# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/lang
### langlang

* 疏lang7751037
* Wide apart; open; having interstices.

#### màiⁿ pâi khah lang;

    do not set them too far apart.

#### thóiⁿ tîeh lang-lang nē;

    it appears as if the spaces between were very wide.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ khah hi-lang, tîeh cò̤ bâk-câk cē;

    that is too open, it must be made closer.
* 胝lang551305
* A thick indurate skin on the hands and feet.

#### phoi kha-lang;

    pare off the indurate skin on the feet. ​
* 懶láng5036116
* Lazy; remiss; disinclined to.

#### láng-tŏaⁿ;

    lazy; languid.

#### ciu-jît to sĭ láng-láng tŏaⁿ-tŏaⁿ, chŵn m̄ cò̤ kang-hu;

    loafs around all day and does no work.

#### láng-láng tháng-tháng;

    very listless.
* 囊láng61511822
* A bag; a sack.

#### khang láug tńg-lâi;

    came back with an empty bag.

#### sieⁿ láng;

    a haversack.

#### tek láng;

    a splint bag.

#### sīu cò̤ cêk láng;

    kept them and put them all into one bag.
* 牝láng697932
* The female of beasts.

#### tṳ láng;

    a young sow.

#### sĭ ko a sĭ láng;

    is it male or female?

#### ngio láng;

    a female kitten.

#### gû-láng;

    a heifer.
* 空làng4641163
* An interim; to leave a space between; an interstice; to omit a portion.

#### làng kúi kâi jī;

    left out several letters.

#### làng saⁿ kâi;

    omit three.

#### làng cêk hîeh lío cìaⁿ hó̤ sía;

    leave one blank page and then write.

#### mn̂g ĕ àiⁿ làng jîeh kûiⁿ?

    How wide a space is to be left at the bottom of the door?

#### tìn-tang làng ŭ kò̤ tī;

    an open space is left in the middle of the grounds.

#### làng tīo nŏ̤ bó châng m̄ hó̤ co̤h;

    not reckoning two acres which are unfit for cultivation.

#### múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ khui theng làng ò̤;

    vent holes opening in all directions.
* 膿lâng64313013
* Pus.

#### seⁿ lâng;

    to produce pus.

#### tìeⁿ lâng;

    puffed up with pus.

#### khí-thâu-ē chut cêk kóng lâng, taⁿ sĭ lâu lâng-cúi tĭaⁿ;

    at the first a hard lump of pus came out of it, and now it exudes only watery pus.

#### kẁn lâng;

    bring to a head, make ripe for opening.

#### līu kàu lâng-thâu chut lâi;

    squeeze out the core (of a boil).

#### thie i chut lâng;

    open it and let out the pus.

#### i só̤ phùi kâi sĭ lâng, m̄ sĭ thâm;

    what he expectorates is pus, not mucous.

#### tâng i khṳ̀ thò lâng thò hueh, màiⁿ chái i;

    let him go and spue out his bile, and pay no attention to him.

#### ko lâng;

    to form pus.

#### kâm-lâng kâm-lâng;

    raw and mattery.
* 欄杆lâng-kang501
* A balustrade; a railing.

#### ûi cêk têng lâng-kang;

    inclose with a railing.

#### sĭ cîeh lâng-kang a sĭ châ lâng-kang?

    Has it a stone or a wooden baluster?

#### lâng-kang mn̂g;

    a grated door.
* 零lâng5451735
* What exceeds a round number; a fraction; a residue; a remainder; in numeration, a cypher showing that one denomination is not used.

#### lâng-chùi kâi pò;

    remnants of cloth.

#### lâng-chùi kâi ngṳ̂n-níe;

    the residue of the funds.

#### saⁿ níe lâng nŏ̤ hun;

    three taels, no mace and two candareens.

#### choiⁿ lâng sì;

    a thousand and forty.

#### peh lâng ngŏ;

    a hundred and five.

#### nŏ̤ peh bô̤ lâng;

    two hundred and nothing over.

#### khî-ṳ̂ kâi put kùe lâng-cheⁿ-chùi-tíam;

    the surplus consists of nothing more than a few odds and ends.

#### lâng-lâng chùi-chùi jw̆n bōi;

    sell off as may chance to be possible in bits and pieces.

#### lâng-ló̤;

    a little, a small quantity or a short piece.

#### àiⁿ ka lâng-ló̤, i m̄ hàuⁿ;

    he is not willing to cut off a short piece for one.

#### chûn lâng-ló̤ tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;

    have only a little left.

#### hâiⁿ ke lâng-ló̤ thóiⁿ i hàuⁿ mē;

    offer him a little more and see if he will consent.

#### lâng-lâng ló̤-ló̤ mûeh, chìn-chái cē;

    it is a very slight thing, do not be exacting about it.

#### cí hûe bô̤ làng-ló̤ ciⁿ;

    have at present scarcely any cash.

#### cí hûe kău câp tíam lâng;

    it is now past ton o'clock.

#### úa pàng ŭ lâng-kĭaⁿ mûeh to̤ i kò̤;

    I left a few things in his care.

#### tîeh ke lâng jît cìaⁿ ŭ;

    there will be some in a few days.

#### cía sǹg sĭ lâng-sang mûeh;

    this is a thing of little value.

#### i ŭ lâng bōi a bò̤?

    Does he sell any at retail?

#### tih lâng tíam lóh̤ khṳ̀;

    drop in a few drops.

#### lâng peh cíⁿ sṳ̄, màiⁿ po̤h khah thíam;

    do not bicker too much about a matter of a few hundred cash.

#### cûah ŭ lâng-lí lō;

    lacks a few miles of it.

#### cêk kĭaⁿ kàu lâng kâi ngṳ̂n;

    one of them costs but a few dollars.

#### lâng-lâng su-su;

    a very little.
* 難lâng61417211
* Hard; difficult; grievous; neither easy nor pleasant; seldom attained; to harass.

#### lâng cò̤;

    hard to do.

#### lâng sêng;

    difficult of accomplishment.

#### lâng tit;

    not easily attained.

#### lâng tău i m̄ lài;

    Can you think he would come?

#### lṳ́ màiⁿ lâng-ûi i;

    do not you vex him.

#### lâng thóiⁿ;

    repulsive.

#### lâng tàⁿ;

    unspeakable.

#### lâng íⁿ cai;

    difficult to know.

#### lâng thiaⁿ;

    unpleasant to hear about.

#### lâng siang-sìu;

    incredible.

#### i cí hûe kang-lâng-khùn-khó kâi sî-hāu;

    he is now in distress.

#### lâng thàng;

    hardly earned.
* 蘭lâng50114017
* A general name for orchideous plants.

#### cṳ-lâng;

    an orchid.

#### mêⁿ-lâng;

    the white lily.

#### ngŏ-hîeh-lâng;

    the five leaved orchid.

#### koi-kha-lâng;

    the fowl's foot orchid.

#### i chap ŭ cêk pang gûeh-lâng hŭe;

    he has become a member of a loan association.
* 聾lâng56812816
* Deaf; hard of hearing.

#### hĭⁿ lâng;

    deaf.

#### tèⁿ lâng tèⁿ é;

    pretend to be deaf and dumb.

#### hĭⁿ lâng, ​kau sieⁿ;

    made deaf by having the ear-wax dug out too forcibly.

#### hĭⁿ cêk pùaⁿ lâng hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    partially deaf.

#### hĭⁿ cêk pôiⁿ lâng;

    deaf in one ear.
* 鱗lâng54119512
* The scales of fish; scaly.

#### hṳ̂ lâng;

    fish scales.

#### phah tīo lâng;

    take off the scales.

#### hṳ̂-lâng sie ciap;

    overlap like fish scales.

#### hṳ̂-lâng hûn;

    a mackerel sky.

#### chíu tèng seⁿ lîap hṳ̂-lâng cùe;

    has a wart on his hand.

#### bô̤ lâng hṳ̂;

    scaleless fish.

#### sin tèng chĭeⁿ lâng-kak;

    has scurvy.
* 礱lâng56811216
* A mill used in hulling paddy.

#### lâng pì;

    the shaft of the mill

#### lâng hĭⁿ;

    the sides of the mill.

#### oi lâng;

    to turn the mill.
* 籠lâng56811816
* A cage; an open basket for carrying birds or animals.

#### cío-lâng;

    a bird-cage.

#### teng-lâng;

    a lantern.
* 郎lâng5041637
* A term of respect for officers and others; a gentleman.

#### ko̤h-ĕ ŭ kúi ūi lĕng-lâng?

    How many sons have you remaining near you?

#### i kâi kíaⁿ tó̤ cò̤ lī-pŏ lâng-tong;

    his son is a clerk in the Board of Civil Office.
* 狼lâng505947
* A cruel wild beast.

#### châi-lâng;

    wolves.

#### lâng sim, káu hĕng;

    unmerciful and savage.
* 廊lâng5045310
* A porch.

#### líang lâng;

    side porches; vestibules on either side.
* 浪lăng505857
* Waves, billows, surges; profligate, dissipated, wasteful; the mind not settled.

#### cí kâi kíaⁿ sĭ lăng-tăng căi;

    this son is very unsteady.

#### po̤ lăng thau thiⁿ;

    the billows rise to heaven.

#### lăng-tăng kíaⁿ-tĭ;

    a spendthrift.

#### i to sĭ lăng-lăng tăng-tăng, m̄ khéng uaⁿ-cĕⁿ cò̤ cìaⁿ-keng sṳ̄-ngîap;

    he is always drifting about from one thing to another, and will never quietly follow any fixed occupation.
* 朗lăng505747
* Clear, as moonlight.

#### gûeh lăng, cheⁿ hi;

    when the moon is bright the stars are sparse.
* 弄lăng569554
* To use badinage; to trifle and toy with.

#### lăng ké, sêng cin;

    began in jest and ended in earnest.

#### lăng khá, hẃn cwt;

    the pretended expert turned out to be a fool; he thought he would do a smart thing and got into trouble.

#### cē bô̤ nâng tit i ùi i cū káⁿ lăng khŵn;

    as soon as there is no one at hand of whom he is afraid, he ventures to abuse his liberty.
* 伸lāng73695
* To stretch forth; to thrust out; to project.

#### chíu lāng chut lâi khṳt sin-seⁿ thóiⁿ;

    hold out your arm that the doctor may look at it.

#### saⁿ-ńg khah ôih, chíu lāng lô̤h khṳ̀ cū têk tîeh;

    the sleeve of my tunic is too tight, and when I thrust in my arm it pinches.

#### kha lāng tŏ̤ lîam gūa khṳt i thóiⁿ;

    put her foot out from behind the screen that he might look at it.

#### lṳ́ kâi phoi-taⁿ lāng jîp lâi khṳt i cih;

    reach your carrying pole in and let her take it.

#### sam khah tn̂g m̄ hó̤ lāng jîp khṳ̀;

    the timber is too long, and cannot be projected in.

#### lāng kâi thâu chut lâi íam;

    thrust out her head and scrutinized it.

#### i kâi cûa-cam lāng-a-lāng;

    darts out his forked tongue.
* 難lāng61417211
* Calamity; trouble; difficulty.

#### cai-lāng;

    adversity.

#### khó-lāng;

    distress.

#### tōa-lāng;

    great affliction.

#### i sĭ tô̤ lāng kàu cí-kò̤ lâi kâi;

    he came here to escape from trouble.

#### sĭu khó sĭu lāng;

    experience hardship.

#### cau lāng;

    encounter trouble.

#### kìu khó kìu lāng;

    rescue from distress.

#### lāng jît cē kùe cū hó̤;

    when these troublous days are passed, all will be well.