# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/iang
### iang

* 央iang1070372
* The middle; the centre.

#### pàng tŏ̤ tong-iang;

    put it in the middle.

#### tong-iang tèng pàng cêk tieⁿ chn̂g;

    set a table in the centre.

#### sái-pàng tong-iang kò̤;

    put it in the middle.

#### hue-hn̂g kâi tong-iang tèng cèng ŭ cêk câng chīu;

    in the middle of the garden a tree had been planted.
* 殃iang1070785
* A visitation; a misfortune from above.

#### hṳ́ kâi tī-hng cau iang;

    that region has met with calamity.

#### cai-iang;

    afflictions.

#### hŭa iang;

    a punative calamity.

#### cò̤ put sĭen kàng cṳ peh iang;

    he who does wickedly will meet with every misfortune. ​
* 養íang10721846
* To rear; to nourish; to bring up.

#### íang cṳ́ thăi láu;

    bring up a son preparatory to old age.

#### íang sîn;

    to refresh the spirits.

#### pĕ-bó̤ íang-îok kâi ṳn;

    the kindness of our parents in nourishing us in childhood.

#### tâng sòi tŏ̤ i kò̤ íang tōa;

    brought up from childhood by him.

#### cí kâi kíaⁿ sĭ chin seⁿ kâi a sĭ íang kâi?

    Is this an own or an adopted child?

#### sĭ íang kâi;

    it is an adopted one.

#### taⁿ tîeh cai phûe-íang cē;

    must now take care to nurse the health.

#### tîeh khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ pó-íang;

    must gradually invigorate the strength.

#### pó-íang sin-thói;

    recuperate the physical strength.

#### cang îeh lâi pó-íang;

    take medicine to increase the vigor.

#### hâm-íang;

    placid.

#### chîo-thêng íang lău cun hîen;

    the government pensions the aged and honors the wise.
* 映ìang1108725
* Glare; reflected light.

#### ìang so̤h thâk cṳ̄;

    study by the light reflected from the snow.

#### ìang cúi;

    the glare from water.

#### ìang-sìeⁿ;

    a photograph.
* 瘍îang10711049
* An ulcer; a sore.

#### chng-îang;

    bad sores, that destroy the skin.

#### chng-îang, cí cêk lūi pēⁿ to sĭ sôk gūa khue;

    sores are reckoned among ailments which are subject to external treatment.
* 佯îang107296
* To simulate; to feign.

#### îang-ûi put cai;

    feigned not to know.
* 颺îang10711829
* To fly; whirled off; sailing.

#### khṳt i îang khṳ̀;

    it was whisked off by him.

#### chī ak nâng chin-chĭeⁿ chī eng, i tó khùn cū lâi, tó pá i cū îang khṳ̀;

    to feed the wicked is like feeding hawks, when their bellies are empty they come, and when filled they fly off.

#### kiaⁿ kàu hûn-phek pue-îang;

    so frightened that all my wits departed.
* 陽îang10711709
* The superior or male principle in nature; the etherial parts of matter; virility; brightness, evident; open.

#### im îang;

    the dual powers.

#### thài-îang;

    the sun.

#### thài-îang-kong méⁿ căi;

    the sun is very hot.

#### îang kang;

    the land of the living.

#### thiⁿ-sî tîeh ŭ im ŭ îang cìaⁿ hó̤;

    there must be both cloudy and bright weather then all is well.

#### îang sì;

    this world.

#### îang-hṳ;

    virility.

#### càng-îang îeh-cíu sĭ sái nâng îang-khì càng-kĭen;

    a certain tonic strengthens the animal powers.

#### chông-îang coih;

    the ninth of the ninth month.

#### îang sīu kâi cong;

    long lives must come to an end.
* 揚îang1070649
* To publish; to display; to spread abroad; to splash.

#### cí pō, îang siaⁿ;

    halt and cry out.

#### pùa îang tŏ̤-lí;

    publish abroad the correct doctrines.

#### sì hái îang mîaⁿ;

    make known his name everywhere.

#### îang mîaⁿ ău sì;

    make known his name to after ages.

#### hái put îang po̤;

    the sea did not dash its waves.

#### îang piⁿ;

    flourish a whip.

#### îang to̤;

    brandish a knife.

#### îang chíu;

    wave the arms.

#### lṳ́ màiⁿ ciang-ciang îang-îang;

    do not you bruit it about.

#### gūa kháu ciang-îang;

    noise abroad.

#### îang-îang tit ì;

    everything to his liking.

#### ṳ̂n ak îang sĭen;

    conceal the evil and publish the good.
* 養ĭang10721866
* To support or nourish a senior.

#### hŏng-ĭang pĕ-bó̤;

    support one's parents.

#### lîu-ĭang;

    diminish his punishment on account of his having to support aged parents.

#### kò̤ cong ĭang;

    retire from office to spend one's days in quiet.
* 恙ĭang1074616
* Carking care; low spirited.

#### bô̤ ĭang;

    free from apprehension.

#### i cn̂g kâi bô̤ ĭang;

    he is not at all anxious.

#### i bô̤ ĭang bô̤ ĭang nē;

    he is quite free from solicitude.

#### i cò̤ i bô̤ ĭang bô̤ ĭang;

    he keeps himself altogether placid.
* 癢ĭang107310415
* To itch;

#### cía sĭ bô̤ kwn thòng-ĭang kâi sṳ̄;

    this affair is of no importance whatever.

#### i kio i sĭ thòng-ĭang siang kwn;

    they have the same sort of discomfort and can sympathize with each other; they are of the same ilk, and stand or fall together.
* 樣ĭang10737511
* Style; mode; model.

#### lṳ́ thóiⁿ i kâi ĭang-cṳ́ hó̤ a m̄-hó̤?

    Do you consider his method good or bad?

#### sît căi hó̤ ĭang-cṳ́;

    really an excellent way.

#### lṳ́ thóiⁿ i tieⁿ sĭm-mih mô̤ⁿ-ĭang;

    see what example he sets.

#### to sĭ it ĭang;

    it is all the same.