VOCABULARY

To present or send, to escort a person on the way, \soong°/ 送.

To count, \°soo/ 數.

To reckon, \soen°/ 算.

To send (a person), \tsha/ 差.

To send a letter, \kyi°/ 寄.

To deport oneself, to treat others, \°de/ 待.

To treat rudely, \°de man°/ 怠慢.

To keep, observe, \°seu/ 守.

To knock the head on the ground, to kowtow, \kheh-deu/ 磕頭.

A loaf, \ih kuh men-deu/ 一個饅頭.

A stone mason, \ih kuh zak-ziang°/ 一個石匠.

A hammer, \ih kuh laung-deu/ 一個榔頭, or \ih °po/ 一把.

A wine shop, \ih ban °tsieu tien°/ 一爿酒店.

\{Te°}/ (一對) is the classifier denoting a pair or a brace.

A pair of fowls, \ih te° kyi/ 一對雞.

A pair of candles, \ih te° lah-tsok/ 一對臘燭.

A husband and wife, \ih te° foo-tshi/ 一對夫妻.

\{°Kheu}/ (口) is the classifier for some articles of furniture, and

for a well.

A book case, \ih °kheu su-dzu/ 一口書櫥.

Convenient, \bien°-taung°/ 便當.

Clever, wise, \tshoong-ming/ 聰明.

Propriety, custom, \kwe-°kyui/ 規矩.

Coffin, \ih °kheu kwen-ze/ 一口棺材.

Sometimes, \dzang-z/ 常時.

As if, like, \°hau-°ziang/ 好像.

To compare, \°pi/ 比.

An account, \tsang°/ 張.

Reason, \yoen-koo°/ 緣故.

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