\A/
\Ah/, 押, to mortgage.
\Ah/, 鴨, a duck.
\Ah-koo/, 阿哥, an older brother.
\Ah-theh/, 押脫, to mortgage.
\Ah-°tsi/, 阿姐, an older sister.
\An°/, 晏, late.
\‘Ang-°li/, 行李, baggage.
\An°-hyih-we°/, 晏歇會, good-by.
\Au°-°lau/, 懊佬, to regret.
\Auh/, 惡, wicked.
\Auh-tshauh/, 齷齪, dirty.
\‘A-°ts/, 鞋子, shoes.
\°‘A/, 亦 or 也, also.
\°‘A-°li/, 那裏, which.
\°‘A-°z/, 亦是, also.
\‘Ah/, 狹, narrow.
\‘Ah-°ts/, 盒子, a small box.
\‘An/, 鹹, salt (adj.).
\‘Au/, 毫, 1⁄10 of a li (in currency).
\‘Au-sau°/, 豪燥, quickly.
\°‘Au/, 下, down.
\°‘Au-deu/, 下頭, below.
\°‘Au-kuh-nyoeh/, 下個月, next month.
\°‘Au-le/, 下來, to come down.
\°‘Au-nyoeh/, 下月, next month.
\°‘Au-pen°-nyien/, 下半年, last half of year.
\°‘Au-pen°-nyih/, 下半日, afternoon.
\°‘Au-pen°-nyoeh/, 下半月, last half month.
\°‘An-pen°-ya°/, 下半夜, last half night.
\°Au-°ti/, 下底, below.
\°Au-°ti-deu/, 下底頭, below.
\°‘Au-zen/, 下船, to go on board a ship.
\‘Au°/, 夏, summer.
\‘Auh/, 學, to learn.
\‘Auh-daung/, 下堂, school.
\‘Auh-sang-°ts/, 學生子, a scholar, a pupil.
\‘Aung-dzing/, 行情, price.
\B/
\Ba/, 排, to arrange in order.
\°Ba-tse/, 罷哉, (after verb), gives force of completed action.
\°Ba-’veh-tuh/, 罷弗得, indispensable.
\Bak/, 白, white.
\Bak-bak-°li/, 白白裏, useless, in vain.
\Bak-me/, 白煤, hard coal.
\Bak-wo°/, 白話, to converse.
\Ban/, 爿, a classifier for shops.
\Ban°/, 𨂝, to crawl.
\Ban°/, 辦, to direct, to attend to a matter.
\Bang-°yeu/, 朋友, a friend.
\Bang°/, 碰, to strike against.
\Bang°-dzak/, 捧着, to meet.
\Bau/, 跑, to run.
\Bau-le-bau-chi°/, 跑來跑去, to run about.
\°Bau/, 抱, to carry in the arms.
\Bau°/, 刨, a plane.
\Baung-pien/, 旁邊, by the side of.
\°Baung/, 棒, a cane, a stick.
\Be/, 陪, to accompany, to stay with a person.
\Beh-siang°/, 孛相, to play, to take recreation.
\Ben°/, 伴, to hide.
\Ben°-°loong/, 伴攏, to hide oneself.
\Bi-zau°/, 皮皂, soap.
\°Bi-deu/, 被頭, a quilt, a blanket.
\°Bien-°ts/, 辮子, a queue.
\Bien°-taung°/, 便當, convenient.
\Bih/, 別, other.
\Bih-deu/, 鼻頭, the nose.
\Bing/, 瓶, a bottle.
\Bing/, 平, level.
\Bing-foong/, 屏風, a screen.
\Bing-°koo/, 蘋果, an apple.
\Bo/, 爬, climb.
\Bok/, 薄, thin.
\Boo°/, 步, classifier of carriages.
\Boo°/, 部, classifier for sets of books.
\Boo-sah/, 菩薩, a Buddhist idol.
\°Boo-°ts/, 簿子, a small blank book.
\Boong/, 篷, a sail.
\Boong-dzung/, 塳塵, dust.
\Bung-°ts/, 盆子, a plate.
\C/
\Cheu/, 恘, bad.
\°Chi/, 起, to begin.
\°Chi/, 豈, an interrogative particle.
\°Chi-deu/, 起頭, the beginning.
\°Chi-le/, 起來, to arise; expresses action going on.
\°Chi-lih/, 起立, to stand up, standing.
\Chi°/, 去, to go.
\Chi°-lih/, 氣力, strength.
\Chi°-tse/, 去哉, good-by, gone.
\Choen°/, 勸, to exhort.
\Choen°-°mien/, 勸勉, to exhort.
\Choen°-‘oo/, 勸和, to exhort.
\Chung/, 輕, light (in weight).
\Chung-chung-nung/, 輕輕能, gently.
\Chung-°dzoong/, 輕重, weight.
\Chuh/, 吃, to eat.
\Chuh-°khoo/, 吃苦, to meet with misfortune.
\Chuh-van°/, 吃飯, eat a meal.
\Chuh-van°-de-°ts/, 吃飯檯子, a dining table.
\Chuh-van°-kan/, 吃飯間, a dining room.
\D/
\Da°/, 埭, classifier of rows of things.
\Da°-i-zaung-kuh/, 汏衣裳個, a washerman.
\Da°-ka/, 大家, together.
\Da°-ke°/, 大概, all in general, most.
\Da°-liak/, 大略, for the most part, generally.
\Da°-°s-voo°/, 大司務, the chief cook.
\Da°-tshing-kok/, 大清國, (Former name of) China.
\Dan°/, 蛋, an egg.
\Dan°-°z/, 但是, but.
\Dau-nyung-ts/, 道認之, to suppose; to think.
\Dau-°ts/, 桃子, a peach.
\°Dau-za/, 稻柴, a bundle of fuel.
\°Dau/, 稻, a plant of rice.
\Dau°-°z/, 道士, Taoist priest.
\Daung/, 糖, sugar.
\De-°ts/, 檯子, a table.
\De°/, 兌, to exchange a dollar into cash.
\°De/, 待, to deport oneself, to treat others.
\°De-man°/, 待慢, to treat rudely.
\De°-thi°/, 代替, instead of.
\Deu/, 頭, head, the chief, the first.
\Deu-fah/, 頭髮, hair on the head.
\Deu-°ts/, 骰子, dice.
\Di/, 啼, to crow.
\°Di/, 第, this, the, a series.
\°Di-deu/, 第頭, here.
\°Di-°di/, 弟弟, young brethern.
\°Di-hyoong/, 弟兄, brothers.
\°Di-ih/, 第一, the first.
\°Di-kuh/, 第個, this, these.
\°Di-mien/, 第面, the side, here.
\°Di-yang/, 第樣, this sort.
\Di°/, 地, the earth.
\Di°-faung/, 地方, place.
\Di°-jeu/, 地球, the earth.
\Di°-°li-doo/, 地理圖, a map, a chart.
\Diau/, 條, classifier for long, winding, or limber objects.
\Diau°/, 調, to exchange, to barter.
\Diau°-bi/, 調皮, tricky.
\Dien/, 甜, sweet.
\Dih/, 笛, a flute.
\Dih-’veh-dzu°/, 敵勿住, to unable to oppose.
\Ding/, 停, to stop.
\Ding-ih-ding/, 停一停, stop a minute.
\Doen°-°ts/, 緞子, a piece of satin.
\Dok/, 讀, to read.
\Dok-su/, 讀書, to study.
\Dok-su-nyung/, 讀書人, a scholar.
\Dok-°z/, 獨是, but, only.
\Doo/, 圖, a map, a chart.
\Doo°/, 大, large.
\Doo°-°siau/, 大小, size.
\°Doong/, 桶, classifier for tubes and buckets, a bucket.
\Doong-‘oo/, 銅壺, a copper kettle.
\Doong/, 銅, brass.
\Doong/, 同, with.
\Doong-dien/, 銅錢, a cash.
\°Doong/, 動, lift, to move, to excite.
\°Doong/, 動, to move a thing.
\°Doong-°‘a-’veh-°doong/, 動也勿動, immovable.
\°Doong-°lau-°doong/, 動佬動, loose, unstable.
\°Doong-°seu/, 動手, to commence work.
\°Doong-sung/, 動身, to start (on a journey).
\Dung°/, 鈍, dull.
\Dzan-vaung/, 棧房, a godown.
\Dzan°/, 賺, to gain or make a profit.
\Dzan°-deu/, 賺頭, profit in business.
\Dzang/, 長, long.
\Dzang-bung-°ts/, 長盆子, a dish.
\Dzang-dzang/, 常常, always.
\Dzang-°toen/, 長短, length.
\Dzang-tsaung/, 常莊, always.
\Dzang-°yoen/, 長遠, a long time.
\Dzang-°yoen-tse/, 長遠哉, a long time.
\Dzang-°z/, 常是, sometimes.
\°Dzang/, 丈, ten feet.
\Dzau/, 潮, tide.
\Dzau-°s/, 潮水, tide.
\Dzaung°/, 幢, classifier denoting things piled one on top of the
other.
\Dze-nga°/, 在外, besides, in addition.
\Dzeu/, 綢, silk.
\Dzeu°/, 授, to hand, to deliver in person.
\Dzien/, 錢, 1⁄10 Of an ounce of silver.
\Dzo/, 茶, tea.
\Dzo/, 查, examine carefully.
\Dzo-bung-°ts/, 茶盆子, saucer.
\Dzo-°khau/, 查考, to examine carefully.
\Dzo-kwen°/, 茶館, a tea shop.
\Dzo-‘oo/, 茶壺, a teapot.
\Dzo-yih/, 茶葉, tea leaves.
\Dzoe-bien°/, 隨便, whichever.
\Dzoe-bien°-°kyi-z/, 隨便幾時, whatever time you please.
\Dzoe-bien°-sa°/, 隨便啥, whatever, no matter what.
\Dzoong/, 從, from.
\°Dzoong/, 重, heavy.
\Dzu/, 除, to take off (a hat).
\Dzu-vaung/, 厨房, a kitchen.
\Dzu°/, 住, to live.
\Dzu°-la°/, 住拉, to live.
\Dzuh-tau°/, 直到, until.
\Dzung/, 層, classifier for stories of a house or ladder.
\Dzung/, 城, a city.
\Dzung-jeu°/, 仍舊, still, yet.
\Dzung-koong/, 成功, to complete.
\E/
\E°/, 愛, to love.
\En°/, 暗, dark.
\En°-en°-°li/, 暗暗裏, secretly.
\‘E°/, 害, to injure.
\‘Eh-thien-‘au°/, 合天下, universal.
\‘Eu-°ts/, 兒子, a son.
\‘Eu°/, 候, after.
\°‘Eu/, 厚, thick.
\°‘Eu-bok/, 厚薄, thickness.
\°‘Eu-deu/, 後頭, behind.
\°‘Eu-le/, 後來, afterwards.
\°‘Eu-nyih/, 後日, day after to-morrow.
\°‘Eu-°seu/, 後首, afterwards.
\°‘En-°ti/, 後底, behind.
\°‘Eu-°ti-deu/, 後底頭, behind.
\F/
\Fah-dze/, 發財, to become rich.
\Fah-kok/, 法國, France.
\Fan/, 翻, to turn over.
\Fan-°tsen-le/, 翻轉來, to turn over.
\Faung/, 方, square.
\Faung/, 方, one hundred square feet.
\Faung-tshak/, 方尺, a square foot.
\Faung°/, 放, to place, let go.
\Faung°-‘auh/, 放學, to dismiss school.
\Fi/, 飛, to fly.
\Fi-theh/, 廢脫, to waste.
\Fok/, 幅, classifier for paintings or engravings.
\Fok-chi°/, 福氣, happiness.
\Foo-tshi/, 夫妻, husband and wife.
\°Foo-deu/, 斧頭, an ax.
\Foo°/, 付, to pay.
\Foong/, 封, classifier of letters and sealed parcels.
\Foong/, 風, wind.
\Foong/, 封, to seal officially, to seal, to exalt to a high
position.
\Fung/, 分, a cent.
\Fung/, 分, to separate.
\Fung/, 分, 1⁄10 of an inch, 1⁄10 of a dzien.
\Fung-khe/, 分開, to separate.
\Fung-bih/, 分別, a difference; to distinguish.
\°Fung/, 粉, to plaster.
\°Fung-pih/, 粉壁, to plaster a wall.
\H/
\Han-deu/, 壗頭, place.
\Han°/, 喊, to call.
\°Hau,/ 好, good, very, superlative.
\°Hau-siau°/, 好笑, laughable.
\°Hau-tse/, 好哉, completed action.
\°Hau-tshu°/, 好處, advantage, profit.
\°Hau-°ziang/, 好像, as if, like.
\°Hoo/, 火, fire.
\°Hoo-dzak-tse/, 火着哉, on fire.
\°Hoo-khaung°/, 火炕, a grate.
\°Hoo-loo/, 火爐, a stove.
\°Hoo-lung-tsho/, 火輪車, a railway engine.
\°Hoo-lung-zen/, 火輪船, a steam boat.
\°Hoo-yak/, 火藥, gunpowder.
\Hoo°-suh/, 貨色, merchandize.
\°Hoo-yeu/, 火油, kerosene.
\Hoong/, 烘, to bake.
\Huh/, 黑, black.
\°Hwaung-°tshia/, 况且, moreover.
\Hwe°-ke/, 悔改, to repent.
\°Hwe-paung°/, 毀謗, to slander.
\Hweh-zen/, 忽然, suddenly.
\Hwen-°hyi/, 歡喜, to like, to enjoy.
\Hwo/, 花, a flowering plant.
\Hwo/, 花, cotton, flower.
\Hwo-ji/, 花萁, cotton stalks.
\Hwo-ji-kok/, 花旗國, America.
\Hwo-‘oong/, 花紅, a crab apple.
\Hwo-°ts/, 花子, cotton seed.
\Hwo-°tshau-zu°-mok/, 花草樹木, vegetation in general.
\Hwo-yoen/, 花園, a garden.
\°Hyau-tuh/, 曉得, to know.
\Hyi-ji/, 希奇, to wonder, to be surprised.
\Hyi°-siau°/, 戲笑, to ridicule.
\Hyih/, 歇, to rest.
\Hyih-ih-hyih/, 歇一歇, to wait a little.
\Hyih-khe-le/, 揭開來, to open a box.
\Hyoong/, 凶, fierce.
\Hyoong-°di/, 兄弟, a young brother, brothers.
\°Hyui/, 許, to permit.
\Hyuin/, 燻, to roast (meat).
\I/
\I-deu/, 伊頭, there.
\I-°hau/, 醫好, to heal.
\I-kuh/, 伊個, that, those.
\I-khwe°/, 伊塊, there.
\°I-kyung/, 已經, already.
\I-nyih-°ts/, 伊日子, at that time.
\I°-s°/, 意思, thought, meaning.
\I-sung/, 醫生, a doctor.
\°I-°‘eu/, 以後, afterwards, hereafter.
\°I-ts°/, 以致, so that.
\°I-tuh-koo°/, 以得過, permissible and proper, leading to no
embarrassment.
\I°-’veh-koo°/, 意勿過, unpermission, because very embarrassing.
\I-yoen/, 醫院, hospital.
\I-zaung/, 衣裳, a garment.
\Iak-kwe/, 約親, about.
\Iak-tsak/, 約着, about.
\Iau°/, 要, to want, to wish, will.
\Iau°-°kyung-kuh/, 要緊個, it is important.
\Ien/, 烟, tobacco.
\Ien-me/, 烟煤, soft coal.
\Ien-tshoong/, 烟囱, a chimney.
\°Ien-seu/, 演手, to make motions.
\Ien°-°ts/, 燕子, a swallow.
\Ih/, 一, a, one.
\Ih-dau/, 一淘, together, with.
\Ih-ding°-iau°/, 一定要, must.
\Ih-fung/, 一分, one cent.
\Ih-kauh/, 一角, ten cents.
\Ih-ngan-’veh/, 一顏勿, not at all.
\Ih-pak/, 一百, one hundred.
\Ih-sang-ih-s°/, 一生一世, all one’s life.
\Ih-thaung/, 一[C3], one time.
\Ih-we/, 一回, one time.
\Iuh-tshu°/, 益處, advantage, profit.
\Iui°-°ts/, 椅子, a chair.
\Iung/, 鷹, a hawk.
\Iung-°hyui/, 應許, a promise.
\Iung-ke/, 應該, ought.
\Inng-kok/, 英國, England.
\Iung-we°/, 因爲, because.
\J/
\Jang/, 強, cheap.
\Jang-dau°/, 強盜, a robber.
\Jau/, 橋, a bridge.
\Jau°-foo/, 轎夫, a sedan chair coolie.
\Jau°-don/, 轎班, a sedan chair coolie.
\Jau°-°ts/, 轎子, a sedan chair.
\Jeu/, 求, to pray.
\Jeu°/, 舊, old.
\Jeu°-nyien/, 舊年, the last year.
\Ji/, 旗, a flag.
\Jien/, 掮, carry on the shoulder.
\Jien°/, 件, classifier of garments, baggage and affairs, an affair.
\Juh/, 極, forms superlative degree.
\°Jui/, 跽, to kneel.
\°Jung/, 近, near.
\°Jung/, 近, recently.
\°Jung-z°-°ngan/, 近視眼, near-sighted.
\K/
\Ka/, 街, a street.
\Ka/, 加, to add.
\Ka-°hoo/, 傢伙, furniture.
\Ka-sang/, 傢生, tools, implements.
\Ka-°thien/, 加添, to add.
\°Ka/, 假, false.
\°Ka-seh/, 解說, to explain.
\Ka°/, 鋸, to saw.
\Ka°-dien/, 價錢, price.
\Kah-pih/, 隔壁, next (juxtaposition).
\Kan/, 間, a room.
\Kan-nyih-we°/, 間日會, will see you in a day or two.
\Kau/, 高, high.
\Kau-°ti/, 高底, height.
\Kau°/, 教, to teach.
\Kau°-hwo-°ts/, 教花子, a beggar.
\Kau°-soo°/, 告訴, to tell, to narrate.
\Kau°-z°/, 告示, a proclamation.
\Kauh/, 角, a ten cent piece.
\Kauh/, 各, every.
\Kauh-tau°-lauh-°tshu/, 各到落處, everywhere.
\Kauh-°tshu/, 各處, everywhere.
\Kaung/, 扛, to carry (two men with bamboo pole).
\°Kaung/, 講, to expound, to explain.
\°Kaung-ding°/, 講定, to settle the price.
\°Kaung-su/, 講書, to preach.
\Ke°-ts/, 鋸子, a saw.
\Keh-°lau/, 蓋老, therefore.
\Keh-ts/, 鴿子, a pigeon.
\°Keu/, 狗, a dog.
\Keu°-°z/, 彀是, sufficient, enough.
\Keu-°z-tse/, 彀是哉, sufficient.
\Kha/, 揩, to wipe.
\Kha-mien°-de-°ts/, 揩面檯子, a washstand.
\°Kha-weh/, 快活, happy.
\Kha-chi°/, 客氣, politeness.
\Khak-daung-kan/, 客堂間, a guest room.
\Khak-nyung/, 客人, a guest, a visitor.
\Khan/, 鉛, lead.
\Khan khan/, 纔纔, just now, a little while ago.
\Khan-pih/, 鉛筆, a lead pencil.
\Khau/, 敲, to knock, strike.
\°Khau-°i/, 可以, can, may.
\°Khau-su/, 考書, to examine a class.
\Khau°/, 靠, to rely upon, to trust.
\Khau°-thauh/, 靠託, to rely upon, to trust.
\Khaung°/, 囥, to hide a thing.
\Khaung°-°loong/, 囥攏, to hide a thing.
\Khe/, 開, to open, open, opens.
\Khe-‘auh/, 開學, to open school.
\Khe-dzang/, 開塲, a beginning.
\Khe-koong/, 開工, to commence work.
\Khe-le/, 開來, to open wide.
\Khe nyien/, 開年, next year.
\Khe-°s/, 開水, boiling water.
\Kheh-deu/, 磕頭, to kowtow.
\°Kheu/, 口, classifier of furniture.
\°Kheu/, 口, a mouth.
\Khoen°/, 看, to see.
\Khoen°-°hau/, 看好, to heal.
\Khoen°-kyien°/, 看見, seen.
\Khok/, 哭, to cry.
\Khoo/, 棵, classifier of plants, trees, and flowers.
\°Khoo/, 苦, bitter.
\°Khoo-°nau/, 苦腦, misery.
\Khoo°-°ts/, 褲子, trousers.
\Khoong-pho°/, 恐怕, perhaps.
\°Khung/, 肯, to be willing.
\Koeh/, 割, to cut (with a sharp knife).
\Koeh-°doen/, 割斷, to cut in two.
\Koen/, 乾, dry.
\Koen-mien°/, 乾麵, flour.
\Koen-po-nyung/, 干巴人, a man or two.
\Koen-zing°/, 乾淨, clean.
\°Koen/, 趕, to drive away.
\°Koen-theh/, 趕脫, to drive away.
\Koo/, 鼓, a drum.
\°Koo-z-kan/, 古時間, antiquity, anciently.
\Koo°/, 過, to pass over.
\Koo°-i/, 故意, purposely.
\Koo°-nyien/, 過年, to pass from the old to the new year.
\Koo°-nyih-°ts/, 過日子, some past time.
\Koo°-s°/, 過世, to die.
\Koo°-tse/, 過哉, forms past tense.
\Koong-dien/, 工錢, wages.
\Koong-foo/, 功夫, time, work.
\Koong-°hyi/, 恭喜, to congratulate.
\Koong-laung/, 公郎, a son.
\Koong-°tang/, 攻打, to attack an enemy.
\Koong-°tsoong/, 共總, all.
\Kuh/, 个, or 個, of; sign of the genitive; a general classifier;
a final particle.
\Kung/, 跟, to follow.
\Kung/, 根, a classifier denoting objects long and generally stiff.
\Kung°-ka/, 更加, still more.
\Kwan/, 關, to shut, shut.
\Kwaung/, 光, smooth, bright.
\Kwe-°kyui/, 規矩, custom, propriety.
\°Kwen/, 管, a classifier of tubular things.
\Kwen/, 官, a mandarin, a magistrate.
\Kwen-°foo/, 官府, a mandarin, a magistrate.
\Kwen-wo°/, 官話, mandarin dialect.
\Kwen-ze/, 棺材, a coffin.
\Khwa°/, 快, fast, sharp.
\Khwa°-khwa°/, 快快, quickly.
\Khwa°-tse/, 快哉, about to do a thing.
\Khwan/, 筷, chop-sticks.
\Khwe°/, 塊, a piece, a slice.
\Khweh/, 闊, broad.
\Khweh-‘ah/, 闊狹, breadth.
\Khwen-°‘eu/, 寬厚, to forgive.
\Khwen-yoong/, 寬容, to forgive.
\°Khwung/, 梱, a classifier denoting bundles of things.
\Khwung°/, 睏, to sleep.
\°Kwung/, 滾, to boil.
\°Kwung/, 滾, to roll.
\°Kwung-‘au°-chi°/, 滾下去, to roll.
\Kya-dz/, 家慈, a mother.
\Kya-°moo/, 家母, mother.
\Kya-nyien/, 家嚴, father.
\Kya-°voo/, 家父, father.
\Kyak/, 脚, a foot.
\Kyak-tsih-deu/, 脚指頭, a toe.
\Kyau-kwan/, 交關, a great many.
\Kyau°/, 叫, to call.
\°Kyeu/, 九, nine.
\°Kyeu-seh/, 九十, ninety.
\Kyeu°/, 救, to save.
\Kyi/, 鷄, a fowl.
\Kyi-dan°-kau/, 鷄蛋糕, a sponge cake.
\°Kyi/, 幾, how many?
\°Kyi-hau°/, 幾化, how many
\°Kyi -‘oo/, 幾乎, on the point of.
\°Kyi-z/, 幾時, when?
\Kyi°/, 記, remember.
\Kyi°/, 寄, to send a letter.
\Kyi°/, 季, season.
\Kyi°-‘au°/, 記號, signs or marks.
\Kyi°-tuh/, 記得, to remember.
\Kyi°-zen-zeh-ke/, 既然實該, if that be so.
\Kyoeh-°ts/, 橘子an orange.
\Kyui°/, 貴, dear (in price).
\Kyui° seh-wo°/, 句說話, a sentence.
\Kyung/, 斤, a catty.
\Kyung-loo/, 金鑼, a gong.
\Kyung-nyien/, 今年, this year.
\Kyung-°seu/, 經手, to manage.
\Kyung-°ts/, 金子, gold.
\Kyung-tsau/, 今朝, to-day.
\Kyung°-°ts/, 鏡子, a mirror.
\L/
\La°/, 拉, at, in, on, to, sign of past tense.
\Lah-tsok/, 蠟燭, a candle.
\Lan/, 籃, a basket.
\Lan/, 藍, blue.
\°Lan-°doo/, 懶惰, a lazy.
\°Lan-phok/, 懶怕, lazy.
\°Lang/, 冷, cold.
\°Lang-nyih/, 冷熱, temperature.
\°Lang-siau°/, 冷笑, to ridicule.
\Lau/, 牢, firm.
\°Lau-zeh/, 老實, honest.
\°Lau/, 佬, and.
\°Lau/, 老, old, venerable.
\°Lau-au/, 老鴉, a crow.
\°Lau-dzoong/, 老蟲, a rat.
\°Lau-°hoo/, 老虎, a tiger.
\°Lau-iung/, 老鷹, a hawk.
\°Lau-nyung-ka/, 老人家, a father.
\°Lau-°ts/, 老鼠, a rat.
\Lauh/, 落, to fall.
\Lauh-°s/, 落水, tide going out.
\Lauh-°yui/, 落雨, to rain.
\Laung-deu/, 榔頭, a hammer.
\Laung-tsoong/, 郞中, doctor.
\Laung°/, 上, above, upon (used after a noun).
\Le/, 來, to come.
\Le-chi°/, 來去, going back and forth.
\Le-nyien/, 來年, next year.
\Le-°si/, 來死, used in forming the superlative.
\Le-tuh-ji°/, 來得及, there is time.
\Le-’veh-ji°/, 來勿及, there is not time.
\Le-°’waung/, 來往, intercourse.
\Leh-la°/, 垃拉, there, in, on, sign of past tense.
\Leh-°li/, 垃裏, here, sign of present tense.
\Leu/, 樓, a two-storied house.
\Leu-vaung/, 樓房, a two-storied house.
\Leu/, 漏, to leak.
\Li/, 釐, a li (in currency).
\Li-khe/, 離開, to forsake, desert, depart from.
\°Li/, 里, a Chinese mile.
\°Li/, 裏, in (used after noun).
\°Li-hyang°/, 裏向, in (used after noun).
\°Li-loo°/, 里路, a Chinese mile.
\°Li-pa°/, 禮拜, a week.
\°Li-pa°-daung/, 禮拜堂, a church.
\°Li-pa°-ih/, 禮拜一, Monday.
\°Li-pa°-lok/, 禮拜六, Saturday.
\°Li-pa°-°ng/, 禮拜五, Friday.
\°Li-pa°-nyi°/, 禮拜二, Tuesday.
\°Li-pa°-nyih/, 禮拜日, Sunday.
\°Li-pa°-s°/, 禮拜四, Thursday.
\°Li-pa°-san/, 禮拜三, Wednesday.
\Liang/, 量, to measure.
\°Liang/, 兩, two.
\°Liang/, 兩, an ounce.
\°Liang-kauh/, 兩角, twenty cents.
\°Liang-thaung/, 兩[C3], two times, twice.
\°Liang-we/, 兩回, two times, twice.
\Liang°/, 亮, light (opposite of dark).
\lih/, 立, to stand up.
\Lih-ding°/, 立定, to stand still.
\Lih-ding°-°tsu-i°/, 立定主意, to decide.
\Lih-khuh/, 立刻, instantaneous.
\Ling/, 拎, to carry a load in one hand.
\Ling/, 紉, to sew, to stitch.
\Ling-ih-tsung/, 紉一針, to take a stitch.
\Ling-sak/, 淋濕, to get wet.
\Ling-°so/, 鄰舍, a neighbor.
\°Ling/, 領, to lead.
\Ling°-daung/, 令堂, a mother.
\Ling°-e°/, 令嬡, a daughter.
\Ling°-laung/, 令郞, a son.
\Ling-nga°/, 另外, besides, in addition.
\Ling°-tsung/, 令尊, a father.
\Lok/, 六, six.
\Lok/, 䟿, to get up.
\Lok/, 綠, green.
\Lok/, 鹿, a deer.
\Lok-seh/, 六十, sixty.
\Lok-tsen/, 䃙磚, a brick.
\Loo°/, 路, a road.
\Loong/, 龍, a dragon.
\°Loong-°tsoong/, 攏總, all.
\Loong°/, 弄, to attend to a thing, to make it right.
\Loong°-°hau/, 弄好, to attend to a thing, to make it right.
\Loong°-khe-°hoo-lo/, 弄開火來, to set a house on fire.
\M/
\M-meh/, 無沒, not any.
\M-sa°/, 無啥, not any.
\M-sa°-nyung/, 無啥人, no one.
\°M/, 畝, a mow.
\°Ma/, 買, to buy.
\°Ma-ban°/, 買辦, a compradore.
\°Ma-ma°/, 買賣, business.
\Ma°/, 賣, to sell.
\°’Ma-theh/, 賣脫, to sell.
\Mah/, 襪, socks, stockings.
\Mak/, 麥, a plant of wheat.
\Man°/, 慢, slow.
\Man°/, 萬, ten thousand.
\Man°-chi°/, 慢去, good-by.
\Man°-man°-nung/, 慢慢能, slowly, gently.
\Man°-man°-ts-°tseu/, 慢慢之走, walk slowly.
\’Man/, 蠻, very.
\Mau/, 毛, nearly.
\Mau/, 毛, rough.
\Mau/, 貓, a cat.
\Mau-bing°/, 毛病, illness.
\Mau-san-°li-loo°/, 毛三里路, nearly three miles.
\Mau-tsen/, 毛氈, a carpet.
\Mau°-°ts/, 帽子, a hat, cap.
\Maung°/, 望, to desire, to expect.
\Maung°/, 望, to visit, to pay respects to.
\Maung°-deu/, 望頭, hope.
\Maung°-kyi°/, 忘記, to forget.
\Me/, 煤, coal.
\°’Me/, 每, each.
\°Me-kok/, 美國, America.
\°’Me-nyien/, 每年, every year.
\°’Me-nyoeh/, 每月, every month.
\Me°-me°/, 妹妹, a younger sister.
\Meh/, 末, at last, end, interrogative particle, a negative, a
conditional particle.
\Meh-z°/, 物事, an affair (concrete), a thing.
\Men-deu/, 饅頭, bread.
\°Mi/, 米, rice (bought in shop).
\Miau°/, 廟, a temple.
\Mien-hwo/, 棉花, cotton.
\Mien°/, 面, classifier of flat objects.
\Mien° bung/, 面盆, a washbowl.
\Mien°-°khoong/, 面孔, a face.
\Ming-bak/, 明白, to understand.
\Ming-nyien/, 明年, next year.
\Ming-tsau/, 明朝, to-morrow.
\Ming-vung°/, 名分, duty.
\Mo-tshiak/, 麻雀, a sparrow.
\Mo-tsiang/, 麻[C2], a sparrow.
\°Mo/, 馬, a horse.
\°Mo-deu/, 碼頭, a jetty.
\°Mo-foo/, 馬夫, a coachman.
\°Mo-tsho/, 馬車, a carriage.
\Mok/, 摸, to feel, to touch.
\Mok-deu/, 木頭, wood, lumber.
\Mok-ziang/, 木匠, a carpenter.
\Moo/, 磨, to sharpen.
\°Moo-tshing/, 母親, a mother.
\Muh/, 墨, ink.
\Muh-°s/, 墨水, foreign ink.
\Mung/, 門, a door.
\Mung-°kheu/, 門口, doorway.
\Mung-°kheu-deau/, 門口頭, a doorway.
\Mung-°ts/, 蚊子, a mosquito.
\Mung°/, 問, to ask.
\N/
\°Na-nung/, 那能, how.
\°Na-yeu/, 奶油, butter.
\Na°/, 㑚, you, ye.
\Na°-kuh/, 㑚個, your, yours.
\Nan/, 難, difficult.
\Nan-meh/, 難末, then.
\Nan-we-dzing/, 難爲情, to regret, to be placed in an embarrassing
position.
\Nau/, 拿, to take.
\Nau-ehi°/, 拿去, to take away.
\Nau-le/, 拿來, to bring here.
\Nau-theh/, 拿脫, to take off.
\Nen/, 南, south.
\Nen/, 男, male.
\°Ng/, 五, five.
\°Ng-ngan-lok-suh/, 五顔六色, variegated colours.
\°Ng-seh/, 五十, fifty.
\Nga°/, 外, out.
\Nga°-deu/, 外頭, out, outside.
\Nga°-kok/, 外國, foreign.
\Nga°-kok-nyung/, 外國人, a foreigner.
\Ngan-suh/, 顏色, colour.
\°Ngan-kyung°/, 眼鏡, spectacles.
\°Ngan-tsing/, 眼晴, an eye.
\Ngang°/, 硬, hard.
\°Ngau/, 咬, to bite, to bark.
\Nge°-sa°-va°/, 碍啥否, is it important?
\Ngeh-°ts/, 杌子, a stool.
\°Ngeu-zen/, 偶然, by chance.
\Ngoo/, 鵝, a goose.
\Ngoo-kok/, 俄國, Russia.
\Ngoo-kok-nyung/, 俄國人, Russians.
\°Ngoo/, 我, I, me.
\°Ngoo-han-deu/, 我壗頭, my place.
\°Ngoo-kuh/, 我個, mine, my.
\°Ngoo-nyi°/, 我伲, we, us.
\°Ngoo-nyi°-kuh/, 我伲個, ours, our.
\°Noen/, 暖, warm.
\Noen°/, 囡, daughter.
\Noong°/, 儂, thou, thee, you.
\Noong°-kuh/, 儂個, they, thine, yours.
\Nung-keu°/, 能彀, can, may.
\Nung-koen°/, 能幹, ability, power.
\Nyah/, 捻, to take bold of, to grasp.
\Nyan°/, 念 or 廿, twenty.
\Nyan°-kyung/, 念經, perform funeral ceremonies.
\Nyang/, 娘, mother.
\Nyang°/, 讓, to allow.
\Nyau-so°/, 饒赦, to forgive.
\Nyeu/, 牛, a cow.
\Nyeu-°na/, 牛奶, milk.
\°Nyeu-°ts/, 鈕子, a button.
\Nyi/, 呢, interrogative particle.
\°Nyi-kwaung/, 耳光, face (cheek).
\Nyi-koo/, 尼姑, nun.
\Nyi-°s-ziang°/, 泥水匠, a mason.
\Nyi-°ts/, 兒子, a son.
\°Nyi-°too/, 耳朵, the ear.
\Nyi°/, 伲, we, us.
\Nyi°/, 二, two.
\Nyi°-kuh/, 伲個, ours, our.
\Nyi° seh/, 二十, twenty.
\Nyien/, 年, a year.
\Nyien-deu-laung°/, 年頭上, the beginning of the year.
\Nyien-nyien/, 年年, every year.
\Nyien-°ti/, 年底, the end of the year.
\Nyien-tshoo-ih/, 年初一, New Year’s day.
\Nyien-ya°/, 年夜, the end of the year.
\Nyien°-de/, 硯台, a Chinese ink tablet.
\Nyien°-°ts/, 硯子, a Chinese ink tablet.
\Nyih/, 日, a day, the sun.
\Nyih/, 熱, hot.
\Nyih-dzok/, 日昨, daily.
\Nyih-nyih/, 日日, daily.
\Nyih-tsoong°/, 日中, noon, in the middle of the day.
\Nyoeh/, 月, a month, a moon.
\Nyoeh-deu/, 月頭, first part of a month.
\Nyoeh-deu-laung°/, 月頭上, first part of a month.
\Nyoeh-liang°/, 月亮, the moon.
\Nyoeh-nyoeh/, 月月, every month.
\Nyoeh-pen°/, 月半, the middle of the month.
\Nyoeh-°ti/, 月底, the end of a month.
\°Nyoen/, 軟, soft.
\Nyoen-liang°/, 原諒, to forgive.
\Nyok/, 肉, meat.
\°Nyui-nyung/, 女人, a woman.
\Nyung/, 人, man.
\Nyung-’aung/, 銀行, a bank.
\Nyung-deu/, 人頭, a postage stamp.
\Nyung°-tsih/, 迎接, to welcome.
\Nyung-°ts/, 銀子, silver.
\Nyung°-tuh/, 認得, to know a person.
\O/
\Oen-we°/, 安慰, to comfort.
\Ok-°li/, 屋裏, home.
\‘Ok-tse/, 或着, either, or.
\‘Ok-°z/, 或是, either, or.
\‘Oh-hwaung/, 何况, how much more?
\‘Oo-zaung°/, 和尙, a Buddhist priest.
\‘Oo/, 壺, a kettle.
\‘Oo/, 河, river.
\‘Oo-dih/, 蝴蝶, a butterfly.
\‘Oo-li/, 狐狸, a fox.
\‘Oong/, 紅, red.
\P/
\Pa/, 擺, to place.
\Pa°/, 拜, to worship.
\Pa°-khak/, 拜客, to pay a ceremonial visit.
\Pa°-maung°/, 拜望, to visit, to pay respects to.
\Pah/, 八, eight.
\Pah-seh/, 八十, eighty.
\Pak/, 百, a hundred.
\Pak-pak/, 伯伯, father.
\Pak-po/, 百巴, about a hundred.
\Pan/, 班, a class (in school).
\°Pan/, 板, a board.
\Pang/, 浜, a canal, a creek.
\Pau/, 包, a bale, classifier of bales of things.
\°Pau-pe°/, 寶貝, precious.
\°Paung/, 綁, to tie up, to bind with a cord.
\Pe-°ts/, 杯子, a cup.
\Pe°/, 背, to carry on the back.
\Pe°/, 背, to back a book, to recite a lesson.
\Peh/, 撥, to give.
\Peh/, 撥, used to form passive.
\Pen/, 搬, to remove (a residence).
\Pen-dzang/, 搬塲, to remove (a residence).
\Pen°/, 半, half.
\Pan°-kwhe°-yang-dien/, 半塊洋錢, a half of a dollar.
\Pen°-nyien/, 半年, half a year.
\Pen°-ya°-po/, 半夜巴, about midnight.
\Phau°/, 炮, a cannon.
\Phau°-de/, 炮台, a fort, a battery.
\Phi-bing/, 批評, to criticize, criticism.
\Phi-thah/, 批搨, to criticize, criticism.
\Phih/, 劈, to split.
\Phih/, 疋, a classifier of whole pieces of dry goods.
\Phih/, 匹, classifier of horses.
\Pho°/, 怕, ugly.
\Phoo°-ke/, 鋪蓋, bedding.
\°Phoo-thien-‘au°/, 普天下, universal.
\°Pi/, 比, to compare.
\°Pi-faung/, 比方, for instance, an illustration.
\°Pi-ts/, 比之 it to compare.
\°Piau/, 錶, a watch.
\Pien-deu/, 邊頭, by the side of.
\Pih/, 筆, a pen.
\Pih/, 必, certain.
\Pih-ding-iau°/, 必定要, must.
\Pih-koo°/, 不過, only.
\Ping-ting/, 兵丁, a soldier.
\°Ping-°tshia/, 幷且, moreover.
\Po-maung°/, 把望, to desire, to expect, to hope.
\Po/, 巴, about.
\°Po/, 把, classifier of tools and articles grasped in the hand.
\Pok/, 北, north.
\Pok-pien/, 北邊, north.
\Poo-li/, 玻璃, glass.
\Poo-li-pe-°ts/, 玻璃杯子, a tumbler, a glass.
\Poo°/, 布, cloth.
\°Pung/, 本, classifier of books.
\°Pung-di°/, 本地, native.
\°Pung-di°-nyung/, 本地人, a native.
\°Pung-le/, 本來, originally.
\R/
\R-°tshia/, 而且, moreover.
\S/
\°S/, 水, water.
\°S-nyeu/, 水牛, a water buffalo.
\S°/, 使, to cause.
\S°/, 四, four.
\S°-kyi°/, 四季, the four seasons.
\S°-seh/, 四十, forty.
\Sa-doo/, 弛瘏, tired.
\Sa/, 啥, who? what? any? interrogative particle.
\Sa°-‘aung-dzing/, 啥行情, how much is it? what is the price?
\Sa°-di°-faung/, 啥地方, where?
\Sa°-dzang-hau°/, 啥場化, where?
\Sa°-ka°-dien/, 啥價錢, how much is it?
\Sa°-nyung/, 啥人, who?
\°Sa-°‘oo-daung/, 啥戶蕩, where?
\Sah/, 殺, to kill.
\Sah-theh/, 殺脫, to kill.
\Sak/, 閂, the bolt or bar of a door.
\Sak/, 濕, wet.
\San/, 三, three.
\San/, 山, a mountain, a hill.
\San-dzung-leu/, 三層樓, a three-storied house.
\San-seh/, 三十, thirty.
\San-yang/, 山羊, a goat.
\San°/, 傘, an umbrella.
\San°-khe/, 散開, to scatter wide cast.
\San°-sing/, 散心, to relax the mind.
\Sang/, 生, to light (a fire), to beget.
\Sang/, 生, unripe, raw.
\Sang-bing°/, 生病, to become ill.
\Sang-i°/, 生意, business.
\Sang-li/, 生梨, a pear.
\Sang°-yang/, 生養, to beget, to nourish.
\°Sang/, 省, to save, to be economical.
\°Sang-koong-foo/, 省工夫, to save time.
\°Sang-ts/, 省之, lest.
\Sau/, 燒, to burn, to cook.
\Sau-van°-kan/, 燒飯間, a kitchen.
\Sau-van°-kuh/, 燒飯個, a cook.
\°Sau/, 少, few.
\°Sau-°tseu/, 掃箒, a broom.
\Saung/, 雙, classifier for pairs of things.
\Saung/, 傷, to waste, to be exhausted.
\Saung-liang/, 商量, to consult.
\Se°/, 碎, to smash.
\Seh/, 失, to lose, to forfeit.
\Seh/, 刷, to brush.
\Seh-theh/, 失脫, to lose, to forfeit.
\Seh-wo°/, 說話, words.
\Sen/, 閂, to bar or bolt a door.
\Sen°/, 扇, classifier for broad objects.
\Sen°-°ts/, 扇子, a fan.
\Seu/, 收, to collect.
\Seu-diau/, 收條, a receipt.
\Seu-kan/, 收監, to be imprisoned.
\Seu-phiau°/, 收票, a receipt.
\Seu-tsang°/, 收帳, to collect accounts.
\Sen-tsoo/, 收租, to receive payment for a lease.
\°Seu/, 守, to keep, to observe.
\°Seu/, 手, a hand.
\°Seu-kyung/, 手巾, a towel.
\Seu°/, 瘦, thin, lean.
\Si/, 西, west.
\Si-nen/, 西南, southwest.
\Si-pien/, 西邊, west.
\Si-pok/, 西北, northwest.
\°Si/, 死, to die.
\Si-theh/, 死脫, to die.
\Si°-tse°/, 西崽, a table boy.
\°Sia/, 寫, to write.
\°Sia-z°-de/, 寫字檯, an office desk.
\°Sia-z°-de-°ts/, 寫字檯子, an office desk.
\°Sia-z°-kan/, 寫字間, an office.
\Siang/, 箱, classifier for boxes of things.
\Siang-e°/, 相愛, to love reciprocally.
\Siang-lien/, 相連, to be connected together.
\Siang-mo°/, 想駡, to quarrel.
\Siang-paung/, 相幫, to help one another.
\Siang-sing°/, 相信, to believe.
\Siang-°tang/, 相打, to fight one another.
\Siang-°ts/, 箱子, a trunk, a large box.
\°Siang/, 想, to think.
\°Siang-’veh-tau°/, 想勿到, inconceivable.
\°Siau/, 小, small.
\°Siau-kauh-°ts/, 小角子, small money.
\°Siau-noen/, 小囝, a child.
\°Siau-sing/, 小心, to take care.
\°Siau-tsho/, 小車, wheelbarrow.
\°Siau-tshe°/, 小菜, vegetables, dishes of food on table.
\°Siau-tsia/, 小姐, an unmarried woman.
\°Siau-yang-dien/, 小洋錢, small money.
\Siau°/, 笑, to laugh.
\Siau°-sah-tse/, 笑殺哉, very laughable.
\Sien/, 先, first.
\Sien-sang/, 先生, a teacher.
\Sieu/, 修, to repair.
\Sieu-°li/, 修理, repairs.
\Sieu-tsauh/, 修作, to repair.
\Sih/, 錫, tin.
\Sing/, 新, new.
\Sing/, 心, the heart.
\Sing/, 星, a star.
\Sing-foong°/, 薪俸, salary.
\Sing-nyien/, 新年, the new year.
\Sing-sien/, 新鮮, fresh.
\Sing-°soe/, 薪水, salary.
\Sing-vung-°ts/, 新聞紙, a newspaper.
\Sing°/, 信, a letter.
\Sing°-°foong/, 信封, an envelope.
\Sing°-jok/, 信局 post office (foreign).
\Sing°-khauh/, 信殼, an envelope.
\Sing°-ming°/, 性命, a life.
\Sing°-sih/, 信息, news.
\°So-°ng/, 十五, fifteen.
\Soe-°z/, 雖是, although.
\Soe-zen/, 雖然, although.
\Soen°/, 算, to reckon.
\Sok-sieu/, 束修, salary.
\Soo-tseu/, 蘇州, Soochow.
\°Soo/, 鑕, a lock.
\°Soo/, 所, relative pronoun—who, which, what.
\°Soo/, 鎖, to lock.
\°Soo/, 數, to count.
\°Soo-°i/, 所以, therefore.
\Soong-°su/, 松鼠, a squirrel.
\Soong°/, 送, to present, send, to escort a person on the way.
\Su/, 書, a book.
\Su-dzu/, 書厨, a bookcase.
\Su-sing°-°kwen/, 書信管, post office (foreign).
\Su-°tsang/, 輸張, to nurse.
\Su-vaung/, 書房, a study.
\Su-yoen°/, 書院, a college.
\Suh/, 識, to know a Chinese character.
\Suh-i°/, 適意, comfortable.
\Sung/, 深, deep.
\Sung-°thi/, 身體, the body.
\Sung-°tshien/, 深淺, depth.
\T/
\Ta-z-tse/, 多時哉, a long time.
\Ta°/, 戴, to wear (a hat).
\Ta°-chi°/, 帶去, to take away with you.
\Ta°-le/, 帶來, to bring with you.
\Tah/, 搭, with.
\Tah-ts/, 搭之, and.
\Tan/, 擔, to take.
\Tan-°bi/, 單被, a sheet.
\Tan-chi°/, 擔去, to take away.
\Tan-le/, 擔來, to bring here.
\Tan-theh/, 擔脫, to take away.
\Tan°/, 擔, a picul.
\°Tang/, 打, to strike.
\°Tang-ba°/, 打敗, to suffer a defeat.
\°Tang-ba°-tsang°/, 打敗仗, to suffer a defeat.
\°Tang-°bang/, 打棚, to fool with another.
\°Tang-fan/, 打翻, to upset (water).
\°Tang-kwen-s/, 打官司, to prosecute at law.
\°Tang-lah/, 打𦡳, to hunt.
\°Tang-lih/, 打獵, to hunt.
\°Tang-pan°/, 打扮, to dress in a showy manner.
\°Tang-sah/, 打殺, to kill by a blow.
\°Tang-saung/, 打傷, to wound.
\°Tang-se°/, 打碎, to smash, to break.
\°Tang-soen°/, 打算, to consider.
\°Tang-su/, 打輸, to suffer a defeat.
\°Tang-sung°-tsang°/, 打勝仗, to gain a victory.
\°Tang-thing/, 打聽, to make inquiries.
\°Tang-tsang°/, 打仗, to fight a battle.
\°Tang-wa°/, 打壞, to injure by striking.
\°Tang-yung/, 打臝, to gain a victory.
\Tau/, 刀, knife.
\°Tau/, 倒, on the contrary, on the other hand.
\Tau°/, 到, to, to arrive.
\°Tau-kau°/, 禱告, to offer prayer.
\Taung-tsoong/, 當中, among.
\Taung-sing/, 當心, to take care.
\Taung°/, 當, to pawn.
\Taung°-theh/, 當脫, to pawn.
\Te/, 堆, classifier for piles of things.
\Te°/, 對, classifier of a brace, a pair.
\Te°/, 對, to.
\Teu°-ba/, 鬭牌, to gamble (with dominoes).
\Thah/, 塔, a pagoda.
\Thah-°ping/, 𩝣餅, a biscuit.
\Than-khe-le/, 攤開來, to unroll.
\Than-°tshoong/, 坍寵, shameful.
\Than°/, 炭, charcoal.
\°Thau/, 討, to beg.
\°Thau-nyang-°ts/, 討娘子, to marry a wife.
\°Thau-vah°-kun/, 討飯個, a beggar.
\Thauh/, 託, to rely upon, to entrust.
\Thaung/, 湯, soup.
\°Thaung-s°/, 倘使, if.
\°Thaung-zen/, 倘然, if.
\Thaung°/, 燙, to iron, to burn, to scald.
\The°/, 退, to reject.
\The°-theh/, 退脫, to reject.
\Theh/, 脫, after verb a sign of completed action.
\Theu/, 偷, to steal.
\Theu-ben°-ts/, 偷伴之, secretly.
\Thi°/, 替, instead of.
\Thiau/, 挑, to carry (a load suspended from ends of a pole).
\Thiau°/, 跳, to jump, to leap.
\Thien/, 天, heaven, a day.
\Thien-bing/, 天平, scales.
\Thien-liang°-khwa°/, 天亮快, just before daybreak.
\Thien-°tsu/, 天主, The Heavenly Lord.
\Thih/, 鐵, iron.
\Thih-tsau°/, 鐵竈, a cooking stove (foreign).
\Thih-°tsung/, 貼准, on the point of (doing a thing).
\Thing/, 聼, to hear.
\Thing-kyien°/, 聽見, heard.
\Thoeh/, 脫, to take off.
\Thoeh-theh/, 脫脫, to take off.
\Thok/, 秃, all.
\Thoo°-°ts/, 兔子, a hare.
\Thoong°/, 痛, pain.
\Thuh/, 忒, for (for a person).
\Thuh/, 忒, too (excess).
\°Ti/, 底, low.
\°Ti-°‘au/, 底下, under, beneath.
\Tia-tia/, 爹爹, father.
\°Tiau/, 窵, a bird.
\°Tien/, 點, to point with the hand.
\°Tien/, 點, a small quantity of (after verb).
\°Tien/, 點, to light (a candle).
\°Tien/, 點, sign of comparative degree.
\°Tien-tsoong/, 點鐘, an hour.
\Tien°/, 店, a shop.
\Tih/, 跌, to fall.
\Ting/, 叮, to sting.
\°Ting/, 頂, sign of superlative degree.
\°Toen/, 短, short.
\Too/, 多, many, much.
\Too-hau°/, 多化, many, much.
\Too-°sau/, 多少, quantity.
\Too-°taung-sing/, 多當心, take much care.
\°Too/, 賭, to gamble.
\Toong/, 東, east.
\Toong/, 冬, winter.
\Toong-ka/, 東家, master.
\Toong-nen/, 東南, southeast.
\Toong-pien/, 東邊, east.
\Toong-pok/, 東北, northeast.
\Toong-yang-nyung/, 東洋人, Japanese.
\Toong-yang-tsho/, 東洋車, a ricksha.
\°Toong/, 懂, to understand.
\Ts-loo/, 猪獹, a pig, a hog.
\Ts-°na/, 支那, China.
\°Ts/, 紙, a sheet of paper.
\°Ts-deu/, 紙頭, a sheet of paper.
\°Ts-si°/, 仔細, carefully.
\°Ts-°tien/, 指點, to point (with the hand).
\Tsah/, 扎, to tie (as a small bundle).
\Tsak/, 着, to wear.
\Tsak/, 隻, classifier of animals, birds, bugs, boats, furniture on
legs, etc.
\Tsan/, 斬, to cut (with sword, ax, or heavy knife).
\Tsang/, 張, classifier for sheets of things.
\Tsang/, 賬, an account.
\Tsang°/, 漲, to rise (as the tide).
\Tsang°-°boo/, 賬簿, an account book.
\Tsang°-°s/, 漲水, a rising tide.
\Tsang°-°vaung-kan/, 賬房間, shroff’s room.
\°Tsau/, 早, early.
\°Tsau-deu/, 找頭, change.
\°Tsau-zung-deu/, 早晨頭, early in the morning.
\Tsau°/, 照, according to.
\Tsau°-deu/, 灶頭, a Chinese cooking stove.
\Tsau°-kan/, 灶間, a kitchen.
\Tsau°-°ngoo/, 照我, follow my example.
\Tsau°-°ngoo-khoen°/, 照我看, as it seems to me.
\Tsauh/, 捉, to catch, to seize; to arrest.
\Tsaung/, 樁, piles (as driven in ground).
\Tsaung°/, 壯, fat (person).
\Tse/, 哉, final article denoting completed action.
\Tse°/, 再, again.
\Tse°-we°/, 再會, good-by, an revoir.
\°Tsen-chi°/, 轉去, to return to a place.
\°Tsen-le/, 轉來, to return from a place.
\°Tseu/, 走, to walk.
\Tsh/, 吹 to blow.
\Tsh-°iung/, 吹隱, to blow out, to extinguish.
\Tsh-yaung°/, 吹旺, to blow into a blaze.
\°Tsh-di°/, 此地, here.
\Tsha/, 差, to send (person), to cause.
\°Tsha/, 扯, to hoist (as a sail).
\Tshak°/, 尺, a foot (10 inches).
\Tshau/, 匙, a spoon.
\°Tshau/, 草, grass.
\Tshaung/, 窗, a window.
\°Tshe/, 採, to gather (as fruit).
\Tshe°/, 菜, vegetable.
\Tsheh-chi°/, 出去, to go out.
\Tsheh-ka°/, 出嫁, to marry (a husband).
\Tsheh-kau°-z°/, 出告示, to put forth a proclamation.
\Tsheh-le/, 出來, to come out.
\Tsheh-tien°/, 出店, a coolie.
\Tshen/, 穿, to string (as cash).
\Tshen-°yung-sien°/, 穿引線, to thread a needle.
\Tsheu-deu/, 抽頭, a chest of drawers.
\Tsheu-thi°/, 抽屜, a drawer (of a table).
\Tshi°/, 砌, to build a wall.
\Tshi°-ziang/, 砌牆, to build a wall.
\Tshi°-pih/, 砌壁, to build a partition.
\Tshi°-ka/, 砌街, to mend a path.
\°Tshiang/, 搶, to take by force.
\°Tshiang-doeh/, 搶奪, to take by force.
\Tshien/, 千, a thousand.
\Tshien-kyung/, 千金, a daughter.
\Tshien/, 淺, shallow.
\Tshieu/, 秋, autumn.
\Tshih/, 七, seven.
\Tshih-khe/, 切開, to cut open.
\Tshih-khe-le/, 切開來, to cut open.
\Tshih-seh/, 七十, seventy.
\Tshih-ziang°/, 漆匠, a painter.
\Tshing/, 清, clear.
\Tshing-kyoen°/, 親眷, a relative (family).
\Tshing-°saung/, 清爽, clear, distinct.
\°Tshing/, 請, to invite, please.
\Tsho/, 叉, fork.
\Tsho/, 錯, mistake, not correct.
\Tsho-foo/, 車夫, ricksha coolie.
\Tsho-°ts/, 車子, a wheelbarrow.
\Tsho-’veh-too/, 差勿多, about same, not much difference.
\Tshoo-ih/, 初一, the first day of the month.
\Tshoo-si°/, 粗細, texture.
\Tshoo°-tau/, 銼刀, a file.
\Tshoong-ming/, 聰明, clever, wise.
\Tshui°/, 趣, pretty.
\Tshung/, 春, spring.
\Tshung/, 稱, to weigh.
\Tshung°/, 寸, an inch.
\°Tsi-me/, 姐妹, a younger sister.
\Tsi°/, 左, left.
\Tsi°-°seu/, 左手, left hand.
\Tsia°/, 借, to borrow, to lend.
\Tsiang-iau°/, 將要, about to do a thing.
\Tsien/, 煎, to grill, to broil.
\°Tsien-tau/, 剪刀, scissors.
\°Tsieu/, 酒, wine.
\°Tsieu-pe/, 酒杯, a wine glass.
\°Tsieu-tien°/, 酒店, a wine shop.
\Tsih-deu/, 指頭, a finger.
\°Tsing/, 井, a well.
\Tsing°/, 進, to enter, come in.
\Tsoe°-°hau/, 最好, form of the superlative degree.
\Tsok-deu/, 竹頭, a bamboo stick.
\°Tsoo/, 阻, to hinder, to oppose.
\°Tsoo-taung°/, 阻檔, to hinder, to oppose.
\°Tsoo/, 左, left.
\Tsoo°/, 做, to do, to make, to perform.
\Tsoo°-koong-tuh/, 做功德, to perform funeral ceremonies.
\Tsoo°-nyung-ka/, 做人家, to be economical.
\Tsoong/, 鐘, a bell.
\Tsoong°-dien-nyung/, 種田人, a farmer.
\°Tsoong-iau°/, 總要, must.
\Tsoong-kok/, 中國, China.
\Tsoong-wo/, 中華, China.
\Tsoong-°z/, 總是, it must be.
\°Tsoong-°z-zeh-ke°/, 總是實蓋, it must be so.
\°Tsu/, 主, a lord, master.
\°Tsu-nyung/, 主人, a master.
\Tsuh-tuh/, 只得, only.
\Tsung/, 尊, classifier for idols and cannons.
\Tsung/, 針, needle.
\Tsung/, 眞, true.
\Tsung-da°-zung/, 尊大人, a father (in addressing their father
politely).
\Tsung-tsak/, 斟酌, to consult.
\Tuh/, 得, to get.
\Tuh-°chi/, 得起, after verb expresses ability.
\Tuh-°doong/, 得動, after verb expresses possibility.
\Tuh-°dzoe/, 得罪, to offend.
\Tuh-dzu°/, 得住, worthy, ability.
\Tuh-ji°/, 得及, time to do a thing.
\Tuh-kok/, 德國, Germany.
\Tuk-koo°/, 得過, ability.
\Tuh-kuh/, 得個, (after verb) it is possible.
\Tuh-kyien°/, 得見, possible of seeing.
\Tuh-lauh/, 得落, ability.
\Tuh-le/, 得來, able.
\Tuh-tsheh/, 得出, ability to hear.
\Tung/, 燈, a lamp.
\°Tung/, 等, to wait.
\°Tung-ih-hyih/, 等一歇, wait a little.
\°Tung-ih-°tung/, 等一等, wait a little.
\°Tung-tau°/, 等到, wait until.
\V/
\Va°/, 否, interrogative particle.
\Van-°i/, 凡係, whosoever.
\Van-nan/, 煩難, difficult.
\Van°/, 飯 rice (boiled).
\Vaung-kan/, 房間, a bedroom.
\Vaung-°ts/, 房子, a house.
\’Veh/, 勿, not, no.
\Veh/, 佛, a Buddhist idol.
\’Veh-°ba/, 勿罷, not only.
\’Veh-°ba/, 勿罷, more than.
\’Veh-°chi/, 勿起, after verb expresses inability.
\’Veh-da°/, 勿大, not very.
\’Veh-dan°/, 勿但, not only.
\’Veh-dan°-°z/, 勿但是, not only.
\’Veh-°doong/, 勿動, after verb expresses impossibility.
\’Veh-hau°/, 勿好, bad.
\’Veh-iau°-°kyung/, 勿要緊, not important.
\’Veh-jih/, 勿及, not equal to.
\’Veh-kau-hyung°/, 勿高興, not inclined to do a thing.
\’Veh-koo°/, 勿過, inability.
\’Veh-kyien°/, 勿見, (after verb) impossible.
\’Veh-kyui-sa°/, 勿拘啥, no matter what, whatsoever.
\’Veh-lauh/, 勿落, inability.
\’Veh-le/, 勿來, (after verb) impossible.
\’Veh-lung°-sa°/, 勿論啥, no matter what, whatsoever.
\’Veh-lung°-sa°-nyung/, 勿論啥人, no matter who.
\’Veh-°men/, 勿滿, less than.
\’Veh-nge°-sa°/, 勿碍啥, not important.
\’Veh-pih/, 勿必, it is not necessary.
\’Veh-siau/, 勿消, less than.
\’Veh-te°/, 勿對, mistake, not correct.
\’Veh-too-°kyi-z°/, 勿多幾時, just now, a little while ago.
\’Veh-tsheh/, 勿出, (after verb) impossible.
\’Veh-tuh/, 勿得, (after verb) impossible.
\’Veh-zen-meh/, 勿然末, if not so.
\’Veh-zu/, 勿如, not equal to.
\’Veh-zung/, 勿曾, not yet.
\Vok/, 縛, to tie.
\Vok-lau/, 縛牢, to tie firmly.
\Vok-lau-dzu°/, 縛牢住, to tie firmly.
\Voo-°soo-peh-°dze/, 無所不在, omnipresence.
\Voo-°soo-peh-nung/, 無所不能, omnipotent.
\Voo-°soo-peh-ts°/, 無所不如, omniscient.
\Voo-thi/, 扶梯, a ladder.
\°Voo-tshing/, 父親, father.
\Vung-san/, 墳山, a grave mound.
\W/
\Wa°/, 壞, to spoil.
\Wa°-theh/, 壞脫, to spoil.
\Wah/, 滑, slippery.
\Wak/, 劃, to strike (a match).
\Wan/, 還, besides, in addition.
\Wan/, 還, still, (addition).
\Wan/, 還, to return (a debt).
\Wan-iau°,/ 還要, still.
\Wan-’veh-zung/, 還勿曾, still not yet.
\Waung/, 黃, yellow.
\Waung-hwung-deu/, 黃昏頭, in the evening.
\Waung-hwung-doong/, 黃昏同, in the evening.
\Waung-laung/, 黄狼, a weasel.
\We-deu/, 回頭, to answer.
\We-tah/, 回答, to answer.
\We°/, 會, may, can.
\We°-sa°/, 為啥, why?
\We°-sa°-°lau/, 為啥佬, why?
\We°-ts/, 為之, because.
\Weh/, 活, to live.
\°’Wen/, 碗, a Chinese eating bowl.
\Wen/, 完, to finish.
\Wen-tse/, 完哉, expresses completed action.
\Wen°/, 換, to exchange, to barter.
\Wo°/, 話, to speak.
\Wo°/, 畫, a painting.
\Wo°-deu/, 話頭, words.
\Wo°-°liau/, 話𣩢, to slander.
\Wo°-wa°/, 話壞, to slander.
\°Wung/, 混, muddy.
\°’Wung-taung°/, 穩當, secure, safe.
\Y/
\Ya/, 爺, father.
\Ya-ya/, 爺爺, father.
\°Ya-kyi/, 野雞, a pheasant.
\Ya°/, 夜, night.
\Ya°-deu/, 夜頭, at night.
\Ya°-khwa°/, 夜快, in the evening.
\Ya°-°li/, 夜裏, at night.
\Yak/, 藥, medicine.
\Yak-dz/, 鑰匙, a key.
\Yang/, 羊, a sheep.
\Yang-dien/, 洋錢, a dollar.
\Yang-poo°/, 洋布, shirting.
\Yang-tshiang/, 洋槍, a gun.
\°Yang/, 養, to beget, to nourish.
\Yang°-yang°/, 樣樣, things of every sort.
\Yau-yien/, 謠言, rumour.
\Yeu-phiau/, 郵票, postage stamp.
\Yeu-tsung°-jok/, 郵政局, post office.
\°Yeu/, 有, to have, there is.
\°Yeu-i°/, 有意, purposely.
\°Yeu-kuh/, 有個, some.
\°Yeu-nyung/, 有人, some men.
\Yeu-tse/, 有哉, sufficient, enough.
\°Yeu-tuh/, 有得, is there to be had?
\Yeu°/, 右, right (direction).
\Yeu°-pan-pan/, 右班班, right side.
\Yeu°-pien/, 右邊, right side.
\Yeu°-°seu/, 右手, right hand.
\Yi/, 伊, he, she, it.
\Yien/, 鹽, salt (noun).
\Yi-kuh/, 伊個, his, hers, its.
\Yi-la°/, 伊拉, they.
\Yi-la°-kuh/, 伊拉個, their, theirs.
\Yien°-°dze/, 現在, now.
\Yoeh-ka/, 越加, still more.
\Yoeh-°tsau-yoeh-°hau/, 越早越好, the earlier the better.
\Yoen/, 圓, round.
\°Yoen-°jung/, 遠近, distance.
\Yoong-yi°/, 容易, easy.
\Yoong°/, 用, to use.
\Yoong°-nyung/, 用人, a servant.
\Yoong°-sing/, 用心, to pay attention, to be diligent.
\Yui°-be°/, 預備, to prepare, to provide.
\°Yui/, 雨, rain.
\Z/
\Z-‘eu°/, 時候, time.
\°Z/, 是, to be.
\°Z-mien°/, 市面, a market.
\Z°/, 字, a Chinese character.
\Z°-iung/, 字音, sound of a character.
\Z°-ka/, 自家, self.
\Z°-le-°hoo/, 自來火, a match.
\Z°-ming-tsoong/, 自鳴鐘, a clock.
\Z°-°thi/, 事體, an affair.
\Z°-zen/, 自然, of course.
\Za/, 柴, fuel.
\Za-laung/, 豺狼, a wolf.
\Zah/, 煠, boil.
\Zak/, 若, if.
\Zak-deu/, 石頭, a stone.
\Zak-deu-°ts/, 擲骰子, to gamble (with dice).
\Zak-s°/, 若是, if.
\Zak-zen/, 若然, if.
\Zak-ziang°/, 石匠, a stone mason.
\°Zau/, 造, to build.
\Zauh-nyih/, 昨日, yesterday.
\Zaung/, 牀, a bed.
\°Zaung/, 上, up.
\°Zaung-chi°/, 上去, to go up.
\°Zaung-deu/, 上頭, above.
\°Zaung-°he/, 上海, Shanghai.
\°Zaung-°he-°thoo-bak/, 上海土白, Shanghai dialect.
\°Zaung-le/, 上來, to come up.
\°Zaung-pen°-nyien/, 上半年, first half of the year.
\°Zaung-pen-nyih/, 上半日, before noon.
\°Zaung-pen°-nyoeh/, 上半月, first half of the month.
\°Zaung-pen°-ya°/, 上半夜, first half of night.
\°Zaung-san/, 上山, to go up a hill.
\°Zaung-su/, 上書, to take an advanced lesson.
\Ze-voong/, 裁縫, tailor.
\Zeh/, 十, ten.
\Zeh/, 折, to lose (in business).
\Zeh-°dze/, 實在, truly.
\Zeh-ke°/, 實蓋, thus.
\Zeh-ke°-nung/, 實蓋能, thus.
\Zeh-pah-°sang/, 十八省, China.
\Zeh-°pung/, 折本, to lose (in business).
\Zeh-°pung-nyung/, 日本人, Japanese.
\Zeh-theh/, 折脫, to lose (in business).
\Zen/, 全, all (collective).
\Zen/, 船, a boat.
\Zen-r/, 然而, moreover, yet.
\°Zen/, 善, good (moral).
\°Zeu/, 受, to receive, accept.
\°Zeu-‘e°/, 受害, to be injured.
\°Zeu-°khoo/, 受苦, to suffer.
\°Zeu-nan°/, 受難, to suffer.
\°Zeu-saung/, 受傷, to be wounded.
\Zia°/, 謝, to thank.
\Zien/, 前, before.
\Zien-deu/, 前頭, before.
\Zien-kuh-nyoeh/, 前個月, last month.
\Zien-nyih-°ts/, 前日子, day before yesterday.
\Zien-nyoeh/, 前月, last month.
\Zien-°tsen-le/, 旋轉來, to turn around.
\Zieu°/, 就, immediately.
\Zih/, 截, to saw.
\Zing/, 尋, to look for.
\Zing°/, 浄, to wash.
\Zing°-i-zaung-kuh/, 浄衣裳個, a washerman.
\Zing°-yok/, 浄浴, to bathe.
\Zo/, 蛇, a snake.
\Zok/, 熟, ripe, thoroughly cooked, well known, thorough.
\°Zoo/, 坐, to sit.
\Zoo°/, 座, classifier for hills and buildings.
\Zu°/, 樹, a tree.
\Zuh/, 賊, a thief.
\Zung/, 神, God.
\Zung/, 繩, a rope.
\Zung-dau°/, 神道, a Taoist god or idol.
\Zung-kwaung/, 晨光, time.