Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kong

by Adele Marion Fielde

kong

• 功kong460193
• Achievement; good service; virtue ; meritorious.

i kâi kong-lâu tōa;

his merit is great.

cò̤ sṳ̄ cò̤ kàu sêng kong;

one must bring what one does to a successful issue.

ŭ kong kâi chîn-cṳ́;

courtiers who have done meritorious deeds.

kong-chîn ău-ĭ;

the descendants of deserving ministers.

bô̤ kong ien káⁿ cîah lôk?

Without having done anything deserving reward, how dare one draw his salary?

ŭ kong-tek kîp mîn;

has done good works in behalf of the people.

kĭen kong, lîp ngîap;

achieve virtue, and found an estate.

kong-mîaⁿ chî cá to ŭ sìo;

merit is sooner or later rewarded.

thû-lâu bô̤ kong;

to labor without advantage.

cău-hùe cí thiap îeh cîah lô̤h khṳ̀ ŭ kong-hāu;

as it happened this dose of medicine proved effective when taken.

i íⁿ-keng kong sêng, mîaⁿ cĭu lío;

he has already achieved a reputation.

i tó̤ cò̤ kong-tek;

he is making merit.

i kâi hà hôk sĭ sìo kong a tăi kong?

Does he wear mourning for five or for nine months.

• 公kong459122
• Public; common; open; equal to all; general; just; equitable; the first of the five ranks of nobility; a duke, a lord, a master.

kong sṳ̄;

public business.

kong hŭe;

club, association, or public society.

kong só̤ tī-hng;

town houses or public halls.

kong-tău;

fair, equitable.

kong-kong tău-tău;

perfectly just.

i cò̤ sṳ̄ úa thóiⁿ tîeh m̄ kong-tău;

he acts in a way that appears to me to bo unfair.

kong-cìaⁿ kâi hieⁿ sin;

upright village elders.

cèng nâng lâi kong lí;

all came to make a fair settlement.

tăi-ke àiⁿ kong-kṳ́ tī-tîang?

Whom do you all want to put forward as a candidate?

kong-ciak;

a duke.

kong îa;

my lord, the duke.

kong cṳ́;

a young gentleman; officers, gentlemen.

sío kong-cṳ́;

a wild young gentleman.

hua-hua kong-cṳ́;

a young spendthrift.

tōa siang kong;

a term used in addressing a clerk in a yamun or a large house.

kong cú;

the emperor’s daughter.

i sĭ kong ke cò̤-pû cîah a sĭ pun khui cîah?

Do the whole family take their meals together, or do they eat separately?

a-kong;

a grandfather.

thài kong;

great grandfather.

gūa kong;

maternal grandfather.

kong má;

grandparents.

hŏng có-kong; pài có-kong;

worship of ancestors.

kong có tăi-jîn;

the Prefect.

nŏ̤ kong phûa hûa căi;

the old couple agree very well.

cía sĭ kong băng;

this is a public fund.

i sai-khih nâng kâi kong cîⁿ;

he embezzles the public funds.

hùi tīo kong mûeh;

waste the public property.

hak ke cêk cho̤h kong ngîap;

buy some more public property.

tì-chàng ke ho̤h cōi kong châng kong phò;

buy in ever so many more fields and shops to be used in common.

kong sim;

public spirited.

kong phêng;

just; equitable.

kong phêng kau-êk;

a fair bargain.

kong bŭ hŵn căi;

public business of many kinds.

kong tn̂g;

a public hall.

kong tī;

a common.

cêk jī jîp kong mn̂g, káu gû thoa m̄ chut;

when a complaint is once entered at the yamun, nine oxen cannot draw it out.

péng kong phōiⁿ sṳ̄;

adjudicate in accordance with equity.

soiⁿ kong, ău sai;

public interests before private business.

sĭ kong hun, a sĭ pêh thô?

Is it the best quality of opium, or the worst?

• 攻kong461663
• To attack; to assault; to fight with; to set to work at; to apply to; to rouse by reproving.

kong-phah i kâi tī-hng;

attacked their country.

cèng nâng kong-khek cêk nâng;

they all set upon him.

kong sîaⁿ;

assault a citadel.

jît mêⁿ kong cṳ;

study hard day and night.

íⁿ tâk kong tâk;

use poison as an antidote for

poison.

kong m̄ phùa;

fail to take by assault.

kong phùa i kâi îaⁿ-cē;

captured their in- trenchment.

hŭe-côi kong-tú i;

assemble and withstand them in battle.

pin-lô̤ lêng hĭa khì, kong kien;

betel-nut will disperse wind and reduce congestion.

méⁿ-méⁿ tîeh ēng kong thâm kâi îeh lâi kong tīo cí cho̤h thâm;

must quickly take some medicine which will remove phlegm, and clear out the throat with it.

soiⁿ kong-sùaⁿ cí tíam cék khì;

first dissipate the humors which have accumnlated.

cē khì, hueh cū kong sim;

as soon as one is angry, the blood rushes to the heart.

khṳt cho̤h thâm cē kong, cū hun-kông khṳ̀;

as soon as he was choked with mucous he became insensible.

• 工kong460480
• An artisan; skilled work; skill; a job.

sṳ̆ lông kong siang;

literary men, farmers, artisans and merchants.

i cò̤ lâi ceng-kong căi;

he has done it in a most workmanlike manner.

cía sît-căi nâng khá tô̤h thien kong;

this man has certainly seized upon the skill of nature in doing things expertly.

cía sĭ tōa kong thîaⁿ;

this is a big job.

• 恭kong462616
• The exhibition of respectful feeling.

kong-hí;

I respectfully wish you joy, (as at the New Year).

khṳ̀ kio i kong-hí kâi nâng ho̤h cōi;

those who went to wish him a Happy New Year were many.

• 管kóng4741188
• A tube; a short cylinder.

cam khǹg tŏ̤ cam-kóng tói;

the needles are put away in the needle-case.

tek kóng;

a small dipper or measure made from a section of the trunk of a bamboo.

cêk kóng lâng;

the core of a boil.

• 貢kòng4641543
• To offer to a liege lord things for service; presents from foreign nations given in homage; fit for presents or tribute; the best sort; to offer service.

cìn kòng;

to bring tribute.

kòng sài;

tribute bearers.

sĭ lâi kòng sĭm-mih mûeh?

What does he bring as tribute?

kòng lói;

presents sent to Court.

tōa kùe kòng-īⁿ;

bigger than an examination hall, (in which the graduates are supposed to offer their talents for their country’s service).

kòng cûn;

a ship bearing tribute.

ŭ sĭm-mih ko̤h īeⁿ mûeh-kĭaⁿ lâi kòng-hìen;

has some curious thing to present.

líam ki kòng-hieⁿ lâi phīⁿ phang;

light a large white incense stick and smell its odor.

i tàⁿ cí kâi sĭ kòng tn̄g;

he says this is the very best sort of satin.

kòng tău sĭ îu tī-kò̤?

By what route is the tribute brought?

kien kòng;

those graduates who have bought their degree.

chut kòng;

graduates who have tried for ten years to get the next degree.

lī kòng;

one who has bought an office.

• 馥kòng1511869
• Odoriferous; diffused odor.

cêk koiⁿ kòng-kòng phang; sĭ ûn hieⁿ-châ a m̄ sĭ?

The whole place is full of a sweet smell; it comes from burning sandal wood does it not?

phīⁿ tîeh kòng-kòng phang;

smells very fragrant.

• 礟kòng66711214
• A cannon; a howitzer.

cí bûe kòng kâi seⁿ-cu ēng jîeh tōa?

How large a ball is required for this cannon?

sin cù cêk mn̂g tâng kòng;

a newly cast brass cannon.

kòng chóiⁿ;

a swab for cleaning a cannon.

kòng kâi îeh lóng-cóng jîp pīn;

the cannon is already loaded.

• 䀊kŏng37010814
• To roil; to stir up and make turbid.

kŏng kàu lô̤-lô̤;

roil by stirring.

kŏng lô̤ i;

roil it up.

m̄ tîeh kŏng nâng kâi cúi ŏi tit lô̤ cìaⁿ ŭ ēng, tó̤ kŏng nâng kâi cúi m̄ lô̤ cò̤ ŭ ēng nē?

Of what use is it to make a fuss, if you do not make one that amounts to something?