# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tang
### tang

* 中tang10523
* The middle; the centre; the I heart or core of; in the middle; within; in; inner; medium in size or quality; to fill; to estimate a quantity; undeviating.

#### tìn-tang;

    in the centre.

#### nĕ tìn-tang tìn-tang;

    just exactly in the middle.

#### jît tùi tang;

    the sun is at the zenith.

#### teng tìo tŏ̤ thiaⁿ tìn-tang;

    the lamp hung in the centre of the hall.

#### lăi tang ŭ sĭm-mih ì-sṳ̀?

    What is the exact meaning of it?

#### m̄ cai hṳ̀ tói tang sĭ cò̤-nî;

    do not know what is the condition of things inside.

#### i chîo tang bô̤ gâu nâng;

    there were no wise men in the government.

#### i kâi tŏ̤ pùaⁿ tìn-tang;

    it is half way to the center.

#### mâk tang bô̤ nâng;

    there is no one in view.

#### khíong-phàⁿ bw̄n tang cṳ cêk;

    fearful that the undesirable one among ten thousand may come to him.

#### cía peh tang sẃn bô̤ cêk;

    not one in a hundred is chosen.

#### tang tó hṳ́ cêk chng ío khuah;

    the main hatch is the widest.

#### m̄ cai i sim tang cò̤-nî sĭeⁿ;

    do not know what he thinks in his own mind.

#### cĭu hṳ́ tang lâi tô̤h;

    pick one out from the middle.

#### khî-tang ŭ kúi kâi ŏi cò̤ tit;

    among them there are some that will do.

#### pâng tang bô̤ cíu, lâng lâu kheh;

    if there bo no wine in the pitcher, you cannot well urge a guest to stay.

#### i ke tang ŭ kâi lău bó̤ tŏ̤-kò̤;

    he has an old mother at home.

#### lăi tang;

    on the inside.
* 單tang849309
* Alone; isolated; by itself.

#### tang-hâng căi, cêk nâng tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;

    lone and solitary.

#### khah kùe tang-hâng;

    too great isolation.

#### tang tang sĭ i tŏ̤ kò̤ tīaⁿ;

    he is there all alone by himself.

#### tang jîn, tôk bé, a solitary horseman;

    single handed; unaccompanied.
* 東tang930754
* The east; eastern; the place whence light arises.

#### tang pôiⁿ;

    on the east.

#### tang hái;

    the eastern sea.

#### tang-hng;

    the east.

#### cŏ̤ sai hìang tang;

    sit with the back to the westward facing the east.

#### tang-lâm;

    southeast.

#### tang-pak;

    northeast.

#### thàu cheⁿ tang;

    blows straight from the east.

#### tang huang;

    east wind.

#### chut jîp to sĭ kîaⁿ tang kak mn̂g;

    they always go out and in at the eastern gate.

#### tang pôiⁿ chut, sai pôiⁿ lô̤h;

    rises in the east and sets in the west.

#### mō̤ⁿ kìⁿ tang pôiⁿ pêh lío;

    see the dawn of daylight in the east.

#### cí kúi kâi sĭ tang-îeⁿ ceng;

    these few are cups from southern Asia.

#### cíu-cùi kàu tang tó̤ sai chúa;

    so drunk that he sees double.

#### i tīu tŏ̤ tang mīn pôiⁿ;

    he lives on the east side.

#### tang kîe-thâu ŏi cĭeⁿ cúi a bŏi?

    Is the east bridge overflown?
* 冬tang931153
* The last or winter season the close, the end; to store up; to fall into winter torpor; wintry.

#### tang thiⁿ-sî;

    winter weather.

#### tang thiⁿ kâi i-hôk;

    winter clothing.

#### tang cì;

    the winter solstice.

#### tang-coih;

    the festival of the winter solstice.

#### cá tang hó̤ a sĭ mńg tang hó̤?

    Which was the better the early or the late crop?

#### ún tang jú-kèng hó̤;

    the last crop of the year was the best.

#### nŏ̤ kùe tang-thâu siu ŭ jîeh cōi chek?

    How much paddy did you harvest in both crops?

#### cêk kùe tang siu ŭ cîaⁿ choiⁿ tàⁿ;

    at each harvest I gathered about a thousand piculs of paddy.

#### cí-hûe hŭam tang, bô̤ mih seng-lí;

    it is now the dull part of the year, and there is but little traffic.
* 當tang8571028
* As; then; to decide; to manage.

#### cía sĭ síang tang-jîen kâi ūe;

    this is speaking of what must naturally happen.

#### hṳ́ am tī-tîang tó̤ cò̤ tang-ke?

    Who is the abbot in that monastery.

#### i sĭ tó̤ síang tang-jîen kâi;

    he is considering the probabilities.

#### hṳ́ tang-sî ŭ kâi nâng sĭang ŏi;

    at that time there was a very competent person there.
* 丹tang84133
* A carnation or cinnabar color; loyal, sincere; medicines decocted or distilled; before a metal, answers to an oxide of it.

#### bw̄n-èng-tang;

    cinnabar.

#### līen-tang līen sêng-lío;

    the decoction is already distilled.

#### sien-tang;

    the liquor of immortality of the rationalists.

#### i tàⁿ ūe ŭ tang châng lâk;

    he speaks with the utmost sincerity. ​
* 厠坑tang-si1035
* A privy.

#### i khṳ̀ cĭeⁿ tang-si;

    he has gone to the privy.
* 任táng28994
* Howsoever; whatsoever; whosoever.

#### táng lṳ́ tī-tîang tàⁿ, úa to m̄ hàuⁿ;

    no matter who asks me, I shall not consent.

#### táng i jîeh chìo, úa to m̄-ùi i;

    however powerful they be, do not fear them.

#### táng i àiⁿ sĭm-mih sṳ̄ úa to lâi cò̤;

    whatever he wants done, I am going to do it.

#### táng i jîeh o̤h kâi cṳ, úa àiⁿ thâk kàu pat;

    however hard the lessons may be, I shall study till I learn them.
* 董táng9311409

#### táng-sṳ̄;

    those who discern wisely; leaders who influence the people for good; elders who rule rightly.

#### tîeh kio táng-sṳ̄ hùe tàⁿ cai;

    must inform the elders.

#### kêk lăi sĭ tī-tîang tó̤ cò̤ táng-sṳ̄?

    Who are the influential members of the guild?
* 黨táng3582038
* To form a cabal or union; a faction, a league, a clique.

#### cía sĭ i tâng táng kâi nâng;

    this is one of the same faction as he.

#### phōiⁿ châk táng;

    suppressing thieves.

#### cía sĭ châk kâi ṳ̂ táng;

    these are what remain from the band of rebels.

#### i hùaⁿ nâng tó̤ kak táng;

    they are forming a junto.

#### tṳ̂ tīo ak-táng;

    destroy the wicked.
* 擋táng8586413
* To prevent; to stand in the way of,

#### ēng chíu táng-cŭ i;

    stave it off with the hand.

#### táng i m̄ cŭ;

    could not prevent it.

#### i sái nâng chut lâi táng-kè;

    she sent some one out to receive the card, and did not see the visitor.
* 等táng8631186
* To await, to look for.

#### úa tó̤ táng lṳ́;

    was expecting you.

#### táng kàu kha sng;

    waited till my legs were stiff.

#### táng cē;

    wait a moment.

#### bó̤i lâi pun a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ hùe táng lō;

    buy some thing to take to the children when I go home.
* 誕tàng8521497
* A birthday.

#### hō̤ sīu-tàng;

    congratulate on a birthday.

#### kim-jît sĭ sĭm-mih lău-îa kâi sìaⁿ-tàng?

    What god's birthday is this?
* 棟tàng932758
* The highest beam in a house; the ridgepole; a main support in a building.

#### tōa tàng êⁿ;

    the main beam.

#### i sĭ kok-ke kâi tōa tàng êⁿ;

    he is a pillar of the state.

#### tàng cit búe;

    an ornamented ridge on a roof.
* 蛋tàng8511425
* An egg.

#### ah tang;

    duck's eggs.

#### phûe tàng;

    eggs encased in clay.

#### kîam tàng;

    pickled eggs.
* 當tàng9571028
* To swindle; to deceive; a basis; safe; proper; secure.

#### thó̤-tàng; ún-tàng;

    stable, firm, secure.

#### tîeh cò̤ káu ún-tàng ún-tàng;

    must make it very secure.

#### íⁿ-keng sṳ̆-lí kàu ún-ún tàng-tàng lío;

    have already arranged it so that it is perfectly safe.

#### m̄ ún-tàng kâi sṳ̄ úa m̄ cò̤;

    I will not do what is unsafe.

#### līo-lí thó̤-tàng lío;

    have decided upon a safe course.

#### lú thóiⁿ tîeh li thó̤-thó̤ tàng-tàng, úa thóiⁿ tîeh li m̄ thó̤-tàng;

    you consider it perfectly safe, while look upon it as unsafe.

#### tek-tàng;

    proper, right.

#### lṳ́ tàⁿ kàu íⁿ-keng tek-tek tàng-tàng;

    what you have said sets everything right.

#### úa sĭeⁿ li būe tek-tàng;

    I do not think everything is yet as it should be.

#### i sĭang nâng kâi tàng lío;

    he has been taken in by some one.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ cū sĭang tàng;

    by his thus saying, he has committed himself.
* 淬tàng1018858
* To chill by contact; to bite, as frost does.

#### kha m̄ hó̤ tàng tîeh piaⁿ-sng;

    do not get your feet frost bitten.

#### úa kâi khí khṳt chìn cúi tàng tîeh cū ńng;

    when cold water touches my teeth it sets them on edge.

#### chíu khṳt chìn cúi tàng lío âng-âng;

    my hands are red with cold from being in the cold water.

#### sng cē tàng chīu-hîeh cū n̂ng;

    the leaves turn yellow when the frost touches them.

#### cí kúi nî kâi hun-kuah ē-ē khṳt sng tàng sīo khṳ̀;

    these last few years, the potato vines have been repeatedly injured by the frost.
* 螫tàng76914211
* To sting.

#### chin-chĭeⁿ phang tàng tîeh hìeⁿ-seⁿ, lô̤h khṳ̀ hè-cē-kìe;

    like the sting of a bee, stinging as it goes in.

#### hiet-kíaⁿ tàng nâng sĭang thìaⁿ;

    the sting of a scorpion is most painful.

#### tàng tîeh tī-kò̤?

    Where were you stung?

#### khṳt àm-chì-máng tàng lô̤h khṳ̀ tâp-cē-tùn;

    when stung by a silent mosquito, he starts.

#### khṳt bun tàng kàu kâi-lâu kâi-lâu;

    stung by gnats till he is all blotches.
* 旦tàng851721
* The morning; daylight.

#### cêk tàng;

    instantly; in a morning.

#### i cêk tàng cìaⁿ cē ŭ khŵn, cū théng khi-hŭ nâng;

    just as soon as he has a little power, he imposes on people at random.

#### ngw̄n tàng;

    the first day of the year.
* 瘃tàng971048
* Chilblains.

#### kha chíu kûaⁿ tàng;

    hands and feet have chilblains on them.

#### kha kûaⁿ tàng;

    chilblains on the feet. ​
* 同tâng933303
* Together; all at once; all united; identical; same; alike; agreeing; sharing in; to equalize; joint.

#### tâng īeⁿ;

    the same species.

#### sie tâng;

    alike.

#### m̄ sie tâng;

    unlike.

#### tâng cŏ̤;

    sit together.

#### tâng khĭa-khí;

    live together.

#### tâng cîah;

    mess mates.

#### tâng ût;

    bedfellows.

#### tâng sṳ̄ kâi nâng;

    those doing the same sort of business; those having the same interests.

#### tâng bó̤, m̄ tâng lāi;

    the same capital does not al ways bring tho same interest.

#### i nŏ̤ nâng sĭ tâng pĕ tâng bó̤ seⁿ kâi, sĭ tâng-pau hiaⁿ-tĭ;

    those two, having the same father and the same mother, are own brothers.

#### nŏ̤ nâng tâng khṳ̀;

    the two went together.

#### tâng lâi kâi nâng;

    those who came at tho same time.

#### seⁿ lâi m̄ tâng;

    they do not resemble each other.

#### tău tâng, sío ĭ;

    the difference is less than the similarity.

#### tăi khài sie tâng;

    a general resemblance.

#### tâng sèⁿ, m̄ tâng phài;

    of the same surname but not of the same blood.

#### tâng lūi;

    the same species.

#### tâng mîaⁿ;

    the same name.

#### nŏ̤ nâng tâng sim;

    the two are of one mind about it.

#### tâng im, m̄ tâng ì-sṳ̀;

    of the same sound, but of different meaning.

#### tâng nî kuaⁿ;

    officers appointed in the same year.

#### i nŏ̤ nâng cò̤ tâng-nî;

    they were both born in the same year.

#### kio i sĭ tâng pâng;

    is of tho same class as he.

#### cò̤-pû tâng kam tâng khó;

    sharing tho same joys and sorrows.

#### i sĭ tâng i a sĭ tâng lṳ́?

    Does he affiliate with him or with you?

#### tâng hieⁿ-lí;

    fellow villagers.
* 銅tâng9341677
* Copper, or brass; brazen.

#### pêh tâng;

    brass.

#### âng tâng;

    copper.

#### tâng khì;

    brass ware.

#### tâng cheⁿ;

    verdigris.

#### tâng ngṳ̂n;

    counterfeit money.

#### tâng sùaⁿ;

    copper wire.

#### tâng pô̤h;

    sheets of copper.

#### tang tíaⁿ;

    a copper kettle.

#### tâng ue;

    a brass saucepan.

#### tâng pûaⁿ;

    a brass salver.

#### tâng tṳ̄;

    brass chop-sticks.

#### tâng mīn-phûn;

    brass wash-basin.

#### tâng teng;

    copper tacks.

#### tâng teh;

    bronze paper weight.

#### chàu tâng-sang;

    smells of copper; purse-proud.

#### tâng póiⁿ ìn kâi;

    printed on copper type.

#### tâng si;

    fine copper wire.

#### hùi tâng;

    old copper.

#### cù tâng póiⁿ;

    cast copper type.

#### tâng-lô̤;

    a gong.

#### tâng cîⁿ;

    copper cash.

#### sieⁿ tâng kâi;

    plated with copper.

#### kîⁿ tâng kâi;

    brass rimmed.

#### àiⁿ ki tâng a m̆?

    Do you want a fine line of brass around it?
* 筒tâng9351186
* A tube, a pipe, a cylinder.

#### in tâng;

    a chimney.

#### hun-tâng;

    a tobacco pipe.

#### pûn hō̤-tâng;

    blow a horn as a signal.

#### tak tâng;

    a section of the trunk of a bamboo used as a measure, and holding a pint.

#### ji câp tâng cêk táu;

    twenty pints make a peck.

#### cêk tâng bí jî-cap cîⁿ;

    a measure of rice is twenty cash.

#### cìaⁿ-hú tâng;

    the standard pint, dry measure.

#### bí tâng;

    a pint measure, for measuring rice.

#### huang tâng;

    an envelope for letters.

#### chō̤ pit kâi pit tâng;

    a cylindrical vase used to hold pens.

#### peh-hue-tâng;

    a kaleidoscope.

#### hieⁿ tâng; hieⁿ sùⁿ tâng;

    a packet of incense.

#### làu-tâng;

    a conduit pipe.

#### síam tâng;

    short measure in pints.

#### pùaⁿ tâng;

    half a pint.

#### nîe pêⁿ tâng a nîe cui tâng?

    Does he fill the measure to a level, or does he heap it up?
* 脛tâng2091307
* The shank, or shin bone.

#### pûah cîh i kâi kha-tâng-kut;

    fell and broke his shin bone.

#### kó-cá kâi nâng kûiⁿ-tōa căi, líu tîeh i kha-tâng-kut ku-ā chieh kûiⁿ;

    people of olden times were very large, and shin bones have been dug up that were several feet in length.
* 轟tâng23415914
* The sound of thunder.

#### lûi tâng;

    it thunders.

#### thiaⁿ kìaⁿ hn̆g-hn̆g lûi tâng;

    hear the thunder afar off.

#### m̄ sĭ lûi tâng cò̤-nî thiaⁿ tîeh kio lûi tâng hìeⁿ-seⁿ?

    If is not thundering why do I hear a sound like thunder?
* 衿tâng3981454
* The lapel on the side of a tunic.

#### cía saⁿ-thâu lṳ́ thóiⁿ sĭ tōa tâng hó̤, a sĭ tît tan̂g hó̤, a sĭ khih-khin tâng hó̤?

    Do you think this tunic should have a lapel that buttons under tho arm, or one that runs all the way to tho bottom of the garment, or one that does not quite reach the bottom?

#### kùa tâng-thâu kìaⁿ;

    wear a small mirror attached to the upper button on the tunic.
* 但tăng85295
* But, only, simply; whenever; as soon as; introduces a sentence.

#### put tăng sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    but it is not simply that.

#### put tăng nŏ̤ nâng, hŵn ŭ ke;

    there were not two person merely, there were others beside.

#### khá tăng úa tīaⁿ?

    How could I be the only one?

#### khá tăng cía sṳ̄ tīaⁿ?

    How can this be the only outcome of it?

#### i hui tăng ka-kī àiⁿ lâi, hŵn àiⁿ tòa pât nâng lâi;

    he is not only coming himself, but is going to bring others along with him.

#### tăng kìⁿ hùaⁿ nâng tó̤ khĭa, m̄ cai sĭ tī-tîang;

    merely saw several persons standing there, but did not know who they were.

#### tăng sĭ úa cò̤ m̄ lâi;

    but I cannot do it.
* 重tăng1081662
* Heavy; momentous; grave.

#### ŏi tăng a bŏi?

    Is it heavy?

#### bŏi tăng;

    it is not very heavy.

#### ŏi khin ŏi ​tăng;

    sometimes light and sometimes heavy.

#### tăng căi;

    very heavy.

#### ŏi jîeh tăng?

    How heavy is it?

#### saⁿ kṳn tăng;

    three catties in weight.

#### bô̤ saⁿ nít tăng;

    scarcely any weight.

#### sĭ sĭm-mûeh sĭang téng tan̆g?

    What is the heaviest of things?

#### in sĭang tăng;

    lead is heaviest.

#### kim tăng kùe ngṳ̂n;

    gold is heavier than silver.

#### cí kâi ío tăng;

    this is the heavier.

#### lṳ́ kâi ngân ío tăng;

    your words have more weight.

#### jû kîaⁿ tăng;

    the farther you carry it the more burdensome it becomes.

#### chìn thóiⁿ jîeh tăng;

    heft it and see how heavy it is.

#### m̄ cai khin tăng;

    do not know the weight.

#### tăng cāi;

    a heavy load.

#### tăng ēng i;

    repose confidence in him.

#### tăng jĭm;

    weighty resresponsibility.

#### teh tăng tàⁿ;

    impose a heavy burden upon.

#### màiⁿ teh khah tăng;

    do not overburden him.

#### tîeh teh tăng cē c3iaⁿ bŏi pun huang chue tīo;

    you must place something heavy upon it and then the wind will not blow it away.

#### cho tăng kâi khang-khùe;

    heavy drudgery.

#### khah tăng, kng m̄ khí;

    so heavy that we cannot carry it.

#### màiⁿ taⁿ khah tăng;

    do not carry too heavy loads.

#### bw̄n kṳn tăng;

    of immense weight.

#### tăng cŭe;

    an aggravated offense.

#### cŭe tăng;

    the offense is heinous.

#### cang tăng khw̆n hù i;

    give him great authority.

#### m̄ kàu tăng;

    not of full weight.

#### lṳ́ téng thóiⁿ jîeh cōi tăng siaⁿ;

    you weigh it and see how much it weighs.

#### tan̆g-tăng sīa lṳ́ kâi nâng-chêng;

    thank you earnestly for your kindness.

#### tăng kàu chìn m̄ phû;

    so heavy I cannot lift it with both hands.

#### tăng kùe mīaⁿ ùaⁿ;

    a case of life and death.

#### tăng kùe pang êⁿ;

    more important than the main beam in a roof.

#### pēⁿ tăng;

    a serious illness.

#### phŏ̤ tîeh thîm-thîm tăng;

    in holding it in the arms found it to be of leaden weight; tăng khṳ̀ tìm; of great density.

#### khui tăng keng;

    shoot with a large bow.

#### tăng tī;

    important places.

#### tăng phah sì-câp;

    forty heavy blows.

#### màiⁿ tàⁿ khah tan̆g;

    do not speak with too great emphasis.

#### taⁿ tăng kê;

    wear the heavy cangue.

#### tîm tăng;

    a grave disorder.

#### tăng ceh;

    severe punishment.

#### cok tăng;

    full weight.

#### tăng chìn;

    more to the pound.
* 蕩tăng85914012
* To waste; to subvert; vast; vagrant, unsettled; dissipated.

#### khuang ke tăng súaⁿ;

    ruin the family and squander the estate.

#### i kâi cò̤ sṳ̄ hùang-hùang tăng-tăng;

    his behaviour is most reckless, unmannerly and lawless.

#### cí kâi sĭ lăng-lăng kíaⁿ-tĭ;

    this is a dissipated fellow.

#### ciu jît lăng-lăng tăng-tăng, m̄ hàuⁿ cò̤ cìaⁿ keng sṳ̄;

    loafs around all day long and will engage in no regular occupation.

#### tī-hng khah khùang-tăng;

    the place is too wild and wide, and is not sung and cozy.
* 動tăng932199
* To move, to shake, to stir; to remove; motion; movable.

#### ēng i lâi sie-hŭ cáu-tăng;

    employ him to run here and there on errands.

#### tīam-tīam, m̄-hó̤ tin-tăng;

    keep perfectly still, do not move.

#### chīu hîeh cn̂g kâi bŏi tin-tăng, tn̆g tíam huang;

    the leaves of the trees are motionless, there is no breeze.

#### àiⁿ cò̤ tàu ngĕ kâi, a sĭ àiⁿ cò̤ ûah tăng kâi?

    Shall I make it firmly mortised together, or make it so that it can be taken apart?

#### tiaⁿ tîeh cū ŏi tin-tăng;

    if you touch it, it shakes.

#### màiⁿ mûeh i tin-tăng;

    do not joggle it.

#### i kâi thâu ā sĭ m̄ tăng, tī-tîang káⁿ?

    Who dares do anything except at his nod?
* 甔tăng8539813
* An earthen pot or jar, with bulging sides and straight neck, holding a gallon or less.

#### chò tăng;

    vinegar jars.

#### tăng-thâu-puah hó̤ khàm tăng;

    a certain small pot used as a cover to jars, is good to cover the jar with.

#### lŏ cêk tăng kîam bûe;

    put a jar of plums in pickle.

#### koi tăng;

    a pottle of chicken, presented by parents to a daughter soon after she has borne a child.
* 憚tăng8526112
* To dread difficulty or pain.

#### kĭ-tăng;

    to superstitiously avoid certain times, names, or acts.

#### kĭ-tăng cìeⁿ, kĭ-tăng hìeⁿ;

    shun this, that, and the other, with superstitious fear.

#### i sĭang kĭ-tăng cía sṳ̄;

    she avoids this with the utmost dread.
* 蛋tăng8511425
* A tribe of aborigines, that once lived in Fokien and westward; it was a term of abuse.

#### tăng-ke;

    boat people.

#### tăng ke î;

    tăng ke phûa; boat women.

#### tăng-ke-î cûn;

    a boat-woman's boat.
* 洞tāng931856
* A cave, a grotto, a dell, a deep ravine, a gorge.

#### suaⁿ tāng chim căi;

    a deep recess among mountains.

#### sien tāng;

    fairy grottoes.

#### cí kâi suaⁿ ŭ ku-ā kâi tāng;

    this mountain has several caverns in it.

#### tāng pâng, hue cek;

    the nuptial chamber, with its red candles.

#### cîeh tāng;

    a stone cavern.

#### khĭa-khí tŏ̤ ngâm-tāng hṳ́ lăi;

    dwells in caves.

#### nā cí tāng cúi kháu;

    stay here at the entrance of the gorge.

#### kàu hṳ́ tāng tói-tói ho̤h cōi lí lō;

    it is many miles to the inmost recesses of the canon.
* 矴tāng9051122
* Ballast, to steady a boat.

#### sua tāng, cîeh tāng;

    sand ballast and stone ballast.

#### cài cía hùe sĭ cún kùe teh tāng;

    to carry this merchandise is merely more convenient than taking in ballast.