WORDS COMBINED.
1.—To owe bills. To borrow money. To lend money. To owe money.
2.—A bill or an account. 3.—To spend. 4.—Value. Cost.
5.—Of very small value. Not dear. Cheap. 6.—Silver money. Copper money. Iron coin. Bank notes. 7.—An ounce of silver. A thousand cash. A 4000 cash note.
8.—This is light; that is heavy. Weigh it in the balance if you do not know its weight.
9.—He owes different people a good deal of money.
10.—The expression vai hsi pei si means that I get other people’s money for my own use. Vai tu pei si means that I let other people have my money for their use.
11.—His debts do not amount to less than one thousand ounces of silver.
12.—Hsia fai means to expend money. Our daily expenditure is not very large.
13.—He loves to spend money. He is fond of spending money. He spends too much money.
14.—That is not a dear house. The price asked for this fur coat is very small. That flower vase is worth nothing. Cotton is very low this year.
15.—He has not a cash to live on.
16.—Seven-tenths of these ten-cash pieces are copper, and three-tenths iron.
17.—A piao is a paper note on which is written the number of cash it is worth (lit., its buying value). It is the same as coin.
18.—Gold is heavier than silver. Iron is lighter than silver.
19.—If one wants to weigh things that one is buying, one must use the balance.
20.—What weight are these balances equal to weighing? The largest will weigh 300 catties.
1.—Hsioh hang. Hsi pei si. Tu pei si. K’eh pei si.
2.—Hang. 3.—Hsia fai. 4.—Hsi ka. Ka pei si.
5.—Chien-i kuai. A kuei. Chien-i. 6.—Pei si ngi. Pei si tou. Pei si ‘hlou. Piao. 7.—Yi liang ngi. Yi tioh pei si. ‘Hlao tioh pei si piao.
8.—Lai nung fa, lai moung tiung. A pang tiung fa ta tieh tai ‘hlia i ‘hlia.
9.—Ngi hsioh nai pieh hang a hsiu.
10.—Vai hsi pei si tiao vai ta toh nai pieh pei si vai hsia. Vai tu pei si tiao nai tiao ta vai pieh pei si ta tiao nai hsia.
11.—Ngi hsioh hang a ngah yi say liang ngi.
12.—Hsia fai tiao ta pei si hsia chiu yeh. Pieh pieh tiu chieh tai tai hsia fai a nao kuai.
13.—Ngi ā hsia pei si. Ngi ghou hsia pei si. Ngi ku yüeh hsia pei si nao.
14.—Lai chieh moung ka pei si a kuei. Yi p’ang nung ka ‘hliang kua ka pei si chien-i kuai. Lai pieh to moung a hsi pei si. ‘Hniu nung mêng sang chien-i kuai.
15.—Ngi tiu chieh yi lai pei si tou a mai.
16.—Lai pei si ‘hlioh moung tang chiu lai pei si niu keh tiung mai hsiung fai tou pieh fai ‘hlou.
17.—Piao tiao yi lieh tu keh vai si pei si suh mai keh tiung keh ai. Pei si ngi piao si chiang tioh.
18.—Chieh pi ngi tiung. ‘Hlou pi ngi fa.
19.—Mai keh tiung keh ai ou ‘hlia tiung fa sung ou hsia tai.
20.—Au pieh ti tai ku i ‘hlia hao nao chiang liang. Tou ‘hlioh ku i ‘hlia pieh pa chiang.