Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/mng

by Adele Marion Fielde

mng

• 已mng278490
• A sign of the past tense.

jît mng àm lío, cò̤-nî būe cṳ́ pn̄g?

The sun is already down, why is it that supper is not yet cooked?

úa mng sĭ m̄ cai, úa ā-sĭ cai cū bô̤ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

I knew nothing about it, if I had known, it would not have been so.

i mng tó̤ cŏ̤, lṳ́ sĭ thóiⁿ-m̄-kìⁿ héⁿ?

He was sitting there, did you not see him?

lṳ́ hìeⁿ ùaⁿ lâi: i mng íⁿ-keng khṳ̀ lío;

how late you are in coming: he has already gone.

lṳ́ tàⁿ i mùaⁿ-cá àiⁿ lâi, i taⁿ mng lâi lío;

you said he was coming to-morrow, and he has already arrived.

i mng khṳ̀ nín kò̤ lío, lṳ́ cò̤-nî tin-tò̤ lâi cí kò̤?

He has already gone to your house, how is it that you on the contrary have come here?

• 晚mńg1038727
• Evening; late in life; the gloaming; late; behindhand.

kàu-mńg nî cìaⁿ tit cṳ́;

late in life had a son.

ka-kī cheng-cò̤ mńg-seng;

calls himself “Your servant.”

kin nî kâi mńg tang;

the last crop of this year.

màiⁿ táng kàu sĭeⁿ siu-hùe le, cū khah mńg;

do not wait till you are sorry for it, for it will then be too late.

cá mńg cū ŭ;

sooner or later it will be so.

cá mńg nŏ̤ kùe tang lóng-cóng hó̤;

the early and late crops of the year were both good.

mńg-chang;

supper, a term used among native Christians for the Lord’s Supper.

cá mńg kak cîah nŏ̤ cîⁿ;

takes two cash worth of it morning and evening.

i ā-sĭ khéng kói-hùe hûe-thâu, hŵn-lío bŏi mńg;

if he is willing to repent and reform it is not yet too late.

• 姑mńg432385
• For the time, just, merely.

cò̤ li mńg cò̤, m̄ cai hâh ēng mē;

can make it after a fashion, but do not know whether it will be fit to use when it is done.

tàⁿ li mńg tàⁿ, úa sĭeⁿ i m̄ thiaⁿ;

as for that, I can tell him, bat I suppose he will pay no heed to what I say.

ēng li mńg ēng i, m̄ cai i cò̤ tit lâi mē;

I can employ him for the time being, but am doubtful whether he can do the work.

mńg-hŭn kùe jît;

just barely manage to get along.

• 們mn̂g57798
• Sign of the plural of persons.

îa mn̂g;

official attendants.

seng-lí mn̂g;

merchants.

thâk cṳ mn̂g;

students.

a cong mn̂g;

constables.

a pún mn̂g;

clerks in the yamun.

hṳ́ cêk mn̂g kâi nâng to m̄-hó̤ kau-chap;

it is not well to associate with those people.

tī cêk mńg to̤ m̄-ùi;

fears no sort of people.

cí cêk mn̂g úa cĭu kiaⁿ, hṳ́ cêk mn̂g bô̤-siang-kang;

these I fear, but those I am not concerned about.

• 門mn̂g5761690
• A gate; a gateway; a door; a house or the family in it; an entrance, an opening; a harbour; a sect; a profession; a class; an occupation; in anatomy, a short duct or passage; a classifier of cannon and of affairs.

cíeⁿ mn̂g;

guard the entrance.

phah mn̂g; khà mn̂g; tiak mn̂g;

to knock at a door.

khui mn̂g;

open the door.

kueⁿ mn̂g;

shut the door.

chùaⁿ mn̂g;

latch the door.

chēng mn̂g;

bar the door.

kit mn̂g;

bolt the door.

hŏiⁿ mn̂g;

pull the doors together.

tàu mn̂g;

set the door in its sockets.

huang mn̂g;

seal up a door.

só̤ mn̂g;

lock the door.

mn̂g hăm a hŏiⁿ;

set the door ajar.

nŏ̤ phìⁿ tōa mn̂g;

two large doors.

síam mn̂g;

movable doors, forming a partition.

theng mn̂g;

window shutters.

côiⁿ mn̂g;

the front door.

ău mn̂g;

the back door.

mn̂g-kíaⁿ;

small doors.

thài phêng mn̂g;

an open doorway.

khui tong mn̂g ngêng-cih;

open the main door and receive him there.

kîaⁿ kak mn̂g jîp khṳ̀;

entered by a side door.

kîaⁿ cìaⁿ mn̂g a sĭ kîaⁿ phien mn̂g?

Do they use the main door or a side door?

ŵn-mn̂g;

doors beside the main one at the entrance to a yamun.

toaⁿ phìⁿ mn̂g;

a door of one leaf.

îⁿ mn̂g;

an arched doorway.

lâng-kang mn̂g;

a grated door.

chut mn̂g;

to go out of doors; to be out; to be married.

jîp mn̂g;

to enter the house.

sŏ̤ mn̂g; sìang mn̂g;

to batter down a door.

cŭang mn̂g;

to break in a door.

kiah mn̂g;

to pick open a door.

léng mn̂g;

push open a door.

mn̂g khuang;

door casings.

mn̂g táu;

door frames.

mn̂g bâi;

the lintel.

mn̂g tŏiⁿ;

the threshold.

mn̂g kha khŭ;

the socket in which a door turns.

mn̂g chùaⁿ;

door latch.

mn̂g-hŵn;

the rings through which a Chinese door is locked.

cêk hâp mn̂g;

a double door.

mn̂g sìⁿ ău;

behind the door.

po̤-mn̂g;

hatchway.

lâu mn̂g;

entrance to an upper storey.

pâng mn̂g;

bedroom door.

càu ĕ mn̂g;

the kitchen door.

càu mn̂g;

the door of the kitchen range.

huang-lô mn̂g;

stove doors.

mīn mn̂g;

the face.

mn̂g kha kháu;

outside the gate.

mn̂g kha;

by the door.

cò̤ mn̂g-cīeⁿ; tng mn̂g-kháu;

to be steward, butler or major-domo; a factotum in the employ of a gentleman.

cí khí sṳ̄ i cn̂g kâi m̄ jîp mn̂g;

he shows no aptness at all for this sort of thing.

lṳ́ cai thiaⁿ mn̂g;

you sit up and be ready to open the door.

mn̂g-sîn;

the god who guards the gate.

mn̂g-pâi;

door-plate.

pàng saⁿ mn̂g phàu;

fired off three cannon.

mn̂g-mn̂g to hío;

he is a jack-at-all-trades.

tī cêk mn̂g i to pat;

he understands a little of every sort of business.

i cwn mn̂g cò̤ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

he makes a specialty of this business.

mn̂g lō;

openings for trade or work.

mn̂g-seng; mn̂g-thû; mn̂g-jîn;

a follower; a disciple.

mn̂g-hŏ;

households.

khṳ̀ i kò̤ pài mn̂g;

go to him for patronage.

mn̂g pau; mn̂g lói;

a fee to the porter.

mn̂g-táu;

attendants on a district school inspector.

pùn mn̂g;

the anus.

súaⁿ mn̂g;

the mouth of the womb.

tùi mīn mn̂g;

the opposite door.

i cí hûe bô̤ mn̂g bô̤ lō;

he is now without resource.

ūe tàⁿ khù bô̤ mn̂g hó̤ jîp;

there was no chance to enter into the conversation.

cúi kwn mn̂g;

the place where a stream disemboges.

m̄ cai seⁿ-sí mn̂g;

does not know which way danger lies.

khui mn̂g pàng cúi;

open the sluice, and let off the water; produce a circulation of the fluids.

káng mn̂g;

entrance to a canal, port, or harbour.

hòng tîeh i kâi hīⁿ-kíaⁿ mn̂g;

boxed him on the ear.

lō mn̂g khah ôih;

the opening is too narrow.

khîu mn̂g jû chĭ;

sought his door in numbers like those going to a fair.

cĭeⁿ mn̂g;

approached the door.

kàu i mn̂g ŭ jîeh kú?

How long since she arrived at the house of her husband?

thiⁿ khui mn̂g;

there is a rift in the sky; good fortune comes. mn̂g-lâu têng;

a roof to protect a doorway.

thap-tó mn̂g-lâu;

a doorway that juts inward.

îang mn̂g;

a door that has no roof above it.

mn̂g-lâu koiⁿ;

a porch or entry.

mn̂g-sún;

the tenons on which a door turns.

uaiⁿ mn̂g;

to swing on a door.

mn̂g màiⁿ uaiⁿ chut, uaiⁿ jîp;

do not swing the door to and fro.

mn̂g khŏng-khŏng-kìe;

the door is slamming.

gê-mn̂g;

a yamun.

îaⁿ mn̂g;

entrance to a camp.

tīn mn̂g;

a gap in the ranks.

cêk mn̂g chèng;

a gun.

kîaⁿ lĭang mn̂g;

go in at a private entrance.

cē mn̂g;

the entrance to a fortified village.

mn̂g-thâu;

a door.

tŏ̤ tī-kâi mn̂g-thâu tīu?

By which gate do you live?

thâu kâi mn̂g;

the first door.

jī mn̂g;

the second door.

pâk mn̂g;

the north gate.

i kâi chíu-mn̂g heng;

he is an apt hand at it.

chíu mn̂g m̄-hó̤;

he is an awkward hand at it.

lṳ́ thiaⁿ i kâi ūe-mn̂g cò̤-nî tàⁿ?

What do you think is the meaning of what he says?

ngĕ-mn̂g sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

that is a fixed fact.

cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ khuah mn̂g, hṳ́ kâi ôih mn̂g;

this is an extensive business, that is one that offers no room for expansion.

íam mn̂g phāng

peep through a crack in the door.

kíu mn̂g thî-tok;

the keeper of the nine gates of the city of Peking.

thiⁿ ĕ ŭ jîeh cōi kà-mn̂g;

How many religions are there in the world?

cêk kâi sai-pĕ kà-mn̂g kâi;

apprentices of the same master workman.

kùe mn̂g jîeh kú?

How long since she was married?

m̄ tàⁿ nâng kui mn̂g kâi sai sṳ̄;

not talk of people’s private affairs.

máng-tìeⁿ mn̂g;

the opening in a mosquito-bar.

sṳ-hùi mn̂g tōa căi;

his expenditures are enormous.

ceng mn̂g, khăm hŏ;

bangs away at the door.

chūe kàu i bô̤ mn̂g bô̤ hŏ;

follow him up till he has no way of escape.

mn̂g gūa;

out of doors.

mn̂g lăi;

indoors.

tàⁿ khṳ̀ tùi mn̂g a m̄ tùi mn̂g?

Did he speak to the point or not?

thâu pàng mn̂g;

at the first opening of the doors, the first recess at an examination.

mīaⁿ mn̂g;

a supposed passage between the rectum and the bladder, called “the gate of life”.

mn̂g mīn pái lâi li hó̤ căi;

the front is finely decorated; appearances are well cared for.

• 問mn̄g1042308
• To inquire of or about.

mn̄g tîeh, i cò̤-nî tàⁿ?

What did he say when you asked him?

mn̄g mêng-pêh;

ascertain by inquiry.

cêk mn̄g cêk tap;

an answer to each question.

cieh mn̄g;

inquire respectfully.

mn̄g lō;

inquire the way.

mn̄g kàu i kâi tói-sòi chut lâi;

investigate thoroughly so as to bring out all the facts.

úa chíaⁿ mn̄g lṳ́;

I beg to ask you.

lâk mn̄g cū pat;

diligently inquire and you will know.

mn̄g tang mn̄g sai, mn̄g cìeⁿ mn̄g hìeⁿ;

made extensive and careful inquiry.

hâk mn̄g;

learning; education.