Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/nia
nia
- 領nía5451815
- A collar; a classifier of garments and bedding; to receive from or take; to manage; to put in order.
- am̆-nía;
- a collar or bib.
- jông nía;
- a plush collar.
- phûe nía;
- a fur collar.
- chiu nía;
- a small cape made to wear in autumn.
- cò cêk tîo nńg-nía lâi kùa;
- make a scarf to wear.
- hŭ-jîn kâi saⁿ put-lŭn kûaⁿ jûah to tîeh ŭ nía;
- women's tunics, whether for cold or for hot weather, must have collars on them.
- nía-kè;
- a tabbed collar.
- ah-cîh nía-kè;
- a collar with long round tabs in front and behind.
- cí téng thăⁿ cêk kâi nía-kíaⁿ;
- put a collar on over it.
- cí nía bé-kùa;
- this riding jacket.
- cêk nía kûn;
- a petti-coat.
- nía phŭe;
- a coverlet.
- nía jôk;
- a mattress.
- ôiⁿ tng-sî cìaⁿ lâi nía lṳ́ kâi kà;
- when I have leisure I shall come to receive your instructions.
- jêng jît cìaⁿ lâi nía kà;
- will come another day and listen to your teachings.
- nía men̆g;
- received orders.
- chíaⁿ sin-seⁿ sía cêk tieⁿ nía-sīa kâi toaⁿ-phìen hûe-hôk i;
- ask the teacher to write a card of thanks to return to him.
- cía sṳ̄ úa m̄ káⁿ nía lâi cò̤;
- I dare not undertake the transaction of this business.
- àiⁿ nía cía khang-khùe lâi cò̤ tîeh cak-lĭang cò̤ tit lâi;
- if one is to undertake to do this work he must reckon upon being able to perform it.
- sĭ úa khṳ̀ pó̤-nía i chut lâi;
- it was I who went and bailed him out.
- tòa nía i lâi kìⁿ úa;
- bring him to see me.
- nía sṳ̄ kuaⁿ;
- a Consul.
- cóng nía sṳ̄ kuaⁿ;
- a Consul- General.
- i cêng nía lói a būe?
- Has he been baptised yet?
- i m̄ nía i kâi nâng-chêng;
- he takes no favors from him.
- tŏ̤ kiaⁿ, nía bûn-pêng aŭ, cū khí-sin khṳ̀ hṳ̀ jīm;
- after receiving appointment at the capital, he starts on his way to his post.
- nía sĭu;
- to receive.
- mĕng i nía piaⁿ khùⁿ síu ìo-kháu;
- order him to take troops and go and guard an important pass.
- tŏ̤ kuaⁿ-hú kò̤ nía ngûn khṳ̀ chái-bói;
- received money from the magistrate that he might go and buy in some.
- hàm i sía tieⁿ nía-cēng lâi nía;
- tell him to write a certificate of loan, and come and take a commission.
- peh kàu suaⁿ-nía thâu;
- climbed to the higliest point of the ridge.
- pûaⁿ suaⁿ kùe nía;
- cross the range of mountains.
- suaⁿ nía téng;
- the apex of the ridge.
- nía-lâm, bô̤ hâng sú, cêk hŏ pĭen sêng chiu;
- the southern provinces are neither cold nor hot, and after one rain autumn comes on.
- nŏ̤ cūe phò sie nìa;
- two rows of shops facing each other.
- i li nìa kùe lâi, i li nìa kùe khṳ̀;
- one faces one way, and the other faces the other way.
- àiⁿ nìa cí kâi suaⁿ tîeh nìa cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ;
- if it is to face this hill, it must face it squarely.
- i nìa tī cêk pôiⁿ kò̤?
- Which way does it face?
- i kâi thâu nìa-nìa tó̤ táng i lâi;
- he stood with his head turned in that direction, waiting for him.
- àiⁿ nìa khí a àiⁿ nìa lô̤h?
- Do you want it to face up stream or down?
- i tó̤ ǹg-nìa i;
- she is depending on him for aid.
- nín m̄ hó̤ sie ǹg-nìa;
- you should not be waiting each for the other.
- nìa-nìa tó̤ táng i lâi;
- waiting around and expecting him to come.
- tṳ, hṳ́ tîo nĭa kâi mô̤ⁿ, pí pât kò̤ kâi ío ngĕ;
- the bristles along the spine of a hog are stiffer than they are elsewhere on the animal.
- hṳ̂ nĭa kut;
- the spines of the dorsal fin.
- pak pàng hṳ̂-nĭa kò̤ lío tìo khí;
- fasten it to the dorsal fin and hang it up thereby.