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

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鍾

• A small cup.

• cíu ceng;

  a wine cup.

• tê ceng;

  a tea cup.

• tê ceng pûaⁿ;

  a saucer.

鐘

• A bell with flaring mouth.

• phah ceng;

  ring a bell.

• ceng híang a būe?

  Has the bell rung yet?

• sî-ceng;

  a clock.

• ceng-kè;

  a belfry.

• sî-ceng-kè;

  a clock shelf.

• cŏ̤-ceng;

  a clock that stands on a broad base.

• cêk tíam ceng;

  one o’clock.

• saⁿ tíam pùaⁿ ceng;

  half past three o’clock.

• lṳ́ thóiⁿ sî-ceng kṳ́i tíam;

  look at the clock and see what time it is.

• khà ceng;

  ring a bell by beating upon it.

• khio ceng lûi kó;

  ring bells and sound drums.

• cŭang bâk ceng;

  ring a wooden bell; to intrust business to a fool.

• ceng híang m̄ tùi sî;

  the bell rang out of time.

• siu-sîp ceng pie kâi nâng;

  one who repairs clocks and watches.

• ceng būe híang i soiⁿ lâi;

  he came before the bell rang.

舂

• To pound with a pounder, held vertically.

• ceng bí;

  to pound rice.

• ceng chîeⁿ;

  to pound up a wall.

• ceng thô;

  to pound up clay.

• ceng chòi;

  to pound rice flour.

• ceng thâng-îu-hue;

  to make putty.

• ceng îeh-îⁿ;

  make pills.

• ceng cî cò̤ kúe;

  make dough for cakes.

• lṳ́ lâi ceng, úa lâi thai;

  you pound and I will sift.

• m̄-hó̤ ceng tîeh i kâi chíu;

  do not pound her hand.

• ceng kàu chùi-chùi;

  pound it up into small fragments.

• ceng kàu hu-hu;

  pulverize it finely.

摏

• To batter; to knock about; to run against.

• ceng mn̂g ceng hŏ;

  batter down doors.

• ceng úaⁿ, tǹg tîh;

  smash the dishes.

• ceng pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;

  knocked down by being run against.

• ceng ka-lâuh cêk kâi khí;

  had a tooth knocked out.

• ceng kàu mâk úaⁿ céng;

  knocked him so as to cause his eye to swell up.

• thó ceng;

  knock things to pieces, as in anger.

• ceng kàu i bŏi kîaⁿ;

  mauled him so he could not walk.

• thóiⁿ kéng sie léng, thóiⁿ teng sie ceng;

  pushing to see a fine view, or mauling each other at a puppet show.

掙

• To strike with a horizontal stroke.

• lîah lío tùi i kâi sim-kuaⁿ li-li ceng;

  seized him, and struck him repeatedly in the chest.

• ceng tîeh i kâi hîap-ĕ;

  struck him in the side.

• ceng tîeh ka-ciah, ceng bô̤ bī;

  it is of no use to hit him on his back.

畜

• ceng-seⁿ;

  cattle; domestic animals.

• chī ŭ jîeh cōi ceng-seⁿ?

  How many domestic animals do you keep?

• ceng-seⁿ kâi mûeh sek căi;

  dumb creatures are very knowing.

• àu ceng-seⁿ!

  You nasty brute!

精

• The germinating principle; the essence; before another adjective it sometimes makes that adjective intensive.

• ceng-khì;

  the quintessence; animal vigor.

• ŭ ceng-sîn;

  vigorous; sprightly.

• ceng-lêng;

  spirited.

• ceng-sîn cok căi;

  full of vitality.

• bô̤ ceng-sîn;

  no vitality.

• ceng-sîn khùn-tŏaⁿ;

  a low state of the nervous system; weak vitality.

• seⁿ lâi ceng-sîn câi;

  naturally very vigorous.

• sang mâk ho̤h ceng-sîn;

  eyes bright and indicative of health.

• sîn-khì bô̤ hêng, ceng-hueh ŭ hêng;

  vitality is invisible, but the vascular system may be seen.

• ceng-khá;

  skilled.

• ceng piaⁿ;

  picked men.

• ceng sòi;

  very small.

• ceng cho;

  very ugly.

• ceng bīo;

  very subtle.

• ceng-chúe;

  the marrow.

• ceng-khì chong cok;

  abundant animal vigor.

• pó-iah ceng-khì;

  recuperate the animal vigor.

• ceng-khì pô̤h;

  weak vitality.

• sĭm sĭ seⁿ ceng-hueh;

  excellent for strengthening the system.

• pó ceng, mêng mâk;

  strengthening the nervous system improves the sight.

征

• To reduce to submission, or to chastise refractory states.

• chut ceng;

  go out to war against rebels.

• ceng tu;

  to exterminate the rebels.

• ceng hŵt;

  to subdue and punish.

• lâm ceng, pak tháu;

  the south subjugated and the north brought under authority.

• ceng-pí sṳ-îa;

  a clerk of the taxes in a district magistrate’s yamun.

• chut ceng piaⁿ;

  veteran troops; tried warriors.

• chut ceng kîeⁿ síu sîaⁿ;

  more is to be gained by going forth to conquer than by staying at home to defend.

曾

• To duplicate, said of generations only.

• ceng-có;

  great grandfather.

• ceng-sun;

  great grandson.

• ceng-có-má;

  great grandparents.

• ceng-sun-hŭ;

  great grandson’s wife.

• cí kháu phûn sĭ cǹg i ceng-có;

  this grave is the one in which his great grandfather is buried.

貞

• Clean, chaste, pure.

• ceng kiet;

  undefiled.

• ceng-cìaⁿ;

  upright.

• ceng-lîet;

  chaste, even unto death.

• síu ceng;

  a betrothed girl whose affianced died before the nuptials, and who refuses to marry.

• ceng ńng;

  a virgin.

• ceng cak;

  a widow who will not marry again.

• tong-ceng;

  honest; trustworthy.

• ńng-ceng cí;

  seeds of the wax tree, used in medicine.

增

• To add; to increase.

• ceng ke;

  augment.

• ceng ke jîeh cōi?

  How much is to be added?

• àiⁿ ceng-thiⁿ;

  will increase the amount.

• ceng kè-cîⁿ;

  raise the price.

• ceng ke nâng;

  increase of population.

• ceng co;

  increase the rent.

• ceng kíam;

  increase and diminish.

• kia-ceng;

  to add to.

僧

• A Buddhist priest.

• ceng tău;

  priests and their teachings.

• lîu-ceng;

  a wandering bonze.

• la-má ceng;

  a lama or Mongol priest.

• lău ceng;

  an old priest.

• cí kâi am ŭ cêk peh ceng;

  this monastery has a hundred monks.

• ceng kang si;

  an official who governs his fellow priests.

偵

• A scout; one sent to reconnoitre.

• ceng-thàm;

  a scout.

• tng ceng-thàm;

  act as scout.

• phài ceng-thàm khṳ̀ chê;

  despatch a scout to reconnoitre.

• cí kâi ceng-thàm mîaⁿ-ke thàm sṳ̄;

  this scout is expert in discovering things.

睛

• The eyes; the eye ball; the iris.

• ūe lêng m̄ tíam ceng;

  to draw a dragon and leave out the eyes; to leave work without finishing it up.

• thóiⁿ kàu mâk m̄ cẃn ceng;

  gazing with motionless eye balls; staring fixedly.

烝

• To decant by steaming; the winter sacrifice.

• káu ceng káu sài;

  nine steamings and nine airings.

• ceng ngîap;

  entailed property whose proceeds are applied to ancestral sacrifices.

怔

• Restless; afraid.

• ceng-chong;

  agitated.

• ŭ kâi ceng-chong kâi pēⁿ;

  is very nervous.

• ceng-chong kâi nâng to̤ bô̤ táⁿ;

  nervous people are generally cowardly.

禎

• Felicitous.

• ceng-sîang;

  auspicious; lucky.

• chông ceng sói keng;

  take an auspicious time for cleaning the temples.

箏

• A sort of virginal or harpsichord, having twelve brass strings, and played with a plectrum.

• cuaⁿ ceng;

  play on the harpsichord.

• cêk keⁿ ceng;

  a harpsichord.

腫

• To swell; to tumefy; a swelling.

• céng-tìe;

  to swell up.

• céng thìaⁿ;

  swollen and painful.

• phû-céng;

  puffed up.

• n̂g-pûh céng;

  dropsical swelling.

• céng kâi pau;

  a hard small swelling.

• cúi céng;

  a watery swelling.

• cheⁿ céng;

  a black and blue swelling.

• n̂g céng phòng;

  a hard, permanent swelling.

• âng céng;

  a red swelling.

• céng hap;

  an inflamed swelling.

• nĕ céng-céng;

  badly swollen.

• thò̤ céng; sio céng;

  to reduce swelling.

• hāi i khàu kàu mâk céng;

  made him cry so that his eyes are swollen.

• mâk céng kàu peh m̄ khui;

  his eyes are swollen so that he cannot open them.

• céng kàu tōa-bó̤-ki;

  swollen to an immense size.

• nío-chṳ́ búe cĭn céng m̄ kiaⁿ sí nâng;

  people are not frightened to death by a rat’s tail, even when it is swollen to the uttermost.

燼

• Embers; brands; hot coals.

• húe-céng;

  coals that may be used for starting a fire.

• hŵn-lío chûn ŭ húe-céng mē?

  Are there any live coals left?

種

• A seed; a germ; a sort.

• céng-cí;

  seeds.

• īa céng-cí;

  to sow seed.

• lô̤h céng-cí;

  to put in the seed.

• hó̤ céng;

  good seed.

• m̄-hó̤ céng;

  bad seed.

• thŵn céng;

  propagate this variety.

• hó̤ céng-câk;

  of good stock.

• sĭm-mih céng-câk?

  Of what species is it?

• lâu pàng kò̤ cò̤ céng;

  save it for seed.

• tāu céng;

  vaccine virus.

• pńg tī céng;

  indigenous.

• gūa kò̤ céng;

  an exotic.

• àiⁿ tī cêk céng?

  Which variety do you want?

• câp céng;

  illegitimate.

• câp céng kíaⁿ;

  a bastard.

• cí-kò̤ bô̤ cía céng;

  this sort does not grow hereabouts.

• māng céng;

  seeds that grow slowly; perennial.

• khùe céng;

  annuals.

整

• To put in order; to repair.

• chî-chî céng-céng;

  put in fine order.

• siu-sîp kàu chî-céng căi;

  arranged very perfectly.

• m̄ chî m̄ céng;

  all out of repair.

症

• Disease; the causes and the symptoms of disease.

• pēⁿ-cèng;

  diseases.

• cèng-hāu;

  a malady.

• mn̄g cèng;

  to ascertain the symptoms; to diagnose a case.

• thóiⁿ cèng;

  consider the causes of the ailment.

• jīn cèng àiⁿ tīaⁿ, màiⁿ jīn tāⁿ cèng;

  in telling the symptoms, precision is essential, else you may confess to a disease you have not got.

• tōa cèng;

  a serious case.

• gūa cèng, lăi cèng;

  external and internal diseases.

• keng ngīam-kùe kâi cèng;

  a well understood malady.

• cí kâi cèng, úa keng ngīam-kùe cōi chṳ̀;

  I have treated many cases of this kind before.

• cí kâi pēⁿ-cèng iak-lîak cêk kâi gûeh cĭu hó̤ chŵn-jú, lṳ́ màiⁿ kiaⁿ;

  you need not be apprehensive, this ailment is one of which you may be well in about a month.

• sŭn cèng, ngêk cèng;

  a disease which follows or varies from the usual course of the disease; one which does or does not yield to treatment.

• kip cèng;

  acute diseases.

• kú cèng;

  chronic diseases.

• kín cèng;

  a violent attack.

• híam cèng;

  a dangerous attack.

• ngûi cèng;

  of a virulent type.

• cèng tăng căi;

  the ailment is very severe.

• cí īeⁿ cèng ío khin;

  this sort of ailment is not very severe.

• cía cèng kín-kip căi;

  this malady is of a very acute nature.

• sî cèng;

  season complaints.

• sî-lĕng cèng;

  cholera.

• un-mut cèng;

  a plague or pestilence.

• i sĭ lâu-sái cèng, lṳ́ màiⁿ khṳt i ùe tîeh;

  he has incipient cholera, do not you catch it from him.

• kám tîeh i kâi ùe khì, cĭu ŏi khṳt i kâi cèng ùe tîeh;

  if you absorb the exhalations from him, you will catch the disease from him.

• thâm-húe cèng;

  consumption.

• n̂g-sua cèng;

  jaundice.

• kó-cèng;

  dropsy of the bowels.

• lṳ́ thóiⁿ cí kâi cèng tì khṳ̀ sêng a būe?

  Do you consider that this disease has reached its climax?

• cèng sêng cĭu o̤h ui;

  a disease that has reached its climax is difficult to cure.

• cía cèng bô̤ ui;

  there is no cure for this disease.

• cía cèng hó̤ ui a m̄ hó̤ ui?

  Is this disease curable or incurable?

• thái-ko̤ cèng ŏi ùe tîeh nâng

• a bŏi?

  Is leprosy contagious?

• nín màiⁿ kiaⁿ, cí kâi pēⁿ cèng bŏi ùe nâng;

  you need not fear, this disease is not infectious.

• m̄ hó̤ khṳ̀ khṳt i kâi khì chong tîeh: cí īeⁿ cèng sĭ lĭ-hāi;

  you should not breath in the exhalations from his person and bedding: this disease is of a malignant type.

• khî cēng; kùai cèng;

  rare and strange diseases.

• pĭen cèng;

  to explain the nature of a disease.

• pìen cèng;

  to change the nature of a disease.

• saⁿ-câp-lâk cèng;

  the thirty-six varieties of disease.

• tîeh cèng;

  diseased.

• sí cèng;

  a deadly disease.

• ngĕ cèng;

  past all help by medicine.

• mn̄g cèng hwt îeh;

  attend upon and prescribe for.

• hng m̄ tùi cèng;

  this prescription is not applicable to that disease.

• mêh m̄ kah cèng;

  the pulse is not such as accords with the symptoms of that disease.

衆

• All; a concourse.

• cèng nâng;

  every one.

• cèng ūi;

  all of you gentlemen.

• kong cèng;

  the public in general.

• tăi cèng;

  the whole concourse.

• cèng mâk só̤ sĭ; cèng mâk cio-cio;

  every eye saw it.

• tăi cèng ke;

  all of you.

• cèng nâng, cèng sṳ̄;

  mankind and the affairs of mankind.

• sĭm sĭ hâh cèng;

  very agreeable to all concerned.

• cí kâi nâng m̄ hâh cèng;

  this person is unpopular.

• kúaⁿ put têk cèng;

  one is no match for many.

• cèng hieⁿ-lí;

  all the villages.

• cèng hiaⁿ-tĭ;

  all the brethren.

• chut cèng;

  above the common.

• nâng châi chut cèng;

  more talented than ordinary people.

• pún-nía chut cèng;

  excels others in ability.

• koi cèng;

  the many in the streets.

• po cèng;

  those ordinarily in the market places.

• cèng phò hŏ;

  all the shops.

• hâng cèng;

  those in the warehouses.

• cèng kheh-siang;

  all the merchants.

• cèng cûn ciah;

  all the boats.

• cèng hâng-kháu;

  all the warehouses.

證

• To testify; to substantiate; to prove.

• cèng-kìⁿ;

  to witness.

• cò̤ kang cèng kâi nâng;

  witnesses.

• cò̤ cèng-kìⁿ;

  be a witness.

• ŭ nâng hó̤ cò̤ kìⁿ-cèng;

  there are those who will testify to it.

• cèng-kṳ̆;

  proof.

• ŭ cèng ŭ kṳ̆;

  there is proof of it.

• cieh cèng;

  visible proof; circumstantial evidence.

• cò̤ cèng;

  use as evidence.

• cèng sît cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̆;

  adequate proof of this.

種

• To plant; to cultivate; to beget.

• cèng hue, cèng chài, cèng chīu;

  to plant flowers, vegetables, and trees.

• cèng cúi-cháu;

  plant bulrushes.

• cèng kúe-cí;

  plant fruit trees.

• cí kò̤ châng pheⁿ-phah àiⁿ cèng cò̤ tĭu hó̤, a sĭ àiⁿ cèng cò̤ cìa hó̤, a sĭ àiⁿ cèng cò̤ hun-kuah hó̤?

  Have you decided that it is best to plant this ground to flax, to sugarcane, or to potatoes?

• cí kò̤ tī, hó̤ cèng ŭ kúi táu céng?

  How many pecks of seeds should be put into this lot?

• côiⁿ nâng cèng chīu, ău nâng cia im;

  the pioneers plant trees and their successors enjoy the shade.

• cèng co̤h;

  to till the soil.

• cèng îeⁿ-tāu;

  to vaccinate.

政

• Politics; government; the departments or measures of a government; laws.

• cèng sṳ̄;

  politics.

• cèng lĕng;

  governmental orders.

• cèng kà;

  official admonitions.

• jîu cèng, ngîak cèng;

  mild or harsh government.

• sĭen cèng;

  a righteous government.

• chit cèng;

  the sun, moon, and five planets.

• péng cèng;

  cip cèng; to hold authority.

• ngí-cèng;

  a counselor of state.

• cham ngí cèng-sṳ̄;

  a council of state.

• lŭn cèng;

  discuss politics.

• pù-cèng-si; pù-cèng-sài;

  the commissioner of revenue.

• hŏng cèng tăi hu;

  a government officer.

訂

• To arrange satisfactorily; to settle terms; to adjust; to equalize; to fix on; to criticise; to compare; to collate; to edit.

• cèng khî, cèng tīaⁿ-tîeh lío;

  a set time has been agreed upon.

• cèng mêng;

  to arrange an armistice; to make peace.

• cí pang cṳ íⁿ-keng chíaⁿ tōa mîaⁿ-sek kâi nâng cèng-cìaⁿ kùe;

  have already invited a celebrated personage to revise these books.

嘗

• Denotes time past; usually; ever.

• būe cêng;

  has not yet had.

• úa m̄ cêng;

  I never did.

• cêng a m̄ cêng?

  Has it ever yet been?

• hô̤ cêng m̄ sĭ?

  How is it that there has never been any?

• i m̄ cêng cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  he has never been thus.

• būe cêng ŭ;

  has never yet had.

• cí kâi cêng, cí kâi m̄ cêng;

  this one has, but the other one has not.

• cêng khṳ̀ a būe?

  Has he ever been yet?

• cêng cîah a būe?

  Have you ever eaten any before?

• cêng lâi mē?

  Has he come?

• cêng cò̤ hó̤ a būe?

  Is it finished yet?

• i būe cêng ŭ;

  he has not yet had any.

• i m̄ cêng ŭ kíaⁿ;

  she has had no children.

• i būe cêng ŭ kíaⁿ;

  she has not yet had any children.

• cêng sîeⁿ kùe a m̄ cêng?

  Have you tested it?

• i m̄ cêng khîeh lâi;

  he has not brought it.

• i m̄ cêng khṳ̀;

  he has not gone.

• i m̄ cêng cò̤;

  he has not made any.

• úa m̄ cêng thiaⁿ;

  I have not heard.

• khá cêng cò̤ chin a bŭe?

  Has he yet engaged a wife?

• cêng tàⁿ kùe;

  I have said so already.

盡

• All; entirely.

• cêk suaⁿ cĕng sĭ cîeh;

  the mountain was wholly of rock.

• cí kâi tī-hng cĕng sĭ suaⁿ;

  this country is all mountainous.

• hue-hn̂g lăi cĕng sĭ hue-bâk kúe-cí;

  the garden was filled with flowering shrubs and fruit trees.

• cí cùaⁿ nâng cĕng sĭ hó̤ kâi;

  these people are all good.

• cí cho̤h ūe cĕng sĭ cí cuang sṳ̄ kâi;

  this talk is all about this affair.

• cĭu jît cĕng sĭ sṳ̄;

  something is going on all day long.

• úa thiaⁿ tîeh cĕng sĭ lṳ́ kâi ūe;

  I understood that all that was said was said by you.

• thong-sin cĕng sĭ mô̤ⁿ;

  his whole body is covered with hair.

• cí kâi tī cĕng sĭ sua;

  this soil consists wholly of sand.

• cí kâi suaⁿ cĕng sĭ sêng-peh, bô̤ mih cháu;

  these hills are all covered with firs, and there is hardly any grass.

淨

• Clear; to make clean; to purify.

• cĕng-cĕng;

  limpid.

• khiet-cĕng;

  pure.

• cĕng chíu;

  to wash the hands of something.

• kang cĕng;

  to cleanse.

• khṳ̀ kàu kang-kang cĕng-cĕng;

  that which defiled is taken completely away.

• kang cĕng sĭ cía kâi;

  this is the clean and empty one.

• sói cĕng;

  wash so that none of the former uncleanness remains.

• sàu cĕng;

  sweep out clean.

靖

• To tranquilize; to keep in order.

• uaⁿ-cĕng;

  well ordered.

• uaⁿ-cĕng tī-hng;

  restore peace to the country.

• tâng tìn-thâi lâi pōiⁿ cêk ùaⁿ ău, tī-hng cĭu ío uaⁿ-cĕng;

  after the general-in-chief came and put the country in order, it was more settled and peaceful.

• phêng-cĕng kâi tī-hng;

  a tranquil region.