VOCABULARY
- Every place or everywhere, kauh tshu° 各處, or kauh-tau°-lauh-tshu° 各到落處.
- Of course, z°-zen 自然.
- Afterwards, hereafter, °‘eu-°seu 後首, °‘eu-le 後來, or °i-°‘eu 以後.
- Until, dzuk-tau° 直到; wait until, °tung-tau° 等到.
- Daily, nyih nyih 日日, or nyih-dzok 日逐.
- About, iak-kwe 約親, or iak-tsak 約酌.
- About the same (not much difference), tsho-’veh-too 差吥多.
- Secretly, ‘en°-‘en°-°li 暗暗裏.
- True, tsung 眞.
- False, °ka 假.
- Secure, °‘wung-taung° 穩當.
- A long time, dzang-°yoen 長遠, dzang-°yoen-tse 長遠哉, or ta-z-tse 多時哉.
Phih (疋) is the classifier denoting whole pieces of dry goods.
- A piece of cloth, ih phih poo° 一疋布.
- A piece of shirting, ih phih yang poo° 一疋洋布.
- A piece of silk, ih phih dzeu 一疋綢.
- A piece of satin, ih phih doen°-°ts 一疋緞子.
- Grass, °tshau 草.
- Vegetation in general, hwo-°tshau-zu°-mok 花草樹木.
- Coal, me 煤.
- To add, ka 加.
- To add a little, ka-°thien 加點.
- Honest, lau-zeh 老實.
- A piece of land, ih kwhe° di°-bi 一塊地皮.
- A piece of stone, ih kwhe° zak-deu 一塊石頭.
- To pawn, taung° 當, or taung°-theh 當脫.
- To mortgage, ah 押, or ah-theh 押脫.
- To change a dollar into cash, de° 兌.
- A ten cent piece, ih kauh 一角.
- One cent, ih fung 一分.
- Twenty cents, °liang kauh 兩角, si° khe 四開.
- A half a dollar, pen° kwhe° yang-dien 半塊洋錢.
- Small money, °siau kauh-°ts 小角子, or °siau yang-dien 小洋錢.
- Change, °tsau-deu 找頭.
- Ricksha coolie, tsho-foo 車夫.
- A great many, kyau-kwan 交關.