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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
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lí?

Who is managing the national affairs?
i kâi kok-cèng hó̤ mē?
Are their national affairs in good condition?
kok thài, mîn uaⁿ;
when the country is at peace, the people are comfortable.
thŵn kok jîeh cōi tŏ̤;
handed down the throne to many generations.
kùe kok;
leave the country.
gūa-kok kio tong-kok hûa-háu;
other countries are on amicable terms with China.
tăi-múiⁿ-kok; hue-kî-kok;
the United States.
tăi-eng-kok;
Great Britain.
tăi-huap-kok;
France.
tăi-ngô̤-kok;
Russia.
jît-pún-kok;
Japan.
ang-lâm-kok;
Anam.
lîn-khîu-kok;
Corea.
sīam-lô̤ kok;
Siam.
pît-lú kok;
Peru.
ìn-tō kok; thien-cok-kok;
India.
míen-tĭen-kok;
Thibet.
thó-jṳ́-ki-kok;
Turkey.
ai-kîp-kok;
Egypt.
îu-thài-kok;
Judea.
  • kok45311510
  • Corn; grains; cereals; virtuous ; in medicine, fecal matter.
ngŏ kok;
all kinds of grain.
peh kok;
every sort of cereal.
kok tău;
the fecal passage.
kok tău m̄ thong;
bowels are constipated.
cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ kua cíⁿ kok, a kua hîaⁿ míaⁿ?
Is this business to bo referred to the clerk in the prefects office, or to the legal counsel who manages criminal cases in the local court?
  • 𠔠kok11171210
  • To boil down; to stew.
m̄ cai kwn, kok kàu cúi ta khṳ̀;
was not looking after it, and it boiled dry.
kok-kok-kìe;
the noise of rapid boiling.
kok cêk kùa le khá hó̤ lío;
it has boiled a half day and must be done.


kong

  • kong460193
  • Achievement; good service; virtue ; meritorious.
i kâi kong-lâu tōa;
his merit is great.
cò̤ sṳ̄ cò̤ kàu sêng kong;
one must bring what one does to a successful issue.
ŭ kong kâi chîn-cṳ́;
courtiers who have done meritorious deeds.
kong-chîn ău-ĭ;
the descendants of deserving ministers.
bô̤ kong ien káⁿ cîah lôk?
Without having done anything deserving reward, how dare one draw his salary?
ŭ kong-tek kîp mîn;
has done good works in behalf of the people.
kĭen kong, lîp ngîap;
achieve virtue, and found an estate.
kong-mîaⁿ chî cá to ŭ sìo;
merit is sooner or later rewarded.
thû-lâu bô̤ kong;
to labor without advantage.
cău-hùe cí thiap îeh cîah lô̤h khṳ̀ ŭ kong-hāu;
as it happened this dose of medicine proved effective when taken.
i íⁿ-keng kong sêng, mîaⁿ cĭu lío;
he has already achieved a reputation.
i tó̤ cò̤ kong-tek;
he is making merit.
i kâi hà hôk sĭ sìo kong a tăi kong?
Does he wear mourning for five or for nine months.

  • kong459122
  • Public; common; open; equal to all; general; just; equitable; the first of the five ranks of nobility; a duke, a lord, a master.
kong sṳ̄;
public business.
kong hŭe;
club, association, or public society.
kong só̤ tī-hng;
town houses or public halls.
kong-tău;
fair, equitable.
kong-kong tău-tău;
perfectly just.
i cò̤ sṳ̄ úa thóiⁿ tîeh m̄ kong-tău;
he acts in a way that appears to me to bo unfair.
kong-cìaⁿ kâi hieⁿ sin;
upright village elders.
cèng nâng lâi kong lí;
all came to make a fair settlement.
tăi-ke àiⁿ kong-kṳ́ tī-tîang?
Whom do you all want to put forward as a candidate?
kong-ciak;
a duke.
kong îa;
my lord, the duke.
kong cṳ́;
a young gentleman; officers, gentlemen.
sío kong-cṳ́;
a wild young gentleman.
hua-hua kong-cṳ́;
a young spendthrift.
tōa siang kong;
a term used in addressing a clerk in a yamun or a large house.
kong cú;
the emperor’s daughter.
i sĭ kong ke cò̤-pû cîah a sĭ pun khui cîah?
Do the whole family take their meals together, or do they eat separately?
a-kong;
a grandfather.
thài kong;
great grandfather.
gūa kong;
maternal grandfather.
kong má;
grandparents.
hŏng có-kong; pài có-kong;
worship of ancestors.
kong có tăi-jîn;
the Prefect.
nŏ̤ kong phûa hûa căi;
the old couple agree very well.
cía sĭ kong băng;
this is a public fund.
i sai-khih nâng kâi kong cîⁿ;
he embezzles the public funds.
hùi tīo kong mûeh;
waste the public property.
hak ke cêk cho̤h kong ngîap;
buy some more public property.
tì-chàng ke ho̤h cōi kong châng kong phò;
buy in ever so many more fields and shops to be used in common.
kong sim;
public spirited.
kong phêng;
just; equitable.
kong phêng kau-êk;
a fair bargain.
kong bŭ hŵn căi;
public business of many kinds.
kong tn̂g;
a public hall.
kong tī;
a common.
cêk jī jîp kong mn̂g, káu gû thoa m̄ chut;
when a complaint is once entered at the yamun, nine oxen cannot draw it out.
péng kong phōiⁿ sṳ̄;
adjudicate in accordance with equity.
soiⁿ kong, ău sai;
public interests before private business.
sĭ kong hun, a sĭ pêh thô?
Is it the best quality of opium, or the worst?
  • kong461663
  • To attack; to assault; to fight with; to set to work at; to apply to; to rouse by reproving.
kong-phah i kâi tī-hng;
attacked their country.
cèng nâng kong-khek cêk nâng;
they all set upon him.
kong sîaⁿ;
assault a citadel.
jît mêⁿ kong cṳ;
study hard day and night.
íⁿ tâk kong tâk;
use poison as an antidote for