# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sang
### sang

* 壤sang2913217
* Light, sandy, friable soil.

#### i hṳ́ kò̤ kâi thô sĭ sang kâi;

    the soil there is loamy.

#### i hṳ́ kò̤ cn̂g kâi sĭ sang thô, bŏi kàu kò̤;

    the soil there is all loamy earth, without clods.
* 珊sang733965

#### sang-hû;

    red coral.

#### sang-hû cu;

    red coral beads.

#### sang-hû tèng;

    a red coral button.
* 雙sang78717210
* A pair, a brace, a couple; a match to any thing; to go with as a mate.

#### cêk sang ôi;

    a pair of shoes.

#### sêng sang sêng tùi;

    a perfect match to it.

#### sang to̤;

    swords in one sheath.
* 銹sang8111677
* Rust.

#### kauh kàu seⁿ sang;

    left in a damp place till it is rusty.

#### chĭeⁿ tâng sang;

    has become covered with verdigris.

#### thih chĭeⁿ sang;

    the iron has rusted.

#### cang kieⁿ khṳ̀ chìu to̤ sang;

    take some ginger-root and rub the rust off the knife.
* 鬆sang8301908
* Segregated, not compact; loose, lax, slack; unimportant.

#### pàng sang;

    not stringent; easy about.

#### cí kâi huap khah sang;

    this law is too lax.

#### sim pàng sang;

    keep your mind easy.

#### chíu cē sang cŭ khṳt i kw̆n cáu khṳ̀;

    as soon as I relaxed my hold a little he slipped away.

#### phŏ̤ kín-kín, m̄ khéng pàng sang;

    clasped it tightly and would not loosen his hold.

#### sang-sang nē, bô̤ sĭm-mih tăng;

    it is not at all dense, and not very heavy.

#### pâk sang se-su, màiⁿ līu sí i;

    tie him up with a rather slack rope, do not choke him to death.

#### màiⁿ khîeh lío sang-sang sùaⁿ;

    do not leave them all at loose ends in carrying them.

#### cêk sin kâi kṳn-kut sang-sang sùaⁿ-sùaⁿ;

    he is very loose jointed.

#### pàng sang i cē, màiⁿ thó̤ khah kín;

    be easy with him, and not demand the payment too urgently.

#### sói lío cĕk sin sang-sò̤ căi;

    after bathing felt much refreshed.

#### cē bô̤ nâng kẃn-lí lío sang hêh-hêh;

    as soon as there is no one to take charge of it, it gets all scattered about and out of order. ​
* 删sang733185
* To abridge; to correct and expunge; to edit and settle a text; to reject, as an account.

#### sang tīo cêk cho̤h;

    to cut out a portion.

#### lēng-ūaⁿ sang kói;

    to alter and erase.

#### sang tó̤ cē;

    shorten by erasure.

#### sang-kíam;

    abridge.

#### sang chûn jîeh cōi?

    Having expunged a part, how much remains?
* 產sáng131006
* The increase of any thing; productions; spent; gone.

#### kuang ke tŏng-sáng;

    the estate is wholly spent.

#### cía sĭ i kò̤ chut sáng kâi;

    this is one of the productions of the place where he lives.
* 瘠sáng98610410
* Thin; lean; poor.

#### ún cí kò̤ kâi thô-tī sáng căi;

    the soil here is very poor.

#### m̄ pûi m̄ sáng;

    neither very fertile nor very poor.

#### cîah lâi sáng-sò;

    has grown very thin.

#### i kâi nâng nĕ sáng-sáng;

    he is very thin indeed.
* 疝sàng7341043
* Rupture of the bowels or hernia; pain from hernia.

#### i tì kâi sàng-khì pēⁿ;

    he has a stricture.

#### cúi sàng;

    hydrocele.
* 喪sàng725309
* To lose; to fail of getting; bereft of; out of mind, forgotten; to destroy.

#### híam-híam sàng seⁿ-mīaⁿ;

    came very near losing his life.

#### i kâi lîang-sim sàng cĭn;

    he has lost all conscience.

#### hûiⁿ thâu, sàng khì;

    hang the head and look spiritless.

#### kiaⁿ kàu mâng hûn, sàng táⁿ;

    so scared as to be reft of all wit and courage.
* 送sàng8321626
* To accompany; to wait on; to see a guest out; to send a present; to give.

#### sàng i chut mn̂g;

    accompany him a little way from the door when he takes his departure.

#### sàng kîaⁿ;

    to escort politely.

#### sie sàng;

    exchange of presents.

#### sàng hue-hún;

    make wedding presents.

#### sù cē, m̄ sàng;

    excuse me from going out to see you off.

#### sàng lō hùi;

    make a present to be applied to travelling expenses.

#### sàng lói-mûeh;

    send gifts appropriate to the occasion.

#### sĭ sàng cúi-lói a sĭ sàng kang-lói?

    Did the present consist of articles or of money?

#### sŭn huang siang sáng;

    may you have a fair wind.

#### sàng sŭn huang;

    accompany one starting on a voyage.

#### cía sĭ sàng nêk khṳ̀ cĭeⁿ tiam;

    this is going with the meat to the chopping block.

#### sàng khṳt lṳ́;

    make you a present of it.
* 擤sàng2086414

#### sàng phīⁿ;

    to blow the nose with the fingers.