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

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鈴

• A small bell with a clapper.

• leng-leng-kìe sĭ tī-tîang tó̤ ĭe leng?

  Who is it that is ringing a bell and making that jangling sound?

• bé ăm ĕ kùa kâi leng;

  the horse wore a bell under his neck.

推

• To push.

• léng tó̤;

  pushed it over.

• khṳt i léng pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;

  was pushed by him so that I fell down.

• nâng-mûeh cōi oi-oi léng-léng;

  there were a great number of people, crowding and pushing.

• i léng i pûah lô̤h hái;

  he pushed her into the sea.

• úa máng i bûa, lṳ́ léng i khui;

  when I was pulling it toward me, you pushed it away.

• léng m̄ tin-tăng;

  it does not budge when pushed.

• thóiⁿ kéng sie léng;

  like pushing and crowding each other at a show.

企

• To stand on tiptoe.

• lèng khí kha cū thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;

  if you stand up straight you will see it.

• lèng kûiⁿ cē cū khîeh tîeh;

  stretch up a little higher and you will reach it.

• cē lèng kûiⁿ cū mông tîeh;

  as soon as I stretched up I got hold of it.

• lèng khí kha tó̤ mō̤ⁿ;

  drawn up to his utmost height gazing at it.

• i kâi kîaⁿ-lō lèng-kha-búe lèng-kha-búe;

  he walks on tiptoe.

靈

• The spirit or energy of a being; that which acts on others to produce effects; spiritual, etherial; intelligent; that which is efficacious ; the majesty of a god; felicitous; effective; powerful; mysterious; unseen; obscure; a disembodied agency; divine; supernatural aid; whatever can hold converse with the unseen; a coffin, as it contains the departed spirit; the highest type of a class, as man is of created beings; lucky, opportune; subtile; ingenious; marvelous; showing genius; astute.

• lêng-ngīam;

  effectual.

• lêng-hûn;

  the human soul, including its intelligence and its substance.

• lêng èng;

  a divine response, an effectual answer.

• ceng-lêng;

  clever, apt.

• sù-lâi sĭm sĭ lêng ĭ;

  has heretofore manifested his supernatural wonders.

• kìu bw̄n seⁿ-lêng;

  rescue all living beings.

• sìaⁿ-lêng;

  the Holy Spirit (a foreign term).

• sìaⁿ-lêng kám-tŏng;

  the Holy Spirit moves him.

• thiu cêk ki lêng chiam;

  draw a lot from the box of splints shaken before an idol.

• i kâi khùe pok lâi lêng căi;

  his cast in divination was very accurately made.

• i sí ău ŭ lêng căi;

  he manifested himself very intelligently after his death.

• hṳ́ kâi sí lío cn̂g kâi bô̤ léng;

  that one gave no spiritual manifestation of himself after he died.

• lêng-ūi;

  the ante-burial tablet.

• chài cêk kâi lêng-têng;

  make a canopy and platform for a body to lie in state.

• pài hûe-lêng;

  worship the ante-burial tablet which is brought back from the grave.

• tì lêng;

  set the coffin in place, where it lies in state.

• lêng chn̂g;

  the platform, with the dead to be worshipped.

• sîn-lêng hŭ-cŏ̤;

  the gods and spirits lend their aid.

• lêng-tŏng căi;

  very quick of apprehension.

• lêng-khì;

  the spirit or energy of a being.

• suaⁿ chwn kâi lêng-khì seⁿ kâi;

  what is produced by the indwelling power of the mountains and streams.

羚

• A deer like a sheep, having small horns which are prized as a medicine.

• lêng-îang;

  an antelope.

• lêng-îang kak;

  antelope’s horns.

另

• Besides; another; furthermore; apart.

• lêng-gūa; lêng-ūaⁿ;

  still, again, besides, in addition to.

• lêng-gūa ŭ jîeh cōi?

  How many more are there?

• lṳ́ kio úa lêng-ūaⁿ cò̤ kâi;

  you make another for me.

• lêng-gūa hŵn-lío ŭ mē?

  Are there others beside?

• lêng bói cêk cho̤h;

  bought some beside.

• i àiⁿ lêng-gūa lâi a m̆?

  Is he coming again?

• mîaⁿ lêng kŭ;

  my name is written elsewhere, (a phrase at the end of a note).

• i kúi hiaⁿ-tĭ lóng-cóng lêng-kṳ̆ lêng chẁn;

  the brothers all live separately and take their meals apart.

能

• Power, ability, skill; apt, capable, skillful, competent.

• châi-lêng;

  talent.

• lêng-kàng;

  executive ability.

• ŭ lêng-ûi;

  is competent.

• bô̤ lêng-ûi;

  incapable.

• tōa lêng-ûi;

  mighty.

• lṳ́ lêng-tit cìeⁿ-seⁿ mē?

  Can you do thus?

• put lêng-tit;

  cannot.

• lêng-tit cò̤;

  can do it.

• bô̤ só̤ put lêng;

  omnipotent.

• kĭaⁿ-kĭaⁿ lêng, bô̤ kĭaⁿ ceng;

  can do all sorts of things, but can do nothing perfectly; a jack-at-all-trades and master of none.

• lêng nâng só̤ put lêng;

  can do what others cannot do.

• put lêng cai;

  unknowable.

• lêng sueh, put lêng hêng;

  can discourse about it but cannot act up to it.

**玲瓏](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/玲瓏)lêng-lông544

• Finely carved or cut like grottoes; bright, witty, ornate.

• gêk sek lêng-lông;

  bright like jade.

• i kâi sim-heng pí pât nâng kèng lêng-lông;

  he is sharper witted than other people.

• i kâi sim lêng-lêng lông-lông;

  he is very bright.

龍

• A dragon, the chief of scaly beings, and invested with supernatural powers to change its shape; used as an emblem of imperial power and awe; the emperor’s person; imperial; dragon like; by Buddhists, used for nagas or snake gods; in matters relating to betrothals it is often used for a man; much used by geomancers to embody those terrestrial and occult influences and positions which act on and determine human prosperity; figured with dragons; to pervade; to bud.

• phĕ lêng-cûn;

  to paddle a dragon boat; long narrow fast boats having a dragon’s head at the prow, and moved by many paddles.

• lêng náu-hieⁿ;

  Baroos camphor.

• lêng hieⁿ; lêng ĭen-hieⁿ;

  ambergris.

• lêng kì;

  the Chinese flag, having a dragon on it.

• lêng kîaⁿ, hóⁿ pō;

  a majestic bearing.

• nín khṳ̀ tī-kò̤ lîah lêng?

  Where did you go to obtain a site whose influences would produce prosperity?

• hái lêng ûang;

  the sea-dragon king, or the Neptune of the Chinese: he is a naga whose glorious palace is at the bottom of the ocean, north of Mount Meru.

• lêng pâi;

  the imperial tablet reverenced by officers.

• tìn-tang sāi kò̤ lêng pâi;

  an imperial tablet was set up in the centre.

• lêng mêh;

  the dragon’s pulse, the subtle geomantic tokens and influences of a locality.

• tī lêng;

  earth-worms.

• lêng hŏng lói thiap;

  betrothal cards.

• chîm lêng, tíam hwt;

  search for the dragon and point out his den; to fix on a lucky spot.

• lêng tō ngía căi;

  the site is a very fine one.

• lí-hṳ̂ thìo lêng mn̂g;

  the carp has vaulted over the dragon’s gate; rapid promotion.

• lêng-hûiⁿ-búe;

  a water-spout.

• lêng-chiu-cháu;

  a species of bulrush, used for weaving matting.

• ngŏ jío lêng;

  the five clawed dragon. chēng lêng phâu;

  wear a cloak which has the figure of a dragon embroidered on it.

• hue-gê kuah cò̤ chîⁿ-lêng kâi;

  the ornamentation is that of a dragon carved in bas-relief.

• kau-lêng pw̆n tīo tī-hng;

  a mountain dragon despoiled the place.

• ūe cò̤ sang lêng chíeⁿ pó̤;

  draw the figures of two dragons one on either side of a ball which they seem to be struggling for.

• lêng thâu, hŏng búe;

  the head of a dragon and the tail of a phenix.

• lêng lâng;

  the scales of a dragon.

• lêng kauh cúi;

  a dragon wallowing in the water.

• lêng-chiu cúi;

  a steady pouring rain.

• lì kàu lêng-khang thàng hóⁿ-khang;

  tear it till the dragon’s den trenches upon the tiger’s; rip it in pieces.

凌

• To insult ; to treat vilely.

• lêng-jôk;

  to put to shame; to humble.

• sĭu i lêng-jôk;

  was insulted by him.

• màiⁿ lêng-ngîak;

  do not maltreat him.

• sĭ sì khi-lêng nâng;

  makes use of his power to humble other people.

零

• The last drops of a shower.

• lêng-lô̤h;

  stripped of leaves; standing alone; scattered, as a population.

• i cí ău kâi ke lêng-lô̤h lío;

  the family is now all scattered.

• taⁿ cò̤-nî cū pāi kàu lêng-lêng lô̤h-lô̤h?

  How is it that they are now driven to such straits as to be all scattered apart?

• toaⁿ kâi kíaⁿ sap-sap ìuⁿ, sît-căi sĭ lêng-teng, ko-khó;

  has only one miserable little child, and is indeed solitary and forlorn.

嚨

• The throat, the gullet.

• i kâi âu-lêng thìaⁿ;

  she has a sore throat.

• âu-lêng ôih, thun m̄ lô̤h;

  his throat is small and he cannot swallow it.

• kéⁿ tŏ̤ âu-lêng kò̤;

  stuck in his throat.

𡨴

• Serenity of mind; to bring repose to; rather; better.

• uaⁿ-lêng;

  tranquil.

• hâp ke uaⁿ-lêng;

  the family are all well.

• lêng-kò̤; lêng-khó̤;

  the rather; I prefer.

• cìeⁿ-se lêng-kò̤ sí kèng hó̤;

  it is better to die than to do that.

• lêng sí m̄ khéng sĭu jôk;

  rather die than bear insult.

• lêng khó̤ sìn khî ŭ, mó̤ sìn khî bô̤;

  it is better to believe that it exists than that it does not.

陵

• A tumulus over a grave, now applied to the mausolea of emperors.

• thiⁿ-ĕ hẃn-lw̆n, kŭa ûang-lêng khṳt nâng thau líu khṳ̀;

  the whole empire is in anarchy, and even the imperial tombs are secretly dug open.

• phài nâng khṳ̀ cíeⁿ ûang-lêng;

  depute persons to guard the imperial tombs.

翎

• Pendant tail feathers.

• tì hue-lêng;

  wear a peacock’s feather, as an official badge.

• lâm-lêng;

  a raven’s plume.

• saⁿ ngán hue lêng;

  a three eyed feather, worn by high nobles.

• lêng kńg;

  the tube to hold the feather.

• p¶oih tīo i kâi lêng;

  deprived him of his feather, a mark of official disapprobation.

• síeⁿ cêk tîo lêng;

  to confer a feather as a reward.

鴒

• A general name for birds of the wagtail and lark families.

• peh-lêng;

  the lark.

• i ki chùi cū peh-lêng;

  he has a lark’s mouth; he is an eloquent speaker.

• sài thóiⁿ tī-tîang kâi pêh-lêng kìe cōi īeⁿ siaⁿ;

  find out by a singing match which lark can sing the best.

伶

• Clever; sprightly.

• lêng-lāi;

  astute, shrewd, quick-witted.

籐

• Tendrils.

• kue thiu tîo lêng tŏa tŏ̤ chīu tèng;

  the melon has put forth a tendril and is climbing the tree.

• tāu kâi lêng;

  the tendrils of the bean-stalk.

**凌㓾](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/凌㓾)lêng-chî64

• The ignominious slow punishment of quartering a criminal, or cutting him in pieces.

• tōa lêng-chî;

  cutting in many pieces.

• sòi lêng-chî;

  cutting in a few pieces (the skin of the forehead is first cut and is laid over the eyes).

**籠甑](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/籠甑)lêng-sn̂g951

• A steamer used for steaming or boiling rice and cakes; it has wooden sides and a splint bottom.

• ĭoⁿ khí lêng-sn̂g cū sĭ kúe;

  lift the steamer and there is the cake.

令

• A law, a rule, an order; to enjoin upon, to command, to warn; to oblige to do; to occasion, to cause; a period of time, or that which marks it; in direct address used for you or your.

• lĕng cun tŏ̤ mē?

  Is your father at home?

• lĕng thâng jîeh khin-kīaⁿ;

  Is your mother well?

• cìeⁿ-sî ŭ sî-lĕng pēⁿ;

  has lately had ailments such as are common at this season.

• mĕng-lĕng;

  an order or command.

• cun tōa nâng kâi mĕng-lĕng;

  obey the orders of his superior.

• kung-lĕng ngīam căi;

  the military orders are very strict.

• hō̤-lĕng siam-ngîam;

  the written orders are exceedingly strict.

• sîtcăi lĕng nâng seⁿ khì;

  does indeed make one angry.

• lĕng cìⁿ;

  a dart with a triangular flag on it, given to a messenger to express urgency.

• lĕng kî;

  a flag having written orders upon it.

• hwt ki o lĕng, ah khṳ̀ thâi;

  issue an order on black paper, for him to be taken to execution.

• ûang lĕng pâng;

  the office from which the orders are issued.

• lĕng-cìaⁿ;

  your wife.

佞

• Eloquent; persuasive; insinuating.

• i ío hó̤ kháu-lĕng;

  he is the more ready of speech.

• hṳ́ kâi cn̂g kâi bô̤ kháu-lĕng;

  that one has no gift of utterance.

苓

• A tuber or underground fungus.

• hôk-lĕng; thó-hôk-lĕng;

  a species of underground fungus used in medicine.

寬

• Lax, slack, loose, flacid.

• kó phûe khah lēng, phah bŏi híang;

  the head of the drum is too slack, and does not sound when it is struck.

• pàng lēng cē, màiⁿ khah kín;

  relax it a little, do not draw it too tight.

• so̤h túi âng cē, màiⁿ khah lēng;

  draw the rope rather taut, do not leave it too slack.

絡

• To tie up, with spare rope between the knots; to form a line of things by binding them continuously on a rope.

• bé-lēng-thâu;

  a halter for a horse.

• khîeh tìo so̤h khṳ̀ lēng cò̤ cêk ē;

  take a rope and go and join them thereby.

• lēng cêk lēng tĭⁿ-tĭⁿ;

  slung up a whole string of them.

• lēng ŭ kúi peh ki tŏ̤-kò̤;

  there are several hundreds of them joined by a string.

棱

• A sleeper on which a board rests.

• cêk ki làu-lēng;

  a sleeper under a floor.