Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/nang

by Adele Marion Fielde

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.

• 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.

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.