- 1⁄10th of an inch, ih fung 一分.
- One inch, ih tshung° 一寸.
- One foot (ten inches in Chinese measure), ih tshak 一尺.
- Tea feet, ih °dzang 一丈.
MEASURE OF AREA
- One square foot, ih faung tshak 一方尺.
- One hundred square feet, ih faung 一方.
- A mow, ih °m 一畝 (one sixth of an acre).
CURRENCY
Until recently, aside from copper cash, the Chinese had no regular system of currency. An ounce of silver was taken as a standard. The following Table is based upon that:—
- An ounce of silver, ih °liang nyung-°ts 一兩銀子.
- (1⁄10th of an ounce, ih dzien 一錢.
- (1⁄10th of a dzien, ih fung 一分.
- (1⁄10th of a fung, ih li 一釐.
- (1⁄10th of a li, ih ‘au 一毫.
VOCABULARY
- To expound, explain, °kaung 講.
- To preach, °kaung-su 講書.
- To exhort, choen° 勸, choen°-mien 勸勉, choen°-‘oo 勸和.
- To gather, as fruit or flowers, °tshe 採.
- To boil zah 煠, (used in regard to water), or °kwung 滾.
- To weigh, tshung 稱.
- To measure, liang 量, or °ien 演.
- To carry in arms like a child, °bau 抱.
- To carry a load (one man, with load suspended on two ends of a bamboo), thiau 挑.
- To carry a load (load suspended on a bamboo pole between two men), kaung 扛.
- To carry a load on the back, pe° 背.
- To carry a load on the shoulder, jien 掮.
- To carry a load in one hand, ling 拎.
- A tiger, ih tsak °lau-°hoo 一隻老虎.
- A dish, ih tsak dzang bung-°ts 一隻長盆子.
- A saucer, ih tsak dzo bung-°ts 一隻茶盆子.
- A wine glass, ih tsak °tsieu pe 一隻酒杯.
- A cooking stove, ih tsak thih-tsau° (foreign), 一隻鐵灶, tsau°-deu (Chinese), 灶頭.
- Gold, kyung-°ts 金子.
- Silver, nyung-°ts 銀子.
- Iron, thih 鐵.
- Tin, sih 錫.
- Brass, doong 銅.
- Lead, khan 鉛.
- A railroad carriage, ih boo °hoo-tsho 一部火車.
- A steam boat, ih tsak °hoo-lung-zen 一隻火輪船.
- A pair of spectacles, ih foo° °ngan-kyung° 一副眼鏡.
- A set of tools or instruments, ih foo° ka-sang 一副傢生.
- A cannon, ih tsung phau° 一尊炮.
- Cotton, hwo 花.
- Cotton stalks, hwo-ji 花萁.
- Cotton (already ginned), mien-hwo 棉花.
- A plant of wheat, ih khoo mak 一棵麥.
- A plant of rice, ih khoo dau° 一棵稻.
- Vegetables, tshe° 菜.
- Dishes of vegetables and meat placed on the table for meals, °siau-tshe° 小菜.
- A shoulder, ih tsak kyien ka 一隻肩胛.
- A bag, ih tsak de 一隻袋.
- Back, pe° 背.
- A field, ih khwe° dien 一塊田.
- Soil, mud, lan°-nyi 爛泥.
- Poor man, joong-nyung 窮人.
- Rich man, dze-°tsu-nyung 財主人.
°Kwhung (梱) is the classifier denoting bundles of things.
- A bundle of fuel, ih °kwhung za 一梱柴, ih °kwung dau-za 一梱稻柴.
- Still, yet, dzung-jeu° 仍舊.
- Among, taung-tsoong 當中.
- All (collective), zen 全.