Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ngiam

by Adele Marion Fielde

ngiam

• 譫ngíam4414913
• Talkative; to talk wildly.

ngíam-gṳ́;

the delirious talk of a sick man.

cêk ĕ-kùa, nâng cē hwt sie cū àiⁿ ngíam-gṳ́;

in the afternoon when his fever comes on, he talks incoherently.

• 儼ngíam1088920
• Of a commanding presence; carrying the head high; severe-looking; as before; like.

ngíam-jîen;

similar.

ngíam-jîen cū sĭ tŏ̤ seⁿ cêk īeⁿ;

a life-like likeness.

ngíam-jîen cū àiⁿ cò̤ sin-seⁿ;

carries himself as if he were a learned man.

ŭ ngíam-ngé;

has a stern look.

bô̤ ngíam bô̤ ngé;

no majesty of demeanor.

• 閻ngîam10841698
• A gate in a village.

ngîam-lô̤-ûang; ngîam-kun;

the king of hades; the Rhadamanthus of Chinese Buddhists.

cū sĭ kúi-kíaⁿ kìⁿ tîeh ngîam-lô̤-ûang;

it is like being brought before the king of hell, for judgment after death.

ûah ngîam-lô̤;

a savage looking man.

• 嚴ngîam10843017
• Severe, stern, rigid, austere.

ngîam, ngîam;

very strict; rigorous.

kẃn-sok khṳ̀ sĭm ngîam;

kept in close subjection.

i kâi nâng ŭ ui-ngîam tit nâng ùi;

he has a stern aspect which makes people fear him.

kui-kṳ́ ngîam-sok;

sedate manners.

i kâi ce-kui ngîam;

the rules of the school are strict.

ke-kui ngîam căi;

the household is very rigid in its ways.

ngîam pĕ chut hàu cṳ́, chṳ̂ bó̤ to̤ pāi jî;

a stern father has filial sons, an indulgent mother generally spoils her children.

• 釅ngîam109116420
• Spirits of a strong sharp taste.

chó ngîam;

the vinegar is sharp.

cíu ngîam;

the wine is strong.

chong ceng ngîam-ngîam kâi tê;

make a cup of very strong tea.

• 燄ngîam10918612
• The fury of a fire.

pàng ngîam kháu;

to open the door of hell, (by saying mass on the third day after a death).

• 驗ngīam109118713
• To examine officially for purposes of verification; to prove by inspection; testimony or examination which proves a thing.

chíaⁿ kuaⁿ ngīam kùe;

ask for an official inspection, verifying the statement.

ŭ hāu-ngīam;

have satisfactory proof of it.

ngīam si;

hold an inquest.

tah ngīam-si-pêⁿ;

set up a platform where the body may lie exposed to view, in an inquest.

khí si siang ngīam;

disinter the corpse for examination by the authorities.

ngīam sieⁿ;

examine the wounds.

ngīam tîeh bô sieⁿ;

it proved on inspection that no wounds had been made.

ngīam hùe;

to examine goods officially.

ngīam toaⁿ;

a permit stating that the goods have been inspected.

ngīam cûn;

to examine a vessel.

lṳ́ khṳ̀ ngīam thóiⁿ;

you go and verify it by inspection.

khùaⁿ ngīam;

look over and verify.

ngīam tîeh cò̤-nî īeⁿ?

What did you ascertain by the examination?