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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
- 烝ceng74866
- To decant by steaming; the winter sacrifice.
- káu ceng káu sài;
- nine steamings and nine airings.
- ceng ngîap;
- entailed property whose proceeds are applied to ancestral sacrifices.
- 怔ceng74615
- Restless; afraid.
- ceng-chong;
- agitated.
- ŭ kâi ceng-chong kâi pēⁿ;
- is very nervous.
- ceng-chong kâi nâng to̤ bô̤ táⁿ;
- nervous people are generally cowardly.
- 禎ceng731139
- Felicitous.
- ceng-sîang;
- auspicious; lucky.
- chông ceng sói keng;
- take an auspicious time for cleaning the temples.
- 箏ceng291188
- A sort of virginal or harpsichord, having twelve brass strings, and played with a plectrum.
- cuaⁿ ceng;
- play on the harpsichord.
- cêk keⁿ ceng;
- a harpsichord.
- 腫céng1071309
- To swell; to tumefy; a swelling.
- céng-tìe;
- to swell up.
- céng thìaⁿ;
- swollen and painful.
- phû-céng;
- puffed up.
- n̂g-pûh céng;
- dropsical swelling.
- céng kâi pau;
- a hard small swelling.
- cúi céng;
- a watery swelling.
- cheⁿ céng;
- a black and blue swelling.
- n̂g céng phòng;
- a hard, permanent swelling.
- âng céng;
- a red swelling.
- céng hap;
- an inflamed swelling.
- nĕ céng-céng;
- badly swollen.
- thò̤ céng; sio céng;
- to reduce swelling.
- hāi i khàu kàu mâk céng;
- made him cry so that his eyes are swollen.
- mâk céng kàu peh m̄ khui;
- his eyes are swollen so that he cannot open them.
- céng kàu tōa-bó̤-ki;
- swollen to an immense size.
- nío-chṳ́ búe cĭn céng m̄ kiaⁿ sí nâng;
- people are not frightened to death by a rat's tail, even when it is swollen to the uttermost.
- 燼céng9898614
- Embers; brands; hot coals.
- húe-céng;
- coals that may be used for starting a fire.
- hŵn-lío chûn ŭ húe-céng mē?
- Are there any live coals left?
- 種céng1071159
- A seed; a germ; a sort.
- céng-cí;
- seeds.
- īa céng-cí;
- to sow seed.
- lô̤h céng-cí;
- to put in the seed.
- hó̤ céng;
- good seed.
- m̄-hó̤ céng;
- bad seed.
- thŵn céng;
- propagate this variety.
- hó̤ céng-câk;
- of good stock.
- sĭm-mih céng-câk?
- Of what species is it?
- lâu pàng kò̤ cò̤ céng;
- save it for seed.
- tāu céng;
- vaccine virus.
- pńg tī céng;
- indigenous.
- gūa kò̤ céng;
- an
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exotic.
- àiⁿ tī cêk céng?
- Which variety do you want?
- câp céng;
- illegitimate.
- câp céng kíaⁿ;
- a bastard.
- cí-kò̤ bô̤ cía céng;
- this sort does not grow hereabouts.
- māng céng;
- seeds that grow slowly; perennial.
- khùe céng;
- annuals.
- 整céng756612
- To put in order; to repair.
- chî-chî céng-céng;
- put in fine order.
- siu-sîp kàu chî-céng căi;
- arranged very perfectly.
- m̄ chî m̄ céng;
- all out of repair.
- 症cèng761045
- Disease; the causes and the symptoms of disease.
- pēⁿ-cèng;
- diseases.
- cèng-hāu;
- a malady.
- mn̄g cèng;
- to ascertain the symptoms; to diagnose a case.
- thóiⁿ cèng;
- consider the causes of the ailment.
- jīn cèng àiⁿ tīaⁿ, màiⁿ jīn tāⁿ cèng;
- in telling the symptoms, precision is essential, else you may confess to a disease you have not got.
- tōa cèng;
- a serious case.
- gūa cèng, lăi cèng;
- external and internal diseases.
- keng ngīam-kùe kâi cèng;
- a well understood malady.
- cí kâi cèng, úa keng ngīam-kùe cōi chṳ̀;
- I have treated many cases of this kind before.
- cí kâi pēⁿ-cèng iak-lîak cêk kâi gûeh cĭu hó̤ chŵn-jú, lṳ́ màiⁿ kiaⁿ;
- you need not be apprehensive, this ailment is one of which you may be well in about a month.
- sŭn cèng, ngêk cèng;
- a disease which follows or varies from the usual course of the disease; one which does or does not yield to treatment.
- kip cèng;
- acute diseases.
- kú cèng;
- chronic diseases.
- kín cèng;
- a violent attack.
- híam cèng;
- a dangerous attack.
- ngûi cèng;
- of a virulent type.
- cèng tăng căi;
- the ailment is very severe.
- cí īeⁿ cèng ío khin;
- this sort of ailment is not very severe.
- cía cèng kín-kip căi;
- this malady is of a very acute nature.
- sî cèng;
- season complaints.
- sî-lĕng cèng;
- cholera.
- un-mut cèng;
- a plague or pestilence.
- i sĭ lâu-sái cèng, lṳ́ màiⁿ khṳt i ùe tîeh;
- he has incipient cholera, do not you catch it from him.
- kám tîeh i kâi ùe khì, cĭu ŏi khṳt i kâi cèng ùe tîeh;
- if you absorb the exhalations from him, you will catch the disease from him.
- thâm-húe cèng;
- consumption.
- n̂g-sua cèng;
- jaundice.
- kó-cèng;
- dropsy of the bowels.
- lṳ́ thóiⁿ cí kâi cèng tì khṳ̀ sêng a būe?
- Do you consider that this disease has reached its climax?
- cèng sêng cĭu o̤h ui;
- a disease that has reached its climax is difficult to cure.
- cía cèng bô̤ ui;
- there is no cure for this disease.
- cía cèng hó̤ ui a m̄ hó̤ ui?
- Is this disease curable or incurable?
- thái-ko̤ cèng ŏi ùe tîeh nâng
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