A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Meng

by Josiah Goddard

Meng.

明^-1

Clearness; brightness; clear; intelligent; to shed light on.

盟^-1

An oath; imprecation; to bind one's self with an oath.

萌^-1

To bud forth; spring up.

茗^-1

The buds of the tea plant; tea; strong wine.

酩^-1

A drink prepared from wheat or other grain.

銘^-1

To remember; cause to remember; record; engrave.

冥^-1

Obscure; gloomy; a silent recess; hades; darkness of mind.

暝^-1

Dull; obscure; the shades of night.

溟^-1

A drizzling rain; cloudy vapors; immense waters.

瞑^-1

To shut the eyes; dullness of sight.

蓂^-1

Name of a fortunate plant.

盲^-1

Blind; precipitate.

鳴^-1

The note or voice of a bird; any sound, as of a bell, an insect.

皿²

Crockery and earthen ware; a vessel.

命^-3

Command; decree; fate; life; destiny of men.

孟^-3

A senior or superior; the beginning of; large.