Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/nioh

by Adele Marion Fielde

nioh

• 蠕nioh30514214
• To squirm; to wriggle; to twitch.

nîoh-nîoh-tăng;

just able to move; to twitch and squirm slightly like a half killed reptile.

cûa hŵn-lío ŏi nih-nioh tin-tăng, tîeh phah ke nŏ̤ ē;

the snake can still wriggle a little, you must give him a couple of blows more.

cúi-koi tok cò̤ nŏ̤ saⁿ kò̤ hŵn-lío ŏi nih-nioh tin-tăng;

a frog when cut in two or three pieces will still continue to twitch and jerk.

ŏi nîoh-nîoh-tăng, sĭ ŏi ûah kâi īeⁿ;

it squirms, as if it were alive.

hía īeⁿ sĭ būe sí kâi īeⁿ, hŵn ŏi nîoh-nîoh-tăng;

that does not appear to be dead, it still moves a little.