Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ngia
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ngia
[edit]- seⁿ lâi ngía-ngía;
- is very handsome.
- bô̤ mih ngía;
- not very pretty.
- seⁿ ngía, seⁿ m̄ ngía sĭ pĕ-bó̤ seⁿ cĭu kâi;
- whether handsome or ugly, one is as his parents made him to be.
- o̤-ló̤ i ngía;
- extol its beauty.
- ngía sṳ̄!
- This is a pretty piece of work!
- ngía mûeh!
- That is a fine looking thing! (said ironically).
- i kâi nâng seⁿ khṳ̀ bûn-ngía;
- he has a refined look.
- seⁿ lâi ngía-tì ngía-tì;
- is naturally very winsome.
- jû-ngía;
- stylish.
- tī-hng hiuⁿ ngía;
- a place suited to studious repose.