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

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當

• What is suitable, opportune, convenient or just; adequate to; competent; to bear; to take the responsibility; to act as; to be; equal to; to match; to make; to stand in contrast; to meet or occur; at the time of, when, in which sense it is often a form of the present participle; to withstand.

• úa tam tng;

  I assume the responsibility.

• m̄ káⁿ tng;

  dare not assume it.

• kâi ke cn̂g kâi sĭ i tó̤ tng;

  she is taking the entire charge of the household.

• i tó̤ tng piaⁿ;

  he is a soldier.

• cí kâi tó̤ tng cṳ-phōiⁿ;

  this one takes charge of the dispatches.

• hṳ́ kâi tó̤ tng che;

  that one is a constable.

• tng m̄ khí;

  inadequate to.

• i tng-sî cò̤-nî tàⁿ?

  What did he say at the time?

• tng-kimh kâi nâng cìeⁿ-seⁿ ío cōi;

  people now-a-days generally do thus.

• tng thiⁿ táu-cok;

  pray under the open sky.

• nî-hùe sie tng;

  of suitable age.

• bô̤ nâng tng i tît cŭ;

  no one could stand it.

• tng i m̄ cŭ;

  could not bear it.

• lâng tng;

  insupportable; irksome.

• khó-chó̤ lâng tng;

  the pain is hard to bear.

• ŭ cŭe tâng tng;

  if there be blame we will share it.

• ŭ sṳ̄ tâng tng;

  if trouble comes we will bear it together.

• tng cí kâi ceh-jĭm;

  fit for this post.

• khó tâng tng, hok tâng híang;

  bear the trouble and share the enjoyment together.

• sĭ i tng-cho̤ hàuⁿ kâi;

  it was he who first consented.

• sĭ i tng-cho̤ ìn úa kâi;

  he was the first to answer me.

• tng-cho̤ kâi nâng ío kang-khó;

  pioneers have the hardest of the work to do.

• tng thâu tùi mīn, cò̤-nî thóiⁿ-m̄-kìⁿ?

  It was right in front of you, why did you not see it?

• sĭ i tng mīn kio úa cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ;

  he told me so to my face.

• i ŭ m̄-tîeh lṳ́ hó̤ tng-mīn tàⁿ, màiⁿ phiah ka-chng ău tàⁿ i;

  if ho does wrong, tell him so to his face, and do not talk about him behind his back.

• tng tŏ̤ hṳ́ hûe i ŭ tàⁿ a bô̤?

  Did she say anything about it at the time?

• tng khî-sî i ŭ tàⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  he said so at the time.

• tng hṳ́ cêk jît i cū lâi;

  he came that very day.

• tng jît i îa m̄ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ, úa cū bô̤ ìn-tap i;

  if he had not done so that very day, I should not have agreed to it.

• tī-tîang lûn tîeh tng nî?

  Whose turn was it that year?

• nî tng it-jī-câp lío, bŏi sòi;

  is getting on toward twenty, and is no longer a child.

• kâi nâng tng cêk nî;

  each person acts for one year.

• i eng-tng cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;

  he should do thus.

• sĭ i tng-eng-kai kâi;

  it is what he ought to do.

• tng-eng-kai cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  it is very properly so.

• tī-tîang tó̤ tng thâu?

  Who takes the lead in it?

• tng tīn phah sí;

  killed instantly, as by a blow.

• tng tîeⁿ, būe ŏi sí;

  received a fatal blow, but did not die instantly.

• i sĭ tng láu-kṳ́ kâi nâng, m̄ sĭ cìaⁿ-keng nâng;

  she is a prostitute, not a decent woman.

轉

• To return; to turn.

• i būe tńg lâi;

  he has not yet returned.

• khîeh tńg hâiⁿ i;

  give it back to him.

• hûe-tńg thâu; ut-tńg thâu;

  to turn the head.

• i hûe-tńg sin;

  he turned.

• hûe sim tńg ì;

  changed his mind.

• kîaⁿ tò̤ tńg;

  turned back.

• i tńg lâi ŭ jîeh kú?

  How long since he came back?

• tńg wn câh kak;

  winding back and forth; serpentine.

• tàⁿ tńg;

  recur to the subject.

• sĭeⁿ tńg;

  altered his mind.

• póiⁿ tńg;

  to turn over sidewise.

• hui tńg;

  turn it around sidewise.

• pàng tò̤ tńg;

  reverse it, turning the other end toward you.

• ūn tńg hó̤ lío;

  the luck has changed for the better.

返

• To go back, or to come back; to return.

• tńg khṳ̀ chù;

  go home.

• thâu tńg chù;

  the first visit paid after marriage by a bride to her mother’s house.

• kui tńg i ka-kī;

  it reverts to himself.

• bŏi tit tńg lâi;

  cannot return.

• kŭa nâng cò̤-pû tńg;

  join others in returning.

回

• Times; to turn back.

• cêk tńg nŏ tńg;

  once or twice.

• khṳ̀ kuí tńg;

  went several times.

• tńg-tńg lâi lṳ́ kò̤;

  came where you were repeatedly.

• cêk tńg tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;

  only once.

• tńg kàu chṳ̀ cìaⁿ cai;

  first knew it after returning home.

• cṳ-nîe hùe kè ău, thâu hûe tńg lâi pĕ bó̤ kâi chṳ̀, kìe-cò̤ thâu tńg chù;

  after a lady is married, the first time she returns to the house of her parents is called the first return home.

• ún àiⁿ tńg lâi khṳ̀;

  we are going back.

• lâu nín chíaⁿ būe tńg khṳ̀;

  withold you from going back as yet; do stay a little longer.

當

• To pawn; to pledge; to consider as; reputed or looked upon as; to serve an and; instead of; as for; to suit with; favorable; safely; properly.

• tǹg phò̤;

  a pawn shop.

• kio nâng tǹg kò̤ châng;

  took a field in pledge.

• cí koiⁿ chù sĭ kio i tǹg kâi a kio i sùe kâi?

  Have you taken this house on mortgage, or have you hired it from him?

• tǹg khṳt i a sĭ sùe khṳt i?

  Did you pawn it to him, or rent it to him?

• tǹg-siang;

  pawnbroker.

• tǹg hui; tǹg phìe;

  pawn ticket.

• tǹg ku-ā kâi gûeh cìaⁿ khṳ̀ chíu;

  left it in pawn for some months and then went and redeemed it.

• i kâi sĭ hìang-tǹg a sĭ hō̤-tǹg?

  Is his a licensed or an unlicensed pawn-shop?

• uń-tǹg; ún-ún tǹg-tǹg;

  stable.

• tōa mûeh tǹg cò̤ sòi mûeh ēng;

  use a valuable article when a cheap one would do as well.

• cêk kâi tǹg câp kâi;

  one of these is equal to ten of those.

• cêk nâng tǹg ku-ā nâng;

  he alone is a match for all of them.

• i soiⁿ sî cêng tó̤ tǹg nâng;

  he used to kidnap people and hold them for ransom.

• liah i khṳ̀ tǹg;

  seize him and keep him for ransom.

• cò̤ tǹg-phò lāi seⁿ lṳ́;

  will let you have it at the same rate of interest as that taken by pawnbrokers.

• tǹg i jîeh kú?

  For how long a time have you pledged it to him?

• tek teǹg;

  proper; right.

• sṳ̄ cò̤ kàu tek-tǹg tek-tǹg;

  the business is all properly attended to.

• tek-tǹg sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  it is properly so.

跌

• To fall down; to slip.

• léng kàu i tǹg cŏ̤ lô̤h khṳ̀;

  pushed him so that he fell down into a sitting posture.

• cē liu cū tǹg cŏ̤ lô̤h khṳ̀;

  slipped and fell into a sitting posture.

頓

• A meal, or the time for a meal.

• cêk jît cîah saⁿ tǹg;

  eat three meals a day.

• ún cîah nŏ̤ tǹg pn̄g, tǹg mûeⁿ;

  we eat two meals of rice and one of congee.

• tǹg cá mûeⁿ, tǹg mêⁿ mûeⁿ, lóng-cóng ngŏ tǹg;

  that, with the dish of congee taken on rising and the one taken just before going to bed, makes five meals in all.

• saⁿ tǹg tōa tǹg nŏ̤ tǹg tíam-sim;

  three full meals and two luncheons.

• nŏ̤ tǹg cò̤ cêk tǹg cîah;

  eat two meals at once.

• i cêk tǹg kâi bí khṳt nâng cîah cò̤ cêk jît;

  the rice he uses for one meal would supply another person for a whole day.

• tǹg-tǹg àiⁿ cîah cíu;

  wants to drink wine at every meal.

• cīeⁿ tǹg kàu ĕ tǹg, mûeh cū sit bī;

  the food loses its flavor between one meal and the next.

• tǹg tǹg chiⁿ;

  fresh food every meal.

• saⁿ tǹg cîah hṳ́ kâi, ùi căi;

  having eaten that at three successive meals, am sick of it.

腸

• The intestines; gut.

• koi-tn̂g;

  the intestines of a fowl.

• koi tn̂g hún;

  a vermicelli made from bean flour.

• chá tṳ-tn̂g;

  fried sausages.

• kẁn tn̂g;

  to stuff sausages.

• tn̂g tŏ;

  the inwards.

• tṳ-tn̂g tîeh lō̤ cheng-khih;

  the pigs’ gut must be soaked and scraped clean.

• hó̤ sim-tn̂g;

  kindly disposed.

• sim-tn̂g m̄-hó̤;

  not well disposed.

• ká tn̂g sua;

  cramp in the bowels.

• thut tn̂g thâu;

  a prolapsus of the rectum.

長

• Long.

• tek-ko̤ m̄ kàu tn̂g;

  the pole is not long enough.

• khah tn̂g;

  it is too long.

• bŏi tn̂g bŏi tó̤;

  it is neither too long nor too short.

• saⁿ chieh tn̂g;

  three feet long.

• cò̤ tn̂g cē;

  make it a little longer.

• nĕ tn̂g-tn̂g;

  very long indeed.

• cîah tn̂g mīaⁿ;

  live a long life.

• sĭeⁿ sṳ̄ kù tn̂g;

  take forethought.

• cía sī kú-tn̂g kâi kòi-cheh;

  this is a far reaching scheme.

• sĭ i tó̤ khîa tn̂g-ko̤;

  he is the architect in this work.

• cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤ cìaⁿ ŭ kú-tn̂g;

  done thus it will endure.

• bô̤ kú-tn̂g;

  not lasting.

• i mih sṳ̄ ŏi sĭeⁿ tn̂g;

  in all sorts of matters he has remarkable foresight.

• tn̂g tn̂g khṳ̀;

  go right on.

• màiⁿ tn̂g tn̂g khṳ̀;

  do not continue to go on so.

• màiⁿ thĭⁿ khah tn̂g cam;

  do not take too long stitches.

• kùe tn̂g kùe tó̤;

  some are more and some are less than the right length.

唐

• A famous dynasty which ruled China from A.D. 618 to 913; used for China and the Chinese.

• tn̂g-nâng;

  the Chinese.

• tn̂g-suaⁿ;

  China.

• cí kâi tn̂g-suaⁿ-nâng sĭ sin-tn̂g a lău-tn̂g?

  Is this Chinaman a recent or an old immigrant here?

• hwn-pôiⁿ cîⁿ tn̂g-suaⁿ hok;

  money earned in foreign lands will gain happiness in China.

常

• Constantly; frequently; usually.

• i tn̂g-tn̂g lâ ún cí-kò̤;

  he keeps coming here to our house.

• i kâi cṳ, tn̂g-tn̂g àiⁿ m̄ pat;

  he scarcely ever knows his lesson.

• sṳ̄ cò̤ lío, tn̂g-tn̂g àiⁿ m̄ it-tit;

  after he has done a thing he usually forgets all about it.

塘

• A post station.

• thî-tn̂g; thî-tn̂g-pò̤;

  the provincial officer over the postal department.

• céng-tŭn kak chù kâi tn̂g sìn;

  reform the postal system everywhere.

堂

• A mansion; a hall; a court; an official residence; a public establishment; the principal room in a house; a hospital; a church or chapel; large shops; the officer who presides in a court; the persons assembled in a hall; to control with authority; honorable, venerable; a classifier of trials.

• sṳ̂-tn̂g;

  an ancestral hall.

• i kâi thiaⁿ-tn̂g khuah;

  their hall is spacious.

• lâi tōa tn̂g tèng thóiⁿ kuaⁿ sím ùaⁿ;

  come to the great hall and see the magistrate try the case.

• kuaⁿ būe cêng chut lâi cŏ̤ tn̂g;

  the judge has not yet taken his seat on the bench.

• cò̤-nî cŏ̤ tōa tn̂g sím ùaⁿ, m̄ cŏ̤ jī tn̂g sím ùaⁿ?

  Why is the session held in the outer, not the inner court?

• lói pài-tn̂g;

  a church or chapel.

• hût tn̂g;

  a Buddhist temple.

• àm tn̂g;

  a temple wfth a monastery connected.

• kong tn̂g;

  a public hall.

• i apt cŏ̤ kùe khîm tn̂g kâi nâng;

  he is one who has sat on the bench, has been a district magistrate.

• tîe-ciu hú cìaⁿ-tn̂g sĭ sèⁿ sĭm mûeh?

  What is the surname of the prefect of the Tidal Department?

• hái-îeⁿ kūiⁿ cìaⁿ tn̂g sĭ sèⁿ hw̆n;

  the surname of the Hai Ie district magistrate is Hwn.

• có̤-tn̂g, ĭu-tn̂g;

  the two deputies of a district magistrate, or the aids of other officers.

• tng tn̂g;

  in open court.

• tng tn̂g kuaⁿ ŭ cò̤-nî tŵn-kak a bô̤?

  Did the magistrate give any verdict in court?

• sím kùe nŏ̤ saⁿ tn̂g hŵn-lío sím m̄ cheng-chó̤;

  has examined the case during two or three sessions, and has not yet reached a conclusion.

• pài tn̂g;

  a bride’s worship in her husband’s house.

• hṳ́ cêk pôiⁿ sĭ kheh tn̂g;

  on that side is the reception room.

• tong-tn̂g;

  cabinet ministers.

• cóng-tok sĭ cheng cò̤ pŏ-tn̂g;

  the governor is called Governor General.

• êk-tn̂g;

  a bath house.

• kuaⁿ chíaⁿ nâng-kheh tŏ̤ saⁿ tn̂g kò̤ cîah;

  the magistrate invites guests to partake of a repast in the inmost hall.

• kuaⁿ cē chut lâi cŏ̤ tn̂g cū io tn̂g;

  as soon as the judge comes out and seats himself on the bench the constables open the court by crying oyez, oyez.

• kuaⁿ seng tn̂g a būe?

  Has the magistrate opened the court yet?

• íⁿ-keng sím hó̤, thò̤ tn̂g lío;

  the trial is already concluded and the court dismissed.

• cí cêk jīm sĭ tī-tîang phài cò̤ têk tn̂g?

  Who is deputed to act as clerk of the court under this incumbent?

• tn̂g-lói;

  fees due or expected from the clients at the close of a court session.

• chîo tn̂g;

  an audience hall.

• tâng jît-tàu sím kàu jît-àm tn̂g sṳ̄ hŵn-lío būe pît;

  tried cases from noon until dusk, and still did not finish up the business before the court.

• cêk pôiⁿ m̄ káⁿ kàu tn̂g;

  one party dared not appear in court.

• m̄ cai sĭ ēng kùe tn̂g cìaⁿ hó̤ paǹg a sĭ míen kùe tn̂g;

  do not know whether he must go through the form of a trial before being set at liberty.

• cĕⁿ tn̂g;

  a place of Buddhistic retirement, where people practise rites, but no wear no distinctive garb.

• ce tn̂g;

  a retreat for vegetarians.

斷

• To sunder; to break off; to discontinue.

• côih tn̆g;

  to dissever.

• á tn̆g;

  to bend and snap in two.

• lìam tn̆g;

  to pinch apart.

• jw̆n kṳ̀, kṳ̀ m̄ tn̆g;

  have tried all sorts of ways, but cannot manage to saw it in two.

• kă tn̆g sô̤h;

  bit the rope in two.

• tok tn̆g lō-thâu, m̄ khṳ̀ hṳ́-kò̤;

  broke off his journey, and did not go there.

• cìeⁿ-sî tn̆g im-sìn;

  lately all communication by post has been suspended.

• hía thóiⁿ-tîeh tn̂gn tn̆g;

  that is heart-rending.

• huang-khîm tn̆g sùaⁿ;

  the kite has broken its string.

• ka tn̆g tòa;

  cut the the girdle.

• cí tîo lō m̄ tn̆g nâng;

  on this road you are not cut off from mankind, in that one you are isolated both from travellers and dwellings.

• i ku-ā jît tn̆g cúi pn̄g;

  he has ceased to eat and drink during several days.

• pàng-tn̆g, bô̤ khṳ̀;

  has discontinued going.

盪

• To rinse.

• tn̆g chùi;

  to wash the mouth.

• úaⁿ khṳ̀ tn̆g cheng-khih;

  take the bowls and rinse them clean.

• pâi mêⁿ īa bô̤ sói bô̤ tn̆g cū khṳ̀ ût;

  goes to bed every night without wash-ing or bathing at all.

• īu àiⁿ kio tōa kâi sòi kâi sói-sói tn̆g-tn̆g;

  and has besides to bathe the children large and small.

丈

• A measure of length.

• câp chieh cêk tn̆g;

  ten feet make an ell.

• cêk tn̆g kûiⁿ káu chieh bô̤ ēng;

  for reaching ten feet a nine foot pole is useless.

淨

• ta-tn̆g;

  spotless, pure, clean.

• ta-ta-tn̆g-tn̆g;

  immaculately clean.

• cêk koiⁿ ta-tn̆g ta-tn̆g;

  the whole place is exquisitely neat.

段

• A section; a piece; a classifier of sections, pieces, stories, stages, or portions.

• cêk tn̄g ho̤h tn̂g;

  a very long piece.

• i īa tàⁿ chut cêk tn̄g tŏ̤-lí;

  he also set forth a doctrine.

• cí tîo khoi pun-cò̤ kúi tn̄g?

  How many reaches is this river divided into?

• cí cêk cieⁿ cṳ cò̤ saⁿ tn̄g lâi thóiⁿ;

  we will consider this chapter in three portions.

• thâu tn̄g, tìn-tang tn̄g, búe tn̄g;

  the first, the middle, and the concluding section.

• cía sĭ i cêk tn̄g hó̤ sim;

  this is like his kindness.

• chûn cêk kò̤ m̄ cîaⁿ phìen tn̄g;

  have a little remaining that is not enough to reckon as of any consequence.

傳

• Histories; chronicles; biographies.

• kó-tn̄g;

  ancient histories.

• cí chut hì sĭ cìe kó-tn̄g cŏ̤ kâi;

  this play is compiled from ancient histories.

• cí pang kó-tn̄g sî tī-tîang cŏ̤ kâi?

  Who composed this chronicle?

遇

• To meet; to come unexpectedly upon one.

• tn̄g tîeh i;

  met him.

• tn̄g m̄ tîeh;

  did not meet him.

• khṳ̀ ku-ā hûe, bô̤ cêk tńg tn̄g tit tîeh;

  went several times, and never once found him there.

• tŏ̤ lō sie tn̄g tîeh;

  met each other in the road.

緞

• Satin.

• tîu tn̄g phò;

  a silk shop.

• ŭ hue kâi tn̄g;

  flowered satin.

• poih si tn̄g;

  glossy plain satin.

• kòng tn̄g;

  the best quality of satin.

• kĕk tn̄g;

  satin brocade.

• hàng hú tn̄g;

  thick fine satin.

當

• To meet or occur; at the time of; when.

• i thàu-tn̄g pêh-jît cū káⁿ chut lâi;

  he ventures out in open day.