VOCABULARY

To kneel, °jui 跽.
To forgive, nyau-°so 饒赦, kwhen-°an 寬限, nyoen-liang° 原諒, or kwhen-yoong 寬容.
To comfort, oen-we° 安慰.
To sharpen, moo 磨.
To drive away, °koen 趕, °koen-theh 趕脫.
To criticize, phi-bing 批評, or phi-thah 批搨.
To roll, °kwung 滾, or °kwung ‘au° chi° 滾下去.
To plaster, °fung 粉. To plaster a partition, °fung pih 粉壁.
To string, (as cash), tshen 串.
To thread a needle, tshen °yung-sien° 穿引線.
To slander, wo°-°liau 話料, hwe°-°paung 毀謗, or wo°-wa° 話壞.
To accompany, or stay with a person, be 陪.
To nurse, su-°tsang 輸帳.
To crawl, ban 𨂝.
To climb, bo 爬.
To jump, to leap, thiau° 跳.
To reject, the 推, or the-theh 推脫.
To feel, to touch, mok 摸.
To hoist (as a sail or flag), tsha 扯.
To run, as water, lieu 流.
To turn over, fan 翻, or fan-°tsen-le 翻轉來.
To upset (as water), °tang-fan 打翻.
To turn round, zien 旋, or zien-°tsen-le 旋轉來.
To manage, kyung-°seu 經手.
To pray, jeu 求.
To offer prayer, °tau-kau° 禱告.
To repent, hwe°-°ke 悔改.
To regret, au-lau° 懊憦.
A crow, ih tsak °lau-au 一隻老鴉.
A hawk, ih tsak iung 一隻鷹, or °lau-iung 老鹰.
A butterfly, ih tsak ‘oo-dih 一隻蝴蝶.
A pair of scissors, ih °po °tsien-tau 一把剪刀.
So that, i-ts 以致.
A screen, ih sen° bing-foong 一扇屏風.
A sail, ih sen° boong 一扇篷.
Scales, thien-bing 天秤.
A gong, ih mien° kyung-loo 一面金鑼.
Flour, koen-mien° 乾麵.
Butter, °na-yeu 乳油.
Milk, nyeu-°na 牛乳.
Sugar, daung 糖.