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

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娼

• A prostitute.

• chiang-kĭ;

  a strumpet.

• chiang ke;

  a bagnio.

• o̤ chiang, siet tó;

  harbour prostitutes and institute games of chance.

• chiang, iu, cău, cut, to sĭ hĭa-cūaⁿ kâi nâng;

  courtesans, actors, yamen runners, and jailors are low people.

• chiang kíaⁿ lṳ́!

  You little coquette!

菖

• chiang-phû;

  calamus.

• káu cak chiang-phû;

  nine joints of sweet flag.

猖

• Boisterous; insubordinate.

• chiang-khûang;

  mad.

• chiang-chiang khûang-khûang;

  acting like one possessed.

• i sĭm sĭ chiang-khûang;

  he is very unruly.

• chiang-khiet;

  obstreperous; ferocious.

昌

• Having many descendants.

• ău-ĭ chiang-sĕng căi;

  his posterity is numerous.

厰

• A shed; a shelter.

• sîn chíang;

  a pavilion for the gods.

• phâng chíang;

  a shed where sails are kept under shelter.

• cûn chíang;

  a boat house.

• ngīam hùe chíang;

  an examining shed.

• îam chíang;

  a salt shed.

倡

• To lead; to take the lead.

• hṳ́ hùaⁿ nâng sĭ i tó̤ chìang chut;

  all those people are lead on by him.

• cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ i chìang-sí kâi;

  it was he who instigated this.

• hu chìang hŭ sûi;

  the husband leads, and the wife follows.

唱

• To take the lead in singing.

• chìang hŏ̤;

  the call and response in chanting.

• lṳ́ chìang úa hŏ̤;

  you lead and I will follow.

• chìang lói;

  to give orders at a ceremony.

• thâng chìang;

  to thrum and sing.

• chìang hì;

  to sing plays.

• chìang tău;

  to call out to clear the road.

• kò̤ chìang;

  to sing solos.

薔

• The red rose.

• chîang-mûi-hue;

  the cinnamon rose.

• chîang-mûi lō;

  rose water made from red roses.

腸

• The intestines.

• tăi chîang, sìo chîang;

  the large and the small intestines.

• tît chîang;

  the rectum.

• sìo-chîang-khì;

  colic.

• chîang huang hĭa hueh;

  blind piles.

長

• A long time; to excel.

• chîang-kú;

  always; a long time.

• chîang seⁿ put láu;

  physical immortality.

• sĭ i só̤ chîang;

  it is what he excels in.

• cêk bô̤ só̤ chîang;

  he excels in nothing.

鍫

• A crowbar; to dig with a crowbar.

• phûe-chîang;

  a wooden crowbar having an iron sheath.

• thih chîang;

  an iron crowbar.

• chîang kàu kâi khang chim-chim;

  dig out a deep hole.

• chîang kâi khang hó̤ khîa ki thĭo;

  dig a hole to set a post in.

常

• Common; ordinary; always.

• úa thóiⁿ tîeh phêng-chîang;

  it appears to me to be an ordinary thing.

• phêng-phêng chîang-chîang, bô̤ sĭm-mih ko̤h īeⁿ;

  it is quite ordinary, and does not differ from the common ones.

• chîang-chîang sìo-līam lṳ́;

  I am always speaking about you.

• úang-chîang i to m̄ pat cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  he never did so before.

• lṳ́ tîeh chîang lâi cē;

  you must come oftener.

• chîang ŭ kâi sṳ̄;

  it is a common occurrence.

• chîang ŭ kâi mûeh;

  it is an ordinary thing.

踦

• Having only one good leg; crippled; halt.

• chĭang kha-teⁿ;

  to hop on one foot, having only one sound leg.

• kîaⁿ to m̄ kîaⁿ, cò̤-nî tó̤ chĭang?

  Why do you not walk properly instead of hopping along on one foot?

• kúai-kha chĭang-tôi kâi nâng;

  a cripple.

• i nŏ̤ kâi tó̤ chĭang-chin-cheⁿ;

  the two are playing the game of hopping on one foot over seven stones placed at equal distances apart.