A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Kau

by Josiah Goddard

Kau.

猴^-1

The monkey species; name of a fruit.

高¹

Lofty; eminent; a high degree of.

篙¹

A pole for propelling boats.

交¹

To unite; connect; deliver over to; to exchange; intercourse; trade.

筊¹

Name of a musical reed; rope made of bamboos.

蛟¹

A kind of crocodile said to weigh 2000 catties.

郊¹

Common or waste land outside a city; region.

鮫¹

A species of dog fish.

勾¹

A hook; to hook; entice; to mark off and reject; a sentence.

鈎¹

A hook; a sickle; kind of spear; to hook; induce; drag.

羔¹

A lamb.

臯¹

To proclaim from the house-top; high; to sing; drawl.

橰¹

A machine for drawing water; name of a wood.

溝¹

A ditch; moat.

狗²犬²

A dog; a mean person.

攪²

To throw into disorder or confusion; to trouble the mind.

狡²

An animal resembling a dog; crafty; perverse; disorderly.

皎²

White like the moon.

絞²

To wrap round; twist; strangle.

皦²

Clear; bright; white and luminous.

皓²

Pure; white; unspotted; refulgence.

杲²

The rising sun; clear; bright; eminent.

槁²

Rotten wood; dried fish.

縞²

Plain white silk.

燺²

Dry; destitute of water.

藁²

Straw; thatch; tablets on which government orders are written.

九²

Nine.

玖²

A black colored stone.

厚^-3

Thick; large; abundant; liberal; generous.

告^3-

To tell; inform; to order; to intreat; to accuse.

誥^3-

To command; to give directions; proclaim by writing.

到^3-

To arrive at; extend to; reach to; full amount.