Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/nih
nih
- nih mâk;
- to wink.
- mâk cē nih cū kàu;
- will reach there now in a jiffy.
- chioh-chioh-nih;
- to look around as if lost in thought.
- nih-a-nih;
- winking slowly.
- thiⁿ kong nih mâk;
- the thunder-god winks; it lightens.
- nih kha nih kha khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ kîaⁿ;
- walk slowly and with short steps.
- i cò̤-nî nih kha nih kha, m̄ káⁿ kîaⁿ tōa hûah?
- Why does he walk so carefully, not venturing to take long steps?
- kîaⁿ khṳ̀ nih-a-nih;
- walks mincingly.
- nih-chih-tó̤;
- short hair.
- i kâi thâu-mô̤ⁿ nih-chih-tó̤, cò̤ hó̤ tá cang?
- Her hair is very short, how can she do it up in the style of a grown woman?
- hui-chṳ́ kâi mô̤ⁿ nih-chih-tó̤, chēng cò̤ ŏi sie?
- A squirrel's fur is short, how can one be warm in wearing it?
- i bô̤ tùe bô̤ nih, tī-kò̤ to hó̤ khṳ̀;
- he has encumbrances, and can go anywhere.
- i tùe-nih kâi bó kâi kíaⁿ tŏ̤ kò̤;
- he is cumbered by a wife and children.
- i kâi sìo-bâk hâiⁿ khṳ̀ hó̤ căi, cṳ̄-lâi m̄ pat ŭ tùe-nih;
- he squares up his accounts in a very exact way, and has not heretofore left any balance to be afterward settled.
- sio-bâk chŵn bŏi nih khìam;
- his account has no small balance left for collection.
- cìeⁿ-seⁿ tùe-tùe nih-nih kang-khó căi;
- there are all sorts of little hindrances making it very difficult.