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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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ceng ka-lâuh cêk kâi khí;
had a tooth knocked out.
ceng kàu mâk úaⁿ céng;
knocked him so as to cause his eye to swell up.
thó ceng;
knock things to pieces, as in anger.
ceng kàu i bŏi kîaⁿ;
mauled him so he could not walk.
thóiⁿ kéng sie léng, thóiⁿ teng sie ceng;
pushing to see a fine view, or mauling each other at a puppet show.
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  • To strike with a horizontal stroke.
lîah lío tùi i kâi sim-kuaⁿ li-li ceng;
seized him, and struck him repeatedly in the chest.
ceng tîeh i kâi hîap-ĕ;
struck him in the side.
ceng tîeh ka-ciah, ceng bô̤ bī;
it is of no use to hit him on his back.
ceng-seⁿ;
cattle; domestic animals.
chī ŭ jîeh cōi ceng-seⁿ?
How many domestic animals do you keep?
ceng-seⁿ kâi mûeh sek căi;
dumb creatures are very knowing.
àu ceng-seⁿ!
You nasty brute!
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  • The germinating principle; the essence; before another adjective it sometimes makes that adjective intensive.
ceng-khì;
the quintessence; animal vigor.
ŭ ceng-sîn;
vigorous; sprightly.
ceng-lêng;
spirited.
ceng-sîn cok căi;
full of vitality.
bô̤ ceng-sîn;
no vitality.
ceng-sîn khùn-tŏaⁿ;
a low state of the nervous system; weak vitality.
seⁿ lâi ceng-sîn câi;
naturally very vigorous.
sang mâk ho̤h ceng-sîn;
eyes bright and indicative of health.
sîn-khì bô̤ hêng, ceng-hueh ŭ hêng;
vitality is invisible, but the vascular system may be seen.
ceng-khá;
skilled.
ceng piaⁿ;
picked men.
ceng sòi;
very small.
ceng cho;
very ugly.
ceng bīo;
very subtle.
ceng-chúe;
the marrow.
ceng-khì chong cok;
abundant animal vigor.
pó-iah ceng-khì;
recuperate the animal vigor.
ceng-khì pô̤h;
weak vitality.
sĭm sĭ seⁿ ceng-hueh;
excellent for strengthening the system.
pó ceng, mêng mâk;
strengthening the nervous system improves the sight.
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  • To reduce to submission, or to chastise refractory states.
chut ceng;
go out to war against rebels.
ceng tu;
to exterminate the rebels.
ceng hŵt;
to subdue and punish.
lâm ceng, pak tháu;
the south subjugated and the north brought under authority.
ceng-pí sṳ-îa;
a clerk of the taxes in a district magistrate's yamun.
chut ceng piaⁿ;
veteran troops; tried warriors.
chut
ceng kîeⁿ síu sîaⁿ;
more is to be gained by going forth to conquer than by staying at home to defend.
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  • To duplicate, said of generations only.
ceng-có;
great grandfather.
ceng-sun;
great grandson.
ceng-có-má;
great grandparents.
ceng-sun-hŭ;
great grandson's wife.
cí kháu phûn sĭ cǹg i ceng-có;
this grave is the one in which his great grandfather is buried.
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  • Clean, chaste, pure.
ceng kiet;
undefiled.
ceng-cìaⁿ;
upright.
ceng-lîet;
chaste, even unto death.
síu ceng;
a betrothed girl whose affianced died before the nuptials, and who refuses to marry.
ceng ńng;
a virgin.
ceng cak;
a widow who will not marry again.
tong-ceng;
honest; trustworthy.
ńng-ceng cí;
seeds of the wax tree, used in medicine.
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  • To add; to increase.
ceng ke;
augment.
ceng ke jîeh cōi?
How much is to be added?
àiⁿ ceng-thiⁿ;
will increase the amount.
ceng kè-cîⁿ;
raise the price.
ceng ke nâng;
increase of population.
ceng co;
increase the rent.
ceng kíam;
increase and diminish.
kia-ceng;
to add to.
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  • A Buddhist priest.
ceng tău;
priests and their teachings.
lîu-ceng;
a wandering bonze.
la-má ceng;
a lama or Mongol priest.
lău ceng;
an old priest.
cí kâi am ŭ cêk peh ceng;
this monastery has a hundred monks.
ceng kang si;
an official who governs his fellow priests.
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  • A scout; one sent to reconnoitre.
ceng-thàm;
a scout.
tng ceng-thàm;
act as scout.
phài ceng-thàm khṳ̀ chê;
despatch a scout to reconnoitre.
cí kâi ceng-thàm mîaⁿ-ke thàm sṳ̄;
this scout is expert in discovering things.
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  • The eyes; the eye ball; the iris.
ūe lêng m̄ tíam ceng;
to draw a dragon and leave out the eyes; to leave work without finishing it up.
thóiⁿ kàu mâk m̄ cẃn ceng;
gazing with motionless eye balls; staring fixedly.