To collect, to receive payment, \seu/ 收.
To collect accounts, \seu-tsang°/ 收帳.
To receive payment for a lease, \seu-tsoo/ 收租.
To be imprisoned, \seu-kan/ 收監.
To build a wall, \tshi°/ (砌), or \tshi° ziang/ 砌牆.
To build a partition, \tshi° pih/ 砌壁.
To mend a path, \tshi° ka/ 砌街.
To be wounded, \°zeu-saung/ 受傷.
To prosecute at law, \°tang-kwen-s/ 打官司.
To cut with a sharp knife, \koeh/ 割.
To cut in two, \koeh-°doen/ 割斷.
To cut with sword, or heavy knife or axe, \tsan/ 斬.
To split, \phih/ 劈.
To saw, \zih/ 截 or \ka°/ 解.
To boil, \zah/ 煠.
To grill, to broil, \tsien/ 煎.
To smoke (meat), \hyuin/ 燻.
To bake, \hoong/ 烘.
To sew, to stitch, \ling/ 紉.
To take a stitch, \ling-ih tsung/ 紉一針, (\tsung/ means needle).
To iron, to burn, to scald, \thaung°/ 燙.
To brush, \seh/ 刷.
To rise (as the tide), \tsang°/ 漲.
To fall, \lauh/ 落.
Duty, \ming-vung°/ 名分.
Rumours, \yau-yien/ 謠言.
Receipt, \seu-phiau°/ 收票, or \seu-diau/ 收條.
A bell, \tsoong/ 鐘.
Piles (such as are driven into the ground), \tsaung/ 樁.
Tide, \dzau/ 潮, or \dzau-°s/ 潮水.
A cake, \ih kuh kyi dan°-kau/ 一個個雞蛋糕.
Japanese. \Toong-yang-nyung/ 東洋人, or \Zeh-°pung-nyung/ 日本人.
Pain, \thoong°/ 痛.
Wheat, \mak/ 麥.
Dirty, \auh-tshauh/ 齷齪.
Miserable, \khoo-°nau/ 苦腦.
Russians, \Ngoo-kok nyung/ 俄國人.
A biscuit, \ih kuh thah-°ping/ 一個𩝣餅.
A grate, \ih kuh °hoo-khaung/ 一個火匟.
A sparrow, \ih tsak mo-tshiak/ 一隻麻雀, or \mo-tsiang/ 䳸[C2].
A swallow, \ih tsak ien°-°ts/ 一隻燕子.
A pigeon, \ih tsak keh-°ts/ 一隻鴿子.
An ax, \ih °po °foo-deu/ 一把斧頭.
A saw, \ih °po ke°-°ts/ 一把鋸子.
A file, \ih °po tshoo°-tau/ 一把銼刀.
A plane, \ih tsak bau°/ 一隻刨.
A quilt or blanket, \ih diau °bi-deu/ 一條被頭.
A sheet, \ih diau tan-°bi/ 一條單被.
Unripe or raw, \sang/ 生.
Ripe, \zok/ 熟. Also used in the sense of being thoroughly cooked.
Shameful, \than-tshoong°/ 坍銃.
Face (cheek), \°nyi-kwaung/ 耳光.
Spread out, \than/ 攤, \than-khe/ 攤開.