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

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汪

• cêk mō̤ⁿ uang-uang îang-îang;

  nothing but an expanse of water to be seen.

• sì mō̤ⁿ uang-îang bô̤ cì;

  on all side a boundless expanse.

• kàu cí kài sĭ uang-îang tăi-hái;

  this is mid ocean.

• lŭi uang-uang;

  floods of tears.

渠

• Ample, wide.

• tōa chù tōa uang-uang;

  a spacious house.

• i kâi chù uang-uang kûiⁿ tōa;

  their house is roomy, high and large.

枉

• To force; enforced; a wrong; a grievance; needlessly; to no purpose.

• úang hùi;

  to expend vainly.

• úang-hùi sim ki;

  lost all your pains.

• úang-hùi úa ēng tīo tōa-bó̤-mûeh ceng-sîn;

  made me waste a deal of energy.

• i tó̤ hàm wn-úang;

  she is proclaiming her grievances.

• úang-khut;

  to oppress, to wrong, to cause to suffer unjustly.

• úang-khut si nâng;

  kill people by oppression.

• bô̤ úang-khut i;

  do not force him into difficulties.

• cìeⁿ-seⁿ bŏi úang úa cêk tieⁿ kang-hu;

  in that way I do not waste my labor.

• úang i tŏ̤ sì-cīeⁿ cò̤ nâng;

  it is a pity that he ever was born.

• úang i cîah kàu cìeⁿ lău;

  it is of no use for him to have lived so long.

• tōa-tōa kâi wn-úang;

  severe persecution.

往

• To go, to pass, to go away, to depart; gone, past; the future.

• i kio lṳ́ ŭ úang lâi mē?

  Do you and he exchange visits?

• bô̤ úang lâi;

  no intercourse with each other.

• ŭ úang lâi;

  keeps up a friendly acquaintance.

• úang chîang;

  úang jît; constantly; usually; formerly.

• úang-chîang i to sĭ lâi úa kò̤;

  he comes once in a while to my house.

• úang hŵn;

  at intervals; to come and go.

• úang-hŵn ēng jîeh kú;

  used it for some time off and on.

• úang-úang to sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  this happens every little while.

• úang sṳ̄ hiuⁿ thî;

  do not bring up past deeds; let the past go.

• cíaⁿ sǹg sĭ íⁿ-úang kâi sṳ̄;

  this is something that is already past.

• i àiⁿ úang khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?

  Where is he going?

• lói sĭang úang lâi;

  a constant interchange of courtesies.

• phêng-sî to sĭ lâi-lâi úang-úang;

  they are always coming and going.

• ŭ lâi ŭ úang;

  some coming and some going.

• úang lâi ciu-bâk căi;

  going and coming with scarcely any interval.

• úang nî;

  former years.

• úang nî tŏ̤ cí hûe cū chut ŭ;

  in past years they have been in market at this time.

• úang-sî sĭ sĭm-mih kui-kṳ́?

  What has the usage been in the past?

• úang séⁿ-sîaⁿ sĭ tùi cí tîo lō;

  in going to the provincial city this is the road to take.

• àiⁿ úang tang, a sĭ aìⁿ úang sai?

  Are you going eastward or westward?

王

• A king, a ruler; a title for monarchs before B.C.

• 220;

  royal, regal, princely.

• kŭn ûang;

  chin ûang; princes of the blood, the uncles, brothers and cousins of the emperor.

• kun-ûang;

  a sovereign.

• ûang-îa;

  Your Royal Highness.

• kok ûang;

  ûang ke; the kind.

• tōa ûang;

  the eldest and next to the eldest of the princes.

• sam ûang ngó tì;

  the three kings and five emperors.

• hwn ûang;

  foreign potentates.

• phwn ûang;

  Mongol begs.

• lău ûang, sin ûang;

  the late and the new monarch.

• soiⁿ ûang;

  the former ruler.

• hong i cò̤ ûang;

  raise him to the rank of a prince.

• ngîam-lô ûang;

  kúi ûang; the king of hades.

• suaⁿ tang bô̤ cío mûaⁿ-ciak ûi ûang;

  if there were no other birds among the hills the sparrow might be the ruler among birds.

• ûang huap;

  the laws of the land.

• ûang sîaⁿ;

  capital cities; cities under imperial control.

• ûang chin kok chek;

  blood relations of the monarch.

• ciu jît to sĭ ûang-sun kong-cṳ́ hùe khṳ̀ thit-thô̤;

  the royal children and grandchildren go out daily for recreation.

• ûang mĕng;

  royal commands.

• ûang lĕng;

  royal orders.

• ûang bō̤;

  a crown.

• phang-ûang;

  the queen bee.

• châk ûang;

  the chief of banditti.

• ûang-kong tăi-chîn;

  the royal dukes and great noblemen.

• pĕ ûang;

  my royal father.

• ûang hui;

  royal concubines.

• ûang keng; ûang tōiⁿ; ûang hú;

  royal palaces.

• hái-lêng-ûang;

  the great Sea Dragon.

• thó suaⁿ ûang;

  the great man of the place.

• bé ûang îa;

  the god of Horses.

• cŏ̤ ûang ūi;

  si on the throne.

• leh tō̤ kâi tì-ûang;

  the monarchs during successive reigns.

• ciaⁿ gûeh cheng-cò̤ ûang gûeh;

  the first month of the year is called the royal month.

黃

• Yellow, the imperial color.

• ûang-tău;

  the ecliptic.

• ûang-tău kit jît;

  a lucky day in the calendar.

• ûang mn̂g kuaⁿ;

  palace servants.

旺

• Rising; prosperous; to flourish.

• châi teng heng-ŭang;

  prosperous both in purse and family.

• cìaⁿ tó̤ heng-heng ŭang-ŭang, cò̤-nî hut-jîen cū sue-mùiⁿ?

  When it was prospering finely, how is it that it has suddenly declined?

• i cí-hûe sît-căi ŭang-sìang căi;

  it is now really flourishing.

• húe tó̤ ŭang kâi sî-hāu;

  when the fire is spreading.

• cí sì kâi gûeh sî ŭang gûeh;

  these four months are the best part of the year for business.

• i cí ĥue kâi ke-ūn cìaⁿ tó̤ ŭang kâi sî-hāu;

  this is a time when the fortunes of the family are prospering.

誑

• To hoax; to delude; to deceive.

• i sĭ tó̤ ŭang kâi;

  he is hoaxing.

• ngŏ̤ tîeh at hùe cū ŭang m̄ kùe chíu;

  if he falls in with those who understand such matters, he cannot deceive them by that dodge.

• cīeⁿ jît, i khṳt i ŭang ku-ā choiⁿ ngṳ̂n khṳ̀;

  the other day he was fooled out of several thousand dollars by him.