Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pong
pong
[edit]- huang hiah, éng būe hiah, hía cûn tó̤ pong lío;
- after the wind has ceased and before the waves have gone down, the pitching of the vessel is hardest for people to bear.
- pòng lîh;
- to burst asunder.
- màiⁿ khṳt i pòng tîeh mâk;
- do not let it fly in your eyes when it bursts.
- kha-tháng pòng kho khṳ̀;
- the washtub has burst its hoop.
- ēng húe-îeh pòng cîeh;
- blast rocks with gunpowder.
- cîeh pòng;
- the rocks burst and fly apart.
- pòng-cē-kìe;
- the sound of an explosion.
- pòng-pòng-kìe;
- the sound of successive explosions.
- pòng cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;
- burst in two.
- tŏ̤ hṳ́ tói pòng chut lâi;
- burst from the inside.
- pòng kàu chap-chap-chùi;
- burst in pieces.
- pòng phùa;
- burst apart.
- pòng khui;
- split open.
- pòng tīo;
- spoiled by bursting.
- pòng-cîh;
- snapped off.
- pŏng-pŏng-cheⁿ;
- a luxuriant greenness.
- kak chù kâi châng-hn̂g, thóiⁿ tîeh pŏng-pŏng-cheⁿ;
- the cultivated fields everywhere appear very green.
- cêk pōng tǹg pńg-tī chìn sĭ câp-jī níe;
- a pound, according to native scales, is twelve Chinese ounces.
- cang pōng chìn, pōng thóiⁿ jîeh tăng;
- take steelyards weighing pounds and see how many pounds it weighs.