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

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升

• A Chinese quart, dry or liquid; to complete or bring about; the 46th diagram denoting advancement; to advance; to rise, as in office.

• nŏ̤ tâng sĭ cêk seng, câp seng cū cò̤ cêk táu, câp táu cò̤ cêk cîeh;

  two pints make a quart, ten quarts make a pock, and ten pecks make a chaldron.

• cêk seng bí;

  a quart of rice.

• nŏ̤ seng cíu;

  two quarts of wine.

• kuaⁿ chut lâi seng tn̂g;

  the magistrate has come out and opened court.

• cí-hûe híang seng-tn̂g-phàu;

  the cannon announcing the opening of the court has just been fired.

• to̤h jît seng êⁿ;

  choose a lucky day for raising the roof beams.

• seng kî;

  raise a flag.

• seng pín;

  promotion in rank.

• seng-cĭeⁿ;

  to ascend.

• jît seng khí lâi, gûeh tîm lô̤h khṳ̀;

  as the sun rises the moon sets.

• cìeⁿ-seⁿ thóiⁿ tîeh ío ŭ seng kàng;

  thus there appears to be more ups and downs.

• àiⁿ seng phû kúi chieh?

  How many feet should it be raised?

• seng kûiⁿ saⁿ chieh cū hó̤;

  to raise it three feet more will be sufficient.

甥

• Relatives of other surnames; the sons of a sister.

• gūa seng sun sài;

  a sister’s son’s daughter’s husband.

陞

• To rise, as in office.

• seng kuaⁿ;

  promoted to office.

• seng kuaⁿ, kàng gê-mn̂g;

  promotion in rank with diminution of power.

• cí jît kau seng;

  may you soon be promoted.

• seng jīm;

  obtain a post.

笙

• An instrument of the organ kind, a Pandean pipe, composed of thirteen dissimilar reeds inserted in a gourd-bulb, with a bent blow-pipe; the music is made by inhaling the air through the reeds.

• kuh seng;

  to play the Pandean pipe.

生

• Life; the living; means of living.

• hâk-seng;

  students.

• mn̂g-seng;

  disciple, pupil.

• mńg-seng;

  an adherent.

• cṳ seng;

  a scholar.

• ui-seng;

  a physician.

• thien-bûn-seng;

  an astrologer.

• seng tòaⁿ;

  actors, taking male and female parts.

• bú-seng; bú-seng-ŵn;

  military men.

• cìaⁿ seng;

  princes.

• lău seng;

  an old man.

• seng-lí;

  trade, commercial transactions.

• cò̤ seng-lí nâng;

  those engaged in trade.

• hó̤ seng-lí;

  a profitable business.

猩

• An ape, described as having yellow hair, sharp ears, and a human face. Strange stories are told of its ability to speak, wear shoes, drink wine, and go in companies.

• nâng tàⁿ seng ŏi tàⁿ ūe, sĭ mē?

  People say the yellow ape can talk, is it so?

旌

• A banner.

• chíaⁿ seng pío;

  request that a worthy person may be honored with a scroll.

• seng pío cak hàu;

  a testimonial to filial piety.

桑

• The mulberry tree.

• seng-sûi châ;

  mulberry wood.

• seng-sûi cí;

  mulberries.

勝

• To conquer; to get the victory; to excel.

• i kâi nâng hàuⁿ sèng;

  he loves to be first.

• sèng kùe pât nâng;

  surpasses other people.

• phah sèng cĭang;

  win a battle.

• tit sèng tńg lâi;

  returned victorious.

• i nŏ̤ nâng cìen khṳ̀ m̄ hun sèng-hŭ;

  neither of the two got the advantage of the other in the fight.

• cìen sèng;

  to overcome in battle.

• cō̤ sèng sì;

  on the winning side.

• hûa-kî, âng sèng;

  the red wins (in the game of chess).

誠

• Guileless; sinceire; real; unalloyed; really; verily; in fact.

• sêng-sim;

  honest.

• sêng-kèng;

  pure-minded reverence.

• tâu sêng;

  return to allegiance.

• sêng-sît;

  sincere.

• ci sêng cū ŏi kám-tŏng sîn-mêng;

  entire sincerity will move the gods.

榕

• The bastard banyan.

• sêng chīu;

  the banyan tree.

• ciaⁿ gûeh cèng tek, jî gûeh cèng sêng;

  in the first month plant bamboos, in the second month banyans.

承

• To succeed to; to take over; to undertake; to receive and hold.

• sĭ kio i sêng pûe kâi;

  is what ho has taken off her hands; has superseded him in the possession or occupancy of it.

• cí kâi sĭ kio nâng sêng kâi;

  this is something taken over from another.

• cía sêng-sĭu m̄ khí;

  I am not adequate to this.

• hŏng-sêng;

  adulation; flattery.

• sêng-ciap i kâi ĕ chíu;

  take hold when he lets go.

• sêng tng m̄ tit;

  cannot bear up under so much; cannot answer for it.

• i tó̤ tng sêng-hwt-pâng cóng-su;

  he is the officer in the Board who receives and forwards dispatches.

• sêng cīeⁿ kâi mĕng;

  to receive orders from a superior in office.

• cang i a-tĭ kâi kíaⁿ lâi sêng i kâi hieⁿ-teng;

  adopted his younger brother’s son, as a successor who should in his stead worship the manes.

丞

• To aid, to second; a deputy, a coadjutor, an assistant.

• sêng-sìeⁿ;

  a prime minister (an ancient term).

• kūiⁿ-sêng;

  a district magistrate’s deputy.

• jī ke sĭ sêng;

  they are coadjutors each to the other.

• îah-sêng;

  a road-master superintending a station on a post-road.

乘

• In arithmetic, to multiply.

• sǹg-sìo put kùe sĭ ēng kui in sêng tṳ̂ kâi huap;

  calculation is merely the use of the rules for division, addition, multiplication and subtraction.

成

• To bring to pass.

• sêng cĭu;

  accomplished.

• cò̤ tit sêng;

  can compass it.

• cò̤ m̄ sêng;

  could not bring it about.

• cò̤ sêng a būe?

  Is it yet completed?

• m̄ sêng khi̤;

  not fitted for the position.

• sêng jîn khì;

  fitted for actual life.

• tì sêng pēⁿ;

  to become sick.

• cò̤ sêng lío;

  already effected.

• lṳ́ thóiⁿ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ cò̤ tit sêng;

  see whether this can be effected.

• sêng teng;

  an adult.

• būe sêng teng;

  a minor.

• i kâi chin íⁿ-keng cò̤ sêng lío;

  his marriage is already consummated.

• tô̤h jît sêng chin;

  choose the day for the wedding.

• m̄ sen̂g phìen tn̄g;

  not amounting to a wholesale packet.

• kong sêng, mîaⁿ cĭu;

  honors attained and fame secured.

• lău-sêng căi;

  trustworthy.

松

• The pine tree.

• sêng-peh;

  pine.

• sêng-hieⁿ;

  resin, pitch.

• sêng thùaⁿ;

  charcoal made from pine.

• sêng-peh lûi;

  pine cones.

• sêng-peh chiu;

  pine needles.

• lô̤-hàng-sêng;

  the yew.

乘

• To seize the opportunity; to take advantage of; to avail one’s self of; in arithmetic, to multiply.

• sĕng ŭ khang-khiah cū jîp khṳ̀;

  get in through a crack.

• sĕng ki-hŭe;

  seize the chance.

• sĕng i bô̤ ṳ̆-pĭ;

  catch him unprepared.

• sĕng huang, pàng húe;

  when the wind is right, set it on fire.

• sĕng cí kâi sì ío kōi cò̤;

  take advantage of the drift in that direction, and it will be more easily done.

• kui in sĕng tṳ̂ kâi sǹg huap;

  the rules for division, addition, multiplication and subtraction.

• sĕng ki cak-lw̆n;

  take the opportunity to revolt.

• sĕng pĭen kìa lâi;

  send it when there is a convenient opportunity.

盛

• Plenteous; abundant; flourishing; exuberant; in perfect conditio.

• jú buah jú sĕng;

  the more I annoint it, the more it spreads.

• mŏng-sĕng;

  luxuriant; affluent; thrifty.

• sĕng sue;

  to thrive or to decline; growing vigorous, or failing in health.

• cí hûe cìaⁿ tó̤ sĕng kâi sî-hāu;

  this is a prosperous time with it.

• thô̤ hue sĕng khui kâi sî-hāu;

  when the peaches are in bloom.

• i kâi húe tó̤ sĕng;

  the fever is increasing.

• húe tó̤ sĕng, phah m̄ kùe;

  the fire is burning more hotly, and cannot be extinguished.

• châk-sì sĕng;

  the rebels gather strength.

• cía sĭ i cêk tn̄g sĕng ì;

  this is his idea about it.