Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ngek

by Adele Marion Fielde

ngek

• 逆ngêk6361626
• To resist; to encounter; contrary; refractory.

ngêk lâu;

go against the tide.

ngêk huang;

an opposing wind.

mông hẃn, pw̆n ngêk;

to plot rebellion.

ngó-ngêk;

pig-headed; obstinate.

ngêk tîeh i kâi ì;

opposed his wishes.

ngêk tîeh i kâi sì;

go against the grain, or against the current.

cí kâi cèng sĭ ngêk cèng;

this disease is an obstinate one.