Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/meng

by Adele Marion Fielde

meng

• 猛méng610948
• Stern; severe; cruel.

ui-méng;

awful; imposing.

sîn-sìeⁿ ui-méng căi;

the gods are awe-inspiring.

bô̤ ui-méng cū m̄ tit nâng ùi;

without sternness of aspect, no fear is inspired in any one.

• 明mêng599724
• Clear; lucid; plain; evident; ostensibly; perspicacious; intelligent; illustrious; splendid; brilliant; to shed light on. tàⁿ mêng-pêh;

state clearly.

mêng-mêng pêh-pêh kâi tŏ̤-li;

a doctrine that is plain.

tàⁿ chut lâi kuang-mêng cìaⁿ-tăi;

stated in a clear and straight forward way.

mêng-mêng to̤ ŭ;

it is evidently so.

úa mêng-mêng thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;

I saw it plainly.

sǹg hun-mêng;

make a distinct reckoning.

kau-mêng;

clear headed.

chong-mêng;

quick of apprehension.

thiaⁿ m̄ mêng;

did not hear distinctly.

mêng-jît;

tomorrow.

• 鳴mêng5981963
• The cry of a bird or animals; to call out; to sound a sonorous note.

mêng wn;

to cry out for redress.

khṳ̀ kuaⁿ-hú kò̤ mêng wn;

go to the ofificials and proclaim one’s wrongs.

kuaⁿ cē chut gê-mn̂g cū mêng lô̤, pàng phàu;

as soon as the magistrate left the court, they sounded the gong, and fired a canon.

koi mêng kâi sî-hāu;

at cock’s crow.

úa ŭ kâi cṳ̆-mêng-ceng;

I have an alarm clock.

ko cíeⁿ lâng mêng;

you can’t clap with one hand.

• 冥mêng600148
• Dim; obscure; cavernous recesses; night-like; dismal; the unseen world; hades.

mêng-mêng;

the under world.

mêng-mêng cṳ tang cṳ̌ ŭ cú-cái;

sheol even has its lord.

hiuⁿ-mêng kâi sṳ̄ lâng cai;

the condition of things in hades is difficult to discover.

• 盟mêng5791088
• A solemn declaration before the gods.

i kio i sĭ mêng hiaⁿ-tĭ;

they are sworn brothers.

nŏ̤ nâng sĭ mêng kâi;

the two are leagued by oath.

tâng soiⁿ kúi nâng pài mêng;

at the time when several of us took the oath.

tŏ̤ sîn mīn côiⁿ mêng-sī kùe kâi;

what has been sworn to before the gods.

• 銘mêng5991676
• To engrave on metal or stone in order to remember; to record for the purpose of preserving; to inscribe on the memory.

mêng seng;

an imperial inscription given to worthy people.

mŏ̤ⁿ-cì-mêng;

an engraved epitaph.

mêng-kám tŏ̤ sim;

engraven on the heart.

• 瞑mêng60010910
• To close the eyes in death.

kam sim mêng mâk;

would cheerfully close the eyes upon this world.

• 螟蛉mêng-lêng600
• A caterpillar which the solitary wasp is said to adopt and bring up as its own offspring.

mêng-lêng kâi kíaⁿ;

an adopted child.

• 命mĕng601305
• To order, to command, to charge; directions; requirements; behests; decrees.

cun mĕng;

obey orders.

sŭn i kâi mĕng kîaⁿ;

went according to his commands.

cí kâi kuaⁿ kâi mĕng-lĕng ngîam căi;

this officer’s orders are very strict.

líang ke kak uaⁿ thien mĕng;

let each do his duty in the sphere where heaven has placed him.

thieng mĕng;

fate; heaven's decree.

hŏng mĕng;

receive orders.

it-it jŭ mĕng;

everything has been done according to orders.

• 孟mĕng580395
• Great; eminent; senior; the first month of a season.

mĕng-cṳ́;

the sage, Mencius.

cêk khùi saⁿ kâi gûeh hun cò̤ mĕng, tŏng, kùi;

the three months in each quarter are distinguished as the first second and third of a trine series.

mĕng chun, mĕng hē, mĕng chiu, mĕng tang;

the first month of spring, of summer, of autumn, and of winter.