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HANDBOOK
OF THE

SWATOW VERNACULAR,
BY

LIM HIONG SENG,

AN INTERPRETER
IN

THE POLICE COURTS

OF THE

STRAITS

SETTLEMENTS.

SINGAPORE.

L.ji:;S^^p^r5ss-_2_i

SINCflPOR,-PRIKTED AT THE

"KOH YEW HEflN"

PRESS.

1886.

All Rights Resevv<>il.

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PREFACE.
-ooJCJo

work diU'ers in one respect IVoni all other works on Swatow language previously published, us it has beun compiled by one to whom it is a mother ton^jue and who has learned English, instead of by a European who has Iwu-ned Chinese, so
TiiK present
th<>

that it has been pcssiblo to eonline the sentonees .ttridlii to the colloquial form. It is almost impossible for a European to comjiile any such aid so as to be entirely colloquial, because he comnuMicrs his first study of the lani^uage by eiigagiug a Chinese teacher and aciiuires his knowledge of Chinese principally from that class. These teachers are in the habit of importing into their speech a certain number of " bookiah " words, that is, words which are only used in the ^^ritten bmguage, and are never used in the colloquial, and are not therefore understood by the people in general. To accpiire the pure coUoiiuial it is better to stiirl with the early study of the langtuige from another class rather than from a pedant like the teachei- class. Learned men indeed add a few poUte or pedantic phrases, but these are only used on certain occasions and are mere (wiiescences. The chief disadvantage of inserting book words in- phrase books is that the student after discovering that a certain number of words given therein when used are not understood l)y the people, is led to doubt whether some other words used would be understood. Thus the student has to en([uire and ascertain those words which may seem to him doubtful before he rsos them. Readers of the present work will be a,bli^ to use evc'ry

word occurring throughout the whole volume without having any

doubt of
its

being understood.

11.

The following

is

the system of orthography employed.

VOWELS.
a
e
i

as
,,

a
c e.
i

in

,,

far, never as in man. they

inacInne,not^^mtin,
'

mil.

o
ti
,,

<(w

--^i lav;-

w
a
,,

rude
'J^rilhicr

,,

DIPHTHONGS.
In
all

the diphthongs eacli vowel

is

heard

distinctly,
"
'

with

itK

tnvn proper sonnd.

ai

as
,,

;(/

is!

%
coir

au
oi

ouoij

,,
,,

,,

ou nearly
ua. HI

ou
u-a
irci'

boy four
u-ar
irccd

,,

,,
,,

CONSONANTS.
Most
verj^

of the consonants are pronounced as in English, or -*! nearly so.

'

-j

always as in always hard. h always really pronounced, except always as in judge. ^ ng. cub leave the exact nasal sound ng as in s as in never as in always as or fk; never as in and as consonants are pronounced without' the
ch g
cheese.
:

is

^is

^yllen linal.

'

>

kmr/,

off

Jci

will

of

so.i7,

c/(oose, /osf.

'

fZs

,:C((/,

^oiU'.

k, p,

t,

final

'Slightest emission- of vocal breath

a=?

there usually
'^r.

is

in

pronouncing English.

no

IIJ.

Ill

and.

_ng-will. bo found \yvitteii \yitliout any, vowel ,(e. g. ng, m, m) often fblso preceded liy a consonant ( e. gr.sngi
,

lm<:,

"The nature ot'thesj syllables wiLliont a vowel b-conies at once, unmistakable in sii)^',ing-, as at s.uch a vvqrdiill. clear vocal sound, a,t once eeascs'and nothing is h^ar;d but, a, dull aasaj murmur.
kng-)
distinct,
';
,

The Aspirated Coiisonants, are a very ren-^arkable feature ni all thejanguagtis of China, and require very special attention. They ar,e,kh, ph.tli, chh andtsh, 3;lie sounds are the,,Ba(me as those indicated by the same notation,hi the languages Qf, India, being formed by a real distinct ,aspiratioi,i pronounced after the respective .consonants, ,.,....,.... The sound s,, ar.e aln;iost th,e
same as those often used by Irishmen when pronoun.cing w'ith a strong brogue such words as come, pifi, d:a.; they are alpo often .heard in the mouths of the Scottish Highlanders. ,,,
,

"

"kh may
'

be thus described :^ Pronounce ...look }ie,rc! rapidly and clearly, cut off /,r)-and-r,c, and you have the

"ph

Chinese illustrated in a similar manner ;e. be

l<hi."'

"

^^might

g.

say

loo'p-

hoie very rapidly

and

sharply,' cut off

"th

must not be confounded with the English

two ends, and there remains

fi'om the the Chino^o "plio. "

Z.-^o-anrl-Ze
,

iJi,

which

is

really

a simple sound. The Chinese th is a clear distinct t followed by the aspirate. Thus, the Chinese " than" may he carved out of out-house or hot-house. "chh is formed in a similar way from the ch of church. Take such a word as watch-h^use or coach-house, remove the waor coa- from the beginning and the -se from the end, and something very near the Chinese "chhau" remains.* tsh is almost the same as chh, the slight difference it has is that there is not so much sound of h as in chh. oh is not an aspirated consonant as explained above, it is

always pronounced as in

cheese.

* From Dk. Gakstairs Douglas's Dictionary of the Auicy Vernjic^na}:, wnicJi This admirable work has been an dialect is cloEely, allied lo that of bwatow. invaluable assistance to students of the SwatoAV Vernacular.

IV.

A small written above the line at the end of a syllable indicates that the whole syllable becomes nasal.
From
the various dialects in the

Swatow region that

of the

Departmental city known as Ch'ao-chow-foo, ( or Tie-cbiu-lm in this dialect, ) has been chosen, although that of the department of Theng Hai is more extensively spoken in Singapore and perhaps in Swatow also. This work makes no pretence of being more than introductory, and the sentences are such as may be heard from the lips of the natives in every day use, while the little dictionary attached to it will undoubtedly be found For many English words there are several Chinese useful. colloquial equivalents, and in the little dictionary two or more But there are, no doubt, others of these arc frequently given which have been inadvertently omitted, and in case of doubt as to any word which does not appear, the student will have no difficulty in ascertaining whether the word that is omitted is in common use, as he can enquire from any one who speaks the dialect, however uneducated he may be. In conclusion the author has to thank the Eev. J. A.
.

B. Cook for aid in bringing out the work.

LIM HIONG SENG.

Singapore, February, 1880.

COl^TEISTTS.
Introductory, List of Introductory Verbs, ... List of Introductory Adjectives, Nuniernl, ... ToncH, Hyphens, ...

A A

Grammar, ... Time generally,

A Building &c.. Human Body &c..

Household Furniture
Garden,
of Words used in Cooking, Provisions, Fish, Vegetables and Fruit, .On Dress, ... Nautical, ... Medical, &c..

A List

Commercial, Piece-goods, Mineral &c.,

-,,

Miscellaneous Articles,
Cari^entry, Tailoring,

,,

,,

,, ,, ,,

Accounts, Monetary,

A
...

List of

Words used

in C(

Weights and Measures,

Judicial,
Hostilities,

Eeligious, ... Eelation ships, A List of Animals and Birds, A List of Classifiers,

COIHTEI^TS Continued.
esson

Notes Notes Notes

Notei5

Nautical,

.:.'

...

..."

XXVIII

Medical, ... Commercial;

Judicial,
'Religious,
...

..-.

Notes Notes

Hostilities,
'

Dictiond.ry of some of the more impoi-tant.-. words in the Swatow dialect.'

-

INTRODUCTORY.

Lesson

I.

...

I have.

||i,^Lub6

..

...

You

havn't.

^^

tin niai"

...

We
You

don't want.
(plural)

^t^Ninlai

..

...

come.

...

He

won't come.
to go.

^^^I

ai-khu..

...

He wants
Let us go.
I

Oi^^ Nan lai-khu ^:^^ Ua m-khu

;i#
sT
i

...

...

am

not going.

...

Not you.
It is
lie,

...

Lesson
itj;,;^ Chi-ko,

II.
...

chie

Here.
There.

^Hu-k6,
-fsr^ Ti-ko
-foj'H^

hie

...

...

Where

? ?

6<j8f

Tiang-si,
Chi-kai,

ti-si

...

...

When
This.

^^
|fj^'(^

chia

...

Hu-kai, hia
ti-kai

...

That.

fr\|~"f^

|^C|

(g Ti-chek-kai,

...

Which

? ?

6yfi

^M"^^-^^''

^'-'^'^

...

What

LKSSOi\

II.

ISl-^Tso-ni"

...

Lesson

III.

M^&y^^?!
-(^ ftn'jaf

ai-

ti-kai?

..

...

What do jou

nant ?
?

^^

I tso-ni" bo-lai ?

..

. .

Why

clicl

he not come

:;10 j^l^f^

Si in-ui Iso-ni" ?
SI

...

...

For what reason?

Ml-itALu
^C-^P^AM
Ub(S1>[C^
^^R|1S1;^

ti-tiang?
SI

...

. . .

Who

are j'ou ?
is this ?

Chia

ti-tiang-kai ?

...

Whose

Chi-ch-da"-kai m-sl
Hii-

...

These are not tltem.

^Wy.
A-U&,

chua" -kai si--me

Are those tfeem

M^^"T Lu
M^^i^fS
;^ in lit
I^?.

u jieh-tsoi

...

...

How much How many

have

j'ou ?
?

jieb-tsoi

kai?

have you

Si chie"-se

...

It is like this.

...

Not

like that.

-^jpy

^^

I huan-liou

biie-khu

He

hasn't gone yet.

itt-fi^SJ^i^Chi-kai kah hu-kai

This one and that one. This

is

l^l^l

Chia m-sl

not
it.

it.

That

is

^^;#Luiau

You have
...

got

it

too.

^H}MM^^'^^^^ *^"^^ ^^" titko?

V r# To chi-ko kau hu-k6

From where From

to

where?

...

here to there.

^^^Pa-lakbo

Perhaps not.

Lesson

III.

. .

Have you
;

t^^Uabo
^y^^:^-Lu
u-khu me
?
...

...

or have you not did you or did you not I did not. I havn't

? ?

Did you go
No.

^B
fi^^M-^
lS:^5^^i?
Tso-ni"

...

bo-ne

...

...

Why

not ?
I

^""-^^ ""^ ^-^^'}.

^~'

Because
This
is

don't want to go.

ittil^^^'fii^^''^^'

ua-kai...

. .

mine.

:>^1M^

^-sT lu-kai

...

It isn't yours. It is his.

...

ffi^SiS:niltLu-Hi m-sT

chie^-se"

Yours

is

not like

this.

^11 Spoilt ^

^^^

^'^

chie-se

His

is

like this.

Lesson A
Add,

IVVerbs.

List op

Introductory

Lessox

IV.

Ask, (demand.)
Ask, (enquire.)
Bear, (to suffer.)
L'eat,

...

Tho

m
khiii

...

Mng
Nui"

...

...Phah
...

Beg,
Begin,
Believe,
Bite,

Khut,

...KM
...

M
ft

Sin

...Ka

t^
Pi:

Blow, (as wind.)

...Tshue
...

Borrow,
Break,
Bring,

Chieh

ft

...

Phua
Khieh,
tiia

...

Brush,

...Tshoi",
...B6i
...

chhiu

m m
'^

Buy,
Call,

Kie,

ham...

Care,

...

Chie",

kuan-ku

mm

Carry, (between two equal weights.) ... Ta" ...

Carry,

(one weight persons.) ...

by two
...

Kng

*r

Carry, (over the shonlder.) Pi

Lesson

IV.

_ Garry, (with the hand, as Kua a bucket.)

Lbsson

IV.

Dream

10

Lesson

IV.

Hate,

Lou
Thia

Hear,
Hold,
(to take.)

..

,.

Hua,
Sie

kliieh--tia''

Hurt,
Invite,

,.

..

Chhia"

Keep,
Knee],

,.

KhAg
Kui...

,.

Knock,

,.Kha
(as a fact.)
,.

Know, Know,
Last,

Tsai
Pat...

as a person.)

..

,.

Nai

Mi

Laugh,
Learn,
Leave,
(service.)

,.

Chhie

.6h...
.

Hiah
Chieh
Sue...

Lend,
L&t, (a house.)
Lie, (to tell

,.

,.

m
.

an untruth.)

Hue-niou

Lie down,

...

..

To

...

Light, (lamps.)
Live, (reside.)

,.

Tiam
Khia-khi, tiu

..

Jgf

12

Lesson

IV.

Eemember
Eemove,
Eepair,
Eest,
(

It-tit,

ki-tit

mm
13^

iBfi

esidence
.

Pua
Chia"-H
...

Hiah

Eeturn, (h ome.) Eeturn,

ive (g:

..

TAg
H6i
Chhiu, chhit
*pta

back

Eub, Eun,
Save,

Tsau

Kiu
Tshue
Th6i

Search,
See,
Sell,

Boi
le
Soi, jiaag
...

PI

Shake,
Shout,
Shut,
Sit,

Kue
Tso

Sleep,

Ut
Phl

Smell,

Speak,
Spend,

Ta
S6-hui, sai

99

Lesson

IV.

13

Spoil,

14

Lesson

V.

15

555^^ Ua

m-tsai

I don't I don't

know.
beheve you.

^^1^M Ua

m-sin

lii

iiJSfOM/i^'^I^Lii tso-nPm-sin ua

Why don't you believe me ?

Bring

^#!^^ Hii-kai khieh-lai

me
it.

that.

Ufc

^ ^\]^ ^^ H/t ^ M
^-^^

Tshoi"

Brush
. .

Tshoi" -ho khieh-lai

^^'^ ^^^'^

""'^^

After you have brushed it, bring it to me. Is there any of this to be

^^B6i-b6
B4'^^"^i^
i

bought ? There is none to be bought.

Call

lai

him

here.

I oi-tsau...

He

can run.

^"#^7^:^ Ua
^ff.-^Lu

6i-kia", boi ts^u

liah--i

I can. walk, but I cannot

You
oi-tieh
i

run. catch him.

?

M^,##^^Lu ^^^oM^?^^ Ua

liah

me

...

Can you catch him

boi-tsau, liah

boi-tieh. I

can't run, and I can't catch him.

SECTION

II.

:T^ Chi--kai
ai" -ua"

ua

mai

ua

I don't

want

this,

want

a change.
i
...

l^ji,'^

Lii khu-jiou

You go and chase him.

Can't overtake him.

7$^/T^ TS^ Jiou m-tieh

...

li^WCTs.

W^ Lu

tsau chiu-jiou oi-tieh... If you run, you will overtake him.

16

Lesson

V.

Lu

mai" -phien nd
ti-ehek-kai ?

..

Don't joa deceive me.

Lu ai" -siian
Chi--lai

..

Which do
choose ?

j-ou

wish

to

mueh-chheng...

khih

"...

..

Clean

this.

Chi--kai khieh-khu

tsiT

..

Take

this

and cook
?

it.

Lu

hicu-sng

ms

Can you connt

I can't.

Ua m-hiou
Mai -khau
I

..

..

Don't

crj'.

ka -khu

mc
...

..

Does he dare
lie dare not.

to

go

I
I

m-ka

..

boi-chiah
?

..

He

can't eat.
?

Tso-m" boi-chiah

..

Whj' can't he eat

I don't

Ua

m-tsai

...

..

know.

Jip lai

..

Come Go

in.

Tshut--khu

..

out.
?

li?^#^' Lu tbia"

ua 6i-ki"

me

Can you hear me

I can't hear j'ou.

^11^-^ Ua

thiam-ld"

...

..

SECTION

III.

i}ktl>^^

Hiii Jdiieh-pun

ua

...

Get

me

that.

L^sso.v

V.

17

^<jf]g}Ti-kai?

...

..

\Vliat
la this

is it

'/

^ittSicyj^^

sT ehia a m-sT?
...

..

it

^3Cl.iu-sr

..

That
Bring

is it.

..

it

here.

llJ^iyf

Kam-sia

...

..

Thank you.
That
Is

itf

Ho-lo

...

..

will do.
?

'f^&'^li'^'S'I

oi sie--tieh

me?

..

he hurt

1^

Boi
6i si

..

No.
Will he die
I
I ?

i^^^^l 555^.^ WUa

me
i

..

sie"

oi

..

think he

will.

ifisfl^'^.^Ua

thia-ld

khaa

heard him
this

cry.

))tW.^'^M Chi-Ui
^^Khi-lai

khieh-lvhu

khng
...

Take

and keep

it.

^ii^^Km--16h-khu
...

Kneel down.

...

Get up.
Don't laugh.
I don't I

^M
iUAjf Agffi-fcr 1^ Jg/J:

Mai"-chhie
ra-pat
tsai
i
i

...

^ZMt^ Ua
Ua

...

know him.
lives.

to ti-ko khiS,-khi
...

know where he

#:?;#c^i5:
" '

m-tsoh, ai-hiah

He

doesn't want to work,

tell

(but) wants to leave.

3J|^ffiJ'terJ9%^ Lukhukahita",mai-hiah You go and '"'

leave.

him not

to

itttlSfH^

Chi--kai chieh ua
Boi-sai

...

Lend me

this.

'^i^

That won't do.

18

Lesson

V.

J5^

g ti ^^ U^

ka-kl ai" -eng

..

I -want to
I

use

it

myself.

don't understand

how

to

mueh

do
..

this.
tell

Ig^a^^UH

Chhid" lu kah ua ta"

thit-tho
...

Please

me.

515^1^=^ Lai-khu

..

Come

let

us go out to
ourselves.

amuse

^^^S^^iilNan
^lltj^

mai tui-hie kue

Tui-chie kue

,.

Let us not pass by that way. Pass by this way.

Pick that up.

^#;S^i^Hia

toh-khi-lai

...

..

SECTION

IV.
lii
...
..

Utf@'3j|Mchi--kai sang

This

is

presented to you.
it.

iwii'l^ Chhia"

lu siu

..

Please accept

^itXam-sia
jfeSCilt

Thank you.
Put
it

Pang-chie
kah
i

..

here.

^^^ffi^ Mai"
Hit

sie-me"

..

Don't quarrel with him.

^i^ Khu--no

Go away.
Can you read
I can't. ?

^ W"^"" Lu
I

hiou-thak

me

. .

^^M-hiou
JSC-fj&^P^ng
i

..

khu
...

..Let him go.

. .

'^^itf^

m-hau" khu
ki-tit lu

He
I

refuses to go.
yovi

3i5lS#Si Ua

remember

Lesson

V.

19

^iB#^^Lu
98^^Ua

ki-tit

ua

me

...

Do you remember me
I

ai-pna"
?
...

am

going to remove.
are

^^ ^
j^
^j
^J
J

jfij'

J^

Ai" -pua khu ti-ko

Where
I don't

you going to
yet.

^^

remove
Huan-liou bue-tsai
tiang-si chia" -tsai ?
. .

to ?

know

H^ IE

^ Kau

"When

will

you know

il^jfe^'ttSoiw]

^M^CB^f
-^^^j^cJc

Lii na -srai" -pua" chhia" If you are going to remove, " lu kah ua ta please tell me.
I tng-lai a-bue ?

Has he come home

^Bue
lft,1^^jl#Chi--kaikhieh-khuh6i
Rf '^^'S'Lu u tshue me
?
i

He

hasn't.
this,

Take
to

go and return
for it ?

it

him.

Did you search

^^^^^ U.

Ua

tshue bo

jjL^i^l^ Khia--khi-lai

Yes. I searched, but I couldn't find it. Stand up.

Sit

#Tso
^ii!lf!^?5cChhia lu ka ua
.,

down.
teach me, please.
to visit you.

You

He comes
If^Chhian-tan

Just wait please.

^m
llt^otM^Chia
mai, kak-ti6u

Very Well.
This
it

is

not wanted, throw

^^^ Ua

away.

boi-sia

I can't write.

20

Lkssox

VI.

Lesson
A
Active,

VI.

List op Introductory Adjectives.

Lesson

VI.

21

Cheap,
Clear, (of water.)
Clear, (of iiffairs.)
...

Phi"

Chheng
Meng, meng-peh
Gau, kliiang
,.

m m^
am

Clever,
Close, (iKjt aii-y.)
...

Hip
Tshou
Chhin, ngan

Coarse,
Cold,

Comfortable,
ConfLiEed,
...

Khua -uah

Zu
Uan

Crooked,

Crowded,

...

Tsat

Dangerous,
Dark, Dead,
Dear,

Hong-hiam,

li-hai

Am
Si

ft

Kui

Deep,
Difficult,

Chhim
Oh, kan-khou

Diligent,

Mt
Nah-sap, o-tso

Drv,

Ta

22

Lessox

VI.

Easy
Enough,
False,

..Koi
..

Kau,

la

^ m
(IS

..Ke
..

Par,
Fast, Fat,'
Filthy,

Hng
Me", hiong
Pui
Chhi-gi
.J.

It

..

..

..

Fine, (not coarse.)

..lu'^

'4i

Firm, (steady.)
Flat, (level.)

...

Ngalh
Pe
Chhi
Ts6i
tI

%\

...

Fresh,

...

Front
Full,

...

...

m
.. ..

Funny,
Glad,

...

Tshu-bi

...Hua"-hi
...Ho...
...

Good,
Green,

...Chhe-'
.

Green, (cloth.)

...

Lek
Khiia'' -uah,

w
song-khuai
...

Happy,
Hard,

...

...

-Toi"

'^;^ -^

^t^

Lesson

VI.

23

Heavj'

Tang
Kui"
Seng-sit
...
...

High,
Honest,

Hot, (as water.)

Idle,

Sie

Tua
,

Kind,
Late,
Less,

Ho
Man
Ghie, kiam

m-

Light
Little,

Khin
Lan-16, se-su-kia tiam-kia"

Lively,

Leng-cheng

Long, (not short.)

Long,
(of tiiae.)
. .

Tug
.

Ku
Ke
Tsoi

Low,

Many, much,
Miserable,...

Chhi-tsham

More,
Near,

Ke

Kun
Sin

New,
Nice,

.Ho

24

Lesson

VI.

Old,

Lesson

VI.

Short,
Sick,

Similar,

Sleepy,

Slow,

Small,

Smooth,
Soft,

Some,
Straight,

Strong, (of architecture.)---

Khiang

26

Lesson

VI.

Unripe,

...

Chhe"

PJ

Warm,

...

Zuah

Weak
Wet,
Wet, (thoroughly.)
White,

...

Khun
Tarn

Ml^

...

...

Lok
Peh
Ak, phai
M-tieh, tsho
...

...

fi

Wicked,

...

Wrong,
Yellow,

...

/^#

Ih

...Ng...

LESSON VII
Exercises.
SECTION
I.

ii:f^Si-kan]
.

The world.

^-[;Thi-e|

Thi

..

Heaven.
Earth.

i^Tl

..

\\\ Sua"..

hill,

a mountain.

';^

Hai

..

Sea.

:^?$.Tua-hai

Ocean.

Lesson

VII.

27

28

Lesson

VII.

The The

soil is

not

fertile.

i^^ll

hhiu boi-huat

..

trees do not grow.

falling, and

The leaves are

^'M^M^^ ^^
'^'iSinfio^J:!!?

hai-ki

u tua-chieh;

the trees are withering, >| There are rocks on the seaside;

chieh-pou,
to
si

u sua
...

There are stones, and

is

there.

Alti:.^^
;*r'flH-^ /v;5^ n iMJ> *

Nang

m-ku

sand. Man is not long in the

iv/AM7rtis!I5/\ Ta-pou

^^^ M

...nie"

zu-tsang kue tsu"

Man

is

stronger than
are
cleverer.;

U-kai tsu-nie"

ta-pou"

woman. zu-gau kue Some women than men.

There are

To Ts6u-ke u ke-ke tsu" nie gau kue ta-pou

,

many ladies in

lfA1i:^;A^

Tng-nang kai tsu-nie chiechie pat-ji

England cleverer than men. Very few Chinese ladies

can read.
all read.

"

Vf^Wi'sK K.^^^] l^n-kai tsu-nie" 16ng-ts6ng Our ladies can

m^

pat-ji

SECTION
Jit
...

II.

..

Sun.

J| Gueh

..

Moon.
Stars.

g Chhe ^ Huang
^Hou
...

..

..Wind.
..

Bain.

Lesson

so

Lesson

VII.

^A.pja] Lui-koBg

tan
liou

The thunder

roars.

M^V" ST

lEl Lui-koug nih-mak,

pfej]

The lightning

flashes

first,

chia"-tan
tia-tieh
si

then the thunder roars.

tua
lui-

W/tf :S^ Hou

f^
/'/>
I

The rain

is

sure to be a

heavy one.

Tng-nang kang-kiii

j^ Ai^ti^^^

^^ A^I^
;t J&

the Chinese discuss about the lightning is not correct. Tng-nang chi-kai sum-hiou The Chinese do not understand about this matter. J^' Eng-kok-nang chiu-hiou ... The English understand.
ke-ke sek
"^i'
"^

What

to ^" ^^"^ Kheng ,u

The rainbow has many

colours.
It

^ 6 t^
^J

^^g'

^ l^^' ^
u

has

red, white, blue,

green and yellow.

It

7|- Huan-liou

has some more.

is

It
j}6 aK'^'ftej-i^ -ft

very beautiful.

Nan

s6-u kai sek

si

tshong

The colours which we have, come from the rainbow.

Is
it

high tide or ebb

ebb
tide.

tide ?

.>*.

>B Lau kho

...

It is

'MM M-^'^^^ u ehg me ? /toll^^ ^' ^S ^6i-tua

II^:S^l!^ Huang-thai
si

...

Are there any waves

in
big.

the sea ? Yes, the waves are not

hong-hiam

The typhoon

is

dangerous.

Lesson

VII.

31

SECTION

III,

32

Lksson

VII.

A;i

nAlH'f^'T*) Hoh-ku nan--chie m-pat -u loh-phak te; Jl

'"^
I

For a long time we have not had hail here.

In Winter the poor are
miserable.

^^tmASs
^'^

Tang thi khiou-kia.nang

si

chhi-tsham
li

^IfS Pu--kai-nang

chheng-sie But the rich are warmly

clad.
..

i^t^Ji^-^

Tang--thi chhin-tsai
He--thi" chia-zuah

In Winter

it

is

very
it is

cold.

S^^^ ^^ PS^
If

Bat

in

Summer

hot.
in

Chek-ni" u si-khui

..

There are four seasons a year.

To Ts6u-ke He--thi" bo
hie" -zuah

chie In

England the Summer is not so hot as here.

it is

^^^)'k']}^ f^

Tang--thi zu-chhin chie

...

In Winter

colder than
is

'J^iiiE^*^^^' To

Ts6u-ke chek-iii"
si

In England Spring
best of the year.

the

^S

ii^'

Tshun--thi

siang-ho

^^^J^^ dl
^ -^
I

Tshun-thi kau-lai, tshau long-tsong huat

When

Spring comes, the grass grow.

all

SECTION

Lesson

VII.

88

-|;iC.E-kua

Afternoon.

^^^ Me"
H
>Fj

-hng-kia"

To-night

(early.)

<^^" Ke-me
Jit
...

To-night (rather

late.)

Sun

or day.

Gueh
Jit--kua

Moon

or month.

H^ ^"^

In the day.

Me"--kua
Jit

In the night.

P^
13

ua"

Late in the day. Late in the night.

Midnight.

^0

Jit

am

=j;^ Pua-me"

^W^^
flS-?-^

Sa"-ke" pu.:-me"

Third watch or midnight, (meaning a very late hour at night.)

A^^^
5^/f>,-^

Meng-khi u nang
*^^^ ^ m-tsai ?

lai

a-ho ? Did any body come this

morning

M^53c/f!^ ^^
Ua

Do you know
I don't
I

or not ?

m-tsai.

know.

Jit-tau

ua m-to chie chiah.

^rfj

^'^&^^]

Ua jit-tau

A
M
1"1

ai"-khu khoihnang-chhia"

not going to take dinner here at noon. I am invited out for noon.

am

fl^.TE^^^ Lii tiang-si chii -ai"

tng...

When
I shall

will

vou come back

^^ iEI^^ Me"

"lai?
^

-hng chia"

-tng--lai

not be back until

to-night.

34

Lessox

VII.

pif

^ ~K-^^r X ^ Pa-lak e-kua

^)XtW

ia

m-tsai

...

Perhaps in -the afternoon,

^^'f^A-* ^ Ke-me" i m-tS ^*M:-:&J5;M4ji " * iSi u rt^l" Me" -hng-kia"

ko.
i

4U3*jM. Ua chhia"
fiB^f^

Bhall not be at home to-night. ai-lai ua-- He is coming to my place to-night. ... I have invited him. ...

He

^^^

in

^ *^^ ^ ^^^ I

'^
_^

jieh-tsi5i jit

kang

How many

'/^^fl^'^^'O

^ chek-kai gueh

...

days' work has he done ? He has \Yorked one month.

i^

[BjlTopC ml

^[f^
at3

jit-kua tsoh, me" ia tsoh

-kua

He worked
night.

in the day, and

he also worked in the

tang...

"^"ISIC:;^^

^
1

~
I kai

khang-khue

si

His work
It is

is

very heavy,

M ^^ Jit bue-am... m^^'l B l^# Lii ut-kau jit hie" -ua"

..-

tsai

not yet dark.

slept far into the

You have

-LEtH^
T^

" chia" -tsau-khi

E-jit hi
-

day, before you got up.

M^>, WWl'l
^!j
[S]

m-mo" lit-kau hie" For

^i

ua"
.
.

P Ri^ ^ ^ftli' Jit ^^^ tieh khir-ut

^^J={i^ Jg ^^g Mai" -kau
khu-iit

the fature, you must not sleep. so late hito the,; day.
it is

When
Don't

you must go
-

late at night, to bed.

pua" -me" chia"

let it be midnight before you go to bed.

=-W^^^^^ ^^" khu-khau

'^^^

i"-^^"

"

^^^"

^"'

^" ""*' ^^ ^"^^ * hour at night.

^^'^

SECTION

V.
Early.

J^ Tsa

^-^

Tsa-tsa

Yery

early.

Lessox

VII.

35

Day-break, dawn.
To-day.

4^

{^

Kill," -jit
.

To-morrow.

#B
:^f|P
{J^

Au-jit
.

Day

after to-morrow.

Tiia-au-jit
.

day

later

than above.

Tsa-jit

Yesterday.

Rp^

Tsa-mel.

Last night.

Every day.

#P

Pai-jit

Next year.

i^

^ W^
t^^

Ni-ni"
Pai-ni''

Yearly.
J

Tsong-ku

Always.

?^^ Tsua-tsua
Every
occasion.

Ma -meng-khi
tsa tsau-khi

lu tieh tsa-

"

To-morrow morning, you must get up very early.

M^^ffi'^l H
:

Lum-mo"

R^ Tieh tsa-che "-^

"fe? f

ut-kaujit ua" " chia" -tsau-khi

... ...

You must not

late in the

sleep until

day before you

early.

get up.

You must be

36

Lesson

VIT.

Wi4^i^M

Ta"

lu tieh it-tit

Now, you must remember.

Don't forget.

X pJl^f^-fE M-m6"
i^o^^itWi ^1
-t+fi

m-it-tit

Ho. Ua thi"-kng chiu^i"

tsau-khi
Kia-jit ua m-oi"
-khi chia"
-lai...
...

Very

well.

As soon

as day-

break I
I

will get up.

A.

p 55^i)-3
UJl

am

busy to-day.

^ IE5|^ Ma

Come to-morrow.

H^^l^;"!"] B$ Ma" -khi zuan tiang-si

...

Any time
That

to-mdn'ow.

T o^M ^ Ho-lo, lu ho-khu ^ 4" H It? H ^ P3 Ua kia" thang-jit to ^3^?\^ j Ma" -khi ua m-to M'^Wl'^ Lu min-eng yCifTi ^
fo'
-jit

will do,

you may

go.

lai

am

at

home

all to-day.

I shall

not be at

home

to-

lai

morrow. You need not come.

...

wB^mW^
'^^
\

Au-jit ua chiu tng-lai

I shall be

^-X^X'^^i'^^ Ua f-fUa

back the day to-morrow

after

tsua-tsua lai-kau tshue

On

lu

m-to
tsa-me" ia
lai I

every occasion of coming, I could not

yesterday, and night as well.
is

my
find

you.
tsa-jit lai,

came

last

-^ 1^

^ ;^ ^P^t
\

^ tsong-kii sT chie" -se" I SI tua"

He He

always

like this.

^^''Mfk^Wi

MftAf

ts6-su chhin" tshai tso

,

is idle,

and does

things

carelessly.

WT^0^ Pf^nllti
^ ^il^-j^ ^iL'f^ri M^l
Ijl

-"^^ ^'J^^

m-mo"

chie"-se"

You must

not be
it

like" this

for the future.

Lu

tieh chie" -se"

mueh

Yoa must do

like this.

Tieh

ki-tit, jit-jit tieh

You must remember, and

every day do like
this.

^lH^

'

chie" -se"

Lesson

VIII.

37

^^^^^ "^ ^BfJ^ ^^ ^ Ua me"

XJJi

ni -ni" tieh-tng--khu
-ni" ai"

must go home every year.

go

-tng-kliu

I shall
It will

home

next year.

# g:4r.^^^^)
^^/^^^i

Chek-ni" na"-sTb6-tng--

not do, unless I go

year.

khu chin m-tsd-tit

home once a

S8

40

Lesson

IX.

Lesson
TOXES.

IX.

There are four great classes of tones 1st., Phe"

4th. Jip.

2nd. Siung

3rd.

Ehu

In the Swatow Colloquial, eight separate tones are distinguished

from one another:

1-

-h^

Chie-phe"

as

^
^"
'/^:

tsai,

to

know.

2.

T^
_r.^

E-phe
Siang-sia"

lai,

to covre.

3.

hai, the sea.

4.

5.

6.

^ T^ E-khu ^^
JlA

Chie"-khu

^
y^

chhi, to try.
lau, old:

Khu-sia
Chie"-jip

koi, easy.

7.

^
^

hiah, to stop.
hieh, leaves.

a.

TA

E-jip

INFLECTIONS OP THE TONES.

When

a syllable

is

connected with another by a hyphen, the former loses

its original tone,

and the
first

in the case of the

with other syllables,

There are exceptions though these are connected are not changed, but the rest are thus changed :
latter retains it in full force.

and

sixth tones, which,

The second becomes the sixth. The third becomes ihe fifth. The fourth becomes the third.
Th.& fifth h&cbm.&B ihe fourth.

The The

seveiith

eighth

becomes the eiyhtli. becomes the seventh.

As:

Lesson

IX.

41

1.

l^l

B^

Tiang-Hi, icken,
Ti-ko, where,

read

,,

Tiang-si,
Tl-ko.

2.
3.

6y^ wfm

Hu-ko,

there,

Hu-ko.
Tso-ni".

4. 5.
6.

M^
-UilT

Tso-ni", why,
Sifing-ho, best,

,,

Siang-h6.

-CnP

Chie" -kua, /ore noon,

Sit-16h, to lose,
to

Chie"-kua.
Sit-16h.

7.

"^^

8-

ra-Pra L61i-hou,

rain,

Loh-hou.

HYPHENS.
On this admittedly difficult subject, I transcribe a few remarks from one well qualified to speak having made this a study.
"

syllables
affected
full

The general idea involved in the use of hyphens is to link together those which are so closely connected that the tones of certain of them are
by the connexion.
extent, because in

This principal, however, is not carried out to the cases the words thus influencing one another would be too numerous to link together in this manner. " But it will be observed that there is one ease in which hyphens must always be employed, viz. when two or more syllables form cne word, as

many

chie"-kua, foreaoon,

^^

tsu-chheh,

a book,

^^^

J^^-^

Tai-eng-kok,

England,

{a!^^

iap-iap-sih, twinkling.

Double Hyphen implies that the word preceding it retains its own proper tone in full force, and that the word or words following it are either enclitic or unaccented, and as far as possible deprived of distinctive tonal

"A

character, " as,

i'l

Lesson

X.

j^^'
come,

jip--lai,

come

in,

W^

tshue-tieh, found,

^,^7

liah-tieh-lo, has been caught,

^^^^

^"J"

lai-ll, has

khTt-khi-Iai,

stand up. " The use of hyphens, though most essential, is yet difficult to regulate by " any stringent law, and much must be left to discretion.

Lesson X.
Grammar.
both the singular and the plural.
Sinyiilar.

Substantives and Adjectives are not declined: the same word Pronouns have a plural form.

i-xpresses

it^

f^

j Plural.

555 Ua, I.

H7Co"h

Un

or nan, we.

13 Lu,

thou or you.

^,

Nin, ye or ycu.
or i--nang, they, them.

{^

I,

he, she, it.

Hjo'W y\ In

The distinctions of moods, tenses, numbers and persons are shewn by the additionof certain auxiliary verbs orparticles, as follows:
INDICATIVE

MOOD.

PBESENT TENSE.

^^ Ua
|g

lai

come.
go.

^ Lu khu
ai"

You

-^^ I

He

wants.
don't want.

^>^tJnmai

We
pheng-iu
si
...-

1^-^^MMM Nin ua kai o# A S^r A In or i--nang

SI

You

are

my

friends.

gua-nang

They are

outsiders.

Lesson

X.

43

PAST TENSE.

The inortt common signs of the Past Tense are cheng, and ;|f iTand employed chiefly in asking questions and in giving answers, but seldom when a subject is simply being spoken of, viz.
are

-^J^fJ^I pun ua

He

gave me.
yesterday.

# ^ # Cf H #^^ -^
fl^'

I *sa-jit lai
I tsa-jit I tsa-jit

He came
lai

a-bo

...

Did he come yesterday or

not ?

m-cheng

lai,

or

He

did not

come yesterday,

tsa-jit bo-lai

^^PBW^o^]
U^

^^
ua

*^^"J^*

cheng-lai, or I did

come yesterday.

H :t^

tsa-jit u--lai

PERFECT TENSE.

The chief signs of the Perfect Tense are bue, and "' a-bue.

^^

liou,

chia",

^-

pat,

Liou* (finish) can only be used cannot be used in asking questions, viz.

to

subjects

being spoken

of,

and

.^^y

I lai--lo

He

has come.

^^y
O^ij
*

trn tsai--lo

We
...

have known.
arrived.
'^^^^
it

In kau lo
it is

They have

This word

is

so unaccented, that

always sounded 2o instead of }iou

comes

after

a Double hyphen.

44

Lesson

X.

Chia"

"p

(just)

and

|^

pat (ever) can be used both to questions and

answers, viz.

te-p^Ichia^-lai...

>

He
...

has just come.

?

ig lU. g^ Tr tJi

Lii chi-tsun chia"

-lai ?

Have you j ust now Come Have you

I

Ml^i^5l^lti^'S' ^^
jU^'-y-^^riTi)*

*^^ pat--lai--chie tsa

me

?...

ever been here

^ Ua

m-pat

lai--chie

...

have never been here

U
sign

(have)

5J

in the Perfect Tense, generally followed

is

a-bue,

used for questions only, and

by the interrogative bue (not yet) is used

for answers, viz.

. . .

Has he come

#5lc5l5

^^e

lai

...

He

has not come.

?

0^ * ^

5JC In

u * khu a-bue

...

Have they gone

^^^Inbuekhu

They have not gone.

FUTURE TENSE.

The

chief signs of the

Future Tense are

ai"

jE^

chia -ai"

(want)

f" oi (can)

and

f^

boi (cannot.) viz.

In every case u

may

be omitted

if

preferred.

Lessox

X.

45

i^^^^'^^ ma" -khi

I

ai" -lai

He
...

will

come to-morrow.

BB^^M M Khiu-tiam -loh-hou ^'H^IE^^ tiang-si chia"

ai"

It will

rain bye-and-bye.
will

-ai-lai ?
-ai" -lai

...

When
He

he come

? *

"^^BtIE^^ khia-tiam chia" $C ~y>m J3 ^-^ Ua e-kai-gueh ai" -tng

I

...

will

come bye-and-bye.

...

I shall

go

home next month.

?

'J5B.-^^^|j^

I 6i si a-boi ?

Will he die

^^)kM I boi-si

He
....

will not die.

will

^m'^'^^y^ I chiang-lai oi tso-tua

POTE.NTIAL

He

be great in the

future.

MOOD.

The signs
boi-tit,.

of the Potential

Mood

are

ho,

^-

tieh,

and

6i,

f^

boi,

##

oi-tit,

|^.^^

Pf m-mo"

Oi (can)
ability.

"^

implies ability, and

f^

boi (cannot) implies

its

opposite, in-

'^'^-^

I oi-siu I boi-tsau

He He

can swim.
cannot run.

^^^
Oi-tit (can)

-^^
i^

implies possibility, and ^^:^. boi-tit (cannot) implies

impossibility. * Chia" -ai"

nearly the same as the auxiliary verb
will,

and
^^

is
^^

employed thus,
"*

e.

g.

I tiang-si chid," -ai" lai ? '^^^^ ^^^^ ^

"""^

when wiU he come

bye, that is

-ai" lai, He will come bye and time when he intends to come. to say, he will come, but not before the
?

*^^' '

^^ * ^^^'

^^^

^^' ''"'

and the answer

is

khia-tiam chia"

46

Lesson

X.

Lu

ke-me"

oi-tit lai

a-boi ?

Can you come

not ?

to-night or

Ua m-6i ,ua ke-me"

khii

boi-tit I

am

busy, I cannot go

to-

night.

Lu

thang-kiia ta"

-lii

boi-tit

You
it

lai,

lu chi-tsun ts6-ni"

could not come,

oi-tit lai ?

now you how is you can come now ?

said just
leisure just now, and

Ua

chi-tsun 6i"
oi-tit lai

ku-tshii

have

chiu

therefore I can come.

i

WJS^^^'f^]
tlS'te^#^^'tol

^^

^^ ^'^ ^ ^^^ " boi-tit tsai

ta"

If

you did not tell him, he could not know it.

Ho

j^^ is very nearly the

same as the English auxiliary

-verb may, and

implies liberty.

^^.^:g; Ua ho-khu me

May

go ?
go.

^^^ Lu
i^^CQ^
Tieh

ho-khu...
h6-ta

...

You may

Ua

me

. . .

May

speak ?

^.

(must, ought or should) implies obligation.

^^^

Lii tieh-]ai

...

^^^ M'f3^i$ ^^^

55^^'M^iS Ua
i

*^^^ tiam-tiam
lii

...You must, (ought to, or should) come. him he ought to be ... Tell
silent.

tieh-hiam

must blame you.

n<u.'

'SM'^^/^^'^'^

tieh-jin lu kai

m-tieh Youshouldadmityourfault.

Lesson

X.

47

M-mo"

(don't)

^p^

implies the opposite of

tieh,

viz.

must

not,

ought not, and should not.

M^'^J^^]^
/fir -T"^ vSi/b 'M f\i\
^'in

m-m6 khu
i

You must not

khii
...

go.
to let

M/^'^'^l^'i^^ Nin m-m6 pun

m-m6
a

You ought not

^'

him

You should not

argue.

The Passive verb is formed by the use of the words (to give) and h pun--nang (give people.)

Xj>.

pun,

'A-

khoih

^^>jnj" A ^r

Lii

khoih
i

ti-tiang

phah

By whom were you

I

beaten

ij^^'^;^ Ua pun
{^'j^

phah

was beaten by him.

killed.

jK^ I pun--nang thai

ti-tiang thai ?
...

He was Was

^fi\ >Ak^ ^^^

killed

by

whom ?
by him or
to death

^'^l^^'^l^:^
-^

Si

pun

thai a

m-si?

...

Was he

killed

^ 'M ^in'Sf ra 7L
-k 'I

I pi- I boi

lui-kong kha-si

...

not? He was struck

lightning.

by

>^ 'Ji^ J!^8b

1/- L-.

pun--nang phien

...

He

cannot be deceived by

people.
4iT

"p^ /\

I kai

mia

-sia"

khoih-nang His name

people.

is

praised by the

W^lflJ

0-16

of)

The Progressive Form and m. ia (want.)

is

formed by the use of the word

;^

to (in the act

48

Lesson

X.

yJ-,B

"^^ Nou"-kia"
A-nou"
*a
i

to sng

...

...

The boys are

I

plaj'ing.

am

writing.

Yi'dM^3%

to

khau

The

child is crying.

#09 1^^^ I

ai -lai

...

He
He

says he
is

is

coming.

#^ ^
'1'4

I ai"

-tng--khu

going home.

CUMPAIilSCtN

OF

ADJECTIVES.

THE COMPABATIVE DEGREE.

Tlie

words employed in the comparative degree are

(more)

iM

iou, (a little) :ja kue,

over

zu,

keug,

ia" (to

be superior, to

defeat,)

and M^

su, (to be inferior, to be defeated.)

The more the

better.

K1I^^

Cbi-kai iou-tua
I

This

is

little larger.

#^^^5^

zii-tsdi

ua

He

has more than

is

I.

Chi--kai keng-tng kiie hu-- This kai

longer than that,

mm

Lii-kai ho,

na kai zu-keng Yom-s

.

is

good, (but) mine

is

"ho
^

better.

'^^i^^^jMl'Jk

6i-tsau
Ida"

me" kue-ua
me"--kue
i

...

He can rmi
You walk
runs.

faster

than

I.

i^^f ?:^t^'i^5fe Lu

tsau

...

faster

than he

Tic-chiu-hu 6i ia" -kric Sua" -than a-boi ?

Is Ch'ao-chow-fu better

than Swatow

Lesson

X,

49

[^iS^J^^Jt] ^^

^^^ ^^^ j^ ^^"

"^ ^^^

^^""^ writing

is

better than

1)"
/flll'^^j^^
I ts6-8u ia lu

^^^does things better than you. You are no use, and are surpassed by him. Can you overtake him in

He

^^/^o!^'^ Lu

bo-eng, su
oi tsau-ia"

B'^'^^'^'S" Lu

me

...

^o^lli^Boi,

ua sui

running ? No, I am behind him running.

TBE SVPESLATIVE DEOBEE.

The words employed

siang-teng (supreme)
VIZ.
;

in the superlative degree are

siang and

J^J^

the latter generally refers to the qualities of goods,

/& _t ^'M'^ ^
;S_t.

siang- tua--kai

me?

...

Have you the

is

largest one ?

A iS Chi-kai kai

chiu-si siang-tua This

I

the largest one.

(quality.)

^JJ^Jr.Jfl^l Ua

ai siang-teng-h6--kai

want the best

Lesson XL
TIME

GENEEALLY.
SECTION
1.

^^ ^^ ^^

Pai-it
Pai-ji

Monday.
Tuesday.

Pai-sa

Wednesday.
Thursday.

^^Pai-si

50

Lesson

XI.

^^
jjjg

Pai-ngou
'

Friday.

^. j^ Pai-lak
? L6i-pai

Saturday.

Sunday.
...

-p
^^

a J H

Chia"--gueh
.

rr

First moon or days.

New

Year's

cj ,Ti--gueh

...

...

Second moon.
Third moon.

Sa"--gueh

...

.A

g f^Jh ^
[^ -;^

Kia"^ -jit pai-kui ?

What day
to-day
?

of .the

week

is

r, Kia

-jit

pai-it

To-day

is

Monday.
next.

^T^'O'^^Zj^ ^^
^IRjIeI ![IF '^'T

^'^^i pai-it lai

You come on Monday

m-6i I

Ua

chi-kai

16i-pai

am

very busy this

-week.

n^'^i

tsai

3^^^'(S^^'?E
^
_i>
,

Ua ma-khi
tsai

kai su tsoi-

I shall

have a great

deal of

-_, -^
ly,

ra

work to-morrow.
little

^^1 -y ^^pWW^ I
-fg==x^.
!

Sin-se" lu ma" -khitsa-che- Teacher, you come a l^i " earlier to-morrow. Ua ai-thak lan-16, liou I will read 'a little, lu ho-tng-khu then you can go.

and

f^rr:^E^7&]

^^)
ffiSe
aSf

Pai-sa" sin-se lu min-eng "

^^i

On Wednesday,
shan't be Thursday.

teacher,

you needn't come.

I

/m7^2^

^ ^ M* m /E.mW\^M\ ^
/iC^i

^I^y ^/^lEPai-si

ua m-to
.

at

home

on

TZ^T" P^i-ngou ua pa-lak tng-lai Probably, I shall be back on

.

Friday.
1

tia"-tieh, pai-lak ia tsai

m-

am not sure, I might come

back on Saturday.

Lesson

XI.

51

SS'fS-'j{-:fe"l>

^-'^ ^^
I

pai-lak e-kua

lai
.

...

YoucomeonSaturday after^^-

ifJie'p
'Pii/T

~^ R ^tJMi^i

^^
'

"...
Lci-pai-jit

ua

ai" -kliu loi-

On Sunday I

go to worship.
it

.j|j=/-p|

pai
will

)iUyf*'i^5(lt

m-ku chiu chia" --gueh Before long IF -^ Ke

be the
is still

^ S^
"'

"J

^)i^

Ji" gueh huan-Iiou

SI

chhin The second

cold.
. . .

moon
is

^ ^ l^jg. Sa"-gueh
Jtj/^ Chhiu-it

iou-tsuah

The third moon

less (cold.)

little

SECTION

II.

First day of the moon.

...
.

^71^

Chhiu-jl

Second day of the moon.

.

TS^Et Chhiu-sa"

...

Third day of the moon.

:j^^

Tsap-it
Tsap-ji

...

Eleventh day of the moon.

Twelfth day of the moon.

:j^^

...

..

,^7s Gueh
J^^'J^Gueh

tua
sie

...

. .

A A

long moon.
short moon.
intercalary moon.
eclipse of the sun.
eclipse of the

...

. .

P^

^
tife

Zun-gueh

...

..

An An
An

HltlkJitsih

..

Jl

Gueh

sih

...

. .

moon.

^HAn-ke"
^Hjl-ke"
H|gSa"-ke"
ggHSi-ke"
iJE^Ngou-ke"
.. ..

First watch from 7 to 9 p.m.

...

Second watch
Third watch

,,

9 ,,11
1

,,

...

ll
,,

a.m.

...

Fourth watch
Fifth watch

,,

3 5

,,

...

,,

,,

52

Lesson

XI.

'^8$

Kia" -jit tiang-si ?

I^i5""J^*

What

is

to clay ?

^B'h^^VZj

chhit-gueh chhiu- To-day

it _ i^Zi/[iu"^'^^^P'^*^^"P^^ ~ _ ~ __ :EIPC/^S ^^ ^ 'S^

"*

is the first of the seventh moon. '^^^ elevehth (Chinese month ) will be- Sunday.
it

Is

or is

it

not?

P :^lH -I- aEM'FfcWiojr

BcE

^feW'M

MTfff Ua thoi"

lah-jit chia-tsai

Let

me

see the calendar,

^"*^ ^ ^'^'

know

it.

Lah-jit t6--chie, tsap-ji

chia" -sT loi-pai
..

Here's

the calendar, the

jE^I^^I
itblH

twelfth will be Smiday.

...

yjf^]^'\'Za ^-si tsap-it

It's

not the eleventh.

o /^^ :S
I

''I^

Chi-kai gueh tua a-si sie ?

...

Is this

moon

long or short?

/^TcW M-tsai
/j TNflyC^^
o

...

...

I don't

know.

"

Gueh

tiia

chiu sa" -tsap,

''h^fc-ff:^'

gueh

sie

chiSjih-kau

In a great moon there will be thirty days, and in a small moon twenty nine.
...

^n^ W^ ^3 S^ Ke-ni"
/^^BH

u zun-gueh

me

Is

there

^
'

^
U, zun-ngou
...
__,

moon
...Yes,

an intercalary this year ?

fifth

the

intercalary

^^^Q^ii'^l

^ WC JW
P^ "^

^j=^.to:[
)

Tsa-me gueh sih lu u " thoi" a-bo ?

_
...

^^oJJt^ M-cheng, ua to ut

moon. Last night there was an eclipse of the moon, did you see it ? No, I was in bed.

^ 15 i4 Tsa-me

sa" -ke" sih

...

The eclipse took place at the

had known, I would have got up to see it.
didn't day.
tell

^/S^7*otiiW,\ Ua

na-sitsai, ua tsau-khi If I

^xt 3&J

lai-th6i

^ B^

^^^^II9 Lu tsa-jit bo kah

ua

ta

...

You

me

yester-

Lesson

XII.

53

5ShF

n /^iCwl ^Kl|B]

Ua

tsa-jit m-ki-tit

kah

lu

I forgot to tell

you yester-

ta"

day.

^^H "^B^.IEiifeLu
/^^o?^^M H

tsai jit tiang-si chia-

Do you know when

will be sun ?

there

" sih ?
...

an

eclipse of the

know, I haven't got ^ Calendar. -tu ii*-Tfc // -A. -* na:. 555 HP Ua tsa-me" thang-me" hoi- 1 couldn't sleep the whole It ^* of last night. K tttib^ 3aSl.5C.llHl /\ VfiX [ Chie" -ke --kai-nang tsaThe watchman didn't watch last night. me" bo chie"
I don't

M-tsai, ua bo lah-jit

msna

^ ^M

Lesson

XII.

54

Lesson

XII.

<r^

Ang-tsng

Bricks.

^^imj Thou-kha

Floor (earth or

tile.)

^ig
\^

Hue-tia"

Lime
Board

floor.

^ Lau-pang
Lan-kan

floor.

Bailing.

^mmm

:S^^!S^-;feWlfRBi 13 J^m

A.i

:^^'^3M'^^
i^i^W^M^^^
jgjv^43
)

khi-tshu tiehuti-kha To Luild a house, there ^^^^ ^^ ^ faundation. ^ If the foundation is deep, Ti-kha chhim, tshu chiu then the house will be khiang
strong.
^

ti-kha tshu boi-khia

...

mm^^Mo] Hue
^I^Ml^l^^W)
Ua

Without a foundation, house will not stand.

It is

the
suf-

chhiet-i6u tieh kau,

important to have

bo, chhie" boi-toi"

lime, otherwise, the walls will not be hard. kai tihu-t6ng kai tshii- Some of the tiles on my
ficient

^^^^^J
IP"

l^iS'

u lan-ko phua

roof are broken.

mwlTshulau

The house
Mi siu-sip
...

leaks.

<Xi^'*^^i^ml Ua

ai -kie sai-pe

want

to get a builder to
it.

repair

i^:^$tt^i'^

Chi-ki thiou tua-ki

This pillar

is large.

^^1S|X ff^ Thou-kha kai ang-tSng

B4^#-^^ffiKiesai-pelaip6u

...

The

phua ^

bricks of the floor are broken. Call the builder to mend

y^mW-Wm'^]
rctsv^'

Thou-kha chek-kai
tieh soi chek-e

loi-pai

The

floor

must be washed

once a week.

Lesson

XII.

55

I'STMi'Stv^.'^
r

'^^^'^^"g lau-pang ia

si

The

floor

up-stalrs

the

same.

I^ISii^^^^^l
vM ;^

^ ]^

Kai-kai loi-pai tieh soi Every week you must wash chheng-khih chheng- k hih it very clean.

'^ Hue-tia" ia tieh soi B< ^-S '^iltlilf H3#l Chie pai-meng-klu-tsa
Wft'ffi)

The lime
Here
I
lai

floor

must

also be

washed.
it is very morning.

Jl

warm

every

zuah-tsai
ai -tso

5^4

^ft-^*] ff Ua J^'Sf^$
3!?

lan-kan

want

to

make

a railing.

^tl-j-Rj

^^

^^^ sai-pe khia-tiam

You

tell

the carpenter to

come bye-and-bye.

Kah

ta

ua chi-ko

ai -tso Tell

lan-kan
Sai-pe kai
lai

him I want to railing here.

make a

to ti-ko

lii

Do you know where

carpenter's place
is ?

the

tsaime?

^55
^^o5jc^BtTE[
7^

Ts^i--^

Oh

yes, I

know.

Zuah-tsai, ua khia-tiam chia" -lai-khu

It is

very

warm

(now) I will
,

go bye-and-bye.

SECTION
pEj

II.

Mng
...
.

door.

^Ping
i^Thia"

A room.
A
drawing room, a
hall.

J^ Th6i-tsa-pang ^^ Chiah-pang ^^
l5t-pang
...

A reading room.
,

A
A

dining room.

bed room.

56

Lesson

XII.

S6i-ek-pang
S6i-ek-pe"

or'

A
KT Tun-hue-pang
Tsau-be-lau
...

bath-room.

store-room.

^m
jst

Verandah, up-stairs.

^ Theng
Po-li

A window.
Glass.

mm

Hau-peh-chheh
Lau-thui
...

Venetians.

stair-case.

Hue-lou
In-tang

. .

A A

grate.

. .

chimney.

Hue-sit-pang

Kitchen.

f^^^^M ^s ^ ^" ^'^

. . .

Did you shut the door

^o^ T 5^5^^ U, kue" -liou ua s6-tia

...

Yes, after shutting I locked

Where is the key ? ^^^l"!"^ S6-si to ti-ko ? ^^^^itHM S6-si to-chie Here's the key. MlBlwIwn^l Lu kai pang kai mng u so Did you lock the

^^'

door of

"me?
...

your room?

?^1SMi^M^ Ua kai pang tso-eng so

gsc

Why ? my room

needn't be

BS ^

^ A^St

*A>_iv A-.

nh^m
irn

locked. ~ Thia u nang-kheh a-bo ? Are there any guests in the drawing room ? tii rTi Air Si-tsoi- ta'-.bo The boy says "no".

Lesson

XII.

67

^'(B^^M'^1

Ua

kai ut-pang lu

u sau Have you

s-wept

my

becl-

'*

U, lau-teng 16ng-ts6ng sau Yes, I have swept the whole chheng-khih of up-stairs clean.
. .
.

^'i^^#UsGia-b6?

Did you wash

No, up-stairs

it ?

Mommmim
JH i^
j

Bo, lau-teng huan-liou chhen g-khih

si

is still

clean.

^VS"]^

^TK^^ S6i-ek-i)ang u ^o^^il B6> ua khu

i..j^_.
i-K,

tsui a-bo ?

lai

ta"

any water in the bath-room? ...No, I will go and carry

Is there

i^i^^^^^i^) ^C

some.

^^^MM-Pi]

Me" -me"

kliu,

"

uaai" s6i-ek

Go

quickly, I bathe.

am

going to
?

Chia khieh khu khng pang Where shall I keep this

T^

Khieh khu khng-pang tun- Take it and keep it in the store-room. hue-pang Theng kue po-li min-eng Shut the window, you
,

m
^^^mM'lBl
f^:

kue"
Na-si u hou hau-peh-

needn't shut the glass.

If there is rain,

then shut

5^

#^

'

chheh chiu tieh-kue"

the Venetians.

J^t|ij

^'^M'X
iK^^W

Ai" -loh lau-thui mai" pm- If you are coming down the stair-case, don't make a pong-kie * trampling noise. Make a fire in the grate. Hiie-lou khi-hue
hiie-sit-pang kie
lai

\^i!k'MM^\) Lu khu
An

You go
tell

to the kitchen,

and

'hue-thau

the cook to come.

onomatop03tic word.

5S

Lesson

XTI.

SECTION

III.

#j||Hiang-kuan

..

custom-house.

^l^

Phci-kuan)

A
Sin-kuaa
Phau-thai
,..

post-office.

"^^

^g ^ Thah ^
Sia-^

fort.

...A pagoda.
.

city.

fW Pou

...A town. ...A village. ...A market.

...A hong. ...A shop.
...

^MHie"-li
^i Chhr

'^Hang

Phou
^In...

Story, of a house.

^ Koi
IR
Chi-tie sin khieh
I

...A classiiier of a house.

khu

Take

this letter to the cus-

jl

hiang-kuan
Chi sa"
-tie"

tom-house.
Bin-

itiH^^^^fgl

khieh khu

These three, take them

the post-office.

to

^1

kuan
Sin-kuan to ti-ko
?

...

Where

is

the post-office

Lessox

XII.

S9

Wiir^)i^^=i^) M^>lRSt1^pj

Lii

m-pat khieh sin khu sin-kuan?

Have you never taken

let-

ters to the post-office ?

I

^^^' M-pat

never have.
post-office is at

7^^^;^^
ES A^ lA -^
-fr-

Sin-kuan to Kak-chieh

...

The

Kakfort

m^XSS'S'RlMLu tsaiphau-thaitoti-kd?You
/|>^o^ -9- /F^l
JfiiitTWfinj

.^T tfi

chieh.

know where the

M tsai,

ua tsa m-pat chiSua"-thau

lai

I don't

know, I have never been at Swatow before.

not familiar with this
to ?

^it 1Si:Hfe >^/?>^ ^^ chi-kai tl-hng m-sek M"H"^ Lu ti-ko hue ?

...

...

am

place.

Where do you belong

I

Ufx

Am-pou hue

...

belong to Am-pou.
ever ^ been
?

'-^'^If^l^^^Lukhah-pat khuHu-sia"

Have you

to

'me

Ch'ao-chow-fu

5>X

Pat

a,

ua u khii si-ngou

Oh

yes, I

have been there

tsua
Sia"^ SI
--.

four or five times.

tua-tsai
tiia

M:iA:^ a:,n

The

city is very large.

^i^^Amm^

U-kai koi

Sua" -thau

Some
Our

tvCM^M^lii ^^ J.-

are much streets larger than the streets in Swatow.

village is Tsng-leng.
far

ij-gu .li

Tsng-leng
...

m^^^MWx^ Li Am-pou bo-jieh-hiig

^'I^^M^^l
Ninkaihie"-Kuthahabo
?
-li

Not very
Is

from Am-pou.
in

there
y"'^^'^'

any pagoda

village ?

trn kai hie"

bo

...

...

None

in our village.

PMIH # rf"M '^ # ^^

'

Sua" -thau-pou u chh" at,5 9

^ there
town

any market
of

in the

Swatow

60

Lesson

XIII.

Kai-kai pou-thau tou u chhi There is a market in everj town. ^ Hiang-kang u tua-hang There are large hongs in
. . .

Hong Kong.
To-hie kai phou kui"
-tiia

^
U-kai phpu sa"
-si

The shops there and large.

are high
three

in kiii"

Some shops there are

Lu

^
to-hie

or four stories high.

u kui-koi tshu ? ^ Ua to-hie u chek-koi ...

Chek-kai gueh sue chek-

How many
I

houses

have

you there ? have one house

there.

It is let at

$100 a month,

peh kai ngun

Lesson XIIL
HUMAN BODY
External.
&c.

^^^^^"g-'^^^

Soul
Life.

^Mia"

...

^Thau

Head.
Hair.

% M6
^% ThAu-mo"
MMin

Hair of the head, (human.)

Queue.
Face.

Mak
I

Eyes.

B^Mak-chiuj
Mak-bai
...

Eye-brow.

Lesson

XIII.

62

Lesson

XIII.

^Ka-chiah

...

...

Back.
Shoulder.

^1^;

Koi"-thau

...

...

,....

Arms, hands.
Elbow.
Fingers.

^g>j-Chhm-thng...

...

^4S
!

Chhiu-ts6i...

...

^^
;jf

Tsng-thau-kong
...

...

Thumb.
Nail.

^ Tsng-kah
^Kha
I'^Kha-thui
'.

...

..

Legs,

feet.

...

...

Thigh.

Kha-thau-u

...

Knees.
Ankles.
Toes.

Kha-mak
Kha-ts6i"
...

...

...

^Phue
External.

...

Skin.

MTs6i"-khi
^ Gc-thau-khi
"*^

...

...

Front teeth.

...

Back

teeth.

Khi-ngun

...

Gum.
Tongue.
Throat.

^Chih
Ifi Au-leng
;..

...

...

Lesson

XIII.

63

^ Nua"
^Tham

...

Spittle.

...

Phlegm.
Lnngs.
Intestines.

B Hui
'\j?

...

...

^Tng...
Sim
...

...

...

Heart.
Liver.

ffFKua" ^
i

...

Sien-chi

...

Kidney.
Gall.

^ ^ Kun..
Ta

.,

...

. .

Veins.

#Kut
ff La
1^ Nek

..

...

Bones.
Pat.
Flesh.

..

1
...

..

fiLHueh ;^ Lat
..

...Blood.
...

Strength.
Pulse.

...

^Khi
MJie

...

. . .

Natural heat of the body.

Perspiration.

...

...

...

Urine.

Es^i

...

...

Excrement.

64

Lesso:*

XIII.

This

man
is

is

very strong.

SeA^SH^MT

^^

kai thau-m6 tiig--l0

a.i

My
I

hair

long.

555^f IJI^ U^
'

thi-thau

want to shave.

MtK^#lii3^ Lu kai "

^JtlK^^t^^H^M Ua

chhiu tshun-

Stretch out your hand.

tshut-lai

kai chhiu-tsci" lau-

My
I

finger is bleeding.

hueh
was cutting something, and it got cut. Pah kau kha chih--khii He fell down, and broke his
knHh--tieh
leg.

-^{^^J-J^fT"^

^^^^

Kha-elihiii mai" -tsoi

Don't be mischievous.

#^7lsi-Io
5l^^^Jfc^3^f-j^ Ua

He

is

dead.
are you cutting
cutting
'?

What
to phoi

ua kai tsng-kah I
...

am

my

nails.

ilt^ ASC"^ CM-kai

naiig pui-tsui

This

man

is

very fat.

^ ^(^^^^^
P^
i^t
_!=.

I ai" lau -chhiu

He wants
zu-zu

to keep his beard.

is

I l^ai thau-iiio''

His hair

rough.

^#^lilb6siu-thau
/

He

doesn't

comb
?

his hair.

ScWt

Lu

jift

kai nang oi iu-mo _"a-b6i? Oi, Ha kai nang zuah

ai"

Are you unwell

Yes, I
fever.

am

sufi'ering

from

^^> Lu

-chiah lau-16 ieh

Do

2^ ^"B^^\
MTT^}

me
Ai"
a,

j-ou wish to take some medicine ?

lopunua

chhia" lu klueh lan"

Oh yes, please get me some.

Lessox

XIII.

65

^ffflfjiitt/lj
jit

B
;A:

]
f

^^'^^l*"^
tsai

'^^^"^^^^"j^* ^^^P'

-'

^^'^

very costive 1*6611 during the last few days.

in a perspiration.

JJfft^M'

>)f^)4^

^^

chek-sin lau-kua
...

...

I
I

am

nkj

"A:

Nang khun-tsui

...

am

very weak.
for ?

3^^>& ~"'flliii^^ Ua pe" u sa"-kai loi-pai... A"^ >'>^ M ffa -^ "^ J' -^ Lu kai nang 6i iou-tsnah ^I^f "a-boi? "^ '^^^^^i ^^ iou-tsuah su-kia"

have been sick

*^'"^

about

weeks.

llffl

Are you any better

Yes, a
little better.

...

A -^

pj^

:^ N ang

oi-chiah a-boi ?

...

Can you
I

eat ?
little.

-^Sl^j^ Oi

lan-16
...

can eat a

^'^^^ Mai^.-chiah khah-tsoi

Don't eat too much.

LESSON XIV.
HOUSEHOLD FUENITUEE
&c.

5/

Ke-si

Furnitures.

^'^'H
)^ Toh
^Kau-i

At.b,e.

chair.

66

Lesson

XIV.

^ Khim
i^Teng

...

An

organ or piano.

*;j^ Kha-tah-i"

foot-stool.

^/Z Ang-kia"
...

Pictures.

A A

lamp.
flower vase.

i^t Hue-kan

^# Khi-kha-mueh
lUffi^
Thit-lho-raueh
^ll-y- Thih-ki"

Curiosities.

..

Fancy
Tongs.

articles.

..

i;^Thih-si
g^Ohi"
Ei JSPM M^ Sa" -kha
i"

..

A
A A

fire shovel.

..

rug, a carpet.

-Mmg

tripod round table.

^^^
M^MJ^S

Si-pang tshng

A
A

square table.
small tea-table.

^i:RTe-ki

Tshng 16h tang-chieh

Tables with marble-top.

^^^Chheh-ke
:901if Chhch-tu

..

book-stand.
book-case.

A
A

^-?^^jf

Sia-ji-tshng khek--kai
...

carved writing desk.

g^|.g Tshng-kui"

Chinese writing desk.

^^tn-pit
ftil^ Thih-pit

Pencil (lead.)
Steel-pen.

..

Lesson

XIV

68

Lesson

XIV.

^^ Ua
WjfS Af?^'^^
'J^-^

hiou

...

know.
is

Chi-kai ang-kia" ngia-tsai This picture

tiful.

very beau-

^'^ ^iM

'^^^S chhit

m-chheng-khih The lamps are not wiped

^jJ!g.{tll9,n4#l Kah

si-ts6i ta",

ham

Tell the

SAkip)

leng-ngua chhit
Lii chi-lai u chek-tshoh
.

boy to wipe lamps again.

the

You have a
curiosities in

quantity of

khi-kha-mueh

vour house.
in-

:^Bt<'^
^o^ljiltB^iE^l

Si tshu-bi tsai

They are very funny

Xl^^^j/C^^Hue-louukhi-hiie

a-bue? Have you made a fire in the grate? Bue, ua chi-tsun chia-ai" Not yet, I am just going to. :5Jxp)
lai-khi

if^Sm ^o/Cj^J
i^ifej ''

,_j^{^.

make
chhin-tsrii,

one.

Me" me"

hue

khijiet-jiet

Look sharp, it is very cold, and make the fire very

fierce.

^^ C-^^
UttiS^^^^I

Thou-thiia" 16h tsoi-tsoi

Chi-nia" chi" khieh khii
-^ioi

Put plenty

of coals on.

Take
si-

this

rug and beat

off

P^^" J. ^i'tj'Rr w^*'^'^) To-chie ho-sai chek-tie"

^M^
feSll F^

thou-hun "

the dust. Here can be put a square

table.

M ^fAi>
I

pang tshng
C^i"*i^" ^ -tshng lai sua
...

P^3 pat-ko /to^ ^V&W-r'lm;i Ai"-sua pang ti-ko?

vit^bfr

Let us remove this round table to some other place. Where shall we remove it
Let us remove the bookstand here

^ ^^W\ ^i*V
HiA\/T^fi^VX

Chi-tie" chheh-ke lai siia pang chie

1" -tshng lai-sai pang-hie
-.

^^^

place the round table

to

;M|^Jdegn.^;5kJ

-IT,-, i.t--^- -^ --^ 1 Lii khu ua sia-ji-tshng

You go
'.

my
me

desk writing c

khieh chek-ki in-pit pit

lai,

^^^ get

a pencil,

Lesson. XIY.

69

^^'M^M^^ Kah khieh chek-tie" tsiia W'n^o^Y^^^l Si-mih tsua, peh-tek-tsiia

And a

sheet of paper.
sort of paper, Chi?

M # M ^^>
l^y

What

a-si sai-kok-tsiia

I!^M

Iff^^if

Zulu tou-ho
Sin-se" ai"
sia-jl lu lai

nese or foreign Either will do.

yt^^M^^]
^ ^''-^^^
1

bua- The teacher

write,

is

going

to

bak

you come and rub

envelope

the ink-stick.

1^^ ^'^ Sin-phue ai"

me

...

Do you want an
Yes, get

W %o^''M-!^ ^M^^ ^'^

\
)

li" a,'khieh

tie" lai

...

me

one.

^^ ^^S
J

Tshau-chhieh kah chhit^^^ ^^i ^^^' khieh khu

Take the matting and the door-mat and air them

in the sun.

phak
liou
I

lPm''^

-'-t^l Pua" chheng-khih, chia" -khu phak flS

Beat

them clean before putting them in the sun.

^^m^W^\
^"(j,.

mM' 16h-lai _ ^^:j^^^ Lu hiou thng-chi me

a, lu ai"

Tsau-be-laukailiam pang- Let go the blinds of the verandah. ? ... Can you play billiards ?
Yes, do you wish to have a match with me? ^ Nanlaithiigthit-thochiu-Let us simply play (a

^lEi oR^ S-^*^l Hiou

kah ua

su-

^)

ia" ?

"

ti6:^+Sf^M^W"H?^MS-*WLW
Jr

ho _ ^i/o^^JX) Min-eng sie-su, ua m-siang

game)

for pleasure.

We

^8f

Ptiah-chi

needn't have a match, as I don't like to gamble.

is

I^lf S^M'#

Puah-chi"

si

m-m6

su

...

Gambling

a bad thing.

Bed
yatt: Min-tshng

Room.
...

A A

bedstead.

Khang-tshng
;j=j!J;^

...

Chinese couch.

^ Phou *^
zM.Z6k

... '

A. bed formed of two benches with boards laid across.

...Mattress.

...

70

Lesson

XIV.

Chim-thau

...

A A

pillow,
bolster.

Nani--kai chim-tbau
J^ljjli

Mang-tia

"Mosquito curtain,

^^^ Q

'ffj

Min-tshng peh-pou Bed-sheet.

Chini-thau-long
...

I'

Pillow-case.

^Phue
^HThang

...

Bed

clothes (cotton.)

Do.
...

(woollen.)
for

1^ Mang-tia" -kau

A A

hook

mosquito net.

Kia"

...

looking glass.

=^Siu
^^ig Sat-pin

...

A
A A A A A A A A A A

comb.
Chinese small-tooth comb.

..

^
IBlJ

Tshoi"
...

brush.

Sueh
...

0^|jKhi-chhiu.

tooth-brush.
razor.

MTl
^fp
tl^J

Thi-to

...

Sa-ti6u
Bo-tiou

...

clothes-horse.

...

hat-stand.
box.

^Si6"
liTu...

...

...

wardrobe, a press.
chest of drawers.

Kui

...

KiKeh

...

drawer, or a a book-stand.

shelf, as of

Lesson

XIV.

71

tJ^^

Si-cheng

...

A A

clock.
fan.

...

Candles.

m Chek-liii
i^?4fj|f^^
<^ iU fli
TsliO sa" -khou
k;ii

candle-stick.

kheng A clothes basket

...

Soi-min kai tshng

toilet table.

\fi^. Mln-pliun
liitiTi

AVash

basin.

Min-thang

Do.
Do.

(wooden.)
stand.

^^ Min-thang-ke

:7}Cl^ Tsui-kuan
rSl'fll

A jug. A
towel for the face.

Mln-poii

'/^fll wi'-P'

Ek-pou

...

towel for bath.

(foreign.)

Huan-kang

Soap

f^iilpia"-i.h

Soap (Chinese.)

^t'P^^i Te-fhi-khou
/^I-V Hai-zong

A kind
stuff.

of Chinese

washing

Sponge.

Hiin

...

Powder.

W;?kPhang-tsui
^iiW-'A^ Hue-lou-tsui

Perfume.

Lavender water.

;^^ Jie-hu

...

A chamber
Do.

utensil.

M^

S^i-piiah

72

Lesson

XIV.

Min-tshng pai-meng-khi
tieh

mueh-ho

Every morning the bed must be put right.

Take the mattress and put
it

Zok khieh khu phak

Chim-thau
ia tieh

in the sun.

phak

The

pillows

must be

aired
is

too.

Mang-tia"nah-sap-lo, Lieh The mosquito curtain khoih s6i-sa" -kai soi dirty, it must be given
A

to

Min-tshng peh-poii chekkai loi-pai tieh ua chek-e

The

washerman to wash. bed-sheet must be changed once a week.

the
pillow eases

Chim-thau-long
kai loi-pai ua

ia tieh pai-

The

must

also

be changed every week.

Phue m-m6

s6i

khah-giap Bed-clothes

shoaldn't

be

Soi khah-giap boi-sie

washed tuo often. (If) washed too often they will not be warm.

Min-tshng pua" -m^ng, lioa Drive out the mosquitoes mang-tia" pang-ho in the bed, and then let

down

the curtain nroper-

# 5? ^^

hau- -iara-kia"
siu

He
sat-

is fond of looking in the looking-glass.

Khieh ua kai
pin
Lii
lai

kah

Get

me my comb

and

small-tooth comb.
siu, liou

kah ua
pin

kah ua You comb

my hair, then use the small-tooth comb.

is not sharp, I can't shave (with it.)

Thi-to m-lai, m-n)6''thi-

The razor

thau

Ua kai thau-tshoi" to
Tiou-pang ti-ko
?..,

ti-ko ?

Where
Where

is

my hair -brush ?
hang
it ?

shall I
it

Tiou-pang sa" -tiou

Hang

on the

clothes-

hors.

Lesso>'

XIV.

73

%'^\ Ln
I>JC-^'

kai sie" u s6--tia

Is j'oui'

box locked

"a-bo?
i?*|?55^f^l!^t/ ^6--s6, ua m-tsai so-tia"
No. I have forgotten to lock
it.

M1iiM M Khiig-pang kui -toi

^J'l^^'^bfSII^I Huan-kang
to soi-mln kai

Keep

in the chest of it drawers. The soap is in the drawer

of the toilet table.

HvP^fl^

tf #iS'^^otJ Khieh

tshng-keh-toi chek-ko chiu-ho,

Get one
one.

piece, a fragrant

phang-kai
tsiii

;^

M #;'!< M Tsul-kuan u
b3c

a-bo ?
lai

. .

Is there

^Tclo^^^^ Tsui khieh *A ,^ ^ ^- -^ Khieh

,a=
.

li6u--lo,

ua

khu-

/? /pa|

*^'Sl 'f 1

mWW^^

cliek-tiou chhengkhih kai ek-p6u lai

any water in the jug? The water is finisbed, I will go and get (some.) Get me a clean bath-towel.
I

want

to bathe.

^?ra:5!lCUJc,^^ sie-tsuia-ho?

Is there hot

water ?

M o^'^^'kM. Bo, ua
" _,L
'

lai

khu-hia"

No, I will go and boil (some.)

_ SC#) "a-bo? Mo^^B M t^A B6, ua ^Jff

tsui

r f

Lu

kai

mm

u buah-hun
eng hue-lou-

Do you put powder on your

face? No, I use lavender water every day.

jit-jit

Dining

Room.
...

'^.^

Chiah-tshng

dining table.

^1^

Tshng-pou

...

Table cloth.

74

Lesson

'

Lesson

XIV.

70

j^l^

Thng-kuan

sugar basin.

4^$L|^Gu-m"-kuan

A milk jug. A
.'

3^3Sl^

Ko-pi-kuan
...

coftee pot.
mill.

M:^B Ko-pi-bo
^iM
jf

A coffee
A A
tray.

Thang-pua"

^ Tang-ke
.

cup-board.

^^M Chiah-tu,
^>^;Iam-tih
...
.

Salt cellar.

^ff Tih-kia-

...

@ Cheng

Chinese little saucer for holding sauce.

AbeU.
Bottles.

^^H
^^M

Po-li-tsun.
...

,.

M%, Chiu-kui

..

cockscrew.
tin box, as a tin for holding sardine. small tin vessel, as a tin for holding salmon.

S^#Peh-thih-ap
Peh-thih-kong

A small A

,.

^^KM^^^^Chiah-tshngphi
a-bue?

tshng-pouHas the
spread

table cloth been

on

the

dining

^Ulo7iX%
^l^^itf

Phi

table ? h6--lo, to-chhe bue-pai It has, but the knives and forks haven't been laid.

^^^"S

P^^ bue-ho

The

table is not ready.

^^MW>.^^

Si-iu-ke

pang tin-tang

Put the cruet-stand in the

middle.

76

Lesson

XIV.

^Tl/^'^^t-?^ Cbiah-liou khieh soi-chhiu- After dinner get pue lai bowls.
i'^S
7j

the finger

m ^ T ^t^
j^ mW^
^,

P^*"'"

chek-ie chiah-liou

The

plates

must bechanged

tieh-ua"?

^J[

To-chhe

ia si chie"-se

after every course. So also the knives and forks.

^ri'sLW^^iPm') Khieh chek po-li-pue chhin-tsiii khoih ua ;?i<^^J

Get

me

a tumbler of cold

water.
I

55S^^Uaai"-chiah

...

want

to drink.

^ ^U JBc T M'^ ^'^3," -ua

^
.

chiah-liou tieh-

_-,

iji-Lv-

^^

"^

;^-JJ\^Zi Soi-liou tieh chhit-ta

After dinner you must wash *^^ dishes. ...After washing you must wipe them dry.

Tshng-pou kah chhiu-kun The table-cloth and the " nah-sap h6-ua napkins may be changed,*

^if ^fS'l^'^^^) Wta^o^^^l

^' 5E fS
rfli

le-koi-thng kai-si chhit

chiu-ho,

if they are dirty. Just wipe the soup

ladle,
it.

m-m6 chhiu

you must not rub

^^WAii Te-cheng u kui-kai?

EL

...How many
.

tea-cups
five.

are

ngou-kal

tia" -tia"

There are only

^?J?.^'^?^l
iSi^ B

q^B

W]

Ngou-kaitia"-tia", ke ehek-kai khoih ti-tia ang kha-tiou ?

Only

five ?

Who has broken

the other one ?

Ua
iit;^'N
i?Tvf^'fe'o)
I

li

m-tsai

I don't

know.

Lii ts6-ni"

ho m-tsai,
si lii

How

is it

you don't know,

^^f4"^i^^f|Sf

'mueh-kia"
Kai

kuan-

mMmonmm
xfccHi^ti

m^m j-ra,^>te|
^>^q^^
I

huan-16, ua li kuah hi " kai kang-chi Bo, lu li khu-boi chek-kai

la,i

Ua

the things are in your charge. I don't care, I will cut your
wa,;,'es.

Otherwise, you had better

pue ua

go and bay one pensateme.

to com-

Lesson

XIV.

77

ii^'*!i'J$!^'^ol -ftfr MllffiS^Rji

-"^^

chi-ehua"-si tua" " ts6-su bo tsu-soi

-tsiii,

You" have been very idle of late, and do things carelessly.

t^S^^it^

Ua

ai"-sng

lii

hiah

...I

want

to discharge you.
bell, -when the dinready.

^ t^o^M Chiahpien,ie-cheng
Kitchen.

Eing the
ner
is

Tsau-

furnace.

^.Jg Huang-lou

A^stove.

$Ms^

Se -ue

A kettle. A
Chinese brass kettle. Chinese earthen kettle.
Chinese earthen cooking
vessel.

^1^ Tang-ue
^ff Ue-kia"
j^k^
iffiTia"

...

...

A A
A
A

Tun-puah

pan.

Kh6i"
lid,

a cover.

Kham
J^Tiam
-^Jl
Pang-to
..

A chopping
,

block.

..

chopper.

Chop- sticks.

Sing #PaU

A A

large jar.

small jar.

78

Lesson

XIV.

^j^Tsui-kng

A A

water
pot.

jar.

^ Puah
ti Thang

A
,

tub, a bucket.

^^ffi
^"^

S6i-ek-fchang]

bath-tub.

Kha-thang

rpiTek-i

A bamboo A A A A
high

seat.

I"-thau

stool.

i^ff

f--kia"

httle stool.

JiKhu
|i^ff Khu-kia"

mortar.
little

mortar.

S^/J'H

Bua-to-chieh
Teng-chiia"
.,

Whetstone.

^M

A
A

Chinese table lamp. paper

spill.

IR^'^ Chua-luan-teng
/C.- Hiie-pai

Matches.

^i^ TsS-lai-hiie.
i^'tl> Teng-sim
.

Lamp
Oil.

wick.

'^/iS Thou-iu

...

Paraffin
Coal.

oil.

^/K Thou-thua;^
i)iC^Hue-thua"

Charcoal.

Lsssox

XIV.

79

tj^

^ Hue-tsha
Sau-siu

Fire-wood.
Ashes.

*)(^^Hue-liu

^^ M^
^'M ^^'^HS

broom.
shovej.

Pun-tau

Huang- lou

to

pu

ti-kai?

...

What

is

boiling
is

on- the
boiling.

^ '^&'}^^ Pu
a Myy^rM'&W
SMM'ltSo
;%,/rl

stove ?
]an-l6 sie-tsui
lih,

Some hot water

^ff'^o^fiitjlll Tia

f.i[^^e^/ra\
1

...The pan is cracked and cannot be used. Tleh leng-ngua boi chekYou must buy a new one.
^^^ sin--kai

m-m6eng

j^jiH^J
(.

Na"-si ho-pou min-eng boi

sin--kai

If it

MIHj

can be mended you needn't buy a new one.

^^WM^^h^M Ai

tok-mueh tieh na"

If

tiam-teng

you want to cut things you must cut them on the chopping block.
don't know chop-sticks.

35'3Ci^$fr^ ^^ m-hiou ^

khia-tu

...

how

to use

^^7?3C Un khia to-chhe

&f-gi;^

We

use knives and forks.

^5raB4*>fer'f^ Ang-toi tsho ti-kai?

...What does the jar conIt

lai

Tsho

tsui

contains water.

t^'ft

!ff'^^ Kua

chek-thang tsui

Get
...

me

a bucket of water.

^I'IH.^'T/^ Kha-thang tsho-tsui

Put water in the bath-tub.

^^^'^'^^ Tsui-kng kai

tsui to-tiou

Pour the water out of the

jar;

80

Lesson

XIV.

^^h^'^^MfU y in
jS*
-

L^ng-ngua tsho ehhengkhih-- kai Pang-to tok-tieh thih-

And put

clean water in

it.

':^7)W<M^^\ iur_jj

teng khih khii

oi-lai

The chopper struck against a nail and is blunt.

^j^k^-^jfij Leng-ngua bua

Whet

it,

and

it

will

be
?

^"TJ 'H I^M

Bua-to-chieh ti-k6 ?
lai

sharp again. Where is the whet-stone

W^M Khieh
^u,^ge z^4*.5U>[i5

bua

Bring

it

here to sharpen.
a

.a-.JcUIP

Ta chek-chiah tek-i ua
^gg
'^^'^8"*^^'^^" ^^^i ^^^^

Get

me

bamboo

seat to

'J^^f^^i'Cl.^
TJ

^^^""

khu
Leng-ngiia tiam

on. '^^^ table out.

sit

lamp has gone

rfil

Light

it

again.
oil.

.^/ifiThi" kelan-loiii

Add some more

The matches

Hue-pai tam, ueh boi-toh

y
f^\iS
__

are damp, (though) they are struck they will not light.
is

Teng-sim liou-lo.

. .

The wick
Use
If

burnt down.
don't
use

ffl^R^m^/c

Eng

m HH a^ wn m^mmv^m
jHi'^s

hue-thua" mai" -eng hue-tsha ^"8 *^^^ thong-koi -lai

,

charcoal, fire-wood.

you use wood the whole

house smoke.
will

hun
kai

be

full

of

jkfc^f^^^^lf

^ Tsau-khang
put-tiou

hue-hu

Remove

the ashes in the furnace.

Lesson XVGARDEN.
^^

^ Hue-hng
Tshau-pou
...

flower garden.

l^i^

A lawn.

Lesson

XY.

81

:f^Hue

...

82

Lessox

XV.

j^ Cheng

...

...To plant.

:^Lm

To

dig.

^ ^ Peh-huat
^^

Weeds.
... ...

Tsang

classifier of

a tree.

^JTiah

To pluck.

^tiiiM\^P^^

Ak-hue-kai-nang
i

to ti-ko ?

Where

is

the gardener

^*'\f^^^^^^^ Ham
H.,. rt3
-f-tl
fcfei rf.

me" -me

lai

ak-hue Tell him to look sharp and

come
llv

and

^Yater
all

the

S i^l^'

/I*

plants.

Hue

16ng-ts6ng jiou-jiou... The plants are

jit

dried up.

itjr^

n W, u^ 'B\m^yu J
_

Hoh-tsoi

bo-ak
,..

. .

They have not been watered

U-kai

ai" -si lo

...

Some
ino*.

of

them are
is

wither-

l*tjmyE T o"^S Chi-tsang

si lo, liii-tiou ...

This one

-withered, dig

1^ iR.^W.oM'^X J|^^j

To- hie u chhi, tieh khu kut-tiou "

^
j

^ T ^^J^-^Si*
HBi-f
I
-t-

Atim-f^WA l!^
S5j^
yXW.-^
llSl

Ira

There are thorns there, you must go and hoe them away. Kiit-liou khieh pun-ki put- After hoing them getbasli-ei^ and remove them. ^^^^ Chi-tsang hue ti-tiang Who has planted this plant

cheng kai

here ?
I

Srua cheng-kai
si

planted

it.

S f^ iS Hu-tsang
'

peh-huat-kai That one

I

is

a weed.

H l^ilpJ.'^o^^Peh-huat-kai mai'',mantiou

don't
pull
it

want any weeds,

up.

Lesson

XV.

83

^Ji'PrW^l^l'^

Tshau-poulong-tsong sT

Leaves are

Khieh pun-pe khu pe

chhenff-khih
-

all over the lawn. Get the garden-rake and rake it clean.

Te-hue u khui-hue a-bue

]ui tia" -tia"

Have the
to

camellias begun
?

blossom

^o^i^riTI

& Bue, u

Xo, there are only buds.

If

'^^Wti^^^^l

Na" -sT khui

ngia-ttti

kai hue sT

the tlowers blow they

will

mWB:]
^BriS^-^fc^'i S,i-

be very

prettj'.

S2S

Pai-meng-khi ai-cbiah "^^\ tiah-hue pai pang

Every morning at breakfast you must pluck some floweis and place them on the table.

LESSON XVL
A LIST OF WORDS USED
g^Phoi...

IN COOKING.

To
.

^
^ij

Tsoih

cut, as the rinds of fruits, nails, pencil &c. To cut into slices, as bread, beef &c.

Kuah
...

To

cut

off,

as a rope, a piece of

meat

^Tok

from a large piece &c. To chop with a knife, as

to cut bones.

pljThai...

To

kill.

^g Tok-tshu
.^Pu
...
.

To mince. To
boil as

water

rice

&c

in small
in large

utensils.

^Tsu

...

To

boil as rice, vegetables

&c

utensils.

84

Lesson

XVI.

^-^

Pu-chiah
.

To cook To cook To

for

one or two.

:^-#' Tsn-chiah

...

for

many.
as eggs, fowls
&l'.

>^Sah...
'pX Chien

...

boil in water,

without anything being added. To fry with something added, generally some sauce &c.

'^ Luah

...

To To

fry, as eggs, fish &c.

J^Phu

...

...

fry in

oil,

as plantain &c.
little fat

l^Tsha...

...

Tofrywithvery
to parch, as

as vegetables;
'

ground-nuts &c.

#Hip
j^)(

...

...

To steam,

as potatoes, taro &c.

fish,

Tshue
...

...

To steam, as

cakes &o.
of a steam-pan.
of hot water.

'Ji^Tun

...

To cook by means

ft^Tim...
^|C

...

To warm by means

Ngau
...

...

To To To

boil very long, until quite tender.

j^ Pek
jf^Pue

...

roast, as a fowl &c.

toast, as

...

...

bread &c.
fire.

i^Hang
"/fj<

...

To warm over the To

Tshong
,

...

infuse, as tea &c.

'-'X''^ Teh-hue-sie

, .

iJ^Sie

...

...

To get burnt by being over roasted burnt for want of water. To burn.
Hot.
Cold.

or

Wl

sie

..

...

}^ Ngan

...

Lesson

XYI.

US

Boiling.

ISek
@i Mi"
'^PlZun

...

Thoroughly boiled.
"Not yet boiled
;

^ Chhe"
...

raw.

Tender,

soft

rotten (of fruit.)

...

Tough.

Tni"

Hard.
Soft.

W\ Nng

...

^ Pha" ^ Tsbam

Porous,
.

soft.

To mix. To
stir.

clihiou

i^ Khau

To scrape

to scratch.

M^ Pak-phue ^ Cheng
gfC Clihi
. .

To

peel, as skin.

To pound. To
taste, to try.

M}^'

Khi-bi]
.

^^ Bi-souj

Palate or taste.

^z^

Tshau-tsho

Fish smell.
Sweet.
Sour.
Salt.

HSDg

...

^ Kiam

86

88

Lesso.x

XVI.

Vinegar,

. .

...

Tshou
Hou-cliie
Sng-tsliai
...

it

Pepper,
Pickles,
,..

...

...

...

Jam,
Sugar,

...

Tiam-ko

...

...

ThAg
Pia"-thng
Te-Li
...

Sugar-candy,
Tea, (leaves)
Coifee,

...

...

...

Ko-pi

Eaisins,

...

Phu-tho-kua"

i^

Barley,

...Beh
...

Indian corn.
Arrow-root,
Flour,

Iu"-bi

...

Ngou-hun
Mi

...

fefli

...

Sago,
,,

...

Sia-go-hiin
Sia-gd-i"
...

in pills,

...

Vernaicelli,

...

Mi-sua"
lara

...

Mil

Salt,

...

pAga:^^LLis Nan ma" -khi

P*^ o '^^'S1|T2^I -Js J <*. -Wt I .^

ai'^

tshut-

'^8' chiah

u-kau abo?

To-morrow we out, have we

provisions ?

are

going

got enough

Lesson

XVII.

89

.#jrg

H
f

Tieh u-kau

...

...

You must prepare enough.

For
if

^/^^o

^Spm)

Mai"

-iTi-kau, liou to

lou

there

is

not enough,

^ 0i

chiu bo-chiah
.

4>'n^/&'fnJ"!^ Ta nan u ti-kai?

...

then we shall get no food on the way. Now, what have we got?

^iil^'^^^o'^^l

Ml"-pau u sa-kai, gu-miu uchek-ap Vtli^'.a^^

We

-bread,

have three loaves of and one tin of

~ it a -3- ra ,*. i*-D "^ u= /! 'y; -EL *tr-f4it. ^g^ -gi m-kau

butter.

Jp[
!I>.|

'

f4(^^
^i^'
'

chek-lou ho- If we haven't got enough, we can buy on the way. boi Call the cook here. Kie hiie-thau lai
^'^'^^

m 7^
^

To-morrow night wish '^" '^^S A chhia" -nang ua a few '^^n'Fl/Li^ A Uai-chhiajieh-tsoinang?How many people do you wish Probably poih-nang A ^M^^)
;1X
ai"
-

to

invite

persons.

lak-bo-liang

...

to invite ? eight persons.

^mm.ti-6 '#^:^ ^t.i.3>Hoja,.jc.^|

M.

M'i ^M ^ '^
^
)

Buy a fowl and make soup. Boi chek-chiah koi tsothug Chek-chiah ah pek, chek- Roast one duck and fry one goose. chiah go phu

#JS ^^io^fV^^^^
Jl'^'Mo^
/f'l

Kuah

si-kun gu-bah,

sa"-

Buy

(lit.

cut)

four catties

kun ie"-bah, no"-kun "

i^.\^

of beef,

three catties of

mutton, two catties of

lard.

^|^^^.^^|f Hue-thui
1p|

khu kuankhieh"

kau-tshai- For

ham, go

to the
it.

com-

pr adore and get

W'M^^ MB?1 7 ^' S^ ^i

I
Ill*

Khieh chek-thui

Get one ham.

Ho-lan-tsu huan-liou u a- Have you any more pota" toes? bo?

ke lan-16
1

:#J!jfl#^ U

have a few more.

90

Lesson

XVII.

^ l^T^ ^ La a m-la?
5i^iii^'lii

Have you enough

...
...

^^

siela--a

I think there are enough.

Krifi^.^S^'Eg)
'11

^f^':9i^K

^ "h-fei Koi-niig boi sa-tsap Hap

Tsap-lak liap luah pua"chlie-sek

'

H5..ngn^ na"-s7 min-eng boi

la

ch!u All right, if you have enough you needn't buy any.

Buy

thirty fowl's eggs.

"hP^^i:^^^^
I

Half-fry sixteen of them.

fourteen into cakes. You must choose fresh ones.

iirrij

^'rK^T*'^'!^
Ji&'OEAV
/trn

^s^^i^ tsap-si liap tso-kue The

chhi"

remaining

make them

^j&kII&IM Tieh suan

kai

...

Wt^^
iife

itfc

Chiu-sr chie -se

. .

That's

all.

^S[^ Png mai" -pu khah-mi

Ka-li mai"-tsu

...

Don't boil the

rice to

soft.

'IJ-i^ii^^tS^

khah-hiam Don't make the curry

too

:^ISMl^fl5::^^|
Y^i

Chiah-pHg bo kiam-sng chiah m-16h

*^"'^

To take
it

"^^ Aj'II/^ tt I ''^^^^"""^ng P^^^^g-phai

^mi^&^-^^ 'tr^\W\m,^-^:^W<]
iSo'^x^^.

He

rice without relish cannot be eaten. invited people to lots

of

of dishes.

lka.i

kiam-sng

tsoi-ie

His relishes were

kinds,

many
eat

^^^^'

chiah in-liou
. . .

we
all.

could'nt

them
hf"''^

W^:$i'^ Nang-nang chiah-kau-pa Every body ate until they enough. jy,fa3^, -g ^ _^ kai hue-thau very 'P^lIffi1yCF, ^-^ ...His cook
I

oi-tsrd

is

clever.

# i^'^ ^^it?^
-^ Mie^'^'S^-^)

Ie -ie

tsu-lai ho-tsai

"

...

Every thing he made was

moi^^Vl'F^m)
^^=^^A'}-K ^4"iMi) 1^-p ,/:j /'Bo^>1fj

.(-f

il^T^t^X

ml

very nice indeed. Thau-tshai chiu chiah koi- First of all, we had chicken Ida-' -thng, kah mP -pau youp and toasted bread. pue--kai Liou ie" -bah luah, kah Then mutton-chop and
ho-lan-tsu
potatoes.

Lesson,

XVII.

91

^!k,%$^ '^m^^ol
--/

Liou hue-koi phu, un

luali, liou

kai-

i^s

^ ^ 4mI

Iman-liou tsoi-

tsoi ie

Then turkey fried in oil, and eaten with mustard, and many other kinds

92

Lessox

XVII.

Turtle,

Oysters,
Cockles,

Dried

salt fish,

Salt fish,

...

Dried prawns.

Dried

cuttle-fish,

Fish-roe,

Preserved

fish.

Classifier of fish,

Lesson

XYII.

93

,^ -z.

fts,

{M^ Chek tioumua"

'

Ima-chiah One
'^^"

eel,

several crabs.

l^'!>ii^'io"^l^^4!^^'^''^P"^'^P
'

''"*^^P ^'^P

oysters,
salt

twenty coc-

ham

kles.

||^j^j^^it|^|5j Hu-lma"
4kj|'J

lak-nie"

kah

Dried

fish six taels,

fish half

liiam-hii piia"

-kun

andsalt

a catty.

!i;g|^ig{^'^-^-He-bi chek-ta"jieh-tsui?
_^

How much
dried
I

for a picul of
?

prawns

.s-

^-"^^-B-f&^Si* Chek-ta ka" -SI ngou-khou

ft'SJC^y^:
j,^
,

think
it

five dollars

a picul.

Ngou-khou

oi-kui a-boi?

Is

dear

at five dollars

(a picul) ?

^'JSMoBH^/tMol Wtjg 5E ynf_#^l

'

li"-ta"-kui

h boi-kui, aita"-plii"liboi-phi

To say "

it is

dear,"
isn't

it

isn't
it

dear, but to

say"

is

!S^^ K^M

^ ^oi tsham-tshui chiu Imi.

cheap,"

it

To buy by
dear.

retail it

cheap. will be

94

Lesso-v

XVII.

Pumpkin, white,

...

..

Pii

Melon, (vegetable)

..

Tang-kue
Tek-sun
H6-lan-tau
Tshai-tau
... ...
,,

Bamboo
Peas,

shoots,""...

..

. .

mmm

Long

beans.

..

Name

of bitter vegetable. ..
of vegetable,

Khou-kue
Kak-kue
Tua-tsu

...

Name
Yam,
Taro,

...

Ou
P6-h6
Khun-tshai
Uan-sui
Phang-tshai, chhe" -tshai.

Mint,
Celery,
Coriander,,..

Salad,

Ginger,
Chillies,

Kie

Hiam-chie, kim-ka" -na

Tffhang

Onion, fresh,

root, dried,

Tshang-thau

Garlic, fresh,

Sng
Sng-thau
Teng-hie"
...

..

Cloves

root, dried.

96

Lesson

XVII.

S^f-'M ^^

P ^-

^^^o chiah-liou tshui tsliau After

eating
will

garlic

the

mouth
ho-tso-ieh

be

foul.

K.^kii'P^ Kie" -bo

98

Lesson

XVII.

Sugarcane, small kind like Tek-chia

bamboo, Small yellow plums,

Dates,
...

11-M

Bue
Tso
Sai-pia

Dried persimmon,

...

Meloncutintosmallpieces|g.^^_^j^j^^j^ and dried with sugar,)

Dried dragon's Lotus nuts,

ej'e,

...

Nek-oi" -kua N6i -chi

.

...

...

il "^^^

Kiie-chi kai

si ai"

-kau

The

Hf^&ilT^ Uang-lai
^^^^^^j-Q^I ^]^]
Tra!s^

si

ho-tsai

...

fruit season is near hand. Pineapple is very nice.

at

Keng-chie sek chiu tiam, Bananas when

chhe" chiu siap.
Iii

ripe

are

sweet, but are sour.

when
is

unripe

Rii^S^^
5i^JM

chek-liap ai" chek-pehchi"

^'i^ii-lio'i

hundred cash
for a

wanted

pumelo.

LU^
xss

T ^^')

^^^""^^"S'l^i
^lifi-k^'-i-

Shantung pears have

khah-pat chiah ^a;^^ iw.S'fi' Lu me "

?

--fiyA^yatrt^-jr'

liii-lian

not yet arrived, Have you ever eaten -durians ?

It is very fragrant indeed.

"^^"^uL
ij^itf f-tvl
-t p M'T*""'

Si phang

tsai a.

...

...

Phii-tho h6-ts6-chiu

Grapes can be made

into

Lu

siang-chiahkue-chime? Are

you fond
?

of

eating

ffUlfc

Lessox

XVIII.

100

Lksso.v

XVIII.

,j,^^Bo-kia
)
.

A
A

cap.

yj>(|ig Sie-bo

l^^f

Chin-bo

felt

hat.

;^.i>g Tbhau-bo

A
A A

straw hat.

g4S: Koih-loih

bamboo-leaf hat.
collar.

^Khou
9^
Khdu-thiii

Trowsers.

Leggings.

j^Kh6u-kueh

Short
..

trov,'sers.

H^i^ Khou-thau-fcua
I$i^^6
Khou-thau-leng

belt,

..

do

silk.

IIi T6u-ie
]

purse worn on the waist.

l^'^Ho-pau^

f^ Bueh

Stockings.

^^^ WM
5i^

Ourp6u-6i
Tiig-6i

Shoes, black-clofch.

,,

satin.

^i^S. Hue-6i
Tsha-pi

embroidered.

,,

wooden

soled.

^fgi

Tshau-oi
Oi-thua

Straw sandals.
Slippei's,

^H

Lksson

XVIII.

101

j^Kiah

Clogs.

^Hia

Boots.
Jewellery.

^$? Kim-kliui
C^^ Si-pie
s^
Lien
Chhiu-chi

...

watch.
chain.

A
...

f^^
i

ring.

S Chhiu-huan ^^
Hi-laii
...

...

A bracelet.
An
ear-ring.
official

...

yjij

Teng

An

button.

I^Tsu

Beads.
...
...

^^

Siu-lme

Embroiderj'.

M^i"

A
...

fan.

^ ^ Hou-siia"
^#1$ Thng-sa" -khou ^&^^ Ua"-sa"-kh6u
^i^^
Ta-pan

An
To

umbrella.
dress.

^ ?<^# Chheng-sa -khou

... ...

To undress.

To change
To dress

clothes.

prettily.

^\^ Phai-chhiang

...

Gorgeous, well dressed.

-jp Kun-tsu

Gentlemanly.

102

Lesson

XIX.

^1

Nia"

A
A.

(c.)

* of a coat &e.

Tiou
Liap
...

(c.)

of trowsers, belt, col-

lar,

A. (c.) ofBcial &c.)

handkerchief &c. of a button, (coat or

LESSON
jwt

XIX.

NAUTICAL.
T sun
Hue-tBun
...

boat.

tUm

steamer.

^k^'fX- Hue-tsun-kia"

A steam-launch.
A
paddle steamer.

BJI^^I^
U^Hg

lang-chhia tsun Chien-tsun

'

hue-

Lesson

XIX.

103

...A mast.
...

yard.
of the mast.

Top

^ Phang
g||gThau-ku.,

...

Sails,

...

Bowsprit.

^ Soh
M'4$.
Tang-sua...

...

Eopes.

...

Wire.

^Teng

...

An

anchor.

^^
if^^
j^

Thih-lien

...

Chains.
Cable.

Teng-soh

...

~fC^ Pha-teng,

...

To drop anchor. To weigh anchor.

Anchor does not take
effect.

Khieh-teng

iSl^^
;?fC|3^

Teng boi-chiah
Tsui-kou
...

. . .

. . .

A buoy.
Forecastle.

/Ig^Tsun-thau

...

)^ P^ -^

Tsun-tin-tang

...

Midship.
Stern.

j|gf^Tsun-bue...

...

^rM Tsun-teng
-^MBa-li
...

...

Deck.

...

A cabin.

104

Lessox

XIX.

Zi:

Gek

A A
A

ship's boat.

j^ In-tang

funnel.
whistle.
whistle.

j^

Pi

p^(^
^^f",

Pun-pi
Tia"
Tsiii-in

To blow a

toiler.

:^M
jjjt

Steam.
...

Tsau
Khi-hiie

...Furnace.

^^
ij^^

To make a

fire.

il^Hia"

To burn; To burn To burn

Engine.

to boil as a large

^ Hia" -thou-thua"
-tsha
...

quantity of water.
coal.
fire

I^^ Hia"
^.%,
1^ Lin

wood.

leh-kui

Awheel.

'0. Chhia

propeller.

^^ Phaug

To
...

propel.
start engine.

^^^ Khui ieh-kui

To

^^^ Kue"
%1i

ieh-kui

...

To

stop engine.

Tua
~jiah-tua
... ...

rudder.
steer.

To

This word

is

derived from the woi'd

gig.

Lesson-

XIX.

105

j^^

Ti-tou

Maps.
Charts.

^^
"f"

Hai-tou

^W: L6-ke"

A
...

compass.
teleseope.
flag.

M^

Tshoi" -li-kia"

A A

J^Ki

To
ff'j^Seng-ki^'"

hoist a flag.

IMff
^

Ki-kua"

...

...

flag-staff.

1^ Khui-phang
Siu-phang

...

To unfurl To To

sail.

'l^'fiR

...

furl sail.
sail.

I^Sai
i!feH.

Kiie-phang
Hue-tie"

...

To gybe.

^M
;^

Captain.

/^^ Tsun-tsu

Tua-hue
...

Chief mate.

^lik. Ji-hue
-^
__

.;.

Second mate.

^^.^f^ Kuan-ieh-kui-kai- Engineer.

,

l)^#

TCII

A Hia" -hue-kainang
Liah-tua
...

nang

Stoker.

W^WL

Steersman.

Tui-kong

108

Lesson

XIX.

-hi^

Tsiii-Biu

...

Sailors.

K'fi" -tf^^'in-nang ^Tf^lS ^V

...

A A

sea-faring
pilot.

man.

'Ij^;?^ Tshua-tsiii

'

...

^^^Thuu ai-kia"
/^trJ
)^^|^^7
Tsm.kia-Io
Tbiin boi-kia^

...

Ships leaving.

...

Ships have gone^

Ships can't go.

...

Ships tacking.

Mm ^ Tsun khiia-tieh
^:g^ Tsun pu^h-tiou

Ships run aground.

...

Ship-wreck
Ships come into collision with each other.

'm^- Tsim
tieh

sie-tsuang

^Tim

To
To

sink.
float.

Plii'i

^ Kheh
%% Tshng

Passengers.

hold.

^ Hue
7:^ He-hue
jg.'^ Khi-hue

Cargo.

To

ship cargo. cargo.

To discharge
To convey

{^^ Tsai-hie
^J

cargo.

Kau-tsai

(A ship) fully laden.

rt

load.

Lesson

XIX.

107

..Go alongside the ship.

^^
:^

Til-thau

...

. .

Kua

To go direct without at any poi't. To call^at a port.

eallinj

^^L6h-tsuii...

Tc go on board. To go on
ra.sfcage

shore.

ff^M. Tsuu-t.ou

money

or freight.

^ Khoi
;^ii||H^i-su
...

A
A

small river.
lai'ge river.

..

An

island.
tide.

'/!it:^^ Lau-tsui hiong

..

Strong

..

Even

tide.

.'iM, Sun-hufrng
.'iij^tt

..

Pair wind.
Fair
tide.

Sun-lau

...

..

M,Ngek-huang
.^il^'lNgek-Ian...

..

Contrary wind.
Conti ary tide.

^HtM- Thi"-sili6 ^^ Ht^M" Thi'^ -si in-mo"

JvB^^^Hf
Thi-si ou-am

..

Tine settled weather.

..

Bad weather.
Weather
Eu,st.

lilnck

and dark.

.^ Tang
glj Sai

West.
South.
North.

^ Nam
:}[:

Pak

108

Lei3so>''

XX.

MEDICAL.

^^
^

Sin-se"

A doctor.
Jo
cure.
ill.;

P^"

To be

sickness.

A^SJ Nang m -mo"

IS^Phua-pe"
#';/j Tih-lat

Unwell.

To be very ill for a long period. To be very

Incurable.
ill,

almost dying.

Sl^tlT

Ui boi-ho
Ui oh-ho
I

Wf^iS^

Difficult to cure.

il^ Oh-ui ^!^ I6u-h6

Tsuah

'

Better.

:^U Tshuan-zu
P/rMTng-khui...

Quite recovered.

To

expire.

J^.j^Thau-khakthia"
Headache.

McB^
>/\.?K^

Thau-khakhin

Nang zuah
Fever*

5^^ Huat-sie
Ague.

i'^TSm

Huat-sic ui-clihiu

Tever and ague.

Lesso>-

XX.

109

ntm '^^-t^-"

110

Lesson

&fiM^ ^^"'"^ teng-ku|

;;^-g- Tua-shjh
j

StammeriHg.

jt Thiou

Pimples.

^ Tshng
^ThT

Ulcers.
Piles.

..

..

Itch.

M
Mf^

^^^^"

..

Itchy,
A_blister.

l^ Pha
^^ok-pha

To

rise in blister.

J^ Cheng

Swelling.

^^"A

M-tsai-nang

Fainting.

Bg Hin
B^I^Hin-tsun...

Giddy.
Sea-sick.

g.;|

Khi.thia"

Toothache.
Cholera.
]

l>tJL|Th6u-sia...

g55^Gau-a-nie
.

Small-pox.

Tshut-tsu

^g ^

Chiah-tau
Tshut-tau

1
.

Chickeu-pox.

^1^ Oheng-tBvi

To

vacoinats.

Lessox

XX

112

Lessox

XX.

Lesson

XX.

113

l^^leh-hun

...

...

Powder,

for taking.

ISf^

leh-buah

...

apijlying.

|g^Kua-ieh...

...

Quinine.
Pain-killer.
pills.

|l^Ang-ieh

...

...

^^jl K6i-hun-i
^1^- }^ Pi-mua -iu

" Stop-opium "

...

Ca.stor

oil.

^ ^M

Chiah-sia

...

To take an
To purge.
Poison.
Poultice.

aperient.

JgSia

...

^^

>Ak Chiah-si-nang
...

...

^:)e4Png-liap

...

...

Peppermint.
Poisonous, as snakes.

Tali

...

^^
^,%

Chiah-liang

...

To take something

cooling.

Chiah-pou

...

To take something very strengthening as gin-seng, deer

horn, &c.

^jliu-pou
MA Tah
:^v

...

...

Nutritious.

...

Buah

...

:^||

Chiah-ieh

...

as a poultice, plaster &c. To apply, as iodine, ointment &c. To take medicine.

To apply,

-^^ K6i-ieh

To

act as

an antidote.

114

Lessox

XX

.gtjti Chek-thiap

...A dose, (as of Chinese medicine.

)

t^ -B-

Q,;^^^
/-^

tng ifis-'^^Hi^ Khang-sim-tou chiah

chiah

Chek-jitchiah-sa- To bs taken three times a day.

To be taken when the stomach

is

empty.

To be taken before meals.

LESSON

XXI.

COMMERCIAL.
Piece-goods

Piece-goods.

:^>r^Poa-lou

^Ni
^!^^Ou-ni

Woollen

cloth.

black.
..

S ^ Peh-ni"

Flannel.

^^ M 26ng M^ ^^

Tsui-ni"

..

Tweeds.
Velvet.
Calico.

..

Sia-bun

..

Tsu-pdu
..

^^ Huan-pou
Q f0 Peh-p6u
.

Gray

shirting.

..White

cloth.

Lesson

XXI.

115

M^ Ou-pou
Wflj
iia-pua

...

Black

cloth.

Chili" -pciu

Blue cloth.
Cotton cloth.

i^^

Zuah-pou

Grass cloth.
Holland.
Chintz.
Sack-cloth.
Silk-goods.
Silk.

i^J^Chhiu-phu lue

^111

Hue-p6u..

M'ff} Mua"-p6u

'Wii^W

Si-tiii liii-hig

M
wk^

Si

Satin.

Jiou-se

...

Crape.

Camlet.

m^tj-leng

...

Lasting.

^fl^ Ni-kai-pou
S^Kiin-tiou...

Dyed

cloth.

Tape, for dress.

,r

tying.

g'TE Chek-phit

A A

piece of cloth.
roll of cloth.

^;J^Chek-ki

...

116

Lesson

XXI.

Lesson

XXI,

118

Lesson

XXI;

S 7|{ Lu-s6ng-hun
^^Tsu-sa
>j^Tsang
...

Cigar, Manila.

Cinnabar.
Coir.

^^

Mueh-ehiah
'

Confections.

flll^ Sien-hu

Coral.

JBg^San-hu

^1

Mi'
...

Cotton.

4^^ Gu-ng

Cow

bezoar.

Chin:.,.

^^

Phong-phie

Crackers.

I^^Tek-zong...

Deer horn.
Dye.

^I^Sek-liou

...

j^Mi

Ou-bak

...

Ebony.
Elephant's teeth.

Chhie" -ge

Mo^-Bi"

...

Fans, feather.

,,

[:^/^Hau-lvhak-si"

cloth.

f^^ Kue-si

...

palm-leaf.
articles.

^^
t^:$E

Thit-tho-mueh
Koi-m6"-tsh6i"

Fancy

Feather -duster.

Lesson

XXI.

119

..

Fishmaws.

fJlHu-phiel
y^l? Kam-bit
.. ..

Gamtier.

A^

Jin-siam
..

^^Kau-li
-^J,t,Po-li
...
..

Gin-seng.

Glass.

..

Glass ware,

..

Glue.

]^>J^

Cl.hiu-ni

. .

Gutta percha.

:g'MChith-ko...

..

Gypsum.

^j^Mua-'-phue

..

Hemp.
Hides, buffalo.

^^ Gu-pMe
^ Bit
^-^
Gu-kak
fJ^Chhe"
I^;?fc Toi"

...

..

..

Honey;
Horns, buffalo.
Indigo, plants.
,,

...

..

...

..

...

liquid.

f^^Hu-ka

...

..

Isinglass.

..

Ivory.
Joss-sticks.

Hie"

..

^1^ Tshat-khi...

..

Lacquered ware.

120

Lesson

XXI.

1^^ Teng-nang
^Phue
-y-^
Kam-tshau

Lantern, paper.
Leath(;r.

Liquorice.

^^^i 0-khak-kia
^/iKTau-iu
>4B
...

Mother-of-pearl.
Oil, pea.

M lu-tsua
$JS

Oil-paper.

Tsu

Pearl.

^E3|^ 0-tsu

^ Pang
j^a5i;ii? Liu-ngun-khi

Planks.
Plated ware, silver.

M ^^^ Lm-kim-khi
Eattan.

gold,

AM"Tua-ng

...

Ehubarb.
Eockets.

/^m

Hiie-stih

...

^^

Hio -tsh4
len-tshai
.

Sandal-wood.
Seaweeds.
Shark-fins.

^^
*^1

L6
Phi" -hun,

Shells.

^^

Snuff.
Spill.

i^^/^Tsua-bue,

Lesson

XXI.

121

^i^i

Peh-thng...

Sugar, white.
,,

^^^ Chhiah-thng
;^^Ou-thng
/t^Iu
...

brown.
black.

,,

Tallow.

A^'i^ua-tsha...

Timber.

light.

^ Sam
Phue-sie"

Trunks, leather.
Turnips, salted.

^M
^-^ ^ia
!=!

Tshai-pou

^T" Soh-kia"
Ngun-tsu
Ng-lah

Twine.
Vermilion.

Wax,
,,

bees, yellow.
insect, white.

is Peh-lah
Ie

^%
/^

-mo"

Wool.

S^ Pha" -tsha

Wood,
,,

light.

:^

^ Toi" -tsha

hard.

Carpentnj,
Kii

...

...

A
A

saw.
plane.

Thiu

122

Lesson

XXI.

chisel.

^^
'0^

Tsng-kia"
.

An

awl.

file.,

^^Pou-thau...
Thih-teng
,

An

axe.

A A

nail.

^^tr L6-si-teng

^^^

Bcrew.

L6-si-zuan
...
.

^I^Teng-ka

Nippers.

^I^Hiap-tiap...
^yffiPeh-iu
j^'HH Ou-iu
tifiivtfi
...

hinge.
paint.

White
Tar.

Thang-iu...
...

China varnish.
Varnish or crude lacquer.

i$- Tshat
/tS^jJ

..

lu-sueh

..

paint-hrush
paint.
varni.sh.

VtU la

..

To To

r^

Tdhat

..

..

Tailoring.

^ Tsam
;^^Sua"

needl*.

Thread.

Lesson

XXI.

123

^^|&
^[li]-|]|!

Si-sua^'

Silk threat!.

Tang-tsoi"

...

thimble.

'^JJ

Ka-to
Thi" -sa" ieh-lrai
Chhieli
...

Scissors.

^^^^%i
J^
'ffj

A A

sewing machine.
measure.
tape-lme, or cloth measure.
sew.
stitch.

...

J^

Pou-clihieh

...

ij^Thl"
ijBjJiNng

To
To

i^i jja Chih-tsue

To hem.

"^ Ka

...

To cut with

scissors.

^^1^ Tso-s.a" -khou

W'i^^ Ka-sa" -khou
^MKoih
Kg Kun
jflPou

...

To make To cut
Lining.

clothes.

...

oiit

a dress.

To

braid.

To patch.
Too
tight.

-k ^ Khah-ldn

jrj^ Khah-oih
^:

Too narrow.
...

f^ Khah-klmah

Too

loose.

124

Lesson

XXI.

Accuunis.

An
;|^ H

account.

Siou-bak

f^^ Siou-phou
["J^Jit-tok
...

An

account book.

A A
A

rough day-book.
day-book.

H '^

Jit-chlieng

j^^ Tsong-phou I ^f^ Lai-uang

)

ledger.

^{^

Kiu-nguan

stock ledger.

To count. To make up accounts. To

collect accounts.

^H^ Sng-siou
i\XWi Siu-siou

t?-^ Ap-siou
[Ij'^ Min-hue

To balance accounts between

two persons.

To meet together
if

(so as to see

(^

^ Khou-siou
Siou hoi" -chheng)

the accounts of each other correspond.) Closed accounts.

Accounts paid up.

i^'^

11^ K6i-kang

Amount.
Eeceived to account.

^^

Lai-ngun

Lesson

XXI,

^^U^
=3
J2_
[^^

Ti-lu-aukat-khiam Balance due.

Ki-siou

To enter
Chie" -siou
J

in account.

^:f^Pua"-sidu

To

transfer account.

||Tua"
^^^Khui-tua"
l\XM- Siutua"
fi7-[:J^Ueh-hue-lio
^

bill.

To make out an account.

receipt.

To
:^-/g Chhiam-mia"
)

sign.

seal.

l^^ln-sek

Cotton waste soaked with red

colour to stamp with.

gt^

Khap-in

To

seal.

^ Tshau
w.
Sns-pua"
|

To copy.

To make
book or
Dates.

reference,
bill.

as to a

,.

Abacus.

:tn^^ Kha-sng-pua" li^^i Kiah-siig-pua"

1v Sng-l)ua
...

To reckon on the abacus.

f
To To
arid.

"Tu

subtract.

126

Lessos

XXI.

^ Seng
^Pun
Tshai-hu
.

To multiply. To
divide.

..

..

A A A
A

clerk.

AitMiJ

Tua-tshai-hu

chief clerk.
cashier.
bill-collector.

^fg Ghidng-kui
ij^^Siu-siou
...

..

Monetary.
Advantageous,
Agree, on a price,...

H6-than

...

Su-nie"-seng

Bank,

a,

...

Ngun-hang
Tsua-ji
T6-tie"
a.

Banknote,

a,

Bankrupt,
Bargain, to make

Ke-chi ta"

-tia" -tieh

iW^'
TU

Borrow,
Capital,

to,

Chieh
Png-chi"

Cash,
,,

...

Chi
Hien-chi'^
Tiki

ready,

Change, money,
Cheap,

Phi"

Lesson

XXI.

127

Commission,
Compensate,
Costly,
...
.

Thiu-hun

...

Pue
Tcit-clii"
...

Credit, give.

China
.

Creditor,

...

Che-tsu

Dear,
Debt, Debt, in,
...

Kui

Che
Khiam-nang-kai-chi"

Deduct,
Defray,
Deposit, entrust,

.Til
.

Tshut-s6-hui

Tah
Thiu-kiam

Discount,

to.

..

Dollar, silver,

..

Ngun
Mgun-tua", tui-tua?
Tshui-pek
...

Draft, a,

...

..

Dun,

to,

...

..

Earnest monej^

...

..

Tia^'-ngiin...

Expend,

to,

..Sai
..

Expenditure,

S6-hui
Pau-nia"
...

Guarantee,

to,

..

Instalments,

..

Hang, tshu

128

Lesson

XXI.

Insure,

to,

..P6-ke
..

Insurance policy. Insurance oSice,

Interest,
...
...

P6-ke-ji

..

Po-ke-kuan
Lai-clii"

..

mm
...

Invest, to,

..

L6h-pi)g

Lend,

to.

..

Chieh
Sih-png
Chi"
,

Loss, in commerce,

..

Money,

chi" -nguii

mi

f
,,

Tau-chi" -hang
Tau-toh-kili"

changer,

wMn

1
,,

lender.

Pang-se"-che
Pang-se" -siou,

Mortgage,
,,

to,

Tng,

t6i

deed.

Toi" -khoi...

Mortgagor,
,,

..T6i-tsu
original
Toi-tsii

...

...

Mortgagee,

Tng-tsii
..

Owe,

Khiam
B6-thua-khiam
...

Payment, punctual
,,

..

non,

(at

time Kue-hang

specified)

Lessox

XXI.

129

Premium,
Price,

...

Ngun-tsui
Ke-chi"

...

,,

current,
fair,

Plang-chheng

,,

Pheng-ke
Loll -Ice

...

,,

fall in,

,,

rise in.

H6-ke, khi-ke

urn
!il

Prime
Profit,

cost.

Nguan-ke
Than,

...

tit-h

Refund,
Pient,

to,

Hoi"

Sue
an
iron.

Safe,

Thih-k-ap-buan
P6-nia"
,

Security, to stand,

tam-seng

m.

m^
;3^

Treasury,

...

Kh6u-pang
Tang-lai, gueh-kia"

Usury,
Valuable,
...

mm

Kui-khi, tat-chi"

..

Worth,

to be,

T^t

A
Advertise, to,

List of words used in Commer^^'

...

Tshut-ji-peh

Hi^Q
...

Agreement, -an,

..

Hap-tang

...

^n
'oT

130

Lesson

XXI.

Agreement, make an,

Arbitrator, an,

Tso-hap-tang, hap-ieh

>1^

Kong-cl)hin

Arbitrate, to,
Assistant, an.

Tso-kong-chhin
Jl-chhiu
...

...

Auction,
Bale, a,

...

Kha-loi-long

Khun
Hue
ua" hiie

Barter,

to,

Bill of lading,

Nam-tsai-jl

Broker,

a,

Phah-khang

Bundle,

a,...

Pau
Su. seng-li...

Business,

...

Busy,
Cargo,

M-6i"

su tsoi
-fJCi

Hue
a,

Cask,

Thang
Pheng-tua"
Pak-tsun
Pak-tsun
...

Ifi

Certificate, a,

Charter a ship.
Charter bond.
Cheat, in commerce.
Chest,
a,
...

kai-jT

Tshuah
Sie"

Chop,

a,

...

Ji-ho

Lesson

XXI.

131

Commerce,

Seng-li

Commissioner of Customs, Sue-bu-si

...

Commodity,
Compradore,
Confiscate, to,

..Hue
..

Kau-tshai-kuan

.,

Tshong-kong

Consign a vespel,
Contract,
...

Tsun kua hang

Hap-tang
Phoi-sin
...

..

^\

Correspondence,

..

...

Tshoiil li-be

Courier,

...
(

Tsau-bun-tsu
...

[Boi-kheh
easterner,
...
(

Kau-kuan-kai-nang

Defraud,

...

..

Tshuah

...

Demurrage,
Dissolve partnership,

..

Thiap-kiie-hang kai-ngun
Thiah-hiie-ki

..

\mm

Duty, (Customs,)
,,

..

Hiang
Khieh-hiang
Lap-hiang...

to collect,
to paj',

..

,,

..

to avoid.

..

Ts^u-hiang

132

Lessok

XXI.

Employment,

Thaa-lou,

sii

Estate, (lands and houses,) Sua" -ngiap

(propertiesof all kinds,) Ke-hue

Estimate,
to.
,.

K6u-ke, pan
Chbe-thoi"
Pai
Kui-tsrii

Examine,
Exhibit,

to,

..

to, (goods,)

..

Exorbitant price,
Exports,
...

...

..

..

THliut-khau-bue

Farm,

to,

..

Pak
Tsan-pang

m
m-

Godown,
Hire,
to,

a.

...

..

Kou
Hiing

Hong, a

,.

n
...

House

rent.

..

Tsbu-bue

Imports,

...

..

Jip-khau-bue
Lai-ufing
...

Mm APf

Intei'course,

..

Invoice of goods,
Jetty, a,
...

. .

..

Hue-tua"
Be-tbau
Tbhu-tbU

...

..

Landlord,
Lease,
to,

...

..

...

...

,.

Tsou

Lesson

XXI.

133

Leisure,

134

Lesson

XXI.

Partner,

a,

..

Hiie-ki

Passport, a.

,.

Lou-i^hie
Chiii-chi"

...

m^ ^m
^^

Postage,

...

,.

Purchase,

to,

..

Boi,

kau-kuan

stock in trade,
,,

Phah-phou
Chhiam-mia"
Lan-san-fcoi

Eegister, to,
Eetail, to,
...

Eough
Salary,

draft.

Tsho-ko

Kang-tsu

...

"x-

Sale, for,

...

Ai" -boi kai

Boi-siou
...

,.

no,

Sample,
Sell, to,

Pan-thau, j^an

.Boi
,

stock in trade,
a,
...

Pliou

phah khut-nang

Share,

.Hun
.

Shop,
,,

a,

...

Phou
Tshai-tsu
...

proprietor

of,

Shops, respectable,
Sign-board, a.

Phou-thau...
Chie-pai
...

Telegraph, line,

...

Tien-p6-sda"

Lesson

XXT.

13S

Telegram
Trade,
,,

..

Tien-p6
Seng-li

a,

..

brisk,
dull,

..

Seng-li jiet

,,

..

B6-seng-li

...

Tradesman,

a,

..

Seng-li-nang

Transaction, business,
Undersell, to,
Unprofitable,

Kau-kua, boi-boi
Boi-phi"

..

nang
...

..

Oh-than
Kang-chi

Wages,
Wholesale, buy,
.,

B6i-ehie -pua"
Boi-chie" -piia"

sell,

..

..

,,

trade,.

..

Tso-chie" -pua"

Weights and measures.

Chi"

...

Mace.
Candareen.
Tael.

^Hun
fa^Nie"

...

ff Kun

...

Catty.
Picul.

tiTa
\h Tshun

...

...An inch. (Chinese.)

136

Lesson

XXI.

J^ Chhieh

..

A foot. (Twelve English inches.)

Ten
feet.

5tTng

..

pace.

Huah

..

A A

yard.

Be

^ Siam
MNie"
1^ -^ Si-pang

fathom.

To measure.

..

A
A A

square.
triangle.

;^^

Sa"-kak
Tau
Chieh
Li-ehhin

..

jlL
::g

..

bushel

(rice.)

Ten bushels.

^(<^

-^ vp Thien-pheng

..

small scale.

^f^ Tsha-chhin #^- Chhin-thui

JiTeng
...

steelyard.

..

weight.

..

To weigh. To cheat
in weighing.

fM^ Teng-siam
Tf o Hi Chhin
chia"

,.

correct scale.

^o^ffl Chhin siam

,.

An

incorrect scale.

Lesson

XXII.

137

JUDICIAL.
Murder,
...
...

...

Thai-nang

Foi^ery, of another's name, Ke-chhiii-pit

of seal,
... ...

Ke-in

Arson,
Robberj',
Suicide,
...

...

Pang-hue

...

Pak-ko-kue, chhie" pak

..

Tsu-chm
Tiou-am
Tso-tshat
...

by hanging,
Theft,

..

..

...

Breach of

trust,
faith,

..

Tim-sin
Sit-sin

u^
.

..

Cheating,

...

..

Lau-nang, phien-nang
Sie -nang
.

Causing hurt.
Assault,

. .

..

Phah-nang
Chiah-ehiu-tsui

*TA

Drunkenness,
Fighting,
...

..

..

Sie-phah

...

Quarrelling,
Stab, to,
...

Sie-me

..

Tshng

Bob,
Snatch,

to.
)

..

Chhie"

138

Lesson

XXII.

Steal, to,

...

Thau-khieh
Tshat

i/'^

Thief, a,
Pirate, a,

...

...

Hai-tsMt

...

Prosecutor,

Nguan-ko
.

...

Accused,
Witness,

pT-ko

a.

Kan-cheng

Eye-witness, an,
Try, (a case
Clear,
)

Chhin-mak
Sim, phoi"

th6i -ki='

m m
...

Meng-peh
to.

Examine,
Evidence,
,,

Khau-mng...

...

Khau-keng
Ki-khau-keng

urn

to take down,

,,

corroborated,
contradicted.

Khau-keng siang-hua Khau-keng siang-huan

,,

pm>

Statement,
,j

make

your,

Su lai
Ai'^

wish to make,
allow to
...

-su

,,

make I6ng-su
U-tsue
B6-tsue
Tia" -tsue

Guilty,

Innocent,

...

Condemn,

...

MB ^P

140

Lesson

XXII.

Statesman,
Viceroy, or

...

Tai-chhin...

;^Br:

Governor-General of a province,

,..

Tsong-tok

...

Lieut. Governor of a province. Judge of a province,

Tao-t'ai,

Bii-P

^M
..,

'An-tshat
Tau-thai

...

...

Ambassador,
Plenipotentiary,
...

Khim-chhe
Tshuan-khuan
Nia"-su-hu

Consul,

Mandarin,...

Kua" -hu
Bun-kua"
Bii-kua"

,,

civil,

military,

...

high rank,

Tua-kua"
S6i-kua

low rank.

Magistrate, district,

Kui"-kua"
Thou-phou-si
A-ts6ng, chbe-hiah

llS'i

town,
a.

Policeman,
Arrest, to,

Liah

Lock up,

to,

Kim

Lksson

XXII.

141

Yamen,
Court,
Sit,

Ge-mng
Tng, kong-tng
Tso-tng
...

^P1
/A'l

on bench.
...

Retire, to,

Tho-tng

...

Warrant, to issue,

Tshut-chhiam
Tshut-phie

Summons,
Prosecute, to,

i^m

Ko
Khai-pang...
Bu-Iua, uang-khut
in,

Withdraw,
Accuse

to,

falsely.

Petition, to

send

Jip-tia"

jip-pin

AM Am

Your Worship,
,,

Luu-ia, thai-ia
Trii-jin

Excellency,
to.

Promote,
Degrade,

Kau-seng

...

to.

Kang-khip...
Pti-cheh, lut-tiou
Siet-lip
an,...
1-3?

Dismiss, to,

Appoint, to,

BXJLL
...

Appointment,

Cheh-jim

Ua"
,,

ua" -Ida-si,

to

have

it

tried,

Phah-kua"
K6-ia"

sie-ko

5,

to win.

142

Lesson

XXII.

Case, to lose,

...

Ko-su

Discharge, (a case)
Bribe, toy

...

Pang
Sai-eng
Siu-iu

...

to receive.

...

Private,

,..

Am-che"
Chek-ak

..,

Cruel,

..

Ji>j>

Bad-hearted,
Good-hearted,

..

Hiou-sim

...

..

H6-sim
P6-chhiu

Eevenge,
Just,

to.

..

..

Kong-tau

Unjust,

M-kong-tau
Sit-ue ta"

Truth, speak the.

Lie, to,

Hue-niou"
Chiu-chua

Swear,

to,

...

Plead guilty. According to law, Against the law.

Jm-tsue, jm-tsho
Chie-lut

...

mm mm
^E#

B-tJ.

Ngek-lut
Huiim-lut
...

Break the law,

Lesson

XXIII.

143

,OSTILITIE.
Commrttider-in-ebief,

144.

Lesson

XXIII.

Bombard,
Advance,
Eetreat,

to,

..Bii
..

to,

Chin

to,

..

Tho

SuiTound,

to,

..Ui
..

Enemy,
Arrow,
,,

Uan-chhiu,
Chi"
Sia-chi"
J'J

532.

..

to shoot,

...

..

H".

Spear,
Shield,
Tra-vel

..Pie
..

Tin-pai

..

Kia"

Baggage

. .

Pau-ko, heng-li
Ia-pua
Tshang-ia"
...

. .

Camp,

..

Encamp,
War,
a,
...

..

mm

..

Sie-thai,';kau-chien

Victory, gain a,
,,

...

Thai-ia

chien-ia

mm mm
IS.

lose a,

.-

Thai-su, chien-su

Settle, to,

..Tit
to,
...

Indemnify,

Pue

Reconcile, to,
J^egotialions, for peace,

...

Hua
Kia -hua
...

. .

Lesson

XXIV.

145

RELIGIOUS.
God, called by P. Christians Siung-ti

Jeeus,
Chiiat,

E. Catholics, Thien-tsii
la-sou

J
Ki-tok
Siii" -sin

Mm
mm

Holy
Lord,

Spirit,

Tsu
.

Saviour,

Kiu-tsii

Mediator,

...

Tong-p6

Paetor, Protestant,

M6k-su
Sin -hu
Thuan-to-li

,,

E. Catholic,
to,

Preach,

Preacher, a,
Christians,

Thuan-to-li kai-nang

Hong-ka
la-sou-ka

Protestant,
Pai-siang-ti-nang
...

,,

E. Catholics,
to be,
...

Thien-tsu-ka

,,

Tshap-hong-ka, jip-ka
Sia"-hue
Loi-pai-tng

Church, members,
,,

building.

146

Lessox

XXIV.

Church, building, R. C.
Cross

Sei)g-tng...

mi.
,

Tsap-ji-ke
Sie"

Image,
Idol,

ft

Lau-ia
Sailors,

Goddess of

Ma-ts6u
Hut, hut-tsou

Buddha,
Buddhist
Tauist
Priestess,
priest,

m mm

Hue-sie"

...

...

Sai-kong

...

Ni-kou-phua
Tang- sin, tang-ki...

Sorcerer, a.

Sorceress, a,

Loh-sin-phua

Khua" -mia"
Fortune
teller, a,

sin-se"
...

Pok-khue
Geomanoer,
Temple,
a. a,
.

sin-se"

Thoi" -huang-tsui sin-se"

Luu-ia-keng

Monastery,

a,

Am
A

Ancestral hall,
,,

Su-tng
Ke-sin

tablet,

Shrine,

Sin-kham.
a,
. .

Censor,

Hie" -lou

mi

Lesson

XXIV.

147

Incense,
Sacrificial paper,

...Hie"
...

Chi"-tsua, ngun-tiit"

mm mm
n

Worship,
,,

to,

..Pai
...
..

idols,

Pai-luu-ia

...

,,

ancestors,

,.

Pai-a-kong

Recite prayers,

..

Thak-keug, liam-lveng

Divination by
,,

bamboo Bligs, Lok-chhiam

,,

mm

roots,

Puah-pue

..,

Offering,

an

Hong
-se

The three kinds of offerings Sa"

The

five

Ng6u-se
Ts6-ts()ili

Festival day,
^Theatre, a.

...

Hi
la" -lau-ia
...

ii

Procession of a god.
Merciful,

Tshu
Sia-tsue
. .

Pardon,
Save, to,

to,

mm

...

Kiu
Pheng-an
Kho-lien
...

Peace,

Com2mssion,

...

Sympathy,

Thoi-thiap...

148

Lesson

XXIY

Happiness,

Lessox

XXIV.

149

Faith,
lleper,t, to..

,.

Sin...

in
.

..

K6i-pi"

Filial piety,

Kia" -hau
Seng-sit
Sia

Honesty,
Holy,
Covetousness.

..

..

mi
rE-

..

Tham-sim.

LESSON XXV.
EELATIONSHIPS.
Ancestors,
...
.

Soi" -tsou, tsou-kong

...

Great-grand-father, pater - Lau-kong

nal,
,,

grand-mother

,,

Lau-ma"
..
.

...

Grand-father, paternal,

A-kong, ts6u-pe

Grand-mother,

,,

A-ma" ts6u-b6
,

Grand-father, maternal,

..

Gua-kong
Giia-ma"

...

Grand-mother,

,,

...

Grand-uncle, elder, pater - Ltiu-peh

nal,
,,

younger,

,,

Lau-chek

...

Grand-aunts,

,,

Lau-kou
A-peh
A-chek

...

Gd. -uncle's child, elder

,,

younger,.

150

Lessor

XXV.

Gd.-aunt's child, elder, pa- Pie-pell

ternal,

younger,,

Pie-chek

^M

Father,

Lesson

XXV.

151

Paternal aunt, younger,

...

S6i-kou

jStfflM

Paternal aunt's husband,.. Kou-tie", a-tie"

sons,
...

M^
^Rs'^
^i$jfe|^
...

K?5t

Pie-hia-tT

daughters, Pie-che-mue"
...

Maternal aunt,

...A-i...
...

...

...

?54bE

elder,

Tiia-i

A^
,

younger,

...

S6i-i
l-tie

Maternal aunt's husband,

.,

a-tie

3^^ ^>t

?55t

SOQS,

...

Pie-hia-ti

^Rt^

daughters, Pie-che-mue

Brother, elder.

152

154

Lesson

XXV.

Marry, a
,j

wife,

...

...

Tshiia-bou...

a husband,...
a,
... ...

...

Ke

...

Widow,

...

Siii-kua

LESSON XXVI.
A LIST OF ANIMALS
Lion,
Tiger,
.

AND BIKDS

Sai

Hou"

Iriu-hou"

Jn.

'/L ^M.

ElejAant,
Ehinoceros,

Chhie"
Sai-gii

Camel,

...

Loh-thoh

urn

Lu
L6

Ass,

Deer,

Tok
...

Wolf,.

Tshai-lang

Fox,
Snake,

...

Hou-lai

...

Tsua

...

Monkej',

Kau
Sua" -nang

Orang-outang,
Bear,
...

lijA

Him

Lesson

XXVI.

155

Peacock,
Pheasant,
Phoenix,
Draiion, Bird,

Khong-chhieh
Sua"
-koi

Hong
Leng
Chiou
..

Parrot,

Eng-ko

Hawk,
Stork,

Eng-p6

Hoh,
...

peh-liOu-si

Eabbit,

Ghieh-tshii

Sparrow,
Pigeon,
. .

llua" -chiah-chiou

Hun-chion
Bue-iah...

Butterfly,

mm
Iff'

Dragon-fly,

Sua-me"

Grasshopper,
Bee,
Buffalo,

Tshau-me

Phang

Tsui-gu...

Cow,
Sheep,
Goat,
...

Gu
Mi"-ie....

...

Sua"

-ie"

Horse,

. .

Be

156

Lesson

XX VII.

157

IIS

K^i

158

Lesson-

XXVII.

Lessox

XXVIII.

159

Notes

Xantical.
I

^."^^j^:^ Bp +X ^^''" ^pi" P^lf '

'

Uti

ai"-kue-huan

am

going to a foreign

country.
^^^ a,i-tah ti-chek-chiah

^^'in,^-

By
...I

-which steamer are

you

"hue-tKun? 55?'^:|S;Epjjj,^ Usl ai"-tah kap-pan

/?)

going?

am

going by a sailing

^"^f^^^^l
'^o^^fi^t
^^j^j^ -_..,
,

Chi-tiang-sitso-hotahkap-pan, ngek-huang

You

shouldn't go by sailing vessel at this time, as the wind is contrary.

better go

w( Be

^i

Tn'yCllS Lii neng-ko tah hiie-tsun

(-S: 'ft3

You had
^^"'

by

stea-

iX ^/t? 1p
uX.

^ wn -^ Tah jc.^^
|hJ

hii-chiah nam-iu-tang

"

Go by the blue funnel (steamer.)

5^^ ^/V'^ JMa"-meag-kh] jip-lai

je^
>j

m.n'iKrfT

Tiii-kong h6-kia"-lu
-si

h6--lo T ^\Mi^^ t7a khi-lai thoi" ^o|^ Jg T ^Bra Ua hou huan-liou bue-che
!

^"^

=V~a^j.-7 -7 Jtr Thi"

...She comes in to-morrow morning. ... Steersman, you had better ^i^y:i now. The weather is fine.

Let

me come up and

see.

Oh

the rain hasn't stopped

:M ~f'

^ ~f'7f^ jI
j*t

y*I
1

Su-kia"hou-kia",mui"--no You needn't be afraid of

little rain.

a^ ^''T^^AMiI

-^

"^

Khiu-tiam

ai"

-phu tua-

By and bye

a storm and

Jm

huang-eng
Kg,u .g- ^in.ts5

large waves will arise.

^^^mM,^\
tfii
^

^^iffl*^^-!^^^^"!*^ .ittje/c
.

huang-thai Oh! I think there will be a typhoon. ...Let us let go another '^'^"'^^i *^"8
anchor.
-si

l^t^H^^ftTff '_'

Chia-thi
_^

tso-ho-kia"

...

Oh, we can't go on, in this

weatliei-.

"T^^^ojf/^'^l

Taiou-u-pou,lo-tieh chie khoih-i-tshue jth a^iS!^*J

na"-Now, what
be we

help can there stay here and let the wind blow.

must

160

Lesson

XXVIII.

>!fe-i^## Kl Tifi- Lau-tsui li hiong, ^^f oHV, 4> W] /lib ^- j^ . J.

huang The
...

tide is strong,
jg

and the

^^i^^

contrary
sails

i^ti^l^M'l^

Chi-chiah-tsun ho-sai
i^i^"

This boat

welL

^WWi
./V

"^

-^^^''^

'* 8^^^ '^^^"y ^^^*-

yu

"^

'^ '^

j.

"^ if

Hue-tsun min-eng huang 6i-kia

sai-.

Steamers can
setting sails.

go without

WJ^T^l^

E-tsiia-tsunuachiu-ai" -khu I
Tit-thau, bo-kuati-ko
...

am

going next

trip.

ifiiASo^tte'^ '^
.

^^^ y^^m-j^ The" -khu hiie-tsun-pi"

3JS sere-

...

go direct without calling ^"y where. Eow alongside the steamer.

I I

W Ua

ai

-he-hue

...

...

want

to ship cargo.

^l"]

ffm^ti#;^l
/ijitj

The"

-khii tsun-thau

...

Eow
Take

to the fore-part of the

vessel.

Tsu-soi,

mai"

siang-tieh
?
...

'X^C^Pim

pr -A-

"hiie-tsun ^i=i Hue-tie to-ti-ko

care, don't knock, against the steamer. Where's the captain ?

y^J^'^^ Hue-tie"
!Km^^'>MWl.]
I'^v

khi-khu

...The captain has gone on

...

WM^^miT^W- 1 khia-tiam chiu 16h-lai

^N _ ^
I ,

He

will

come on board by

r:i ^i^ Jf

^ndbye. ~ Hiie-tsun u pun-pi a-bue ? Has the fsteamer sounder her whistle ? Pun sa" -e-lo She has whistled three
.

-_t;

^.^j.

times.
...

/Jll'.a*

^l?^-lT Ke
J

chek-e chiu ai"-kia

ki-ui
liii

Once more

fifL 5S i-j- A. Ap bfe-i W53./f^|/|i;1^^ Tsun-thau

kai

Id,

(the next time) ^^^ ^^'^^^ start. If the flag of the foremast is

yS^7Tlr^Wtt

na"-si

pua"-kueh

^^

chiii ai -kia"

hoisted half mast high, then the steamer is going

Ml \i^f4^yhl&^\ Kai-nang puah-loh

tsiiii

A man has fallen over board,

and no one. has gone
pick
to

MA.^^iP^l
'

toi,

bo-nan-

khu-liou "

him

up.

Lesson-

XXIX.

161

^^^-^^T-^'o-mihoi-siu
)^^^iifel5^ol
-'^^

He
l"ii--i'

can't

swim very

well.

tl''^"
chill- tieh

^^^'ft

If

he he

is

not saved quickly, be drowned.

dive ? a

i^^WC^^i

kek-si
?

will

Wi ^>*C^S ^^
^'^

oi bi

me

Can you
sai

^;|SMcS^^^l
'ter

16-ke,

m-pat-to- Without
don't
to.

compass

we

(i

l^hu

l^'^^a)

know where

to sail

LESSON XXIX.
Notes
aC,
/5^

Medical.

K'7'

!X

Ua

kia"

-jit

nang

m-mo"
...

am

unwell to-day.
better go

^ObPf^i
Hi f^

Lu

neng-ko khii-to
^^^i

You had
down.

and

lie

A^B
J

f"!

^^
"

nang

tso-ui" ?
...

...

What
I

is

the matter with

fever.

^j

you?
...

/Vpfji

Nangzuah...

have got

^SW^ ' A.i"-chhia"

-rs ftw

sin-seme?

...

Do you

wish to engage a
is fast.

wMl}^?^ Lu kai

meh" me"

...

doctor ? Your pulse

^^

*a
_^

SPJ!^*

jftiPi^
gE-p^f^)''0':i!i'C

lan-16 kua" -ieh pun lu I will give you some quichiah nine to take. Ts6-ni" -chiah ? Hoav am I to take it ?

U^

tiam-kia" chhin-tsiii Take it with a little cold water. Here's three, packets. 'S-iSrilti Sa-pau to-chie

Thou

^S^
_tj

Chek-jit chiah sa -tng

X

...

Take one packet three times

^^^S'S Chek-tng chiah

a day. chek-pau... Take a packet each time.

162

Lesson

XX[X.

Chi-khi pe" ui oh-ho

Tieh-chhia" Sai-kok sin-se"
lai

This kind

of

sickness

is

difficult to cure.

ui chia -oi-ho
,

Sin-se
tie"

chhifi," -In

get a European doctor to cure you, otherwise you will not be eur<id. khui- Doctor, please make out a

You must

ieh-hnc; prescription. Ua lai-khu ui-kuan khieh- I will go to the hospital ieh and get the medicine. Eng koi-nio" buah Apply it with a fowl's feaIher:

Chhiii mai" -thri.ng tieh

Don't touch
fingers.

it

with

the

Lu

a si-raih mau" -pe

What

sickness have
leg.

you?

MM

Mi" -kha
Mi" -kau-ta" u jieh-ku-ld
?

bad

How loug has it been ulcerated.

Uchia"-ni"
Oi-chie a-boi ?
...

About a year.
Does
. .

it

itch ?

Na"

-SI

oi-chie"

m-mo" pe

If

it

itches,
it.

you mustn't

scratch

Kui-khu, tieh
nai"

khat-khou Let

it

be,

you must do your

in the
it

best to bear it. Chek-mencr-kbi kbi-lai-kau When you get up morning, wash eng ehia ieh-tsiii soi
this lotion.

with

I-kai pe'' tafig

His

illness is serious.

Tih-lat-tsai, ai" -si

Very

serious, almost dying.

B6-kiu-]o

...

Mai" -theng-3hiah

There is no hope, (lit. there is no salvation.) Don't be eating what you

shouldn't eat. kiam- Take congee with
salted

Chiah-mue phie bue chiu-ho

plums.

Lesson

XXK.

163

l^otes Commercial
^'i?^ Chek-tai ehek-tui
jieh-tsoi

How much

R 4^ No" -khou-pua"
Rr9

^.^

chi" ?

for a pair these candle-sticks ? Two dollars and a half.

of

uj C'

i**

Lu
Ua
'^^

tshut iieh-tsoi?

.,,

How much
1

do you

offer.

re ^i*.<fel'i.

'jS:

-A: IS5

^W A R E* itm a mm To Sun-hah
f''l

a ^^.S^Sl i^m=-'
}^

chi-tsun chid" -to hie"

thau boi chek-tui, khou chhit-kak-pua"

ti-chek-koi"

have just bought a pair from there for | 1-75.

phou boi

From which shop have you

J"^*^

keh-piah

...

Next

to (chop)

bought them ? Sun-hah.

j-[/|5i-/f}a

j"

Sun-hah kai-hue m-mo"

'

G"

B^10

-tel

ra
bft

^M^ fc S :S -n

"kai

,>,

Uii-kai Icng-tscng Siung-hai-kai _t.^fSSlf

I

si

Sun-hah's goods cannot be compared with our goods. chia" Ours areall genuine Shangpi

^iK'flBH E6-ke-kai

None
,

hai goods. are false.

^^flS^^^^l

Khah-tat-chi

uaui-ka"- They are too

...

1^

11

^04--*-

boi ^ Ti-tiang si tshai-tsu?

costly, I dare not buy. Who is the proprietor (of

is

^i^i^l^
'^-*;tu# .7- ^}iM H.
'

Tshai-tsu tohu-lrd

...The proprietor
ai"-kie

inside.

i^l^^Jl^o^ft-^fl Hue-tsun kau-lai,

ikhiikhi-hue
..

The steamer has arrived, I v.anttoask him to go and unload his cargo.
have a large transaction
with this

^Mlltp'H
\i
:A:

k^j

^'l

Uakah
Kah

chi-koi" Tsap-kang- I
tsoi

hang kau^kuan

German

firm.

H6-lan-se hang kau-kuan a-bo ?

ne,

u And with the French firms, do you ha^e any transaction

?

U-lan-16 a, ua pat Ida-khu Well, a little, I have ordered something from Huap-kok-koboi-mueh" France.

164

Lesson

XXX,

aiigg_J- AfrF^ R

Ua kah Tui-eug-kok-nang Oh,

"^'''^

S^S^tfL
^^tr'^ji^T
^;il!s!>lX^

^^"^

kau-kuan no
...

I do much business with Enghshmen.

^_t^@ A Ua siang Eng-kok-nang

Hue-ki-hang
Kue-si"
chi" ?
t6-tie --lo

I like

Englishmen.
firm
is laiik-

...

The American

!.

chek-ki jieh-tsoi

How much
fan
'?

for a palm-leaf

#ii5^^J(iil^Kipoib-kaichi"

Eigl.t cash each.

...

lt*EB$^i^

Chi-chua"-sib6 seng-li
Nin-kai seng-li hoh-jiet

Mj

trade

is

very dull of
pretty brisk.
cents

WM^^0^
RyiuS^of^H-cty^l

...

Your tiade

is

Si-kai-ngun, no" -sek si-kai

chi"
...

flQ^j

Four dollars, twenty and four cash.

W'^IS^ Peh-ngoa kai chi"

l^/y"!^ Lak-kun-si
...

Hundred and

fifty

cash.
taels.

...

Six catties and foui

^' JT 4^ No" -kun-pua"

f^{j^

Two
...

catties

and a

half.

Lu

ki chhin siara...

Your

scale is not correct.

TM IEo/il> Rj JMvm
-ftn^jal^^fc:-fei>-'ftS;

m^iri^Vi^ Kai-ngun
'tl^iV
j

Teng-chia" ^^^^

m-mo"

teng-

Weigh

properly, and don't

khieh-khu

cheat in weighing. tau- Take the dollar and change

into cash. dollar is

chi"" _ it M^TWW^tff.) Kai-ngun m-kau-tung, IIHI !^^>. At ffio^^ bo The

chhit-ji

short

in

-R'eight, it's

not 7 canda-

HH IW

1
f<t Lau-jiet

reens and 2 mace. phrase used by customeis or visitors

on

leavini;

shop, which means ay y o u r shop bd crowded with customers.

the

Leson

XXXI.

165

Notes

Judicial
?

Luu-lia tfo-tng a-bue

Tso-hoh-ku--]o
Ai -thd-tng-lo
I to
...

thi mandarin sat on the bench ? He has sat a long time.

Has

He

is

going to retire now.

case
is

&im si-mih

iia" ?

What

he trj'ing?

\^)

lo

sim chek-tiou thaiua'

He

is

trying a murder case.

is

nang
^si

Litu-tia ta" -ai"

_

-kbu thoi" The mandarin says he

Pi-k6--kai-iiang
jTn

khah-u
thai

going to see the corpse. Does the person accused

me ? _
ta"

Bo,
I

^ m-si

admit
i

it

No, he said the man was not killed by him.

kah

lau-tia ta" ,lriu-ia a,

He

ua bo-tsue

said to the mandarin, " Your Worship, I am innocent."

Ua

SI

khoihnang

uang-

'

'

am

falsely

accused by

khut
Nang-ai -hai ua

the people.

-^ ^

wish to do me harm. Khiu lau-ia thoi-ua sin-uan, " I beg Your Worship to in-i vestigate the case on my kho-lien ua behalf, and to have mercy on me." The mandarin asked him H^-'^Uf Lau-tia kie i su
to

" PeojDle

make

his

state-

ment.

-^UB^^f^ilta"

hia" -chia" -tsoi ue

..

He made

a long statement.

Lau-tia thia" -liou chiu tak

The mandarin after hearing

him, nodded hishead. His case will be postponed
till to-morrow. Don't be a thief.

thau
I kai ua" ai"

-an-kau ma"
...

_ khi

M-mon

tso-tshat

166

Lesson

XXXI.

yn>

yT^^^AM^I M-m6thau-khiehhangkai Mustn't things^ mueh ^

J
-q

steal other peoples

is

^/J

ilfc^M;^^!!^

Chi-kai tshat
i

si

li-keng

.,.

This thief

dangerous.

^i^'/?^!)^^

A Tsa-me" nang

I
i

tshng-si

kM- Last night he stabbed a

i..

khoih ua liahti6h

man to death. He was caught by

me.

^^^'''^^SlUachiuHahikhuge-mng- And I took him to the \\mi}\io yamen. ^^^ V^^ chhe-hiah kai And handed him over to the ^-teSi^.^fl^ '^'
"

chhiii

police.

lok-Iok ^^/"^^ISS '^^^^P^^^ chia -m-ka ~J^ H i^lE^^ E-Jit

^

^^^"^

Must beat him very severely;

So that he

...

may not dare

is just.

to

itbfCT f5 Hu' ^)S. Chi-kai kua" -hii kong-tau This

mandarin

^^,W A Bo uang-khut nang, ^4!^^ A uSil^ la bo chiah nang kai chi"

Ajiij* ill

<..

He does not deal with people

unjustly.

Nor does he take

bribes.

Nang

tong- tit
-

He

is

straight-forward

H^lfpiSiitfisi)

mail-

'& ^''' I Rif

^^^'S^" o-lo chi-kai kua"

The people praise this mandarin.

hu
' ^^" -kau-seng--lo
...

j^^\%\^^ T
!ttrr.T=^^/^i
J

He is going to be promoted.

.Er^mM

^1

^^'^^ \^''^M

ngiam,huan- Though the law is strict, yet you must obey it. ii5u nin ^j^j^ g^^ ^^'^'^-^^^-^^^-^^T^g tieh Those who break the law
Sui-jienliit
SI

siu-huat

should be punished.

'OS^Tt'o^^E^
4^1

To Theng-hai-kui u chek- There was a graduate in the

kai siu-tsai, u'huam-tiehlut
1
disti'ict

of

Theng-hai,

^Wi^MBM)
!

<-^]S

^^'^^ ^^'^

broken the law.

to

^i

chiu khu-pun kua" -hu

^nd he went

be tried by

sim

the mandarin.

Lesson

XXXL

167

^^^jS^tB) Tbf ^,01.

9KTt:^l
7L

^^'^^"*^i^ ^^^^^'^g ''^"^

tshut--

lai

tso-tng

The mandarin put on his button, and came out and

sat

on the bench.

^^Wt^fi^^

Siu-tsai chiu liui-loh-khu

The graduate knelt down.

^^
X
o

A. 5K^ 0^

^f^.

'-

Luu-tia sim kau hoh-ku-- The mandarin after a long o, nang zuah- tsiii trial found it rather warm.
I

^^t^Wt^^W^^
-^VpiS^
^-JhAiHf^Mitt^) ^^ Vt>^i-]M^
-r

Liap-teng

chiu^ thut-tiou

And he took
the table. table

pang

to

tshng-teng
<-

oil his hat to which the button waa attached and put it on

'^

Siu-tsai to-kui sui-si chiu

m)i3i'^

khi-lai
\

The gradu! graduate who waa kneeling down at once

^ * flH-^'-Mo^
^1^l^3l^& "^
ii S-

Lau-tia rang i ta" ," lu tso- The mandarin asked him " and said, " Why do you ^ khi-lai ne " ?
get up " ? -,^ Siu-tsaichiuta"-ta''/'uapi The graduate said, "Ikneel <io^n tothe Emperor, not ^^^ Huang-ti, m-si kui-

^vr^"HoHo]

M % ^ ^^^Hj ^
^

Siii-tsai

chiu tshut-khu
i

...

And

the graduate walked

'yi^W 1^ il S-)
S
I

Ma" -khi

kai ua" tsai-sim The next day his case was tried again o"

LESSON
l^otes
ttl

XXXII.

Hostilities.

f^ffii'-iffiMiJS*

Tong-kok
sie-thai

kah

H6-lan-se
.,.

War

!^S WSy
jp

Ti-tian<' thai-ia ?...

between China and France. Who has won the victory ?

T ^^ Huan-liou bue-tsai
H6-lan-sekai-pia"
tsoi
lai

,.,

We

don't

know

yet,

1^Mffif^^5!^[

^i^'

hue- The French troops have not all arrived yet.

168

Lesson

XXXII.

1?*2Bf xt 7N ""

/3ldii:M.*^5f .^ Wb
iR
-/t- -itb
ii<r\

In na"

-SI lai-ts6i

chiu ai If they,
tjigy

all
^yiii
;

have come
go direct

out,

^-j._^j^ 1^^^^

]jia_ .sig_n ..1^5.

to the

capital

^ r^ tt<K^*M
jSrfij'^

To-hu--k(5 su-ia "

^n"^
/r-/i

[
)

. Hin-si to Tai-uan--ko u
*^^^ Koi-lansj khnih

sie-

^ /tQ a?)
4fi- }i',-Aii

there, it -v\'ill be either %YOnorlost. At present there are bat^^'^^ goin^ on in Formosa.

And

&h ,m ^mikfimm
\

ph^h.-lduvlo

H6-lan-se Keelung is taken by the French.

'^MiS^S^-^ tyi Tx)'m iF S (W /^ !^ m f^

'ik
iLHl

'

To-hie kai phau-thai long- All the forts there have been bombarded by their tsong l<hut i kai chien-

-^ ifSfife

lifi]

@t5^ mi'W
I

tsun butiou
I
r

.-

war "''-

vessels. ^^'"=^-

f^^/!''fei^!'^fi
/ca
/ti

kai tsun liai-ehheng u-kai tua-ki kue phau-tl)ai.--lsai

'^8'^i"0hiah

Some

of the guns of their ships are larger than those of the forts there.
vessels,

J. ^t^ "U'

"'"

(Cin !jfk

chlen-tsun

They had nine

loochow.

and

iSiliSJTl' )^ A.f^^l&'l^| Tng-nang

^

"^^Sfi-ml

chiu

khubuHok-chiu
^

Ihey went to

bombard
vessels

kai chieu-tsun

The Chinese war

were
all

^jt-*j-.r

long-tsong tim-khii

sunk.

Ifl'M

'^r^'feol

P'lt'^^ue
i-i_A

^^ZJ^il>f

khii, chek-oliiah

.i,.ii.

chek-chiah tsau-- With the exception of one -i_;_i_ i.-i. !.,-__ vessel that escaped and escaped, ""^ toh-hue one vessel on fire.

LESSON XXXIIL
Notes
Religions.

iii^P

"M^^l

Lii loi-pai-jit

u khu

16i-pai

Do you go
Sunday?

to worship

on

Sf-^^^J
^o^E^.Sifigg]

"^-^o^

U, ua kai-kai loi-pai khti Yes, I go every Sunday.

Lesson

XXXIII.

169

'

^^^^^;^
jti

Lu

SI

Tliien-tsu-ka

a,

iTi-si?

Are you a Koman Catholic?

-arrjj^j^

Un un

SI

i.a-sou-Ka la-sou-ka

...

We

are Protestant.

S'filM^S^I. L"

SI

tliuan-to-li--kai-

Are you a preacher ?

K^"^^^
^S-ff

"nangam-si?
iJi.

i" " ^^^^^.IsTjuuai^ -thia" lan-16 me? Yes, do itk-ic)

^i'^

you wish

to hear

:i

me

a little?

lai-khu loi- If I have time, I shall go " to the church and hear. pai-tng thia '^'^" "J^'' ^i^'PO'^i lau-jiet... To-day is a festival day in A. 'J **& ~^ n'j A\T "f Am-poii. "^^j^-t^^.^^:! Tsoji-tsap-pe hi, kah ia"- They have twenty theatre stages besides a proces-

f3c^l^o^5l^^) i^^'-^Si!

^'a

"-oi'

iia

O ->^1&^^

sion.

prjxij^.^ Lai-khu

thit-tho

...

Let us go for amusement.

I

ffl5f

:^-f^

^ Ua

ai"

-khu

pai-lfiu-ia

am

going to worship the

idol.

^-^;^9^jjtg. Ai"-khu-pai Ma"-tscu

jtii

Ma"

-khi ai" ia" -lau-ia

...

^MMW^^
^gg^ri^;!^
-^^p,
"J

Si-tsoih tieh pai-a-.kong

wish to worship the Goddess of sailors. There will be a procession to-morrow. We must worship our ancestors on festival days,
I

Chheng-meng hheng-me
kue-tsim

tieh -khu

On

the festival of tombs,

7ui

Mil"^ ^\
-HrJ

^^_^.yu,

K'a"

-ji

to worship the graves. tieh kia" -hau pe-bo Children must show filial piety towards their parents.
lai

"

we must go

|p|5|^ |a|

5k"i^^ ' '

Chhia" hue-sie" keng

thak-

Engage a Buddhist priest to come and recite prayers.

""^"'^" rSffi^-j!?^ ^"

lai-hong

...Make an offering of
kinds.

five

ij^jl^f/jj^j Sie-hie", tiam-chek

Burn the incense-sticks, and

light the candles.

OF

SOME

OF

THE

MORE
IN

IMPORTANT

WORDS

THE

SwATow Dialect.
Abandon,
X..

Pang-tiou

..

Pun-su; pun-nia"
Ability,

tshai-chheng
Able, Abolish,
..

Oi; mia"-ke
Tu-tiou; hui-tiou.

..

Abominable
Abrasion,
.

.:Kh6-u
..

Phiu-phue; lu--tieh

J
Abscond,
Absurd,
Abuse,
Accept,
.

..

Tsau-khu-tiam

. .

Thou-thau
-

b6-ia

..Me
^..
..

Siu

It
...

Accident,

..

Ngou-jien

Accidentally,

..

M-tsai-thau

Accompany, a person

Accomplish,

of,

..

Sang
Sang-sng
TsS-chia"
;

m
...

a funeral,

..

mm
.

. .

seng

Accumulate,
Accustom,
...

Chek
...Kui"-si"

mm
1%

Acknowledge,

Jm
I

...

Siang-sek-kai-nang
Acquaintance,
i

pheng-iu

...

Acre,
Act,

..^Bou
Ts6; kia"

bX

y
Actor, in play,
...

n
. .

Hi-kia

hi-kieh

m
.

personating female,.. Hi-tua"; a-tua"

...

Address, on a

letter,

-.

Phoi-phue; huang-phue
Niam-r.i"
<?*

Adhesive,
Adjacent,

...
?*

J
..

Ts&i-au; lin-kun

J
Adopt, children,
Adult,
...

Iang-kia

...

Tua nang...
Kan-im im-su
;
;

Adultery,
Advise,
Affair,

sai-su

Ka khng-k6i
;

Su
JJ'
...

su-bu "

Afford, expenses,

U-leng-ui'...

J
Age,

Hue

Agree

Hah

Agriculture,

...

Cheng-tsoh
Khua--tieh
Pi-h6;pi-chia; chie-mak

m^
_{;{^*Z:

Aground,

...

...

Aim,
Air,

to.

...

i^klE

J"

...

Huang; khi
La-liang
.,

J^

^
'4

,,

to take the,

...

^m

,,

clothes,

...

La-sa"
Ai--a!

Alas!
Allow,

...

^f^
kheng; iong '^.

...

Tsun; hau"
Lah-jit

f^

Almanac,

...

...

)f0
.

Tsha-m-to; tsha-put-to;

Almost,
(

hiam-hiam; lim-lim
Si
;

mm mm

Alms,

to give,

. . .

chi-phin

to give, rice.

...

Si-bi

Alone,

...

Tua^-nang;

ka-ki...

Aloud,

...^Tua-sia"

Alphabet,
Alter, to,
...

...

Jl-bo

...K6i
...

Alternate,

...

Sie-lun; sie-thoi
Sui-jien

...

Although,

...

...

J
Altogether,

Ch6k-khai; long-tsong

3.7

^w

Always,

..

Tsong-ku

Amend,

to

make up,

,..

P6u
Chheng-chi hue-ieh
Tshu-bl
Thit-tho

Ammunition,
Amusing,
...

..

..

Amusement,
Ancient, time,
,,

..

.,

Kou-tsa

men.
to relate.

..

K6u-nang

Anecdote,

..

Phueh-kou 6h-k6u
Khim-siu
Cheng-se"
Chiap; tue
Pa-l6i; tu

Animal,

..

Annex,

domestic,

..

..

Annoy,
Anxiety,
...

..

..

Khiia-lu
le"
...

Appearance,
Appetite,
...

..

..

Oi-chiah

Appoint,

no.

..

Boi-chiah; chiah-m -loh

Siet-lip

...

..

Appointment,
Approach,
Arise,

..

Cheh-jim
Kia" -bua

. .

..

Khi;

lvh]--]ai

Arm,

,,

Chhiii

to clasp in the,

Nam
Ph5
Pai-pi; su-li;

to

carry

jcith the.

m
mueh-ho

Arrange,
Arrest,

mn
im

PiM

mki-

Liah

Artery,
Artist,

Hueh-meh
Ue-sie"; ue-ang-kia

,.

lAf-

Associate,

,.

Kau-tshap

...

...

Astray,

..

Kia-ta-lGu

L6h-i:g6u-chhe" sin-se
Astrologer,

l<hua-mia" sin-se"

^^4

Astronomy,

Thien-bun...
Thai-ko-liou

Asylum, /oi"
Atone,

lepers,

Sok-tsue

.i.

Attend, vpon somebody,

Teng-tue

...

on sick person.

Khang-khia
Kun-sui; teng-tue-kai-nan]

Attendants,
Attentive,
...

Tsuan-sim; kun-sim
Tso-tsu; tu-tsu

'CL>

|i'CL>

Author,
Authority, discretion,

Khuan

Awake,
Awhile,
Bachelor,

Chhe"

chhe'> --khi-lai

mw^
TTtV
;

Khun-kia"
...

Bo-bc'm
le-kut; ie-chiah-kut

Backbone,
Bad,
Bag, Baggage,
Bail,
...

Ak; ph^i

m-m6"

..

To p6u-to
;

Heng-li

pau-ko
...

Tam-sen,f
Ji
;

Bait,

hu-jT

...

Bald,
Bale, out water,
Ball,

Tshau-than
le-tiou-tsiii

Kiu
play football,
to,

,,

That-kiu

Ballast,

Teh-tang

Bamboo,
,,

...

Tek
Tek-ko

ft

-pole,

Banish,

Tshong-kun; liu-thu
Khoi-ki"

Bank, rwer,
fj

mm

SjUYIju,

Sua-pa

Barbarian,
Barber,

Bare, body,

Bed,
Before,

..

Min-tshng...
Soi"
;

ts6i

as,

..

I-nguan
Mak--tieh nah-sap tieh nah-sap
;

Befoul,

..

hii-

'^^^m

Beg,
,,

..

Khiu

alms,

..

Khut
Se"

Beget,

..

Beggar,
Begin,

..

Khut-chiah

..

Khi
Khi-thau
Thoi
...

Beginning,
Behalf,
oil,

..

..

Behaviour,

Kui-ku
TsanJ-tbau
;

Behead,
Belch,
Believe,
Bell,

plioh- thau

..

Phah-oh

...

..

Sin; siang-sin

..

Cheng

Belly,

..

Tou
Sok
Khou-thau-tua
f"
;

Hi

Belong,
Belt,

..

..

Bench,

..

tngr-i"

...

Mm

Bench, magistrate's.

10

Bind,
,,

...

Pak

khun

ha

...

book,
feet,
...

...

Kap-tsn-chheh

...Ti"-kha
...

Birthday,
Bistre,

...

Se"-jit

...

Tu-kua"-sek
"

J
Bit, of anything,
. . . .

Chek-tiam

tiam-kia"

...

ma ^T

Bitch,
Bite,

...

Kau-bo

...Ka
as pepper,
...

Soh

Bitter,

...Khou
...Ou
. .
.

=^

Black,

M
;
;

Blackguard,

Blacksmith,
Bladder,
...

...

Tshau-nang au-iiaiig he b6-16h--kai-nang Phah-thih

bo-

^^ '^

^1^
^^j^
TJi^

...

Jie-pha; tsui-pha; lan-pha*

Blade, of a knife.

'^^-^^^
. . .

...

Blame,
Blameless,
.

Hiam me"
;

...

Jttt-

...

B6-h6-hiam

Blanket, for bed.

Blast, as rocks.

...

Thang
Piang

...

Vulgar,

11

Blaze,

J
Hiie-irim
..

...

Bleach,
Bleed,
/Bless,
Blessing,

Pie-peh

c3v im
...

..

Lau-hueli

..

Si-hok

..

Hok-khi

...

Blind,
Blindfold,

..

Chhe-ine'

mm
kim-kang
ngui-phue

..

A"-mak tsau-tiam
.

Block, large

lump of ivood, Tsha-thau

Blockade,

,..

Kim-khau
Tbha-thau

Blockhead,
Blood-vessel,
B'.ossom,
...

mm ^^

Hueh-meh"
.

Khui-hue

...

Blow,

to strike a,

Cheng; tshua"
mouth, Pun-hnang
..

wind with
,,

the

whistle,

Pun-pi

out, as

lamp.

..

Pun-kue
Tsha-thui
.

...

Bludgeon,
Blue,

...

..

...

Nam

lam

as sky.
...

,..

Chhe"

Blunder,

Tsho

m-tieh

r-

12

Blunt, of knife, of point,

...

..Tun
..

Lu; boi-chiam

Boar,

.."^Tu-ko

Board,
,,

..

Pang
To-tsun
Loh-tsuri
...

on..,. ..ship,

..

,,

go on
the six,

ship,

,,

..

Lak-pou
La-ke
;

...

Boast,

..

ta"-tua-ue
.

Boatman,

...

..

Kia" -tsuii-nang
*
V
'

Bolt, of door,
,,

..

Mng-tshua"; mng-cliheng Tshua"-ning

Thai
Bi-thai; bi-16

a door,
grain,

..

..

Bolter,

..

Book,
,,

..

Tsu-chheh...

-cover,
-case.

..

Chheh-phue
Chlieh-tu: tsu-tu

,,

..

mm mm

Boots,

..

Hia
Tshau-liou

Booth,
Bore,
Borer,

..

..

Tsng
Tsng-kia"
...

..

mif-

13

Boni,

14

Branch,

sntatl,

15

Bridge,

16

Bucket, for well,

Puah-tau
..

puah-thang

^4 ^H

Bud, flower,
,,

Lui; hue-lui

shoot,
to,

..

Sun
Huat-sun; piouh-sun

...

Buddha,

...

. .

Hut hut-tsou
;

Buddhism,
Bug,
Build, a house,
,,

..

Hut-ka
Bak-sat

mm.
iss%
...

..

..

Khi-tshu
Tso-tsun
In-chi
;

boat,

..

...

tsM

luUet,

...

. .

chheng-chi
...

Bunch, as flowers,

Bundle,
as plantain,

J
..

Chek-pe
Chek-siii

..

...

part of a,

...

..

Chek-siu

...

..

Pau

'

Burden,

carry
...

..

Tang-ta"

a.

..Ta-ta

Burglar,

..Me-tshat
..

Burn,
Burst,

Bie

..

Piang-tiou

Bury,

the dead,

..

..

Tsng; tshut-sua...

HJlti

17

Bury, as animal,

...

...

Kam
Chhi-na" -phe
f'Jl

Bush, a
Bushel,

cluster of shrul

, . . .

...

Tau
Su; su-bu
Seng-li
...

4
...

Business,

...

...

,,

mercantile,
official,
...

...

...

Kong-Bu
M-oi";

Busy,
But,

J...

^^
m mm
...

su-fcsoi

...

Si; ts6ng-si

Butcher,
Butt,
to.

,..

Thai-tu ;thai-gu

...Tak
...

m
...

Buttock,

Kha-tshng-poi"
Liu...

Button,
,,

...

on a cap,

...

...Bo-tsu

mandariris.

...Teng
...Boi

Buy,
,,

as

oil,

wine,

...

...Kou-iu;
to-chiu
...

kou-chiu

to-iu

mm

m
W'i4^^

as as

rice,

Tiah-M

cloth,

...

Ka-p6u
Kuah-tu- bah kuah-gu-bah '#]^' |^
;

as pork,

beef,.

. . .

Buzz,

. . .

Ng-ng-kie

...

18

J
By-name, (nickname,)
By-stander,
...

Thou-mia"
Khia-t6-l<ha-thaU"kai-

...

By- word,
Cabin,

...

..

nang S6k-gu
Ba-li
;

...

r...

PO

. .

tsun-bue-lau
...

^.1

Cable, anchor,

...

Teng-soh

mn
m
^^

Cage,
Cake,
,,

...

Lang

...Kue
...Pia;ko
. . .

as biscuits,
...

Calender,

Tah-pou

khoih-pou

Calibre, of gun,
Call,

...

Chheng-khang

Ham
Chie

kife

by going
animal.

about,

...

IS

...

Khou
Loh-thoh
Ia-pua
Oi;
oi-tit
..

Camel,

...

Gamp,
Can,
Canal,
Cancel,

...

..

...

..

...

Kau
Khou-tiou
..

# km m

...

Candareen,
Candle,

...

Hun
Chek

J
...

19

Cane,

Tsbue

Cangue,
,,

Ke

...

ivear a,
.

.Ta"-ke
.

Cannon,
Cannot,

^.

Tua-chlieng

kong
put-leng

Boi
f

boi-tit

1^

4>m

B6-nui" -ho

myr.vi
nj,i"

but.
i

bo-khou

-ho

Canvas,
(]ap^

Phang-pou
Bo-kia"
;

sie-bo

-I'll?

>i>l'g

Capital,

Png-chi"
Kia-sia"

..

Capon,
Captain, of foreign
,,

..

lam-koi

vi

Tsun-tsu
y

of steamer.

Hue-tie"

,,

ofnath'ev
...

Tai-kong
Si-kau
Si-gu

Carcass, of dog,

of cow,

...

Card, invitation,

Thiap
Tsua-pai

playing,

Phah-tsua-pai

nm^.

ioplay,
puah-tsua-pai

20

Care, to look after,

Care, don't,
Careful,
Careless,

Kuan-ku
Huan-16
Tsu-soi
;

. .

s6i-ji

Chhin-tshai
/.

bo-tsii SOI

Cargo,
Carpenter,...

Hue
Bak-kang
Be-chhia
sai-pe
. .

Carriage,
Cart,

. .

Chhia
Tiou
;

Carve,
Carver,
Case, in law,

khek

kuah-hue

Kuah-hue
Ua
-kia
;

sai-pe

na"

Cash, money,
Cask,
Cast, metal,

Chi"
Tua-thang...
Tsii
;

tsu-thih

jb?

mm

Castrate,

lam

Catch,
Cattle,

..Liah

Gu-ie"

4.^
if

Catty,

Kun
Uan-ku
Sua"-khanf;

Cause,
Cave,

21

Cease,

22

Charcoal,

28

Chimney,
Chin,

...

...

In-tang; hue-hun-tang

...

E-hai
A

China, country,

...

Tng-sua"; Tong-kok

Chink,
Chisel,

ware,

...Hui
...

Phang
Tshak-kia

...

...

Choke,

for cutting
...

iron,

...

Tsilm; thih-tsara

...

...

...

Ke" --tieh

ke -tieh-au

Choose,

...

...

...

Suan toh
;

mm m, m #

Chop, house mark,

,.

...

Ji-ho

to

...

Tok

/
Chopsticks,
...

Tu

..

Chord, musical instrument, Hi"

-siia"

Chunam,
Church,

...

Hue
A A
;

...

L6i-pai-tng

seng-tng
...

y
Cinder, of coal.
Circle,
...

Thou-thua"
;

-sai

mm
m

W'^ ^s.

. . .

Khou khuang
Sia"

City,
Civil, not barbarous,

...

. . .

Kun-tsu

hiou-chheng-li

Claim,

...

Tho

24

Claim, unjustly, Clansman,...

Clap, the hands,
Clarionet,
...

...

A";
..

Che"
. . .

>f^

^
.^^j

Chhin-nang; tang-ji-ueh

^^

...

..

Phah-phok
Ti-ta

..

Class, as in school,

..

Pan
Ng6u-kia
Jiou
...

Classics, the five Chinese, .

Claw,
Clean,
,,

..

..

Chheng-khih
Chheng-khih-sie"

as servants being.

..

Clear, as water,

..

Chheng

m
...

Clerk,

as affairs,

...

-.

Meng; meng-peh.
Tshai-hu

Clever,

Gau;
...

khiang;

oi

mia"^-ke ^|^

jj^

^i

Climate,

Tsui-thou; thi"-8i

Climb,

tree,

...Peh
wall.

Clock,
Clogs,

over

Pua"
Si-cheng

^
(j^^
J^

Kiah

Close, as door,

Kue"
...

as letivr.

Huang

25

Close, ne^ir,

Bua; kun

...

,,

as texture,...

.Bat
.

Clotb,

not airy,

...

Hip

m
;

Pou
Sa" -khou

Clothes,
nice coloured.

sin-chheng

Mm m
m
n mm

,,

Hok-sek

Cloud,

Han
...
,

Clown, in a play,
Coarse,
Coast,
Coat,

Thiu

Tshou
Hai-ki"

Sa for Winter,
...

Hiu"
Koh-16
P6u-6i
Ti-tu-si

Coax,

mm

Cot bier,

C ;bweb
Cock,
Coffin,
Coil, as the

m
;

Koi-ang

Kua
queue,
...

-tsha ; kua" -bale

...

tua-

tshu Phuan-pi"

Cold

as a snake,

Khuang-tso chek-khou

...

mm mum
^ m

Chhin

ngan

26

Collar,

. .

Am-nia"

...

Collect,

..."^Siu

It
tsu-i"

College,

...

Tua-6h;

m
...

8/0

Collision,

...

Sie-tsurmgtieh

QoUoquial,
Colour,

...

Peh-ue; thou-tham

^m m

...

Sek; sek-tsui
Siu; tsha-siu
Sat-pin

Comb,

Chinese sma

...

mm.

tooth,

Combustible,

./ Oi-toh-hue...

Comet,
Comfort,
. .

...

Sau-soi-chbe"

...I]a"-ue
. . .

Comfortable,

Khua" -uah

Command,
Commence,

...

Meng
Khi; khi-thau
Tsho-thau-e
;

...

Commencement,
Commit, a

crime,

...

thau-tshai

...

Huam-lut

...

a sin or a crime,
...
. .

Huam-tsue
.

Common,'

Sie"

pheng-sie"

too,

...Sok

27

Commonly,
Companj', mercantile,

Pai-tng

pai-si

pai-hue

sie" -sie"
...

'^^

Kong-si
Kau-tshap..
Pi
...

to keep,

...

Compare,

...

...

Comi}ass, ship's,

...

...

L6-ke"
J

Compassion,

to hare,

...

Kho-lien

Compel,

. .

...

Mien-kiang

Compensate,
Complete,
...

...

P6u pou-hoi"; pue

;

n^-^B!

\%

...

Ho nan
;

tshuan...

m % ^
m

Complexion,

...

Min-sek

Comply,

...

...

Sun
Mug-hau; chhia-ua"
Bun-chie
...

Compliment,
Composition,
Conceal,
...

to send,

...

...

...

Khng; khng-bua
Tiam tiam-bua
;

oneself,
to,

...

. . .

\n

mm

Concern,

...

U-kan-siap
B6-kan-siap

does not,

...

Conciliate,...

. .

Hua

kia" -hua

Concubine,

..

Ji-nang; tsau-kiii; chhiahklia

mA

^. ^>M

Condemn,

...

..

Tia-tsue

28

Conduct,
Confess,
Confine, as
Confiscate,

Kia"-ui

...

y
...
.

Jin

...

a person,

Kim
Tshong-kong

Confound,
Confucius,

Hun
Khong-tsu
;

Khong-hu-tsii

Confuse,

...

Zu

zu-zu

...

Congeal,

Kit-tang'; kun-tang

Congee, soft boiled

Congratulate,

rice.

Mue"
Kiong-hi
Sie-chiap

Connect,

mm
-phah

Conquer,
Consent,
Consider,
Conspire,

Kuan phah
;

Hau" kheng
;

Sie'^

phah-sng;
...

phc'^

Kau-nie''

Constantly,
Constitution, good
,,

Sie'-sie"; tsong-ku

Sin-hiin tsang; kia'

sin-hun

weak

Sin-hun

pha''

sin-hun

nam

Consul,
Consult,
...

Nia" -su-hu

nia'' -su-kua''

Tsham-siang;

kau-nie''

it]
..

en

29

Cont&ct^ come into,

. . .

Tia" -lieh

oi--tieh

...

J^-^;

t^^

Contain

Tsho
Th6i"-khin
Sie-clie"

^
^"fE

Contempt,
Contend,

>tH^ 7*^^

Contraband,
Contract,

...

.7.

Tsau-hiang
leh-jl;

hap-tang
...

^'^
...

'o'PI

take icork by,

...

.;.

Man"
Pien-poh

...

'fij

Contradict,

...

...

...

ft"^

Contrary,

Siang-huan
on
the,

siang-tui

J^^
^-^]

)^^

Tiu-to

huan-tug
...

}XW

Contribute,

Toi

toi-chi"
...

M.
vfj?

M@

amongst a small Pliai poor party, ... ... Hah Convenient,

...

...

..

...

^
J^
i^

Convey, by vessel or
letters,

cart,

. . .

Tsai

...

...

...

J
Convict

Tua
Tia -tsue
;

to,

ngi-tsue

*^M

Mf
^iKl^i

Cook, a,
Cool,

Hue-thau hia
;

-hue-sit '

^|^
,^
I'^C^

Liang
to,

La-Hang; la-chhin
Ta
-ta"
;

l^l)^

Coolie

nge-kioh

...^9!

30

Cooper,

31

Court, of justice,

...

82

Crime,

38

Cymbals, small,
Dangerous,

...

Cbhe
Hong-h:ara
Tsaa-kig,"
; ;

li-hai

li-keng
...

w^.

mw mw

])aughter,

.T

tsu-nie" -Ida"

Dawn,
Dazzle,

..

..

Thi" -kng thi la-lan-kng... _ y In-ng; iang-mak; chhie''-;

mak
Dead,
Deaf,
.

Si

kue-khii
;

kue-si

Hi" -lang

hi" lang

Khiam-nang-kai- chi"
Debt,
in,
...

khiam-nang-kai-che
Decide,
,,
.

Tsii-i

in law.

Kat

kat-utl"

kat-tit

Decorate,

TsMi
Kiam

Decrease,

^f.

Deduct,

Tu
.

Deep,
Defeat,

Chhim
Thai-ia"
;

chien-ia

Defeated, to

be,

Thai-su
pT-ko

chien-su

Defendant,
Defile,

Hu--tieh nah-sap

,..

mMmm

Defray, expenses.

Tshut-s6-hui; tshut

34

Degrade,
Degree,
,j

. . .

Kang-khip

mm

to get the 1st liter- Jip-siu-tsai

to get the
arij,

2nd

liter-

Teng-ku-jirl
In-ti;

Delay,
Deliver, over,

...

thu

...

...

Kau
Se -kia"
;

f,

a child,

. . .

kiou a-nou"

4^ mmx
Mm

Denote,

...

Piou-meng...

Deny,
Depart,
,,

J ^ ... M-jin; ta-bd

...

Li-Idaui;

khu

this life,

...

Kue-si

Department,
Deposit,
.

...Hii
. .

m
;

Tab

kia

. .

Descend,

...

...Loh
...

Descendant,
Deserve,

Kia" -sun

fiu-i

...

Kham-kai

...

Th6i"-khin; tli6i"-m-cliie"
Despise,
...

MM^

^'/K_t

thoi"

-bo-mak

'^MU

Devil,

Kiii

H
EJ^

Dial,

Jit-kui

35

Dialect,

36

Disgrace,
Disguise,

...

...

...

Kien-siou

...

HIU<

Ke
Piia"-ua"
Si-tiou
official,
...

"f^
...
...

Dishes,

Sl^li

Dismiss,

sng-hiah

wf:
Mmjf|f|J|^

^^
f^^ ^^
'fCf^

as an

Pu-cheh; thut-cheh;
clieh

Dismount,...
Disobedient,
Disorder,
Disperse,
Displaj',
...

...

...

L6h-l)e

...

...

"-^^
y^'lfl
...

...

...

M-sun

m-thia"

...

...

...

Zil-zu; hng-lah-bo-heh

:5o 'su
XI.

Sua"
Tien
...

i3X

^
^^1B-A.

Displease, a person,

Tit-tsue-tieh-nang
Sie-a
Ie

Dispute,
Dissolve
,,

J^M
...

^g
ilff^f^

paHnership,
...

...

Thiah-hue-ki

...

...

Distil, spiri*,

...

Sah-chiu; kek-chiii

^^i
m
'

Distinct

Meng-peh
Hun-piet

tff

Distinguish,
Distress,
District,
...

^'SJ

Kan-khou
Kui"

M^
^
-^

Disturb,

Hun

37

Distnib, in hearing,
Ditch,
Dive,
Divide,
Docile,

..

Tsak

Kau;
...

tsui-kau; sai-kau

i-fi-

m:^

mm

..Bi
..

Pun
Ka-oi-sek
Jl
...

..

:t^

Document,
Doll,

..

..

Ang-kia
Ke-lai

AT
;

Domestic,

..

Djminoes,
Dot,

Thien-kau

kut-pai

..

Tiam

m
ke chek-ue

Double,
,,

..

Sang
Ke-clii'-'

as price,

..

Doubt, Drag,
Drain,

..

Gi

. .

Thua

tui

..

Sai-kau; tsui-kau..

Draw,

pictures,

. .

Ue

ue-ang-kia"

Dr-eam,
Dre;^s,

..

Mang-ki"

..Phoh
to

Dress,

change

clothes,

..

Ua^-sa^-kbou
Ta-pan; siu-sip
..

findy.

..

nm

fixif

38

Drill, soldiers,

..

Tshau-lien

Drink,
Drip,
Drive, aivay,
,,

Chiah

lim
...

,.

Tih; iap-tap-tih
Jiou
;

cheng

a bullock,

...

..

Sai-gu
Hou-kia"*
y,

Drizzle,

..

f.^'
...

Drop,
,,

a,

Chek-tiam
Tih...

as liquid,

...

Dross,

of opium,

...

..

Hun-sai
Thou-lhua'
Thi^'-si ua"
-sai
...

..

ic

of coal,
...

mm
.

Drought,

..

Drown,
Drowsy,
Drugs,
Druggist,
...

..

Kek-si

Phi
leh

kong-kong
ieh-kun

ai -ut

..

...

,.

. .

Khui ieh-tshai-phou

Drum,
Dry.
,,

..

K6u

..Ta
in the sun,

..Phak
..

Due,

Khiam

umb,

..E

39

Dun, Dung, OS of cow,

...

...

Tshui
Gvi-Sili

...

Dusk
Dust,
raised by the tVind,

...Ha"-hun
...

Eng-teng; thou-hun
En:,'

,,

...

Duty
Dwarf,
Dye,

Png-hun

...

Oi; lou-koii

^t

,..M"
...
..

Dynasty,
Ear,

Chhiou

^ ,..Hi

orifice of,

...Hi-khang
...

Early,
,,

Tsa
Tsa-sin meng-khi-tsa-kua
;

in the morning.

..

Earn
Earnestly, East,
...

Tho-than

than

..

Chhiet-chhiet

..

Tang; tang-poi"
Tou-kiang-ktii

Echo,

..

Economy,
Edge,

...

..

Khiam

"^
'M.

...

i..

..Pi;ki"

40

Educated,

...

...

Thak-tiia-tsu; thak-chhim tsu

PA

Elbow,
Elder,
Eldest,
Elect,

..

Chhiu-thng
Lau-iua
tua

..

Siiing-tua

...

Suan; khieh

Embankment,
Embezzle,...

...Toi./.

...

Thau-sai-chi"

Embrace,

...

...

Nam;

pho...

m m

Embroider,

..T

Siu-hue; chhiah-hne

Emerge,
Emperor,

...

...

Phu ktii-lai
Huang- ti; uang-siang

...

...

Employ,

to,

-Eng
...

m
thau-lou

Employment,

Sii;

Empty,

...

Khang
Tshang-ia"
;

Encamp,
Enclose,

...

ti-ia"

i3

...

...

Huang
Chiam-kue tshang-kue
;

Encroach,

...

. . .

Enemy,
Ilngage, as a teacher,

...

Chhiu-nang; uan-chhiu
Chhia"

iJuK

M'u

...

3*:

41

Engage,

cts

><ni-ants,

work- Kie...
...

B4
:

men. Engrave,

Khek knah Kau

;

m m
A

Enough,
Enquire,
Enter,
Entitled,

...

la

Mng

chieh-mng

Jip

...

.-

Eng-kai-tit

Entrust,

...

Thoh; hu-thoh

Sin-pMe

phoi-phiie

Envelope,
'

huang-tang
Pe"-ie"

Equal,
Erect,

...

Kien

khi
ta
;

...

Erroneous,
Escape,
,,

. .

Tsho

m-tieh

...

Tsau
Thau-tsau
Ti
;

secretly,

. . .

...

Estate, land,

. . .

tshan-ti

general,

...

...

Ke-ngiap; te-su; ke-tsu

%m WM

^'1

Esteem, a person.

. . .

Keng-tong
;

thoi" -tong

Kou kou-ke
Estimate, price or value.
,

.kou- tat

pan

Everlasting,

Buan-si

42

Evidence, in court,
Evil,

Khau-keng

Ak
Chhe
;

ss
sun
;

Examine,
,',

...

thoi"

ii

literature,

Khau; khau-mng...
le"

Exami^le,

...

Exchange,
Exclude,
...

Sie-ua"; ua"
i
K

Tu mai" -sng
;

Exercise, take,

Kia"-tsau; uah-tong

Exert, oneself,

Khat-khou
Tshut-Mt
Pai
Tie"
.,

kun-siin

Ei''u?

strength,
(/oorfs,

...

Exhibit,

Expand,
Expect,

Mo"
Sai...

Expend
Expenditure,
Expensive,
living,
...

S6-hui

Kui; tat-chi"
S6-hui-tua..

mm
nn

Experience,
Expire,

Sek
Tiig-khui
;

kue khii
...

mm

ii*

Explain,

K6i-sueh

43

Explode, as [jiin-poirder.

41

Fatal
Fate,

.'Tieh-n:ia"

Mia"; mia"-un A-pe; a-tia; a-pa...

Father,

Si^c

i5# -sa

Fathom,
Fault,

...

,.,Siam
..

m
;

M-tieh

tsho

Favour,
Feast,
,,

,.

Nang-chheng-; kong-un
Tso-toh

to

prepare, ...

to eat.

..

Chiah-toh

...

Feather,

...

..M6"
..

Fee, teacher's,

Sok-kim
Chhl

tsu-kim

^^

^^

Feed,
Feel,

..

..

Chhi

,,

hy touch.

..

Mong
Chi
Tsu-nie"; tsa-bou...

Felt,

..

Female, of human beivgs,

,,

of animals,

..Bo
.
.

...
A

Fence,
Ferocious,
Festival,

Li

hng-li
....

..la
..

Tsoih

Fiddle,

J ..Hi"

45

Fierce, of fire,
Filial,
Fill, as icater,

Jiet

..

Kia"-hau; ii-hau
Tshr,

...

..

Filthy,

Nail-sap; clihi-gi
Hu-fclt

o-tso

Fius,

..

Firm,
,.

..tn..
a,

Hang
..

Fiat,

Klmn-tliau
Tia
.
.

Fix, as daU',

..

Flame,
Flea,

Hiie-irim

hue-eliih

Ka-tf^au

Fling,

..

So

Flock,

..

Khun
Tua-tsui
;

Flood,

hai-huang-tie

Flow,

..

Lau
Phueh
Jih
Tiie
;

Foam,
Fold, clothes,

..

chih

m
M-

Follow,

..

Fond,
Forbid,

..

Hau"

..

Kim

**

46

Force,

...

Lat;Mn-]at
Mien-kiang; nge-liah
...

jfj

^)
51:
1

to,

a person,
..

...

^ijl

-J.

Foreign,
,,

...

Huan
Huan-poi"

...

.*..

...

country,

...

...

^^
;

Foreigner,...

...

Giia-kok-nang

huan-nang ^j>|g
LI|

\
lij|^

^A
^H-^
'^

Forest,

...

Sua"; M-ki"

fiua"-lrii

Forget,
Forgive,
...

-tit

m-it-tit

...^^

^#

...

Sia-tsue
le"

khuan
;

...

l^f^
:j^

Form,
Formerly,
Fortunate,
...

. . .

pan-thau

Ichuan

...

^^^

...

Tsa tiang-si; hu-tiang-si...

Tsau-hue
;

^^
^ m
nim

..X

tshai-khi tshai-khi

Fortune,

...

...

Mia"

un

Foundation,
Fountain,
Freight,
...

...

Tl-kha
Tsiia"
;

...

tsiii-tsua"

^
;

^^<

...

Tsun-tsou
Chhi"
Chia

...

Fresh,
,,

...

as water,

...

m.
...

Friend,

...

Pheng-iu

Mneh-nang-kia"
Frighten, people,
. .

...

phien-nang-kia

is ASf

47

Fuel,
Full,

Mueh-liia"
..

T~...

Fun,

to

make.

..

Sng
Tshu-Li

Funny,
Funds,
Funeral, attend
Future,
,,

.,

..

Png
bang-sng
;

J..
a,

Chiang-lai

o-jit

in, hencefor th.

Tshong-kim

-au

J
Gale,

Tua-huang
Puah-chi
..
;

Gambling,...
Gate,

puah-kiou

Tua-mng
Sia-mng

API

city,

...

..

Generation,

..

To

...

Genuine,

. .

..

Chia"
Tl-li

IE

Geography,

..

Geomancer,
Gild,
Gills, offish,

..

Thoi" -huang-tsui sin-se

Liu-kim

tah-kim
...

,.

Hu-chhi

MM

Girl,

..

Tsu-nie-kia

Glad,

,.Hua-hi

48

Glue
God, Chrutian,
,,

...

Ka
Siang-ti
Liiu-ia; sin-meng...

y
... ...

heathen,

...

^m mm
m ^^

Gong

with a boss,
...

...Ld
...

Khong; khim

Govern,

. .

Kuan

kuan-li

Government,
Gradually, Grain,
Grate,
to,
...

...

Chhiou-theng

Khua" -khua" chiam Ngou-kak ...

chiam

3l^
.^

Thuah
;

Grateful,

...

Kam-un tsai-nang-chheng 1^^,

Phun huang-tsui
;

^ Aj^

Grave,

Gray, as
Graze, as

hair,

...

Tshang-peh
Khoi-tshau
;

cattle,

...

...

chiah-tshau.

Greedy,
Green,
Greet,
Grief,

Tham-sim

tham-chiah

...Chhe;lek
..;

mi

Sie-chieh-mng

...

Huan-16

...

Grind, as flour.

.^i
...

Groan,

Tshan; hng-tshan

49

Grow, 08
,,

trees,

,..

Himt
Se"

as produce,

...

Crrudge,

Tou-chhiu

tou-hun

khieli-hun

Grumble,

...

...

Liam-lou
Pau-niiV

...

Guarantee,
Guess,
Guest,
Guitar,

...

...

...leh
...

Nang-kheh
Pi-pe

...

Gums, of teeth,
Gun, Gun- powder,
Gutter,

..

...

Khi-ngun

...

...

Chheng
Hue-i6h
;

. . .

chheng-ieh

on

roof,

..

...

Lau-b6-ts6

Habit,

...

Khuau J
Kui"-si"

Habituated,

...

Pua chek-pua" chek-ue

; ;

Half,
i

chek-p6i

chek-kueh

...

Hammer,
Hand,

...

...

Thih-thui

tsM-thui

...

...

Ghhiu
Chia-chhiu
To-chhiii
,

^ ^'^ ^f^. ^^ ^|jM ^M ^

i.^
T^"^

ri^ht,

...

te/,

...

50

Handle,

...

Pe

Hang,
,,

...

Tiou

oneself,

...

Tiou-am

Happy,
Hard,
Hare,

...

...

Hua"-hi
Toi"
;

. .

nge

.."l^Thou

Harrow,
Hatch,
Hate,

. .

...

Thih-pe
Pu-koi-kia"

eggs.

...

...

Lou
le-kou

Hawkers, of needle

a7id

thr ead c&c. 'J

Head,

Heap,

a,

...

TMu thau-khak J Chek-tu

;

m
E

iyt-

...

to.

...

Tun
Thia"; thia"-ki"

Hear,
Heart,
Heel,
Heir,

...

...

Sim

siin-kua"

...

Kha-au-te"
Au-i
Sie-hu
;

...

Help,

...

siang-pang
...

Hiccough,
Hide,
to,

...

Phah-oh

...

Tiam

51

Hire,

Kou

kie

...

fi

H4

History,

Kou-su

kou
...

Hive,
Hole,

Phang-siu

Khang
Khang-khak
Tshu
;

Hollow,

Home,
Honest,

lai

...

Chia" -jkeng
sit

tong-tit

Hood,
Hoof,

Soh-bO
Toi...

Hook,
Hope,
Hopeless,
Horrible,

Kau
Mu" ug
;

B6-mo
Li-keng

Hospital,

Ui-kuan

Hotel,

Tiam-phou
Tiam-cheng

kheh-tiam

Hour,
,,

Chinese,
...

Si- sin

Huddle,

Sie-chi"

...

Hungry,
Hunt,

...

Tou khun
'Phah-lah

iou

...

52

Hurt,
Huslc,

...

8ie"; sie"--tieh

m
vt-

...

Khak
Sui...

as of cocoa- nut,

...

Hut,
Idle,

...

Tshu-kia

m
lif

...

Tua"
Lau-ia
/

Idol,

...

Ignorant,
Ill-treat,

...

,.;

M-hiou
M-kaa-thai
liah-m-ta

J
...

keng
Image,
Imitate,
..

Sie"

Oh...
Sui-si
;

Immediately,

..

lin-si

Immoderate,

..

B6-pang-b6

Huang-su

bo-kui-ku

Impertinent,
(

bo-tua b6-s6i
Chhiet-iou
. .

Important,
Impossible,

..

..

Pnt-leng

...

Impostor,

...

..

Lau-kia

...

^1T
;

B6-pun-ni6"
Inability,
...

bo-pun-su

bo-tshai-chheng
Inattentiye,
..

B6-sim

Incorrect,

/... ...

.
;

ffi-tieh
...

M-lui

Increase,

...

...Ke
...

Indigestion,
Individually,

Tou

boi-siou
...

...

Kak-nang
Kiou-tsSu
Soi-kia"
;

Induce, away.
Infant,
Inferior,

...

tshua-tsau
a-

of comparison,
...

...

nou^-kia" nou"^ Su ke-tsng ke-pin

; ;

/j>ff

nif
%)JL

mx
T'p^

-III

Influence,

..

Si-thau

Influential,

..

Chhiou
Po-tsai

u-si-thau

yfmw
m:

Inform,
Injure,

..

..

Hai

sie""tieh

...

Inland,
Inquire,
Insist,

..

Lai-tl

..

Tham-mng
Nge-ai"

..

Instance, for,
Instruct,
. .

..

Kh6-pi

..

Ka

...

Instrument,
Intercourse,

Khi-ku
Lai-uang

Interfere, with other's affair, Tshap-nang-kai-su

Intei-ior

Lai

lai-poi"

fti#

54

Interpret,...
Interpreter,

...

...

Hue

hiie-ue

...

...

[gj

fEI^"

...

...

Hue-ue
Tso

^J \i(J

Interrupt, Interview,
... ...

|5g.

...

Sie-ki"

hae-min

...

'IS^
/{^
|ij- j|;1

'^

Intimate,

Siang-ho phShg-iu
f

...

^
^'-^
-ffiP^

in -chin

khan-thua
;

...

Introduce,

khan-seng
Pang-toi
Siet-tshnt

chiou-hu

...

Inundation,
Invent,
Investigate,

...

.v!

^|^ ^J^ MM^ ^Hi

^"|{|]

KMu-n:ng
Chek-tiou

sim-mng

...

'ir f"J

Item, aw,
Ivory,
Jetty,

'M^^

Ge
Be-thau

^
,I|IS

Join,
Joint,

Chiap Chat

^
|^

Joke, in ploy,

Sng
Ta"-sng
Sie-chi

M
UH

in word,

Jostle,

pjg:^

Journey,
Judge,

Lou
Sim;phoi''

^\

55

Juggler,
Juice,

...

Ts6-p&-hi

...

...Tsap
...

tf-

Jump,
Junior, Just,

Thiou
Soi
Kong-ttia
;

...

/]>

...

kua -chia"

i^jt

WIE
f=^

Keep,
Kernel,

...

Khng
Hut;
So-si
jin
;

...

chi

^.

Key,
Kick,

...

...

That
Thau-kiou...
Tsng-ie
...
.

Kidnap,
Kiln,

...

m
.

...

Kind,

Ho
...

U
Aifl

Kindness,

Nang-chheng

King,
Kiss,

...

Uang

^
^1^

...

Chim
Huang-khim

Kite,

...

Knead,
Kneel,
Knit,

...

Chhip J *

...

Kui

...

Chhiah

Knock,

...

Kha

^ ^

56

Knot, in wood,
,,

...

Tsha-mak

...

^n

on rope,

...Kat
...

Ladder,

Thui
A-nie"
;

Lady,
,,

a-nai"

mm

ppf^

wife of high viand ar ill, Hu-jin

...

Lake, Lance,

Ou

...

...

Chhie"
Ti
...

Land,
,,

...

property.

...

Tshan-hng
Tshu-tsu
Tshan-tsu
Saa"-tsui
llj;!fc

Landlord, of house,
,,

...

of land.

...

Landscape,

...

Lane,

Hang

hang-kia

Language,
Lash,
Last,
,,

...Ue
...

to.

Pua"
Biie-biie
biie
;

kiou-bue

toi-

mm

$^m

to,

...

Nai"

Latchet,
Lately,

./Oi-tua
...

Chi-kun-jit; chi-kun-si

..

Laugh,

...

Chhie

57

Law,

58

Like,

...

Chhin-chhie"

huailg-su

to,

...

...

Hau";
Sie
Si-chi

siilng

Likeness,

...

...

ft
..

Limbs,
Limit,
Line,

the four,

...

...

Hun;
Tsue

tou

..

...

n
..

to draiv.

...

Ueh-tsue

Linguist,
Listen,
Literati,

...

...

Thong-su; huc-ue
Thia"

...

...

...

Thak-tsu-nang
Se"; uah
;

Live,

...

chiah

Lock, a,

...

...

S6-thau

Lodge,
Loins,

...

Hiah
le

...

J
Lonely,
Longevity,
Loose,
to get.
...

Ka-ki; tua-nang

...

Tng-mia" Lut"khii

...

...

...

Lottery,
,,

. .

...

Hue-hue

...

Manila,

...

Lu-Bong-pie

S5fc zK

Loud, of noise.

...

Hiang

59

Loul, of
Love,

voice,

...

Tua-8ia"

...

Sieh
Ttjhai-khi; tsiiu-hue

It

Lucky,
Lurk,

...

...

Tiam

bih...

Maggot,

...

Thang
Hien-mui-kia"
...

Magnifyiug glass,
Maid, servant,
Maiiiige,

...

..;

Thau-kai; chhiali-kha

...

...

Li; pboi";

liOu-li...

Maimer, Manure,
Mark,

...

Khuan
ifui; jiuu
...

...

...

...

Ho; ho-thau
Tshua
;

Marry, of man,
,,

...

tshua-bou
J
. .

tshua-

^^

chliiu

of woman,...

...

Ke

tiihut-mng

Mason,
Master, of a house,
,,

...

Tsoh-hue-kang
Ke-tsii
Sin-ise"

...

of a school,
...

...

ka-tsu sin-se

:5t^
EB

%M%.^

Meaning,
Measure,

...

I-su

...

...

Tou; tsbuu-chhieh
Sai-pe

Mechanic,
Meet,

...

...

...

Ngo; ng6--tieh

60

Melt,

..

le"

Mend,
Mercy,
Merely,
,,

P6u

cilia" -11

to have,

..

Kho-Iien

...

..

Put-kue

not,...

J-

M-kheng m-clihen 5 --^""^"g

; .

put-

chi

Message,

..

Ue

..

m
-kia"
. .

%%

X"-^

%^

Method,

...

..

Hitap

Microscope,
Midda.y,

Hien-mui"

mm''
pi^f

Tong-ngou

jit-tau

Middle,

...

Tin-tang

...

Middling,

...

Tong; tong-pan
Se"-kia-b6
Lau-sit

...

Midwife,
Mild,

. .

..

Mile, Chinese,
,,

Phou phou-lou
;

. .

a,

equal

to

Chinese,

Sa"

-11

Mill,

for removing the husk, Lang

for grinding,
...Bo...
..

,,

Mill- stone, ..

Bo-chi6h

...

Minute,

a,...

..

Chek-hun-cheng
Iu-iu'^

small,

61

Miflcarry,

...

Loh-sua"

phali-to

Miscellaneous,
,,

Tshtim-tshui

articlen,

Tsai5-mueh
Kha-clihiu tsoi
Kitim-siap
(

Mischievous,
Miser,

...

Chhi-tsham

kan-khou

]V[iserable,

...
i

chhi-liang

mm
;

Miss, a yoinifj
Mistal<e,
..,

r/iii,

..

A-nie" -Ida"

..

Tbho

tslia-tsho

m-tieh..

Moderate,
]\[oist.

...

..

..

Boi-kue-hun; boi-bo-pang bo Sip

Thng-tsiii
...

Molasses,
,,

...

..

of melon,
a,

..

Tang-kue-lou

Moment,

.7

Chek-khun-kia"
Pi
;

'!<'*

Monument,
,,

..

chieh-pi

fiigh like,

a pagoda, Chieh-teng
... ...

Mortar,

...

y Hue-thou
Tua-ha
Thut-ha
Tin-tang

.,

Mourning,
,,

to

wear,

. .

to

put off

...

..

Move, not steady,

..

mm

62

Mud
Mutiny,

. . .

Nam-th6u

th6u-Tnue

7J.C2i

...

Puan-huan

puan-ngek

Naked,
Narrow,
Nation,
Native, a,
... ...

...

Thng-chiah-kha-lek
Oih...

...

...

Sek
Png-ti-nLng

...

Natural,

...

...

Se"-seng

Nausea,
Necessary,.,.

...

Ai"-thou; aii-ueh

5 lit

Him'

...

Eng-kai

Negro,

...

Ou-mln-nang
Tshu-pi"
Sia...

ou-huan

Neighbour,
Nest,
...
'

...

y
.

y
Nickname,...

7Tli6u-mia;
(

nang-thou-tsuankai-mia'

Nolle
Nod,
Noise,
,,

...

Tsun-kui
Tak-tliau
Sia"

...

...

...

...

to

make a
...

great,

...

Ka-ka-kie

...

Nonsense,

...

B6-ia -bo-chiah

to talk,

...

...

Theng-ta"

...

iioH

63

Noose,

to

make

a,...
'.

Thilm-se"-lam-khou

North,

Pak pak-p6i
;

Number, yif/Hrc,

i,

...

Be-liia"

be-cln

...

one,

Tol"-it
Toi"-jT
..-.

two,

Nm-BC,

Ni" -bo; 2u-b6

Obey
Oblige, h^ force,
...

Sun

thia"
...

Nge-liah
Chip-i
;

Obstinate,
Obstruct,

...

chip-phiah
;

jim-i

aw

road,...

Tin-lou

tsah-lou
...

...

Occupation,
Offend,

Su-ngiap

Tit-tsue; tit-tso tieh

Often,
Old, of

E-e

giap
;

giap-giap

mm

man,

Li"iu

u-ni -hue

of things.

Ku
Lang-tiou
...

Omit,
Opportunity,

Ki-hue
Tui-thau
;

Oppose,
Opposite,
.,.

tui-tek
sie-tui

...

. .

Tui-min

...

$m mm mm m%]

Orchard,

...

.<

Kue-chi-hng

64

J
Order, put in,
...

Siu-sip; su-li

Origin,

an,
to, ...

Meng
Kie;
;

leng

...

meng

. . .

Png kun-png
Png-lai; nguan-lai

Originally,

...

Ornamental,
Orphan,
Oven,
Owl.
Pack, in a box.
Paddle,
...
...

...

H6-th6i

...

...

B6-pe-b6-b6

...

...

Hue-16u

...

...

Ngiou-thau-chiou

. . .

Tsng tsuang
;

...

Jie

...

Paddy,
Padlock,
...

...

Chhek

. S6-thau
...

Page, of book,

Min
Thah
Thia"

Pagoda,
Pain,
Paint,
to,
...

...

...

...

lu; sai-iu
Sai-iu sai-pe
^
'

ytu

m^

Painter,.

...

...

J
Pair, a,
Pair,
to.
...
.
.

Chek-tui
;

chek-sang
...

...

Phue phit-phue

65

Palace,

66

Pattern,

. .

. .

Je"

pan

iian-thau

Pave,

...

Phou-chieh
Chieh-lou
Chie''
...

i^

Pavement,

...

...

Paw,

...

Pawn,
Pawnshop,
Peace,
,,

...

Tag
Tng-phou
Pheng-an
;

...

thai-pheng

ivith

enemy,.
...

...

Pheng-hua
Tsoh-tshan-nang
;

Peasant,
Peck,
Peculiar,

...

hie"

...

nang Toh
Koh-ie

...

...

mm
;

Peep,

. . .

Thau-thoi"

thau-iaim

Pendulum,
Penetrate,
...

...

Si-cheng-thui
Jip; thang; thang kue

...

People,
,,

...

Nang; peh-se
Cheng-nang;
tai-ke

all the,

...

M M\i A ^n MA AM
A

Perfect,

...

Tshuan
Tsng-khang; tshng-khang

Perforate,

...

...

Perform,

...

.y(Ts6;kia
...Tit
li:

Perpendicular,

67

Pole, love/ bamboo,.

68

V
Pity,

69

J
Polite,

70

Pregnant,
Prepare,
Present,

...

..r

U-sin-hun; u-tho.
fM

I\J /'.

M^n

:tB&

...

U;

n-pi

to,

J Sang,
Hln-tsai
;

ngan-tsiii

,,

time,

tong-kim
Press, with the hand,
.

Jih

with somethinrj heavy,

.

Teh

Pretend,
,,

Ke
Te" -m-tsai

n
zu
...

not knowing,
...

Pretty,

Ngia;

m m
PI

Prevent,

...

Ts6
.

nua"

ha"

Prick, as by a thorn
Principal,
...

Chhiah

..

Thau
In
...

m
;

Print, Private,

Sai-khia

sai-e

Privately,

...

Am-che
Tang-si
;

..

Privy, a,

...

chhe-kng

%n

mm.

Probably,

...

Pa-lak
K6-si

Proclamition,
Prodigal, son,

Phu

i-ke-kia"

71

Profess,'

72

Punish,

73

Rascal,

74

Eelations,
,,

...

..

Cliliin-chek

closely related,

..

Chhin

,,

distani,

,..

So

Release,
Eeligion,
...

...

Pang

Wi

.:.Ka
...

Eely,

Tit-png

Remain,

...

. .

Tsbun
Na"

sin

m^ ^
ki-liam

stay.

...

Remarkable,

...

Ku-kuai
Ki"-lit;

khi-klia...

Remember,
Remove,
,,

...

it -tit;

ffl#

tt# IBt

residence,

...

Pua"
Siia

a thing,

..

...

Rend,
Repair,

...

Li
Cilia" -li; siu-tip; pa-16i- no

...

im

4^!^-^

Repeat, as lesson,

..

...

Liam
K6i-pi

Repent,
Reply,
icriiten,

..

y
...

Hue-phoi; hue-sin

mm mm

Report,

to.

. .

Po

p6-tsai
...

Request,

...

...

Cl.hia'; pai-thob
Clibin-clihie"

Resemble,

...

..^

huang-su

75

I^eRule,

Khia-kln
Si

till

!?#
^u
jj0.

Resign,
Resin,

Sens-hie".
^*,

Respect,
Refit,

Keng
Hiaii

keng-tong
..

thoi"-

l^fj^;

V^M

%
'

toiig

'}^

,,

for a
t^i<;

irhile,

Hiah-tiam
Khi-u;li6u

'^iXW

"^^^
ig_

Retire
Rotreat,

Tho Tho
/;oit'

M
;

Return,

Hue-ke

khii-tshu

'

rfi]^
W'fJU

^ ^"
IIrJIH

Revenge,

Po-chhiu

Revenue,
Revolve,

Hiang; hiang-nie"

^
1^1^
j^
^^f]'

Hui
... ...
...

Reward,
Rib,

Sie"

...

...

...

Phia"-li-kut

Rich,
Ride, on horse, hack,
Riddle,
...

Pu;u-chi"
Khia-be
... ...
...

'g

^^^

^,|^

M>
Tieh;b6-tshc)
Chhiu-clii

^|tt

Right,

^ M^
^'lij

Ring, ^fiiir/er,

76

Eing,

ear, round,

...

...

Hi"-hnan
-ft

:^i

to,

hell,

...

le-cheng

Eingleader,
Kinse, as the mouth,

...

Tso-thau; thau-naHg

mm

\k

. Tng-chhui...
...

inw ashing,

...

Thua
Sie-thai

Eiot, great,

...

Eipe,
Eiver, large,

...

Sek

kau-tsui

...Ho
...

,,

small,
little,

Khoi

...

Kang

Eoad

...

Ldu
Chhie''
;

Eob
Eobbery,

. . .

chhie" -pak

pljah-

^ ^f

ij

tf

...

Pak-ko-kue

^^
...

Eobe,

Phau
Lau-kia"

Eogue,
Eoll, to,

...^ff

...

Khah Kauh kauh--khi

;

up,

-.

...

Eoom,
,,

...Tang
no,
...

B6-ui-tshu

Boot,

...

Kun

...

77

Rotten,

78

Eunning, hand of
Eust,
Eustic,

writinrj,

Tsh6-ji

..

'-T

San
Hie"" -e-nang

mrx
'm

Eusty,
Sacrifice,
..

Se"-san

..,

Hong

chi
..

Sad,
Saddle,
,,

Huan-16
Be-ua"
to,
..

mm

Kiia-be-ua"

Safe,

Un-tiig
a,

tho-tarig

Sage,

Gau-nang
Kang-ten

Salary,
,,

official,

H6ng-16k

Saliva,

Nua"
Laii-nua"
.

m
lou-liiam

fioiving,

Salt, to, as 'pickles,

to

Lou

m
ill

,,

pid some in a dish

...

L6h-iam

suah-iara

,,

taste,

Kiam
Pe'^, -ie"
;

Same,

the.

sie-tang
ie

Sample,
Sap,

...

Pan-thau
Chhiu-ni"

pan

mm

79

Satisfied,

..,

Kue-i

kam-nguun

\^ ;^

#
^

j|

Saunter,

...

...

Oi-iu

Sausage,

...

Kuan-chhiang

kuan-tng... _^
;

^
1^

Savage,
Save,
Savinir,

Huan
Kill

ehhe" -huan

sua"

...

^ ^

lU

...

Khium;

khieh-sip.

Saw,
,,

to,

...

...Ku
...

-dust,

...

Ku-sut

mm
;

Scab, a,
,,

...

...Phi
ed with, Phok-phi
...

to

become cor
...

kit-phi

Scaffold,

In-ke

Scald,
Scales, offish.

. . .

Thng tieh nam tieh

;

...

Hn-lan
Phi-sie"
;

mm
ngi-lun nang-kai-

Scandal,
Scar,

to.

...

imWi A1 ^M

su
. . .

Hun

sie"

-hun
. .

Wi>M

-face,

. . .

Phua-kia"

Scarce,
Scatter,

...Chie
...

Sua"; si-sua"

Scholar,
School,

. . .

Hak-seng
Tsu-che

. .

. . .

80

Scold,

..

Me"
Me; nak
...

Scoop, with one hand,

,,

..

with two hands,

...

Phong
..

Scorpion,

Hiet-kia"

...

Scoundrel,

..

Lau-kia"

...

Bcrape,
Scratch,
Screen,
to,

..

Kueh
Pe

,..

..Tsah
Tui-lien
.'.

Scroll, antithetical, orna-

mental.

mm
EH
...

Scum,
Seal,

Phueh

..in
offi,cial,
..

,,

Kua-in

Search, Season,
Secret,

..

Tshiie; siou

w.

..Si; thi-si...
..

Am-che"

;..

Sedan,
Seed, of fruit,

..Kie

..Chi
...
..

Seize,

for sowing,

Cheng

..

KM"
Han-tit

Seldom,

m #

81

Select,
Selfish

...

Suan

toh

koi"

...

Sai-sim
Sai

^ ^^

Send, as servants,...
'

...

as things,

...

...Kia
...

Senior,
Separ.ate, to,

Tua
Pun-khni
Tua-sii
...

...

"^W m

Serious, as matter, as sickness.

...

...

A$ ^
...

,,

...

Tung-pe"'

Servant,
,,

...

A-nou"

nm
...

domestic,

...

...

Ke-nou"
r

m
it:

Set, n,
Settle,

.:".

Chek-hu
Tit
;

...

an

affair,

...

chheng-tsho

^^

Several,

...

Kua-kai

'M

Severe,

Ngiam tang
;

,,

wound.
to.

...

Tung-sie"

...

Sew,

...

ThT"
la"

Shadow,
Shake,

...

...

...le

hands,
off,

...

Tun-chhiu...

as dust,...

.r.

Hi"-ti6u

...

82

Shallow,

...

Chhien
Siou-li
:|i

Shame,

Shampoo,
Shape,
Share,

the loins,

Tui-ie
Ie

khuan

...

Hun
Sua-hu
Lai...

Shark, Sharp,
,,

...

pointed,
clever.

Chiam
Leng-lai
.
.

Sharpen,

...

Bua
..

Shave, the head,

the heard,

Thi-thau

...

mm

..

Khoi-chhiu
Tsha-phue-thiu

Shavings, of wood.
Sheath, of a sword.

To-khah

...

Shed,

tears,

Laa-mak-tsap

blood.

Lau-hueh

...

'Mm.
vt:

Shell, as of eggs, shellfish.

Khak
Siam
Chie'^ -ie" --kai-nang

Shelter, to take,

...

Shepherd,

^fSA

ShieM,

...

Pai

tiu-pai

83

Shift,

Sua
fife
.

&hin,

Kha-liam
Chie

Shine,
Shiver,

Khiu

tong
tua"

Shoot, with gun,

Phah

Shop,
Shore,
Short,
,,

Phou tiam
;

Hai-ki"

To

...

time.

Chiam-si

Shot,

Chheng-chi
Koi"-thau
Soi
;

in-chi

Shoulder,

...

Shout,

Jiang

Show,

me,...

Piou-meng

.7Pun-ua-th6i
.

Shrine,

Sin-kham

Shut,
,,

Kue"
H6i

a door without

bolting,

,,

as the mouth, hook,

...

Hap
So-kia"

Shuttle,

84

Sick,

ill,

85

Sing,
Single,

..

Chhie
/

chliie-kua

chliie-

khek ..Tua";chek
..Tua"-teng

fold,

Sink,
Sisters,

..Tim
. .

Ohi-TiiUe" -kia"

che-miie"

kia"

Skeleton,
Sketcli, to,

...

..

Kut-thau

..Ue
..

Sldn,
Skull,

Phue
TMu-khak-ua"
Chhe-tlii; pua"-thi"
..

...

Sky,
Slack,

...

...

Leng sang
;

Slanting,
Slap,
Slave,
to,

...

...

Sia

...

Ong
...

mi
m
;

N6u"-tshai

Sleep,
Sleeve, of coat,
Slice,

...T^t

...

Sa"-ng
Pliien

...

liam

hue

Slight
Slip, to miss the foot,

...

Sie-khua

...

Tham-phiu
''

cut of

thf,

hand.

...

/Phiii-chhiu

/
...

Slip,

down,

...

Liu-pnah
Oi-thua
;

liu--16h-khn

TBI

Slippers,

...

6i-lionh...

mm
-

Slow,
Slowly,
,,

...

Man
Khua"-]ihna"

...

and

carefully,

...

0n-un
Soi

uu
-^^^

Small,

...

Smash,
Smear,
Smell,

to pieces,

...

...

Phua-tshui-tshui

...

...

...

Kou
Hien

hti

...

...

Smile,

to,

...

PhP
Ba-bun-chhie

...

Smoke,

,,

...In
...

to,

Chiah-hun
Chiah-a-phien phien
;

opium,

...

kuh-a-

cf.|^

Smooth,
Smother,
Smuggle,
Snail,

...Kilt
...

Hip-si

him-si

him-mi"

^^
g;-ft

...

Tsau-hiang

...

L6

tshan-l6

Snare,
,,

L6-m5ng

khuan-thau

...

set a.

...

Tie" -khuan-thau

Wi.

87

Snare,

io,

...

..

Tng
Chhie"
Pliah-ka-thi

Suatch,
Hneeze,
Snore,

..

..

tJft

..

Hua"
Soh
Sohsoh-peh
Phi" -hun
.

Snow,
,,

..

-uhite,

..

Snuff, for the nose,

Soak,

to,

...

..

Hngh-phT" hun phi" -hun

buah-

..

Chim

J.

Society,
to join,

Hue
Tshap-hue
jip-hue

tit-

Soft,
Soil,

...

Nng
Thon

...

Solder,
Soldier,

to, ...

...tn...
...

Pia" iong-chiang chiang

;

Jau-

Sole, of foot,

...

Kha-toi

of shoe,

..:Ci-t6i
...

Solstice,

Summer,
Winter,
.

He-chi
Tang-chi
...

Son,

...

^5

...

Kia"; tau-lda"

88

Song,

89

Speak,
Spear,

Ta"';ta"-ue

^ mm

Chhie"
Pie
le"

pie

to,

Specimen,
Speck,
Spectacles,

Tiam
Mak-kia"
Sai
;

m
s6-hui
..

Spend,
Spices,
Spill,

Hie-liou

...

mm

Phah-to; to-tiou

...

Spin,

Hui
le-chiah-kufc; ie-leng-kut:..

mm
^'^*
f)|

Spine,
Spirit,

Sin
,

Spit,

Phui-nua; phiii

^^Mi
...

Spittoon,

Tham-tang tham-phui
;

Vj^f^

Splash,
Split, with

Phun
-Phua

an

axe,

with a knife,
...

Loi

..

Spoil, to,

Mueh-tiou

. .

...

'1^^

Spoiled,

Hai"lo
Thit-tho
;

Sport,

sng

90

Spot,

a,

..

Tiam

J
Sprain,
. .

m
;

Chek tien

nau"

--tieh

Spread, as a carpet,
Spring,
a,

..

tsuah tieh Tshu; phi

Tsua"; tsui-tsua"

..

^<

-.^'^K

Sprinkle,

...

..Hi-^

Spurt, tvaterfrom the mouth, Bd-tsui

Spy,
.,

a,

Tham-kia"

sua" -soh
;

to,

Tham
sua"
...

thau-tham
;

tso

Squander,
Square,
',,
,

Zii-tiou
Si- pang

phua-tiou

accounts,
to,

...

Ap-siou

Squash,

Teh-tieh
heels.

...

mm.

Squat, on the

Tshng
Te"
...

khu

Squeeze, with the hand.

to

press closely,

Kolh
Tsun-chiah

,,

money.

...

Stab,
Stable,

...

Tshng
B4-pang
ffi-pe"
..

...

Stage, /or
Stain,

jjZajts,

..

...

Hii-tieh

..

91

Stalu,

92

Stink,

93

Strauger,
Strangle,

...

...

94

Struggle,

...

Kuan

Student, /or hif/her exami Thong-seng

^nation,

^ ^4
,

Study,

to

Hak-sip
Kue--tieh
...

..^^
...

Stumble, as over a rope,

as over a storte.

Pu tieh
Tsak
;

that tieh
...

i^f^-

Stuu, as noise,
Sti^pid,

tsak-tieh-

N^a
J
pirjs,

tsha-kong
;

...

Sty, for

Tu

liou

tu-16

Subject, of rider,

Peh-se"

niin-ke...
...

Submit,
Subordinate,
Subscribe, moiiey,
Substitute,
to.

Sun

hok

m m

Chhiii-e

T6i -chi

Thoi
J

f^

Subtract,

...

Tu
Tu-huap
Sia"-gua
^"-^
Sie-sua
...

Subtraction,

Suburbs,
Succeed,

...

jj^^j,

...

#1
|g.g^

Successive,

Suck,
,,

Kuh
Tsuh

with the viouih, with noise,

Suddenly,
Suffer,
Sufiicieat,

...

..

Huh-che-kie

ho-si-si

J
..

Siu-khou

...

...

Kaa

la

Suffocate,

...

...

Hip-si

Suicide,
Suit, of clothes,

...

Tsu-chin

...Hu.;.
...

,,

to,

...

Hah
Kah
Koi-kang
Tiou
;

to,

as shoes, clothes,

...

Sum,

to,

...

...

...

I6ng-ts6ng-sng

Sumroon,
Sundries,

call by authority,

...

Tsap-hue

tsap-mueh
;

Superintend,
Superior, of quality,

Tok-kang

chiang-kuan

la"; ia''--kue

Supper,

to take,

...

Chiah-me" -hng
lang-iok
..

Support, the children,

,,

the parents,
I

Hong-iang

,,

to,

as a ivall,

Tu

to

hold up,
...

Hu
Sie

tshah

Suppose,

erroneously,

Sah-tso

pan-tso

96

Suppoaiug, Suppurate,
Sure,

Kho-pi
Pu-lang

pi-zu

^li^ll

#i('

..

Tia"-tieh

...

Surety,

to be,

Tam-seng p6-nia" tam-jln

;
;

f^^
4

^^ f|

^^

Surname,
Surpass,
Surprise,

...

..

Se"
la"
..>

...

..

...

..

Khi-1

hid-i

Surrender,

..

Hang
IJi

hok

haiig-hok

Surround,

...

..

Survey, land,
Suspect,
...

..

Nie"-ti

chiung-tl

..Gi
..

m
...
;

Swallow,

...

P-chiou
Tliun

,,

to,

..

thun--l6h-khu

ivith effort,

..

Ku loh-khii
Chiu-tsua
Sau...
...

Swear,

.-

Sweep,
Sweet,

..

..

Tiam

m
^^f\

Sweet-meats,
Swell, to
Swift,

..ThAg-liou;tiam-li6a;thiig-||^;{i^j

^^W

..Cheng

BM
;

Hiong

me"

Jim

97

Swim,

98

Tax,

to

pay,

..

Lap-nie"

uan-nie"
.

-collector,

. .

Nie" -chhe

Teach,
Teacher,
Tear,
Tears,
,,

..^Ka
...
..

Wx

Sin-se"
.,

..Li;thi
... ;..
..

Mak-tsap

.,

- nn...

to shed,

..

Lau-mak-tsap
Tu; pin-tng; pa-16i;
tu-

'kmf
l>^Pif

Tease,

..

tag i*^

Teeth,

..

Khi

,,,

large,

..Ge
..

molar.
toy

Ge-tbau-khi
Kha-1ien-p6

Telegraph,
Tell

..

..

Ta"
Se"
;

Temper,

...

se"

-chheng
...

#li

Temperance,
Temple,
of the head.

...

Tsat-tou
;

nm
.
.

Keng keng-bie
Tshau-ngan

TjT

-H"

...

Temporary,

...

Chiam
In
;

Tempt,
Tent

in-iu

...

^1

mm

...

Pou-phang

89

Tent,
Topid,

to pitch,

..

Tah-pou-pluvng
La-lun-sie
...

...

..

Test
Testicles,
...

Chhi
.

chhi-thoi"...
nJi .i:

Tsui-hvit

irm-hiit *

Testimony,

..

Cheng-kn
Sia
;

...

Thank,
,,

kam-sia
II
; ;

mm
s

ohligcd,

Lau--ki hii--lu
/

Theatre,
Therefore,

nang" Hi
Ku-tshii
;

"

tua-lau-

^^

ISK

..

so-i"

Thermometer,
Thick,
,,

..

Han-sii-tsam
Ivau
Kiit Thiii

..

as pjnte, congee,

..

Thigh,
Thin,
,,

..

kha-thui

..Poh
as paste, congee,
..

n
chhieh
;

Ka

m
;

Thing,

..

Mueh
Sie"
;

mueh-kia"

Think,
,,

phah-sng phe" -phah

;

^^ ^,1^

^M

erroneously,

Kau-kie

sah-tso

..

...

Thirsty

Alita
..;

^^
>fiij

Thorn,

Chhi
*

Vulgar.

100

Threaten,
Throat,

...

Heh;heh-kia"

.'..

...

|^
p^

^^
\f^j^

..

Au;au-leng
Leng-ui
Teng-ki
;

Throne, imperial,
,,

...

..

kim4uan-tdi"
teng-ui
;

...

^-^-^

^.^Ux

to

ascend

the,

..

tso-iii

...

"^ It
^Pj^
\,

^fi ^jg

Throttle

..Te"-au
over,
..

Through,

Thang

Throw,

to, ...

. .

Kak

sek

ham

...

Kak-tiou
tiou
;

sek-tiou

ham-

,,

away.
(

phin-tiou

Thrust,
Ticket,

..

Tshng
Tua

J
..

paivn
Tickle,
Tie,

...

Hui

tng-phie
...

...

Niou"

...

Pak

kat

,,

as the hands together,...

...

Khun
Tiftm-sim
...

Tiffin,

...

...

^HJ^^

Tight,
,,

Kin

as rope,

An

...

Timid,
Tired,
...

B6-ta"

Hek

ffl

101

Title, official
Toil,

Kua"-hain

tm
...

Bua
...
.

bua-Lli6u
;

Tolerably,

Tsho-liak

6ileng-tso-tit
...

Tone,
Tonic,
Tools,

Im

sia"

# m
.:.

Poll

p6u-ieh

Ke-hue
Ham-lam-siit

Top, a
,,

..

to

spin a,

Phah-ham-lam-sut

y
Torch,
Tortoise,
Total,
...
..

Hue-na"
Trd-pue
Koi-kaiig
; ;

..

..

long-tsong
;

Touch,
,,

witli

th.c

fingers,

..

Thang thung--tieh mong

come into contact, ..Tia"--tieh

..

Tough, Tow, a
ski]},

Zun
-

..Tua
. .

Towards,

...

Hiang

nia"

Town,
Trace,
,,

..

Pou

pou-thau
..

to,

...

..

Chhim-tui tsong-chiah
Pie

to,

as in writing,

Track,

tjiark,

..

Chiah

102

Train,

to,

...

Ka
Tab
;

Trample, on,
Transact,
biosiness.

..

thiam
;

..

Li-su
Pi

phoi-su
...

...\

Transform,
Translate,
,,

pien

...

..

Ek

huan-ek

m
^ii
;

characters into spoken language,

..

Sueh
Kng-tbaag
Ngiou-tshii-tak

Transparent,
Trap, /or
,,

rats,

..

thih-ngiou

^^
J^5^
^=f

for

tigers,

...

..H6u"-16
..

Travel,

Kia"

Tread,

07i, ...

..

Tab;

lun-tah
;

gg
ngun-khou
...

Treasury,
Treat,
to,

...

Khou-pang
.

j^,^-

^^

...

Thai
Khiii

khuan-thai
;

^^
i^

Tremble,
Tribe,

...

..

tong

..

Tsok
K6ng-liuang-ti

Tribute,
Trick, a,

to pay to Emperor,
...

the

..

Sim-su
Bd-siang-kan-S5i
;

sie-kbiia-

^IB'T"^
^J''Pf^

Trifling, affair,
fiu

Triturate,

...

-Ngoi-lui

^ ^

103

Troops,
Trouble,
True,

Pia"

kun-pia"
...

Kn.n-kbou

Chin
Ti-ta

sit

chin-sit

u-ia'

Trumpet,
Trust,
to,

i'X\

Sin

siang-sin

1^

4913

Try,

Chhi

chhi-thoi"

Tube, Tune,

Kong
Pan

tang

Turban,
,

Thau-pou

...

min
iM

Turn, revolve,
,,

Hui
P6i; p6i-lin-tng

over,
the head,

..

..

Ut-tng-thau

,,

round
street,

the corner
table,

of a Uat
..

round as a
back,

Hui-lin-tng
Hui-tng--lai

..

m'^^

upside down,
by, alternately,

. .

Tin-to-tau
Sie-lun

...

..

lohose ?

..

Lun-tieh-ti-tiang
lap-iap-sih

Twinkle,
TMist,
..;

..

..

Tsun

104

Twist, as a rope,

...

J Ka
Ji-p6i"
Ia-ie
;

Type, printing,
Ugly,

. .

in-p6i"

...

Understand,
Undeserved,
Undutiful,
to

. .

Hiou meng-peh
;

m m&

...

M-kham-tng; m-kai
Put-hau

parents.

...

Uneven,
Unfeeling,
...

...

Khi-khu; m-pe"
B6-nang-chheng

..

...

..

'

M-tsai nang-chheng

^'mK'^

Ungrateful,

hiou-chheng tsoh-ngi

buang-un

bo-jin-ngi

Unhappy, of life,
Uniform,
Unite,
to,
...

...

...

Khou-mia"
Kiia" -hok
;

wan
kua"
...

. .

-i

...

...

Hah-bua

Unlawful,

...

..

M-hah-huap
B6-han
Khi-hue; tshut-hiie

Unlimited, ...

...

Unload, a

ship.

...

Unnecessary,
Unpleasant, feeling.
Unreasonable,

. . .

Min min-eng
;

...

Kau-ueh

...

mm
;

. . .

B6-chheng-li

m-chiu-li

105

Untie,

...

K6i

thau

...

Unworthy, ...
Upset,
'

...

M-kham; m-kham-kai
T6-p6i"; p6i"
Tin-to-thfiu

...

Upside down,

...

m^m
m
iS

Tshui ^ek
;

tshui-kin

Urge,
tshui-pia"

mm

Jr.

Ueeful Usual,

...

U-eng
Sie"-sie"; pai-tng; siamput-si

mm tm
mm m^

...

Vacant,
Vacation, of school,
Vaccinate,
...

...

Khang
Pang-ke
Cheng-tsu; cheng-tau

J
... ...

Jit

Vagrant,
Valley,

...

...

L6-tong kai-nang
Chhim-khe"
Kui-khi
;

...

Valuable,

.'.
.
.

. .

tat-chi"

Vapour,
Vegetarian,
Ventilate,
...

...Khi
...

-'Sv

Chiah-che

...

mm
U^^

...

Thong-huang

Village
Virgin,
Visit, to,

...Hie"-]!
...

Ang-hue-nng

...

Sun

106

Voice,

107

Weak
,,

Khun
in

bo-lat

power, influence.

Phuh
Keh-nT"

Wean,
Weapon,
Wear, as

,,

...

Ke-hue
...

clothes, shoes,

Chheng
Ti
...

as a hat, as a ring.
. .

Kua
Tbi
-si; th:

m
.

Weather,

Weave,

Ke" -pou
Ti-tu-si

Web, -spider's.
Wedge,
Weed,
a,
...

..

Chi"

Peh-huat kai-tshau

Weigh,

West,
Wet,

,,

to,...

Teng; chhin

m m

with balances,

Pheng
Sai; sai-poi"

Tarn
thoroughly,
...

Lok-lok
Ak-tieh-hou

with rain.

Whatever,

Put-lun
.-..

m-kuan

-^eW

-^ ^

Wheel,

Lin

lin-chi"

108

Whip,
,,

a,

Be-pi
...

Mm
;

to,

...

...

Pua"
Sih-suh

Whisper,
Whistle,
5,

<o,

...

am-che"
...

-ta"

tvith the

mouth,
...

....

Pun-hi-hia

a,

...

Pi

White, of an egg.

..

Niiw-chhen"
Sau-hue-tsui
tsiii
;

Whitewash,
Wicked,
Wide,

to.

sueh-hue-

^^j^^

ifjlJB^^!^

...

...

Ak

phai

m y

...

Khuah
Siii-kiia
;

Widow,
Wife,

.-.

kiia-hu
...

...

Chhi

bou

Wild, pertaining to the forest, Sua"

Willing,
.

Llj

Nguan kam-nguan hau"

;

y kam
Wind,
Wing,
as a clock,
...
.

Ka
Sit

...

...

Wink,

Nih-mak
...

Winnow,
Wipe,

Pua
dry
cloth,
...

to, ivith

Chhit

to,

with

icet cloth,

...

Zu

...

Wise,

'

G-au

109

Withdraw,

110

Yawn,

to,

...