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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
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teng

  • teng90311
  • An individual; an adult; a grown person.
nâng teng;
people.
cìe nâng-teng phàin cîⁿ;
apportion the amount to be contributed according to the number of contributors.
saⁿ teng thiu nŏ̤;
make a conscription, taking two out of three.
nŏ̤ teng thiu cêk;
levy, taking one of every two persons.
sêng-teng;
has reached his majority, and is over fifteen years old.
būe sêng teng;
still a minor.
piaⁿ-teng;
soldiers.
teng pĕ iu;
in mourning for a father.
cá mńg teng iu;
the morning and evening mourning in a recently bereaved family.
teng-hieⁿ;
cloves.
teng-hieⁿ cío;
the clove-bird.
teng-hieⁿ hue;
the lilac.
cí-hue tī-teng;
cubebs.
tē-teng cîⁿ-nîe;
the land revenue estimated in money.
chut teng;
have posterity.
châi teng heng-ŭang;
this family has multiplied rapidly these last few years.
châi teng heng-ŭang;
multiply and prosper.
cía sĭ pù-kùi châi teng côi kâi tī;
this is a prosperous and prolific region.
chut hùaⁿ kâi àu teng;
products few and worth less.
ṳ̂ teng;
the supernumeraries in an army.
  • teng8621057
  • To ascend; to step up; to attain; at the time; to commence; to start; to record; to note.
kíaⁿ-jît sĭ chông-îang coih, cò̤-pû lâi khṳ̀ teng kau;
to day is the ninth of the ninth month, let us go together and ascend the heights.
i teng-sî cū cai;
he will presently discover it.
ngŏ̤ cṳ̀ teng khue;
five sons succeeded at the examinations.
hûang-tì teng kêk;
the emperor began to reign.
sûi-sî teng-kìⁿ cìaⁿ bŏi m̄ it-tit;
make a note of it at once then you will not forget it.
  • teng9041672
  • A nail; a spike; a bolt.
thih teng;
iron nails.
kó teng;
round headed nails.
hô-khî teng;
a clamp.
tâng teng;
brass nails.
lô̤-si teng;
screws.
tōa thih teng;
spikes.
hue-gê teng;
tacks.
kîah teng;
brads.
lôih teng;
nails having heads.
bô̤ lôih kâi teng;
nails without heads.
chîeⁿ tōiⁿ căi, thih teng tèng m̄ lô̤h;
the wall is very hard, I cannot drive the nail into it.
teng kîu;
a ball covered with spikes, used by a spirit-medium to tear his flesh.
teng chn̂g;
a bed covered with spikes on which demoniacs roll.
  • teng7510415
  • A swelling or hardness of the abdomen, supposed to proceed from calculi or derangement of the viscera.
cía pēⁿ sĭ teng-kíaⁿ a sĭ thâm-kak?
Is this biliary calculus, or obstructions in the colon?
i kâi ngio seⁿ ngio-teng;
their cat has cat-distemper.
  • 叮嚀teng-lêng637
  • To reiterate orders.
úa có̤-nî teng-lêng cok-hù lṳ́;
how many times have I enjoined it upon you.
lṳ́ tîeh cài-saⁿ teng-lêng i;
you must repeatedly and straightly charge him.
úa cò̤-nî câp teng-lêng poih teng-lêng, i to m̄ thiaⁿ;
however much I enjoin it upon him, he pays no heed to my orders.
  • teng746012
  • To seek; to hunt up; to inquire after; to levy, as taxes.
tī-tiang-sî khui teng?
When were the books opened for the payment of taxes?
thong kūiⁿ cêk nî teng siu ŭ jîeh cōi cîⁿ nîe?
What is the revenue from the duties and taxes throughout the district during one year?
ciu jît teng-tôk tîeh kang-khó căi;
has wearied me greatly by his hanging around here all day.
cêk jît teng-teng tôk-tôk kâi sṳ̄ sĭm cōi;
have a great many interruptions during the day from persons coming or sending for something.
  • teng8638612
  • Boils with nail-like heads.
seⁿ teng chng;
has syphilitic ulcers.
cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi pôih chut teng kâi tâk;
this medicine will draw the poison from syphilitic sores.
  • teng8638612
  • A lamp; a lantern.
tíam teng;
light a lamp.
teng-nâng;
a lantern.
teng kùe khṳ̀;
the lamp has gone out.
pûn kùe teng;
blow out the lamp.
lō teng;
a street lamp.
líam thiⁿ teng;
a lamp hung out by a votary to attract the attention of the gods.
sīa thiⁿ teng;
a lantern hung aloft as a sign of thanksgiving to a god, or in fulfillment of a vow.
îeⁿ teng;
foreign lamps.
se teng;
gauze lanterns.
to̤h teng;
a table lamp.
teng-táu;
a lamp with a square glass shade.
keng teng;
an octagonal, ornamented lamp, with legs.
lîu-lî teng;
a strass lamp.
po̤-lî teng;
a glass lamp.
teng chīu;
a stand like a candlestick on which the oil-cup of a lamp is placed.
tah piah teng;
a wall lamp.
chíu teng;
a hand lamp.
teng am;
a small spherical night-lamp.
máng teng;
a lamp that draws in mosquitoes, and destroys them.
teng khêng;
a small oblong night-lamp.
cṳ teng;
a student's lamp.
cáu bé teng;
a toy in which the shadows of revolving puppets are cast on a screen.
khóng-mêng teng;
a toy balloon with a lamp in it.
huang teng;
hun teng; an opium lamp.
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