Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cuang

by Adele Marion Fielde

cuang

• 粧cuang1131196
• The style of dress ; the toilet ; to make the toilet ; to feign ; to put on airs.

cuang chái;

adorned.

cuang sek;

decked out.

cuang khiang;

pedantic.

cuang īeⁿ;

affected, pretentious.

siu-cuang tá-pàng;

making one's toilet.

sò cuang;

plainly dressed.

īam cuang;

richly dressed.

lông cuang;

over dressed.

tăⁿ cuang;

well dressed.

ké cuang;

dressed in disguise.

nńg pàng lâm cuang;

a woman dressed in men's clothes.

cuang m̄-hó̤ cò̤ īeⁿ;

a style of dress not to be imitated.

tŏaⁿ cuang pàng;

carelessly dressed.

cuang chut lâi hó̤thóiⁿ;

very prettily dressed.

cuang īeⁿ cuang sìeⁿ;

to affect a style.

• 裝cuang1131457
• Travelling equipage; to pack up; to send on.

kîaⁿ-cuang;

luggage.

siu-sîp kîaⁿ-cuang;

get the baggage ready.

cuang sok khí lâi hó̤thóiⁿ;

bind up the travelling equipments nicely.

ēng cûn cuang-cài;

forward them by boat.

cuang m̄ tit;

cannot pack them all in.

cuang cêk sieⁿ cêk sieⁿ;

pack them box by box.

• 樁cuang1137511
• A classifier of affairs, of goods, and of logs.

cêk cuang sṳ̄;

an affair.

cêk tōa cuang hùe-mûeh;

a large assortment of goods.

cí cuang sṳ̄ tho̤h lṳ́ khṳ̀ cò̤;

entrust the doing of this business to you.

bô̤ pât cuang;

no other sort.

toaⁿ cí cuang tīaⁿ;

this variety alone.

tèng cuang;

to drive piles.

cuang thâu;

the head of affairs.

• 撞cŭang1146412
• To bump; to strike against; to collide.

sie cŭang;

to collide.

cŭang thâu cŭang hîah;

bumped their heads together.

cŭang pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;

tumbled down through being hit.

nŏ̤ ciah cûn sie cŭang;

the two boats came in collision.

cŭang phùa;

collided and broke.

cŭang-cîh;

bump against and smash.

cŭang tó̤;

knock against and upset.

cŭang hueh lāu;

thumped so as to draw blood.

pêh cŭang;

to intrude.

khṳt úa cŭang kìⁿ;

was accidentally seen by me.

cio-îo cŭang phìen;

to swindle.

• 從cŭang1024608
• Secondary in rank.

cŭang hiaⁿ-tĭ;

male second-cousins.

chin, thâng, cŭang, peh kúi câp nâng;

taking brothers, cousins, and second-cousins, there are over a hundred of them altogether.

cìaⁿ it pín, cŭang saⁿ pín;

the first of the first grade and the second of the third grade.

• 狀cŭang114944
• Appearance; form; style.

hêng-cŭang;

the general appearance.

thó̤iⁿ i kâi chêng-cŭang;

see how he appears.

cŭang-măuⁿ hui sîeⁿ;

has a distinguished appearance.

cŭang jû hŭ-jîn ńng-cṳ́;

appears like a woman.