Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/nge

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=== nge ===

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  • Hard; stiff; unbending; obstinate; powerful; willful.
kien-ngĕ;
unyielding.
kha ngĕ-ngâuh, chíu ngĕ-ngâuh;
feet and hands stiff, as from over-work.
i kâi sim ngĕ-tît;
he is very firm.
tàⁿ ngĕ ūe;
speak in a way that leaves no room for proposing any other course.
seⁿ ngĕ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ; ngĕ-hó̤ⁿ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
it is certainly so.
ngĕ kùe kò̤ thih;
harder than iron.
sim ngĕ căi;
very hard hearted.
ngĕ tok tît;
settled it forcibly.
ngĕ hó̤;
is indeed good.
ngĕ cò̤;
done by force.
ngĕ tú ngĕ;
meet obstinacy with obstinacy.
ngĕ kǹg;
hard steel.
khioh-khioh ngĕ;
stiff, as with much starch.
i li ngĕ m̆;
he is set in his determination that he will not do it.
ngĕ àiⁿ;
has his mind fully made up that he wants it.
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  • Strong; robust; hard; over-bearing; muscular.
i kâi ngĕ keng khui jîeh tăng?
How stiff a bow can he draw?
i būe pat hông tîeh ngĕ têk;
he has not yet met his match.
i kâi lâk ngĕ căi;
he has great strength of muscle.
ie lâk ngĕ;
muscular, brawny; strength of loin.
i tó̤ ké ngĕ;
he is pretending to have great strength.
i seⁿ nâng cîah ngĕ, m̄ cîah ńng;
he always combats the strong, not the weak.