# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/seng
### seng

* 升seng771242
* A Chinese quart, dry or liquid; to complete or bring about; the 46th diagram denoting advancement; to advance; to rise, as in office.

#### nŏ̤ tâng sĭ cêk seng, câp seng cū cò̤ cêk táu, câp táu cò̤ cêk cîeh;

    two pints make a quart, ten quarts make a pock, and ten pecks make a chaldron.

#### cêk seng bí;

    a quart of rice.

#### nŏ̤ seng cíu;

    two quarts of wine.

#### kuaⁿ chut lâi seng tn̂g;

    the magistrate has come out and opened court.

#### cí-hûe híang seng-tn̂g-phàu;

    the cannon announcing the opening of the court has just been fired.

#### to̤h jît seng êⁿ;

    choose a lucky day for raising the roof beams.

#### seng kî;

    raise a flag.

#### seng pín;

    promotion in rank.

#### seng-cĭeⁿ;

    to ascend.

#### jît seng khí lâi, gûeh tîm lô̤h khṳ̀;

    as the sun rises the moon sets.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ thóiⁿ tîeh ío ŭ seng kàng;

    thus there appears to be more ups and downs.

#### àiⁿ seng phû kúi chieh?

    How many feet should it be raised?

#### seng kûiⁿ saⁿ chieh cū hó̤;

    to raise it three feet more will be sufficient.
* 甥seng7421007
* Relatives of other surnames; the sons of a sister.

#### gūa seng sun sài;

    a sister's son's daughter's husband.
* 陞seng7711707
* To rise, as in office.

#### seng kuaⁿ;

    promoted to office.

#### seng kuaⁿ, kàng gê-mn̂g;

    promotion in rank with diminution of power.

#### cí jît kau seng;

    may you soon be promoted.

#### seng jīm;

    obtain a post.
* 笙seng7421185
* An instrument of the organ kind, a Pandean pipe, composed of thirteen dissimilar reeds inserted in a gourd-bulb, with a bent blow-pipe; the music is made by inhaling the air through the reeds.

#### kuh seng;

    to play the Pandean pipe.
* 生seng7421000
* Life; the living; means of living.

#### hâk-seng;

    students.

#### mn̂g-seng;

    disciple, pupil.

#### mńg-seng;

    an adherent.

#### cṳ seng;

    a scholar.

#### ui-seng;

    a physician.

#### thien-bûn-seng;

    an astrologer.

#### seng tòaⁿ;

    actors, taking male and female parts.

#### bú-seng; bú-seng-ŵn;

    military men.

#### cìaⁿ seng;

    princes.

#### lău seng;

    an old man.

#### seng-lí;

    trade, commercial transactions.

#### cò̤ seng-lí nâng;

    those engaged in trade.

#### hó̤ seng-lí;

    a profitable business.
* 猩seng809949
* An ape, described as having yellow hair, sharp ears, and a human face. Strange stories are told of its ability to speak, wear shoes, drink wine, and go in companies.

#### nâng tàⁿ seng ŏi tàⁿ ūe, sĭ mē?

    People say the yellow ape can talk, is it so?
* 旌seng993707
* A banner.

#### chíaⁿ seng pío;

    request that a worthy person may be honored with a scroll.

#### seng pío cak hàu;

    a testimonial to filial piety.
* 桑seng724756
* The mulberry tree.

#### seng-sûi châ;

    mulberry wood.

#### seng-sûi cí;

    mulberries.
* 勝sèng7711910
* To conquer; to get the victory; to excel.

#### i kâi nâng hàuⁿ sèng;

    he loves to be first.

#### sèng kùe pât nâng;

    surpasses other people.

#### phah sèng cĭang;

    win a battle.

#### tit sèng tńg lâi;

    returned victorious.

#### i nŏ̤ nâng cìen khṳ̀ m̄ hun sèng-hŭ;

    neither of the two got the advantage of the other in the fight.

#### cìen sèng;

    to overcome in battle.

#### cō̤ sèng sì;

    on the winning side.

#### hûa-kî, âng sèng;

    the red wins (in the game of chess).
* 誠sêng781497
* Guileless; sinceire; real; unalloyed; really; verily; in fact.

#### sêng-sim;

    honest.

#### sêng-kèng;

    pure-minded reverence.

#### tâu sêng;

    return to allegiance.

#### sêng-sît;

    sincere.

#### ci sêng cū ŏi kám-tŏng sîn-mêng;

    entire sincerity will move the gods.
* 榕sêng11477510
* The bastard banyan.

#### sêng chīu;

    the banyan tree.

#### ciaⁿ gûeh cèng tek, jî gûeh cèng sêng;

    in the first month plant bamboos, in the second month banyans. ​
* 承sêng78644
* To succeed to; to take over; to undertake; to receive and hold.

#### sĭ kio i sêng pûe kâi;

    is what ho has taken off her hands; has superseded him in the possession or occupancy of it.

#### cí kâi sĭ kio nâng sêng kâi;

    this is something taken over from another.

#### cía sêng-sĭu m̄ khí;

    I am not adequate to this.

#### hŏng-sêng;

    adulation; flattery.

#### sêng-ciap i kâi ĕ chíu;

    take hold when he lets go.

#### sêng tng m̄ tit;

    cannot bear up under so much; cannot answer for it.

#### i tó̤ tng sêng-hwt-pâng cóng-su;

    he is the officer in the Board who receives and forwards dispatches.

#### sêng cīeⁿ kâi mĕng;

    to receive orders from a superior in office.

#### cang i a-tĭ kâi kíaⁿ lâi sêng i kâi hieⁿ-teng;

    adopted his younger brother's son, as a successor who should in his stead worship the manes.
* 丞sêng7815
* To aid, to second; a deputy, a coadjutor, an assistant.

#### sêng-sìeⁿ;

    a prime minister (an ancient term).

#### kūiⁿ-sêng;

    a district magistrate's deputy.

#### jī ke sĭ sêng;

    they are coadjutors each to the other.

#### îah-sêng;

    a road-master superintending a station on a post-road.
* 乘sêng77249
* In arithmetic, to multiply.

#### sǹg-sìo put kùe sĭ ēng kui in sêng tṳ̂ kâi huap;

    calculation is merely the use of the rules for division, addition, multiplication and subtraction.
* 成sêng77622
* To bring to pass.

#### sêng cĭu;

    accomplished.

#### cò̤ tit sêng;

    can compass it.

#### cò̤ m̄ sêng;

    could not bring it about.

#### cò̤ sêng a būe?

    Is it yet completed?

#### m̄ sêng khì;

    not fitted for the position.

#### sêng jîn khì;

    fitted for actual life.

#### tì sêng pēⁿ;

    to become sick.

#### cò̤ sêng lío;

    already effected.

#### lṳ́ thóiⁿ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ cò̤ tit sêng;

    see whether this can be effected.

#### sêng teng;

    an adult.

#### būe sêng teng;

    a minor.

#### i kâi chin íⁿ-keng cò̤ sêng lío;

    his marriage is already consummated.

#### tô̤h jît sêng chin;

    choose the day for the wedding.

#### m̄ sen̂g phìen tn̄g;

    not amounting to a wholesale packet.

#### kong sêng, mîaⁿ cĭu;

    honors attained and fame secured.

#### lău-sêng căi;

    trustworthy.
* 松sêng830754
* The pine tree.

#### sêng-peh;

    pine.

#### sêng-hieⁿ;

    resin, pitch.

#### sêng thùaⁿ;

    charcoal made from pine.

#### sêng-peh lûi;

    pine cones.

#### sêng-peh chiu;

    pine needles.

#### lô̤-hàng-sêng;

    the yew.
* 乘sĕng77249
* To seize the opportunity; to take advantage of; to avail one's self of; in arithmetic, to multiply.

#### sĕng ŭ khang-khiah cū jîp khṳ̀;

    get in through a crack.

#### sĕng ki-hŭe;

    seize the chance.

#### sĕng i bô̤ ṳ̆-pĭ;

    catch him unprepared.

#### sĕng huang, pàng húe;

    when the wind is right, set it on fire.

#### sĕng cí kâi sì ío kōi cò̤;

    take advantage of the drift in that direction, and it will be more easily done.

#### kui in sĕng tṳ̂ kâi sǹg huap;

    the rules for division, addition, multiplication and subtraction.

#### sĕng ki cak-lw̆n;

    take the opportunity to revolt.

#### sĕng pĭen kìa lâi;

    send it when there is a convenient opportunity.
* 盛sĕng7721087
* Plenteous; abundant; flourishing; exuberant; in perfect conditio.

#### jú buah jú sĕng;

    the more I annoint it, the more it spreads.

#### mŏng-sĕng;

    luxuriant; affluent; thrifty.

#### sĕng sue;

    to thrive or to decline; growing vigorous, or failing in health.

#### cí hûe cìaⁿ tó̤ sĕng kâi sî-hāu;

    this is a prosperous time with it.

#### thô̤ hue sĕng khui kâi sî-hāu;

    when the peaches are in bloom.

#### i kâi húe tó̤ sĕng;

    the fever is increasing.

#### húe tó̤ sĕng, phah m̄ kùe;

    the fire is burning more hotly, and cannot be extinguished.

#### châk-sì sĕng;

    the rebels gather strength.

#### cía sĭ i cêk tn̄g sĕng ì;

    this is his idea about it.