# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ceng
### ceng

* 鍾ceng1061679
* A small cup.

#### cíu ceng;

    a wine cup.

#### tê ceng;

    a tea cup.

#### tê ceng pûaⁿ;

    a saucer.
* 鐘ceng10616712
* A bell with flaring mouth.

#### phah ceng;

    ring a bell.

#### ceng híang a būe?

    Has the bell rung yet?

#### sî-ceng;

    a clock.

#### ceng-kè;

    a belfry.

#### sî-ceng-kè;

    a clock shelf.

#### cŏ̤-ceng;

    a clock that stands on a broad base.

#### cêk tíam ceng;

    one o'clock.

#### saⁿ tíam pùaⁿ ceng;

    half past three o'clock.

#### lṳ́ thóiⁿ sî-ceng kṳ́i tíam;

    look at the clock and see what time it is.

#### khà ceng;

    ring a bell by beating upon it.

#### khio ceng lûi kó;

    ring bells and sound drums.

#### cŭang bâk ceng;

    ring a wooden bell; to intrust business to a fool.

#### ceng híang m̄ tùi sî;

    the bell rang out of time.

#### siu-sîp ceng pie kâi nâng;

    one who repairs clocks and watches.

#### ceng būe híang i soiⁿ lâi;

    he came before the bell rang.
* 舂ceng1151345
* To pound with a pounder, held vertically.

#### ceng bí;

    to pound rice.

#### ceng chîeⁿ;

    to pound up a wall.

#### ceng thô;

    to pound up clay.

#### ceng chòi;

    to pound rice flour.

#### ceng thâng-îu-hue;

    to make putty.

#### ceng îeh-îⁿ;

    make pills.

#### ceng cî cò̤ kúe;

    make dough for cakes.

#### lṳ́ lâi ceng, úa lâi thai;

    you pound and I will sift.

#### m̄-hó̤ ceng tîeh i kâi chíu;

    do not pound her hand.

#### ceng kàu chùi-chùi;

    pound it up into small fragments.

#### ceng kàu hu-hu;

    pulverize it finely.
* 摏ceng7846411
* To batter; to knock about; to run against.

#### ceng mn̂g ceng hŏ;

    batter down doors.

#### ceng úaⁿ, tǹg tîh;

    smash the dishes.

#### ceng pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;

    knocked down by being run against. ​

#### ceng ka-lâuh cêk kâi khí;

    had a tooth knocked out.

#### ceng kàu mâk úaⁿ céng;

    knocked him so as to cause his eye to swell up.

#### thó ceng;

    knock things to pieces, as in anger.

#### ceng kàu i bŏi kîaⁿ;

    mauled him so he could not walk.

#### thóiⁿ kéng sie léng, thóiⁿ teng sie ceng;

    pushing to see a fine view, or mauling each other at a puppet show.
* 掙ceng30648
* To strike with a horizontal stroke.

#### lîah lío tùi i kâi sim-kuaⁿ li-li ceng;

    seized him, and struck him repeatedly in the chest.

#### ceng tîeh i kâi hîap-ĕ;

    struck him in the side.

#### ceng tîeh ka-ciah, ceng bô̤ bī;

    it is of no use to hit him on his back.
* 畜ceng981025

#### ceng-seⁿ;

    cattle; domestic animals.

#### chī ŭ jîeh cōi ceng-seⁿ?

    How many domestic animals do you keep?

#### ceng-seⁿ kâi mûeh sek căi;

    dumb creatures are very knowing.

#### àu ceng-seⁿ!

    You nasty brute!
* 精ceng9921198
* The germinating principle; the essence; before another adjective it sometimes makes that adjective intensive.

#### ceng-khì;

    the quintessence; animal vigor.

#### ŭ ceng-sîn;

    vigorous; sprightly.

#### ceng-lêng;

    spirited.

#### ceng-sîn cok căi;

    full of vitality.

#### bô̤ ceng-sîn;

    no vitality.

#### ceng-sîn khùn-tŏaⁿ;

    a low state of the nervous system; weak vitality.

#### seⁿ lâi ceng-sîn câi;

    naturally very vigorous.

#### sang mâk ho̤h ceng-sîn;

    eyes bright and indicative of health.

#### sîn-khì bô̤ hêng, ceng-hueh ŭ hêng;

    vitality is invisible, but the vascular system may be seen.

#### ceng-khá;

    skilled.

#### ceng piaⁿ;

    picked men.

#### ceng sòi;

    very small.

#### ceng cho;

    very ugly.

#### ceng bīo;

    very subtle.

#### ceng-chúe;

    the marrow.

#### ceng-khì chong cok;

    abundant animal vigor.

#### pó-iah ceng-khì;

    recuperate the animal vigor.

#### ceng-khì pô̤h;

    weak vitality.

#### sĭm sĭ seⁿ ceng-hueh;

    excellent for strengthening the system.

#### pó ceng, mêng mâk;

    strengthening the nervous system improves the sight.
* 征ceng74605
* To reduce to submission, or to chastise refractory states.

#### chut ceng;

    go out to war against rebels.

#### ceng tu;

    to exterminate the rebels.

#### ceng hŵt;

    to subdue and punish.

#### lâm ceng, pak tháu;

    the south subjugated and the north brought under authority.

#### ceng-pí sṳ-îa;

    a clerk of the taxes in a district magistrate's yamun.

#### chut ceng piaⁿ;

    veteran troops; tried warriors.

#### chut ceng kîeⁿ síu sîaⁿ;

    more is to be gained by going forth to conquer than by staying at home to defend.
* 曾ceng952738
* To duplicate, said of generations only.

#### ceng-có;

    great grandfather.

#### ceng-sun;

    great grandson.

#### ceng-có-má;

    great grandparents.

#### ceng-sun-hŭ;

    great grandson's wife.

#### cí kháu phûn sĭ cǹg i ceng-có;

    this grave is the one in which his great grandfather is buried.
* 貞ceng731542
* Clean, chaste, pure.

#### ceng kiet;

    undefiled.

#### ceng-cìaⁿ;

    upright.

#### ceng-lîet;

    chaste, even unto death.

#### síu ceng;

    a betrothed girl whose affianced died before the nuptials, and who refuses to marry.

#### ceng ńng;

    a virgin.

#### ceng cak;

    a widow who will not marry again.

#### tong-ceng;

    honest; trustworthy.

#### ńng-ceng cí;

    seeds of the wax tree, used in medicine.
* 增ceng9513212
* To add; to increase.

#### ceng ke;

    augment.

#### ceng ke jîeh cōi?

    How much is to be added?

#### àiⁿ ceng-thiⁿ;

    will increase the amount.

#### ceng kè-cîⁿ;

    raise the price.

#### ceng ke nâng;

    increase of population.

#### ceng co;

    increase the rent.

#### ceng kíam;

    increase and diminish.

#### kia-ceng;

    to add to.
* 僧ceng725912
* A Buddhist priest.

#### ceng tău;

    priests and their teachings.

#### lîu-ceng;

    a wandering bonze.

#### la-má ceng;

    a lama or Mongol priest.

#### lău ceng;

    an old priest.

#### cí kâi am ŭ cêk peh ceng;

    this monastery has a hundred monks.

#### ceng kang si;

    an official who governs his fellow priests.
* 偵ceng7799
* A scout; one sent to reconnoitre.

#### ceng-thàm;

    a scout.

#### tng ceng-thàm;

    act as scout.

#### phài ceng-thàm khṳ̀ chê;

    despatch a scout to reconnoitre.

#### cí kâi ceng-thàm mîaⁿ-ke thàm sṳ̄;

    this scout is expert in discovering things.
* 睛ceng9931098
* The eyes; the eye ball; the iris.

#### ūe lêng m̄ tíam ceng;

    to draw a dragon and leave out the eyes; to leave work without finishing it up.

#### thóiⁿ kàu mâk m̄ cẃn ceng;

    gazing with motionless eye balls; staring fixedly.
* 烝ceng74866
* To decant by steaming; the winter sacrifice.

#### káu ceng káu sài;

    nine steamings and nine airings.

#### ceng ngîap;

    entailed property whose proceeds are applied to ancestral sacrifices.
* 怔ceng74615
* Restless; afraid.

#### ceng-chong;

    agitated.

#### ŭ kâi ceng-chong kâi pēⁿ;

    is very nervous.

#### ceng-chong kâi nâng to̤ bô̤ táⁿ;

    nervous people are generally cowardly.
* 禎ceng731139
* Felicitous.

#### ceng-sîang;

    auspicious; lucky.

#### chông ceng sói keng;

    take an auspicious time for cleaning the temples.
* 箏ceng291188
* A sort of virginal or harpsichord, having twelve brass strings, and played with a plectrum.

#### cuaⁿ ceng;

    play on the harpsichord.

#### cêk keⁿ ceng;

    a harpsichord.
* 腫céng1071309
* To swell; to tumefy; a swelling.

#### céng-tìe;

    to swell up.

#### céng thìaⁿ;

    swollen and painful.

#### phû-céng;

    puffed up.

#### n̂g-pûh céng;

    dropsical swelling.

#### céng kâi pau;

    a hard small swelling.

#### cúi céng;

    a watery swelling.

#### cheⁿ céng;

    a black and blue swelling.

#### n̂g céng phòng;

    a hard, permanent swelling.

#### âng céng;

    a red swelling.

#### céng hap;

    an inflamed swelling.

#### nĕ céng-céng;

    badly swollen.

#### thò̤ céng; sio céng;

    to reduce swelling.

#### hāi i khàu kàu mâk céng;

    made him cry so that his eyes are swollen.

#### mâk céng kàu peh m̄ khui;

    his eyes are swollen so that he cannot open them.

#### céng kàu tōa-bó̤-ki;

    swollen to an immense size.

#### nío-chṳ́ búe cĭn céng m̄ kiaⁿ sí nâng;

    people are not frightened to death by a rat's tail, even when it is swollen to the uttermost.
* 燼céng9898614
* Embers; brands; hot coals.

#### húe-céng;

    coals that may be used for starting a fire.

#### hŵn-lío chûn ŭ húe-céng mē?

    Are there any live coals left?
* 種céng1071159
* A seed; a germ; a sort.

#### céng-cí;

    seeds.

#### īa céng-cí;

    to sow seed.

#### lô̤h céng-cí;

    to put in the seed.

#### hó̤ céng;

    good seed.

#### m̄-hó̤ céng;

    bad seed.

#### thŵn céng;

    propagate this variety.

#### hó̤ céng-câk;

    of good stock.

#### sĭm-mih céng-câk?

    Of what species is it?

#### lâu pàng kò̤ cò̤ céng;

    save it for seed.

#### tāu céng;

    vaccine virus.

#### pńg tī céng;

    indigenous.

#### gūa kò̤ céng;

    an exotic.

#### àiⁿ tī cêk céng?

    Which variety do you want?

#### câp céng;

    illegitimate.

#### câp céng kíaⁿ;

    a bastard.

#### cí-kò̤ bô̤ cía céng;

    this sort does not grow hereabouts.

#### māng céng;

    seeds that grow slowly; perennial.

#### khùe céng;

    annuals.
* 整céng756612
* To put in order; to repair.

#### chî-chî céng-céng;

    put in fine order.

#### siu-sîp kàu chî-céng căi;

    arranged very perfectly.

#### m̄ chî m̄ céng;

    all out of repair.
* 症cèng761045
* Disease; the causes and the symptoms of disease.

#### pēⁿ-cèng;

    diseases.

#### cèng-hāu;

    a malady.

#### mn̄g cèng;

    to ascertain the symptoms; to diagnose a case.

#### thóiⁿ cèng;

    consider the causes of the ailment.

#### jīn cèng àiⁿ tīaⁿ, màiⁿ jīn tāⁿ cèng;

    in telling the symptoms, precision is essential, else you may confess to a disease you have not got.

#### tōa cèng;

    a serious case.

#### gūa cèng, lăi cèng;

    external and internal diseases.

#### keng ngīam-kùe kâi cèng;

    a well understood malady.

#### cí kâi cèng, úa keng ngīam-kùe cōi chṳ̀;

    I have treated many cases of this kind before.

#### cí kâi pēⁿ-cèng iak-lîak cêk kâi gûeh cĭu hó̤ chŵn-jú, lṳ́ màiⁿ kiaⁿ;

    you need not be apprehensive, this ailment is one of which you may be well in about a month.

#### sŭn cèng, ngêk cèng;

    a disease which follows or varies from the usual course of the disease; one which does or does not yield to treatment.

#### kip cèng;

    acute diseases.

#### kú cèng;

    chronic diseases.

#### kín cèng;

    a violent attack.

#### híam cèng;

    a dangerous attack.

#### ngûi cèng;

    of a virulent type.

#### cèng tăng căi;

    the ailment is very severe.

#### cí īeⁿ cèng ío khin;

    this sort of ailment is not very severe.

#### cía cèng kín-kip căi;

    this malady is of a very acute nature.

#### sî cèng;

    season complaints.

#### sî-lĕng cèng;

    cholera.

#### un-mut cèng;

    a plague or pestilence.

#### i sĭ lâu-sái cèng, lṳ́ màiⁿ khṳt i ùe tîeh;

    he has incipient cholera, do not you catch it from him.

#### kám tîeh i kâi ùe khì, cĭu ŏi khṳt i kâi cèng ùe tîeh;

    if you absorb the exhalations from him, you will catch the disease from him.

#### thâm-húe cèng;

    consumption.

#### n̂g-sua cèng;

    jaundice.

#### kó-cèng;

    dropsy of the bowels.

#### lṳ́ thóiⁿ cí kâi cèng tì khṳ̀ sêng a būe?

    Do you consider that this disease has reached its climax?

#### cèng sêng cĭu o̤h ui;

    a disease that has reached its climax is difficult to cure.

#### cía cèng bô̤ ui;

    there is no cure for this disease.

#### cía cèng hó̤ ui a m̄ hó̤ ui?

    Is this disease curable or incurable?

#### a bŏi?

    Is leprosy contagious?

#### nín màiⁿ kiaⁿ, cí kâi pēⁿ cèng bŏi ùe nâng;

    you need not fear, this disease is not infectious.

#### m̄ hó̤ khṳ̀ khṳt i kâi khì chong tîeh: cí īeⁿ cèng sĭ lĭ-hāi;

    you should not breath in the exhalations from his person and bedding: this disease is of a malignant type.

#### khî cēng; kùai cèng;

    rare and strange diseases.

#### pĭen cèng;

    to explain the nature of a disease.

#### pìen cèng;

    to change the nature of a disease.

#### saⁿ-câp-lâk cèng;

    the thirty-six varieties of disease.

#### tîeh cèng;

    diseased.

#### sí cèng;

    a deadly disease.

#### ngĕ cèng;

    past all help by medicine.

#### mn̄g cèng hwt îeh;

    attend upon and prescribe for.

#### hng m̄ tùi cèng;

    this prescription is not applicable to that disease.

#### mêh m̄ kah cèng;

    the pulse is not such as accords with the symptoms of that disease.
* 衆cèng1081096
* All; a concourse.

#### cèng nâng;

    every one.

#### cèng ūi;

    all of you gentlemen.

#### kong cèng;

    the public in general.

#### tăi cèng;

    the whole concourse.

#### cèng mâk só̤ sĭ; cèng mâk cio-cio;

    every eye saw it.

#### tăi cèng ke;

    all of you.

#### cèng nâng, cèng sṳ̄;

    mankind and the affairs of mankind.

#### sĭm sĭ hâh cèng;

    very agreeable to all concerned.

#### cí kâi nâng m̄ hâh cèng;

    this person is unpopular.

#### kúaⁿ put têk cèng;

    one is no match for many.

#### cèng hieⁿ-lí;

    all the villages.

#### cèng hiaⁿ-tĭ;

    all the brethren.

#### chut cèng;

    above the common.

#### nâng châi chut cèng;

    more talented than ordinary people.

#### pún-nía chut cèng;

    excels others in ability.

#### koi cèng;

    the many in the streets.

#### po cèng;

    those ordinarily in the market places.

#### cèng phò hŏ;

    all the shops.

#### hâng cèng;

    those in the warehouses.

#### cèng kheh-siang;

    all the merchants.

#### cèng cûn ciah;

    all the boats.

#### cèng hâng-kháu;

    all the warehouses.
* 證cèng7614912
* To testify; to substantiate; to prove.

#### cèng-kìⁿ;

    to witness.

#### cò̤ kang cèng kâi nâng;

    witnesses.

#### cò̤ cèng-kìⁿ;

    be a witness.

#### ŭ nâng hó̤ cò̤ kìⁿ-cèng;

    there are those who will testify to it.

#### cèng-kṳ̆;

    proof.

#### ŭ cèng ŭ kṳ̆;

    there is proof of it.

#### cieh cèng;

    visible proof; circumstantial evidence.

#### cò̤ cèng;

    use as evidence.

#### cèng sît cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̆;

    adequate proof of this.
* 種cèng1071159
* To plant; to cultivate; to beget.

#### cèng hue, cèng chài, cèng chīu;

    to plant flowers, vegetables, and trees.

#### cèng cúi-cháu;

    plant bulrushes.

#### cèng kúe-cí;

    plant fruit trees.

#### cí kò̤ châng pheⁿ-phah àiⁿ cèng cò̤ tĭu hó̤, a sĭ àiⁿ cèng cò̤ cìa hó̤, a sĭ àiⁿ cèng cò̤ hun-kuah hó̤?

    Have you decided that it is best to plant this ground to flax, to sugarcane, or to potatoes?

#### cí kò̤ tī, hó̤ cèng ŭ kúi táu céng?

    How many pecks of seeds should be put into this lot?

#### côiⁿ nâng cèng chīu, ău nâng cia im;

    the pioneers plant trees and their successors enjoy the shade.

#### cèng co̤h;

    to till the soil.

#### cèng îeⁿ-tāu;

    to vaccinate.
* 政cèng76664
* Politics; government; the departments or measures of a government; laws.

#### cèng sṳ̄;

    politics.

#### cèng lĕng;

    governmental orders.

#### cèng kà;

    official admonitions.

#### jîu cèng, ngîak cèng;

    mild or harsh government.

#### sĭen cèng;

    a righteous government.

#### chit cèng;

    the sun, moon, and five planets.

#### péng cèng;

    cip cèng; to hold authority.

#### ngí-cèng;

    a counselor of state.

#### cham ngí cèng-sṳ̄;

    a council of state.

#### lŭn cèng;

    discuss politics.

#### pù-cèng-si; pù-cèng-sài;

    the commissioner of revenue.

#### hŏng cèng tăi hu;

    a government officer.
* 訂cèng9051492
* To arrange satisfactorily; to settle terms; to adjust; to equalize; to fix on; to criticise; to compare; to collate; to edit.

#### cèng khî, cèng tīaⁿ-tîeh lío;

    a set time has been agreed upon.

#### cèng mêng;

    to arrange an armistice; to make peace.

#### cí pang cṳ íⁿ-keng chíaⁿ tōa mîaⁿ-sek kâi nâng cèng-cìaⁿ kùe;

    have already invited a celebrated personage to revise these books.
* 嘗cêng273011
* Denotes time past; usually; ever.

#### būe cêng;

    has not yet had.

#### úa m̄ cêng;

    I never did.

#### cêng a m̄ cêng?

    Has it ever yet been?

#### hô̤ cêng m̄ sĭ?

    How is it that there has never been any?

#### i m̄ cêng cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    he has never been thus.

#### būe cêng ŭ;

    has never yet had.

#### cí kâi cêng, cí kâi m̄ cêng;

    this one has, but the other one has not.

#### cêng khṳ̀ a būe?

    Has he ever been yet?

#### cêng cîah a būe?

    Have you ever eaten any before?

#### cêng lâi mē?

    Has he come?

#### cêng cò̤ hó̤ a būe?

    Is it finished yet?

#### i būe cêng ŭ;

    he has not yet had any.

#### i m̄ cêng ŭ kíaⁿ;

    she has had no children.

#### i būe cêng ŭ kíaⁿ;

    she has not yet had any children.

#### cêng sîeⁿ kùe a m̄ cêng?

    Have you tested it?

#### i m̄ cêng khîeh lâi;

    he has not brought it.

#### i m̄ cêng khṳ̀;

    he has not gone.

#### i m̄ cêng cò̤;

    he has not made any.

#### úa m̄ cêng thiaⁿ;

    I have not heard.

#### khá cêng cò̤ chin a bŭe?

    Has he yet engaged a wife?

#### cêng tàⁿ kùe;

    I have said so already.
* 盡cĕng9891089
* All; entirely.

#### cêk suaⁿ cĕng sĭ cîeh;

    the mountain was wholly of rock.

#### cí kâi tī-hng cĕng sĭ suaⁿ;

    this country is all mountainous.

#### hue-hn̂g lăi cĕng sĭ hue-bâk kúe-cí;

    the garden was filled with flowering shrubs and fruit trees.

#### cí cùaⁿ nâng cĕng sĭ hó̤ kâi;

    these people are all good.

#### cí cho̤h ūe cĕng sĭ cí cuang sṳ̄ kâi;

    this talk is all about this affair.

#### cĭu jît cĕng sĭ sṳ̄;

    something is going on all day long.

#### úa thiaⁿ tîeh cĕng sĭ lṳ́ kâi ūe;

    I understood that all that was said was said by you.

#### thong-sin cĕng sĭ mô̤ⁿ;

    his whole body is covered with hair.

#### cí kâi tī cĕng sĭ sua;

    this soil consists wholly of sand.

#### cí kâi suaⁿ cĕng sĭ sêng-peh, bô̤ mih cháu;

    these hills are all covered with firs, and there is hardly any grass.
* 淨cĕng994858
* Clear; to make clean; to purify.

#### cĕng-cĕng;

    limpid.

#### khiet-cĕng;

    pure.

#### cĕng chíu;

    to wash the hands of something.

#### kang cĕng;

    to cleanse.

#### khṳ̀ kàu kang-kang cĕng-cĕng;

    that which defiled is taken completely away.

#### kang cĕng sĭ cía kâi;

    this is the clean and empty one.

#### sói cĕng;

    wash so that none of the former uncleanness remains.

#### sàu cĕng;

    sweep out clean.
* 靖cĕng9941755
* To tranquilize; to keep in order.

#### uaⁿ-cĕng;

    well ordered.

#### uaⁿ-cĕng tī-hng;

    restore peace to the country.

#### tâng tìn-thâi lâi pōiⁿ cêk ùaⁿ ău, tī-hng cĭu ío uaⁿ-cĕng;

    after the general-in-chief came and put the country in order, it was more settled and peaceful.

#### phêng-cĕng kâi tī-hng;

    a tranquil region.