VOCABULARY
- Year, nyien 年, or soe° 歲.
- To steal, theu 偷.
- To beg, °thau 討.
- A beggar, °thau-van°-kuh 討飯個. Lit. “To beg rice,” or kau°-hwo°-°ts 告化子.
- To marry a wife, °thau-nyang-°ts 討娘子. Lit. “To beg for a wife.” See note.
- To tie (as a small parcel), tsah 紥.
- To bind with a cord, °paung 綁
- To command, fung-foo° 分付.
- Price, ka°-dien (價錢) or ‘aung-dzing 行情. Most frequently used is the market.
- How much is it, or what is the price? Sa° ka°-dien? 啥價錢 or sa° ‘aung-dzing?
- A soldier, ih kuh ping-ting 一個兵丁.
- A thief, ih kuh zuh 一個賊.
- A robber, ih kuh °jang-°dau 一個強盜.
- A magistrate or mandarin, ih kuh kwen-°foo, or ih kuh kwen 一個官府. ih we° (一位) is often used as the classifier.
- Mandarin dialect, kwen wo° 官話 or kok-nyui° 國語.
- Shanghai dialect, °Zaung-°he °thoo-bak 上海土白.
- A Buddhist priest, ih kuh oo-zaung° 一個和尙.
- A Taoist priest, ih kuh dau°-z 一個道士.
- A nun, ih kuh nyi-koo 一個尼姑.
- Number, soo°-mak 數目.
Tsang (張) is the classifier used for sheets of things.
- A newspaper, ih tsang sing-vung-°ts 一張新聞紙.
- A proclamation, ih tsang kau°-z° 一張告示.
- A sheet of paper, ih tsang °ts-deu 一張紙頭.
Pau (包) is the classifier used for bales of things.
- A bale of merchandize, ih pau hoo°-suh 一包貨色.
Te (堆) is the classifier used for piles of things.
- A pile of timber, ih te mok-deu 一堆木頭.
- A pile of bricks, ih te lok-tsen 一堆䃙磚.
°Kwen (管) is the classifier for tubular things.
- A flute, ih °kwen dih 一管笛.
- A pen, ih °kwen pih 一管筆.
- A pencil, ih °kwen khan-pih 一管鉛筆.
- Green, lok 綠.
- Red, ‘oong 紅.
- Blue, lan 藍.
- Yellow, waung 黃.
- Black, huh 黑.
- Few, °sau 少.
- Truly, zeh-°dze 實在.
- More than, ’veh °ba 勿罷. More than a hundred men is ’veh °ba ih pak nyung 勿罷一百人.
- Less than, ’veh siau 勿消, or ’veh °men 勿滿.
- A small quantity of, °tien (used after the verb) 點.
- People, pak-sing° 百姓.
- Tea, dzo 茶.
- Tea leaf, dzo-yih 茶葉.
- The whole of a thing, ih tshih 一切.
- A man or two, koen-°po-nyung 干把人.
- About (used with a number), °po 把.
- About a hundred, pak °po 百把.
- Nearly, mau 毛.
- Nearly three miles, mau san °li-loo° 毛三里路.
- A queue, ih diau °bien-°ts 一條辮子.
- Hair on the head, deu-fah 頭髪.
- News, sing°-sih 信息.
- To take things by force, °tsiang 搶, or °tsiang doeh 搶奪.
- To tie up, °paung 綁, or vok 縳.
- To put forth a proclamation, tsheh kau°-z° 出告示.