chiang
- chiang-kĭ;
- a strumpet.
- chiang ke;
- a bagnio.
- o̤ chiang, siet tó;
- harbour prostitutes and institute games of chance.
- chiang, iu, cău, cut, to sĭ hĭa-cūaⁿ kâi nâng;
- courtesans, actors, yamen runners, and jailors are low people.
- chiang kíaⁿ lṳ́!
- You little coquette!
- chiang-phû;
- calamus.
- káu cak chiang-phû;
- nine joints of sweet flag.
- chiang-khûang;
- mad.
- chiang-chiang khûang-khûang;
- acting like one possessed.
- i sĭm sĭ chiang-khûang;
- he is very unruly.
- chiang-khiet;
- obstreperous; ferocious.
- ău-ĭ chiang-sĕng căi;
- his posterity is numerous.
- sîn chíang;
- a pavilion for the gods.
- phâng chíang;
- a shed where sails are kept under shelter.
- cûn chíang;
- a boat house.
- ngīam hùe chíang;
- an examining shed.
- îam chíang;
- a salt shed.
- hṳ́ hùaⁿ nâng sĭ i tó̤ chìang chut;
- all those people are lead on by him.
- cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ i chìang-sí kâi;
- it was he who instigated this.
- hu chìang hŭ sûi;
- the husband leads, and the wife follows.
- chìang hŏ̤;
- the call and response in chanting.
- lṳ́ chìang úa hŏ̤;
- you lead and I will follow.
- chìang lói;
- to give orders at a ceremony.
- thâng chìang;
- to thrum and sing.
- chìang hì;
- to sing plays.
- chìang tău;
- to call out to clear the road.
- kò̤ chìang;
- to sing solos.
- chîang-mûi-hue;
- the cinnamon rose.
- chîang-mûi lō;
- rose water made from red roses.
- tăi chîang, sìo chîang;
- the large and the small intestines.
- tît chîang;
- the rectum.
- sìo-chîang-khì;
- colic.
- chîang huang hĭa hueh;
- blind piles.
- chîang-kú;
- always; a long time.
- chîang seⁿ put láu;
- physical immortality.
- sĭ i só̤ chîang;
- it is what he excels in.
- cêk bô̤ só̤ chîang;
- he excels in nothing.
- phûe-chîang;
- a wooden crowbar having an iron sheath.
- thih chîang;
- an iron crowbar.
- chîang kàu kâi khang chim-chim;
- dig out a deep hole.
- chîang kâi khang hó̤ khîa ki thĭo;
- dig a hole to set a post in.
- úa thóiⁿ tîeh phêng-chîang;
- it appears to me to be an ordinary thing.
- phêng-phêng chîang-chîang, bô̤ sĭm-mih ko̤h īeⁿ;
- it is quite ordinary, and does not differ from the common ones.
- chîang-chîang sìo-līam lṳ́;
- I am always speaking about you.
- úang-chîang i to m̄ pat cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- he never did so before.
- lṳ́ tîeh chîang lâi cē;
- you must come oftener.
- chîang ŭ kâi sṳ̄;
- it is a common occurrence.
- chîang ŭ kâi mûeh;
- it is an ordinary thing.
- chĭang kha-teⁿ;
- to hop on one foot, having only one sound leg.
- kîaⁿ to m̄ kîaⁿ, cò̤-nî tó̤ chĭang?
- Why do you not walk properly instead of hopping along on one foot?
- kúai-kha chĭang-tôi kâi nâng;
- a cripple.
- i nŏ̤ kâi tó̤ chĭang-chin-cheⁿ;
- the two are playing the game of hopping on one foot over seven stones placed at equal distances apart.