# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cong
### cong

* 終cong1061205
* All of; the utmost extreme; the end.

#### cong jît;

    all day long.

#### cong mêⁿ;

    the whole night.

#### cong-kú;

    forever.

#### cong-kú tŏ̤;

    is eternal.

#### cong-kú cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    it is always thus.

#### sí cong sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    from beginning to end it is the same.

#### cò̤ sṳ̄ tîeh ŭ sí ŭ cong;

    in doing things there must be a beginning and an end.

#### cong sin kâi tăi sṳ̄;

    the greatest event in life, (marriage).

#### lîm cong kâi sî-hāu;

    when near his end.

#### nî cong sùe mŏ̤ⁿ;

    the end of the year.

#### sĭen cong, bô̤ sĭen cong;

    a happy or an unhappy end.

#### cong su ŏi hó̤;

    it will be well in the end.

#### láu-sît cong-kú căi;

    the honest endures.

#### cong nî m̄ pat thóiⁿ-kìⁿ i chìe;

    have not seen him laugh for a whole year.

#### i cong jît sńg;

    he plays all day.
* 宗cong1021405
* A clan; a tribe whose members all have the same surname and are descended from the same ancestor.

#### tâng cong;

    clansmen.

#### cong chin;

    kinsmen.

#### cong cṳ́;

    a lineal descendant.

#### cong-côk tōa thái-ko̤ kah miⁿ-nūaⁿ;

    when the clan becomes large there are always some in it who are leprous.

#### tăi cong-sṳ̂;

    the ancestral hall of the clan.

#### móng sĭ kâi cong-sṳ̂;

    the ancestral temple of a certain family.
* 蹤cong102315711
* A vestige; a trace; a clue.

#### cong-ciah;

    vestiges.

#### chak-thóiⁿ i kâi lâi cong khṳ̀ ciah;

    inquire into his doings.

#### bô̤ cong bô̤ ciah; chŵn bô̤ cong-ciah;

    left no trace behind.
* 縱cong102212011
* Perpendicular; downward; a meridian line.

#### cong hûeⁿ;

    up and down and across.

#### cong hûeⁿ thiⁿ ĕ;

    up and down everywhere under heaven; wholly unrestricted.

#### hâh-cong;

    to fall into line, to unite in concerted action.

#### cu hô hùe hâh-cong kio i cìen;

    all the princes joined in fighting against him.

#### kak kok cē hâh-cong cū m̄ phàⁿ i;

    if all the states range themselves under one banner and act in concert against him there is nothing to fear.
* 總cóng102312011
* To comprehend in one; altogether.

#### cóng-tok;

    the governor-general.

#### cóng-lí;

    general supervision.

#### cóng náuⁿ;

    including everything.

#### cóng piaⁿ;

    a major-general in command of a division.

#### cóng-kẃn;

    general overseer.

#### a-cóng-kẃn;

    head constable.

#### lóng-cóng;

    the whole of them.

#### cóng àiⁿ lṳ́ hàuⁿ tīaⁿ;

    all that is lacking is your consent.

#### tó̤ tng cóng-thâu;

    acts as supervisor.

#### cóng kòi ŭ jîeh cōi?

    All being reckoned in, how many are there?

#### cóng sǹg;

    all counted.

#### cêk cóng ŭ jîeh cōi?

    What is the sum total?

#### cêk cóng to sĭ;

    all are of the same sort.

#### choiⁿ cóng;

    the lieutenant in a regiment.

#### pá-cóng;

    an ensign.

#### lṳ́ cóng àiⁿ;

    you altogether desire it.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ cóng m̄ kîaⁿ;

    in that way it does not move on at all.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ cóng ŏi tit sêng;

    thus it may wholly succeed.

#### lṳ́ cóng hó̤;

    you are all goodness.

#### cóng bûa;

    to sum up.

#### cóng cṳ, lṳ́ àiⁿ a m̄ àiⁿ?

    All things being considered, do you want it or not?

#### cóng-lí kak kok sṳ̄-bŭ gê-mn̂g;

    the general council for the administration of foreign affairs.

#### cóng măuⁿ;

    gather up in one.

#### cóng su;

    the chief clerk in a yamun.
* 縱còng102212011
* To wrongfully permit; to let go; admitting that; allowing that; although.

#### còng-îong i;

    indulge him.

#### lṳ́ sĭ còng-îong i;

    you connive at his doings.

#### m̄ hó̤ kù-ì còng-îong i cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    should not purposely connive at his doing thus.

#### còng-jîen sĭ cìe-seⁿ úa īa m̄ ùi;

    allowing it to be so, I am still unafraid.

#### còng-sái lṳ́ pue cĭeⁿ thiⁿ, úa īa lîah lṳ́ tit tîeh;

    even though you fly into the heavens, I can still catch you.

#### còng-sái i cò̤ khṳt-cîah úa īa ngw̆n kè i;

    even if he were a beggar I should still be willing to marry him.

#### còng kíaⁿ kîaⁿ hiong;

    permit a child to do evil.

#### cē còng cĭu khí khṳ̀;

    as soon as it was let fly it went up.

#### cang sin cē còng cĭu cĭeⁿ lâu téng;

    gave one spring and mounted to the upper floor.
* 中còng10223
* To suit; to fit; to hit.

#### cí kĭaⁿ mûeh cū còng úa kâi ì;

    this thing just meets my wishes.

#### cía sĭ i sĭang còng i kâi;

    this accords perfectly with his ideas.
* 從cŏng1024608
* A follower; an attendant.

#### sûi-cŏng;

    attendants.

#### put hun síu cŏng;

    makes no distinction between chief and follower.

#### cŏng sîn;

    an attendant on the gods.

#### cŏng-ok;

    outhouses.