VOCABULARY
- To arrive, tau° 到.
- To give by hand, peh 撥.
- To buy, °ma 買.
- To speak, wo° 話.
- To burn or cook, sau 燒.
- To learn, ‘auh 學.
- A table boy, ih kuh si°-tse° 一個細崽.
- A horse boy or coachman, ih kuh °mo-foo 一個馬夫.
- A pear, ih tsak sang-li 一隻生梨.
- A peach, ih tsak dau-°ts 一隻桃子.
- A tailor, ih kuh ze-voong 一個裁縫.
- China or Chinese, Tsoong-kok (中國), Lit. Middle Kingdom.
- Shanghai, °Zaung-°he 上海.
Jien° is the classifier denoting garments, pieces of baggage and merchandize, and also an affair.
- A garment, ih jien° i-zaung 一件衣裳.
Saung (雙) is the classifier denoting pairs.
- A pair of shoes, ih saung ‘a-°ts 一雙鞋子.
- A pair of socks or stockings, ih saung mah 一雙襪.
- New, sing 新.
- Old, °jeu 舊, or °lau 老. (Of persons, only °lau is used.) °Lau is old as to time. °Jeu generally means worn out, in bad condition. (°Lau is often used as a title of respect, meaning venerable).