VOCABULARY

To love, e° 愛.
To love reciprocally, siang-e° 相愛.
To injure, ‘e° 害.
To be injured, °zeu-‘e° 受害.
To begin, °chi 起.
A beginning, °chi-deu 起頭, or khe-dzang 開塲.
To repair, sieu 修, or seu-tsauh 收作.
Repairs, sieu-°li 修理.
To take hold of, to grasp, nyah 揑.
To receive or accept, °zeu 受.
To suffer, °zeu-°khoo 受苦, or °zeu-nan° 受難.
To hand, to deliver in person, dzeu° 授.
To save, be economical, °sang 省, or tsoo° nyung-ka 做人家.
To save time, °sang koong-foo 省功夫.
To waste, to be extravagant, saung 傷.
To seal officially, or to seal an envelope; to deify; to exalt to a high station, foong 封.
To rely upon, to entrust, khau° 靠, khau°-thauh 靠托, or thauh 托.
A battery or a fort, ih kuh phau°-de 一個礮台.
A deer, ih tsak lok 一隻鹿.
To hunt, °tang-lih 打獵.
A hare, ih tsak thoo°-°ts 一隻兔子.
A fox, ih tsak ‘oo-li 一隻狐狸.
A wolf, ih tsak za-laung 一隻豺狼.
A squirrel, ih tsak soong-°su 一隻松鼠.
A weasel, ih tsak waung-laung 一隻黄狼.
A pheasant, ih tsak °ya-kyi 一隻野鷄.
A goose, ih tsak ngoo 一隻鵝.
A set of dice, ih foo° deu°-°ts 一副骰子.
To gamble with cash, °too doong-dien 賭銅錢.
To gamble with dice, zak deu°-°ts 擲骰子.
A set of dominoes, ih foo° ba 一副牌.
To gamble with dominoes, teu° ba 鬭牌.
Again, tse° 再.
Medicine, yak 藥.
Tobacco, ien 烟.
A gun, ih °kwen yang-tshiang 一桿洋槍.
Powder, °hoo-yak 火藥. Lit Fiery medicine.
Tide flowing out, lauh-°s 落水.
Tide coming in, tsang°-°s 漲水.
Firmly, lau 牢.
As, ziang 像.
All (collective), thok 秃.