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  • kong460193
  • Achievement; good service; virtue ; meritorious.
i kâi kong-lâu tōa;
his merit is great.
cò̤ sṳ̄ cò̤ kàu sêng kong;
one must bring what one does to a successful issue.
ŭ kong kâi chîn-cṳ́;
courtiers who have done meritorious deeds.
kong-chîn ău-ĭ;
the descendants of deserving ministers.
bô̤ kong ien káⁿ cîah lôk?
Without having done anything deserving reward, how dare one draw his salary?
ŭ kong-tek kîp mîn;
has done good works in behalf of the people.
kĭen kong, lîp ngîap;
achieve virtue, and found an estate.
kong-mîaⁿ chî cá to ŭ sìo;
merit is sooner or later rewarded.
thû-lâu bô̤ kong;
to labor without advantage.
cău-hùe cí thiap îeh cîah lô̤h khṳ̀ ŭ kong-hāu;
as it happened this dose of medicine proved effective when taken.
i íⁿ-keng kong sêng, mîaⁿ cĭu lío;
he has already achieved a reputation.
i tó̤ cò̤ kong-tek;
he is making merit.
i kâi hà hôk sĭ sìo kong a tăi kong?
Does he wear mourning for five or for nine months.


  • kong459122
  • Public; common; open; equal to all; general; just; equitable; the first of the five ranks of nobility; a duke, a lord, a master.
kong sṳ̄;
public business.
kong hŭe;
club, association, or public society.
kong só̤ tī-hng;
town houses or public halls.
kong-tău;
fair, equitable.
kong-kong tău-tău;
perfectly just.
i cò̤ sṳ̄ úa thóiⁿ tîeh m̄ kong-tău;
he acts in a way that appears to me to bo unfair.
kong-cìaⁿ kâi hieⁿ sin;
upright village elders.
cèng nâng lâi kong lí;
all came to make a fair settlement.
tăi-ke àiⁿ kong-kṳ́ tī-tîang?
Whom do you all want to put forward as a candidate?
kong-ciak;
a duke.
kong îa;
my lord, the duke.
kong cṳ́;
a young gentleman; officers, gentlemen.
sío kong-cṳ́;
a wild young gentleman.
hua-hua kong-cṳ́;
a young spendthrift.
tōa siang kong;
a term used in addressing a clerk in a yamun or a large house.
kong cú;
the emperor’s daughter.
i sĭ kong ke cò̤-pû cîah a sĭ pun khui cîah?
Do the whole family take their meals together, or do they eat separately?
a-kong;
a grandfather.
thài kong;
great grandfather.
gūa kong;
maternal grandfather.
kong má;
grandparents.
hŏng có-kong; pài có-kong;
worship of ancestors.
kong có tăi-jîn;
the Prefect.
nŏ̤ kong phûa hûa căi;
the old couple agree very well.
cía sĭ kong băng;
this is a public fund.
i sai-khih nâng kâi kong cîⁿ;
he embezzles the public funds.
hùi tīo kong mûeh;
waste the public property.
hak ke cêk cho̤h kong ngîap;
buy some more public property.
tì-chàng ke ho̤h cōi kong châng kong phò;
buy in ever so many more fields and shops to be used in common.
kong sim;
public spirited.
kong phêng;
just; equitable.
kong phêng kau-êk;
a fair bargain.
kong bŭ hŵn căi;
public business of many kinds.
kong tn̂g;
a public hall.
kong tī;
a common.
cêk jī jîp kong mn̂g, káu gû thoa m̄ chut;
when a complaint is once entered at the yamun, nine oxen cannot draw it out.
péng kong phōiⁿ sṳ̄;
adjudicate in accordance with equity.
soiⁿ kong, ău sai;
public interests before pi-ivate business.
sĭ kong hun, a sĭ pêh thô?
Is it the best quality of opium, or the worst?
  • kong461663
  • To attack; to assault; to fight with; to set to work at; to apply to; to rouse by reproving.
kong-phah i kâi tī-hng;
attacked their country.
cèng nâng kong-khek cêk nâng;
they all set upon him.
kong sîaⁿ;
assault a citadel.
jît mêⁿ kong cṳ;
study hard day and night.
íⁿ tâk kong tâk;
use poison as an antidote for

poison.

kong m̄ phùa;
fail to take by assault.
kong phùa i kâi îaⁿ-cē;
captured their in- trenchment.
hŭe-côi kong-tú i;
assemble and withstand them in battle.
pin-lô̤ lêng hĭa khì, kong kien;
betel-nut will disperse wind and reduce congestion.
méⁿ-méⁿ tîeh ēng kong thâm kâi îeh lâi kong tīo cí cho̤h thâm;
must quickly take some medicine which will remove phlegm, and clear out the throat with it.
soiⁿ kong-sùaⁿ cí tíam cék khì;
first dissipate the humors which have accumnlated.
cē khì, hueh cū kong sim;
as soon as one is angry, the blood rushes to the heart.
khṳt cho̤h thâm cē kong, cū hun-kông khṳ̀;
as soon as he was choked with mucous he became insensible.
  • kong460480
  • An artisan; skilled work; skill; a job.
sṳ̆ lông kong siang;
literary men, farmers, artisans and merchants.
i cò̤ lâi ceng-kong căi;
he has done it in a most workmanlike manner.
cía sît-căi nâng khá tô̤h thien kong;
this man has certainly seized upon the skill of nature in doing things expertly.
cía sĭ tōa kong thîaⁿ;
this is a big job.
  • kong462616
  • The exhibition of respectful feeling.
kong-hí;
I respectfully wish you joy, (as at the New Year).
khṳ̀ kio i kong-hí kâi nâng ho̤h cōi;
those who went to wish him a Happy New Year were many.
  • kóng4741188
  • A tube; a short cylinder.
cam khǹg tŏ̤ cam-kóng tói;
the needles are put away in the needle-case.
tek kóng;
a small dipper or measure made from a section of the trunk of a bamboo.
cêk kóng lâng;
the core of a boil.
  • kòng4641543
  • To offer to a liege lord things for service; presents from foreign nations given in homage; fit for presents or tribute; the best sort; to offer service.
cìn kòng;
to bring tribute.
kòng sài;
tribute bearers.
sĭ lâi k`o͘ng sĭm-mih mûeh?
What does he bring as tribute?
kòng lói;
presents sent to Court.
tōa kùe kòng-īⁿ;
bigger than an examination hall, (in which the graduates are supposed to offer their talents for their country’s service).
kòng cûn;
a ship bearing tribute.
ŭ sĭm-mih ko̤h īeⁿ mûeh-kĭaⁿ lâi kòng-hìen;
has some curious thing to present.
líam ki kòng-hieⁿ lâi phīⁿ phang;
light a large white incense stick and smell its odor.
i tàⁿ cí kâi sĭ kòng tn̄g;
he says this is the very best sort of satin.
kòng tău sĭ îu tī-kò̤?
By what route is the tribute brought?
kien kòng;
those graduates who have bought their degree.
chut kòng;
graduates who have tried for ten years to get the next degree.
lī kòng;
one who has bought an office.
  • kòng1511869
  • Odoriferous; diffused odor.
cêk koiⁿ kòng-kòng phang; sĭ ûn hieⁿ-châ a m̄ sĭ?
The whole place is full of a sweet smell; it comes from burning sandal wood does it not?
phīⁿ tîeh kòng-kòng phang;
smells very fragrant.
  • kòng66711214
  • A cannon; a howitzer.
cí bûe kòng kâi seⁿ-cu ēng jîeh tōa?
How large a ball is required for this cannon?
sin cù cêk mn̂g tâng kòng;
a newly cast brass cannon.
kòng chóiⁿ;
a swab for cleaning a cannon.
kòng kâi îeh lóng-cóng jîp pīn;
the cannon is already loaded.
  • kŏng37010814
  • To roil; to stir up and make turbid.
kŏng kàu lô̤-lô̤;
roil by stirring.
kŏng lô̤ i;
roil it up.
m̄ tîeh kŏng nâng kâi cúi ŏi tit lô̤ cìaⁿ ŭ ēng, tó̤ kŏng nâng kâi cúi m̄ lô̤ cò̤ ŭ ēng nē?
Of what use is it to make a fuss, if you do not make one that amounts to something?