# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kng
### kng

* 光kng478104
* Light; luster; brilliant; illustrious: bright; naked; smooth; bare; bald; to illuminate; to adorn.

#### jît kng căi;

    the sun is very bright.

#### hûn cia lío jît bŏi kng;

    the sun is not bright when obscured by clouds.

#### thâu-khak kng-kng nn̆g-nn̆g;

    his head is very bald.

#### thâu-khak thì kàu kng-nn̆g kng-nn̆g;

    the head shaven very smooth.

#### teng thie kng cē;

    pick up the wick so that the lamp will give more light.

#### cí cho̤h îu cò̤-nî líam khṳ̀ bô̤ hìeⁿ kng?

    Why is it that this oil does not give out much light when lighted?

#### thóiⁿ-kìⁿ hṳ́-kò̤ ŏi hâu-kng;

    observe the coruscation there.

#### cêk sin nĕ kng-kng;

    very smooth all over.

#### ciu sin nĕ kng-kng kût-kût;

    his whole body is perfectly smooth.

#### bûa kàu kng-kng kût-kût, cìe-kìⁿ nâng íaⁿ;

    polish it until it is so bright and smooth that you can see yourself in it.

#### thiⁿ-kng-cá;

    at daylight.

#### thiⁿ lâ-lâng-kng;

    at he first streak of dawn.

#### thiⁿ būe kng cū cáu-khí;

    got up before daylight.

#### lṳ́ thóiⁿ thiⁿ ŏi kng a būe;

    see whether the day is yet dawning.

#### khṳt i cîah kàu cut-cut-kng;

    all eaten up clean by him.

#### kng-kìaⁿ kng-kìaⁿ;

    highly burnished.

#### thâu-khak kng lût-sût;

    bald-headed; a shining pate.

#### cìe kàu múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ kng-kng;

    shines so that it is light all around.

#### tâng-tâng-kng;

    gleaming.

#### i kâi tó lăi tâng-tâng kng cai;

    he is very clear about it in his own mind.

#### bô̤ kng bô̤ àm;

    no underhand dealing; no two sides to the trade.

#### cîah lío mâk-ciu kng;

    after eating it his sight became perfect.

#### cí kâi suaⁿ kng-kng, bô̤ chīu bô̤ bâk;

    this hill is bare, having neither trees nor shrubs on it.

#### i kâi thâu siu kàu kng-kng;

    her hair is combed very smoothly.

#### kuah kàu kng-kng;

    reaped bare.

#### thiu kàu kng-kng;

    planed smooth.

#### gûeh kng căi;

    the moonlight is very bright.

#### thóiⁿ tîhe lêng-ūaⁿ kng;

    it seems brighter.

#### khîeh húe khṳ̀ chīeⁿ kng;

    take a torch and throw light upon it.
* 剛kng318188
* The gods who reside in the thirty six large stars; the four guardians put in the gateways of Buddhist temples; they have red, green, white, and black faces.

#### jī mn̂g lăi sāi sì tăi-kim-kng;

    inside the second gate were four images representing tho gods who reside in the thirty six stars.

#### i kâi nâng tōa căi, chin-chĭeⁿ kim-kng hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    he is very large, like one of the guardians of the gates of a Buddhist temple.

#### kim-kng sie phah, tōa kàng;

    a great hubbub, as if the gods of the thirty six stars were fighting.
* 缸kng3191213
* A large, glazed, flaring jar.

#### cúi kng;

    a water jar.

#### i kâi tăng-kíaⁿ àiⁿ khṳ̀ phîn i kâi o kng;

    the little earthen pot is going to dash itself against the stone jar.

#### bói kâi kng lâi chĭ kim-lí;

    buy a jar to rear gold-fish in.

#### nôiⁿ kng;

    a jar for lotus plants.

#### hue kng;

    large flowered jars.
* 扛kng319643
* To carry on a pole; to lift at.

#### kng kīe;

    carry a sedan chair.

#### nín nŏ̤ nâng khṳ̀ kng tieⁿ chn̂g lâi;

    you two go and bring the table, bearing it between you on a pole.

#### kng m̄ phû;

    cannot lift it up when straining at the ends of the pole.

#### khah tăng, kng m̄ khí;

    it is too heavy and we cannot lift it.

#### kng kàu ehⁿ-ehⁿ-kìe;

    grunts in carrying it.

#### céng káu kng îeⁿ;

    a pack of dogs carrying off a sheep.
* 肛kng3191303
* The large intestine or colon.

#### thut kng kâi pēⁿ;

    a rupture; a protuded intestine.

#### thut kng kâi pēⁿ peh ūe kìe-cò̤ thut tn̂g thâu;

    protrusion of the intestine is in common language called extruded gut.
* 管kńg4741188
* A tube, a pipe, a duct; quills.

#### koi mô̤ⁿ kńg;

    the quill of a hen's feather.

#### ka tîo gô̤-mô̤ⁿ-kńg lâi khǹg cam;

    cut off a goose-quill to keep needles in.

#### aû-lêng kńg;

    the wind-pipe.

#### i chám kàu âu-lêng kńg ngĕ;

    he has a lump in his throat because he is so distressed.

#### húe kńg;

    a pipe used for blowing the fire.

#### mô̤ⁿ kńg chng;

    the pores of the skin.
* 琯kńg475968
* A tube of stone.

#### lêng-kńg;

    the tube which holds the peacock feather on an official cap.
* 廣kńg4785312
* Occurs in many names of cities or places, but when used alone refers to Canton.

#### kńg-tang nâng;

    the people of Canton.

#### kńg-tang séⁿ;

    the Canton province.

#### kńg ciu hú;

    the Canton Department.

#### tòa ŭ kńg hùe lâi bōi mē?

    Have you brought any Cantonese goods for sale?

#### kńg-jìo sui sĭ su so-jìo, hŵn-lío îaⁿ ciang-jìo;

    Cantonese crape, although inferior to Soochow crape, is still better than Amoy crape.

#### cía sĭ thó tíaⁿ a sĭ kńg tíaⁿ? ​

    Are these iron pans of Swatow manufacture, or were they made in Canton?

#### chìe kńg kua;

    sing ballads in the Canton dialect.

#### cí kâi sĭ kńg-tang pù-cèng a sĭ kńg-sai pù-cèng?

    Is this the lieutenant governor of the Canton province, or of the Kwangsi province?
* 卷kńg450266
* A scroll; manuscript; to roll up as one rolls a scroll laid on a plane; books; the ruled paper on which essays are written.

#### khai kńg ŭ iah;

    to open the roll is beneficial.

#### tîeh bói kâi kńg-tō̤ lâi chō̤, àiⁿ tâu kńg tiang-sî, ngŏ̤ tîeh ŭ hŏ, kńg cìaⁿ bŏi pun hŏ ak tīo;

    must buy a satchel to put the manuscript in, then when it is to be delivered over, if there should be rain, it will not get wet.

#### cía sĭ cìn kńg, hía sĭ lô̤h kńg;

    these are accepted, and those are rejected essays.

#### thîn cò̤ cu kńg;

    essays copied out in red ink for examination.

#### bâk kńg;

    the original copy of the essay.

#### ŭ sî àiⁿ tìo bâk kńg lâi thóiⁿ;

    the original manuscript after having been copied by another than the composer, is sometimes called for.

#### lṳ́ kâi kńg sía hó̤ a būe?

    Is your essay written?

#### i khṳ̀ tâu pêh kńg;

    he handed in a blank manuscript.

#### i kâi bûn-cieⁿ thóiⁿ tîeh ío ŭ cṳ kńg;

    his essay shows a greater knowledge of letters.

#### úa tit tîeh i ŭ kúi hîeh kńg hîeh, sía lâi sĭm ngía;

    I have obtained several leaves of his manuscript, and it is beautifully written.

#### thâk cṳ bw̄n kńg, ngŏ̤ sṳ̄ cêk bô̤ só̤ ēng;

    one may read ten thousand books, and then find he has some business in which nothing he has learned is of use.

#### úa àiⁿ cò̤ cò̤ kńg cṳ, m̄ cò̤ cò̤ hue cío;

    I want written scrolls, not pictures.

#### kńg cò̤ cek kauh;

    roll it up into a roll.

#### kńg kàu kṳ́-kak kṳ́-kak;

    roll it up in such a way as to keep the edges even at the ends.

#### kńg cúa;

    ruled paper.

#### kńg cúa khò;

    a writing book of ruled paper, ruled in squares.
* 貫kǹg4751544
* To run a thread through; to string on.

#### cîⁿ-kǹg-so̤h;

    the string on which cash is strung.

#### cí choiⁿ cîⁿ bô̤ tú kńg, sĭ câk kńg kâi;

    this is a full thousand of cash, nothing being deducted on account of the value of the string, which is extra.

#### u ŭ kǹg kha a bô̤?

    Is there a cash taken out to pay for the string on which the others are strung?

#### cí kaî cîⁿ sĭ pó kǹg kâi;

    this cash is to pay for the string used in stringing the others.

#### kau-kwn cìeⁿ kú, choiⁿ gūa cîⁿ bŏi lă tú kǹg kâi;

    though I have traded with you so long, a thousand cash and over is not so much but that you must deduct the value of the string.

#### cí cho̤h cîⁿ cang cîⁿ-kǹg-so̤h lâi chng;

    get a cash string and string these cash.
* 鋼kǹg3191678
* Steel; iron hardened by fire.

#### cí ki to̤ ŭ kǹg a bô̤?

    Is this knife edged with steel?

#### m̄ cai kǹg cúi jîeh hó̤;

    do not know how well-tempered the steel may be.

#### ńng kǹg;

    soft steel.

#### ngĕ kǹg;

    hard steel.

#### cía ki kǹg cúi cū sĭ sĭang ngĕ;

    in this one the steel is of the hardest sort.

#### phah ki cêng kǹg kâi;

    make one wholly of steel.
* 槓kǹg5697510
* A carrying beam; thills; a classifier of loads borne by two.

#### kuaⁿ-châ kǹg;

    poles for bearing a coffin.

#### cêk tùi kīe-kǹg;

    a pair of carrying poles for a sedan chair.

#### cêk kǹg ngṳ̂n;

    as mach money as two can carry between them.

#### kîaⁿ ngṳ̂n kǹg, kîaⁿ lô̤h séⁿ;

    forward silver in loads to the Provincial city.

#### khîa ki kǹg lâi kng sīaⁿ;

    get a carrying beam, to carry the box of presents upon.

#### sīaⁿ kǹg;

    the beam of a box in which presents are carried.