VOCABULARY

To expound, explain, °kaung 講.
To preach, °kaung-su 講書.
To exhort, choen° 勸, choen°-mien 勸勉, choen°-‘oo 勸和.
To gather, as fruit or flowers, °tshe 採.
To boil zah 煠, (used in regard to water), or °kwung 滾.
To weigh, tshung 稱.
To measure, liang 量, or °ien 演.
To carry in arms like a child, °bau 抱.
To carry a load (one man, with load suspended on two ends of a bamboo), thiau 挑.
To carry a load (load suspended on a bamboo pole between two men), kaung 扛.
To carry a load on the back, pe° 背.
To carry a load on the shoulder, jien 掮.
To carry a load in one hand, ling 拎.
A tiger, ih tsak °lau-°hoo 一隻老虎.
A dish, ih tsak dzang bung-°ts 一隻長盆子.
A saucer, ih tsak dzo bung-°ts 一隻茶盆子.
A wine glass, ih tsak °tsieu pe 一隻酒杯.
A cooking stove, ih tsak thih-tsau° (foreign), 一隻鐵灶, tsau°-deu (Chinese), 灶頭.
Gold, kyung-°ts 金子.
Silver, nyung-°ts 銀子.
Iron, thih 鐵.
Tin, sih 錫.
Brass, doong 銅.
Lead, khan 鉛.
A railroad carriage, ih boo °hoo-tsho 一部火車.
A steam boat, ih tsak °hoo-lung-zen 一隻火輪船.
A pair of spectacles, ih foo° °ngan-kyung° 一副眼鏡.
A set of tools or instruments, ih foo° ka-sang 一副傢生.
A cannon, ih tsung phau° 一尊炮.
Cotton, hwo 花.
Cotton stalks, hwo-ji 花萁.
Cotton (already ginned), mien-hwo 棉花.
A plant of wheat, ih khoo mak 一棵麥.
A plant of rice, ih khoo dau° 一棵稻.
Vegetables, tshe° 菜.
Dishes of vegetables and meat placed on the table for meals, °siau-tshe° 小菜.
A shoulder, ih tsak kyien ka 一隻肩胛.
A bag, ih tsak de 一隻袋.
Back, pe° 背.
A field, ih khwe° dien 一塊田.
Soil, mud, lan°-nyi 爛泥.
Poor man, joong-nyung 窮人.
Rich man, dze-°tsu-nyung 財主人.

°Kwhung (梱) is the classifier denoting bundles of things.

A bundle of fuel, ih °kwhung za 一梱柴, ih °kwung dau-za 一梱稻柴.
Still, yet, dzung-jeu° 仍舊.
Among, taung-tsoong 當中.
All (collective), zen 全.