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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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  • cang10221878
  • A mane.
bé cang mô̤ⁿ;
a horse's mane.
tṳ cang mô̤ⁿ;
hog's bristles.
  • cáng10221908
  • A peruke; a wig; false hair.
ké cáng;
a false peruke.
lṳ́ kâi cang ŭ ciap cáng a bô̤?
Do you wear false hair?
  • cáng10266419
  • To hold on tightly with the hands.
nŏ̤ ciah chíu cáng i kâi piⁿ;
held on to his queue with both hands.
cáng kín-kín m̄ khéng pàng;
he held on tightly, and would not let go.
cáng i m̄ cŭ;
could not hold on to it.
  • cáng102312011
  • To collect and tie up, as in a sheaf; to unite under one rule or in a whole.
cáng cò̤ cêk ē;
bind them in one bundle.
pá-cáng;
an ensign, the second grade below a captain, and the lowest of army officers.
thih pá-cáng;
a low but permanent office, in which there is neither hope of promotion nor fear of degradation.
  • càng114334
  • Robust; hardy; lusty; to inspirit; to incite.
càng teng;
able-bodied men.
càng nî;
in strong health.
càng-kĭen;
strong and hardy.
càng sṳ̆;
one accomplished in manly sports.
càng-sĕng;
lusty.
sìo-càng;
young and hearty.
mîn càng;
the militia.
eng-hîong chut sìo-càng;
violence comes of youthful vigor.
íong càng;
volunteer troops.
pûi-càng;
stout.
càng i kâi táⁿ;
incite his courage.
cîah kàu pûi-càng tōa-kīaⁿ;
become very stout and hardy.
  • càng10231198
  • Dumplings, boiled in a wrapping of leaves.
càng kîu;
three cornered dumplings.
càng kâi;
many cornered dumplings.
càng pau sĭm-mih kâi?
What is in the dumplings?
càng pâk khah phàⁿ;
these dumplings are not well filled.
cí kâi càng sĭ kîam kâi a sĭ tîam kâi?
Have these dumplings a sweet or a salt filling?
càng sĭ ēng tek-hîeh kah kîam-cháu khṳ̀ pâk;
dumplings are tied up in bamboo leaves, with a bulrush.
pâk càng kâi tek-hîeh ēng ke kùe jú hó̤, bŏ̤i chàu tek-hîeh bī;
the bamboo leaves used in wrapping dumplings are better after having been used several times, for then they will not impart a taste to the dumpling.
  • càng12758
  • A warehouse; godowns.
càng-pâng;
a store-room.
càng co;
storage.
tun-pàng càng tèng;
stored in the godown.
kẃn-càng;
warehouses.
kāng i khṳ̀ càng kò̤ khí;
go and take it out of the godown for him.
  • càng131175
  • To stand up; to stand still.
càng kha m̄ cŭ;
cannot stand it.
ceng kàu i càng kha m̄ cŭ;
punished them till they gave way altogether.
i cí-hûe cn̂g kâi càng kha m̄ cŭ tŏ̤-kò̤;
he is now wholly unable to maintain his position.
líang pôiⁿ kâi bûn bú kuaⁿ tŏ̤ càng-pang, ŭ cìaⁿ peh nâng tŏ̤ táng khim-che lâi;
the civil and military officers stood on either side in the order of their rank, about a hundred in all, awaiting the arrival of the ambassador.
tău-thâi cŏ̤ jīm, i ēng khṳ̀ càng-pang a mín?
On the Intendant of Circuit's coming to enter upon his office, does he go to attend upon him, standing where his rank prescribes?
cí-kò̤ cn̂g kâi càng m̄ cŭ kha;
there is no foothold at all here; this position cannot be maintained.
  • càng94514919
  • To praise, as in worship.
càng-múi;
extol.
cheng-càng;
to laud.
  • càng94515412
  • To assist.
càng-cŏ̤;
to aid.
càng sêng cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
help to bring this about.
  • câng10252916
  • A classifier of trees and plants.
cêk câng hue, cêk câng chài, cêk câng chīu;
a flower, a vegetable, and a tree.
cêk câng kúe-cí;
a fruit tree.
peh cĭeⁿ chīu-câng téng;
climbed a tree.
cí câng hue ngía căi, īu phang;
this shrub is beautiful and it is fragrant too.
úa thóiⁿ cí kâi câng-sin khùn: tîeh èng pûi;
I see that this plant is weak: fertilizing matter must be put around it.
cí câng chīu sin ío tōa, hṳ́ câng li chīu ki ío cōi;
this tree has the larger trunk, and that one the greater number of branches.
kìaⁿ-seⁿ sĭ seⁿ tŏ̤ chīu câng tèng;
parasites grow upon trees.
  • câng9524412
  • Steps; shelves; gradations.
cêk câng, nŏ̤ câng;
one or two gradations.
cĭeⁿ kàu tŏiⁿ saⁿ câng;
went up to the third landing.
thâu cêk câng;
the first in an ascending series.
hṳ́ búe câng;
the farthest off in the series.
tîeh ŭ câng chṳ̀;
there must be gradations.
tâh-pō-câng;
a stairway.
saⁿ câng lâu;
a building of three diminishing storeys.
peh kàu tŏiⁿ ngŏ câng;