Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/nioⁿ
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nioⁿ
- tṳ cē nioⁿ i cū ût lô̤h khṳ̀;
- titilate a pig a little and he will go to sleep.
- cē nioⁿ cū àiⁿ chìe;
- if you tickle him he will laugh.
- úa m̄-ùi nioⁿ;
- I am not easily tickled.
- khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ lâi nioⁿ i;
- gradually cajole him into it.
- 嫋娜níoⁿ-nó̤632
- Lissome; slender; flexible.
- seⁿ lâi sĭm sĭ níoⁿ-nó̤;
- is naturally very graceful.
- níoⁿ-níoⁿ nó̤-nó̤;
- very graceful.
- nìoⁿ bâi;
- to scowl.
- i kâi mīn phûe ŏi nìoⁿ;
- her face is wrinkled.
- hîah tèng ŏi nìoⁿ hûn;
- his brow is furrowed.
- nìoⁿ cêk cūe hûn;
- make a crease.
- i kai mīn phûe pô̤h-pô̤h, cn̂g kâi bŏi nìoⁿ;
- her face is fair, and without wrinkles.
- cih hó̤-hó̤, màiⁿ nìoⁿ hûn;
- fold it nicely and do not wrinkle it.
- cŏ̤ kàu saⁿ nìoⁿ-nìoⁿ;
- sat till lier tunic was rumpled.
- i thóiⁿ tîeh, phīⁿ nìoⁿ chùi nìoⁿ;
- when he saw it he drew up his face as if to laugh.
- cúi mīn kâi cúi-po̤-hûn nìoⁿ-nìoⁿ;
- the surface of the water is rippled.
- i cìeⁿ lău, kâi phûe to bŏi nìoⁿ;
- though so old, his skin is not shriveled.