Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pong

by Adele Marion Fielde

pong

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• The tossing and rolling of a vessel on the water.

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.

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• To burst; to split from dryness; to pop; to crackle.

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.

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• Luxuriant; grassy.

pŏng-pŏng-cheⁿ;

a luxuriant greenness.

kak chù kâi châng-hn̂g, thóiⁿ tîeh pŏng-pŏng-cheⁿ;

the cultivated fields everywhere appear very green.

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• An imitation of the English word pound; to weigh in pounds.

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.