Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/chiang

by Adele Marion Fielde

chiang

• 娼chiang26388
• A prostitute.

chiang-kĭ;

a strumpet.

chiang ke;

a bagnio.

o̤ chiang, siet tó;

harbour prostitutes and institute games of chance.

chiang, iu, cău, cut, to sĭ hĭa-cūaⁿ kâi nâng;

courtesans, actors, yamen runners, and jailors are low people.

chiang kíaⁿ lṳ́!

You little coquette!

• 菖chiang261408

chiang-phû;

calamus.

káu cak chiang-phû;

nine joints of sweet flag.

• 猖chiang26948
• Boisterous; insubordinate.

chiang-khûang;

mad.

chiang-chiang khûang-khûang;

acting like one possessed.

i sĭm sĭ chiang-khûang;

he is very unruly.

chiang-khiet;

obstreperous; ferocious.

• 昌chiang26724
• Having many descendants.

ău-ĭ chiang-sĕng căi;

his posterity is numerous.

• 厰chíang282712
• A shed; a shelter.

sîn chíang;

a pavilion for the gods.

phâng chíang;

a shed where sails are kept under shelter.

cûn chíang;

a boat house.

ngīam hùe chíang;

an examining shed.

îam chíang;

a salt shed.

• 倡chìang2898
• To lead; to take the lead.

hṳ́ hùaⁿ nâng sĭ i tó̤ chìang chut;

all those people are lead on by him.

cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ i chìang-sí kâi;

it was he who instigated this.

hu chìang hŭ sûi;

the husband leads, and the wife follows.

• 唱chìang28308
• To take the lead in singing.

chìang hŏ̤;

the call and response in chanting.

lṳ́ chìang úa hŏ̤;

you lead and I will follow.

chìang lói;

to give orders at a ceremony.

thâng chìang;

to thrum and sing.

chìang hì;

to sing plays.

chìang tău;

to call out to clear the road.

kò̤ chìang;

to sing solos.

• 薔chîang96914013
• The red rose.

chîang-mûi-hue;

the cinnamon rose.

chîang-mûi lō;

rose water made from red roses.

• 腸chîang271309
• The intestines.

tăi chîang, sìo chîang;

the large and the small intestines.

tît chîang;

the rectum.

sìo-chîang-khì;

colic.

chîang huang hĭa hueh;

blind piles.

• 長chîang271680
• A long time; to excel.

chîang-kú;

always; a long time.

chîang seⁿ put láu;

physical immortality.

sĭ i só̤ chîang;

it is what he excels in.

cêk bô̤ só̤ chîang;

he excels in nothing.

• 鍫chîang9711679
• A crowbar; to dig with a crowbar.

phûe-chîang;

a wooden crowbar having an iron sheath.

thih chîang;

an iron crowbar.

chîang kàu kâi khang chim-chim;

dig out a deep hole.

chîang kâi khang hó̤ khîa ki thĭo;

dig a hole to set a post in.

• 常chîang740508
• Common; ordinary; always.

úa thóiⁿ tîeh phêng-chîang;

it appears to me to be an ordinary thing.

phêng-phêng chîang-chîang, bô̤ sĭm-mih ko̤h īeⁿ;

it is quite ordinary, and does not differ from the common ones.

chîang-chîang sìo-līam lṳ́;

I am always speaking about you.

úang-chîang i to m̄ pat cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

he never did so before.

lṳ́ tîeh chîang lâi cē;

you must come oftener.

chîang ŭ kâi sṳ̄;

it is a common occurrence.

chîang ŭ kâi mûeh;

it is an ordinary thing.

• 踦chĭang3421578
• Having only one good leg; crippled; halt.

chĭang kha-teⁿ;

to hop on one foot, having only one sound leg.

kîaⁿ to m̄ kîaⁿ, cò̤-nî tó̤ chĭang?

Why do you not walk properly instead of hopping along on one foot?

kúai-kha chĭang-tôi kâi nâng;

a cripple.

i nŏ̤ kâi tó̤ chĭang-chin-cheⁿ;

the two are playing the game of hopping on one foot over seven stones placed at equal distances apart.