17.—Ch’iu lai nai lah tiao ch’iu lai nai moung pieh ‘hi a mai kai shi a ghou. Ch’iu lai nai moung lai tao lah tiao ch’iu ngi lai tao ghou ngieh.
18.—Ngi pieh lai chieh poh tao lah tou ch’iu tao.
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 |