Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/chong
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chong
- chong-mêng, tì-hŭi;
- clear headed and sagacious.
- hĭⁿ chong, mâk m̄ mêng;
- has good hearing but dim eyesight.
- chong-múaⁿ; chong-cok;
- to fill up.
- chong kong;
- become public property.
- chong-tng che-hîah;
- act as constable.
- phōiⁿ i khṳ̀ kháu gūa chong-kun;
- banished beyond the frontier to become a camp-follower.
- ké chong kuaⁿ-tíeⁿ;
- assume the style of an official.
- sêng chong;
- discharge the duties of an office.
- i sĭ chong tī nâng kâi khueh?
- Whose place is he filling?
- chong thiⁿ;
- to rise up to the heavens.
- ẁn-khì chong thiⁿ;
- his wrath waxed so as to fill the sky.
- nō̤ hwt chong kwn;
- in his anger his hair rose on end so as to lift his cap.
- chong thiⁿ tit pue;
- can fly into the clouds.
- i káⁿ tōa phit bé tît-tît chong-jîp châk îaⁿ lăi;
- he dared to rush alone straight into the enemy's camp.
- chong phùa khṳ̀;
- rushed against and broke it.
- kíaⁿ-jît kâi jît-cí sie chong;
- to-day will be untoward.
- sî-jît sit chong;
- the time is adverse.
- chong tîeh i kâi pn̄g mīaⁿ;
- unfavorable to his own fate.
- chong cŭang;
- to disagree with.
- tàⁿ ūe chong tîeh i;
- said what offended him.
- chong ceng tê lâi cîah;
- infuse a cup of tea to drink.
- chong cho̤h ngŏ-hún;
- make some arrow-root porridge.
- chong ieh-bûah;
- steep medicinal powder.
- chong cho̤h nêk-kùi;
- steep some cinnamon.
- chong săi-píaⁿ;
- pour hot water on dried persimmons.
- i kâi bī cĭu chong khí lâi;
- its flavor escapes in the steam rising from it.
- húe-kuang chong thiⁿ;
- the fire illuminates the sky.
- in chong khí lâi;
- the steam rises.
- chong lâi m̄ sêk;
- it is not steeped enough.
- chong cíu, chong cúi;
- steeped in wine or water.
- lṳ́ chong-chong àiⁿ khṳ̀ tī kò?
- What are you going in such haste?
- cêk sî chong-chong put kîp kio lṳ́ tàⁿ;
- the time is too hurried for me to tell you about it now.
- lṳ́ màiⁿ chong-chong mâng-mâng, khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ lí;
- do not be in haste about it, arrange it at your convenience.
- i cí hûe kâi sim chong-chong;
- at this time her heart is very sad.
- chòng-tîⁿ;
- to bother, to perplex, to entangle.
- i cong-kṳ́ tó̤ chòng-tîⁿ i;
- she is always bothering him.
- chòng-tîⁿ kàu nâng kang-khó căi;
- involved to such an extent as to be greatly distressed.
- chòng-chòng tîⁿ-tîⁿ;
- much hampered.
- i cun-chông i cò̤ tōa;
- he treats him within the respect due a superior.
- thiaⁿ chông;
- heedfully regard.
- sŭn chông;
- obediently follow.
- sìn chông;
- trustfully follow.
- cun chông;
- respectfully follow.
- tùe chông;
- follow on behind.
- chông mĕng;
- follow his instructions.
- chông lĕng;
- follow orders.
- i sĭ chông tī cêk kà?
- Of what sect is he?
- chong sim só̤-àiⁿ;
- follow his own wishes.
- bô̤ chông jîp chíu;
- there is no way to carry it out.
- lṳ́ àiⁿ chông úa a m̆?
- Are you going to comply with my wishes or not?
- jĭm chông lṳ́;
- do as you like.
- khut chông;
- comply by constraint.
- ngw̆n chông;
- willing compliance.
- sam chông sì-tek tŏ̤ ke chong pĕ, chut kè chông hu, hu sí chông cṳ́: hŭ-jîn sì tek, îong-mău, kang-hu, tàⁿ-ūe, pin-hĕng;
- the three feminine duties are to obey one's father before marriage, to obey one's husband after marriage, and to obey one's son in widowhood: the four feminine virtues, are neatness in dress, diligence in work, carefulness in speech, and propriety in conduct.
- cṳ̆ chông úa lâi kàu taⁿ;
- from the time when I came until now.
- chông kim íⁿ ău;
- from this time forth.
- chông m̄ pat cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- it has never been so before.
- chông sòi kàu tōa;
- from infancy to age.
- lṳ́ chông tī-kò̤ lâi?
- Where do you come from?
- àiⁿ chông tī-kò̤ khṳ̀?
- Where are you going?
- chông-chông îong-îong;
- unembarrassed.
- chông-îong cē;
- give a little more freedom.
- chông lṳ́ kâi ì;
- follow your idea.
- íⁿ-keng chông lìang lío;
- has already reformed.
- chông tăng ngí cŭe;
- judge the offense severely.
- thiⁿ m̄ chông nâng ngw̆n;
- heaven does not comply with human wishes.
- chông tī-kâi sî-hāu cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
- Since what time has it been thus?
- chông tī-kò̤ thóiⁿ chut?
- At what point did you discover this?
- chông tī-kâi sin-seⁿ thâk-cṳ?
- With what teacher did you study?
- lṳ́ kim-nî tó̤ chông tī-tîang?
- Whose school do you attend this year?
- chông-chṳ́ cĭu siang-hó̤;
- since that time they have been on good terms with each other.
- chông thâu kàu búe tàⁿ úa thiaⁿ;
- relate it to me from the beginning to the end.
- chông gūa phah jîp;
- go in from the outer surface.
- chông lâi hwt chut;
- springs up from the interior portions.
- chông hṳ́ tói khí lâi;
- comes up from the bottom of it.
- chông cṳ-ce lâi;
- came from school.
- chông sòi ŭ tōa;
- great results from small beginnings.
- chông-côiⁿ sĭ cò̤-nî?
- How was it formerly?
- chông-kó būe ŭ kâi;
- there never before was any such thing.
- chông-kó m̄ pat thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;
- never saw it before.
- chông kûiⁿ thóiⁿ kĕ;
- look down from a great height.
- tùe chông i kâi īeⁿ;
- follow his example.
- chì mn̄g lṳ́ kâi sin chông tī-kò̤ lâi;
- ask you to consider whether you are doing your duty to those who bore you.
- chông-lâi bô̤ kâi;
- there has been none such hitherto.
- chông-lâi;
- heretofore.
- chông-côiⁿ;
- aforetime.
- chông kó;
- from olden times.
- chông kim íⁿ ău lṳ́ tîeh ô̤h hó̤;
- henceforth you must learn to do well.
- chông lṳ́ cĭu sĭ;
- that is what I will do, I will comply with your wishes.
- bó̤ chông cṳ́ kùi;
- the mother is ennobled through her son.
- chông sĭen jû lîu;
- follows righteousness as water its channel.
- chông pùe-ău khṳ̀ thóiⁿ;
- looking backward.