# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/keng
### keng

* 贔keng67515414
* To exert one's self; to put forth strength to the utmost.

#### lâi sie tàu keng, keng thóiⁿ tī-tîang îaⁿ;

    let us pit ourselves against each other and see who ia the strongest.

#### híam-híam keng m̄ khṳ̀;

    it came ​near being beyond my strength.

#### keng kàu ie ku-ku;

    bent under the effort.

#### màiⁿ cîah pá, cū tó̤ keng lâk;

    do not eat all you can hold, when testing your strength to the uttermost.
* 更keng321733
* To alter; to change; to rearrange.

#### lṳ́ àiⁿ cò̤-nî keng-kói?

    What alterations are you going to make?

#### keng-êk cò̤ cìeⁿ-seⁿ kèng hó̤;

    to change it and make it thus would be better.

#### keng i, ūaⁿ phâu;

    change his attire.
* 經keng4041207
* To manage; to plan; what is regular, orderly, or standard; canons; manuals; to pass through, by, or across.

#### i mîaⁿ-ko keng-îong;

    he is apt in the calculation of ways and means.

#### i tó̤ tng keng-sêng;

    he is the head clerk in a district yamun.

#### keng-thiaⁿ;

    chief secretary in a prefect's yamun.

#### úa m̄ cêng keng chíu;

    it did not go through my hands.

#### sĭ úa keng chìu cò̤ kâi;

    it went through my hands.

#### cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ bô̤ keng kùe úa kâi chíu, úa m̄ cai;

    this affair did not come under my management and I do not know.

#### keng úa kâi mâk thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;

    passed under my eye.

#### cía sṳ̄ lṳ́ pat keng kùe mē?

    Have you looked this matter over?

#### līam keng;

    to chant a liturgy.

#### thâk keng;

    read the standard works.

#### cia sĭ thong keng lôk kâi îeh;

    this medicine is one that goes through all the blood vessels.

#### i sĭ m̄ pat keng kùe sṳ̄ kâi nâng;

    he is one who has had no experience in affairs.

#### cí thâng keng hùi hàm tī-tîang chut?

    Who is to be called upon to meet the regular outlay this time?

#### cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ m̄ sĭ úa keng-kẃn kâi;

    this matter is outside my jurisdiction.

#### sṳ̄ m̄ sĭ pat keng kùe, to m̄ cai kang-khó;

    not having experienced this he does not know its hardship.

#### cí kâi nâng sĭ ŭ tăi keng cì;

    this is a man of deep learning.

#### cí cêk pùe nâng mih sṳ̄ to keng kùe;

    these people have passed through all sorts of experiences.

#### gûeh keng;

    the menses.

#### tn̆g keng;

    the change of life.

#### keng kùe hẃn-lw̆n, keng kùe cúi-cai, keng kùe tōa ki-hng;

    passed through a civil war, through a flood, and through famine.

#### cía sĭ cìaⁿ-keng kâi sṳ̄;

    this is what happens in the regular course of things.

#### tṳ̂ hía jûi cìaⁿ cṳ keng kâi gūa, pât īeⁿ cîⁿ i m̄ káⁿ àiⁿ;

    he will not dare ask for any more than the regular allowance.
* 弓keng461570
* A bow; a bow-shot.

#### thâu hōⁿ kâi tăng keng jîeh cōi kṳn?

    How many pounds weight is required to draw the largest of these cross-bows?

#### i mîaⁿ-ke khui ngĕ keng;

    he is expert in the drawing of stiff bows; he can manage people.

#### keng kio cìⁿ kâi khin tăng tîeh phùe tit kùe cìaⁿ hó̤ ēng;

    the weight of the arrow must correspond with that of the bow, then they are servicable.

#### cí ki keng kúi kâi lâk?

    How much strength is required to draw this bow?

#### keng la kàn múaⁿ-múaⁿ;

    draw a bow to its utmost stretch.

#### cí ki sĭ bé keng a sĭ pō keng?

    Is this such a bow as is used by the cavalry, or by the infantry?

#### khui keng m̄ pàng cìⁿ;

    stretch the bow without shooting the arrow; empty threats.

#### i tŏ̤ îaⁿ tèng cîah keng-cìⁿ hìang;

    he is in camp, living on his pay as an archer.

#### lâi cĭang thóiⁿ cí-kò̤ jîeh cōi keng pō;

    come and measure and see how many bow-shots it is.

#### ēng keng-cĭang lâi cĭang;

    measure it by bow-shots.

#### keng cĭang; keng pō;

    a wooden square for marking off land.

#### i tó̤ khui keng-ciⁿ phò;

    he keeps a shop for the sale of bows and arrows.

#### keng tŏ̤;

    a quiver.

#### keng hîⁿ;

    a a bow-string.

#### tau cò̤ kâi keng;

    bend and fasten it in the shape of a bow.

#### keng pù;

    the curve of a bow.

#### cĭeⁿ keng hîⁿ;

    to string a bow.
* 驚蟄keng-têk67
* The beginning of spring, from the 5th to the 20th of March.

#### keng-têk lûi;

    spring thunder showers.

#### keng-têk būe kùe lûi soiⁿ híang;

    you will always hear thunder before spring sets in.
* 宮keng462407
* A palace; a mansion; an ancestral temple.

#### ûang keng;

    the palace.

#### keng tōiⁿ;

    grand buildings; state edifices.

#### keng-bīe;

    a temple.

#### cìaⁿ keng hûang-hŏ;

    the Empress.

#### phah ló̤h né keng;

    sent to the palace for discarded concubines.

#### keng hui;

    imperial concubines.

#### keng ngô̤ múiⁿ ńng; keng ńng; keng jîn;

    maids in the palace.

#### ô̤h keng;

    a college.
* 景kéng405728
* A prospect; a fine view; a good site; aspecte; circumstances.

#### sèng-kéng;

    picturesque.

#### múiⁿ kéng;

    fine scenery.

#### kuang-kéng;

    the prospect.

#### lṳ́ cìeⁿ-sî kâi kuang-kéng jîeh hó̤?

    What are your prospects at present?

#### úa cìeⁿ-sî bô̤ mih hó̤ kuang-kéng;

    my prospects are not now very good.

#### hṳ́ kò̤ kéng tī ngía căi;

    the scenery there is very fine.

#### cía hó̤ lâi pái kéng;

    this should be displayed to view.

#### cĭam jîp kia kéng;

    gradually came to easy circumstances.

#### hṳ́-kò̤ ŭ sĭm-mih kuang-kéng hó̤ thit-thô̤ mē?

    Are there any sights there for one to go and see?

#### îaⁿ kéng;

    a display of tableaux in a procession.

#### lîang-sîn múiⁿ-kéng;

    fine weather and beautiful scenery.

#### hó̤ mêⁿ-kéng;

    a fine night.

#### poih kéng;

    the remarkable objects in a place. ​
* 警kéng40514913
* To warn; to caution.

#### kéng sì kâi ūe;

    language tending to reform the age.

#### kèng-kài ĕ chṳ̀ m̄ káⁿ;

    warn not to do the same another time.

#### cía sĭ tó̤ kéng-chéⁿ nâng kâi ūe;

    these are words of warning to the people.

#### suah cêk, kéng peh;

    executing one deters a hundred.
* 境kéng4053211
* A boundary; a limit; a region.

#### kéng-kài;

    the frontier.

#### jīo kàu kùe kéng khṳ̀;

    pursued him beyond the border.

#### siu-sîp kàu cū sĭ sien-kéng;

    have made it like fairy-land.

#### i kâi kéng-ngŏ̤ hó̤;

    his condition in life is comfortable.

#### lîn kéng kâi tī-hng ŭ mē?

    Are there any in the adjacent places?

#### hâh kéng phêng-ang;

    the whole neighborhood is at peace.
* 弓kéng461570
* Crescent; bowed; arched.

#### wn-kéng;

    like a bow; curved.

#### i kâi kha wn-kéng wn-kéng nē;

    he is bow-legged.

#### i sang chíu wn-kéng wn-kéng;

    his arms are very much curved.
* 竟kéng4061176
* Finally; to go through a matter to the end.

#### kìu-kéng sĭ cò̤-nî?

    Sifted to the bottom, what does it amount to? After all, what is it?
* 敬kèng406669
* To honor; to venerate; to show respect to.

#### hàuⁿ-kèng pĕ-bó̤;

    reverence one's parents.

#### kèng sîn sĭ cêk kâi sim;

    veneration for the gods is of the heart.

#### kèng cíu;

    to respectfully offer a glass of wine.

#### cía khah sit kèng;

    this is too disrespectful.

#### kèng sieh jī cúa;

    respect written paper; when added to handbills, it means, "do not deface nor tear this down."

#### sìn thâu to̤-to̤ sĭ sía kèng khí cía;

    letters generally have some respectful terms written at the beginning.

#### kèng-tŏng;

    treat respectfully.

#### to bô̤ mûeh hó̤ lâi kèng lṳ́;

    have nothing to offer you as an expression of my respect for you.

#### chîo-thêng hŵn-lío sĭ kèng láu, cun hîen;

    even the high officers of government show respect to the aged, and veneration for the wise.

#### kèng pât nâng cū sĭ kèng ka-kī;

    to respect others is to respect one's self.

#### lṳ́ li kèng nâng, nâng li kèng lṳ́;

    treat others respectfully, and others will treat you respectfully.
* 更kèng321733
* More; still more.

#### cí kâi kèng tōa;

    this is still larger.

#### cía sui sĭ hó̤, hía kèng hó̤;

    although this is good, that is still better.

#### jú-kèng kú;

    still longer.

#### jú-kèng hn̆g;

    still farther.

#### cía úa kèng àiⁿ;

    this I desire yet more.
* 竟kèng4061176
* To go through a matter to the end; finally.

#### i kèng bô̤ cêk kù ūe;

    he never said a word.

#### i kèng-jîen m̄ hío;

    after all he did not comprehend it.
* 窮kêng42011610
* Impoverished; the poor.

#### i sĭ khio-kêng kâi nâng;

    they are very poor people.

#### kêng ke nâng;

    poverty stricken people.

#### i cí ău kêng lío;

    he has become very poor lately.