Saturday, 20 August 2022

the character 凝

Gang Hiog 江煜 discusses the character

ngiêng5 [Swatow ngêng5 5]

ngiêng5gu3

凝固

to freeze, to solidify, to congeal

ngiêng5gag4

凝結|凝结

to condense, to solidify, to coagulate, to clot (said of blood clotting)

ngiêng5sing5

凝神

with rapt attention: [rapt: completely fascinated or absorbed by what one is seeing or hearing]

geng5

geng5dang3

凝凍|凝冻

湯汁凝成凍|汤汁凝成冻

soup or broth congealing and turning into an aspic or jelly

mang7geng5

夢凝|梦凝

to talk in one’s sleep

ghoi7ghe2

囈語|呓语

to talk in one’s sleep

Just to remind everybody that we have learnt about ghoi7ghe2 in a previous post.

ngang5

ngang5

cold

tin1si5 guê3 ngang5

天時怪凝|天时怪凝

The weather is very cold.

Zhang Xiao Shan gives another pronunciation of on page 111 of his second edition dictionary.

ngia5 5

ngia5

to stare blankly, to be lost in thought [發呆|发呆]

 


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