Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ceng

by Adele Marion Fielde

ceng

• 鍾ceng1061679
• A small cup.

cíu ceng;

a wine cup.

tê ceng;

a tea cup.

tê ceng pûaⁿ;

a saucer.

• 鐘ceng10616712
• A bell with flaring mouth.

phah ceng;

ring a bell.

ceng híang a būe?

Has the bell rung yet?

sî-ceng;

a clock.

ceng-kè;

a belfry.

sî-ceng-kè;

a clock shelf.

cŏ̤-ceng;

a clock that stands on a broad base.

cêk tíam ceng;

one o'clock.

saⁿ tíam pùaⁿ ceng;

half past three o'clock.

lṳ́ thóiⁿ sî-ceng kṳ́i tíam;

look at the clock and see what time it is.

khà ceng;

ring a bell by beating upon it.

khio ceng lûi kó;

ring bells and sound drums.

cŭang bâk ceng;

ring a wooden bell; to intrust business to a fool.

ceng híang m̄ tùi sî;

the bell rang out of time.

siu-sîp ceng pie kâi nâng;

one who repairs clocks and watches.

ceng būe híang i soiⁿ lâi;

he came before the bell rang.

• 舂ceng1151345
• To pound with a pounder, held vertically.

ceng bí;

to pound rice.

ceng chîeⁿ;

to pound up a wall.

ceng thô;

to pound up clay.

ceng chòi;

to pound rice flour.

ceng thâng-îu-hue;

to make putty.

ceng îeh-îⁿ;

make pills.

ceng cî cò̤ kúe;

make dough for cakes.

lṳ́ lâi ceng, úa lâi thai;

you pound and I will sift.

m̄-hó̤ ceng tîeh i kâi chíu;

do not pound her hand.

ceng kàu chùi-chùi;

pound it up into small fragments.

ceng kàu hu-hu;

pulverize it finely.

• 摏ceng7846411
• To batter; to knock about; to run against.

ceng mn̂g ceng hŏ;

batter down doors.

ceng úaⁿ, tǹg tîh;

smash the dishes.

ceng pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;

knocked down by being run against.

ceng ka-lâuh cêk kâi khí;

had a tooth knocked out.

ceng kàu mâk úaⁿ céng;

knocked him so as to cause his eye to swell up.

thó ceng;

knock things to pieces, as in anger.

ceng kàu i bŏi kîaⁿ;

mauled him so he could not walk.

thóiⁿ kéng sie léng, thóiⁿ teng sie ceng;

pushing to see a fine view, or mauling each other at a puppet show.

• 掙ceng30648
• To strike with a horizontal stroke.

lîah lío tùi i kâi sim-kuaⁿ li-li ceng;

seized him, and struck him repeatedly in the chest.

ceng tîeh i kâi hîap-ĕ;

struck him in the side.

ceng tîeh ka-ciah, ceng bô̤ bī;

it is of no use to hit him on his back.

• 畜ceng981025

ceng-seⁿ;

cattle; domestic animals.

chī ŭ jîeh cōi ceng-seⁿ?

How many domestic animals do you keep?

ceng-seⁿ kâi mûeh sek căi;

dumb creatures are very knowing.

àu ceng-seⁿ!

You nasty brute!

• 精ceng9921198
• The germinating principle; the essence; before another adjective it sometimes makes that adjective intensive.

ceng-khì;

the quintessence; animal vigor.

ŭ ceng-sîn;

vigorous; sprightly.

ceng-lêng;

spirited.

ceng-sîn cok căi;

full of vitality.

bô̤ ceng-sîn;

no vitality.

ceng-sîn khùn-tŏaⁿ;

a low state of the nervous system; weak vitality.

seⁿ lâi ceng-sîn câi;

naturally very vigorous.

sang mâk ho̤h ceng-sîn;

eyes bright and indicative of health.

sîn-khì bô̤ hêng, ceng-hueh ŭ hêng;

vitality is invisible, but the vascular system may be seen.

ceng-khá;

skilled.

ceng piaⁿ;

picked men.

ceng sòi;

very small.

ceng cho;

very ugly.

ceng bīo;

very subtle.

ceng-chúe;

the marrow.

ceng-khì chong cok;

abundant animal vigor.

pó-iah ceng-khì;

recuperate the animal vigor.

ceng-khì pô̤h;

weak vitality.

sĭm sĭ seⁿ ceng-hueh;

excellent for strengthening the system.

pó ceng, mêng mâk;

strengthening the nervous system improves the sight.

• 征ceng74605
• To reduce to submission, or to chastise refractory states.

chut ceng;

go out to war against rebels.

ceng tu;

to exterminate the rebels.

ceng hŵt;

to subdue and punish.

lâm ceng, pak tháu;

the south subjugated and the north brought under authority.

ceng-pí sṳ-îa;

a clerk of the taxes in a district magistrate's yamun.

chut ceng piaⁿ;

veteran troops; tried warriors.

chut ceng kîeⁿ síu sîaⁿ;

more is to be gained by going forth to conquer than by staying at home to defend.

• 曾ceng952738
• To duplicate, said of generations only.

ceng-có;

great grandfather.

ceng-sun;

great grandson.

ceng-có-má;

great grandparents.

ceng-sun-hŭ;

great grandson's wife.

cí kháu phûn sĭ cǹg i ceng-có;

this grave is the one in which his great grandfather is buried.

• 貞ceng731542
• Clean, chaste, pure.

ceng kiet;

undefiled.

ceng-cìaⁿ;

upright.

ceng-lîet;

chaste, even unto death.

síu ceng;

a betrothed girl whose affianced died before the nuptials, and who refuses to marry.

ceng ńng;

a virgin.

ceng cak;

a widow who will not marry again.

tong-ceng;

honest; trustworthy.

ńng-ceng cí;

seeds of the wax tree, used in medicine.

• 增ceng9513212
• To add; to increase.

ceng ke;

augment.

ceng ke jîeh cōi?

How much is to be added?

àiⁿ ceng-thiⁿ;

will increase the amount.

ceng kè-cîⁿ;

raise the price.

ceng ke nâng;

increase of population.

ceng co;

increase the rent.

ceng kíam;

increase and diminish.

kia-ceng;

to add to.

• 僧ceng725912
• A Buddhist priest.

ceng tău;

priests and their teachings.

lîu-ceng;

a wandering bonze.

la-má ceng;

a lama or Mongol priest.

lău ceng;

an old priest.

cí kâi am ŭ cêk peh ceng;

this monastery has a hundred monks.

ceng kang si;

an official who governs his fellow priests.

• 偵ceng7799
• A scout; one sent to reconnoitre.

ceng-thàm;

a scout.

tng ceng-thàm;

act as scout.

phài ceng-thàm khṳ̀ chê;

despatch a scout to reconnoitre.

cí kâi ceng-thàm mîaⁿ-ke thàm sṳ̄;

this scout is expert in discovering things.

• 睛ceng9931098
• The eyes; the eye ball; the iris.

ūe lêng m̄ tíam ceng;

to draw a dragon and leave out the eyes; to leave work without finishing it up.

thóiⁿ kàu mâk m̄ cẃn ceng;

gazing with motionless eye balls; staring fixedly.

• 烝ceng74866
• To decant by steaming; the winter sacrifice.

káu ceng káu sài;

nine steamings and nine airings.

ceng ngîap;

entailed property whose proceeds are applied to ancestral sacrifices.

• 怔ceng74615
• Restless; afraid.

ceng-chong;

agitated.

ŭ kâi ceng-chong kâi pēⁿ;

is very nervous.

ceng-chong kâi nâng to̤ bô̤ táⁿ;

nervous people are generally cowardly.

• 禎ceng731139
• Felicitous.

ceng-sîang;

auspicious; lucky.

chông ceng sói keng;

take an auspicious time for cleaning the temples.

• 箏ceng291188
• A sort of virginal or harpsichord, having twelve brass strings, and played with a plectrum.

cuaⁿ ceng;

play on the harpsichord.

cêk keⁿ ceng;

a harpsichord.

• 腫céng1071309
• To swell; to tumefy; a swelling.

céng-tìe;

to swell up.

céng thìaⁿ;

swollen and painful.

phû-céng;

puffed up.

n̂g-pûh céng;

dropsical swelling.

céng kâi pau;

a hard small swelling.

cúi céng;

a watery swelling.

cheⁿ céng;

a black and blue swelling.

n̂g céng phòng;

a hard, permanent swelling.

âng céng;

a red swelling.

céng hap;

an inflamed swelling.

nĕ céng-céng;

badly swollen.

thò̤ céng; sio céng;

to reduce swelling.

hāi i khàu kàu mâk céng;

made him cry so that his eyes are swollen.

mâk céng kàu peh m̄ khui;

his eyes are swollen so that he cannot open them.

céng kàu tōa-bó̤-ki;

swollen to an immense size.

nío-chṳ́ búe cĭn céng m̄ kiaⁿ sí nâng;

people are not frightened to death by a rat's tail, even when it is swollen to the uttermost.

• 燼céng9898614
• Embers; brands; hot coals.

húe-céng;

coals that may be used for starting a fire.

hŵn-lío chûn ŭ húe-céng mē?

Are there any live coals left?

• 種céng1071159
• A seed; a germ; a sort.

céng-cí;

seeds.

īa céng-cí;

to sow seed.

lô̤h céng-cí;

to put in the seed.

hó̤ céng;

good seed.

m̄-hó̤ céng;

bad seed.

thŵn céng;

propagate this variety.

hó̤ céng-câk;

of good stock.

sĭm-mih céng-câk?

Of what species is it?

lâu pàng kò̤ cò̤ céng;

save it for seed.

tāu céng;

vaccine virus.

pńg tī céng;

indigenous.

gūa kò̤ céng;

an exotic.

àiⁿ tī cêk céng?

Which variety do you want?

câp céng;

illegitimate.

câp céng kíaⁿ;

a bastard.

cí-kò̤ bô̤ cía céng;

this sort does not grow hereabouts.

māng céng;

seeds that grow slowly; perennial.

khùe céng;

annuals.

• 整céng756612
• To put in order; to repair.

chî-chî céng-céng;

put in fine order.

siu-sîp kàu chî-céng căi;

arranged very perfectly.

m̄ chî m̄ céng;

all out of repair.

• 症cèng761045
• Disease; the causes and the symptoms of disease.

pēⁿ-cèng;

diseases.

cèng-hāu;

a malady.

mn̄g cèng;

to ascertain the symptoms; to diagnose a case.

thóiⁿ cèng;

consider the causes of the ailment.

jīn cèng àiⁿ tīaⁿ, màiⁿ jīn tāⁿ cèng;

in telling the symptoms, precision is essential, else you may confess to a disease you have not got.

tōa cèng;

a serious case.

gūa cèng, lăi cèng;

external and internal diseases.

keng ngīam-kùe kâi cèng;

a well understood malady.

cí kâi cèng, úa keng ngīam-kùe cōi chṳ̀;

I have treated many cases of this kind before.

cí kâi pēⁿ-cèng iak-lîak cêk kâi gûeh cĭu hó̤ chŵn-jú, lṳ́ màiⁿ kiaⁿ;

you need not be apprehensive, this ailment is one of which you may be well in about a month.

sŭn cèng, ngêk cèng;

a disease which follows or varies from the usual course of the disease; one which does or does not yield to treatment.

kip cèng;

acute diseases.

kú cèng;

chronic diseases.

kín cèng;

a violent attack.

híam cèng;

a dangerous attack.

ngûi cèng;

of a virulent type.

cèng tăng căi;

the ailment is very severe.

cí īeⁿ cèng ío khin;

this sort of ailment is not very severe.

cía cèng kín-kip căi;

this malady is of a very acute nature.

sî cèng;

season complaints.

sî-lĕng cèng;

cholera.

un-mut cèng;

a plague or pestilence.

i sĭ lâu-sái cèng, lṳ́ màiⁿ khṳt i ùe tîeh;

he has incipient cholera, do not you catch it from him.

kám tîeh i kâi ùe khì, cĭu ŏi khṳt i kâi cèng ùe tîeh;

if you absorb the exhalations from him, you will catch the disease from him.

thâm-húe cèng;

consumption.

n̂g-sua cèng;

jaundice.

kó-cèng;

dropsy of the bowels.

lṳ́ thóiⁿ cí kâi cèng tì khṳ̀ sêng a būe?

Do you consider that this disease has reached its climax?

cèng sêng cĭu o̤h ui;

a disease that has reached its climax is difficult to cure.

cía cèng bô̤ ui;

there is no cure for this disease.

cía cèng hó̤ ui a m̄ hó̤ ui?

Is this disease curable or incurable?

thái-ko̤ cèng ŏi ùe tîeh nâng

a bŏi?

Is leprosy contagious?

nín màiⁿ kiaⁿ, cí kâi pēⁿ cèng bŏi ùe nâng;

you need not fear, this disease is not infectious.

m̄ hó̤ khṳ̀ khṳt i kâi khì chong tîeh: cí īeⁿ cèng sĭ lĭ-hāi;

you should not breath in the exhalations from his person and bedding: this disease is of a malignant type.

khî cēng; kùai cèng;

rare and strange diseases.

pĭen cèng;

to explain the nature of a disease.

pìen cèng;

to change the nature of a disease.

saⁿ-câp-lâk cèng;

the thirty-six varieties of disease.

tîeh cèng;

diseased.

sí cèng;

a deadly disease.

ngĕ cèng;

past all help by medicine.

mn̄g cèng hwt îeh;

attend upon and prescribe for.

hng m̄ tùi cèng;

this prescription is not applicable to that disease.

mêh m̄ kah cèng;

the pulse is not such as accords with the symptoms of that disease.

• 衆cèng1081096
• All; a concourse.

cèng nâng;

every one.

cèng ūi;

all of you gentlemen.

kong cèng;

the public in general.

tăi cèng;

the whole concourse.

cèng mâk só̤ sĭ; cèng mâk cio-cio;

every eye saw it.

tăi cèng ke;

all of you.

cèng nâng, cèng sṳ̄;

mankind and the affairs of mankind.

sĭm sĭ hâh cèng;

very agreeable to all concerned.

cí kâi nâng m̄ hâh cèng;

this person is unpopular.

kúaⁿ put têk cèng;

one is no match for many.

cèng hieⁿ-lí;

all the villages.

cèng hiaⁿ-tĭ;

all the brethren.

chut cèng;

above the common.

nâng châi chut cèng;

more talented than ordinary people.

pún-nía chut cèng;

excels others in ability.

koi cèng;

the many in the streets.

po cèng;

those ordinarily in the market places.

cèng phò hŏ;

all the shops.

hâng cèng;

those in the warehouses.

cèng kheh-siang;

all the merchants.

cèng cûn ciah;

all the boats.

cèng hâng-kháu;

all the warehouses.

• 證cèng7614912
• To testify; to substantiate; to prove.

cèng-kìⁿ;

to witness.

cò̤ kang cèng kâi nâng;

witnesses.

cò̤ cèng-kìⁿ;

be a witness.

ŭ nâng hó̤ cò̤ kìⁿ-cèng;

there are those who will testify to it.

cèng-kṳ̆;

proof.

ŭ cèng ŭ kṳ̆;

there is proof of it.

cieh cèng;

visible proof; circumstantial evidence.

cò̤ cèng;

use as evidence.

cèng sît cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̆;

adequate proof of this.

• 種cèng1071159
• To plant; to cultivate; to beget.

cèng hue, cèng chài, cèng chīu;

to plant flowers, vegetables, and trees.

cèng cúi-cháu;

plant bulrushes.

cèng kúe-cí;

plant fruit trees.

cí kò̤ châng pheⁿ-phah àiⁿ cèng cò̤ tĭu hó̤, a sĭ àiⁿ cèng cò̤ cìa hó̤, a sĭ àiⁿ cèng cò̤ hun-kuah hó̤?

Have you decided that it is best to plant this ground to flax, to sugarcane, or to potatoes?

cí kò̤ tī, hó̤ cèng ŭ kúi táu céng?

How many pecks of seeds should be put into this lot?

côiⁿ nâng cèng chīu, ău nâng cia im;

the pioneers plant trees and their successors enjoy the shade.

cèng co̤h;

to till the soil.

cèng îeⁿ-tāu;

to vaccinate.

• 政cèng76664
• Politics; government; the departments or measures of a government; laws.

cèng sṳ̄;

politics.

cèng lĕng;

governmental orders.

cèng kà;

official admonitions.

jîu cèng, ngîak cèng;

mild or harsh government.

sĭen cèng;

a righteous government.

chit cèng;

the sun, moon, and five planets.

péng cèng;

cip cèng; to hold authority.

ngí-cèng;

a counselor of state.

cham ngí cèng-sṳ̄;

a council of state.

lŭn cèng;

discuss politics.

pù-cèng-si; pù-cèng-sài;

the commissioner of revenue.

hŏng cèng tăi hu;

a government officer.

• 訂cèng9051492
• To arrange satisfactorily; to settle terms; to adjust; to equalize; to fix on; to criticise; to compare; to collate; to edit.

cèng khî, cèng tīaⁿ-tîeh lío;

a set time has been agreed upon.

cèng mêng;

to arrange an armistice; to make peace.

cí pang cṳ íⁿ-keng chíaⁿ tōa mîaⁿ-sek kâi nâng cèng-cìaⁿ kùe;

have already invited a celebrated personage to revise these books.

• 嘗cêng273011
• Denotes time past; usually; ever.

būe cêng;

has not yet had.

úa m̄ cêng;

I never did.

cêng a m̄ cêng?

Has it ever yet been?

hô̤ cêng m̄ sĭ?

How is it that there has never been any?

i m̄ cêng cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

he has never been thus.

būe cêng ŭ;

has never yet had.

cí kâi cêng, cí kâi m̄ cêng;

this one has, but the other one has not.

cêng khṳ̀ a būe?

Has he ever been yet?

cêng cîah a būe?

Have you ever eaten any before?

cêng lâi mē?

Has he come?

cêng cò̤ hó̤ a būe?

Is it finished yet?

i būe cêng ŭ;

he has not yet had any.

i m̄ cêng ŭ kíaⁿ;

she has had no children.

i būe cêng ŭ kíaⁿ;

she has not yet had any children.

cêng sîeⁿ kùe a m̄ cêng?

Have you tested it?

i m̄ cêng khîeh lâi;

he has not brought it.

i m̄ cêng khṳ̀;

he has not gone.

i m̄ cêng cò̤;

he has not made any.

úa m̄ cêng thiaⁿ;

I have not heard.

khá cêng cò̤ chin a bŭe?

Has he yet engaged a wife?

cêng tàⁿ kùe;

I have said so already.

• 盡cĕng9891089
• All; entirely.

cêk suaⁿ cĕng sĭ cîeh;

the mountain was wholly of rock.

cí kâi tī-hng cĕng sĭ suaⁿ;

this country is all mountainous.

hue-hn̂g lăi cĕng sĭ hue-bâk kúe-cí;

the garden was filled with flowering shrubs and fruit trees.

cí cùaⁿ nâng cĕng sĭ hó̤ kâi;

these people are all good.

cí cho̤h ūe cĕng sĭ cí cuang sṳ̄ kâi;

this talk is all about this affair.

cĭu jît cĕng sĭ sṳ̄;

something is going on all day long.

úa thiaⁿ tîeh cĕng sĭ lṳ́ kâi ūe;

I understood that all that was said was said by you.

thong-sin cĕng sĭ mô̤ⁿ;

his whole body is covered with hair.

cí kâi tī cĕng sĭ sua;

this soil consists wholly of sand.

cí kâi suaⁿ cĕng sĭ sêng-peh, bô̤ mih cháu;

these hills are all covered with firs, and there is hardly any grass.

• 淨cĕng994858
• Clear; to make clean; to purify.

cĕng-cĕng;

limpid.

khiet-cĕng;

pure.

cĕng chíu;

to wash the hands of something.

kang cĕng;

to cleanse.

khṳ̀ kàu kang-kang cĕng-cĕng;

that which defiled is taken completely away.

kang cĕng sĭ cía kâi;

this is the clean and empty one.

sói cĕng;

wash so that none of the former uncleanness remains.

sàu cĕng;

sweep out clean.

• 靖cĕng9941755
• To tranquilize; to keep in order.

uaⁿ-cĕng;

well ordered.

uaⁿ-cĕng tī-hng;

restore peace to the country.

tâng tìn-thâi lâi pōiⁿ cêk ùaⁿ ău, tī-hng cĭu ío uaⁿ-cĕng;

after the general-in-chief came and put the country in order, it was more settled and peaceful.

phêng-cĕng kâi tī-hng;

a tranquil region.