# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cang
### cang

* 將cang967418
* To take; to make use of; a sign of the accusative.

#### cang cía a cang hía;

    make use of this or that.

#### cang sĭm-mûeh khṳt i cîah?

    What will you give him to eat?

#### cang hó̤ ūe kio i tàⁿ;

    speak comfortably to him.

#### cang bô̤ cò̤ ŭ;

    made out of nothing; unfounded.

#### tîeh cang sêng-sim, m̄ thû-thû cang ūe tàⁿ;

    there must be sincerity as well as professions.

#### cang ta-po ké cò̤ cṳ-nîe;

    had a man disguised as a woman.

#### àiⁿ cang tī-tîang khṳ̀?

    Whom will you send?
* 棕cang1022758
* The coir palm.

#### cang-sui;

    a coir cloak.

#### cang so̤h;

    coir rope.

#### cang chîeh;

    a coir mat.

#### cang sàu;

    a coir broom.

#### cang sieⁿ;

    a coir trunk.
* 鬃cang10221908
* A lady's coiffure.

#### tá cang;

    do up the hair.

#### lâu mô̤ⁿ, phah cang;

    let the hair grow, in order to arrange it in the style of a married woman.

#### jû-ì cah tŏ̤ cang sim;

    an ornament was inserted in the centre of the coiffure.

#### kíaⁿ-jît kâi cang siu khṳ̀ ngía căi;

    your hair is very prettily arranged to-day.

#### cang-kíaⁿ lô̤;

    the hair arranged in a coil.
* 罾cang95112212
* A square lifting net, suspended on a frame, and let down by a long rope.

#### áu cang; khang cang;

    to fish with lifting nets.

#### khîa ki cang lâi áu hṳ̂;

    set a lifting net to catch fish.

#### áu-cang máng-tìeⁿ;

    a mosquito bar having a folding frame inside.
* 莊cang1121407
* Sedate; serious; a high road.

#### cang kèng;

    serious and respectful.

#### twn cang;

    strictly correct in conduct.

#### cang ngîam;

    strictly proper.

#### cang tŏng;

    respectful.

#### khang cang tōa lō;

    a level highway. ​
* 騌cang10221878
* A mane.

#### bé cang mô̤ⁿ;

    a horse's mane.

#### tṳ cang mô̤ⁿ;

    hog's bristles.
* 鬃cáng10221908
* A peruke; a wig; false hair.

#### ké cáng;

    a false peruke.

#### lṳ́ kâi cang ŭ ciap cáng a bô̤?

    Do you wear false hair?
* 攢cáng10266419
* To hold on tightly with the hands.

#### nŏ̤ ciah chíu cáng i kâi piⁿ;

    held on to his queue with both hands.

#### cáng kín-kín m̄ khéng pàng;

    he held on tightly, and would not let go.

#### cáng i m̄ cŭ;

    could not hold on to it.
* 總cáng102312011
* To collect and tie up, as in a sheaf; to unite under one rule or in a whole.

#### cáng cò̤ cêk ē;

    bind them in one bundle.

#### pá-cáng;

    an ensign, the second grade below a captain, and the lowest of army officers.

#### thih pá-cáng;

    a low but permanent office, in which there is neither hope of promotion nor fear of degradation.
* 壯càng114334
* Robust; hardy; lusty; to inspirit; to incite.

#### càng teng;

    able-bodied men.

#### càng nî;

    in strong health.

#### càng-kĭen;

    strong and hardy.

#### càng sṳ̆;

    one accomplished in manly sports.

#### càng-sĕng;

    lusty.

#### sìo-càng;

    young and hearty.

#### mîn càng;

    the militia.

#### eng-hîong chut sìo-càng;

    violence comes of youthful vigor.

#### íong càng;

    volunteer troops.

#### pûi-càng;

    stout.

#### càng i kâi táⁿ;

    incite his courage.

#### cîah kàu pûi-càng tōa-kīaⁿ;

    become very stout and hardy.
* 粽càng10231198
* Dumplings, boiled in a wrapping of leaves.

#### càng kîu;

    three cornered dumplings.

#### càng kâi;

    many cornered dumplings.

#### càng pau sĭm-mih kâi?

    What is in the dumplings?

#### càng pâk khah phàⁿ;

    these dumplings are not well filled.

#### cí kâi càng sĭ kîam kâi a sĭ tîam kâi?

    Have these dumplings a sweet or a salt filling?

#### càng sĭ ēng tek-hîeh kah kîam-cháu khṳ̀ pâk;

    dumplings are tied up in bamboo leaves, with a bulrush.

#### pâk càng kâi tek-hîeh ēng ke kùe jú hó̤, bŏ̤i chàu tek-hîeh bī;

    the bamboo leaves used in wrapping dumplings are better after having been used several times, for then they will not impart a taste to the dumpling.
* 棧càng12758
* A warehouse; godowns.

#### càng-pâng;

    a store-room.

#### càng co;

    storage.

#### tun-pàng càng tèng;

    stored in the godown.

#### kẃn-càng;

    warehouses.

#### kāng i khṳ̀ càng kò̤ khí;

    go and take it out of the godown for him.
* 站càng131175
* To stand up; to stand still.

#### càng kha m̄ cŭ;

    cannot stand it.

#### ceng kàu i càng kha m̄ cŭ;

    punished them till they gave way altogether.

#### i cí-hûe cn̂g kâi càng kha m̄ cŭ tŏ̤-kò̤;

    he is now wholly unable to maintain his position.

#### líang pôiⁿ kâi bûn bú kuaⁿ tŏ̤ càng-pang, ŭ cìaⁿ peh nâng tŏ̤ táng khim-che lâi;

    the civil and military officers stood on either side in the order of their rank, about a hundred in all, awaiting the arrival of the ambassador.

#### tău-thâi cŏ̤ jīm, i ēng khṳ̀ càng-pang a mín?

    On the Intendant of Circuit's coming to enter upon his office, does he go to attend upon him, standing where his rank prescribes?

#### cí-kò̤ cn̂g kâi càng m̄ cŭ kha;

    there is no foothold at all here; this position cannot be maintained.
* 讚càng94514919
* To praise, as in worship.

#### càng-múi;

    extol.

#### cheng-càng;

    to laud.
* 贊càng94515412
* To assist.

#### càng-cŏ̤;

    to aid.

#### càng sêng cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

    help to bring this about.
* 叢câng10252916
* A classifier of trees and plants.

#### cêk câng hue, cêk câng chài, cêk câng chīu;

    a flower, a vegetable, and a tree.

#### cêk câng kúe-cí;

    a fruit tree.

#### peh cĭeⁿ chīu-câng téng;

    climbed a tree.

#### cí câng hue ngía căi, īu phang;

    this shrub is beautiful and it is fragrant too.

#### úa thóiⁿ cí kâi câng-sin khùn: tîeh èng pûi;

    I see that this plant is weak: fertilizing matter must be put around it.

#### cí câng chīu sin ío tōa, hṳ́ câng li chīu ki ío cōi;

    this tree has the larger trunk, and that one the greater number of branches.

#### kìaⁿ-seⁿ sĭ seⁿ tŏ̤ chīu câng tèng;

    parasites grow upon trees.
* 層câng9524412
* Steps; shelves; gradations.

#### cêk câng, nŏ̤ câng;

    one or two gradations.

#### cĭeⁿ kàu tŏiⁿ saⁿ câng;

    went up to the third landing.

#### thâu cêk câng;

    the first in an ascending series.

#### hṳ́ búe câng;

    the farthest off in the series.

#### tîeh ŭ câng chṳ̀;

    there must be gradations.

#### tâh-pō-câng;

    a stairway.

#### saⁿ câng lâu;

    a building of three diminishing storeys.

#### tû àiⁿ kêh cò̤ kúi câng?

    How many shelves will you have put into the cupboard?

#### pàng tŏ̤ tŏiⁿ saⁿ câng;

    put it on the third shelf.

#### thui-keh jîeh cōi câng?

    How many steps are there in the stairs?

#### hṳ̂ kâi thah tŏ̤ cí ĕ kàu hṳ́ téng ŭ nŏ̤ peh gūa keh tâh-pō-câng;

    that pagoda has over two hundred steps in its stairway.
* 淋câng540858
* To drench by pouring from above.

#### pun hŏ câng kàu cêk sin;

    drenched by the rain.

#### câng-êk;

    take shower baths.

#### tîeh cai thóiⁿ, m̄ hó̤ câng tîeh nâng;

    must look out that you do not souse people with it when pouring it down.
* 臟căng94913018
* The parenchymatous viscera.

#### ngŏ-căng lâk-hú;

    all the internal organs of a body.

#### hùi, sim, pî, kuaⁿ, sĭen, cía sí kìe-cò̤ ngŏ căng; tăi-chîang, sío-chîang, ūi, táⁿ, phâng-kuang, sim-pau-lôk, cía sĭ kìe-cò̤ lâk hú;

    the lungs, heart, spleen, liver and kidneys are called the five viscera; the large and small intestines, the stomach, the gall, the bladder, and the heart-case are called the membraneous viscera.

#### căng hú siang phùe;

    the two sorts of viscera are the complement each of the other.
* 層căng9524412
* A terrace.

#### suaⁿ-sîa cêk căng cêk căng;

    the slope of the hill is terraced.

#### ngŏ căng lâu;

    a building with five diminishing storeys.

#### cêk căng cêk căng nâng-mûeh cōi căi;

    there are a great many people in this crowd, standing so that their heads appear in ascending and receding tiers.
* 贈cāng95115412
* To present; to bestow upon; to make a parting gift.

#### kàu cāng;

    to present to.

#### hŏng cāng;

    respectfully offer as a gift.

#### lī cāng ang jîn;

    promoted according to rule.

#### cāng chùi, bô̤ cāng cîⁿ;

    give promises instead of the cash.

#### úa cāng i cêk peh ngṳ̂n cò̤ lō hùi;

    I gave him a hundred dollars for his travelling expenses.

#### hĕng tit ŭ móng nâng tó̤ cāng chùi, sṳ̄ cìaⁿ sêng;

    could a certain person be had as negotiator, the business would be done.

#### cāng-sàng îeh-îⁿ;

    gave a parting gift of medicinal pills.

#### cāng kè cng;

    make wedding presents.

#### cāng lṳ́ bōi;

    let you have it at no profit to myself.

#### bô̤ mûeh hó̤ cāng lṳ́;

    I have nothing to give you as a souvenir.

#### hó̤ tit lṳ́ cāng úa cêk pì cṳ lak;

    I wish you would give me a helping hand for a moment.