VOCABULARY

To collect, to receive payment, seu 收.
To collect accounts, seu-tsang° 收帳.
To receive payment for a lease, seu-tsoo 收租.
To be imprisoned, seu-kan 收監.
To build a wall, tshi° (砌), or tshi° ziang 砌牆.
To build a partition, tshi° pih 砌壁.
To mend a path, tshi° ka 砌街.
To be wounded, °zeu-saung 受傷.
To prosecute at law, °tang-kwen-s 打官司.
To cut with a sharp knife, koeh 割.
To cut in two, koeh-°doen 割斷.
To cut with sword, or heavy knife or axe, tsan 斬.
To split, phih 劈.
To saw, zih 截 or ka° 解.
To boil, zah 煠.
To grill, to broil, tsien 煎.
To smoke (meat), hyuin 燻.
To bake, hoong 烘.
To sew, to stitch, ling 紉.
To take a stitch, ling-ih tsung 紉一針, (tsung means needle).
To iron, to burn, to scald, thaung° 燙.
To brush, seh 刷.
To rise (as the tide), tsang° 漲.
To fall, lauh 落.
Duty, ming-vung° 名分.
Rumours, yau-yien 謠言.
Receipt, seu-phiau° 收票, or seu-diau 收條.
A bell, tsoong 鐘.
Piles (such as are driven into the ground), tsaung 樁.
Tide, dzau 潮, or dzau-°s 潮水.
A cake, ih kuh kyi dan°-kau 一個個雞蛋糕.
Japanese. Toong-yang-nyung 東洋人, or Zeh-°pung-nyung 日本人.
Pain, thoong° 痛.
Wheat, mak 麥.
Dirty, auh-tshauh 齷齪.
Miserable, khoo-°nau 苦腦.
Russians, Ngoo-kok nyung 俄國人.
A biscuit, ih kuh thah-°ping 一個𩝣餅.
A grate, ih kuh °hoo-khaung 一個火匟.
A sparrow, ih tsak mo-tshiak 一隻麻雀, or mo-tsiang 䳸 [C2].
A swallow, ih tsak ien°-°ts 一隻燕子.
A pigeon, ih tsak keh-°ts 一隻鴿子.
An ax, ih °po °foo-deu 一把斧頭.
A saw, ih °po ke°-°ts 一把鋸子.
A file, ih °po tshoo°-tau 一把銼刀.
A plane, ih tsak bau° 一隻刨.
A quilt or blanket, ih diau °bi-deu 一條被頭.
A sheet, ih diau tan-°bi 一條單被.
Unripe or raw, sang 生.
Ripe, zok 熟. Also used in the sense of being thoroughly cooked.
Shameful, than-tshoong° 坍銃.
Face (cheek), °nyi-kwaung 耳光.
Spread out, than 攤, than-khe 攤開.