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si;

hold an inquest.

tah ngīam-si-pêⁿ;

set up a platform where the body may lie exposed to view, in an inquest.

khí si siang ngīam;

disinter the corpse for examination by the authorities.

ngīam sieⁿ;

examine the wounds.

ngīam tîeh bô sieⁿ;

it proved on inspection that no wounds had been made.

ngīam hùe;

to examine goods officially.

ngīam toaⁿ;

a permit stating that the goods have been inspected.

ngīam cûn;

to examine a vessel.

lṳ́ khṳ̀ ngīam thóiⁿ;

you go and verify it by inspection.

khùaⁿ ngīam;

look over and verify.

ngīam tîeh còY-nî īeⁿ?

What did you ascertain by the examination?

• ‮仰‬ngíang107394
• To look upward; to regard with respect.

úa tó̤ ngíang-mō̤ⁿ lṳ́ lâi;

I was longing for your coming.

kú ngíang tōa mîaⁿ;

have long admired and respected you.

ngíang thiⁿ;

to gaze up into heaven.

ngíang-kwn thien-bûn;

to study astrology, and geomancy.

ngíang khṳ́n thiⁿ ṳn;

look earnestly for the favor of heaven.

ngiap

• ‮業‬ngîap1082759
• A calling, occupation, pursuit, art, or trade; an estate, a patrimony; that which has been acquired by a calling; merit, or a title to reward for what has been done; to transmit a calling or a post; deserving, meritorious.

i tó̤ cò̤ sĭm-mih sṳ̄-ngîap?

What is his occupation?

i ŭ sĭm-mih ke-ngîap?

What personal property has he?

suaⁿ-ngîap;

real estate.

có ngîap;

inherited wealth.

hak ŭ jîeh cōi kong ngîap?

How much property is there of that which is held in common?

cêk seⁿ cò̤ ŭ hùaⁿ kâi kong ngîap;

has during his life done many things deserving of reward.

gōi-ngîap;

handicraft.

ngîap îu cú cẃn;

property is disposed of according to the will of the owner.

cí to-hūn ŭ sĭm-mih tōa-ngîap hŏ?

Are there any very rich families in this region ?

hùi ngîap;

dissipate one’s patrimony.

hak ngîap;

add to one’s possessions.

mûeh-ngîap;

possessions; goods; property.

pĕng m̄ sĭ hieⁿ-teng cì ngîap;

it is not property which has the worship of the previous owner entailed as a condition in possessing it.

cí-hûe cìaⁿ sĭ kĭen-kong lîp-ngîap kâi sî-hāu;

this is a time for doing what shall secure the rewards due to merit.

ngien

• ‮研‬ngien10851126
• Thoroughly, minutely.

ngien kìu;

expound minutely.

ngien sím;

adjudicate with the utmost nicety.

• ‮研‬ngîen10851126
• To search into carefully.

ngîen kìu;

examine so as to be able to expound.

lṳ́ tîeh khṳ̀ sòi ngîen; cìaⁿ cai hṳ́ tói kâi ì-bī;

you must go and examine into it minutely, then you will know its inward meaning.

tn̂g-tn̂g khṳt kuaⁿ cē ngîen sím, sṳ̄ chêng cū lò chut lâi;

as session by session it comes before the magistrate for trial, the facts of the case will be disclosed.

• ‮譏誚‬ngîen-síen334
• To scoff at; to deride.

i kâi ngîen-síen i mih sṳ̄?

Why do they gibe at him?

to sĭ tó̤ ngîen-ngîen síen-síen i;

is always satirizing him.

ngiet

• ‮齧‬ngiet10802116
• To gnaw; to bite at.

jūn căi, ngiet m̄ lôh;

very tough, so that I cannot gnaw it off.

jw̆n ngiet, ngiet m̄ tn̆g;

however much I gnaw on it, I can’t gnaw it off.

i gût lío tó̤ ngiet khí;

he grinds his teeth when asleep.

nío-chṳ́ ngiet phùa kâi khang;

the rat has gnawed a hole through it.

ngiet lô̤h khṳ̀ nŏ̤ kâi khí ūi;

has left the marks of two teeth on it where he bit it off.

i kâi khí ŏi ngiet nâng, màiⁿ khṳt i ngiet tîeh;

he is apt to bite, do not let him bite you.

ngim

• ‮芩‬ngîm4031404

n̂g-ngîm;

the scull-cap, used as a tonic.

é nâng cîah tîeh n̂g-ngîm;

a dumb man taking bitter medicine.

• ‮吟‬ngîm1100304
• To hum; to intone.

ngŏ̤-tîeh, chìe ngîm-ngîm;

laughed pleasantly when I met her.

tîm-ngîm, put kwt;

humming to one’s self, in a way to indicate indecision.

sòi-sòi cū ŏi ngîm si, tap tùi;

when very small could chant verses, and cap words.

ngio

• ‮猫‬ngio581949
• A cat.

tōa ciah ngio;

a large cat.

ngio ngāu-ngāu-kìe;

the cats waul.

ngio-ngio-kìe;

to mew.

ngio kio nío-chṳ̀ cò̤-pû ût;

the cat and the rat sleeping together.

ngio auⁿ-auⁿ-kìe;

the cat is snarling.

• ‮錨‬ngio5811678
• Grapling irons.

hái cûn to̤ sĭ ēng thih ngio cò̤ tèng;

sea-going vessels generally use grappling irons as anchors.

ngo

• ‮五‬ngó106072
• A complete number; the whole of a kind.

ngó kak;

all sorts of grain.

phōiⁿ cêk hù ngó-seⁿ khṳ̀ pài sîn;

prepare the full comple