Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/jong

by Adele Marion Fielde

jóng

• 冗jóng304142
• A calling and its duties; hurried.

sṳ̄ jóng căi;

pressed with business.

sṳ̄-bŭ hŵn-jóng;

multifarious business.

chíaⁿ i buah jóng, côiⁿ lâi;

ask him to lay aside his work and come forward.

sang tīo jóng hui;

cut off the extra expenses.

• 氄jóng3038212
• Fine hair or feathers; feathery.

jóng-mô̤ⁿ;

soft fluffy hair.

têk chìn thiⁿ-sî seⁿ jóng-mô̤ⁿ;

deers in cold weather have a coat of fine hair grow out.

koi-kíaⁿ chut n̆ng-khak, i kâi mô̤ⁿ cū jóng-jóng;

when the chicken emerges from the shell, its feathers are downy.

• 絨jông3031206
• Floss; velvet; velveteen.

kún jông;

trim with velvet.

îeⁿ jông;

foreign velvet.

so jông;

Soochow velvet.

cang jông lâi chiah;

embroider it with floss.

bói cêk chieh lâm jông cò̤ ăm-nía;

buy a foot of blue velvet to make a collar.

nŏ̤ líu jông;

two skeins of floss.

• 茸jông3041406
• Deer's horns; antlers.

têk jông;

young deer's horns.

jông phìen;

shavings of deer's antlers.

jông ka;

glue made from deer's antlers.

mîⁿ jông;

elk horns.

jông kṳ̆n;

the base of the antler, (considered valuable as a medicine).

• 仍jông29192
• Still; ever; just as before.

jông-kū sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

it is ever thus.

i sûi sĭ pun i tōa nâng lîah khṳ̀ kéng-kài, hŵn-lío jông-kū bŏi pìⁿ;

though taken to task by her husband, she is still unchanged from what she was before.

jông-jîen;

still the same.

• 戎jông303622
• Warlike; military.

cóng-jông;

His Excellency, the major-general.

i sĭ tăi-ngŵn-jông;

he is commander-in-chief.

jông cuang tá-pàng;

in martial array.