VOCABULARY
- To present or send, to escort a person on the way, soong° 送.
- To count, °soo 數.
- To reckon, soen° 算.
- To send (a person), tsha 差.
- To send a letter, kyi° 寄.
- To deport oneself, to treat others, °de 待.
- To treat rudely, °de man° 怠慢.
- To keep, observe, °seu 守.
- To knock the head on the ground, to kowtow, kheh-deu 磕頭.
- A loaf, ih kuh men-deu 一個饅頭.
- A stone mason, ih kuh zak-ziang° 一個石匠.
- A hammer, ih kuh laung-deu 一個榔頭, or ih °po 一把.
- A wine shop, ih ban °tsieu tien° 一爿酒店.
Te° (一對) is the classifier denoting a pair or a brace.
- A pair of fowls, ih te° kyi 一對雞.
- A pair of candles, ih te° lah-tsok 一對臘燭.
- A husband and wife, ih te° foo-tshi 一對夫妻.
°Kheu (口) is the classifier for some articles of furniture, and for a well.
- A book case, ih °kheu su-dzu 一口書櫥.
- Convenient, bien°-taung° 便當.
- Clever, wise, tshoong-ming 聰明.
- Propriety, custom, kwe-°kyui 規矩.
- Coffin, ih °kheu kwen-ze 一口棺材.
- Sometimes, dzang-z 常時.
- As if, like, °hau-°ziang 好像.
- To compare, °pi 比.
- An account, tsang° 張.
- Reason, yoen-koo° 緣故.