VOCABULARY.
- To sell, ma° 賣 or ma°-theh 賣脫.
- To see, khoen° 看 or khoen°-kyien° seen 看見.
- To walk, °tseu 走.
- To run, bau 跑.
- To know, °hyau-tuh 曉得.
- To know a person, nyung°-tuh 認得.
- To understand, °toong 懂 or ming-bak 明白.
- A pagoda, ih zoo° thah 一座塔.
- A sedan chair, ih °ting jau°-°ts 一頂轎子.
- A visitor or guest, ih we° khak-nyung 一位客人.
- A doctor, ih we° laung tsoong 一位郞中 or ih we° i-sung 一位醫生.
- A grave mound, ih kuh °vung-san 一個墳山.
- A mouth, ih kuh °kheu 一個口 or ih tsang °ts 一張嘴.
- A doorway, ih kuh mung-°kheu (Mouth of the door) 一個門口 or mung-°kheu-deu 一個門口頭.
- An ear, ih tsak °nyi-°too 一隻耳朵.
- A nose, ih kuh bih-deu 一個鼻頭.
- An eye, ih tsak °ngan-tsing 一隻眼晴.
- A face, ih kuh mien°-khoong 一個面孔.
Boo (部) is the classifier used with carriages, and vehicles on wheels.
- A carriage, ih boo °mo-tsho 一部馬車.
- A ricsha, ih boo toong-yang-tsho 一部東洋車. (Lit. East of the Ocean carriage.) Japan is known as the land East of the Ocean, and ricshas were first used there.
- A wheelbarrow, ih boo tsho-°ts 一部車子 or °siau-tsho 小車.
- Short, °toen 短.
- Long, dzang 長.
- Fast, kwha° 快.
- Slow, man° 慢.
- To-morrow, ming-tsau 明朝.