VOCABULARY

To break, smash, \se°/ 碎, \°tang-se°/ 打碎, or \khau-se°/ 敲碎.

To beget to nourish, \°yang/ 養, or \sang °yang/ 生養.

To lose, to forfeit, \seh/ 失, or \seh-theh/ 失脫.

To arrange, to attend to matters, to direct \ban°/ 辦.

A Compradore, \°ma-ban°/ 買辦.

To consult, \saung-liang/ 商量, \tsung-tsak/ 斟酌.

To point with the hand, \°tien/ 點, or \°ts-°tien/ 指點.

To separate, \fung/ 分, or \fung-khe/ 分開.

To hinder, oppose, \°tsoo/ 阻, or \°tsoo-taung°/ 阻檔.

To answer, \we-deu/ 回頭, or \we-tah/ 回答.

To exchange, to barter, \wen°/ 換, or \diau°/ 調.

To attend to a thing to make it right, \loong°/ 弄, or \loong°-°hau/

弄好.

To distinguish, \fung-pih/ 分別.

A difference, \ih kuh fung-pih/ 一個分別.

Wages, \koong-dien/ 工錢.

Salary, \sok-sieu/ 束脩, \sing-foong°/ 薪俸, or \sing-°soe/ 薪水.

Misery, \°khoo-nau°/ 苦腦.

Rain, \°yui/ 雨,

To rain, \lauh °yui/ 落雨.

Coolie, \tsheh-tien°/ 出店.

A duck, \ih tsak ah/ 一隻鴨.

A broom, \ih °po °sau-°tseu/ 一把掃箒.

A snake, \ih diau zo/ 一條蛇.

A stick of bamboo, \ih kung tsok-deu/ 一根竹頭.

Glass, \poo-li/ 玻璃.

A glass (for the table), \ih tsak poo-li pe-°ts/ 一隻玻璃杯子.

\{°Doong}/ (桶) is the classifier for casks, tubs and buckets.

A bucket of water, \ih °doong °s/ 一桶水.

\{Bing}/ (瓶) is the classifier for bottles.

A bottle of medicine, \ih bing yak/ 一瓶藥.

\{Siang}/ (箱) is the classifier for boxes of things.

A box of dollars, \ih siang yang-dien/ 一箱洋錢.

A box of tea, \ih siang dzo-yih/ 一箱茶葉.

Tired, \sa-doo/ 弛瘏.

Square, \faung/ 方.

Round, \yoen/ 圓.

Little (to a small extent), \sau-we/ 稍爲.

Thick, \°‘eu/ 厚.

Thin, \bok/ 薄.

Instead of, \°de-thi°/ 代替.

Sufficient, \keu-z°/ 榖事, \keu-z°-tse/ 彀事哉, or \°yeu-tse/ 有哉.

Together with (two persons doing a thing), \da-ka/ 大家.

To get wet, \ling-sak/ 淋濕.

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