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

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1. 1. 硭

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艋

• A pinnace; a long boat.

• thâu-mang-cûn;

  a small junk.

蝱

• Mosquitoes.

• pŭaⁿ máng; jīo mâng;

  drive out the mosquitoes.

• chih máng;

  fumigate and destroy the mosquitoes.

• hun máng;

  smoke out the mosquitoes.

• líam máng-hun;

  burn pastiles to drive away the mosquitoes.

• tìo máng-tìeⁿ;

  hang up a mosquito bar.

• bói ki máng-kô̤ lâi kô̤ máng;

  buy a mosquito-trap and catch the mosquitoes.

• máng-teng;

  a lamp which draws in and burns up mosquitoes.

• bô̤ bun, bô̤ máng;

  no gnats nor mosquitoes.

• máng kău;

  the mosquitoes are very thick.

• mīn cêk tíam cêk tíam sĭ máng-chùi a m̄ sĭ?

  The little dots all over your face are mosquito bites are they not?

• máng hng-hng-kìe;

  mosquitoes buzz.

• máng cuh hueh;

  mosquitoes suck blood.

• khṳt máng kă kàu kâi lâu;

  bitten by a mosquito so as to have a great blotch raised.

• saⁿ jṳ́ tîeh máng hueh;

  the tunic has a daub of mosquito’s blood on it.

• kâi cîⁿ máng tàng tîeh to m̄-àiⁿ!

  If a mosquito has stung the cash you won’t take it; you are very exacting in regard to the quality of the money you take.

• àm chì máng;

  fierce mosquitoes that do not buzz.

蟒

• A large serpent.

• máng cûa;

  a python with yellow scales, found in Yunan and Anam.

• chēng máng-phâu;

  wear a robe having a python embroidered on jt.

• jû khṳ̀ kùe máng-suaⁿ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  like crossing the mountains among which the pythons live.

輓

• Pertaining to funeral obsequies.

• cò̤ máng-si;

  compose a funeral chant or monody.

• máng ko̤;

  a dirge.

• máng lîn;

  funeral scrolls.

• máng-têk;

  a large banner in black and white, or blue and gold cloth, hung between two staffs, and used as a funeral decoration.

• i cí pang kâi sng sṳ̄ sĭu ŭ jîeh cōi máng-têk?

  How many funeral banners did they receive during these obsequies?

𢟨

• Regardless of etiquette; perturbed and therefore unable to attend to business.

• lú-máng;

  beedless; rude; inattentive and untrustworthy.

• cho-máng;

  brusque; blunt.

• i sĭ cho-máng kâi nâng, m̄ sĭ ìuⁿ-sìu kâi nâng;

  he is a boor not a refined person.

• cò̤ sṳ̄ lú-lú máng-máng, êng kâi m̄ ceng-sòi;

  does things in a blundering way, with no circumspection.

挽

• To pull; to draw toward one; to tug at; to haul at.

• máng i nā kò̤;

  hold on to him and make him stay.

• máng m̄ cŭ;

  could not hold it by tugging at it.

• máng lâi, léng khṳ̀;

  pull and push.

• máng i kâi piⁿ;

  pulled his queue.

• máng saⁿ kṳ;

  holding on to the flap of her tunic.

• máng kín-kín, bô̤ i khṳ̀;

  held on tightly and would not let her go.

• hăm kṳn máng khí lâi;

  pulled it up roots and all.

• máng i kâi thâu-mô̤ⁿ;

  pulled her hair.

• máng so̤h;

  haul in a rope.

• máng hûe-tńg;

  turn around by pulling at.

• máng tīo mô̤ⁿ;

  pluck out the feathers.

忙

• Hurried; busy; distracted with care; fluttered.

• sim màiⁿ mâng;

  do not be fluttered.

• cò̤ cìeⁿ mâng, àiⁿ khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?

  Where are you going in such haste?

• i cò̤-nî huang-huang mâng-mâng?

  What is she bustling about so for?

• huang-mâng khí-sin;

  started off with great precipitation.

• cē ŭ sṳ̄ tîeh mâng;

  as soon as anything happens she is flurried.

• lîeng mâng cū khṳ̀;

  hurried off.

• ēng i tó̤ pang mâng;

  employs him to help in the press of business.

• mâng-kip kâi sî-hāu;

  when urgently pressed for time.

• sim mâng, i lw̆n;

  fluttered and confused.

• mâng-mâng īa bô̤ khà khîeh mûeh;

  in such a hurry that I did not stop to get my things.

茫

• Vast and vague, like the expanse of the ocean.

• mâng-mâng tōa hái, cn̂g kâi sĭ cúi;

  as far as the eye could reach was one expanse of water.

• thóiⁿ tîeh míoⁿ-míoⁿ mâng-mâng khṳ̀ tī kò̤ chūe?

  Where could one go to look for it in the illimitable space?

• sí lío míoⁿ-míoⁿ mâng-mâng, m̄ cai lêng-hûn ŭ tŏ̤ kò̤ a bô;

  after death all is vague and obscure, and we do not know whether the soul exists or not.

硭

• mâng-sio;

  crude salt-petre, sometimes mixed with nitrate of soda and alumina.

蠻

• Fierce; brutish; trusting to strength alone; unreasonable; beyond reproof.

• áu-mâng;

  fierce; dangerous.

• i kò̤ kâi nâng mâng căi;

  the people there are very barbarous.

• sĭ mâng;

  willful, passionate.

• i kâi nâng īu tio īu mâng;

  he is both passionate and unreasonable.

• mâng hieⁿ;

  uncivilized towns.

網

• A net; a web; netting.

• lāu măng kâi hṳ̂;

  a fish that escaped the net.

• thut lío lô̤-măng;

  escaped from the snare.

• pha măng;

  let down the net.

• tieⁿ măng;

  spread a net.

• kit măng;

  to make a net.

• ti-tu kit măng;

  the spider makes a web.

• măng tîeh cêk búe tōa hṳ̂;

  caught one large fish in the net.

• cêk măng nĕ tĭⁿ-tĭⁿ, túi m̄ khí;

  the net was very full, so that they could not draw it up.

• cêk măng pha cĭn;

  caught the net fall.

• ēng mbang-phèⁿ lâi phèⁿ;

  take a netted kerchief and gather them up in it.

• măng tō̤;

  a netted bag.

衸

• Long robes.

• chēng khṳ̀, tn̂g-măng-măng;

  dressed in a very long gown.

夢

• To dream; to see visions; dreams, of which diviners make six classes; a phantasm; obscure.

• māng-kìⁿ;

  dreamed.

• māng to m̄ kàu;

  I never dreamed of it.

• māng lâi èng-ngīam;

  the dream came to pass.

• jît sĭeⁿ, mêⁿ māng;

  think of it by day, and dream of it by night.

• māng tĭo;

  a prophetic dream.

• cêk tîeⁿ tōa māng;

  one long dream.

• māng-mŭeⁿ kâi sṳ̄, m̄ hó̤ sìn;

  it is a visionary scheme, do not place any confidence in it.

• khui māng lō;

  open the obscure road; cheer the spirit of the departed on its way to the other world.

• chéⁿ khí lâi, ío sĭ māng;

  I awoke, and behold it was a dream.

• ak māng;

  nightmare.

• put sîang māng;

  a bad dream.

• māng tîeh kâi hó̤ māng;

  had a pleasant dream.

• nâng seⁿ jû māng;

  life passes like a dream.

緩

• Slow; leisurely; tardy; late.

• m̄ hó̤ māng;

  it admits of no delay.

• ĭen-māng kàu taⁿ;

  delayed until now.

• chî-māng nŏ̤ jît;

  put it off two days.

• māng-māng àiⁿ cò̤;

  will do it after a while.

• māng-māng kîaⁿ;

  walk very slowly.

• kîaⁿ māng cē, thāi úa;

  walk rather slowly till I catch up with you.

• jú māng jú hó̤;

  the more slowly the better.

• īa m̄-hó̤ khah māng;

  neither should it be too late.

• khuaⁿ māng to hó̤;

  it is not pressing ; to do it leisurely will answer.