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 can hold converse with the unseen; a coffin, as it contains the departed spirit; the highest type of a class, as man is of created beings; lucky, opportune; subtile; ingenious; marvelous; showing genius; astute.
 * lêng-ngīam;
 * effectual.


 * lêng-hûn;
 * the human soul, including its intelligence and its substance.


 * lêng èng;
 * a divine response, an effectual answer.


 * ceng-lêng;
 * clever, apt.


 * sù-lâi sĭm sĭ lêng ĭ;
 * has heretofore manifested his supernatural wonders.


 * kìu bw̄n seⁿ-lêng;
 * rescue all living beings.


 * sìaⁿ-lêng;
 * the Holy Spirit (a foreign term).


 * sìaⁿ-lêng kám-tŏng;
 * the Holy Spirit moves him.


 * thiu cêk ki lêng chiam;
 * draw a lot from the box of splints shaken before an idol.


 * i kâi khùe pok lâi lêng căi;
 * his cast in divination was very accurately made.


 * i sí ău ŭ lêng căi;
 * he manifested himself very intelligently after his death.


 * hṳ́ kâi sí lío cn̂g kâi bô̤ léng;
 * that one gave no spiritual manifestation of himself after he died.


 * lêng-ūi;
 * the ante-burial tablet.


 * chài cêk kâi lêng-têng;
 * make a canopy and platform for a body to lie in state.


 * pài hûe-lêng;
 * worship the ante-burial tablet which is brought back from the grave.


 * tì lêng;
 * set the coffin in place, where it lies in state.


 * lêng chn̂g;
 * the platform, with the dead to be worshipped.


 * sîn-lêng hŭ-cŏ̤;
 * the gods and spirits lend their aid.


 * lêng-tŏng căi;
 * very quick of apprehension.


 * lêng-khì;
 * the spirit or energy of a being.


 * suaⁿ chwn kâi lêng-khì seⁿ kâi;
 * what is produced by the indwelling power of the mountains and streams.


 * A deer like a sheep, having small horns which are prized as a medicine.
 * an antelope.
 * an antelope.
 * an antelope.


 * antelope's horns.
 * antelope's horns.


 * Besides; another; furthermore; apart.
 * ; lêng-ūaⁿ;
 * still, again, besides, in addition to.
 * still, again, besides, in addition to.


 * How many more are there?
 * How many more are there?


 * lṳ́ kio úa lêng-ūaⁿ cò̤ kâi;
 * you make another for me.


 * lêng-gūa hŵn-lío ŭ mē?
 * Are there others beside?


 * bought some beside.
 * bought some beside.


 * Is he coming again?
 * Is he coming again?


 * mîaⁿ lêng kŭ;
 * my name is written elsewhere, (a phrase at the end of a note).


 * i kúi hiaⁿ-tĭ lóng-cóng lêng-kṳ̆ lêng chẁn;
 * the brothers all live separately and take their meals apart.


 * Power, ability, skill; apt, capable, skillful, competent.
 * talent.
 * talent.
 * talent.


 * lêng-kàng;
 * executive ability.


 * is competent.
 * is competent.


 * incapable.
 * incapable.


 * mighty.
 * mighty.


 * Can you do thus?
 * Can you do thus?


 * cannot.
 * cannot.


 * can do it.
 * can do it.


 * omnipotent.
 * omnipotent.


 * kĭaⁿ-kĭaⁿ lêng, bô̤ kĭaⁿ ceng;
 * can do all sorts of things, but can do nothing perfectly; a jack-at-all-trades and master of none.


 * lêng nâng só̤ put lêng;
 * can do what others cannot do.


 * unknowable.
 * unknowable.


 * can discourse about it but cannot act up to it.
 * can discourse about it but cannot act up to it.


 * Finely carved or cut like grottoes; bright, witty, ornate.
 * gêk sek lêng-lông;
 * bright like jade.
 * bright like jade.


 * i kâi sim-heng pí pât nâng kèng lêng-lông;
 * he is sharper witted than other people.


 * i kâi sim lêng-lêng lông-lông;
 * he is very bright.


 * A dragon, the chief of scaly beings, and invested with supernatural powers to change its shape; used as an emblem of imperial power and awe; the emperor's person; imperial; dragon like; by Buddhists, used for nagas or snake gods; in matters relating to betrothals it is often used for a man; much used by geomancers to embody those terrestrial and occult influences and positions which act on and determine human prosperity; figured with dragons; to pervade; to bud.
 * phĕ lêng-cûn;
 * to paddle a dragon boat; long narrow fast boats having a dragon's head at the prow, and moved by many paddles.
 * to paddle a dragon boat; long narrow fast boats having a dragon's head at the prow, and moved by many paddles.


 * lêng náu-hieⁿ;
 * Baroos camphor.


 * lêng hieⁿ; lêng ĭen-hieⁿ;
 * ambergris.


 * lêng kì;
 * the Chinese flag, having a dragon on it.


 * lêng kîaⁿ, hóⁿ pō;
 * a majestic bearing.


 * nín khṳ̀ tī-kò̤ lîah lêng?
 * Where did you go to obtain a site whose influences would produce prosperity?


 * hái lêng ûang;
 * the sea-dragon king, or the Neptune of the Chinese: he is a naga whose glorious palace is at the bottom of the ocean, north of Mount Meru.


 * lêng pâi;
 * the imperial tablet reverenced by officers.


 * tìn-tang sāi kò̤ lêng pâi;
 * an imperial tablet was set up in the centre.


 * lêng mêh;
 * the dragon's pulse, the subtle geomantic tokens and influences of a locality.


 * earth-worms.
 * earth-worms.


 * lêng hŏng lói thiap;
 * betrothal cards.


 * chîm lêng, tíam hwt;
 * search for the dragon and point out his den; to fix on a lucky spot.


 * lêng tō ngía căi;
 * the site is a very fine one.


 * lí-hṳ̂ thìo lêng mn̂g;
 * the carp has vaulted over the dragon's gate; rapid promotion.


 * lêng-hûiⁿ-búe;
 * a water-spout.


 * lêng-chiu-cháu;
 * a species of bulrush, used for weaving matting.


 * the five clawed dragon.
 * the five clawed dragon.