Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cang
cang
- cang cía a cang hía;
- make use of this or that.
- cang sĭm-mûeh khṳt i cîah?
- What will you give him to eat?
- cang hó̤ ūe kio i tàⁿ;
- speak comfortably to him.
- cang bô̤ cò̤ ŭ;
- made out of nothing; unfounded.
- tîeh cang sêng-sim, m̄ thû-thû cang ūe tàⁿ;
- there must be sincerity as well as professions.
- cang ta-po ké cò̤ cṳ-nîe;
- had a man disguised as a woman.
- àiⁿ cang tī-tîang khṳ̀?
- Whom will you send?
- cang-sui;
- a coir cloak.
- cang so̤h;
- coir rope.
- cang chîeh;
- a coir mat.
- cang sàu;
- a coir broom.
- cang sieⁿ;
- a coir trunk.
- tá cang;
- do up the hair.
- lâu mô̤ⁿ, phah cang;
- let the hair grow, in order to arrange it in the style of a married woman.
- jû-ì cah tŏ̤ cang sim;
- an ornament was inserted in the centre of the coiffure.
- kíaⁿ-jît kâi cang siu khṳ̀ ngía căi;
- your hair is very prettily arranged to-day.
- cang-kíaⁿ lô̤;
- the hair arranged in a coil.
- áu cang; khang cang;
- to fish with lifting nets.
- khîa ki cang lâi áu hṳ̂;
- set a lifting net to catch fish.
- áu-cang máng-tìeⁿ;
- a mosquito bar having a folding frame inside.
- cang kèng;
- serious and respectful.
- twn cang;
- strictly correct in conduct.
- cang ngîam;
- strictly proper.
- cang tŏng;
- respectful.
- khang cang tōa lō;
- a level highway.
- bé cang mô̤ⁿ;
- a horse's mane.
- tṳ cang mô̤ⁿ;
- hog's bristles.
- ké cáng;
- a false peruke.
- lṳ́ kâi cang ŭ ciap cáng a bô̤?
- Do you wear false hair?
- nŏ̤ ciah chíu cáng i kâi piⁿ;
- held on to his queue with both hands.
- cáng kín-kín m̄ khéng pàng;
- he held on tightly, and would not let go.
- cáng i m̄ cŭ;
- could not hold on to it.
- cáng cò̤ cêk ē;
- bind them in one bundle.
- pá-cáng;
- an ensign, the second grade below a captain, and the lowest of army officers.
- thih pá-cáng;
- a low but permanent office, in which there is neither hope of promotion nor fear of degradation.
- càng teng;
- able-bodied men.
- càng nî;
- in strong health.
- càng-kĭen;
- strong and hardy.
- càng sṳ̆;
- one accomplished in manly sports.
- càng-sĕng;
- lusty.
- sìo-càng;
- young and hearty.
- mîn càng;
- the militia.
- eng-hîong chut sìo-càng;
- violence comes of youthful vigor.
- íong càng;
- volunteer troops.
- pûi-càng;
- stout.
- càng i kâi táⁿ;
- incite his courage.
- cîah kàu pûi-càng tōa-kīaⁿ;
- become very stout and hardy.
- càng kîu;
- three cornered dumplings.
- càng kâi;
- many cornered dumplings.
- càng pau sĭm-mih kâi?
- What is in the dumplings?
- càng pâk khah phàⁿ;
- these dumplings are not well filled.
- cí kâi càng sĭ kîam kâi a sĭ tîam kâi?
- Have these dumplings a sweet or a salt filling?
- càng sĭ ēng tek-hîeh kah kîam-cháu khṳ̀ pâk;
- dumplings are tied up in bamboo leaves, with a bulrush.
- pâk càng kâi tek-hîeh ēng ke kùe jú hó̤, bŏ̤i chàu tek-hîeh bī;
- the bamboo leaves used in wrapping dumplings are better after having been used several times, for then they will not impart a taste to the dumpling.
- càng-pâng;
- a store-room.
- càng co;
- storage.
- tun-pàng càng tèng;
- stored in the godown.
- kẃn-càng;
- warehouses.
- kāng i khṳ̀ càng kò̤ khí;
- go and take it out of the godown for him.
- càng kha m̄ cŭ;
- cannot stand it.
- ceng kàu i càng kha m̄ cŭ;
- punished them till they gave way altogether.
- i cí-hûe cn̂g kâi càng kha m̄ cŭ tŏ̤-kò̤;
- he is now wholly unable to maintain his position.
- líang pôiⁿ kâi bûn bú kuaⁿ tŏ̤ càng-pang, ŭ cìaⁿ peh nâng tŏ̤ táng khim-che lâi;
- the civil and military officers stood on either side in the order of their rank, about a hundred in all, awaiting the arrival of the ambassador.
- tău-thâi cŏ̤ jīm, i ēng khṳ̀ càng-pang a mín?
- On the Intendant of Circuit's coming to enter upon his office, does he go to attend upon him, standing where his rank prescribes?
- cí-kò̤ cn̂g kâi càng m̄ cŭ kha;
- there is no foothold at all here; this position cannot be maintained.
- càng-múi;
- extol.
- cheng-càng;
- to laud.
- càng-cŏ̤;
- to aid.
- càng sêng cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
- help to bring this about.
- cêk câng hue, cêk câng chài, cêk câng chīu;
- a flower, a vegetable, and a tree.
- cêk câng kúe-cí;
- a fruit tree.
- peh cĭeⁿ chīu-câng téng;
- climbed a tree.
- cí câng hue ngía căi, īu phang;
- this shrub is beautiful and it is fragrant too.
- úa thóiⁿ cí kâi câng-sin khùn: tîeh èng pûi;
- I see that this plant is weak: fertilizing matter must be put around it.
- cí câng chīu sin ío tōa, hṳ́ câng li chīu ki ío cōi;
- this tree has the larger trunk, and that one the greater number of branches.
- kìaⁿ-seⁿ sĭ seⁿ tŏ̤ chīu câng tèng;
- parasites grow upon trees.
- cêk câng, nŏ̤ câng;
- one or two gradations.
- cĭeⁿ kàu tŏiⁿ saⁿ câng;
- went up to the third landing.
- thâu cêk câng;
- the first in an ascending series.
- hṳ́ búe câng;
- the farthest off in the series.
- tîeh ŭ câng chṳ̀;
- there must be gradations.
- tâh-pō-câng;
- a stairway.
- saⁿ câng lâu;
- a building of three diminishing storeys.
- peh kàu tŏiⁿ ngŏ câng; climbed to the fifth storey.
- tû àiⁿ kêh cò̤ kúi câng?
- How many shelves will you have put into the cupboard?
- pàng tŏ̤ tŏiⁿ saⁿ câng;
- put it on the third shelf.
- thui-keh jîeh cōi câng?
- How many steps are there in the stairs?
- hṳ̂ kâi thah tŏ̤ cí ĕ kàu hṳ́ téng ŭ nŏ̤ peh gūa keh tâh-pō-câng;
- that pagoda has over two hundred steps in its stairway.
- pun hŏ câng kàu cêk sin;
- drenched by the rain.
- câng-êk;
- take shower baths.
- tîeh cai thóiⁿ, m̄ hó̤ câng tîeh nâng;
- must look out that you do not souse people with it when pouring it down.
- ngŏ-căng lâk-hú;
- all the internal organs of a body.
- hùi, sim, pî, kuaⁿ, sĭen, cía sí kìe-cò̤ ngŏ căng; tăi-chîang, sío-chîang, ūi, táⁿ, phâng-kuang, sim-pau-lôk, cía sĭ kìe-cò̤ lâk hú;
- the lungs, heart, spleen, liver and kidneys are called the five viscera; the large and small intestines, the stomach, the gall, the bladder, and the heart-case are called the membraneous viscera.
- căng hú siang phùe;
- the two sorts of viscera are the complement each of the other.
- suaⁿ-sîa cêk căng cêk căng;
- the slope of the hill is terraced.
- ngŏ căng lâu;
- a building with five diminishing storeys.
- cêk căng cêk căng nâng-mûeh cōi căi;
- there are a great many people in this crowd, standing so that their heads appear in ascending and receding tiers.
- kàu cāng;
- to present to.
- hŏng cāng;
- respectfully offer as a gift.
- lī cāng ang jîn;
- promoted according to rule.
- cāng chùi, bô̤ cāng cîⁿ;
- give promises instead of the cash.
- úa cāng i cêk peh ngṳ̂n cò̤ lō hùi;
- I gave him a hundred dollars for his travelling expenses.
- hĕng tit ŭ móng nâng tó̤ cāng chùi, sṳ̄ cìaⁿ sêng;
- could a certain person be had as negotiator, the business would be done.
- cāng-sàng îeh-îⁿ;
- gave a parting gift of medicinal pills.
- cāng kè cng;
- make wedding presents.
- cāng lṳ́ bōi;
- let you have it at no profit to myself.
- bô̤ mûeh hó̤ cāng lṳ́;
- I have nothing to give you as a souvenir.
- hó̤ tit lṳ́ cāng úa cêk pì cṳ lak;
- I wish you would give me a helping hand for a moment.