀;
one of our fowls has been stolen by him.
  • nâng28690
  • A person; man; mankind; human; to ascribe personal existence to a thing.
nâng-mûeh cōi;
there is a great crowd.
tōa-bó̤-mûeh nâng;
a multitude.
hṳ́ kò̤ chut ŭ sĭm-mih nâng-mûeh?
What sort of people are they there?
tōa tī-hng cū chut tōa nâng-mûeh;
large places have great people in them.
cêk khûn nâng àiⁿ khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?
Where are all those people going?
lṳ́ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ cêk kâi nâng a nŏ̤ kâi nâng?
Did you see one person or two?
choiⁿ nâng, bw̄n nâng chūe căi tit tîeh;
you will seldom find one such person among a thousand or among ten thousand.
nâng seⁿ chin-chĭeⁿ māng;
man's life is like a dream.
nâng-ke cōi, a phò-hŏ cōi?
Are there more of family residences, or of shops?
sĭm sĭ kiaⁿ nâng;
is very diffident.
i sĭang ùi nâng;
he is exceedingly bashful.
ŭ nâng tŏ̤ a bô̤?
Was anybody there?
bô̤ nâng tŏ̤;
there was no one there.
bô̤ pùaⁿ nâng tŏ̤;
there was not a living soul there.
khĭa tó̤ thóiⁿ nâng;
stand gazing at people.
phah nâng;
fight with somebody.
sĭ sĭm-mih nâng?
Who is he?
m̄ hó̤ cò̤ nâng;
cannot be anybody.
i m̄sĭ nâng;
he is inhuman.
hŭam nâng;
whoever.
i kâi àu-nâng;
he is a scurrilous fellow.
i sĭ sío-jîn nâng;
he is a low fellow.
lṳ́ sĭ kun-cṳ́ nâng;
you are a person of culture.
nâng sim put cok;
the human heart is never content.
nâng īeⁿ; nâng khẃn;
human kind.
thiaⁿ tîeh ŭ nâng siaⁿ;
hear the sound of voices.
i kâi nâng hó̤;
he is good.
hẁn-bói nâng kháu;
traffic in human beings.
ak nâng;
the wicked.
hāi nâng;
injure people.
ŭ nâng-chêng;
has a kindly disposition.
i ŭ nâng-chêng tŏ̤ úa kò̤;
I am indebted to him for favors.
noⁿ-kíaⁿ nâng tàⁿ tōa nâng ūe;
a child talking like a grown person.
ūe nâng-kíaⁿ;
paint dolls.
hó̤ mn̄g cí kâi a-sím nâng;
let us ask this middle-aged woman.
a-ḿ nâng;
elderly women.
a-má nâng;
women old enough to be grand-mothers.
ău tùe kâi a-só̤ nâng;
a young married woman followed on behind.
lău a-peh nâng;
elderly men.
a-nîe-kíaⁿ nâng;
a young girl.
lău-a-kong nâng;
a very old man.
hău-seⁿ nâng;
young men.
lău-nâng;
old men.
lâm-cṳ́ nâng;
men folk.
hŭ-jîn nâng;
women folk.
cṳ-nîe nâng;
ladies.
a-hiaⁿ nâng;
young or middle aged men.
cía nâng-nâng àiⁿ;
this is something that everybody wants.
bô̤ nâng àiⁿ;
nobody wants it.
ŭ nâng àiⁿ;
some one wants it.
sĭ tī cêk nâng?
Which person is it?
nâng tàⁿ;
people say.
kìu nâng kâi sèⁿ-mīaⁿ;
saves people's lives.

nap

  • nap3051594
  • Mellow; plastic; yielding.
nêk nap, hó̤ căi;
its meat is tender and juicy, and is delicious.
thô̤ khah nap m̄ hó̤ cîah;
over-ripe peaches are not fit to eat.
thô nap-nap, o̤h kîaⁿ;
the soil is soft, and difficult to walk over.
nĕ ńng-nap ńng-nap;
very plastic, springy, or pliable.
màiⁿ thóiⁿ i cò̤ ńng-nap, hó̤ cîah;
don't think it is ripe and toothsome; don't think he is to be easily taken in.
  • nâp6111204
  • To receive; to take; to enter into possession of.
tàⁿ khṳ̀, nâp a m̄ nâp?
Was what he said well received?
tàⁿ kàu i hí nâp;
talked about it till he willingly accepted the proposition.
i tó̤ ciap-nâp nâng-kheh;
she is receiving visitors.
ciap-nâp thŵn tŏ̤-lí kâi nâng;
welcomes those who preach the doctrine.
cìeⁿ-sî jîeh nâp hok?
What good fortune have you met with lately?
nâp kâi chiap;
take a concubine.
chìe nâp;
receive with joy.
nâp būn tŏ̤ ke;
has domestic sorrow.