# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/nang
### nangnang

* 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.
* 人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.

#### 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.