To expound, explain, \°kaung/ 講.
To preach, \°kaung-su/ 講書.
To exhort, \choen°/ 勸, \choen°-mien/ 勸勉, or \choen°-‘oo/ 勸和.
To gather, as fruit or flowers, \°tshe/ 採.
To boil \zah/ 煠, (used in regard to water), or \°kwung/ 滾.
To weigh, \tshung/ 稱.
To measure, \liang/ 量, or \°ien/ 演.
To carry in arms like a child, \°bau/ 抱.
To carry a load (one man, with load suspended on two ends of a
bamboo), \thiau/ 挑.
To carry a load (load suspended on a bamboo pole between two men),
\kaung/ 扛.
To carry a load on the back, \pe°/ 背.
To carry a load on the shoulder, \jien/ 掮.
To carry a load in one hand, \ling/ 拎.
A tiger, \ih tsak °lau-°hoo/ 一隻老虎.
A dish, \ih tsak dzang bung-°ts/ 一隻長盆子.
A saucer, \ih tsak dzo bung-°ts/ 一隻茶盆子.
A wine glass, \ih tsak °tsieu pe/ 一隻酒杯.
A cooking stove, \ih tsak thih-tsau°/ (foreign), 一隻鐵灶,
tsau°-deu (Chinese), 灶頭.
Gold, \kyung-°ts/ 金子.
Silver, \nyung-°ts/ 銀子.
Iron, \thih/ 鐵.
Tin, \sih/ 錫.
Brass, \doong/ 銅.
Lead, \khan/ 鉛.
A railroad carriage, \ih boo °hoo-tsho/ 一部火車.
A steam boat, \ih tsak °hoo-lung-zen/ 一隻火輪船.
A pair of spectacles, \ih foo° °ngan-kyung°/ 一副眼鏡.
A set of tools or instruments, \ih foo° ka-sang/ 一副傢生.
A cannon, \ih tsung phau°/ 一尊炮.
Cotton, \hwo/ 花.
Cotton stalks, \hwo-ji/ 花萁.
Cotton (already ginned), \mien-hwo/ 棉花.
A plant of wheat, \ih khoo mak/ 一棵麥.
A plant of rice, \ih khoo dau°/ 一棵稻.
Vegetables, \tshe°/ 菜.
Dishes of vegetables and meat placed on the table for meals,
\°siau-tshe°/ 小菜.
A shoulder, \ih tsak kyien ka/ 一隻肩胛.
A bag, \ih tsak de/ 一隻袋.
Back, \pe°/ 背.
A field, \ih khwe° dien/ 一塊田.
Soil, mud, \lan°-nyi/ 爛泥.
Poor man, \joong-nyung/ 窮人.
Rich man, \dze-°tsu-nyung/ 財主人.
\{°Kwhung}/ (梱) is the classifier denoting bundles of things.
A bundle of fuel, \ih °kwhung za/ 一梱柴, \ih °kwung dau-za/ 一梱稻柴.
Still, yet, \dzung-jeu°/ 仍舊.
Among, \taung-tsoong/ 當中.
All (collective), \zen/ 全.