Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/mang
mang
[edit]- thâu-mang-cûn;
- a small junk.
- pŭaⁿ máng; jīo mâng;
- drive out the mosquitoes.
- chih máng;
- fumigate and destroy the mosquitoes.
- hun máng;
- smoke out the mosquitoes.
- líam máng-hun;
- burn pastiles to drive away the mosquitoes.
- tìo máng-tìeⁿ;
- hang up a mosquito bar.
- bói ki máng-kô̤ lâi kô̤ máng;
- buy a mosquito-trap and catch the mosquitoes.
- máng-teng;
- a lamp which draws in and burns up mosquitoes.
- bô̤ bun, bô̤ máng;
- no gnats nor mosquitoes.
- máng kău;
- the mosquitoes are very thick.
- mīn cêk tíam cêk tíam sĭ máng-chùi a m̄ sĭ?
- The little dots all over your face are mosquito bites are they not?
- máng hng-hng-kìe;
- mosquitoes buzz.
- máng cuh hueh;
- mosquitoes suck blood.
- khṳt máng kă kàu kâi lâu;
- bitten by a mosquito so as to have a great blotch raised.
- saⁿ jṳ́ tîeh máng hueh;
- the tunic has a daub of mosquito’s blood on it.
- kâi cîⁿ máng tàng tîeh to m̄-àiⁿ!
- If a mosquito has stung the cash you won't take it; you are very exacting in regard to the quality of the money you take.
- àm chì máng;
- fierce mosquitoes that do not buzz.
- máng cûa;
- a python with yellow scales, found in Yunan and Anam.
- chēng máng-phâu;
- wear a robe having a python embroidered on it.
- jû khṳ̀ kùe máng-suaⁿ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- like crossing the mountains among which the pythons live.
- cò̤ máng-si;
- compose a funeral chant or monody.
- máng ko̤;
- a dirge.
- máng lîn;
- funeral scrolls.
- máng-têk;
- a large banner in black and white, or blue and gold cloth, hung between two staffs, and used as a funeral decoration.
- i cí pang kâi sng sṳ̄ sĭu ŭ jîeh cōi máng-têk?
- How many funeral banners did they receive during these obsequies?
- lú-máng;
- beedless; rude; inattentive and untrustworthy.
- cho-máng;
- brusque; blunt.
- i sĭ cho-máng kâi nâng, m̄ sĭ ìuⁿ-sìu kâi nâng;
- he is a boor not a refined person.
- cò̤ sṳ̄ lú-lú máng-máng, êng kâi m̄ ceng-sòi;
- does things in a blundering way, with no circumspection.
- máng i nā kò̤;
- hold on to him and make him stay.
- máng m̄ cŭ;
- could not hold it by tugging at it.
- máng lâi, léng khṳ̀;
- pull and push.
- máng i kâi piⁿ;
- pulled his queue.
- máng saⁿ kṳ;
- holding on to the flap of her tunic.
- máng kín-kín, bô̤ i khṳ̀;
- held on tightly and would not let her go.
- hăm kṳn máng khí lâi;
- pulled it up roots and all.
- máng i kâi thâu-mô̤ⁿ;
- pulled her hair.
- máng so̤h;
- haul in a rope.
- máng hûe-tńg;
- turn around by pulling at.
- máng tīo mô̤ⁿ;
- pluck out the feathers.
- sim màiⁿ mâng;
- do not be fluttered.
- cò̤ cìeⁿ mâng, àiⁿ khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?
- Where are you going in such haste?
- i cò̤-nî huang-huang mâng-mâng?
- What is she bustling about so for?
- huang-mâng khí-sin;
- started off with great precipitation.
- cē ŭ sṳ̄ tîeh mâng;
- as soon as anything happens she is flurried.
- lîeng mâng cū khṳ̀;
- hurried off.
- ēng i tó̤ pang mâng;
- employs him to help in the press of business.
- mâng-kip kâi sî-hāu;
- when urgently pressed for time.
- sim mâng, i lw̆n;
- fluttered and confused.
- mâng-mâng īa bô̤ khà khîeh mûeh;
- in such a hurry that I did not stop to get my things.
- mâng-mâng tōa hái, cn̂g kâi sĭ cúi;
- as far as the eye could reach was one expanse of water.
- thóiⁿ tîeh míoⁿ-míoⁿ mâng-mâng khṳ̀ tī kò̤ chūe?
- Where could one go to look for it in the illimitable space?
- sí lío míoⁿ-míoⁿ mâng-mâng, m̄ cai lêng-hûn ŭ tŏ̤ kò̤ a bô;
- after death all is vague and obscure, and we do not know whether the soul exists or not.
- mâng-sio;
- crude salt-petre, sometimes mixed with nitrate of soda and alumina.
- áu-mâng;
- fierce; dangerous.
- i kò̤ kâi nâng mâng căi;
- the people there are very barbarous.
- sĭ mâng;
- willful, passionate.
- i kâi nâng īu tio īu mâng;
- he is both passionate and unreasonable.
- mâng hieⁿ;
- uncivilized towns.
- lāu măng kâi hṳ̂;
- a fish that escaped the net.
- thut lío lô̤-măng;
- escaped from the snare.
- pha măng;
- let down the net.
- tieⁿ măng;
- spread a net.
- kit măng;
- to make a net.
- ti-tu kit măng;
- the spider makes a web.
- măng tîeh cêk búe tōa hṳ̂;
- caught one large fish in the net.
- cêk măng nĕ tĭⁿ-tĭⁿ, túi m̄ khí;
- the net was very full, so that they could not draw it up.
- cêk măng pha cĭn;
- caught the net fall.
- ēng măng-phèⁿ lâi phèⁿ;
- take a netted kerchief and gather them up in it.
- măng tō̤;
- a netted bag.
- chēng khṳ̀, tn̂g-măng-măng;
- dressed in a very long gown.
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- To dream; to see visions; dreams, of which diviners make six classes; a phantasm; obscure.
- māng-kìⁿ;
- dreamed.
- māng to m̄ kàu;
- I never dreamed of it.
- māng lâi èng-ngīam;
- the dream came to pass.
- jît sĭeⁿ, mêⁿ māng;
- think of it by day, and dream of it by night.
- māng tĭo;
- a prophetic dream.
- cêk tîeⁿ tōa māng;
- one long dream.
- māng-mŭeⁿ kâi sṳ̄, m̄ hó̤ sìn;
- it is a visionary scheme, do not place any confidence in it.
- khui māng lō;
- open the obscure road; cheer the spirit of the departed on its way to the other world.
- chéⁿ khí lâi, ío sĭ māng;
- I awoke, and behold it was a dream.
- ak māng;
- nightmare.
- put sîang māng;
- a bad dream.
- māng tîeh kâi hó̤ māng;
- had a pleasant dream.
- nâng seⁿ jû māng;
- life passes like a dream.
- m̄ hó̤ māng;
- it admits of no delay.
- ĭen-māng kàu taⁿ;
- delayed until now.
- chî-māng nŏ̤ jît;
- put it off two days.
- māng-māng àiⁿ cò̤;
- will do it after a while.
- māng-māng kîaⁿ;
- walk very slowly.
- kîaⁿ māng cē, thāi úa;
- walk rather slowly till I catch up with you.
- jú māng jú hó̤;
- the more slowly the better.
- īa m̄-hó̤ khah māng;
- neither should it be too late.
- khuaⁿ māng to hó̤;
- it is not pressing ; to do it leisurely will answer.