VOCABULARY
- To like, to enjoy, hwen-°hyi 歡喜.
- To play, take recreation, beh-siang° 勃相.
- To converse, bak-wo° or dan-dan 白話, 談談.
- To believe, siang-sing° 相信.
- To fall, lauh 落 (of things) or tih 跌 (of men or animals).
- To stand up, lih 立.
- To get up, lok 䟿.
- To be willing, °khung 肯.
- To back the book, pe° 背
- To think, °siang 想.
- To sleep, kwhung° 睏
- To wipe, kha 揩.
- To fly, fi 飛.
- To reckon, soen° 算.
- To build, °zau 造.
- A stove, ih kuh °hoo-loo 一個火爐, or ih tsak °hoo-loo.
- A rat, ih tsak °lau-°ts 一隻老鼠, or ih tsak °lau dzoong 一隻老蟲.
- A washstand, ih tsak kha-mien°-de-°ts 一隻揩面檯子.
- A temple, ih zoo° miau° 一座廟.
- A window, ih sen° tshaung 一扇窗.
Ban (爿) is the Classifier for firms, shops, etc.
- A tea shop, ih ban dzo-kwen° 一爿茶館.
- A pair of chop-sticks, ih saung kwhan 一雙筷.
- Words, seh-wo° 說話 or wo°-deu or 話頭.
- A sentence, ih kyui° seh-wo° 一句說話.
- Only, pih-koo° 必過, or dok-°z 獨自, or tsuh-tuh 只得.
- Not only, ’veh-dan°-°z 勿但是, or ’veh-dan° 勿但, or ’veh-°ba 勿罷.
- Heavy, °dzoong 重.
- Light (in weight), chung 輕.
- Cheap, jang 強
- Dear (in price), kyui° 貴.
- Happy, kha°-weh 快活.
- Clear or distinct, tshing-°saung 清爽.
- Soochow, Soo-tseu 蘇州.
- Therefore, °soo-°i 所以 or keh-°lau 蓋佬.
- First, sien 先.
- Together ih-dau 一淘, ih-doong 一同.