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 tăng;
 * sometimes light and sometimes heavy.


 * tăng căi;
 * very heavy.


 * ŏi jîeh tăng?
 * How heavy is it?


 * saⁿ kṳn tăng;
 * three catties in weight.


 * bô̤ saⁿ nít tăng;
 * scarcely any weight.


 * sĭ sĭm-mûeh sĭang téng tan̆g?
 * What is the heaviest of things?


 * in sĭang tăng;
 * lead is heaviest.


 * kim tăng kùe ngṳ̂n;
 * gold is heavier than silver.


 * cí kâi ío tăng;
 * this is the heavier.


 * lṳ́ kâi ngân ío tăng;
 * your words have more weight.


 * jû kîaⁿ tăng;
 * the farther you carry it the more burdensome it becomes.


 * chìn thóiⁿ jîeh tăng;
 * heft it and see how heavy it is.


 * m̄ cai khin tăng;
 * do not know the weight.


 * tăng cāi;
 * a heavy load.


 * tăng ēng i;
 * repose confidence in him.


 * tăng jĭm;
 * weighty resresponsibility.


 * teh tăng tàⁿ;
 * impose a heavy burden upon.


 * màiⁿ teh khah tăng;
 * do not overburden him.


 * tîeh teh tăng cē c3iaⁿ bŏi pun huang chue tīo;
 * you must place something heavy upon it and then the wind will not blow it away.


 * cho tăng kâi khang-khùe;
 * heavy drudgery.


 * khah tăng, kng m̄ khí;
 * so heavy that we cannot carry it.


 * màiⁿ taⁿ khah tăng;
 * do not carry too heavy loads.


 * bw̄n kṳn tăng;
 * of immense weight.


 * tăng cŭe;
 * an aggravated offense.


 * cŭe tăng;
 * the offense is heinous.


 * cang tăng khw̆n hù i;
 * give him great authority.


 * m̄ kàu tăng;
 * not of full weight.


 * lṳ́ téng thóiⁿ jîeh cōi tăng siaⁿ;
 * you weigh it and see how much it weighs.


 * tan̆g-tăng sīa lṳ́ kâi nâng-chêng;
 * thank you earnestly for your kindness.


 * tăng kàu chìn m̄ phû;
 * so heavy I cannot lift it with both hands.


 * tăng kùe mīaⁿ ùaⁿ;
 * a case of life and death.


 * tăng kùe pang êⁿ;
 * more important than the main beam in a roof.


 * pēⁿ tăng;
 * a serious illness.


 * phŏ̤ tîeh thîm-thîm tăng;
 * in holding it in the arms found it to be of leaden weight;. [sic] tăng khṳ̀ tìm; of great density.


 * khui tăng keng;
 * shoot with a large bow.


 * tăng tī;
 * important places.


 * tăng phah sì-câp;
 * forty heavy blows.


 * màiⁿ tàⁿ khah tan̆g;
 * do not speak with too great emphasis.


 * taⁿ tăng kê;
 * wear the heavy cangue.


 * tîm tăng;
 * a grave disorder.


 * tăng ceh;
 * severe punishment.


 * cok tăng;
 * full weight.


 * tăng chìn;
 * more to the pound.


 * To waste; to subvert; vast; vagrant, unsettled; dissipated.
 * khuang ke tăng súaⁿ;
 * ruin the family and squander the estate.
 * ruin the family and squander the estate.


 * i kâi cò̤ sṳ̄ hùang-hùang tăng-tăng;
 * his behaviour is most reckless, unmannerly and lawless.


 * cí kâi sĭ lăng-lăng kíaⁿ-tĭ;
 * this is a dissipated fellow.


 * ciu jît lăng-lăng tăng-tăng, m̄ hàuⁿ cò̤ cìaⁿ keng sṳ̄;
 * loafs around all day long and will engage in no regular occupation.


 * tī-hng khah khùang-tăng;
 * the place is too wild and wide, and is not sungsnug [sic] and cozy.


 * To move, to shake, to stir; to remove; motion; movable.
 * ēng i lâi sie-hŭ cáu-tăng;
 * employ him to run here and there on errands.
 * employ him to run here and there on errands.


 * tīam-tīam, m̄-hó̤ tin-tăng;
 * keep perfectly still, do not move.


 * chīu hîeh cn̂g kâi bŏi tin-tăng, tn̆g tíam huang;
 * the leaves of the trees are motionless, there is no breeze.


 * àiⁿ cò̤ tàu ngĕ kâi, a sĭ àiⁿ cò̤ ûah tăng kâi?
 * Shall I make it firmly mortised together, or make it so that it can be taken apart?


 * tiaⁿ tîeh cū ŏi tin-tăng;
 * if you touch it, it shakes.


 * màiⁿ mûeh i tin-tăng;
 * do not joggle it.


 * i kâi thâu ā sĭ m̄ tăng, tī-tîang káⁿ?
 * Who dares do anything except at his nod?


 * An earthen pot or jar, with bulging sides and straight neck, holding a gallon or less.
 * chò tăng;
 * vinegar jars.
 * vinegar jars.


 * tăng-thâu-puah hó̤ khàm tăng;
 * a certain small pot used as a cover to jars, is good to cover the jar with.


 * lŏ cêk tăng kîam bûe;
 * put a jar of plums in pickle.


 * koi tăng;
 * a pottle of chicken, presented by parents to a daughter soon after she has borne a child.


 * To dread difficulty or pain.
 * kĭ-tăng;
 * to superstitiously avoid certain times, names, or acts.
 * to superstitiously avoid certain times, names, or acts.


 * kĭ-tăng cìeⁿ, kĭ-tăng hìeⁿ;
 * shun this, that, and the other, with superstitious fear.


 * i sĭang kĭ-tăng cía sṳ̄;
 * she avoids this with the utmost dread.


 * A tribe of aborigines, that once lived in Fokien and westward; it was a term of abuse.
 * tăng-ke;
 * boat people.
 * boat people.


 * tăng ke î;
 * tăng ke phûa; boat women.


 * tăng-ke-î cûn;
 * a boat-woman's boat.


 * A cave, a grotto, a dell, a deep ravine, a gorge.
 * suaⁿ tāng chim căi;
 * a deep recess among mountains.
 * a deep recess among mountains.


 * sien tāng;
 * fairy grottoes.


 * cí kâi suaⁿ ŭ ku-ā kâi tāng;
 * this mountain has several caverns in it.


 * tāng pâng, hue cek;
 * the nuptial chamber, with its red candles.


 * cîeh tāng;
 * a stone cavern.


 * khĭa-khí tŏ̤ ngâm-tāng hṳ́ lăi;
 * dwells in caves.


 * nā cí tāng cúi kháu;
 * stay here at the entrance of the gorge.


 * kàu hṳ́ tāng tói-tói ho̤h cōi lí lō;
 * it is many miles to the inmost recesses of the canon.


 * Ballast, to steady a boat.
 * sua tāng, cîeh tāng;
 * sand ballast and stone ballast.
 * sand ballast and stone ballast.


 * cài cía hùe sĭ cún kùe teh tāng;
 * to carry this merchandise is merely more convenient than taking in ballast.