Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ngui

by Adele Marion Fielde

ngui

• 僞ngŭi1055912
• False; hypocritical; pretended; to put on; to deceive.

cà-ngŭi;

hypocritical.

hṳ ngŭi;

specious.

kang ngŭi;

deceitful.

pĭen cin ngŭi;

distinguish between the true and the false.

lṳ́ thóiⁿ i ŭ ngŭi sim a bô?

Do you think he is false-hearted or not?

sêng-sît, bô̤ ngŭi;

sincere and guileless.

i li ngŭi lâi, i li ngŭi khṳ̀;

the one deceives the other, and the other the one.

chŵn bô̤ phiⁿ-ngŭi;

wholly without guile.

• 危ngûi1050264
• Danger; peril; hazardous.

lîm ngûi ngŏ̤ kìu;

was saved when about to perish.

ngûi tŏ̤ tàng sek;

near dissolution; between a night and morning.

ngûi híam;

in imminent peril.

ngûi lāng;

in great danger.

khĭa tŏ̤ ngûi tī;

stands on dangerous ground.

sì ngûi căi;

times are hazardous.

lîm ngûi, put ngûi;

near danger but not in danger.