# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/nng
### nng

* 女ńng641380
* Women; females; feminine.

#### sĭ ńng-jîn a sĭ lâm-jîn?

    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.
* 軟ńng3051594
* 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.

#### cìm i ńng;

    soften it by soaking.

#### ńng-jîak;

    weak; debilitated.

#### tì ŭ ​kâi ńng kha pēⁿ;

    has a weakness of the legs.

#### pat ńng-sì khûn;

    understand the art of self-defense in boxing.

#### tô̤h hía jîu-ńng kâi;

    select a flexible one.

#### pūe i ńng;

    soften it by keeping it before the fire.

#### chēng kàu cêk sin cap-cap ńng;

    have worn it till it is limp.

#### pìn sin sng-ńng;

    my whole body is lame.

#### kha ǹng-ǹng;

    legs are weak.

#### kha sng chíu ńng;

    limbs weary and aching.

#### kâi sim-cì ńng;

    has no grit; is irresolute.

#### kîaⁿ lío ńng-nâh-ûe;

    in walking he staggers from weakness.

#### thong sín ńng ûe-ûe;

    his whole body is limp and lifeless.

#### thôiⁿ tîeh ńng ki, ńng tô̤;

    it appears to be all wilted down.

#### ńng-nîeh;

    no strength of muscle; no energy.

#### i cìeⁿ-sî thàng kàu ńng-nap căi;

    he is lately earning so much as to be in easy circumstances.

#### cang kún cúi lâi lâm i ńng;

    take hot water and dash upon it to soften it.

#### sin bí pn̄g, cîah tîeh ńng-ńng, ho cai;

    the rice of the newly gathered crop tastes very tender and good.

#### i kâi mô̤ⁿ ío ngĕ, i kâi mô̤ⁿ ío ńng;

    the one has stiff bristles and the other soft fur.

#### hía khí, khṳt i cē tàng cū ńng;

    it sets my teeth on edge, as soon as it touches them.

#### ńng-soih kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ siu cò̤ cêk ē;

    take the small, delicate articles that would be easily broken, and put them together.

#### i kâi lâk ío ngĕ, i kâi lâk ío ńng;

    the one is rather stiff, the other more pliant.

#### m̄-hó̤ khah ńng khṳt i;

    do not be too easy with him.

#### ūe tîeh tàⁿ ńng cē, màiⁿ tàⁿ khah ngĕ;

    speak more gently, do not speak too harshly.

#### cía ôi sĭ ńng tói kâi a sĭ ngĕ tói kâi?

    Are these shoes soled with felt or with wood?

#### hău-seⁿ tiang-sî cîh ío ńng, ô̤h ūe ío kōi;

    in youth the tongue is flexible, and it is easier to learn languages.

#### hṳ́ ĕ kâi tī-kha ńng;

    the base is not firm.

#### líang pôiⁿ kŭ m̄ khéng tâk ńng;

    neither party was willing to yield at all.

#### i kâi ŏi ngĕ, bŏi ńng;

    he can be firm, but not complaisant.

#### pùaⁿ ngĕ pùaⁿ ńng;

    forcible and yet mild.

#### i cìeⁿ-seⁿ sĭ tó̤ sò̤ ngĕ ńng kâi;

    in so doing they are trying to see which can be the most determined.

#### cía tîeh cang ńng so̤h lâi pâk;

    must tie this with a slack rope; must use gentleness in order to bind.

#### khí-thâu-ĕ pàng ńng-ńng, pàng i lâi jîp sì;

    at first, make things very easy for him, and thus get him in your power.

#### i sĭ khi-hŭ i ńng-kha-chîh;

    he abuses him because he is a soft-shelled crab; he imposes on his weakness.

#### i kâi sim-tn̂g ńng;

    his disposition is very yielding.

#### phòng phŭe ût tîeh ío ńng;

    a fluffy coverlet is softest to sleep in.

#### i keng tèng kâi láu-îa sĭ ngē sin kâi a sĭ ńng sin kâi?

    Is the idol in that temple, a solid one with painted clothes, or a jointed one with real clothes?

#### thiⁿ-sî jûah, hûe kàu nĕ ńng-ńng;

    in hot weather it becomes very plastic.

#### ńng kha chn̂g;

    a table with, folding legs.

#### àiⁿ ngĕ cū ngĕ, àiⁿ ńng cū ńng;

    can be firm when firmness is necessary, and compliant when compliance is desirable.

#### sẃn nŏ̤ ki ko̤ ńng-ńng jūn-jūn kâi;

    select two very elastic and tough poles.

#### īu ńng īu bŏi cîh;

    elastic but not easily broken.

#### ńng kǹg;

    soft steel.

#### i kâi ńng sim căi;

    is tender hearted.

#### chǹg tîeh i kâi ńng tó;

    stabbed him in the bowels.

#### mông tîeh nap-nap ńng;

    it feels very soft.

#### cía tîeh ēng ńng sì, m̄ hó̤ ēng ngĕ sì;

    in this, gentleness not severity must be exercised.

#### chîp kàu ńng-ńng;

    knead it over till it becomes very soft.
* 瓤n̂ng2909717
* The pulp of a squash or melon; the pith of plants; the second film or coating of a branch.

#### si-kue sĭ cîah kue-n̂ng, tang-kue sĭ líu tīo n̂ng m̄ cîah;

    of watermelons the innermost pulp is eaten, of squashes the innermost pulp is dug out and is not eaten.

#### tìo-kue n̂ng;

    the middle pulp of a cucumber.

#### tek n̂ng;

    the pith of bamboos.

#### ēng sng-sûi ki kâi jī-n̂ng;

    use the coating which lies close under the bark of the mulberry.
* 郞n̂ng5041637
* A term of respect; a gentleman.

#### lĕng n̂ng;

    your son.

#### sin-n̂ng;

    a bridegroom.

#### cí nŏ̤ nâng sĭ n̂ng kŭ;

    these two are brothers-in-law.

#### a-n̂ng;

    my sister's husband.

#### sĭ cò̤ tì cêk pŏ kâi sĭ-n̂ng?

    Of which Board is he the Vice President?
* 䌜n̂ng63312013
* To overstitch; to hem; to overcast.

#### lṳ́ sĭ àiⁿ n̂ng a sĭ àiⁿ nîap?

    Shall I overhand it or run it?

#### n̂ng ìuⁿ cam ìuⁿ cam;

    overhand it with very fine stitches.

#### nng kâi saⁿ;

    make a tunic.
* 卵n̆ng570265
* Eggs.

#### koi n̆ng, ah n̆ng, gô̤ n̆ng, cío n̆ng;

    the eggs of hens, ducks, geese and birds.

#### ló n̆ng;

    pickled eggs.

#### n̆ng jîn, n̆ng pêh, n̆ng khak;

    the yolk, the white and the shell of an egg.

#### koi n̆ng kâi hêng sĭ îⁿ lío, tòa tn̂g-sien: cêk thâu ío tōa, cêk thâu ío sòi;

    the shape of a hen's egg is circular in one way, and eliptical the other: one end is larger than the other.

#### khà n̆ng;

    break an egg.

#### phah n̆ng;

    to beat up an egg.

#### koi n̆ng ko;

    sponge cake.

#### pū n̆ng;

    to hatch eggs.

#### ún ah n̆ng;

    hatch ducks' eggs by artificial heat.

#### seⁿ n̆ng;

    to lay eggs.

#### n̆ng tōaⁿ;

    undeveloped eggs.

#### pû n̆ng;

    poached eggs.

#### ìeⁿ n̆ng;

    egg fritters.

#### chá n̆ng;

    fried ​eggs.

#### sâh n̆ng;

    boiled eggs.

#### luah n̆ng pau;

    omelet.

#### n̆ng si;

    shredded eggs.

#### sâh kâi n̆ng khṳt i ah kiaⁿ;

    boil an egg and give it him to pacify his fears.

#### phûe n̆ng;

    eggs preserved in clay.

#### n̆ng phah phàⁿ;

    eggs beaten to a froth.