VOCABULARY
- To crow, di 啼.
- To offend, tuh-°dzoe 得罪.
- To hide oneself, ben°-°loong 背攏.
- To hide a thing, khaung°-°loong 囥攏, or khaung° 囥.
- To gain or make a profit, dzan° 賺.
- Profits in business, dzan°-deu 賺頭.
- To lose in business, zeh 折, zeh-theh 折脫, zeh-°pung 折本.
- To congratulate a person, koong-°hyi 恭喜.
- To become rich, fah-dze 發財.
- To lock, °soo 鎖.
- To bar or bolt the door, sen 閂.
- The bar, or bolt of the door, sak 栅.
- To plant, tsoong° 種.
- To examine carefully, dzo 查, or dzo-°khau 查考.
- To examine a class, °khau-su 考書.
- To fall, tih 跌.
- To save, kyeu° 救.
- To stop, ding 停.
- Stop a minute, ding-ih-ding 停一停.
- Garden, hwo-yoen 花園.
- College, su-yoen° 書院.
- University, da°-‘auh 大學.
- A lock, ih °po °soo 一把鑕.
- A key, ih °po yak-dz 一把鑰匙.
- A creek or canal, ih diau pang 一條浜.
- A two story house, ih zoo° leu 一座樓, or leu-vaung 褸房.
Dzung (層) is the classifier for a story of a house or for anything like a ladder.
- A three-storied house, san dzung leu 三層樓.
- A ladder, ih dzung voo-thi 一層扶梯.
Dzaung° (幢) is the classifier denoting things piled one on top of the other.
- A pile of clothes, ih dzaung° i-zaung 一幢衣裳.
Da° (埭) is the classifier for rows of things.
- A row of trees, ih da° zu 一埭樹.
- Spring (the first of the seasons), tshung 春.
- Summer, ‘au° 夏.
- Autumn, tshieu 秋.
- Winter, toong 冬.
- A season, kyi° 季.
- The four seasons, s°-kyi° 四季.
- Politeness, khak-chi° 客氣.
- Happiness, fok-chi° 福氣.
- Slippery, wah 滑.
- Hard, ngang° 硬.
- Soft, °nyoen 軟.
- Smooth, kwaung 光.
- Rough, mau 毛.
- Good (moral), °zen 善.
- Wicked, auh 惡.
- Fierce, hyoong 凶.
- Precious, °pau-pe° 寶貝.
- Clear, tshing 清.
- Muddy, wung 渾.
- Level, bing 平.
- Light (opposite of dark), liang° 亮.
- Dark, en° 暗.
- At last (in the end), tau°-°ti 到底.