Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/lang

by Adele Marion Fielde

lang

• 疏lang7751037
• Wide apart; open; having interstices.

màiⁿ pâi khah lang;

do not set them too far apart.

thóiⁿ tîeh lang-lang nē;

it appears as if the spaces between were very wide.

cìeⁿ-seⁿ khah hi-lang, tîeh cò̤ bâk-câk cē;

that is too open, it must be made closer.

• 胝lang551305
• A thick indurate skin on the hands and feet.

phoi kha-lang;

pare off the indurate skin on the feet.

• 懶láng5036116
• Lazy; remiss; disinclined to.

láng-tŏaⁿ;

lazy; languid.

ciu-jît to sĭ láng-láng tŏaⁿ-tŏaⁿ, chŵn m̄ cò̤ kang-hu;

loafs around all day and does no work.

láng-láng tháng-tháng;

very listless.

• 囊láng61511822
• A bag; a sack.

khang láug tńg-lâi;

came back with an empty bag.

sieⁿ láng;

a haversack.

tek láng;

a splint bag.

sīu cò̤ cêk láng;

kept them and put them all into one bag.

• 牝láng697932
• The female of beasts.

tṳ láng;

a young sow.

sĭ ko a sĭ láng;

is it male or female?

ngio láng;

a female kitten.

gû-láng;

a heifer.

• 空làng4641163
• An interim; to leave a space between; an interstice; to omit a portion.

làng kúi kâi jī;

left out several letters.

làng saⁿ kâi;

omit three.

làng cêk hîeh lío cìaⁿ hó̤ sía;

leave one blank page and then write.

mn̂g ĕ àiⁿ làng jîeh kûiⁿ?

How wide a space is to be left at the bottom of the door?

tìn-tang làng ŭ kò̤ tī;

an open space is left in the middle of the grounds.

làng tīo nŏ̤ bó châng m̄ hó̤ co̤h;

not reckoning two acres which are unfit for cultivation.

múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ khui theng làng ò̤;

vent holes opening in all directions.

• 膿lâng64313013
• Pus.

seⁿ lâng;

to produce pus.

tìeⁿ lâng;

puffed up with pus.

khí-thâu-ē chut cêk kóng lâng, taⁿ sĭ lâu lâng-cúi tĭaⁿ;

at the first a hard lump of pus came out of it, and now it exudes only watery pus.

kẁn lâng;

bring to a head, make ripe for opening.

līu kàu lâng-thâu chut lâi;

squeeze out the core (of a boil).

thie i chut lâng;

open it and let out the pus.

i só̤ phùi kâi sĭ lâng, m̄ sĭ thâm;

what he expectorates is pus, not mucous.

tâng i khṳ̀ thò lâng thò hueh, màiⁿ chái i;

let him go and spue out his bile, and pay no attention to him.

ko lâng;

to form pus.

kâm-lâng kâm-lâng;

raw and mattery.

• 欄杆lâng-kang501
• A balustrade; a railing.

ûi cêk têng lâng-kang;

inclose with a railing.

sĭ cîeh lâng-kang a sĭ châ lâng-kang?

Has it a stone or a wooden baluster?

lâng-kang mn̂g;

a grated door.

• 零lâng5451735
• What exceeds a round number; a fraction; a residue; a remainder; in numeration, a cypher showing that one denomination is not used.

lâng-chùi kâi pò;

remnants of cloth.

lâng-chùi kâi ngṳ̂n-níe;

the residue of the funds.

saⁿ níe lâng nŏ̤ hun;

three taels, no mace and two candareens.

choiⁿ lâng sì;

a thousand and forty.

peh lâng ngŏ;

a hundred and five.

nŏ̤ peh bô̤ lâng;

two hundred and nothing over.

khî-ṳ̂ kâi put kùe lâng-cheⁿ-chùi-tíam;

the surplus consists of nothing more than a few odds and ends.

lâng-lâng chùi-chùi jw̆n bōi;

sell off as may chance to be possible in bits and pieces.

lâng-ló̤;

a little, a small quantity or a short piece.

àiⁿ ka lâng-ló̤, i m̄ hàuⁿ;

he is not willing to cut off a short piece for one.

chûn lâng-ló̤ tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;

have only a little left.

hâiⁿ ke lâng-ló̤ thóiⁿ i hàuⁿ mē;

offer him a little more and see if he will consent.

lâng-lâng ló̤-ló̤ mûeh, chìn-chái cē;

it is a very slight thing, do not be exacting about it.

cí hûe bô̤ làng-ló̤ ciⁿ;

have at present scarcely any cash.

cí hûe kău câp tíam lâng;

it is now past ton o'clock.

úa pàng ŭ lâng-kĭaⁿ mûeh to̤ i kò̤;

I left a few things in his care.

tîeh ke lâng jît cìaⁿ ŭ;

there will be some in a few days.

cía sǹg sĭ lâng-sang mûeh;

this is a thing of little value.

i ŭ lâng bōi a bò̤?

Does he sell any at retail?

tih lâng tíam lóh̤ khṳ̀;

drop in a few drops.

lâng peh cíⁿ sṳ̄, màiⁿ po̤h khah thíam;

do not bicker too much about a matter of a few hundred cash.

cûah ŭ lâng-lí lō;

lacks a few miles of it.

cêk kĭaⁿ kàu lâng kâi ngṳ̂n;

one of them costs but a few dollars.

lâng-lâng su-su;

a very little.

• 難lâng61417211
• Hard; difficult; grievous; neither easy nor pleasant; seldom attained; to harass.

lâng cò̤;

hard to do.

lâng sêng;

difficult of accomplishment.

lâng tit;

not easily attained.

lâng tău i m̄ lài;

Can you think he would come?

lṳ́ màiⁿ lâng-ûi i;

do not you vex him.

lâng thóiⁿ;

repulsive.

lâng tàⁿ;

unspeakable.

lâng íⁿ cai;

difficult to know.

lâng thiaⁿ;

unpleasant to hear about.

lâng siang-sìu;

incredible.

i cí hûe kang-lâng-khùn-khó kâi sî-hāu;

he is now in distress.

lâng thàng;

hardly earned.

• 蘭lâng50114017
• A general name for orchideous plants.

cṳ-lâng;

an orchid.

mêⁿ-lâng;

the white lily.

ngŏ-hîeh-lâng;

the five leaved orchid.

koi-kha-lâng;

the fowl's foot orchid.

i chap ŭ cêk pang gûeh-lâng hŭe;

he has become a member of a loan association.

• 聾lâng56812816
• Deaf; hard of hearing.

hĭⁿ lâng;

deaf.

tèⁿ lâng tèⁿ é;

pretend to be deaf and dumb.

hĭⁿ lâng, kau sieⁿ;

made deaf by having the ear-wax dug out too forcibly.

hĭⁿ cêk pùaⁿ lâng hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

partially deaf.

hĭⁿ cêk pôiⁿ lâng;

deaf in one ear.

• 鱗lâng54119512
• The scales of fish; scaly.

hṳ̂ lâng;

fish scales.

phah tīo lâng;

take off the scales.

hṳ̂-lâng sie ciap;

overlap like fish scales.

hṳ̂-lâng hûn;

a mackerel sky.

chíu tèng seⁿ lîap hṳ̂-lâng cùe;

has a wart on his hand.

bô̤ lâng hṳ̂;

scaleless fish.

sin tèng chĭeⁿ lâng-kak;

has scurvy.

• 礱lâng56811216
• A mill used in hulling paddy.

lâng pì;

the shaft of the mill 

lâng hĭⁿ;

the sides of the mill.

oi lâng;

to turn the mill.

• 籠lâng56811816
• A cage; an open basket for carrying birds or animals.

cío-lâng;

a bird-cage.

teng-lâng;

a lantern.

• 郎lâng5041637
• A term of respect for officers and others; a gentleman.

ko̤h-ĕ ŭ kúi ūi lĕng-lâng?

How many sons have you remaining near you?

i kâi kíaⁿ tó̤ cò̤ lī-pŏ lâng-tong;

his son is a clerk in the Board of Civil Office.

• 狼lâng505947
• A cruel wild beast.

châi-lâng;

wolves.

lâng sim, káu hĕng;

unmerciful and savage.

• 廊lâng5045310
• A porch.

líang lâng;

side porches; vestibules on either side.

• 浪lăng505857
• Waves, billows, surges; profligate, dissipated, wasteful; the mind not settled.

cí kâi kíaⁿ sĭ lăng-tăng căi;

this son is very unsteady.

po̤ lăng thau thiⁿ;

the billows rise to heaven.

lăng-tăng kíaⁿ-tĭ;

a spendthrift.

i to sĭ lăng-lăng tăng-tăng, m̄ khéng uaⁿ-cĕⁿ cò̤ cìaⁿ-keng sṳ̄-ngîap;

he is always drifting about from one thing to another, and will never quietly follow any fixed occupation.

• 朗lăng505747
• Clear, as moonlight.

gûeh lăng, cheⁿ hi;

when the moon is bright the stars are sparse.

• 弄lăng569554
• To use badinage; to trifle and toy with.

lăng ké, sêng cin;

began in jest and ended in earnest.

lăng khá, hẃn cwt;

the pretended expert turned out to be a fool; he thought he would do a smart thing and got into trouble.

cē bô̤ nâng tit i ùi i cū káⁿ lăng khŵn;

as soon as there is no one at hand of whom he is afraid, he ventures to abuse his liberty.

• 伸lāng73695
• To stretch forth; to thrust out; to project.

chíu lāng chut lâi khṳt sin-seⁿ thóiⁿ;

hold out your arm that the doctor may look at it.

saⁿ-ńg khah ôih, chíu lāng lô̤h khṳ̀ cū têk tîeh;

the sleeve of my tunic is too tight, and when I thrust in my arm it pinches.

kha lāng tŏ̤ lîam gūa khṳt i thóiⁿ;

put her foot out from behind the screen that he might look at it.

lṳ́ kâi phoi-taⁿ lāng jîp lâi khṳt i cih;

reach your carrying pole in and let her take it.

sam khah tn̂g m̄ hó̤ lāng jîp khṳ̀;

the timber is too long, and cannot be projected in.

lāng kâi thâu chut lâi íam;

thrust out her head and scrutinized it.

i kâi cûa-cam lāng-a-lāng;

darts out his forked tongue.

• 難lāng61417211
• Calamity; trouble; difficulty.

cai-lāng;

adversity.

khó-lāng;

distress.

tōa-lāng;

great affliction.

i sĭ tô̤ lāng kàu cí-kò̤ lâi kâi;

he came here to escape from trouble.

sĭu khó sĭu lāng;

experience hardship.

cau lāng;

encounter trouble.

kìu khó kìu lāng;

rescue from distress.

lāng jît cē kùe cū hó̤;

when these troublous days are passed, all will be well.