# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kong
### kongkong

* 功kong460193
* Achievement; good service; virtue ; meritorious.

#### i kâi kong-lâu tōa;

    his merit is great.

#### cò̤ sṳ̄ cò̤ kàu sêng kong;

    one must bring what one does to a successful issue.

#### ŭ kong kâi chîn-cṳ́;

    courtiers who have done meritorious deeds.

#### kong-chîn ău-ĭ;

    the descendants of deserving ministers.

#### bô̤ kong ien káⁿ cîah lôk?

    Without having done anything deserving reward, how dare one draw his salary?

#### ŭ kong-tek kîp mîn;

    has done good works in behalf of the people.

#### kĭen kong, lîp ngîap;

    achieve virtue, and found an estate.

#### kong-mîaⁿ chî cá to ŭ sìo;

    merit is sooner or later rewarded.

#### thû-lâu bô̤ kong;

    to labor without advantage.

#### cău-hùe cí thiap îeh cîah lô̤h khṳ̀ ŭ kong-hāu;

    as it happened this dose of medicine proved effective when taken.

#### i íⁿ-keng kong sêng, mîaⁿ cĭu lío;

    he has already achieved a reputation.

#### i tó̤ cò̤ kong-tek;

    he is making merit.

#### i kâi hà hôk sĭ sìo kong a tăi kong?

    Does he wear mourning for five or for nine months.
* 公kong459122
* Public; common; open; equal to all; general; just; equitable; the first of the five ranks of nobility; a duke, a lord, a master.

#### kong sṳ̄;

    public business.

#### kong hŭe;

    club, association, or public society.

#### kong só̤ tī-hng;

    town houses or public halls.

#### kong-tău;

    fair, equitable.

#### kong-kong tău-tău;

    perfectly just.

#### i cò̤ sṳ̄ úa thóiⁿ tîeh m̄ kong-tău;

    he acts in a way that appears to me to bo unfair.

#### kong-cìaⁿ kâi hieⁿ sin;

    upright village elders.

#### cèng nâng lâi kong lí;

    all came to make a fair settlement.

#### tăi-ke àiⁿ kong-kṳ́ tī-tîang?

    Whom do you all want to put forward as a candidate?

#### kong-ciak;

    a duke.

#### kong îa;

    my lord, the duke.

#### kong cṳ́;

    a young gentleman; officers, gentlemen.

#### sío kong-cṳ́;

    a wild young gentleman.

#### hua-hua kong-cṳ́;

    a young spendthrift.

#### tōa siang kong;

    a term used in addressing a clerk in a yamun or a large house.

#### kong cú;

    the emperor’s daughter.

#### i sĭ kong ke cò̤-pû cîah a sĭ pun khui cîah?

    Do the whole family take their meals together, or do they eat separately?

#### a-kong;

    a grandfather.

#### thài kong;

    great grandfather.

#### gūa kong;

    maternal grandfather.

#### kong má;

    grandparents.

#### hŏng có-kong; pài có-kong;

    worship of ancestors.

#### kong có tăi-jîn;

    the Prefect.

#### nŏ̤ kong phûa hûa căi;

    the old couple agree very well.

#### cía sĭ kong băng;

    this is a public fund.

#### i sai-khih nâng kâi kong cîⁿ;

    he embezzles the public funds.

#### hùi tīo kong mûeh;

    waste the public property.

#### hak ke cêk cho̤h kong ngîap;

    buy some more public property.

#### tì-chàng ke ho̤h cōi kong châng kong phò;

    buy in ever so many more fields and shops to be used in common.

#### kong sim;

    public spirited.

#### kong phêng;

    just; equitable.

#### kong phêng kau-êk;

    a fair bargain.

#### kong bŭ hŵn căi;

    public business of many kinds.

#### kong tn̂g;

    a public hall.

#### kong tī;

    a common.

#### cêk jī jîp kong mn̂g, káu gû thoa m̄ chut;

    when a complaint is once entered at the yamun, nine oxen cannot draw it out.

#### péng kong phōiⁿ sṳ̄;

    adjudicate in accordance with equity.

#### soiⁿ kong, ău sai;

    public interests before private business.

#### sĭ kong hun, a sĭ pêh thô?

    Is it the best quality of opium, or the worst?
* 攻kong461663
* To attack; to assault; to fight with; to set to work at; to apply to; to rouse by reproving.

#### kong-phah i kâi tī-hng;

    attacked their country.

#### cèng nâng kong-khek cêk nâng;

    they all set upon him.

#### kong sîaⁿ;

    assault a citadel.

#### jît mêⁿ kong cṳ;

    study hard day and night.

#### íⁿ tâk kong tâk;

    use poison as an antidote for
​poison.

#### kong m̄ phùa;

    fail to take by assault.

#### kong phùa i kâi îaⁿ-cē;

    captured their in- trenchment.

#### hŭe-côi kong-tú i;

    assemble and withstand them in battle.

#### pin-lô̤ lêng hĭa khì, kong kien;

    betel-nut will disperse wind and reduce congestion.

#### méⁿ-méⁿ tîeh ēng kong thâm kâi îeh lâi kong tīo cí cho̤h thâm;

    must quickly take some medicine which will remove phlegm, and clear out the throat with it.

#### soiⁿ kong-sùaⁿ cí tíam cék khì;

    first dissipate the humors which have accumnlated.

#### cē khì, hueh cū kong sim;

    as soon as one is angry, the blood rushes to the heart.

#### khṳt cho̤h thâm cē kong, cū hun-kông khṳ̀;

    as soon as he was choked with mucous he became insensible.
* 工kong460480
* An artisan; skilled work; skill; a job.

#### sṳ̆ lông kong siang;

    literary men, farmers, artisans and merchants.

#### i cò̤ lâi ceng-kong căi;

    he has done it in a most workmanlike manner.

#### cía sît-căi nâng khá tô̤h thien kong;

    this man has certainly seized upon the skill of nature in doing things expertly.

#### cía sĭ tōa kong thîaⁿ;

    this is a big job.
* 恭kong462616
* The exhibition of respectful feeling.

#### kong-hí;

    I respectfully wish you joy, (as at the New Year).

#### khṳ̀ kio i kong-hí kâi nâng ho̤h cōi;

    those who went to wish him a Happy New Year were many.
* 管kóng4741188
* A tube; a short cylinder.

#### cam khǹg tŏ̤ cam-kóng tói;

    the needles are put away in the needle-case.

#### tek kóng;

    a small dipper or measure made from a section of the trunk of a bamboo.

#### cêk kóng lâng;

    the core of a boil.
* 貢kòng4641543
* To offer to a liege lord things for service; presents from foreign nations given in homage; fit for presents or tribute; the best sort; to offer service.

#### cìn kòng;

    to bring tribute.

#### kòng sài;

    tribute bearers.

#### sĭ lâi kòng sĭm-mih mûeh?

    What does he bring as tribute?

#### kòng lói;

    presents sent to Court.

#### tōa kùe kòng-īⁿ;

    bigger than an examination hall, (in which the graduates are supposed to offer their talents for their country’s service).

#### kòng cûn;

    a ship bearing tribute.

#### ŭ sĭm-mih ko̤h īeⁿ mûeh-kĭaⁿ lâi kòng-hìen;

    has some curious thing to present.

#### líam ki kòng-hieⁿ lâi phīⁿ phang;

    light a large white incense stick and smell its odor.

#### i tàⁿ cí kâi sĭ kòng tn̄g;

    he says this is the very best sort of satin.

#### kòng tău sĭ îu tī-kò̤?

    By what route is the tribute brought?

#### kien kòng;

    those graduates who have bought their degree.

#### chut kòng;

    graduates who have tried for ten years to get the next degree.

#### lī kòng;

    one who has bought an office.
* 馥kòng1511869
* Odoriferous; diffused odor.

#### cêk koiⁿ kòng-kòng phang; sĭ ûn hieⁿ-châ a m̄ sĭ?

    The whole place is full of a sweet smell; it comes from burning sandal wood does it not?

#### phīⁿ tîeh kòng-kòng phang;

    smells very fragrant.
* 礟kòng66711214
* A cannon; a howitzer.

#### cí bûe kòng kâi seⁿ-cu ēng jîeh tōa?

    How large a ball is required for this cannon?

#### sin cù cêk mn̂g tâng kòng;

    a newly cast brass cannon.

#### kòng chóiⁿ;

    a swab for cleaning a cannon.

#### kòng kâi îeh lóng-cóng jîp pīn;

    the cannon is already loaded.
* 䀊kŏng37010814
* To roil; to stir up and make turbid.

#### kŏng kàu lô̤-lô̤;

    roil by stirring.

#### kŏng lô̤ i;

    roil it up.

#### m̄ tîeh kŏng nâng kâi cúi ŏi tit lô̤ cìaⁿ ŭ ēng, tó̤ kŏng nâng kâi cúi m̄ lô̤ cò̤ ŭ ēng nē?

    Of what use is it to make a fuss, if you do not make one that amounts to something?