Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/theng

by Adele Marion Fielde

theng

• 窗theng1151166
• An aperture to give light in a room; a window; a sash; a shutter; a school or student.

pâng lăi kâi theng tîeh kui tōa cē cìaⁿ kng;

the windows of the bedroom must be made rather large then it will be light.

theng-cí;

the vertical-bars across a window.

theng khuang;

window-casing.

îⁿ theng;

a round aperture for the admission of light.

theng mn̂g;

window-blind or shutter.

theng bâi;

the top of a window.

theng chēng;

a bar to fasten a window.

cùaⁿ theng;

to bar a window.

po̤-lî theng;

a glass window.

ô̤-kìa theng;

a window made from translucent shells.

hó̤ⁿ-thâu theng;

an elevated skylight in a roof.

thiⁿ theng;

a skylight.

khui theng;

open the window.

kueⁿ theng;

shut the window.

theng thèⁿ;

the prop by which a window shutter is upheld.

khui mn̂g thèⁿ theng tó̤ cò̤;

doing it with all the doors and windows all open; does it without fear of being seen.

phò theng;

shop windows.

phò theng pang màiⁿ chēng tāⁿ;

do not set up the shop window-shutters in a wrong order.

huang-lô theng;

the ventilator in the bottom of an earthen stove.

huang-lô-theng píaⁿ;

waffles.

cí kâi kau-hâm lâi cò̤ kâi thih theng;

let us have a perforated iron mouth-piece at the end of this covered drain.

tâng theng phêng-íu;

friends who have studied at the same window; fellow students; chums.

tieh ŭ câp nì bâng theng kâi kang-hu cìaⁿ ŭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

one must have given ten years to hard study in order to be able to do this.

khó̤ kìeu i tŏ̤ theng ĕ sĭ ŭ ēng kang;

can perceive that he was diligent at his studies.

• 懲theng796115
• To correct, as officials do miscreants.

īa sĭ káⁿ kù-ì hŭam cŭe kâi cū tîeh chông tăng theng-phōiⁿ, cìaⁿ hó̤ theng-kài ău nâng;

if there be those who intentionally transgress, they must be punished with severity, that those who come after may be deterred from like crimes.

• 挺théng908647
• To pull out, to stretch, to strain, to rush or stand forth.

théng sin;

to stretch one's self up straight.

cū sĭ i théng sin chut lâi cò̤ cú;

it was he who stood forth and took the management of affairs.

tàⁿ kàu théng heng pôih kèⁿ;

spoke with a big voice and fierce aspect.

kha théng tît-tît;

stretch your legs straight.

màiⁿ théng phùa phŭe;

do not strain the coverlet so severely as to teat it.

cē théng cū ŏi chun, cē pàng cū ŏi kiu;

when you pull it, it stretches and when you slacken the strain it shrinks; it is very elastic.

théng khuah cē;

pull upon it to make it wider.

théng khui-khui;

stretch it to make it cover as much surface as possible.

théng i tn̂g;

stretch it lengthwise.

théng tît-tît;

straighten it by pulling at the ends.

• 奓théng3376
• To stretch open; to open out.

i kâi sî théng m̄ khui;

it cannot spread its wings.

nŏ̤ phìn sît théng kàu khui-khui;

both wings spread to their utmost stretch.

nŏ̤ phìⁿ mn̂g lóng-cóng théng khui;

open both doors.

théng hŏ-sùaⁿ;

spread an umbrella.

théng pò-phâng;

stretch an awning.

• 艇théng9081377
• A punt; a canoe; a dugout; long small boats.

i sĭ tah théng-cûn khṳ̀ atah húe-cûu khṳ̀?

Did he go by a native boat or by steamer?

hûa-théng;

native craft.

théng-kíaⁿ;

a punt.

hue-théng;

a flower-boat, used for parties.

khui-po̤-théng;

a lighter.

lêng-théng;

a dragon-boat; a long canoe.

• 逞théng801627
• To act with effrontery; presuming; forward; relying on one's pretensions or power.

théng kong lêng;

confident of one's own abilities; overweening.

i to sĭ tó̤ théng kong lêng;

he is always putting himself forward.

mih sṳ̄ théng kong sueh lêng;

thrusts himself forward in a pretentious way on all occasions.

i to sĭ théng ui-sì khṳ̀ khi-iap nâng;

he relies on his pretensions and power to browbeat people.

i cìeⁿ-seⁿ sĭ tó̤ théng kè-sì;

in so doing he is putting on airs in order to intimidate.

• 聽thèng90612816
• To accord, to wait for, to tarry, and often answers according to, as, let.

thèng khî cṳ̆-jîen, maìⁿ míen-kíang i;

let it take its natural course; wait till it comes about of itself; do not force it at all.

thèng thiⁿ îu mīaⁿ;

just as heaven decrees.

thèng i cò̤;

wait for him to act.

thèng i lâi;

let it be until he comes.

thèng-cău-hùe;

as it happened; according as circumstances direct; incidentally.

lâu pàng kò̤ thèng-cău-hùe àiⁿ ēng;

leave it until it happens to be required.

thèng châi-khì;

acording to his ability.

• 亂thèng570512
• Without regard to propriety or method.

màiⁿ thèng tàⁿ;

to not talk at random.

màiⁿ theǹg thiaⁿ nâng kâi ūe;

do not indiscriminately listen to people.

i khṳ̀ thèng cŏ̤, nâng àiⁿ chìe i;

if he goes and sits out of place, people will laugh at him.

i to sĭ thèng-thèng tàⁿ, thèng-thèng cò̤, m̄ hío huap-lût, m̄ hío chêng-lí;

he is always talking at random, and acting without regard to rule, as if he did not understand the regulations, nor have any idea of correct principles of action.

i kâi cò̤-sṳ thèng-kàng, màiⁿ khṳ̀ chap i;

his ways are lawless, do not associate with him.

• 停thêng90799
• To rest, to stop; to hold up, as when there is enough; well arranged; suitable.

thêng kang; thêng chíu;

to stop work.

cĭam thêng kang kúi jît;

stop work for a few days.

thêng chíu khùn-kíaⁿ;

stay your hand a moment.

thâu sía thâu thêng pit tó̤ sĭeⁿ;

alternately wrote and ceased writing that he might think.

sṳ̆-lí kàu thêng-thêng tàng-tàng;

arranged with the most perfect regularity.

ín-keng siu-sîp thêng-tàng lío;

is already set in complete order.

câp thêng lō íⁿ-keng kîaⁿ ŭ chit thêng khṳ̀;

of the ten stopping places on the route we have already passed seven.

cĭeⁿ lō bô̤ thêng kha, lí-lí kîaⁿ;

went the whole way without stopping.

thêng-cŭ bé;

stop the horse; rein up the horse and make him stop.

thêng cam;

cease from sewing.

thêng cam tó̤ phah-sǹg;

stopped sewing and considered whether she was doing it rightly.

thêng kīe;

stop the progress of a sedan-chair.

saⁿ thêng to phùe-kah tit kùe;

the upper, middle, and lower portions of his profile are suited to each other; his features are well proportioned.

kut nêk thêng-ûn;

his bones and his flesh are well proportioned, neither being too great for the other.

thìaⁿ khṳ̀ cí hûe ío thêng tīam cē, bô̤ hìeⁿ thìaⁿ;

the pain is just now ceasing, and it does not ache badly.

• 葶藶thêng-lêk537
• A plant like cress, said to intoxicate or kill fish; the reddish, mucilaginous seeds are used to relieve asthma and hoarseness.

• 澄thêng788512
• Clear; limpid; still; pure.

cía cúi ŏi thêng-cheng a bŏi?

Is this water clear?

n̂g-hô̤ sĭang ŭ thêng-cheng jît, nâng seⁿ khá bô̤ tit ūn sî;

the Yellow River has days when it is limpid, and how can a lifetime be without seasons of luck.

sĭ kio thêng-hái kūiⁿ kiam-kài tī-hng;

it is a region contiguous to the Teng Hai district.

• 庭thêng907587
• The family rooms; rooms used by children for study or work; domestic.

thien-thêng pá múaⁿ;

a high spacious forehead, a term in physiognomy.

kio i kâi ūe tăi siang kèⁿ thêng;

very different from his description of it.

ke-thêng hûa-môk;

harmonious domestic relations.

• 程thêng791157
• A task; a journey; a road.

cía khí lô̤h khṳ̀ sĭ tōa kang thēng kâi;

this taken altogether is a big job.

taⁿ īa kien kŭa chîen-thêng;

now looks forward to preferment.

khṳ̀ kàu hṳ́ kò̤ kâi lō-thêng sît-căi hn̆g;

the journey there is indeed long.

• 騰thêng86418710
• To mount, to ascend, to leap.

i ŏi thêng hûn kè bū;

he can leap upon a cloud and ride the mist.

thóiⁿ-kìⁿ ciah cio thêng khonh pue khṳ̀;

saw a bird soar into the firmament.

• 渟thêng907859
• Water running back and making a pool.

cía cúi sĭ thêng-lâu a sĭ kîaⁿ lâu?

Is the tide here formed by backwater, or by direct influx?

cúi kàu cí kò̤ cū thêng lâi;

the current sets backward from this point.

• 廷thêng907544
• The place where audiences are held, the court of the palace; courtly.

chîo-thêng;

the government; the court; the Emperor.

cía sĭ chîo-thêng kâi sṳ̄;

this is government business.

caù-cai chîo-thêng;

inform the government or the Emperor.

• 瞪thêng2910923
• To stare vacantly; the eye fixed.

mâk thêng-thêng;

his eyes are fixed.

mâk li thêng, khì li chẃn;

the eyes fixed and the breath drawn with difficulty.

• 等thĕng8631186
• To wait for; to let.

thĕng úa lâi;

wait till I come.

úa thĕng lṳ́ kú lío;

I have been waiting a long time for you.

cêk thĕng, nŏ̤ thĕng, hŵn būe lâi;

waited ever so long and he has not yet come.

thĕng úa kùe lío;

wait and let me pass.

i tó̤ thĕng cûn;

she is waiting for a boat to come along.

thĕng i ôiⁿ;

wait till he is at leisure.

khĭa tó̤ thĕng;

stands waiting.