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  • nô̤ⁿ639647
  • To move; to change the place or purpose of; to misapply.
î-nô̤ⁿ;
to hypothecate.
cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n sĭ ka-kī kâi, a sĭ tŏ̤ nâng kò̤ î-nô̤ⁿ lâi kâi?
Is the money his own, or did he get it from some one by giving a lien on what was bought with it?
  • nŏ̤ⁿ72170
  • Two.
ang cía nŏ̤ⁿ nâng cò̤-pû khṳ̀;
husband and wife both went.
nín hiaⁿ tĭ nŏ̤ⁿ nâng hó̤ lâi;
both of you brothers may come.
nŏ̤ⁿ jît hŵn-lío būe hó̤;
two days have passed and still they are not done.
keh ke nŏ̤ⁿ jît;
after a lapse of two days.
ke nŏ̤ⁿ jît;
two days more.
ke nŏ̤ⁿ kâi khṳt úa;
gave me two more.
i nŏ̤ ciah mâk kim-kim tó̤ thóiⁿ;
he is gazing at it with all his eyes.
nŏ̤ⁿ ciah chíu phŏ̤ kín-kín;
hold it tightly with both hands.
nŏ̤ cîah kha cêk ciah ío tōa;
one of his feet is larger than the other.
taⁿ chûn bô̤ nŏ̤ tîo mô̤ⁿ;
he has now scarcely a hair left on his head.
pái nŏ̤ⁿ ciah íⁿ;
set two chairs in place.
nŏ̤ⁿ īe, tī īeⁿ hó̤;
of the two sorts, which is the better.
lâi nŏ̤ⁿ hûe lío;
he has been here twice already.
nŏ̤ⁿ tńg tīaⁿ;
only twice.
bô̤ nŏ̤ⁿ ē cū hó̤;
it will be done at a stroke.
nŏ̤ⁿ pái tàⁿ nŏ̤ⁿ khẃn;
at the two different times he talked about two different styles.
nŏ̤ⁿ koiⁿ keh piah;
two adjoining rooms.
kêh cò̤ nŏ̤ⁿ kûeh;
divide it into two.
úa tàⁿ ke nŏ̤ⁿ kù ūe lío;
I want to say a word or two more.
ŭ saⁿ nŏ̤ⁿ kâi tīaⁿ;
have only two or three.
bô̤ nŏ̤ⁿ īeⁿ sim;
have no two minds about it.
nŏ̤ⁿ to̤ sie pìaⁿ pit ŭ cêk to̤ khih;
when two knives clash one of them will certainly be nicked.
nŏ̤ în lâu;
a two storey building.
cò̤ ke nŏ̤ⁿ keh tâh-pō-câng;
make two more steps in the stairs.
lih cò̤ nŏ̤ⁿ pôiⁿ;
tear it in two.
peh cò̤ nŏ̤ⁿ kò̤;
a break it in two with the fingers.
á cò̤ nŏ̤ⁿ kûeh;
wrench it in two.
cih cò̤ nŏ̤ⁿ têng;
fold it so as to make two layers.
thâh cò̤ nŏ̤ⁿ thâh;
pile them up in two piles.
lâu nŏ̤ⁿ phuah chiu;
let two tufts of beard grow out.
múeⁿ tǹg sĭ sì pûaⁿ nŏ̤ⁿ úaⁿ;
at each meal there are fonr dishes of solid and two of fluid food.
i nŏ̤ⁿ kâi bó, cìaⁿ seⁿ nŏ̤ⁿ kâi kíaⁿ;
his two wives bore him two sons.
nŏ̤ⁿ tîo lō sûi lṳ́ kîaⁿ;
take whichever you please of the two roads.
nŏ̤ⁿ mn̂g sûi lṳ́ jîp;
enter which you please of the two doors.
nō̤ⁿ suaⁿ sie thâh, chíaⁿ chut;
one mountain on top of another (makes the letter which stands for “exit”), please take you departure.
nŏ̤ⁿ koiⁿ phah thàng cò̤ cêk koiⁿ;
make two rooms into one.
nŏ̤ⁿ ki ûi;
two-masted.
nŏ̤ⁿ phìⁿ mn̂g;
double doors.
àiⁿ cò̤ cò̤ nŏ̤ⁿ keh a saⁿ keh?
Do you want it made with two compartments or with
three?
mín nŏ̤ⁿ tàⁿ cū tĭⁿ;
it will take less than two loads to fill it.
cêk thâu m̄ cai nŏ̤ⁿ kûeh jît;
those on one side of a disk do not know what is on the other side.
nŏ̤ⁿ úaⁿ khap cò̤ cêk úaⁿ;
turn the contents of the two bowls into one.
cêk īeⁿ cṳ́ keⁿ, ío ŭ nŏ̤ⁿ īeⁿ bī;
in one mess of pottage there cannot be two different flavours.
  • nō̤ⁿ641615
  • Anger, wrath; fury; ire; passion; to get in a rage.
chok tîeh i kâi nō̤ⁿ;
excited his wrath.
cêk sî hwt nō̤ⁿ;
suddenly came incensed.
pău nō̤ⁿ sieⁿ kuaⁿ;
violent passion injures the liver.
  • nō̤ⁿ611307
  • A final particle, denoting certainty.
hēⁿ nō̤ⁿ;
yes, to be sure.
hó̤ nō̤ⁿ;
that will do very well.
m̄-ùi nō̤ⁿ;
there is nothing to fear.
khîeh nō̤ⁿ;
take it, certainly.


nuaⁿ

  • nûaⁿ5016417
  • To stop; to hinder; to embarrass.
bô̤ nâng káⁿ lâi nûaⁿ-có̤;
no one dare come and put a stop toit.
bô̤ có̤ bô̤ nûaⁿ, tît-tît cū kàu hṳ́-kò̤;
no interference nor impediment, so that we went there straightway.
nûaⁿ kīe jîp-tîaⁿ;
embarrass the sedan in entering the court- ard.
nûaⁿ lō chíeⁿ kiap;
waylay and rob.
nûaⁿ côih tŏ̤ iò lō kò̤;
beset them in the pass.
nûaⁿ m̄ cŭ;
could not stop them.
  • nûaⁿ5017517
  • A pen; a railing.
céⁿ nûaⁿ;
a well-curb.
gû nûaⁿ;
a cattle pen.
  • nŭaⁿ982857
  • Saliva.
lâu nŭaⁿ;
to drool.
nŭaⁿ-cúi kī-kī lâu;
the saliva ran out continually.
jíang kàu âu bô̤ nŭaⁿ;
shrieked till my throat was parched.
thóiⁿ tîeh tó̤ tăm nŭaⁿ;
seeing it makes his mouth water.
cêk mn̂g-khí khí-lâi kâi chùi seⁿ lô̤ nŭaⁿ;
when I get up in the morning my mouth tastes badly.
lâu nŭaⁿ, lâu phûeh;
froth at the mouth.
chàu nŭaⁿ kôi;
fetid secretions from the mouth.
phùi nŭaⁿ;
to spit.
  • nūaⁿ5038617
  • Rotten; corrupted; running, as an old sore; over-ripe; pulpy.
i cêk sin ŏi phùa nūaⁿ;
he is covered with old sores.
ciu sin mîⁿ-mîⁿ nūaⁿ-nūaⁿ;
his whole body is putrescent.
àu kàu nūaⁿ;
so rotten as to be putrid.
nūaⁿ châ m̄ hó̤ tio;
rotten wood is not good to whittle.
cù nūaⁿ;
worm eaten.
àiⁿ cṳ́ kàu i nūaⁿ tîeh ho̤h cōi thùaⁿ;
to cook it till it is pulpy will take a deal of coal.