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

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贔

• To exert one’s self; to put forth strength to the utmost.

• lâi sie tàu keng, keng thóiⁿ tī-tîang îaⁿ;

  let us pit ourselves against each other and see who ia the strongest.

• híam-híam keng m̄ khṳ̀;

  it came near being beyond my strength.

• keng kàu ie ku-ku;

  bent under the effort.

• màiⁿ cîah pá, cū tó̤ keng lâk;

  do not eat all you can hold, when testing your strength to the uttermost.

更

• To alter; to change; to rearrange.

• lṳ́ àiⁿ cò̤-nî keng-kói?

  What alterations are you going to make?

• keng-êk cò̤ cìeⁿ-seⁿ kèng hó̤;

  to change it and make it thus would be better.

• keng i, ūaⁿ phâu;

  change his attire.

經

• To manage; to plan; what is regular, orderly, or standard; canons; manuals; to pass through, by, or across.

• i mîaⁿ-ko keng-îong;

  he is apt in the calculation of ways and means.

• i tó̤ tng keng-sêng;

  he is the head clerk in a district yamun.

• keng-thiaⁿ;

  chief secretary in a prefect’s yamun.

• úa m̄ cêng keng chíu;

  it did not go through my hands.

• sĭ úa keng chìu cò̤ kâi;

  it went through my hands.

• cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ bô̤ keng kùe úa kâi chíu, úa m̄ cai;

  this affair did not come under my management and I do not know.

• keng úa kâi mâk thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;

  passed under my eye.

• cía sṳ̄ lṳ́ pat keng kùe mē?

  Have you looked this matter over?

• līam keng;

  to chant a liturgy.

• thâk keng;

  read the standard works.

• cia sĭ thong keng lôk kâi îeh;

  this medicine is one that goes through all the blood vessels.

• i sĭ m̄ pat keng kùe sṳ̄ kâi nâng;

  he is one who has had no experience in affairs.

• cí thâng keng hùi hàm tī-tîang chut?

  Who is to be called upon to meet the regular outlay this time?

• cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ m̄ sĭ úa keng-kẃn kâi;

  this matter is outside my jurisdiction.

• sṳ̄ m̄ sĭ pat keng kùe, to m̄ cai kang-khó;

  not having experienced this he does not know its hardship.

• cí kâi nâng sĭ ŭ tăi keng cì;

  this is a man of deep learning.

• cí cêk pùe nâng mih sṳ̄ to keng kùe;

  these people have passed through all sorts of experiences.

• gûeh keng;

  the menses.

• tn̆g keng;

  the change of life.

• keng kùe hẃn-lw̆n, keng kùe cúi-cai, keng kùe tōa ki-hng;

  passed through a civil war, through a flood, and through famine.

• cía sĭ cìaⁿ-keng kâi sṳ̄;

  this is what happens in the regular course of things.

• tṳ̂ hía jûi cìaⁿ cṳ keng kâi gūa, pât īeⁿ cîⁿ i m̄ káⁿ àiⁿ;

  he will not dare ask for any more than the regular allowance.

弓

• A bow; a bow-shot.

• thâu hōⁿ kâi tăng keng jîeh cōi kṳn?

  How many pounds weight is required to draw the largest of these cross-bows?

• i mîaⁿ-ke khui ngĕ keng;

  he is expert in the drawing of stiff bows; he can manage people.

• keng kio cìⁿ kâi khin tăng tîeh phùe tit kùe cìaⁿ hó̤ ēng;

  the weight of the arrow must correspond with that of the bow, then they are servicable.

• cí ki keng kúi kâi lâk?

  How much strength is required to draw this bow?

• keng la kàn múaⁿ-múaⁿ;

  draw a bow to its utmost stretch.

• cí ki sĭ bé keng a sĭ pō keng?

  Is this such a bow as is used by the cavalry, or by the infantry?

• khui keng m̄ pàng cìⁿ;

  stretch the bow without shooting the arrow; empty threats.

• i tŏ̤ îaⁿ tèng cîah keng-cìⁿ hìang;

  he is in camp, living on his pay as an archer.

• lâi cĭang thóiⁿ cí-kò̤ jîeh cōi keng pō;

  come and measure and see how many bow-shots it is.

• ēng keng-cĭang lâi cĭang;

  measure it by bow-shots.

• keng cĭang; keng pō;

  a wooden square for marking off land.

• i tó̤ khui keng-ciⁿ phò;

  he keeps a shop for the sale of bows and arrows.

• keng tŏ̤;

  a quiver.

• keng hîⁿ;

• a a bow-string.

• tau cò̤ kâi keng;

  bend and fasten it in the shape of a bow.

• keng pù;

  the curve of a bow.

• cĭeⁿ keng hîⁿ;

  to string a bow.

**驚蟄](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/驚蟄)keng-têk67

• The beginning of spring, from the 5th to the 20th of March.

• keng-têk lûi;

  spring thunder showers.

• keng-têk būe kùe lûi soiⁿ híang;

  you will always hear thunder before spring sets in.

宮

• A palace; a mansion; an ancestral temple.

• ûang keng;

  the palace.

• keng tōiⁿ;

  grand buildings; state edifices.

• keng-bīe;

  a temple.

• cìaⁿ keng hûang-hŏ;

  the Empress.

• phah ló̤h né keng;

  sent to the palace for discarded concubines.

• keng hui;

  imperial concubines.

• keng ngô̤ múiⁿ ńng; keng ńng; keng jîn;

  maids in the palace.

• ô̤h keng;

  a college.

景

• A prospect; a fine view; a good site; aspecte; circumstances.

• sèng-kéng;

  picturesque.

• múiⁿ kéng;

  fine scenery.

• kuang-kéng;

  the prospect.

• lṳ́ cìeⁿ-sî kâi kuang-kéng jîeh hó̤?

  What are your prospects at present?

• úa cìeⁿ-sî bô̤ mih hó̤ kuang-kéng;

  my prospects are not now very good.

• hṳ́ kò̤ kéng tī ngía căi;

  the scenery there is very fine.

• cía hó̤ lâi pái kéng;

  this should be displayed to view.

• cĭam jîp kia kéng;

  gradually came to easy circumstances.

• hṳ́-kò̤ ŭ sĭm-mih kuang-kéng hó̤ thit-thô̤ mē?

  Are there any sights there for one to go and see?

• îaⁿ kéng;

  a display of tableaux in a procession.

• lîang-sîn múiⁿ-kéng;

  fine weather and beautiful scenery.

• hó̤ mêⁿ-kéng;

  a fine night.

• poih kéng;

  the remarkable objects in a place.

警

• To warn; to caution.

• kéng sì kâi ūe;

  language tending to reform the age.

• kèng-kài ĕ chṳ̀ m̄ káⁿ;

  warn not to do the same another time.

• cía sĭ tó̤ kéng-chéⁿ nâng kâi ūe;

  these are words of warning to the people.

• suah cêk, kéng peh;

  executing one deters a hundred.

境

• A boundary; a limit; a region.

• kéng-kài;

  the frontier.

• jīo kàu kùe kéng khṳ̀;

  pursued him beyond the border.

• siu-sîp kàu cū sĭ sien-kéng;

  have made it like fairy-land.

• i kâi kéng-ngŏ̤ hó̤;

  his condition in life is comfortable.

• lîn kéng k6ai tī-hng ŭ mē?

  Are there any in the adjacent places?

• hâh kéng phêng-ang;

  the whole neighborhood is at peace.

弓

• Crescent; bowed; arched.

• wn-kéng;

  like a bow; curved.

• i kâi kha wn-kéng wn-kéng nē;

  he is bow-legged.

• i sang chíu wn-kéng wn-kéng;

  his arms are very much curved.

竟

• Finally; to go through a matter to the end.

• kìu-kéng sĭ cò̤-nî?

  Sifted to the bottom, what does it amount to? After all, what is it?

敬

• To honor; to venerate; to show respect to.

• hàuⁿ-kèng pĕ-bó̤;

  reverence one’s parents.

• kèng sîn sĭ cêk kâi sim;

  veneration for the gods is of the heart.

• kèng cíu;

  to respectfully offer a glass of wine.

• cía khah sit kèng;

  this is too disrespectful.

• kèng sieh jī cúa;

  respect written paper; when added to handbills, it means, “do not deface nor tear this down.”

• sìn thâu to̤-to̤ sĭ sía kèng khí cía;

  letters generally have some respectful terms written at the beginning.

• kèng-tŏng;

  treat respectfully.

• to bô̤ mûeh hó̤ lâi kèng lṳ́;

  have nothing to offer you as an expression of my respect for you.

• chîo-thêng hŵn-lío sĭ kèng láu, cun hîen;

  even the high officers of government show respect to the aged, and veneration for the wise.

• kèng pât nâng cū sĭ kèng ka-kī;

  to respect others is to respect one’s self.

• lṳ́ li kèng nâng, nâng li kèng lṳ́;

  treat others respectfully, and others will treat you respectfully.

更

• More; still more.

• cí kâi kèng tōa;

  this is still larger.

• cía sui sĭ hó̤, hía kèng hó̤;

  although this is good, that is still better.

• jú-kèng kú;

  still longer.

• jú-kèng hn̆g;

  still farther.

• cía úa kèng àiⁿ;

  this I desire yet more.

竟

• To go through a matter to the end; finally.

• i kèng bô̤ cêk kù ūe;

  he never said a word.

• i kèng-jîen m̄ hío;

  after all he did not comprehend it.

窮

• Impoverished; the poor.

• i sĭ khio-kêng kâi nâng;

  they are very poor people.

• kêng ke nâng;

  poverty stricken people.

• i cí ău kêng lío;

  he has become very poor lately.