# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/chiang
### chiang

* 娼chiang26388
* A prostitute.

#### chiang-kĭ;

    a strumpet.

#### chiang ke;

    a bagnio.

#### o̤ chiang, siet tó;

    harbour prostitutes and institute games of chance.

#### chiang, iu, cău, cut, to sĭ hĭa-cūaⁿ kâi nâng;

    courtesans, actors, yamen runners, and jailors are low people.

#### chiang kíaⁿ lṳ́!

    You little coquette!
* 菖chiang261408

#### chiang-phû;

    calamus.

#### káu cak chiang-phû;

    nine joints of sweet flag.
* 猖chiang26948
* Boisterous; insubordinate.

#### chiang-khûang;

    mad.

#### chiang-chiang khûang-khûang;

    acting like one possessed.

#### i sĭm sĭ chiang-khûang;

    he is very unruly.

#### chiang-khiet;

    obstreperous; ferocious.
* 昌chiang26724
* Having many descendants.

#### ău-ĭ chiang-sĕng căi;

    his posterity is numerous.
* 厰chíang282712
* A shed; a shelter.

#### sîn chíang;

    a pavilion for the gods.

#### phâng chíang;

    a shed where sails are kept under shelter.

#### cûn chíang;

    a boat house.

#### ngīam hùe chíang;

    an examining shed.

#### îam chíang;

    a salt shed.
* 倡chìang2898
* To lead; to take the lead.

#### hṳ́ hùaⁿ nâng sĭ i tó̤ chìang chut;

    all those people are lead on by him.

#### cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ i chìang-sí kâi;

    it was he who instigated this.

#### hu chìang hŭ sûi;

    the husband leads, and the wife follows.
* 唱chìang28308
* To take the lead in singing.

#### chìang hŏ̤;

    the call and response in chanting.

#### lṳ́ chìang úa hŏ̤;

    you lead and I will follow.

#### chìang lói;

    to give orders at a ceremony.

#### thâng chìang;

    to thrum and sing.

#### chìang hì;

    to sing plays.

#### chìang tău;

    to call out to clear the road.

#### kò̤ chìang;

    to sing solos.
* 薔chîang96914013
* The red rose.

#### chîang-mûi-hue;

    the cinnamon rose.

#### chîang-mûi lō;

    rose water made from red roses.
* 腸chîang271309
* The intestines.

#### tăi chîang, sìo chîang;

    the large and the small intestines.

#### tît chîang;

    the rectum.

#### sìo-chîang-khì;

    colic.

#### chîang huang hĭa hueh;

    blind piles.
* 長chîang271680
* A long time; to excel.

#### chîang-kú;

    always; a long time.

#### chîang seⁿ put láu;

    physical immortality.

#### sĭ i só̤ chîang;

    it is what he excels in.

#### cêk bô̤ só̤ chîang;

    he excels in nothing.
* 鍫chîang9711679
* A crowbar; to dig with a crowbar.

#### phûe-chîang;

    a wooden crowbar having an iron sheath.

#### thih chîang;

    an iron crowbar.

#### chîang kàu kâi khang chim-chim;

    dig out a deep hole.

#### chîang kâi khang hó̤ khîa ki thĭo;

    dig a hole to set a post in.
* 常chîang740508
* Common; ordinary; always.

#### úa thóiⁿ tîeh phêng-chîang;

    it appears to me to be an ordinary thing.

#### phêng-phêng chîang-chîang, bô̤ sĭm-mih ko̤h īeⁿ;

    it is quite ordinary, and does not differ from the common ones.

#### chîang-chîang sìo-līam lṳ́;

    I am always speaking about you.

#### úang-chîang i to m̄ pat cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    he never did so before.

#### lṳ́ tîeh chîang lâi cē;

    you must come oftener.

#### chîang ŭ kâi sṳ̄;

    it is a common occurrence.

#### chîang ŭ kâi mûeh;

    it is an ordinary thing.
* 踦chĭang3421578
* Having only one good leg; crippled; halt.

#### chĭang kha-teⁿ;

    to hop on one foot, having only one sound leg.

#### kîaⁿ to m̄ kîaⁿ, cò̤-nî tó̤ chĭang?

    Why do you not walk properly instead of hopping along on one foot?

#### kúai-kha chĭang-tôi kâi nâng;

    a cripple.

#### i nŏ̤ kâi tó̤ chĭang-chin-cheⁿ;

    the two are playing the game of hopping on one foot over seven stones placed at equal distances apart.