Year, nyien 年, or soe° 歲.
To steal, \theu/ 偷.
To beg, \°thau/ 討.
A beggar, \°thau-van°-kuh/ 討飯個. Lit. “To beg rice,” or
\kau°-hwo°-°ts/ 告化子.
To marry a wife, \°thau-nyang-°ts/ 討娘子. Lit. “To beg for a wife.”
See note.
To tie (as a small parcel), \tsah/ 紥.
To bind with a cord, \°paung/ 綁
To command, \fung-foo°/ 分付.
Price, \ka°-dien/ (價錢) or \‘aung-dzing/ 行情. Most frequently used
is the market.
How much is it, or what is the price? \Sa° ka°-dien/? 啥價錢 or \sa°
‘aung-dzing/?
A soldier, \ih kuh ping-ting/ 一個兵丁.
A thief, \ih kuh zuh/ 一個賊.
A robber, \ih kuh °jang-°dau/ 一個強盜.
A magistrate or mandarin, \ih kuh kwen-°foo/, or \ih kuh kwen/ 一個官府.
\ih we°/ (一位) is often used as the classifier.
Mandarin dialect, \kwen wo°/ 官話 or \kok-nyui°/ 國語.
Shanghai dialect, \°Zaung-°he °thoo-bak/ 上海土白.
A Buddhist priest, \ih kuh oo-zaung°/ 一個和尙.
A Taoist priest, \ih kuh dau°-z/ 一個道士.
A nun, \ih kuh nyi-koo/ 一個尼姑.
Number, \soo°-mak/ 數目.
\{Tsang}/ (張) is the classifier used for sheets of things.
A newspaper, \ih tsang sing-vung-°ts/ 一張新聞紙.
A proclamation, \ih tsang kau°-z°/ 一張告示.
A sheet of paper, \ih tsang °ts-deu/ 一張紙頭.
\{Pau}/ (包) is the classifier used for bales of things.
A bale of merchandize, \ih pau hoo°-suh /一包貨色.
\{Te}/ (堆) is the classifier used for piles of things.
A pile of timber, \ih te mok-deu/ 一堆木頭.
A pile of bricks, \ih te lok-tsen/ 一堆䃙磚.
\{°Kwen}/ (管) is the classifier for tubular things.
A flute, \ih °kwen dih/ 一管笛.
A pen, \ih °kwen pih/ 一管筆.
A pencil, \ih °kwen khan-pih/ 一管鉛筆.
Green, \lok/ 綠.
Red, \‘oong/ 紅.
Blue, \lan/ 藍.
Yellow, \waung/ 黃.
Black, \huh/ 黑.
Few, \°sau/ 少.
Truly, \zeh-°dze/ 實在.
More than, \’veh °ba/ 勿罷. More than a hundred men is \’veh °ba ih
pak nyung/ 勿罷一百人.
Less than, \’veh siau/ 勿消, or \’veh °men/ 勿滿.
A small quantity of, \°tien/ (used after the verb) 點.
People, \pak-sing°/ 百姓.
Tea, \dzo/ 茶.
Tea leaf, \dzo-yih/ 茶葉.
The whole of a thing, \ih tshih/ 一切.
A man or two, \koen-°po-nyung/ 干把人.
About (used with a number), \°po/ 把.
About a hundred, \pak °po/ 百把.
Nearly, \mau/ 毛.
Nearly three miles, \mau san °li-loo°/ 毛三里路.
A queue, \ih diau °bien-°ts/ 一條辮子.
Hair on the head, \deu-fah/ 頭髪.
News, \sing°-sih/ 信息.
To take things by force, \°tsiang/ 搶, or \°tsiang doeh/ 搶奪.
To tie up, \°paung/ 綁, or vok 縳.
To put forth a proclamation, \tsheh kau°-z°/ 出告示.