# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sng
### sngsng

* 霜sng7871739
* Frozen dew, hoar frost, rime, congealed vapor; efflorescence; powdery exudations.

#### lô̤h sng lô̤h so̤h;

    there is frost and snow there.

#### piaⁿ sng;

    ice and frost.

#### cháu-cĭeⁿ-sng;

    un-yeaned lambskin.

#### khṳt sng-cúi tàng tîeh cū sí;

    if nipped by the frost it will die.

#### sng tàng kùe kâi sng-sṳ̂i hieh;

    mulberry leaves that have been bitten by the frost.

#### săi sng;

    the white powder on the surface of dried persimmons.

#### hĕng sng;

    pulverized bitter almonds used in medicine.
* 軸sng961595
* An axis of motion.

#### chia sng;

    the axle-tree of a wagon.
* 酸sng8331647
* Sour; acid; tart; the sharp taste of vinegar or unripe fruit; prickling; harsh; irritating; grieved.

#### bī sng;

    tastes sour.

#### áu sng cúi;

    sour eructations.

#### hāi i sĭeⁿ tîeh sim sng;

    recalled his sorrows to his mind.

#### cía tîeh ŭ sng chò lâi ùn cìaⁿ hó̤;

    this should be dipped in sharp vinegar then it would be good.

#### i hàuⁿ cîah sng;

    she is fond of sour things.

#### i tó̤ sĭeⁿ cîah sng-siap;

    she craves acids.

#### cí cho̤h pût-kía sng tîam căi;

    these guavas have an acidulated sweetness.

#### kîam-sng saⁿ-khò;

    soiled clothing.

#### kîam-sng;

    condiments.

#### chài-kíaⁿ-sng;

    pickles.

#### sng búe;

    sour plums.

#### ŭ sĭm-mih kîam-sng a bô̤?

    Are there any relishes to eat with the rice?
* 喪sng725309
* To mourn; to lament one's parents; a funeral; apparel or time for mourning.

#### i ŭ sng sṳ;

    he has funeral affairs to attend to.

#### cèng nâng khṳ̀ sàng sng;

    all went to attend the funeral.

#### i hīn-khek kṳ-sng tŏ̤ ke;

    he is now at home during the three years of mourning for a parent.

#### khàu sng păng;

    a staff borne by the eldest son at a funeral.

#### tìo sng;

    bewail the dead.

#### sng hôk;

    mourning garments.

#### i sĭ kṳ bó̤ sng a sĭ kṳ pĕ sng?

    Is he in mourning for his mother or for his father?
* 孀sng7873817

#### sng-síu;

    a widow.

#### i sng-síu ku-ā câp nî;

    she has been a widow several tens of years.
* 桑sng724756

#### sng-sûi; seng-sûi;

    the mulberry.

#### sng pêh;

    the bark from mulberry roots.

#### sng kìaⁿ-seⁿ; seng-sûi kìaⁿ-seⁿ;

    a parasite of the mulberry tree.

#### chôiⁿ cîah sng-sûi hîeh;

    silk worms live on mulberry leaves.

#### sng-sûi cí;

    mulberries.

#### cang seng-sûi châ lâi cò̤ lîang-íⁿ;

    take mulberry wood for making summer chairs.
* 㑜sng4097
* To rabbet.

#### cí kâi tháng tói tîeh lêng-ūaⁿ phah sng, tàu khṳ̀ cìaⁿ kín;

    this bucket bottom must be newly rabbeted, then when it is put together it will be tight. ​
* 痠sng8331047
* Aching; painful; distressing; debilitated.

#### cêk sin sng-thìaⁿ;

    aches all over.

#### kha sng, chíu ńng;

    tired and lame in all his limbs.

#### ie-ciah-kut sng-ńng;

    has a lame back.
* 損sńg8296410
* To damage; to spoil; to diminish.

#### ŏi sieⁿ-sńg tîeh a bŏi?

    Was it injured?

#### cn̂g kâi bô̤ sieⁿ-sńg;

    not injured in the least.

#### ŏi sńg tîeh pńg-cîⁿ a bŏi?

    Did he make an inroad upon his capital?

#### màiⁿ hng-sńg tīo mûeh-kiaⁿ;

    do not waste things.
* 耍sńg7311263
* To play; to frolic; to make sport.

#### hì-sńg;

    to tease.

#### nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ sńg;

    the two are playing together.

#### màiⁿ sńg;

    do not make light of it.

#### cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ m̄ hó̤ sńg;

    this is not a matter that you can afford to trifle about.

#### i hàuⁿ sng;

    he is fond of play.

#### hàuⁿ tàⁿ sńg;

    fond of banter.

#### tàⁿ sńg kâi, m̄ sĭ tàⁿ cin kâi;

    he says it in jest, it is not said in earnest.

#### sńg m̄ hàuⁿ hiah;

    unwilling to cease from sport.

#### m̄ sĭ sńg kâi;

    it is not done merely for fun.

#### sńg kàu m̄ cai cîah pn̄g;

    frolicking so that they forgot to eat.

#### sńg lío kâi búe;

    the consequences of the frolic.

#### ŭ sńg, ŭ chìe;

    having a game of romps.
* 蒜sǹg88314010
* Garlic.

#### sǹg-thâu, sǹg-hîeh, sǹg-kut;

    the bulb, the tops, and the stalk of garlic.

#### peh nŏ̤ kâi sǹg-phìen lô̤h khṳ̀;

    pick off and put in two scales from a bulb of garlic.

#### tn̂g sǹg iam ke úaⁿ;

    tall garlic will garnish the more dishes.

#### ceng cò̤ sǹg-nî;

    pound it up into pulverized garlic.

#### sap cò̤ sǹg-hue;

    chop it up into garlic salad.
* 算sǹg8331188
* To reckon; to calculate; to cypher; to estimate; to regard; a plan; a scheme; a myriad.

#### sǹg-pûaⁿ;

    an abacus or counting board.

#### sǹg-sìo;

    to reckon.

#### sǹg mīaⁿ;

    to tell fortunes.

#### sǹg poih jī;

    calculate a horoscope.

#### sǹg huap;

    the rules of arithmetic.

#### s̀ng cheh;

    to lay plans; to scheme.

#### ô̤h sǹg-sìo kâi cṳ;

    an arithmetic.

#### sǹg-pûaⁿ-cí;

    the balls on a counting board.

#### tá-sǹg;

    to reckon on an abacus.

#### phah-sǹg;

    think a matter over with a view to a decision.

#### phah-sǹg tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;

    considered and reached a fixed conclusion.

#### sǹg tāⁿ;

    to make a mistake in reckoning.

#### sǹg m̄ cĭn;

    innumerable; incalculable.

#### i kòi-sǹg lâi m̄ thong-thiet;

    he has not made a complete estimate of the whole.

#### sǹg lâi, sǹg khṳ̀, sǹg tîeh bô̤ hûa sǹg;

    reckoned it over and over, and could reach no satisfactory conclusion.

#### sǹg sĭ i kâi chò̤ chù;

    it is doubtless his mistake.

#### khṳt cóiⁿ cē sǹg cū cai;

    reckon it on the fingers and you will see.

#### sǹg-bûa;

    add up.

#### sǹg lío tṳ̂ tīo;

    reckon it up and then subtract from the sum.

#### i sǹg chut kut;

    he has got to the bottom fact.

#### sǹg kàu cĭu;

    reckon with the utmost nicety.

#### i kâi sǹg-pûaⁿ sǹg kàu cĭn kèⁿ;

    he has calculated it out with the utmost exactness.

#### lêng-ūaⁿ hok-sǹg;

    reckon it over again.

#### choiⁿ sng, bw̄n sǹg, thiⁿ cí cêk sǹg;

    one may scheme and counter scheme but heaven has only one scheme.