VOCABULARY

To visit, to pay respects to, \maung°/ 望, or \pa° maung°/ 拜望.

To worship, \pa°/ 拜.

To pay a ceremonial visit, \pa° khak/ 拜客.

To bathe, \zing° yok/ 淨浴.

To catch, seize, arrest, \tsauh/ 捉.

To prepare, to provide, \yui°-be°/ 預備.

To move a thing, \°doong/ 動.

Loose, unstable, \°doong °lau °doong/ 動佬動.

Immovable, \°doong-°‘a ’veh-°doong/ 動也勿動.

To remove (a residence), \pen/ 搬, or \pen-dzang/ 搬塲.

To commence work, \°doong °seu/ 動手, or \khe koong/ 開工.

To open school, \khe ‘auh/ 開學.

To dismiss school, \faung° ‘auh/ 放學.

A finger, \ih tsak tsih-deu/ 一隻指頭.

A toe, \ih tsak kyak-tsih-deu/ 一隻脚指頭.

A cup, \ih tsak pe-°ts/ 一隻杯子.

A clock, \ih tsak z°-ming-tsoong/ 一隻自鳴鐘.

A watch, \ih tsak piau/ 一隻表.

A well, \ih tsak °tsing/ 一隻井.

A basket, \ih tsak lan/ 一隻籃.

An apple, \ih tsak bing-°koo/ 一隻平菓.

A crab apple, \ih tsak hwo-‘oong/ 一隻花紅.

A towel, \ih diau °seu-kyung/ 一條手巾.

A life, \ih diau sing°-ming°/ 一條性命.

A hill, mountain, \ih zoo° san/ 一座山.

A board, \ih kwhe° °pan/ 一塊板.

\{Fok}/ (幅) is the classifier of paintings or engravings.

A painting, \ih fok wo°/ 一幅畫.

A chart or map, \ih fok doo/ 一幅圖, or \ih fok di°-°li-doo/ 一幅地理圖.

A picture, \ih fok wo° doo/ 一幅畫圖.

One time, \ih we/ 一回, \ih thaung°/ 一盪.

Two times, twice, \°liang we/ 兩回, or \°liang thaung°/ 雨盪.

Whosoever, \van-i°/ 凡係.

No matter who, \’veh lung° sa° nyung/ 勿論啥人.

Whatsoever, no matter what, \’veh lung° sa°/ 勿論啥, \dzoe-bien°-sa°/

隨便啥, or \’veh kyui-sa°/ 勿拘啥.

Whichever, \dzoe-bien°/ 隨便.

Whatever time you please, \dzoe-bien° °kyi-z/ 隨便幾時.

Wet, \sak/ 濕.

Dry, \koen/ 乾.

Always, \dzang-tsaung/ 常庄, or \dzang-dzang/ 常常.

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