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

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功

• Achievement; good service; virtue ; meritorious.

• i kâi kong-lâu tōa;

  his merit is great.

• cò̤ sṳ̄ cò̤ kàu sêng kong;

  one must bring what one does to a successful issue.

• ŭ kong kâi chîn-cṳ́;

  courtiers who have done meritorious deeds.

• kong-chîn ău-ĭ;

  the descendants of deserving ministers.

• bô̤ kong ien káⁿ cîah lôk?

  Without having done anything deserving reward, how dare one draw his salary?

• ŭ kong-tek kîp mîn;

  has done good works in behalf of the people.

• kĭen kong, lîp ngîap;

  achieve virtue, and found an estate.

• kong-mîaⁿ chî cá to ŭ sìo;

  merit is sooner or later rewarded.

• thû-lâu bô̤ kong;

  to labor without advantage.

• cău-hùe cí thiap îeh cîah lô̤h khṳ̀ ŭ kong-hāu;

  as it happened this dose of medicine proved effective when taken.

• i íⁿ-keng kong sêng, mîaⁿ cĭu lío;

  he has already achieved a reputation.

• i tó̤ cò̤ kong-tek;

  he is making merit.

• i kâi hà hôk sĭ sìo kong a tăi kong?

  Does he wear mourning for five or for nine months.

公

• Public; common; open; equal to all; general; just; equitable; the first of the five ranks of nobility; a duke, a lord, a master.

• kong sṳ̄;

  public business.

• kong hŭe;

  club, association, or public society.

• kong só̤ tī-hng;

  town houses or public halls.

• kong-tău;

  fair, equitable.

• kong-kong tău-tău;

  perfectly just.

• i cò̤ sṳ̄ úa thóiⁿ tîeh m̄ kong-tău;

  he acts in a way that appears to me to bo unfair.

• kong-cìaⁿ kâi hieⁿ sin;

  upright village elders.

• cèng nâng lâi kong lí;

  all came to make a fair settlement.

• tăi-ke àiⁿ kong-kṳ́ tī-tîang?

  Whom do you all want to put forward as a candidate?

• kong-ciak;

  a duke.

• kong îa;

  my lord, the duke.

• kong cṳ́;

  a young gentleman; officers, gentlemen.

• sío kong-cṳ́;

  a wild young gentleman.

• hua-hua kong-cṳ́;

  a young spendthrift.

• tōa siang kong;

  a term used in addressing a clerk in a yamun or a large house.

• kong cú;

  the emperor’s daughter.

• i sĭ kong ke cò̤-pû cîah a sĭ pun khui cîah?

  Do the whole family take their meals together, or do they eat separately?

• a-kong;

  a grandfather.

• thài kong;

  great grandfather.

• gūa kong;

  maternal grandfather.

• kong má;

  grandparents.

• hŏng có-kong; pài có-kong;

  worship of ancestors.

• kong có tăi-jîn;

  the Prefect.

• nŏ̤ kong phûa hûa căi;

  the old couple agree very well.

• cía sĭ kong băng;

  this is a public fund.

• i sai-khih nâng kâi kong cîⁿ;

  he embezzles the public funds.

• hùi tīo kong mûeh;

  waste the public property.

• hak ke cêk cho̤h kong ngîap;

  buy some more public property.

• tì-chàng ke ho̤h cōi kong châng kong phò;

  buy in ever so many more fields and shops to be used in common.

• kong sim;

  public spirited.

• kong phêng;

  just; equitable.

• kong phêng kau-êk;

  a fair bargain.

• kong bŭ hŵn căi;

  public business of many kinds.

• kong tn̂g;

  a public hall.

• kong tī;

  a common.

• cêk jī jîp kong mn̂g, káu gû thoa m̄ chut;

  when a complaint is once entered at the yamun, nine oxen cannot draw it out.

• péng kong phōiⁿ sṳ̄;

  adjudicate in accordance with equity.

• soiⁿ kong, ău sai;

  public interests before pi-ivate business.

• sĭ kong hun, a sĭ pêh thô?

  Is it the best quality of opium, or the worst?

攻

• To attack; to assault; to fight with; to set to work at; to apply to; to rouse by reproving.

• kong-phah i kâi tī-hng;

  attacked their country.

• cèng nâng kong-khek cêk nâng;

  they all set upon him.

• kong sîaⁿ;

  assault a citadel.

• jît mêⁿ kong cṳ;

  study hard day and night.

• íⁿ tâk kong tâk;

  use poison as an antidote for

poison.

• kong m̄ phùa;

  fail to take by assault.

• kong phùa i kâi îaⁿ-cē;

  captured their in- trenchment.

• hŭe-côi kong-tú i;

  assemble and withstand them in battle.

• pin-lô̤ lêng hĭa khì, kong kien;

  betel-nut will disperse wind and reduce congestion.

• méⁿ-méⁿ tîeh ēng kong thâm kâi îeh lâi kong tīo cí cho̤h thâm;

  must quickly take some medicine which will remove phlegm, and clear out the throat with it.

• soiⁿ kong-sùaⁿ cí tíam cék khì;

  first dissipate the humors which have accumnlated.

• cē khì, hueh cū kong sim;

  as soon as one is angry, the blood rushes to the heart.

• khṳt cho̤h thâm cē kong, cū hun-kông khṳ̀;

  as soon as he was choked with mucous he became insensible.

工

• An artisan; skilled work; skill; a job.

• sṳ̆ lông kong siang;

  literary men, farmers, artisans and merchants.

• i cò̤ lâi ceng-kong căi;

  he has done it in a most workmanlike manner.

• cía sît-căi nâng khá tô̤h thien kong;

  this man has certainly seized upon the skill of nature in doing things expertly.

• cía sĭ tōa kong thîaⁿ;

  this is a big job.

恭

• The exhibition of respectful feeling.

• kong-hí;

  I respectfully wish you joy, (as at the New Year).

• khṳ̀ kio i kong-hí kâi nâng ho̤h cōi;

  those who went to wish him a Happy New Year were many.

管

• A tube; a short cylinder.

• cam khǹg tŏ̤ cam-kóng tói;

  the needles are put away in the needle-case.

• tek kóng;

  a small dipper or measure made from a section of the trunk of a bamboo.

• cêk kóng lâng;

  the core of a boil.

貢

• To offer to a liege lord things for service; presents from foreign nations given in homage; fit for presents or tribute; the best sort; to offer service.

• cìn kòng;

  to bring tribute.

• kòng sài;

  tribute bearers.

• sĭ lâi k`o͘ng sĭm-mih mûeh?

  What does he bring as tribute?

• kòng lói;

  presents sent to Court.

• tōa kùe kòng-īⁿ;

  bigger than an examination hall, (in which the graduates are supposed to offer their talents for their country’s service).

• kòng cûn;

  a ship bearing tribute.

• ŭ sĭm-mih ko̤h īeⁿ mûeh-kĭaⁿ lâi kòng-hìen;

  has some curious thing to present.

• líam ki kòng-hieⁿ lâi phīⁿ phang;

  light a large white incense stick and smell its odor.

• i tàⁿ cí kâi sĭ kòng tn̄g;

  he says this is the very best sort of satin.

• kòng tău sĭ îu tī-kò̤?

  By what route is the tribute brought?

• kien kòng;

  those graduates who have bought their degree.

• chut kòng;

  graduates who have tried for ten years to get the next degree.

• lī kòng;

  one who has bought an office.

馥

• Odoriferous; diffused odor.

• cêk koiⁿ kòng-kòng phang; sĭ ûn hieⁿ-châ a m̄ sĭ?

  The whole place is full of a sweet smell; it comes from burning sandal wood does it not?

• phīⁿ tîeh kòng-kòng phang;

  smells very fragrant.

礟

• A cannon; a howitzer.

• cí bûe kòng kâi seⁿ-cu ēng jîeh tōa?

  How large a ball is required for this cannon?

• sin cù cêk mn̂g tâng kòng;

  a newly cast brass cannon.

• kòng chóiⁿ;

  a swab for cleaning a cannon.

• kòng kâi îeh lóng-cóng jîp pīn;

  the cannon is already loaded.

䀊

• To roil; to stir up and make turbid.

• kŏng kàu lô̤-lô̤;

  roil by stirring.

• kŏng lô̤ i;

  roil it up.

• m̄ tîeh kŏng nâng kâi cúi ŏi tit lô̤ cìaⁿ ŭ ēng, tó̤ kŏng nâng kâi cúi m̄ lô̤ cò̤ ŭ ēng nē?

  Of what use is it to make a fuss, if you do not make one that amounts to something?