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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
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  • 厠坑tang-si1035
  • A privy.
i khṳ̀ cĭeⁿ tang-si;
he has gone to the privy.
  • táng28994
  • Howsoever; whatsoever; whosoever.
táng lṳ́ tī-tîang tàⁿ, úa to m̄ hàuⁿ;
no matter who asks me, I shall not consent.
táng i jîeh chìo, úa to m̄-ùi i;
however powerful they be, do not fear them.
táng i àiⁿ sĭm-mih sṳ̄ úa to lâi cò̤;
whatever he wants done, I am going to do it.
táng i jîeh o̤h kâi cṳ, úa àiⁿ thâk kàu pat;
however hard the lessons may be, I shall study till I learn them.
táng-sṳ̄;
those who discern wisely; leaders who influence the people for good; elders who rule rightly.
tîeh kio táng-sṳ̄ hùe tàⁿ cai;
must inform the elders.
kêk lăi sĭ tī-tîang tó̤ cò̤ táng-sṳ̄?
Who are the influential members of the guild?
  • táng3582038
  • To form a cabal or union; a faction, a league, a clique.
cía sĭ i tâng táng kâi nâng;
this is one of the same faction as he.
phōiⁿ châk táng;
suppressing thieves.
cía sĭ châk kâi ṳ̂ táng;
these are what remain from the band of rebels.
i hùaⁿ nâng tó̤ kak táng;
they are forming a junto.
tṳ̂ tīo ak-táng;
destroy the wicked.
  • táng8586413
  • To prevent; to stand in the way of,
ēng chíu táng-cŭ i;
stave it off with the hand.
táng i m̄ cŭ;
could not prevent it.
i sái nâng chut lâi táng-kè;
she sent some one out to receive the card, and did not see the visitor.
  • táng8631186
  • To await, to look for.
úa tó̤ táng lṳ́;
was expecting you.
táng kàu kha sng;
waited till my legs were stiff.
táng cē;
wait a moment.
bó̤i lâi pun a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ hùe táng lō;
buy some thing to take to the children when I go home.
  • tàng8521497
  • A birthday.
hō̤ sīu-tàng;
congratulate on a birthday.
kim-jît sĭ sĭm-mih lău-îa kâi sìaⁿ-tàng?
What god's birthday is this?
  • tàng932758
  • The highest beam in a house; the ridgepole; a main support in a building.
tōa tàng êⁿ;
the main beam.
i sĭ kok-ke kâi tōa tàng êⁿ;
he is a pillar of the state.
tàng cit búe;
an ornamented ridge on a roof.
ah tang;
duck's eggs.
phûe tàng;
eggs encased in clay.
kîam tàng;
pickled eggs.
  • tàng9571028
  • To swindle; to deceive; a basis; safe; proper; secure.
thó̤-tàng; ún-tàng;
stable, firm, secure.
tîeh cò̤ káu ún-tàng ún-tàng;
must make it very secure.
íⁿ-keng sṳ̆-lí kàu ún-ún tàng-tàng lío;
have already arranged it so that it is perfectly safe.
m̄ ún-tàng kâi sṳ̄ úa m̄ cò̤;
I will not do what is unsafe.
līo-lí thó̤-tàng lío;
have decided upon a safe course.
lú thóiⁿ tîeh li thó̤-thó̤ tàng-tàng, úa thóiⁿ tîeh li m̄ thó̤-tàng;
you consider it perfectly safe, while look upon it as unsafe.
tek-tàng;
proper, right.
lṳ́ tàⁿ kàu íⁿ-keng tek-tek tàng-tàng;
what you have said sets everything right.
úa sĭeⁿ li būe tek-tàng
I do not think everything is yet as it should be.
i sĭang nâng kâi tàng lío;
he has been taken in by some one.
cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ cū sĭang tàng;
by his thus saying, he has committed himself.
  • tàng1018858
  • To chill by contact; to bite, as frost does.
kha m̄ hó̤ tàng tîeh piaⁿ-sng;
do not get your feet frost bitten.
úa kâi khí khṳt chìn cúi tàng tîeh cū ńng;
when cold water touches my teeth it sets them on edge.
chíu khṳt chìn cúi tàng lío âng-âng;
my hands are red with cold from being in the cold water.
sng cē tàng chīu-hîeh cū n̂ng;
the leaves turn yellow when the frost touches them.
cí kúi nî kâi hun-kuah ē-ē khṳt sng tàng sīo khṳ̀;
these last few years, the potato vines have been repeatedly injured by the frost.
  • tàng76914211
  • To sting.
chin-chĭeⁿ phang tàng tîeh hìeⁿ-seⁿ, lô̤h khṳ̀ hè-cē-kìe;
like the sting of a bee, stinging as it goes in.
hiet-kíaⁿ tàng nâng sĭang thìaⁿ;
the sting of a scorpion is most painful.
tàng tîeh tī-kò̤?
Where were you stung?
khṳt àm-chì-máng tàng lô̤h khṳ̀ tâp-cē-tùn;
when stung by a silent mosquito, he starts.
khṳt bun tàng kàu kâi-lâu kâi-lâu;
stung by gnats till he is all blotches.
  • tàng851721
  • The morning; daylight.
cêk tàng;
instantly; in a morning.
i cêk tàng cìaⁿ cē ŭ khŵn, cū théng khi-hŭ nâng;
just as soon as he has a little power, he imposes on people at random.
ngw̄n tàng;
the first day of the year.
  • tàng971048
  • Chilblains.
kha chíu kûaⁿ tàng;
hands and feet have chilblains on them.
kha kûaⁿ tàng;
chilblains on the feet.