• lîang5251197
  • The tall millet, a species of sorghum.
kau-lîang cíu;
strong spirits made from sorghum.
kau-lîang kó̤;
sorghum stalks.
  • lĭang5261665
  • To estimate; to measure; to judge; a measure, a limit ; capacity, calibre.
bô̤ hăng-lĭang;
boundless, illimitable, measureless.
mih sṳ̄ to tîeh ŭ kâi hăng-lĭang;
all things must be kept within fixed limits.
cíu lĭang;
capacity to drink wine without going beyond the limits where intoxication supervenes.
i chŵn m̄ cṳ̆-lĭang;
he has no self-esteem.
cṳ̆-lĭang căi;
has great self-esteem.
m̄ cṳ̆ m̄ lĭang;
no conceit of self.
lĭang-tō;
capacity.
m̄ pí cn̂g kâi bô̤ lĭang-tō;
not like one who is wholly destitute of capacity.
nâng tîeh ŭ lĭang;
one must keep himself within bounds.
ŭ hía lĭang cía ŭ hía hok;
one's bliss is according to one's capacity.
lĭang tōa, hok tōa;
where there are great powers, there is great enjoyment.
hái-lĭang;
immense capacity.
tó-lĭang khuah;
broad-minded, liberal.
bô lĭang;
illiberal.
lṳ́ lĭang-tâk-thóiⁿ jû hô̤?
What do you make it, in your estimate of it?
ciak-lĭang;
to deliberate upon.
iak-lĭang;
thereabouts.
iak-lĭang sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
that is about it.
  • lĭang5271498
  • To accredit; to believe; to suppose ; to know certainly ; to aid.
hŭam sṳ̄ tîeh thí-lĭang nâng;
in all things one must be considerate of others.
lĭang-pit sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
I am pretty certain that is the case.
lĭang i m̄ káⁿ;
do not think he will dare.
lĭang i cò̤ tit lâi, cìaⁿ hó̤ khṳt i cò̤;
supposing that he can do it then let him.
  • līang52687
  • Clear, brilliant, transparent, illumined.
lĭang se;
lustrous gauze.
i kâi sek to m̄ lĭang;
its color is not clear.
i kâi mīn-sek lĭang căi;
her complexion is very clear.
siaⁿ-im tàⁿ lâi híang-lĭang;
his voice is very sonorous.
nĕ lĭang-lĭang;
resonant.
thang-thang lĭang-lĭang;
luminous.
  • līang908647
  • Straight; stiff and straight.
ut kàu līang-līang-tît;
bend it till you get it perfectly straight.
pûah lô̤h khṳ̀ līang-līang-tît;
fell down flat.
cò̤ kàu sì-piⁿ līang-līang-tît;
make the four sides perfectly straight and without the least cant either way.