ENGLISH-PHÖ VOCABULARY.

English.	Phö.
Able, to be	Pang; Hang; Ku-i
About to	Nung
Above	Keh vai
According to	Sai
Account (bill)	Hang
Add, to—to	Lai
Advantage	Liang
Affair	Shih
Again	Niang
Ago, a moment	Fa
Air	Poung
All	Tou
Alley	Ka
Allow	Hsüeh
Also	Nung; niang
Ancestor	Kau
Animals	Tieh ‘hi
Ankle	Tiu ngêng
Arm	Kou
Armpit	Ka sho
Arrange	Shu
Arrive at	Leh
As	Liu
As well	Niang
Ascend	Chieh
Ashamed	Shi sa
Ask	Tou; Nai
At	Niang hang
Attend to	Kuei
Authorise	Chün
Autumn	Ch’iu
Avoid	Vieh
Back, the	Kou
Bag	Tui
Baggage	‘Hi
Balance, a	Tai
Ball	Poh
Bamboo	Tou ki
Basin	Keh
Be, to	Mai; Tiao; Si
Beans	Tou pang
Beard	Hsieh nieh
Beasts	Tieh ‘hi
Beat, to	Tüeh
„ (the ground)	Pieh
Because	Yi vai
Bed	Ch’u
Bedding	Pang pung
Bee	Keh vah
Beeswax	Chieh
Before (place)	Keh tang
„ (time)	Hsüeh
Beginning, in the	Tang tang
Behave, to	Ta
Behead	Sai
Behind	Keh kai
Belly	Ka chiang
Below	Nga; Keh ta
Bend, a	Kung
Bestow	Hsiang pai
Bid, to	Koh
Bind	Suh
Bitterness	I
Black	‘Hlai
Blow, to	Choh
Blue	Lieh
Boar, wild	Pa ghou
Boat	Niang
Body (person)	Chieh
Boil, to	Hao
Bone	Sung
Book	Tu
Borrow	Hsi
Bowl, a	Ti
Box	Tiang
Brains	‘Hlui
Break, to	T’u
Breast, the	Kang
Breath	Poung
Brick	Hsüeh
Bridge, a	Luh
Bright	Ka
Brightness	Ka
Brisk	Niang ‘hui
Broad	Fieh
Broken	Ni
Broom	Tioh
Broth	Ou
Brother (elder)	Tiah
„ (younger)	Tei uh
Brow, the	Yen tieh
Brush, to	Shua
Buckwheat	Chiu
Buffalo	Niang
Build	Poh
Bundle, a	Kuei
Burn, to	Pieh
Bury	Liang
Bushel	Toh
Busy	Niah
Button	Koh
Button-hole	Niang
Buy	Mai
Cabbage	Go ‘hlou
Cage	Nguh
Call, to	Koh
Camel	Lu; T’u
Cap	Mau
Capital (of a province)	Chieh
Capture	Vi k’a
Care for	Yeou
Carpenter	Hsiang tou
Carpet	Ch’i ta
Carrot	Go pang hsia
Carry, to	Tiang
„ on shoulder	Keh
Cart	Lioh
Cast, to	Yoh
Catty	Chiang
Certainly	A sa.
Chair	Kuei yüeh
„ (Sedan)	Cho
Change, to	Kieh
„ (as water)	Vai
Charcoal	T’ai
Cheap	Chien-i
Chicken	Kei
Child	Ka-tai
Children	Ngang a
Chin	Ka kang
Choose	Tioh
Circumstances	Ch’ing
Clean	Sang niang
Clear	Ka
Close (tight)	Koh
Cloth	Hsi
Clothes	Uh
Clouds	Tang ang
Clutch	Wa
Coal	Mai
Coarse	Sa
Coat	Kua
Coin, a	Pei si
Cold	‘Hui; Si
Collar, a	‘Hlieh
Colour	Ka mai
Comb	Gah
Comb, to	Hsia
Come, to	Ta
Comfortable	‘Hla
Commission, to	Sai
Communicate	Ch’üeh
Company, to bear one	Pai
Complete	Yeh
Conduct	‘Hi
Confused	Nioh
Consequently	Chiu
Constant	Ka ka
Consult	Hsiang
Contain	Chi
Continual	Ka ka
Cool	‘Hui
Copper	Tou
Copy, to	Cha
Correct, to	Kieh
Cotton (raw)	Mêng
„ (fabric)	Hsi
Cover, a	Mo
Cow	Lia
Crack, to	‘Hlah
Crape	Hsiah
Crow, a	Au voh
Cup	O
Curtain	Hsiao
Cut open	P’a
„ (clothes)	Kêng
Cypress	Tou hsiang
Damp	Hsiu
Dark	‘Hui
Daughter	Po a
Day	Vai
Daytime	Fieh
Dear	Kuei
Deceive	‘Hla
Deck (of a boat)	Pi niang
Deep	To
Dense (wood)	Toh
Depressed	Mang ‘hi
Detain	‘Hlia
Die, to	Ta
Difficult	Hsia
Dilly-dally	‘Hliao ta
Dirty	Va
Discuss	Lai
Disease	Mang
Disorder	Lui
Dispense with	Vieh
Disperse	Say
Divide	Fai
Do	Pieh; ai
Dog	Koh
Donkey	Lui
Door	Tiu
Down	Nga
Draw out	‘Hlia
Dreadful	Nia tiu
Dream	Pang
Dream, to	‘Hlieh
Drink, to	Hou
Drum	Li
Dry	Nga
Duck	Kah
Dust	Ka pai
Dust, to	Ma
Dwell	Niang
Dye, to	Tou
Each	Ka
Ear	Ngi
Early	So
Earth	Tah
East	Keh nieh
Eat	Nêng
Egg	Keh
Eight	Ya
Empty	Kung
End	T’i
End, to	Chiu
Enemy	Hsi
Engrave	Tioh
Enough	Ko
Enter	Pou
Envelope	Ku
Err	Sa
Escape, to	Chu
Eternal	Sang sang
Every	Ka
Examine	Cha; kau
Exchange	T’ioh
Expect	Sang nieh
Expend	Fai
Extinguish	Ta
Extreme	Chiang
Eye	Mai
Eyebrow	Keh nang
Face, the	Mai
Far	T’o
Farthest	Chiung
Fast	‘Hi; Hang
Fear, to	Hsi
Feed, to	I
Feel (touch), to	Sang
Felt (fabric)	Hsi
Female	A
Fern	Ho chiang
Fetch	‘Hlioh
Few	Hsiu; Pa
Fight, to	Tüeh
Fine	Moung
Finger	Ta pi
Fir	Tou kei
Fire	T’u
Firewood	T’u
First	Tang tang
Fish	Nieh
Five	Chia
Fix, to	Ting
Flat	P’i
Flesh	Ngi
Float, to	Ch’a
Flour	Pai
Flow, to	‘Hlao
Flower	Pieh
Follow	Hang
Fond of	Ghou
Foolish	Niah
Foot, the	Lao
„ (a measure)	Ch’i
Forest	Ghou
Forget	Tung
Fork, a	Tia.
Four	‘Hlao
Fowl	Kei
Fragments, in	Sai
Frank	Niang ‘hui
Friend	Ka pou
Fruit	Chiang
Full	Pai
Furniture	Chia shih
Gain, to	Hsüeh
Gallop, to	Yeh
Generation	Pai
Get, to	Tao
Girdle, a	Hsioh
Give	Pai
Go away	Moung
„ out	‘Hliu kou
„ towards	Moung
Goat	Li ghou
Gold	Chieh
Gong	Nioh
Good	Ghou
Good-looking	Niang
Goods	Hu
Goose	Ngieh
Granary	Niung
Grandson	‘Hlieh
Grasp, to	Wa
Grass	Niang
Grasshopper	Kou
Grave, a	Pa liang
Gray	Hsiang
Great	‘Hlioh
Green	Nioh
Grief	A shi
Ground, the	Tah
Grow	Lai
Guest	K’a
Hair	Ha ‘hliang
Half	Tang
Hand	Pi
Hang, to	Tioh
„ up	Fi
Hard	Koh
Hare	Lo
Harm, to	‘Ha
Haul, to	Toh
Have	Mai
He	Ngi
Head	Koh
„ of criminal	Fi
Hear	Tang
Heart	‘Hlu
Heavens	Vai
Heavy	Tiung
Heel	Lia
Helm	Tui niang
Here	Ha nung
High	‘Hi
Hold (ship’s)	Niang nung
Hold (in hand), to	Luh
„ (of), to lay	Tieh
„ (of), to clutch	Wa
Home	Chieh
Hope, to	Sang nieh
Horn	Ki
Horse	Ma
Hot	Hsioh
House	Chieh
Hundred	Pa
I	Vai
Idle	Ngai
In	Tiu
Inch	Sai
Inform	Hsieh
Inhabit	Niang
Injure	‘Ha
Injurious	Nia tiu
Ink	Mö
Inn	P’au
Insect	Ai tiou
Inside	Keh tiung
Interest	Liang
Iron	‘Hlou
Jaws	Mang
Join, to	‘Ha
Joint (of body)	Yeh
Jump	Ti; Shu
Kill	Ma
Kind (sort)	Tiu
Kitchen	Kau sao
Kite (bird)	‘Hlieh
Kneecap	Koh chiang
Know	Pang
Lake	Ung
Lamp	Tai
Language	Si
Large	‘Hlioh
Late	Pang
Laugh, to	Tioh
Layer	Lang
Leaf	Nou
Learn	Liu
Leather	Ka li
Leg	Pa
Leisure	K’ung
Lend	T’u
Length (time)	Tah pang
Leopard	Mpieh
Letter	Sai
Lie, to tell a	‘Hli si
Light	Ka
„ (weight)	Fa
„ to	Tiao
Lightning	Li foh
Like	Toh
Lime	Gi ‘hui
Lined	Tang
Lips	Pou lo
Little, a	Nang
Live at, to	Ai
Load (pack)	Tu
Loins	‘Hla
Long	Ta
Lose	Fa; Fieh
Louse	Keh hsiang
Loutish	Niah
Love, to	A
Magpie	Au kah
Make	Ai
Male	Tia
Man	Nai
Many	Nao
Market, a	Hsiang
Mast	Tou niang
Master	Ka
Mat	Tieh
Meat	Ngi
Medicine	Chia
Meet, to	Hui
Mend	P’ai
Method	Hsiang
Milk	Voh
Miserly	K’ei
Miss, to	Fa
Mist	Ngioh
Moist	Li
Monstrous	Lo hsüeh
Month	Tu
Moon	‘Hla
Mountain	Pieh
Mouth	Lo
Move (act), to	Tioh
Mulberry	Chieh
Mule	Luh
Musket	Hsiung
Must	Tao; Sung ou
Nail	Tiang
„ (finger)	Kang pi
Name	Pieh
Narrow	Ngi
Nation	Kuei
Near	Ngeh
Neck	Ka ‘hlieh
Needle	Chiu
New	‘Hi
Niggardly	K’ei
Night	Pang
Nine	Chu
Noon	Tiung tai
North	Pei
Nose	Pao nüeh
Not	A
Note (bank)	P’iao
Numerative of boats	Chao
„ books	Pai
„ carts	Lai
„ clothes	P’ang
„ guns	Ka
„ horses	Tei
„ houses	Say
„ ink	‘Hli
„ lamps	Lai
„ men	Lai
„ pens	Kai
„ stools	Lai
Oak	Tou kau
Oar	‘Hliu niang
Odd (over)	Ka
Office (public)	Ngah
Officer (military)	Kuei lieh
Oil	Tiang
Old (years)	Lu
„ (not new)	Koh
On	Vai
One	Yi
Onion	Gha sung
Open, to	Pu
Or	Hu
Order (in series)	Ka
Ounce	Liang
Outside	Keh kou
Owe (money)	K’eh
Ox	Lia
Place, a	Tuoh
Pack, to	Chi
Pain	Mang
Paint, to	‘Ha
Pair, a	Niu
Pan, cooking	Vi
Paper	Tu
Part	Fai
Pass, to	Tioh
Paste	‘Hnieh
Patch, to	Hsi
Peaceful	Pi
Peas	Vieh chioh
Pen	Chieh
Pheasant	Niung
Picul	Tan
Pig	Pa
Pigeon	Koh ghoa
Pipe (tobacco)	Tiung yeh
Pit, a	Kang
Pity, to	Ch’i kuei
Place, to	‘Hlia
„ a	Tiao
„ in a series	Ka
Plates	P’ieh
Play, to	A chieh
Plough	Kah
Point, a	Ngah
Poor	Hsia
Possessive particle	Pieh
Pot	Chieh
Pour, to	Chia; Liang
Powder	Chia pa
Prepare	Hao
Present, the	Nung
„ to	Pai
Price	Ka
Prohibit	A hsüeh
Prompt	Niang ‘hui
Proud	Au
Province, a	Sai
Pull	‘Hlioh
Pupil	Chu tai
„ of eye	Chiu chi
Pursue	Ngong; T’ou
Put, to	‘Hlia
„ on	Nieh
Queue	Chiao mi
Quick (temper)	‘Hi
„ (speed)	Hang
Quiet	T’ieh
Rage, to be in a	Toh
Rain	Nung
Raise	Sai
Rat	Nieh
Raw	Niu
Rebel, to	Fieh
Receive	Hshou
„ (a guest)	Sei
Reckon	Sui; Ngieh
Recline	Pang
Recognise	Hsiang
Red	Hsiau
Rejoice	Ka ‘hi
Relatives	Hsiu ka
Release, to	Hsiang
Remember	Nieh
Remove	Hsiou
Repair	Hsüeh
Repay	Poh
Repeatedly	Chi chiang
Repose, to	Hui
Represent	Tang
Request, to	Sai; Tou
Resemble	Tung
Respectable	Lah
Return, to	Loh; Tiang
Rice	Ka; Sai
Ride, to	Chieh
Ridge (mountain)	Fai ‘hlong
Right, to be	Ku-i
Ripe	Hsieh
Rise, to	Fa
River	Tiang
Road	Keh
Robber	Tsui; Nieh lei
Room, a	Ch’ung
Root (tree)	Chiung
Round	‘Hlui
Rounds, to go the	‘Ha
Rub, to	Mang
Run, to	Yeh
„ against	Luh
Sad	Mang ‘hi
Salt	Hsieh
Saucers	P’ieh niu
Scatter	Tiang
Scrape, to	Kieh
Sea	‘Hai
See, to	Ngieh
Seek	Hao
Select, to	Tioh
Sell	Mei
Sentence (words)	Ho
Set, a	Pang
Seven	Hsiung
Several	Hao nao
Shallow	Nieh
Shame	Sa
Share	Fai
Shave	T’i
Sheep	Li
Sheet (paper)	Lieh
Shine	Chieh
Shirt	Uh lai
Shoes	‘Ha
Shop	P’au
Short	Lai
Shoulders	Hang chieh
Shut	Suh
Side	Pau; P’i
Sides (body)	Hang
Silk	Hsieh
Silly	Niah
Silver	Ngi
Similar	Toh
Sing	Tiao
Single	Tei; Chiang
Sit	Niang
Six	Tiu
Sleep, to	Pieh ‘hlai
Sleeve	Mu
Slow	A ‘hi
Small	Niu
Snow	‘Hliu
Soft	Mai
Soldier	Lieh
Some	Nao hsiu; Pa
Son	Pu tai
Sound, a	Poh
Soup	Ch’ia
South	Nan
Sovereign	Vang
Sow, to	Tiang
Spacious	Fieh
Sparrow	Nau tioh
Speak	Kang
Spider	Keh gah
Spine, the	Tiu
Spirit, a	Sai
Spoil, to	P’a
Spoon	Tiao kên
Spread	Pou
Spring	Ch’ün
Sprinkle	Tia
Sprouts	I
Staff, a	Pang
Stand up	Hsiu
Stars	Tai kai
Steal	Nieh
Still (quiet)	T’ieh
Stitch	Ngang
Stockings	Wa
Stone, a	Gi
Stool, a	Tang
Storey, upper	Pang
Stove, a	Sao
Straight	Tei
Strange	Lo
Street	Ka
Strength	Go
Strike, to	Tüeh
String (of cash)	Tioh
Strong	Mai¹ go
Study, to	Ngi
Stupid	Chiu niu
Stutterer	La
Subscribe	Chiang
Suddenly	Ngai
Sugar	T’ang
Suitable	Pi-i
Summer	Hsia
Sun	Tai
Surname	Sai
Swallow, to	Kuai
Sweat	Tiang
Sweep, to	Ch’ieh
Swim, to	Ch’a
Table	Tang
Take, to	Tieh
„ off	Ta; ‘Hlüeh
Tea	Chiang
Teach	Chiao
Teacher	Hsiang li
Tell	Hsieh
Temple	Nioh
Ten	Chiu
Tender	Igi
Terrace, a	Tiang
That	Ai; Moung; Tieh
There	Ha moung
They	Ngi tau
Thick	Ta
Thigh	Pa
Thin	Ngieh
Thing	Keh nung keh ai
Think	Niah
This	Nung
Thou	Moung
Thousand	Say
Thousand, ten	Ver
Thread	Foh
Three	Pieh
Throat	Ka kung
Throw, to	Yoh
Thunder, to	Poh foh
Tie up	Chiah
Tiger	Hsioh
Tile, a	Ngai
Time	Shih
Time, a long	La
Tin	Say
Tobacco	Yeh
Together with	‘Ha
Tongue	Ni
Tooth	Mpi
Torn	Ni
Towards	Sang
Trade	Chiang
Treat, to	Ta
Tree	Tou
Trifle	A chieh
Trouble	Goh
Trousers	K’au
True	Tei
Turnip	Go pang ‘hluh
Two	Au
Typhoon	‘Hlioh chiang
Ugly	Hsia ka
Uncap, to	‘Hlüeh
Understand	Tang
Up	Chieh
Up, to get	Fa
Upright	Ta ti
Upset, to	Koh
Urge	Sui
Use, to	Hsia
Vase	To
Vegetables	Ngau
Very	Kuai; Va
Village	Yüeh
Visit, to	Ch’iu
Wadded	Pong
Wait	Tang
Waist	‘Hla
Wall, city	Hao
Want, to	Ou
Warm	Hsioh
Wash	So; Sa
Watch (night)	Kêng
Wave, a	Lang
Wax	La
We	Pieh
Weak	Mai ⁴go
Wear, to	Tou; Tiao
Weigh	‘Hlia
Weight	Tiung fa
Well, a	Mai
Wet	Hsiu
What?	Kai shi
Wheat	Ka mieh
Whence	Kêng hang
White	‘Hluh
Who?	Tê shi
Wild	Ghou
Wind	Chiang
Winding	Koh
Window	Kantlong
Wine	Chu
Winter	Tung
Wish, to	Hang
With	‘Ha; Na
Woman	Mi
Wood, a	Ghou
Wooden	Tou
Wool	‘Hliang li
Words	Li
Worth, to be	Hsi
Wrap, to	Kuei
Write	Sei
Yam	Nah
Year	‘Hniu
Yellow	Fieh
Yesterday	Tai nung
Yet	Niang
You	Moung
You (pl.)	Mieh
Youth	Yi