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

猛

Stern; severe; cruel.
ui-méng;

awful; imposing.
sîn-sìeⁿ ui-méng căi;

the gods are awe-inspiring.
bô̤ ui-méng cū m̄ tit nâng ùi;

without sternness of aspect, no fear is inspired in any one.

明

Clear; lucid; plain; evident; ostensibly; perspicacious; intelligent; illustrious; splendid; brilliant; to shed light on. tàⁿ mêng-pêh;
mêng-mêng pêh-pêh kâi tŏ̤-li;

a doctrine that is plain.
tàⁿ chut lâi kuang-mêng cìaⁿ-tăi;

stated in a clear and straight forward way.
mêng-mêng to̤ ŭ;

it is evidently so.
úa mêng-mêng thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;

I saw it plainly.
sǹg hun-mêng;

make a distinct reckoning.
kau-mêng;

clear headed.
chong-mêng;

quick of apprehension.
thiaⁿ m̄ mêng;

did not hear distinctly.
mêng-jît;

tomorrow.

鳴

The cry of a bird or animals; to call out; to sound a sonorous note.
mêng wn;

to cry out for redress.
khṳ̀ kuaⁿ-hú kò̤ mêng wn;

go to the ofificials and proclaim one’s wrongs.
kuaⁿ cē chut gê-mn̂g cū mêng lô̤, pàng phàu;

as soon as the magistrate left the court, they sounded the gong, and fired a canon.
koi mêng kâi sî-hāu;

at cock’s crow.
úa ŭ kâi cṳ̆-mêng-ceng;

I have an alarm clock.
ko cíeⁿ lâng mêng;

you can’t clap with one hand.

冥

Dim; obscure; cavernous recesses; night-like; dismal; the unseen world; hades.
mêng-mêng;

the under world.
mêng-mêng cṳ tang cṳ̌ ŭ cú-cái;

sheol even has its lord.
hiuⁿ-mêng kâi sṳ̄ lâng cai;

the condition of things in hades is difficult to discover.

盟

銘

To engrave on metal or stone in order to remember; to record for the purpose of preserving; to inscribe on the memory.
mêng seng;

an imperial inscription given to worthy people.
mŏ̤ⁿ-cì-mêng;

an engraved epitaph.
mêng-kám tŏ̤ sim;

engraven on the heart.

瞑

A caterpillar which the solitary wasp is said to adopt and bring up as its own offspring.
mêng-lêng kâi kíaⁿ;

an adopted child.

命

To order, to command, to charge; directions; requirements; behests; decrees.
cun mĕng;

obey orders.
sŭn i kâi mĕng kîaⁿ;

went according to his commands.
cí kâi kuaⁿ kâi mĕng-lĕng ngîam căi;

this officer’s orders are very strict.
líang ke kak uaⁿ thien mĕng;

let each do his duty in the sphere where heaven has placed him.
thieng mĕng;

fate; heaven’s decree.
hŏng mĕng;

receive orders.
it-it jŭ mĕng;

everything has been done according to orders.

孟

Great; eminent; senior; the first month of a season.
mĕng-cṳ́;

the sage, Mencius.
cêk khùi saⁿ kâi gûeh hun cò̤ mĕng, tŏng, kùi;

the three months in each quarter are distinguished as the first second and third of a trine series.
mĕng chun, mĕng hē, mĕng chiu, mĕng tang;

the first month of spring, of summer, of autumn, and of winter.

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