Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thang
thang
- cùaⁿ nâng lâi thang phài;
- each pays an equal share.
- kâi nâng thang khí lâi ēng jîeh cōi cîⁿ?
- What is the amount to be paid by each as his share?
- àiⁿ cò̤ jîeh cōi hun thang?
- Into how mnay shares is it to be apportioned?
- thang pô̤h-pô̤h, màiⁿ thang khah kău;
- spread it thin, do not spread it too thick.
- ko̤-îeh tîeh thang câu-câu;
- the ointment must be spread evenly.
- i to ŭ thang cîah, ŭ thang chēng;
- she has enough to eat and to wear.
- bô̤ thang hâiⁿ i;
- have not the wherewithal to pay him.
- nêk ŭ thang khṳt nâng cîah, kut bô̤ thang khṳ̂t nâng khòi;
- have meat that I can let people eat, but no bones to let them gnaw; will stand some imposition, but not an unlimited amount of it.
- kâi tó lăi nĕ thang-thang;
- his mind is very clear.
- i sui sĭ cìeⁿ tōa tó lăi to m̄ thang;
- although he is so large, his perceptions are not quick.
- thang-lâng;
- well ventilated; free and open.
- i bô̤ thang pat;
- he does not know much about it.
- hŵn ío sin, bô̤ thang hìeⁿ lău;
- it is still rather new, and not much worn.
- sueh khṳ̀ bô̤ thang tùi;
- the explanation was not wholly to the point.
- bô̤ thang ŏi;
- not very competent.
- buêh tháng;
- bûeh àng; the leg of a stocking.
- khuah tháng, ôih tháng;
- wide and narrow legs.
- cí sang bûeh tháng ío tn̂g;
- the legs of this pair of stockings are longer.
- hĭa tháng; hĭa àng;
- a boot leg.
- tìo-tháng;
- a small wooden pail, with a high bail.
- pûah-tháng;
- a small bucket used in drawing water from a well.
- cúi-tháng;
- water-buckets.
- kha-tháng;
- a wash-tub.
- mīn-tháng;
- a wooden wash-basin.
- úaⁿ-tháng;
- a tub used in washing dishes.
- pn̄g tháng;
- a wooden dish used to hold cooked rice.
- bí-tháng;
- a rice-tub.
- khàm-tháng;
- a cask with a cover.
- nŏ̤ hĭⁿ tháng;
- a large bucket with ears.
- tháng nîe;
- the cross-piece in a water-bucket.
- tháng chîeⁿ, tháng tói, tháng kho, tháng hĭⁿ;
- the sides, bottom, hoops, and bail of a bucket.
- ūaⁿ thang tói;
- put a new bottom in a bucket.
- ni tháng;
- mend buckets.
- hàm kâi ūaⁿ-tháng-tói-kâi lâi kho tháng;
- call a bucket-mender to come and put new hoops on the buckets.
- cí tìo lō tháng-pêⁿ căi;
- this road is very level.
- tháng-tháng pêⁿ-pêⁿ kâi tōa lō, kōi kîaⁿ;
- a level highway, easily travelled.
- i kâi suaⁿ-sì kàu cí-kò̤ cū tháng kâi pêⁿ po;
- the mountain here subsites into a plain.
- úa kâi ūe sĭ tháng-tháng pêh-pêh kio lṳ́ tàⁿ, chŵn bô̤ cia-íam;
- I tell you this plainly and without the least concealment.
- cí kâi tī-hng ío pêⁿ-tháng, bŏi sia-kĭa;
- this place is level, not inclined.
- hía tī-hng pêng-pêng tháng-tháng, cek mōⁿ bô̤ suaⁿ bô̤ sṳ̆;
- that region is very level, with neither mountains nor headlands in sight.
- tháng-cìam;
- to help one who is in the wrong; to aid in an underhand way.
- sĭu i kâi ĭu lío cū tháng-ciàm i;
- takes his bribe and helps him therefor.
- úa thóiⁿ li i sĭ tháng-cìam kàu chut mĭn;
- I consider it evident that he has rendered underhanded assistance.
- kong-tău căi, chŵn bô̤ tháng-cìam pùaⁿ lî;
- it is all very fair and honorable, and not the least support has been given in what was wrong.
- tháng-jîak;
- if; premising that.
- tháng-jîak sĭ àiⁿ li tîeh soiⁿ tàⁿ;
- should you want it you must say so beforehand.
- tháng-hôk bô̤ lâi cū tîeh cwn khṳ̀ bói;
- supposing that it does not arrive, you must make an especial journey to buy one.
- tháng ŏi so̤-ngô̤ le cò̤-nî?
- If you should mect with any accident, then what?
- tháng īa sĭ cò̤ m̄ lâi cū màiⁿ khṳ̀ tàⁿ i;
- if he is unable to do it, then say nothing about it.
- tháng hó̤ cá cē li cá cē;
- if you can come earlier then do so.
- tháng-tong;
- the centre of the thorax, which Chinese physicians say is the seat of the breath; they probably intend to describe the membrane that separates the lungs.
- tháng-tong kâi mêh khah phû;
- the pulsations of the heart are too violent.
- thâng lâi cṳ mûeh;
- a thing which came unexpectedly to hand.
- thek-tháng;
- unusual; distinguished.
- i cŏ̤ pàng ko̤ thóiⁿ tîeh lêng-gūa
- thek-tháng;
- as he sat there one could at once see that he was some extraordinary person.
- i khĭa pàng kò̤ thó̤iⁿ-tîeh thek-thek tháng-tháng, pât nâng khĭa pàng kò̤ thóiⁿ tîeh sô̤-sô̤ sôk-sôh;
- as he stood there he appeared very distinguished, while other people looked very common.
- lôh khṳ̀ tháng cē;
- lie down for a while.
- lô̤h khṳ̀ khàng-chn̂g tháng khùn-kíaⁿ-ni, cêk sin ío su-hu;
- lie dowon on the divan a little while, and you will feel less fatigued.
- n̂g-tháng;
- the jaundice.
- n̂g-tháng kâi pēⁿ chiet-ìo àiⁿ hun-pîet sĭ im a sĭ îang;
- in jaundice it is important to distinguish between that which is in the blood, and that which is manifested in the complexion.
- tháng-pûaⁿ;
- a salver, a tray.
- khîeh kâi tháng-pûaⁿ khṳ̀ chō̤;
- take a tray to hold them.
- siu cò̤ cêk tháng-pûaⁿ khîeh lâi cìaⁿ kōi;
- to put them all upon the tray and bring them will be the easiest way.
- mô̤ⁿ khṳ̀ tīo, chûn têng phûe-tháng tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
- take off the hair, and leave only the bare hide.
- ngó-chái kâi tháng;
- variegated drugget.
- cí khí tháng sò kâi;
- this rug is sleazy.
- pho-tîn ŭ cêk nía tháng, chut mn̂g ío pĭen;
- if one has a rug with his bedding it is more convenient for travelling.
- thàng kó bô̤ kâi;
- what has not been from ancient times.
- thàng kó cêk nâng;
- from olden times, there has been but one such man.
- thàng kàu hìeⁿ pôiⁿ kok, ŭ cêk bw̄n lí hn̆g;
- extending to other countries, ten thousand miles away.
- cí kâi suaⁿ thàng kàu saⁿ séⁿ;
- these mountains extend over three provinces.
- i cai khù ío thàng chêng;
- he understands the state of affairs more thoroughly.
- úa thóiⁿ thàng i;
- I see through it.
- thóiⁿ kàu thàng-thàng;
- see to the bottom of it.
- cía ki-kwn cū thóiⁿ m̄ thàng;
- does not see through this device.
- cí cho̤h thùaⁿ sie lâi m̄ thàng;
- this charcoal is not charred all the way through.
- cí tîo kau thàng kùe hìeⁿ pôiⁿ châng;
- this ditch runs through into the field on the other side.
- cí kâi khang thàng kàu hieⁿ pôiⁿ kò̤ khṳ̀;
- this crevice extends through to the other side.
- thng kàu i kâi khang sie-lîn-thàng;
- punch a hole through.
- cí nŏ̤ kâi khang ŏi sie thàng a bŏi?
- Do these two apertures communicate with each other?
- i thóiⁿ thàng tī-keh;
- he can see through the earth.
- tâng-phûa m̄ sói àng, cē sói cū sie-lîn-thàng;
- old mother Tang did not often wash her pots, but when she did wash them she washed holes in them.
- thàng tói cheng-chó̤;
- quite down to the bottom; throughly settled up.
- i kâi suū thàng căi;
- his affairs are thoroughly settles.
- pû khṳ̀ būe thàng sim;
- it is not boiled through to the centre.
- khṳt hŏ ak kàu lok-lok, thong sin nĕ thàng-thàng;
- was drenched by the rain, and wet through all that I had on.
- cîah lô̤h khṳ̀ âu thàng kàu tó lóng-cóng lîang;
- in eating it, it makes me feel cold from my throat all the way down to my stomach.
- cí cho̤h mûeh íe cho̤h cúi ló̤h khṳ̀ sip, sip kàu thàng-thàng;
- dip out some water and dampen these things all the way through.
- phâk kàu thàng keh ta;
- sun it till it is dried all the way through.
- cièⁿ pôiⁿ chù ŏi thàng kùe hìeⁿ pôiⁿ chù a bŏi?
- Does this house and that one intercommunicate?
- lâi khui kâi mn̂g thàng kùe khṳ̀;
- let us open a door of communication between them.
- thàng-lâi thàng-khṳ̀, lóng-cóng sie thàng;
- opening out of one into another so that there is communication between them all.
- sía lío kâi bâk ŏi thàng kùe hìeⁿ pôiⁿ;
- after writing it the ink shows through on the other side.
- cí tîo lō thàng kàu hú-sîaⁿ lóng-cóng sĭ tōa lō;
- this road is a wide one all the way from here to the Departmental City.
- i àiⁿ thàng tī-kò̤ khṳ̀?
- By which route is he going?
- úa li thàng cí-kò̤ lâi, i li thàng hṳ́-kò̤ lâi;
- I came one way and he another.
- hùaⁿ nâng thàng tī-kò̤ khṳ̀?
- Where have they all gone?
- thàng i kò̤ khṳ̀ tàⁿ cū hó̤;
- go along to his house and tell him.
- thàng-khì;
- a sigh.
- thàng cò̤ cêk kháu khì;
- drew a sigh.
- i tó̤ thàng-khì mih sṳ̄?
- What is she sighing about.
- chîang thàng cêk siaⁿ;
- drew a long sigh.
- úa sît-căi thàng-sieh i;
- I am indeed sorry for him.
- thàng cîⁿ;
- earn money.
- cêk jît thàng jieh cōi cîⁿ?
- How much money does he earn per day?
- thàng, sîh, m̄ kẃn i kâi sṳ̄;
- whether you gain or lose is no affair of his.
- sĭ thàng sĭ sîh cìe sǹg;
- whether you gain or lose, it goes according to the reckoning.
- kâi gûeh thàng ŭ choiⁿ ngṳ̂n cheⁿ cîⁿ;
- his gross earnings were a thousand dollars in a month.
- tṳ̂ sî, thàng kàu lâk peh;
- subtracting all losses, there remained a gain of six hundred.
- i bŏi co̤h bŏi thàng;
- he cannot work and earn anything.
- kin nî kia pŭe thàng;
- this year the profits are double.
- sin nî thàng bw̄n-bw̄n níe;
- may you gain millions next year.
- sin khó thàng, khùaⁿ-ûah cîah;
- earn by hard labor, and eat in comfort.
- hṳ́ pang hùe thàng tîeh mē?
- Was there a profit on that load of goods?
- tōa thàng;
- great opportunities for making money.
- 堂thâng860328
- Dignified; honorable; venerable; a designation of relatives of the same surname; a classifier of trials, and of sets of furniture.
- i nŏ̤ nâng sĭ thâng hiaⁿ tĭ;
- the two men are consins, their fathers being brothers.
- lĕng thâng kâi chun chiu jîeh cōi?
- How many springs and autumns has your honorable cousin seen? How old is your cousin?
- cí kâi sĭ i kâi thâng a-cek;
- this is his father's cousin, younger than his father.
- thâng a-peh;
- a father's cousin, older than the father.
- thâng tîet; thâng tau-sun;
- a father's cousin.
- thâng a-só̤;
- the wife of a cousin.
- i seⁿ lâi sìang-măuⁿ thâng-thâng;
- he has a very imposing presence.
- i sĭ thâng-thàng cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ kâi nâng;
- he is a very just man.
- thâng-cìaⁿ;
- strictly just.
- i cêk koiⁿ siu-sîp kàu thâng-hûang căi;
- they have made the place very magnificent.
- gūa mīn thóiⁿ-kìⁿ li thâng-thâng hûang-hûang, khî-sît sĭang siò-khì;
- has a very imposing appearance but is really petty.
- thâng cí mūeⁿ;
- female cousins whose fathers are brothers.
- cí thâng kuaⁿ-si sṳ̄ sĭ tho̤h tī-tĭang lí?
- To whom has the management of this lawsuit been entrusted?
- úa àiⁿ cò̤ cêk thâng chn̂g-íⁿ;
- I am going to have a set of furniture made.
- cêk thâng kau-íⁿ tê-kí;
- a set of chairs and tea-poys.
- khûn thâng;
- small reptiles.
- cháu thâng;
- insects.
- thâng hĭa;
- ants.
- thâng lūi;
- worms and insects.
- cêk tîo thâng;
- a worm.
- īeⁿ thâng cù īeⁿ chíu;
- each sort of tree has its borer.
- tōa thâng cîah sòi thâng;
- large vermin prey on small vermin.
- thâng-îu sĭ thâng-cí khṳ̀ cò̤ kâi;
- the oil generally used in painting is made from the seeds of the Elœococca vernicifera*.
- thâng-îu-hue sĭ hue khṳ̀ ceng thâng-îu kâi;
- putty is made by pounding lime in paint oil.
- thâng-sak; thâng-tí;
- to evade, to turn one off, to decline politely; to put a makeshift; to make promises in other to avoid importunity; to make up for one thing by another.
- cang cí kâi ūe cū lâi tó̤ thâng-tí;
- said this merely to get rid of further talk about it.
- hĭa-thâng;
- the semi-cylindrical tiles used on roofs.
- màiⁿ tâh phùa hĭa-thâng;
- do not step on and break the curved tiles.
- i ŏi sīa thâng-cí;
- he can shoot clay balls from a cross-bow.
- hó̤ sīa thâng-cí kâi thâng-keng;
- a bow that will shoot clay balls.
- phàu thâng;
- cannon-balls.
- heng-thâng;
- the bosom; the breasts.
- i phah sieⁿ tîeh i kâi heng-thâng;
- he struck and injured her in her breast.
- thâng-hieⁿ châ;
- sandal-wood.
- thâng-hieⁿ;
- incense sticls made from sandal-wood.
- thâng-ŵt;
- the benefactors of a convent; donors of gifts to a monastery.
- thâng-tût;
- bruqsue, forward, presuming; lacking humility.
- thâng-thâng tût-tût;
- very blunt and rude.
- hái-thâng;
- the crab-apple, cultivated for its fruit and flowers.
- hue kuah cò̤ hái-thâng;
- let the flowers carved be those of the crab-apple.
- màiⁿ thâng i;
- don't touch it.
- àiⁿ thóiⁿ hó̤ thóiⁿ màiⁿ thăng;
- look at it if you want to, but do not touch it.
- mó̤ thăng lío bô̤ ēng khṳ̀;
- you must not handle and spoil it.
- màiⁿ thăng kha thăng chíu;
- do not handle the things.
- i hàuⁿ kha tŏng, chíu khí, khṳ̀ thăng nâng;
- he is fond of stealing up and touching people in sport.