Page:A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect.djvu/129

---

Ngiáng.

仰²

To look up to, as with regard, admiration, or a sense of dependence; to rely on.

Ngiap.

業^-4

An occupation; livelihood; patrimony; possessions; sign of the past tense.

Ngien.

妍^-1

Elegant; beautiful; well versed or skilled in.

硏^-1

To grind; rub; dissolve in water; to investigate to the utmost.

Ngiet.

喫^-4

To eat; drink; bear or put up with.

齧^-4

To bite; gnaw; seize with the teeth.

Ngim.

唫^-1

A hurried enunciation; to close up; shut.

吟^-1

To sigh; moan; chant; recite.

岑^-1

A high peak of a mountain; mournful.

黔^-1

Black; black hair; a designation of the people of China.

Ngio.

堯^-1

High; eminent; a famous ancient king of China.

蕘^-1

Stubble or rushes used for fuel.

譊^-1

Noisy; clamorous; contentious; debate.

鐃^-1

A kind of bell used in the army; trumpets &c.

猫¹

A cat.

Ngo.

偶²

A carved image of a man; two; a pair; of the same class; to pair; to happen.

耦²

To plough or work in pairs; to pair; to occur; to meet.

藕²

Name of a water plant.

伍²

A file of five men; five families; mutually responsible.

午²

A horary character, from 11 o'clock A.M. to 1. P.M.

忤²

Disobedient; rebellious; undutiful.

迕²

To meet; encounter; oppose; confused.

五^-3

Five.

Ngó.

禺^-1

Solitary; none to associate with.

愚^-1

Simple; ignorant; stupid; used for I.

㥥^-1

Pleased; cheerful.

隅^-1

A corner; an angle; a nook; rigid integrity.

俄^-1

Hasty; momentary; sudden; appearing to fall.