Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/niap
niap
- niap-sṳ̂ bû-hām;
- to inform against falsely.
- niap cêk khí ūe lâi tàⁿ;
- made up a story to tell about him.
- niap-cheng khiam i kâi cîⁿ;
- falsely testified that he owed him money.
- cía sṳ̄ sĭ niap-cău kâi;
- this is a fabrication.
- niap kàu ŭ chêng ŭ lí, ŭ cèng ŭ kṳ̆;
- made up a charge that appeared wholly reasonable, and capable of proof.
- niap kàu cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭo-sĭo;
- fabricated a story which had a close resemblance to the truth.
- niap kâi kóiⁿ;
- lay a plait.
- niap kàu cĕng-cĕng kóiⁿ;
- it is all puckered up.
- mīn tèng niap kâi kóiⁿ;
- he has a puckered scar on his face.
- niap-kíaⁿ;
- tweezers.
- cêk ki ah-niap;
- a pair of nippers used in plucking out duck's feathers.
- thih niap;
- forceps.
- niap chiu;
- pluck out the beard.
- cía tîeh ŭ ki niap lâi niap cìaⁿ ŭ pō;
- there must be a pair of nippers to pull this out with, then it can be effectively done.
- cêk kuaⁿ niap nŏ̤ ìn;
- one officer holding two offices.
- i kâi hûn khṳt kúi niap khṳ̀ kâi īeⁿ;
- he is as if possessed by a devil.
- niap tău-thâi kâi ìn sì kâi gûeh;
- acted as Intendant of Circuit for four mouths.
- cóng-tok kiam niap bú-īⁿ;
- the Governor acts also as Major General.
- cí kâi saⁿ sùaⁿ-cūe lîh khṳ̀, tîeh lêng-ūaⁿ nîap hó̤;
- the seam in this tunic is ripped, it must be again run together.
- nîap bûa;
- to run together.
- i kâi cam li-li nîap, li-li nîap;
- her needle flies in and out.
- i kâi chìe khek sĭ nĭap âu-lêng tó̤ chìe;
- he sings his ballads in a female voice.
- cang thô lâi nîap cêk kâi sìeⁿ;
- take clay and make an image.
- nîap kàu nĕ sĭo-sĭo;
- moulded it into a very close likeness.
- sìo-bâk táng i khṳ̀ nîap;
- as to the accounts, wait till ho goes and brings them into shape.
- tâng sòi nîap kàu tōa;
- worked at it from childhood to manhood.
- tâng cheⁿ nîap kàu sêk, hẃn-lío bōi m̄ khṳ̀;
- have had it in hand from the time when it was green until it became ripe, and still have not sold it.
- cúa li pô̤h, chíu màiⁿ nîap;
- the paper is thin, do not grasp it tightly.
- chíu cē nîap m̄ kín cū ka-lâuh khṳ̀;
- if you do not grasp it tightly it will drop out of your hand.
- nîap lío m̄ hó̤ cò̤ bói bōi;
- after they have been handled over they are not saleable.
- chíu khṳ̀ nîap in-nî, nîap kàu âng-âng;
- has dabbled in the rougetill her hands are red.
- kha chìu tîeh pàng khùe cē màiⁿ cêk kâi thâu cū nîap cêk kùa;
- you must move faster and not be a half day dressing your hair.