Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tng

by Adele Marion Fielde

tng

• 當tng8571028
• What is suitable, opportune, convenient or just; adequate to; competent; to bear; to take the responsibility; to act as; to be; equal to; to match; to make; to stand in contrast; to meet or occur; at the time of, when, in which sense it is often a form of the present participle; to withstand.

úa tam tng;

I assume the responsibility.

m̄ káⁿ tng;

dare not assume it.

kâi ke cn̂g kâi sĭ i tó̤ tng;

she is taking the entire charge of the household.

i tó̤ tng piaⁿ;

he is a soldier.

cí kâi tó̤ tng cṳ-phōiⁿ;

this one takes charge of the dispatches.

hṳ́ kâi tó̤ tng che;

that one is a constable.

tng m̄ khí;

inadequate to.

i tng-sî cò̤-nî tàⁿ?

What did he say at the time?

tng-kim kâi nâng cìeⁿ-seⁿ ío cōi;

people now-a-days generally do thus.

tng thiⁿ táu-cok;

pray under the open sky.

nî-hùe sie tng;

of suitable age.

bô̤ nâng tng i tît cŭ;

no one could stand it.

tng i m̄ cŭ;

could not bear it.

lâng tng;

insupportable; irksome.

khó-chó̤ lâng tng;

the pain is hard to bear.

ŭ cŭe tâng tng;

if there be blame we will share it.

ŭ sṳ̄ tâng tng;

if trouble comes we will bear it together.

tng cí kâi ceh-jĭm;

fit for this post.

khó tâng tng, hok tâng híang;

bear the trouble and share the enjoyment together.

sĭ i tng-cho̤ hàuⁿ kâi;

it was he who first consented.

sĭ i tng-cho̤ ìn úa kâi;

he was the first to answer me.

tng-cho̤ kâi nâng ío kang-khó;

pioneers have the hardest of the work to do.

tng thâu tùi mīn, cò̤-nî thóiⁿ-m̄-kìⁿ?

It was right in front of you, why did you not see it?

sĭ i tng mīn kio úa cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ;

he told me so to my face.

i ŭ m̄-tîeh lṳ́ hó̤ tng-mīn tàⁿ, màiⁿ phiah ka-chng ău tàⁿ i;

if ho does wrong, tell him so to his face, and do not talk about him behind his back.

tng tŏ̤ hṳ́ hûe i ŭ tàⁿ a bô̤?

Did she say anything about it at the time?

tng khî-sî i ŭ tàⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

he said so at the time.

tng hṳ́ cêk jît i cū lâi;

he came that very day.

tng jît i îa m̄ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ, úa cū bô̤ ìn-tap i;

if he had not done so that very day, I should not have agreed to it.

tī-tîang lûn tîeh tng nî?

Whose turn was it that year?

nî tng it-jī-câp lío, bŏi sòi;

is getting on toward twenty, and is no longer a child.

kâi nâng tng cêk nî;

each person acts for one year.

i eng-tng cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;

he should do thus.

sĭ i tng-eng-kai kâi;

it is what he ought to do.

tng-eng-kai cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

it is very properly so.

tī-tîang tó̤ tng thâu?

Who takes the lead in it?

tng tīn phah sí;

killed instantly, as by a blow.

tng tîeⁿ, būe ŏi sí;

received a fatal blow, but did not die instantly.

i sĭ tng láu-kṳ́ kâi nâng, m̄ sĭ cìaⁿ-keng nâng;

she is a prostitute, not a decent woman.

• 轉tńg11715911
• To return; to turn.

i būe tńg lâi;

he has not yet returned.

khîeh tńg hâiⁿ i;

give it back to him.

hûe-tńg thâu; ut-tńg thâu;

to turn the head.

i hûe-tńg sin;

he turned.

hûe sim tńg ì;

changed his mind.

kîaⁿ tò̤ tńg;

turned back.

i tńg lâi ŭ jîeh kú?

How long since he came back?

tńg wn câh kak;

winding back and forth; serpentine.

tàⁿ tńg;

recur to the subject.

sĭeⁿ tńg;

altered his mind.

póiⁿ tńg;

to turn over sidewise.

hui tńg;

turn it around sidewise.

pàng tò̤ tńg;

reverse it, turning the other end toward you.

ūn tńg hó̤ lío;

the luck has changed for the better.

• 返tńg1271624
• To go back, or to come back; to return.

tńg khṳ̀ chù;

go home.

thâu tńg chù;

the first visit paid after marriage by a bride to her mother's house.

kui tńg i ka-kī;

it reverts to himself.

bŏi tit tńg lâi;

cannot return.

kŭa nâng cò̤-pû tńg;

join others in returning.

• 回tńg261313{{{5}}}
• Times; to turn back.

cêk tńg nŏ tńg;

once or twice.

khṳ̀ kuí tńg;

went several times.

tńg-tńg lâi lṳ́ kò̤;

came where you were repeatedly.

cêk tńg tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;

only once.

tńg kàu chṳ̀ cìaⁿ cai;

first knew it after returning home.

cṳ-nîe hùe kè ău, thâu hûe tńg lâi pĕ bó̤ kâi chṳ̀, kìe-cò̤ thâu tńg chù;

after a lady is married, the first time she returns to the house of her parents is called the first return home.

ún àiⁿ tńg lâi khṳ̀;

we are going back.

lâu nín chíaⁿ būe tńg khṳ̀;

withold you from going back as yet; do stay a little longer.

• 當tǹg8571028
• To pawn; to pledge; to consider as; reputed or looked upon as; to serve an and; instead of; as for; to suit with; favorable; safely; properly.

tǹg phò̤;

a pawn shop.

kio nâng tǹg kò̤ châng;

took a field in pledge.

cí koiⁿ chù sĭ kio i tǹg kâi a kio i sùe kâi?

Have you taken this house on mortgage, or have you hired it from him?

tǹg khṳt i a sĭ sùe khṳt i?

Did you pawn it to him, or rent it to him?

tǹg-siang;

pawnbroker.

tǹg hui; tǹg phìe;

pawn ticket.

tǹg ku-ā kâi gûeh cìaⁿ khṳ̀ chíu;

left it in pawn for some months and then went and redeemed it.

i kâi sĭ hìang-tǹg a sĭ hō̤-tǹg?

Is his a licensed or an unlicensed pawn-shop?

uń-tǹg; ún-ún tǹg-tǹg;

stable.

tōa mûeh tǹg cò̤ sòi mûeh ēng;

use a valuable article when a cheap one would do as well.

cêk kâi tǹg câp kâi;

one of these is equal to ten of those.

cêk nâng tǹg ku-ā nâng;

he alone is a match for all of them.

i soiⁿ sî cêng tó̤ tǹg nâng;

he used to kidnap people and hold them for ransom.

liah i khṳ̀ tǹg;

seize him and keep him for ransom.

cò̤ tǹg-phò lāi seⁿ lṳ́;

will let you have it at the same rate of interest as that taken by pawnbrokers.

tǹg i jîeh kú?

For how long a time have you pledged it to him?

tek teǹg;

proper; right.

sṳ̄ cò̤ kàu tek-tǹg tek-tǹg;

the business is all properly attended to.

tek-tǹg sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

it is properly so.

• 跌tǹg8911575
• To fall down; to slip.

léng kàu i tǹg cŏ̤ lô̤h khṳ̀;

pushed him so that he fell down into a sitting posture.

cē liu cū tǹg cŏ̤ lô̤h khṳ̀;

slipped and fell into a sitting posture.

• 頓tǹg9281814
• A meal, or the time for a meal.

cêk jît cîah saⁿ tǹg;

eat three meals a day.

ún cîah nŏ̤ tǹg pn̄g, tǹg mûeⁿ;

we eat two meals of rice and one of congee.

tǹg cá mûeⁿ, tǹg mêⁿ mûeⁿ, lóng-cóng ngŏ tǹg;

that, with the dish of congee taken on rising and the one taken just before going to bed, makes five meals in all.

saⁿ tǹg tōa tǹg nŏ̤ tǹg tíam-sim;

three full meals and two luncheons.

nŏ̤ tǹg cò̤ cêk tǹg cîah;

eat two meals at once.

i cêk tǹg kâi bí khṳt nâng cîah cò̤ cêk jît;

the rice he uses for one meal would supply another person for a whole day.

tǹg-tǹg àiⁿ cîah cíu;

wants to drink wine at every meal.

cīeⁿ tǹg kàu ĕ tǹg, mûeh cū sit bī;

the food loses its flavor between one meal and the next.

tǹg tǹg chiⁿ;

fresh food every meal.

saⁿ tǹg cîah hṳ́ kâi, ùi căi;

having eaten that at three successive meals, am sick of it.

• 腸tn̂g271309
• The intestines; gut.

koi-tn̂g;

the intestines of a fowl.

koi tn̂g hún;

a vermicelli made from bean flour.

chá tṳ-tn̂g;

fried sausages.

kẁn tn̂g;

to stuff sausages.

tn̂g tŏ;

the inwards.

tṳ-tn̂g tîeh lō̤ cheng-khih;

the pigs' gut must be soaked and scraped clean.

hó̤ sim-tn̂g;

kindly disposed.

sim-tn̂g m̄-hó̤;

not well disposed.

ká tn̂g sua;

cramp in the bowels.

thut tn̂g thâu;

a prolapsus of the rectum.

• 長tn̂g271680
• Long.

tek-ko̤ m̄ kàu tn̂g;

the pole is not long enough.

khah tn̂g;

it is too long.

bŏi tn̂g bŏi tó̤;

it is neither too long nor too short.

saⁿ chieh tn̂g;

three feet long.

cò̤ tn̂g cē;

make it a little longer.

nĕ tn̂g-tn̂g;

very long indeed.

cîah tn̂g mīaⁿ;

live a long life.

sĭeⁿ sṳ̄ kù tn̂g;

take forethought.

cía sī kú-tn̂g kâi kòi-cheh;

this is a far reaching scheme.

sĭ i tó̤ khîa tn̂g-ko̤;

he is the architect in this work.

cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤ cìaⁿ ŭ kú-tn̂g;

done thus it will endure.

bô̤ kú-tn̂g;

not lasting.

i mih sṳ̄ ŏi sĭeⁿ tn̂g;

in all sorts of matters he has remarkable foresight.

tn̂g tn̂g khṳ̀;

go right on.

màiⁿ tn̂g tn̂g khṳ̀;

do not continue to go on so.

màiⁿ thĭⁿ khah tn̂g cam;

do not take too long stitches.

kùe tn̂g kùe tó̤;

some are more and some are less than the right length.

• 唐tn̂g861307
• A famous dynasty which ruled China from A.D. 618 to 913; used for China and the Chinese.

tn̂g-nâng;

the Chinese.

tn̂g-suaⁿ;

China.

cí kâi tn̂g-suaⁿ-nâng sĭ sin-tn̂g a lău-tn̂g?

Is this Chinaman a recent or an old immigrant here?

hwn-pôiⁿ cîⁿ tn̂g-suaⁿ hok;

money earned in foreign lands will gain happiness in China.

• 常tn̂g740508
• Constantly; frequently; usually.

i tn̂g-tn̂g lâ ún cí-kò̤;

he keeps coming here to our house.

i kâi cṳ, tn̂g-tn̂g àiⁿ m̄ pat;

he scarcely ever knows his lesson.

sṳ̄ cò̤ lío, tn̂g-tn̂g àiⁿ m̄ it-tit;

after he has done a thing he usually forgets all about it.

• 塘tn̂g8613210
• A post station.

thî-tn̂g; thî-tn̂g-pò̤;

the provincial officer over the postal department.

céng-tŭn kak chù kâi tn̂g sìn;

reform the postal system everywhere.

• 堂tn̂g860328
• A mansion; a hall; a court; an official residence; a public establishment; the principal room in a house; a hospital; a church or chapel; large shops; the officer who presides in a court; the persons assembled in a hall; to control with authority; honorable, venerable; a classifier of trials.

sṳ̂-tn̂g;

an ancestral hall.

i kâi thiaⁿ-tn̂g khuah;

their hall is spacious.

lâi tōa tn̂g tèng thóiⁿ kuaⁿ sím ùaⁿ;

come to the great hall and see the magistrate try the case.

kuaⁿ būe cêng chut lâi cŏ̤ tn̂g;

the judge has not yet taken his seat on the bench.

cò̤-nî cŏ̤ tōa tn̂g sím ùaⁿ, m̄ cŏ̤ jī tn̂g sím ùaⁿ?

Why is the session held in the outer, not the inner court?

lói pài-tn̂g;

a church or chapel.

hût tn̂g;

a Buddhist temple.

àm tn̂g;

a temple wfth a monastery connected.

kong tn̂g;

a public hall.

i apt cŏ̤ kùe khîm tn̂g kâi nâng;

he is one who has sat on the bench, has been a district magistrate.

tîe-ciu hú cìaⁿ-tn̂g sĭ sèⁿ sĭm mûeh?

What is the surname of the prefect of the Tidal Department?

hái-îeⁿ kūiⁿ cìaⁿ tn̂g sĭ sèⁿ hw̆n;

the surname of the Hai Ie district magistrate is Hwn.

có̤-tn̂g, ĭu-tn̂g;

the two deputies of a district magistrate, or the aids of other officers.

tng tn̂g;

in open court.

tng tn̂g kuaⁿ ŭ cò̤-nî tŵn-kak a bô̤?

Did the magistrate give any verdict in court?

sím kùe nŏ̤ saⁿ tn̂g hŵn-lío sím m̄ cheng-chó̤;

has examined the case during two or three sessions, and has not yet reached a conclusion.

pài tn̂g;

a bride's worship in her husband's house.

hṳ́ cêk pôiⁿ sĭ kheh tn̂g;

on that side is the reception room.

tong-tn̂g;

cabinet ministers.

cóng-tok sĭ cheng cò̤ pŏ-tn̂g;

the governor is called Governor General.

êk-tn̂g;

a bath house.

kuaⁿ chíaⁿ nâng-kheh tŏ̤ saⁿ tn̂g kò̤ cîah;

the magistrate invites guests to partake of a repast in the inmost hall.

kuaⁿ cē chut lâi cŏ̤ tn̂g cū io tn̂g;

as soon as the judge comes out and seats himself on the bench the constables open the court by crying oyez, oyez.

kuaⁿ seng tn̂g a būe?

Has the magistrate opened the court yet?

íⁿ-keng sím hó̤, thò̤ tn̂g lío;

the trial is already concluded and the court dismissed.

cí cêk jīm sĭ tī-tîang phài cò̤ têk tn̂g?

Who is deputed to act as clerk of the court under this incumbent?

tn̂g-lói;

fees due or expected from the clients at the close of a court session.

chîo tn̂g;

an audience hall.

tâng jît-tàu sím kàu jît-àm tn̂g sṳ̄ hŵn-lío būe pît;

tried cases from noon until dusk, and still did not finish up the business before the court.

cêk pôiⁿ m̄ káⁿ kàu tn̂g;

one party dared not appear in court.

m̄ cai sĭ ēng kùe tn̂g cìaⁿ hó̤ paǹg a sĭ míen kùe tn̂g;

do not know whether he must go through the form of a trial before being set at liberty.

cĕⁿ tn̂g;

a place of Buddhistic retirement, where people practise rites, but no wear no distinctive garb.

ce tn̂g;

a retreat for vegetarians.

• 斷tn̆g9376914
• To sunder; to break off; to discontinue.

côih tn̆g;

to dissever.

á tn̆g;

to bend and snap in two.

lìam tn̆g;

to pinch apart.

jw̆n kṳ̀, kṳ̀ m̄ tn̆g;

have tried all sorts of ways, but cannot manage to saw it in two.

kă tn̆g sô̤h;

bit the rope in two.

tok tn̆g lō-thâu, m̄ khṳ̀ hṳ́-kò̤;

broke off his journey, and did not go there.

cìeⁿ-sî tn̆g im-sìn;

lately all communication by post has been suspended.

hía thóiⁿ-tîeh tn̂gn tn̆g;

that is heart-rending.

huang-khîm tn̆g sùaⁿ;

the kite has broken its string.

ka tn̆g tòa;

cut the the girdle.

cí tîo lō m̄ tn̆g nâng;

on this road you are not cut off from mankind, in that one you are isolated both from travellers and dwellings.

i ku-ā jît tn̆g cúi pn̄g;

he has ceased to eat and drink during several days.

pàng-tn̆g, bô̤ khṳ̀;

has discontinued going.

• 盪tn̆g85910812
• To rinse.

tn̆g chùi;

to wash the mouth.

úaⁿ khṳ̀ tn̆g cheng-khih;

take the bowls and rinse them clean.

pâi mêⁿ īa bô̤ sói bô̤ tn̆g cū khṳ̀ ût;

goes to bed every night without wash-ing or bathing at all.

īu àiⁿ kio tōa kâi sòi kâi sói-sói tn̆g-tn̆g;

and has besides to bathe the children large and small.

• 丈tn̆g2512
• A measure of length.

câp chieh cêk tn̆g;

ten feet make an ell.

cêk tn̆g kûiⁿ káu chieh bô̤ ēng;

for reaching ten feet a nine foot pole is useless.

• 淨tn̆g994858

ta-tn̆g;

spotless, pure, clean.

ta-ta-tn̆g-tn̆g;

immaculately clean.

cêk koiⁿ ta-tn̆g ta-tn̆g;

the whole place is exquisitely neat.

• 段tn̄g937795
• A section; a piece; a classifier of sections, pieces, stories, stages, or portions.

cêk tn̄g ho̤h tn̂g;

a very long piece.

i īa tàⁿ chut cêk tn̄g tŏ̤-lí;

he also set forth a doctrine.

cí tîo khoi pun-cò̤ kúi tn̄g?

How many reaches is this river divided into?

cí cêk cieⁿ cṳ cò̤ saⁿ tn̄g lâi thóiⁿ;

we will consider this chapter in three portions.

thâu tn̄g, tìn-tang tn̄g, búe tn̄g;

the first, the middle, and the concluding section.

cía sĭ i cêk tn̄g hó̤ sim;

this is like his kindness.

chûn cêk kò̤ m̄ cîaⁿ phìen tn̄g;

have a little remaining that is not enough to reckon as of any consequence.

• 傳tn̄g119911
• Histories; chronicles; biographies.

kó-tn̄g;

ancient histories.

cí chut hì sĭ cìe kó-tn̄g cŏ̤ kâi;

this play is compiled from ancient histories.

cí pang kó-tn̄g sî tī-tîang cŏ̤ kâi?

Who composed this chronicle?

• 遇tn̄g11281629
• To meet; to come unexpectedly upon one.

tn̄g tîeh i;

met him.

tn̄g m̄ tîeh;

did not meet him.

khṳ̀ ku-ā hûe, bô̤ cêk tńg tn̄g tit tîeh;

went several times, and never once found him there.

tŏ̤ lō sie tn̄g tîeh;

met each other in the road.

• 緞tn̄g9371209
• Satin.

tîu tn̄g phò;

a silk shop.

ŭ hue kâi tn̄g;

flowered satin.

poih si tn̄g;

glossy plain satin.

kòng tn̄g;

the best quality of satin.

kĕk tn̄g;

satin brocade.

hàng hú tn̄g;

thick fine satin.

• 當tn̄g8571028
• To meet or occur; at the time of; when.

i thàu-tn̄g pêh-jît cū káⁿ chut lâi;

he ventures out in open day.