I want to buy a small kong.
我要買一隻小缸
Ngoo iau ma ih-tsak siau-kaung.
Buy a ton of soft coal and half a ton of hard coal.
買一噸煙煤咾半噸白煤
Ma ih-tung ien-me lau pen-tung bak-me.
Buy a basket of charcoal.
買一蔞炭
Ma ih-leu than.
Have you bought the firewood?
生火个柴買哉否
Sang-hoo-kuh za ma tse ’va?
[I] want [you] to buy ice.
要買點氷
Iau ma tien ping.
Put this in the ice-box.
第个物事要擺拉氷箱裡
Di-kuh meh-z iau pa la ping-siang li.
[I want you to] clean out the ice-box.
氷箱要弄乾淨
Ping-siang iau loong koen-zing.
The ice-box is leaking; have it mended.
氷箱有漏, 要修好
Ping-siang yeu leu; iau sieu-hau.
Bring some boiling water.
担滾水 (or 開水) 來
Tan kwung-s (or khe-s le.)
Make a bowl of arrowroot.
冲一碗藕粉來
Tsoong ih-’wen ngeu-fung le.