Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/nge
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=== nge ===
- 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.
- 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.