岳 ngâk 1118 46 5 A wife's parents. ngâk pĕ, ngâk bó̤;
wife's father and mother.
lĕng ngâk;
your wife's parents.
ngam
恰 ngam 357 61 6 Seasonably; fitly; opportune. úa àiⁿ khṳ̀ chūe i, ngam-ngam ngŏ̤ tîeh i lâi;
I was just going in search of him when he opportunely came.
cìeⁿ-seⁿ kap lô̤h khṳ̀ ngam-ngam hó̤;
that is imprinted in just the right spot. 眼 ngám 1086 109 6 A mortise; a notch; a nock. châk kâi ngám;
chisel out a mortise.
tio kâi ngám;
carve out a notch.
tàu tit lô̤h ngám;
the tenon goes into the mortise.
tîeh tau kau lô̤h ngam lô̤h ngam;
fit the tenon deeply into its mortise.
tú-tú kah-ngám kah-ngám;
it exactly fits into the nock.
cúa-kîⁿ tèng ka kâi ngám;
cut a notch in the edge of the paper.
pang piⁿ kṳ̀ kâi ngám;
saw a notch in the edge of the board. 巖 ngâm 1084 46 20 A cliff; a precipice; a high bank; steep; dangerous. suaⁿ ngâm hām lô̤h khṳ̀;
the high ledge has caved off.
cîeh ngâm;
a rocky cliff.
peh cĭeⁿ ngâm téng;
climb the steep bank.
cí kâi suaⁿ châm-ngâm châm-ngâm;
this hill is very precipitous.
ni-ngâm;
a cancerous or hard breast.
ngan
昂 ngan 2 72 4 To rise higher and higher; grand; imposing; high, as in price. mûeh kè ti ngan;
the prices of articles vary.
cì-khì ngan-ngan;
self possessed.
tàⁿ ūe màiⁿ khah kek ngan;
in speaking do not say what offends one's self-love. 眼 ngán 1086 109 6 The eye; marks resembling an eye; an opening. i kâi ngán-sîn hó̤;
the expression of his eye is good.
ŭ ngán bô̤ cū;
he has eyes without lenses; he is not discriminating as to the merits of persons.
i hó̤ ngán lâk;
he judges things at a glance.
thóiⁿ i m̄ tŏ̤ ngán kài;
kept no impression of him in mind.
ngán côiⁿ ŭ sṳ̄ mē?
Have you any immediate business?
tèng pá-ngán;
stand the next to the senior wrangler in the cìn-sṳ̆ examination.
i cêk sang hó̤ ngán-mâk;
he has a fine pair of eyes.
cūaⁿ jîn bô̤ kùi ngán;
low people have not valuable eyes.
khṳ̀ tàu cêk kâi sìⁿ ngán;
go and get a pivot put in the end of the fan.
ka-to̤ ngán khah siap, ēng îu buah i kût cē;
the
pivot of the shears is so tight that the blades move with much friction, take some oil and oil it.
chŵn cîah cêk sang bâi ngán;
his beauty lies wholly in his eyes.
i nŏ̤ nâng bâi lâi ngán khṳ̀;
the two were exchanging meaning glances.
sang ngán hue-lêng;
a pheasant's feather with two eyes on it.
khóng-chieh kâi mô̤ⁿ ŭ ngán;
peacocks' feathers have eyes.
hó̤ ngán tói;
strong sharp eyes. 垛 ngán 910 32 6 A target hung near a race course. cìⁿ-ngán-khang;
openings in the battlement of a wall, for archers to shoot through. 淬 ngàn 1018 85 8 To temper by plunging in water. ngàn chìu cúi;
to temper by plunging in cold water.
cí īeⁿ kǹg sĭ khṳ̀ ngàn chim kheⁿ kâi kheⁿ cúi;
this sort of steel is tempered in the water of a deep pit.
līen lío khîeh khṳ̀ ngàn cúi, līen lío khîeh khṳ̀ ngàn cúi, ngàn jú ke hûe jú hó̤;
heat it and plunge it into water, repeating the process, the more times the better. 掐 ng̀an 358 64 8 To seize with force; to pinch hard. ngàn kàu ŭ ku-ā kâi cńg-kah ūi;
pinched so as to leave the prints of the nails.
lṳ́ kio úa lìam hó̤-hó̤, màiⁿ ngàn tîeh;
pinch me softly, and not so hard as to hurt.
úa hàm i lâi kio úa tĕⁿ pùe-kṳn, kŭa saⁿ khṳt i ngàn phùa khṳ̀;
I asked him to come and gently pinch the sinews of my back for me, and he pinched so hard as to tear holes in my tunic. 冷 ngân 506 15 5 Cold; chilly, cool. lā ngân cē;
let it cool off a little.
i kâi chíu ki-ki ngân;
her hands are cold as ice.
mông tîeh kha ngân, chíu ngân;
his extremities are cold to the touch.
thiⁿ-sî ngân;
the weather is cold. 言 ngân 1083 149 0 A word; a sentence; a remark; an assertion; a phrase; speech, talk, sayings; report, rumor; an order; to discourse, to say, to address, to talk, to express an opinion. nŏ̤ nâng cŏ̤ tó̤ ngân-thâm ngí-lŭn;
two persons sat chatting together.
ngân-gṳ́;
words, talk.
sit ngân;
a slip of the tongue.
hue ngân, khá gṳ́;
exaggeration, hyperbole.
chéⁿ sì kâi lîang ngân;
a useful and moral allegory.
m̄ kẃn nâng ngân sĭ, ngân hui;
pay no attention to people's gossip.
gṳ̄-sṳ́ sĭ ngân-kuaⁿ;
censors are officials whose duty it is to speak.
có̤-sak ngân lō;
interrupt the conversation.
ngân hĕng m̄ hû;
his words and actions do 
