VOCABULARY

To kneel, \°jui/ 跽.

To forgive, \nyau-°so/ 饒赦, \kwhen-°an/ 寬限, \nyoen-liang°/ 原諒,

or \kwhen-yoong/ 寬容.

To comfort, \oen-we°/ 安慰.

To sharpen, \moo/ 磨.

To drive away, \°koen/ 趕, \°koen-theh/ 趕脫.

To criticize, phi-bing 批評, or phi-thah 批搨.

To roll, \°kwung/ 滾, or \°kwung ‘au° chi°/ 滾下去.

To plaster, \°fung/ 粉. To plaster a partition, \°fung pih/ 粉壁.

To string, (as cash), \tshen/ 串.

To thread a needle, \tshen °yung-sien°/ 穿引線.

To slander, \wo°-°liau/ 話料, \hwe°-°paung/ 毀謗, or \wo°-wa°/ 話壞.

To accompany, or stay with a person, \be/ 陪.

To nurse, \su-°tsang/ 輸帳.

To crawl, \ban/ 𨂝.

To climb, \bo/ 爬.

To jump, to leap, \thiau°/ 跳.

To reject, \the/ 推, or \the-theh/ 推脫.

To feel, to touch, \mok/ 摸.

To hoist (as a sail or flag), \tsha/ 扯.

To run, as water, \lieu/ 流.

To turn over, \fan/ 翻, or \fan-°tsen-le/ 翻轉來.

To upset (as water), \°tang-fan/ 打翻.

To turn round, \zien/ 旋, or \zien-°tsen-le/ 旋轉來.

To manage, \kyung-°seu/ 經手.

To pray, \jeu/ 求.

To offer prayer, \°tau-kau°/ 禱告告.

To repent, \hwe°-°ke/ 悔改.

To regret, \au-lau°/ 懊憦.

A crow, \ih tsak °lau-au/ 一隻老鴉.

A hawk, \ih tsak iung/ 一隻鷹, or \°lau-iung/ 老鹰.

A butterfly, \ih tsak ‘oo-dih/ 一隻蝴蝶.

A pair of scissors, \ih °po °tsien-tau/ 一把剪刀.

So that, \i-ts/ 以致.

A screen, \ih sen° bing-foong/ 一扇屏風.

A sail, \ih sen° boong/ 一扇篷.

Scales, \thien-bing/ 天秤.

A gong, \ih mien° kyung-loo/ 一面金鑼.

Flour, \koen-mien°/ 乾麵.

Butter, \°na-yeu/ 乳油.

Milk, \nyeu-°na/ 牛乳.

Sugar, \daung/ 糖.

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