Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/chang

by Adele Marion Fielde

chang

• 葱chang10241409
• Onions.

chang-thâu;

onions.

chang pêh;

the bulb of an onion.

chang hîeh;

onion tops.

phang chang;

strong onions.

chang kṳn;

the rootlets of the onion.

chang hîeh hó̤ pun pi;

an onion top makes a good flute.

pak chang;

northern onions.

chang-cu;

minced onion.

chang-thâu peh cêk hah cêk hah;

pick off the scales from an onion.

• 餐chang9461847
• A meal.

cêk jît sam chang;

three meals a day.

mńg chang;

supper.

tăi chang;

dinner.

sìaⁿ chang;

the Lord's Supper.

sì keⁿ cău pn̄g, ngŏ keⁿ pá chang, thiⁿ-kng khí kîaⁿ;

prepare the meal soon after midnight, eat before dawn, and start at daylight.

jît bô̤ pá chang cêk tǹg, mêⁿ bô̤ ún sŭi saⁿ keⁿ;

not one full meal during the day, nor six hours restful sleep during the night.

• 蒼chang95014010
• Hoary.

lău chang thâu;

hoary headed.

thâu-mô̤ⁿ chang-pêh;

hoary hair.

chiu chang-pêh;

hoary beard.

tap-sīaⁿ chang thiⁿ;

thank the hoary heavens.

pò̤-tap sĭang chang;

recompense the veterans.

• 倉chang94998
• Flurried.

chang-hûang;

flustered.

chang-chang hûang-hûang;

in trepidation.

lṳ́ màiⁿ chang-hûang;

don't be in a flurry.

lṳ́ cìeⁿ chang-hûang sĭ àiⁿ khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?

Where are you going in such hot haste?

chang chut kâi sî-hāu, tàⁿ m̄ cheng-chó̤;

time is too pressing and so I cannot tell you the whole story.

• 孱chang119449
• To moan.

i tó̤ chang;

he is moaning.

úa thiaⁿ-kìⁿ chang kàu hāiⁿ-hāiⁿ-kìe sĭ cò̤-nî?

I hear a pitiful moaning, what is it?

i cá mêⁿ bŏi ût, chang cêk mêⁿ;

he could not sleep last night, and moaned all night.

• 滄chang9508510
• Vast, like the sea.

chang hái;

the ocean.

• 謒cháng96914910
• To speak harshly.

úa lâi khṳ̀ cháng i;

I am going to speak severely to him.

i sĭ lâi cháng úa;

he came and spoke harshly to me.

khṳt úa cháng kàu i cn̂g kâi bô̤ ūe ìn;

I spoke to him so sharply that he had not a word to answer.

cháng kàu i bô̤ líen căi;

spoke to him in such a way as to leave him completely abashed.

lṳ́ khṳ̀ kàu, màiⁿ cháng i khah thíam;

when you get there, do not overbear him too completely.

khṳt úa cháng nŏ̤ kù;

was briefly reprimanded by me.

• 鏟cháng1416711
• A spokeshave for shaving iron; to shave with a spokeshave.

cí ki to̤ būe cêng cháng;

this knife has not yet been made smooth by being shaven.

i tó̤ cò̤ cháng thì-to̤ kâi kang-hu;

his work is that of smoothing razors with a spokeshave.

kǹg-cúi m̄ ngĕ kâi cū m̄ hó̤ cò̤ cháng;

steel that is not very hard will not do for making a shave to shave iron with.

• 創chàng1161810
• To make; to found; to begin.

chàng-cău;

to create.

chàng-sí;

to invent.

chàng ke-ngîap;

found an estate.

chàng lîp;

to institute.

chàng có;

the founder of a family.

chàng cêk kò̤ seng-lí;

to start a business in a place.

cí cêk kò̤ tī-hng, sĭ úa khṳ̀ chàng kâi;

it was I who first settled in this spot.

chàng kâi sîaⁿ;

found a city.

chàng to;

to establish a capital.

chàng tit khí;

succeeded in an attempt to establish.

chàng m̄ khí;

could not institute it.

chàng hieⁿ;

commenced a settlement or village.

khui-chàng;

to begin, as a settlement.

chàng kàu taⁿ, cìaⁿ ío heng-sĕng;

much time has elapsed since it was started and now it is just beginning to flourish.

• 儳chàng948917
• Perverse; ugly; mulish.

chàng-thâu;

a scamp.

chàng-thâu căi;

rascally.

chàng căi;

hateful.

cí kâi nâng chàng căi;

this is an ugly fellow.

• 田châng8981020
• A field; watered ground.

co̤h châng;

till the soil.

co̤h châng-hn̂g kâi nâng;

a farmer.

nîe châng;

land that is subject to taxation.

cieh châng;

the field itself.

châng co;

the rent of a field.

cĭang châng;

to measure a field.

châng-súaⁿ;

real estate.

kong châng;

fields owned in common.

cṳ châng;

fields whose rent is given to descendants that take a literary degree.

cêk bó châng ŵn jîeh cōi nîe?

What is the amount of the taxes on one acre of rice-field?

châng ke;

agriculturalists.

châng thâu, châng búe;

the two ends of a rice-field.

châng kau;

the ditch which drains a field.

châng cúi;

the water which irrigates a field.

lṳ́ hak jîeh cōi bó châng?

How much watered land do you own?

châng cú;

the owner of the field.

châng cú-nîe;

the woman who owns the field.

châng cú tia;

the old man who owns the field.

pōiⁿ châng;

to prepare a field for planting.

lôi châng;

plough a field.

sái châng;

guide an ox in ploughing afield.

èng châng;

fertilize a field.

phuah châng;

put liquid fertilizers on a field.

tâh cúi kẁn châng;

to irrigate a field by treading a chain pump.

cí khut cúi kùaⁿ jîeh cōi bó châng?

How many fields does this pit supply with water?

pê châng;

harrow a field.

lô̤h châng;

go a-field.

pó châng;

plant rice.

châng-hn̂g bw̄n kẃn;

an immense estate.

châng lîo;

a hut in a field.

sĭang châng, tong châng, hĭa châng;

the most elevated, the middle, and the lowest terrace.

kûiⁿ châng, kĕ châng;

high lying and low lying fields.

châng kài;

the boundary of a field.

châng khòi;

the deed of a field.

châng piⁿ châng, chù piⁿ chù;

neighbors in field and in dwelling.

châng khì; châng ke-húe;

farming implements.

co̤h châng bô̤ sai-pĕ, cí àiⁿ pûi-pùn ngĕ;

you need not be a master workman in order to till a field, you merely require diligence in putting in manure.

bô̤ pûi-pùn hó̤ lô̤h châng;

there is no manure for the land.

cí kò̤ châng sì lô̤h tāu-kho hó̤ a sĭ lô̤h tṳ-kut hó̤?

Which is the best fertilizer for this field, bean-cake or bone-dust?

châng ŭ îah, tîeh méⁿ-méⁿ chiⁿ hun kut;

there are grubs in the soil, and tobacco stalks must be put in at once.

kût châng-thô-phûeh;

dig up a field.

puaⁿ châng;

carry off the sand that the tide has deposited on a field.

líu châng thô;

take the soil from a field.

sûn châng;

to go and look after a field.

cò̤-pû lâi khṳ̀ thóiⁿ châng;

go together to look after the rice-plot.

châng tong;

a real estate agent.

châng kè;

the price of a field.

kio nâng tóiⁿ kò̤ châng;

mortgaged a field to some one.

tǹg kò̤ châng;

give a field in pledge.

chíu châng; sok tńg châng;

to redeem a field that has been mortgaged.

pà-cìam nâng kâi châng;

to usurp a field.

i àiⁿ âⁿ úa kâi châng cĭu sĭ;

he wishes to get unlawful possession of my field, that is it.

kṳ̆ châng co;

made away with the share of produce due for the use of the field.

châng chek, cîah pn̄g kâi nâng;

a city man who owns a farm.

châng-kíaⁿ; châng-tŏiⁿ;

tenants on land.

ngĭ châng;

fields whose rent is used for benevolent objects.

co̤h châng-hn̂g hùe pài ngŏ-kak-cú;

farmers worship the god of grain.

chang-hái pìⁿ-cò̤ sng-châng;

the sea transformed into land.

tŏiⁿ nâng kâi châng lâi co̤h;

take a field to work on shares.

úa kâi châng àiⁿ cie tŏiⁿ nía keⁿ;

I wish to let out my fields to be worked on shares.

châng khàm;

terraced fields.

châng kîⁿ;

the edge of a field.

• 藏châng95014014
• To hide away; to conceal.

ṳ́n-châng;

to conceal.

châng tŏ̤ tī-kò̤, mē?

Where is he concealed?

khṳt i châng-nêk khṳ̀;

it was hidden away by him.

châng kang cak tái;

harbours evil thoughts.

cí kâi tŏ̤-lí chim-châng căi;

this doctrine is very abstruse.

pau-châng cōi-cōi ì-sṳ̀ tŏ̤ lăi;

there is deep meaning in it.

pau-châng tŏ̤ tó lăi, bô̤ tàⁿ chut lâi;

ponders it in his mind, and says nothing about it.

ke châng kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ;

family treasures; heirlooms laid up.

ía îong hùe îm, bw̆n châng hùe tău;

beauty awakens lust, and careless usage of valuables tempts thieves.

tó lăi châng to̤ châng kìam;

treacherous.

châng kàu miⁿ-miⁿ, chūe m̄ tîeh;

closely concealed so that it could not be found.

châng tŏ̤ hṳ́ tói;

hidden away inside.

o̤-châng m̄-hó̤ nâng;

harbours evil doers.

ŭ nâng káⁿ o̤-châng i kâi, kio i tâng cŭe;

those who harbour him, are equally guilty with him.

cí kâi nâng thau-khîeh lío, méⁿ-méⁿ châng-pàng hṳ́ kâi nâng kâi sin tèng;

this one steals it and immediately conceals it on the person of the other.

• 殘châng947788
• To injure; to mangle; to spoil.

châng-hāi lîang-mîn;

injure the innocent.

châng-jím;

cruel.

châng-châk;

to oppress.

màiⁿ khṳ̀ châng-châk i;

do not go and wrong him.

sīn kâi châng piaⁿ;

the remnant of the slain troops.

chíu cok siang châng; fraternal strifes, i cṳ̄ siang châng tâh;

they themselves destroy each other by trampling each other down.

hue châng lío;

the flower has faded.

pit ēng khṳ̀ châng lío;

the pen is worn out.

• 戕châng969624
• To do violence; to assault; to kill as when a soldier kills an officer, or a foreign foe kills the ruler; to maltreat; to misuse.

châng kuaⁿ;

murder a magistrate.

úi i khù pōiⁿ châng kuaⁿ kâi ùaⁿ;

depute him to go and give judgment in a case of assault on a magistrate.

châng-pău;

ruthless.

kuaⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ sĭ châng-hāi tîeh peh-sèⁿ;

in so doing the officials maltreat the people.

i ka-kī hiaⁿ tĭ siang châng;

the brothers themselves maltreat each other.