A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / cang

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將

• To take; to make use of; a sign of the accusative.

• cang cía a cang hía;

  make use of this or that.

• cang sĭm-mûeh khṳt i cîah?

  What will you give him to eat?

• cang hó̤ ūe kio i tàⁿ;

  speak comfortably to him.

• cang bô̤ cò̤ ŭ;

  made out of nothing; unfounded.

• tîeh cang sêng-sim, m̄ thû-thû cang ūe tàⁿ;

  there must be sincerity as well as professions.

• cang ta-po ké cò̤ cṳ-nîe;

  had a man disguised as a woman.

• àiⁿ cang tī-tîang khṳ̀?

  Whom will you send?

棕

• The coir palm.

• cang-sui;

  a coir cloak.

• cang so̤h;

  coir rope.

• cang chîeh;

  a coir mat.

• cang sàu;

  a coir broom.

• cang sieⁿ;

  a coir trunk.

鬃

• A lady’s coiffure.

• tá cang;

  do up the hair.

• lâu mô̤ⁿ, phah cang;

  let the hair grow, in order to arrange it in the style of a married woman.

• jû-ì cah tŏ̤ cang sim;

  an ornament was inserted in the centre of the coiffure.

• kíaⁿ-jît kâi cang siu khṳ̀ ngía căi;

  your hair is very prettily arranged to-day.

• cang-kíaⁿ lô̤;

  the hair arranged in a coil.

罾

• A square lifting net, suspended on a frame, and let down by a long rope.

• áu cang; khang cang;

  to fish with lifting nets.

• khîa ki cang lâi áu hṳ̂;

  set a lifting net to catch fish.

• áu-cang máng-tìeⁿ;

  a mosquito bar having a folding frame inside.

莊

• Sedate; serious; a high road.

• cang kèng;

  serious and respectful.

• twn cang;

  strictly correct in conduct.

• cang ngîam;

  strictly proper.

• cang tŏng;

  respectful.

• khang cang tōa lō;

  a level highway.

騌

• A mane.

• bé cang mô̤ⁿ;

  a horse’s mane.

• tṳ cang mô̤ⁿ;

  hog’s bristles.

鬃

• A peruke; a wig; false hair.

• ké cáng;

  a false peruke.

• lṳ́ kâi cang ŭ ciap cáng a bô̤?

  Do you wear false hair?

攢

• To hold on tightly with the hands.

• nŏ̤ ciah chíu cáng i kâi piⁿ;

  held on to his queue with both hands.

• cáng kín-kín m̄ khéng pàng;

  he held on tightly, and would not let go.

• cáng i m̄ cŭ;

  could not hold on to it.

總

• To collect and tie up, as in a sheaf; to unite under one rule or in a whole.

• cáng cò̤ cêk ē;

  bind them in one bundle.

• pá-cáng;

  an ensign, the second grade below a captain, and the lowest of army officers.

• thih pá-cáng;

  a low but permanent office, in which there is neither hope of promotion nor fear of degradation.

壯

• Robust; hardy; lusty; to inspirit; to incite.

• càng teng;

  able-bodied men.

• càng nî;

  in strong health.

• càng-kĭen;

  strong and hardy.

• càng sṳ̆;

  one accomplished in manly sports.

• càng-sĕng;

  lusty.

• sìo-càng;

  young and hearty.

• mîn càng;

  the militia.

• eng-hîong chut sìo-càng;

  violence comes of youthful vigor.

• íong càng;

  volunteer troops.

• pûi-càng;

  stout.

• càng i kâi táⁿ;

  incite his courage.

• cîah kàu pûi-càng tōa-kīaⁿ;

  become very stout and hardy.

粽

• Dumplings, boiled in a wrapping of leaves.

• càng kîu;

  three cornered dumplings.

• càng kâi;

  many cornered dumplings.

• càng pau sĭm-mih kâi?

  What is in the dumplings?

• càng pâk khah phàⁿ;

  these dumplings are not well filled.

• cí kâi càng sĭ kîam kâi a sĭ tîam kâi?

  Have these dumplings a sweet or a salt filling?

• càng sĭ ēng tek-hîeh kah kîam-cháu khṳ̀ pâk;

  dumplings are tied up in bamboo leaves, with a bulrush.

• pâk càng kâi tek-hîeh ēng ke kùe jú hó̤, bŏ̤i chàu tek-hîeh bī;

  the bamboo leaves used in wrapping dumplings are better after having been used several times, for then they will not impart a taste to the dumpling.

棧

• A warehouse; godowns.

• càng-pâng;

  a store-room.

• càng co;

  storage.

• tun-pàng càng tèng;

  stored in the godown.

• kẃn-càng;

  warehouses.

• kāng i khṳ̀ càng kò̤ khí;

  go and take it out of the godown for him.

站

• To stand up; to stand still.

• càng kha m̄ cŭ;

  cannot stand it.

• ceng kàu i càng kha m̄ cŭ;

  punished them till they gave way altogether.

• i cí-hûe cn̂g kâi càng kha m̄ cŭ tŏ̤-kò̤;

  he is now wholly unable to maintain his position.

• líang pôiⁿ kâi bûn bú kuaⁿ tŏ̤ càng-pang, ŭ cìaⁿ peh nâng tŏ̤ táng khim-che lâi;

  the civil and military officers stood on either side in the order of their rank, about a hundred in all, awaiting the arrival of the ambassador.

• tău-thâi cŏ̤ jīm, i ēng khṳ̀ càng-pang a mín?

  On the Intendant of Circuit’s coming to enter upon his office, does he go to attend upon him, standing where his rank prescribes?

• cí-kò̤ cn̂g kâi càng m̄ cŭ kha;

  there is no foothold at all here; this position cannot be maintained.

讚

• To praise, as in worship.

• càng-múi;

  extol.

• cheng-càng;

  to laud.

贊

• To assist.

• càng-cŏ̤;

  to aid.

• càng sêng cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

  help to bring this about.

叢

• A classifier of trees and plants.

• cêk câng hue, cêk câng chài, cêk câng chīu;

  a flower, a vegetable, and a tree.

• cêk câng kúe-cí;

  a fruit tree.

• peh cĭeⁿ chīu-câng téng;

  climbed a tree.

• cí câng hue ngía căi, īu phang;

  this shrub is beautiful and it is fragrant too.

• úa thóiⁿ cí kâi câng-sin khùn: tîeh èng pûi;

  I see that this plant is weak: fertilizing matter must be put around it.

• cí câng chīu sin ío tōa, hṳ́ câng li chīu ki ío cōi;

  this tree has the larger trunk, and that one the greater number of branches.

• kìaⁿ-seⁿ sĭ seⁿ tŏ̤ chīu câng tèng;

  parasites grow upon trees.

層

• Steps; shelves; gradations.

• cêk câng, nŏ̤ câng;

  one or two gradations.

• cĭeⁿ kàu tŏiⁿ saⁿ câng;

  went up to the third landing.

• thâu cêk câng;

  the first in an ascending series.

• hṳ́ búe câng;

  the farthest off in the series.

• tîeh ŭ câng chṳ̀;

  there must be gradations.

• tâh-pō-câng;

  a stairway.

• saⁿ câng lâu;

  a building of three diminishing storeys.

• peh kàu tŏiⁿ ngŏ câng; climbed to the fifth storey.

• tû àiⁿ kêh cò̤ kúi câng?

  How many shelves will you have put into the cupboard?

• pàng tŏ̤ tŏiⁿ saⁿ câng;

  put it on the third shelf.

• thui-keh jîeh cōi câng?

  How many steps are there in the stairs?

• hṳ̂ kâi thah tŏ̤ cí ĕ kàu hṳ́ téng ŭ nŏ̤ peh gūa keh tâh-pō-câng;

  that pagoda has over two hundred steps in its stairway.

淋

• To drench by pouring from above.

• pun hŏ câng kàu cêk sin;

  drenched by the rain.

• câng-êk;

  take shower baths.

• tîeh cai thóiⁿ, m̄ hó̤ câng tîeh nâng;

  must look out that you do not souse people with it when pouring it down.

臟

• The parenchymatous viscera.

• ngŏ-căng lâk-hú;

  all the internal organs of a body.

• hùi, sim, pî, kuaⁿ, sĭen, cía sí kìe-cò̤ ngŏ căng; tăi-chîang, sío-chîang, ūi, táⁿ, phâng-kuang, sim-pau-lôk, cía sĭ kìe-cò̤ lâk hú;

  the lungs, heart, spleen, liver and kidneys are called the five viscera; the large and small intestines, the stomach, the gall, the bladder, and the heart-case are called the membraneous viscera.

• căng hú siang phùe;

  the two sorts of viscera are the complement each of the other.

層

• A terrace.

• suaⁿ-sîa cêk căng cêk căng;

  the slope of the hill is terraced.

• ngŏ căng lâu;

  a building with five diminishing storeys.

• cêk căng cêk căng nâng-mûeh cōi căi;

  there are a great many people in this crowd, standing so that their heads appear in ascending and receding tiers.

贈

• To present; to bestow upon; to make a parting gift.

• kàu cāng;

  to present to.

• hŏng cāng;

  respectfully offer as a gift.

• lī cāng ang jîn;

  promoted according to rule.

• cāng chùi, bô̤ cāng cîⁿ;

  give promises instead of the cash.

• úa cāng i cêk peh ngṳ̂n cò̤ lō hùi;

  I gave him a hundred dollars for his travelling expenses.

• hĕng tit ŭ móng nâng tó̤ cāng chùi, sṳ̄ cìaⁿ sêng;

  could a certain person be had as negotiator, the business would be done.

• cāng-sàng îeh-îⁿ;

  gave a parting gift of medicinal pills.

• cāng kè cng;

  make wedding presents.

• cāng lṳ́ bōi;

  let you have it at no profit to myself.

• bô̤ mûeh hó̤ cāng lṳ́;

  I have nothing to give you as a souvenir.

• hó̤ tit lṳ́ cāng úa cêk pì cṳ lak;

  I wish you would give me a helping hand for a moment.