VOCABULARY

To crow, \di/ 啼.

To offend, \tuh-°dzoe/ 得罪.

To hide oneself, \ben°-°loong/ 背攏.

To hide a thing, \khaung°-°loong/ 囥攏, or \khaung°/ 囥.

To gain or make a profit, \dzan°/ 賺.

Profits in business, \dzan°-deu/ 賺頭.

To lose in business, \zeh/ 折, \zeh-theh/ 折脫, \zeh-°pung/ 折本.

To congratulate a person, \koong-°hyi/ 恭喜.

To become rich, \fah-dze/ 發財.

To lock, \°soo/ 鎖.

To bar or bolt the door, \sen/ 閂.

The bar, or bolt of the door, \sak/ 栅.

To plant, \tsoong°/ 種.

To examine carefully, \dzo/ 查, or \dzo-°khau/ 查考.

To examine a class, \°khau-su/ 考書.

To fall, \tih/ 跌.

To save, \kyeu°/ 救.

To stop, \ding/ 停.

Stop a minute, \ding-ih-ding/ 停一停.

Garden, \hwo-yoen/ 花園.

College, \su-yoen°/ 書院.

University, \da°-‘auh/ 大學.

A lock, \ih °po °soo/ 一把鑕.

A key, \ih °po yak-dz/ 一把鑰匙.

A creek or canal, \ih diau pang/ 一條浜.

A two story house, \ih zoo° leu/ 一座樓, or \leu-vaung/ 褸房.

\{Dzung}/ (層) is the classifier for a story of a house or for

anything like a ladder.

A three-storied house, \san dzung leu/ 三層樓.

A ladder, \ih dzung voo-thi/ 一層扶梯.

\{Dzaung°}/ (幢) is the classifier denoting things piled one on top of

the other.

A pile of clothes, \ih dzaung° i-zaung/ 一幢衣裳.

\{Da°}/ (埭) is the classifier for rows of things.

A row of trees, \ih da° zu/ 一埭樹.

Spring (the first of the seasons), \tshung/ 春.

Summer, \‘au°/ 夏.

Autumn, \tshieu/ 秋.

Winter, \toong/ 冬.

A season, \kyi°/ 季.

The four seasons, \s°-kyi°/ 四季.

Politeness, \khak-chi°/ 客氣.

Happiness, \fok-chi°/ 福氣.

Slippery, \wah/ 滑.

Hard, \ngang°/ 硬.

Soft, \°nyoen/ 軟.

Smooth, \kwaung/ 光.

Rough, \mau/ 毛.

Good (moral), \°zen/ 善.

Wicked, \auh/ 惡.

Fierce, \hyoong/ 凶.

Precious, \°pau-pe°/ 寶貝.

Clear, \tshing/ 清.

Muddy, \wung/ 渾.

Level, \bing/ 平.

Light (opposite of dark), \liang°/ 亮.

Dark, \en°/ 暗.

At last (in the end), \tau°-°ti/ 到底.

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