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

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鬆

• Slack, lax, easy; disheveled; loose.

• i kâi thâu-mô̤ⁿ phô̤ng-phô̤ng song-song;

  her hair is all flying at loose ends.

• song i cek ē cē;

  let him off easily this time.

• hăng-song cē, màiⁿ khah kín;

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

• cí kâi huap khah song;

  this law is too lax.

• song-khùai;

  at ease, comfortable.

• song-tŏng;

  in easy circumstances.

聳

• To rise abruptly above the general level.

• i kâi phiⁿ khah kau-sóng;

  her nose is too prominent.

• pât kò̤ li phùe-kah m̄ kùe kìe cò̤ ko hong tôk sóng;

  whatever rises disproportionately above its surroundings is called an isolated peak.

• sóng kàu kûiⁿ-kûiⁿ khí khṳ̀;

  stretches up to a great height.

松

• The pine.

• kam-sông-hieⁿ;

  spikenard, the perfume obtained from the Nardostachys jutamansi*.

• hĭa sông;

  a plant, like liverwort, found growing on the roofs of old houses.

• sông cak;

  fine joints of pine sprigs, used in medicine.

訟

• To contend before rulers about property; to demand justice; litigation; pleadings or wranglings before the courts; law cases; the sixth of the 64 diagrams, denoting disagreement.

• sŏng-sṳ;

  a lawyer; a pettifogger.

• sŏng-sṳ pó;

  an old withered lawyer.

• lîah sŏng kùn;

  a lawmonger, a shyster.

• jîp sek sŏng a būe?

  Have they announced a cessation of the prosecution yet?

• tio-sŏng;

  aggressive in litigation.

• i kâi ūe sŏng căi;

  he is very contentious.

• líang ke in-ūi sṳ̂-sŏng kâi sṳ̄ phùa tīo tōa-bó̤-mûeh cîⁿ;

  the two parties have spent a great amount of money in litigation.

頌

• To praise publicly; to eulogize; panegyric.

• ko̤-sŏng i kâi kong-ṳn;

  extol his goodness.

• nâng-nâng ko̤ kong sŏng tek;

  every body lauds his merits.

誦

• To hum; to read in a murmuring tone; to croon over; a droning way of reading.

• sŏng si;

  to croon a hymn.

• sŏng keng;

  recite the liturgy.

• ko̤-sŏng;

  to chant.