Chinese Without a Teacher (1922)/Vocabulary

by Herbert Allen Giles

VOCABULARY.

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A.

Accounts, to do.	算賬	Swahn jahng.
Again	再	Dzi.
Ague, to have	發瘧子	Fah yowdza.
All	都	To.
Almonds	杏仁	Shing-ren.
Also	還要	Hi yow.
Alum	白礬	Pi-fahn.
Amah	老媽兒	Lowmar.
Anchor	錨	Mow.
Answer	回信	Hwey sheen.
Animal cattle)	牲口	Shungk‘o.
Animaldo. (beasts)	畜生	Ch‘oo-shung.
anything	甚麼	Shummo.
Apple	蘋果	Pingkwo.
Aprioet	杏兒	Shinger.
Apron	圍裙	Way-ch‘un.
Arrowroot	藕粉	O-fun.
Ask, to	問	Wun.
Ask leave of absence, to	吿假	Kow cheeah.
Asparagus	龍鬚菜	Loong-shü-ts‘i.
Astracan	黑子羔	Haydza-kow.

B.

Bad	不好	Poo how.
Bag	口袋	K‘o ti.
Baggage	行李	Shinglee.
Bake	烤	K‘ou
Bale (of goods)	疋	P‘ee.
Ball	毬	Ch‘ew.
Bar (of a river)	攔江沙	Lahn-cheang shah.
Basket	筐子	K‘wangdza.
Bath	澡盆	Dzow p‘un
Bathe, to	洗澡	Sheedzow.
Be to	在，是	Dzi; shirt.
Because	因爲	Yeenway.
Bed	床	Ch‘wong.
Bedclothes	被窩	Paywaw.
Bedroom	睡覺的屋子	Shooey cheeowty woodza.
Beef	牛肉	New-ro.
Beef-fat	牛油	New-yoo.
Beef-steak	牛肉脾	Newro-y‘i.
Behind	後頭	Ho-t‘o.
Bend (of a river)	河灣	Haw-wahn.
Besides	另外	Ling wi.
Betel-nut	檳榔	Ping-lahng.
Bill	賬目	Jahn-moo.
Bird	鳥	Neeow.
Bite, to (as a dog)	咬	Yow.
Black	黑	Hay.
Blacking	黑水	Hay shooey.
Black-lead	黑麵	Hay me-enn.
Blanket	毡子	Chahndza.
Blow, to (as wind)	颳	Kwah.
Blow out, to (as a lamp)	吹	Ch‘ooey.
Blue	藍	Lahn.
Board	板子	Pahndza
Boat	船	Ch‘wahn.
Boatman	船戶	Ch‘awahnhoo
Boiling water	開水	K‘i shooey.
Book	書	Shoo.
Book-case	書架子	Shoo-cheeahdza
Boots	靴子	Shüaydza
Borrow, to	借	Cheeay.
Bottle	瓶子	P‘ingdza.
Box	箱子	Sheeangdza.
Boy (Servant)	跟班的	Kunpahnty.
Bread	麵包	Me-enpow.
Breakfast	早飯	Dzow fahn.
Brick	磚	Chooahn.
Bricklayer	瓦匠	Wah-cheeang.
Birdle	嚼子	Cheeowdza.
Bring, to	拿來	Nah li.
Broad	寬	K‘wahn
Broad bean	蠶荳	Ts‘ahn-to.
Bucket	水筲　水桶	Shooey-show; shooey-t‘oony.
Bundle	包服	Powfoo.
Burn, to	燒	Show.
Butter	黃油	Hwong-yoo.
Buttons	鈕子	Nayo-dza.
Buy, to	買	Mi.

C.

Cabbage	白菜	Pi-ts‘i.
Cabin	客艙	K‘aw ts‘ahng.
Cake	餑餑	Baw-baw.
Calico	洋布	Yahng-poo.
Call, to	呌	Cheeow.
Camphor	樟腦	Ch‘ownow.
Can do	可以	K‘awyee.
Can, a	壺	Hoo.
Candareen	分	Fun.
Candle	蠟	Lah.
Cap	帽子	Mowdza.
Captain	船主	Ch‘wahn choo.
Care, to take	小心，留心	Sheeow sheen; laho sheen.
Cargo	貨物	Hwaw woo.
Cargo-Boat	駁船	Pow ch‘wahn.
Carpenter	木匠	Moo cheeang.
Carpet	毯子	T‘ahndza.
Carrot	紅蘿蔔	Hoo lawbaw or hoong lawbow
Cart	車	Ch‘aw.
Cash	錢	Ch‘e-enn.
Cat	貓	Mow.
Catty	斤	Cheen.
Celery	青菜	Ch‘in-ts‘i.
Certain	一定	Yee ting
Chair	椅子	Yeedza.
Chair, sedan	轎子	Cheeowdza.
Charcoal	炭	T‘han.
Chestnut	栗子	Leedza.
Chicken	小雞子	Sheeow cheedza.
Child	小孩子	Sheeow hi dza.
Chimney	烟筒	Yen-t’oong.
Chinese	中國	Choongkwo.
Chop, to	刴開	Taw k’i
Chow-chow, to have	吃飯	Chrip fahn
Cigar	烟捲	Yen-chiiar.
Clean	乾淨	Kahnching.
Clever	明白	Ming-pi
Clothes	衣裳	Eeshahng
Clove	丁香	Ting-cheeang
Club, the	打毬房子	Tah cy'ew-fahngdza.
Clumsy	笨	Pun.
Coal	煤	May.
Cobweb	塌灰蜘蛛網	Tah-hwey; chirp-choowang
Cold	冷	Lung.
Collar	領子	Lingdza.
Comb, a	梳子	Shoodza.
Comb, to	梳	shoo.
Come, to	來	Li.
Commissioner of Customs	稅務司	Shooey woo-sir.
Compass, a	定南針	Ting-nahn chun.
Compradore	買辦	Mi pahn.
Consulate	領事官衙門	Ling-shirt-kwahn yahmun.
Cook, a	廚子	Ch‘oodza.
Cook-house	廚房子	Ch‘oo-fahngdza.
Copper	銅	Toong.
Corkscrew	螺絲	Lawsaw.
Cotton (on reel)	線	Se-enn
Cotton wool	棉花	Me-enn hwah.
Cover, a	蓋兒	Kar.
Cover to.	蓋上	Ki-shahng.
Crack to.	裂	Leeay.
Crack, a (in a bowl)	璺	Wun.
Crab	螃蟹	P‘ahng-seeay.
Crease	摺兒	Chawr.
Crisp	脆	Ts‘ooey.
Cucumber	黃瓜	Hwong-kwah.
Cupboard	櫃子	Kweyza.
Curtain	帳子	Chahngdza.
Cushion	椅墊子	Ete-endza.
Customs	海關	Hi-kwahn.
Cut, to	剌	Lah.

D.

Darn, to	縫	Fung
Day	天	T‘e-enn.
Dead	死咯	Sirla.
Dear (costly)	貴	Kwey.
Devil	鬼子	Kweydza.
Dirty	腌髒	Ah-dzah ro ahng dzahng.
Do, to	做	Dzaw.
Doctor	大夫，醫生	Ti-foo or eeshung.
Dog	狗	Ko.
Dollar, one	一塊洋錢	Yee k‘wich‘e-enn.
Donkey	驢	Lü.
Door	門	Mun.
Double up, to	疊起來	Teeay-ch‘ee-li.
Down	下	Seeah.
Draughty	透風	T‘o fung.
Drawer	抽屉	Ch‘o-t‘ee.
Drink, to	喝	Haw.
Duck	鴨子	Yahdza.
Duck, wild	野鴨子	Yay yahdza.
Dust, to	担一担	Tahn-e-tahn.
Duster	毡布	Chahn-poo.
Dye, to	染	Rahn.

E.

Ear	耳朵	Urtaw.
Ear rings	鉗子	Ch‘e-endza.
East	東	Toong.
Eat, to	吃	Ch‘irp.
Ebb-tide	落潮	Law-ch‘ow.
Egg	鷄子兒	Cheedzer.
Employ, to	用	Yoong.
Ended	完咯	Wahnla.
English	英國	Yingkwo.
Enough	彀	Ko.
Ermine	銀鼠	Yeeen-shoo.
Evening	晚上	Wahnshahng.
Every	每	May.
Eyes	眼睛	Yenjing.

F.

Face	臉	Layenn.
Fair (of wind)	順	Shoon.
Fall, to (of things)	掉下	Teeow-seeah.
Far	遠	Yüahn.
Fast	快	Kwi.
Fat (1) of people; (2) of meat	胖，油	(1) P‘ahng; (2) yoo.
Father	父親	Fooch‘in.
Fear, to	怕	P‘ah.
Feather-brush	担子	Tahndza.
Feed, to	餧	Way.
Fetch, to	拿來	Nah li
Fever and ague, to have	發瘧子	Fah Yowdza.
Few	少	Show.
Fight, to	打架	Tah cheeah.
Filter, to	過淋	K‘wo leen
Fine, to	刨，罰，扣	P‘ow; fah; k‘oh.
Finger-bowl	玻璃碗	Pawly-wahn.
Finished	完咯	Wahnla.
Fire	火	Hwaw.
Fire-wood	劈柴	Pee-ch‘i.
First, the	頭一個	T‘o-yeeka.
Fish	魚	Yü
Flea	虼蚤	Kawdzow
Flood-tide	漲潮	Chahng ch‘ow.
Floor	地板	Tee-pahn.
Flour	麫，白麫	Me-enn; pi me-enn.
Flower	花兒	Hwar.
Flower-pot	花盆	Hwan-p‘un.
Fly, a	螥蠅	Ts‘ahng-ying.
Foot, a	脚	Cheeow.
Foot, a (in measure)	尺	Chirp.remove excess
Fork	叉子	Ch‘ahdza.
Foreign	外國	Wi-kwo.
Fox	狐狸	Hoolee.
French beans	扁荳	Pe-en-to or try pe-ennto.
Fresh	鮮	Se-enn.
Freeze, to	凍	Toong.
Fruit	果子	Kwo-dza.
Fry, to	札	Jah.
Full	滿	Mahn.
Fur	皮，皮子	Pee or p‘eedza.

G.

Gauze-window	紗壁子	Shah-peedza.
Get up, to	起來	Ch‘ee-li.
Ginger	薑	Cheeang.
Girth	肚帶	Too-ti.
Give, to	給	Kay.
Glass, a	玻璃	Pawly.
Gloves	手套兒	Sho-t‘owr.
Go, to	走	Dzo.
Go round, to	轉	Chooahn.
Go out, to	出門	Ch‘oo mun.
Goat	山羊	Shahn-yahng.
Godown	棧房	Jahn-fahng.
Gold	金，金子	Cheen or cheen-dza.
Good	好	How.
Goose	鵝，鴈	Aw; (wild) yen.
Grapes	葡萄	Poot‘ow.
Grate, to	砸碎	Dzah sooey.
Green	綠	Lü.
Grey shirtings	洋布	Yahng-poo.
Guest	客	K‘aw.
Gun	鎗	Ch‘eeang.
Gunboat	兵船	Ping-ch‘wahn.

H.

Hair	頭髮	T‘o-fah.
Hair (of fur)	毛	Mow.
Hair-brush	刷子	Shwahdza.
Half	一半 or 一半兒	Yee pahn or Yee par.
Halter	籠頭	Loongt‘o.
Ham	火腿	Hwan-t‘ooey.
Hammer	銀頭　槌子	Lahngt‘o; ch‘ooeydza.
Hand	手	Sho.
Handkerchief	絹子　手巾	Chüandza; sho-cheen.
Hang up, to	掛起來	Kwah-ch‘ee-li.
Hard	硬	Ying.
Hare	野貓	Yaymow.
Hat	帽子	Mowdza.
Have, to	有	Yo.
He	他	T‘ah.
Head	腦袋	Non-ti.
Hear, to	聽	T‘ing.
Hem, to	蹺	Ch‘eeow.
Here	這兒	Cher.
Hire, to	僱	Koo.
Hold, the	艙	Ts‘ahng.
Home, at	在家，家裏	Dzi cheeah; cheeahlee.
Honey	蜜蜂	Fungmee.
Hong	行	Hahng.
Horse	馬	Mah.
Horse-radish	辣根	Lah-kun.
Hot	熱	Raw.
House	房子	Fahngdza.
How?	怎麼	Dzummo?
How much? how many?	多少，幾個	Tow show? chee-ka?
Hungry	餓	Aw.

I.

I	我	Waw.
Ice	冰	Ping.
Ice-box	冰箱子	Ping-sheeangdza.
Ice, to	振着振着	Chunja chunja.
Ill, to be	有病，不舒服	Yo ping; poo shoo-foo.
In there, etc.	那裏，那裏頭	Nah-lee or nah leet‘o.
Inch	寸	Ts‘oon.
Indian-corn	棒子	Pahngdza.
Ink	墨	Maw.
Inside	裏頭	Leet‘o.
Inside out	裏兒朝外，面兒朝裏	Leer ch‘ow wi; me-er ch‘ow lee.
Instance, for	比方	Pee-fahny.
Invite, to	請	Ch‘ing.
Iron	鐵	T‘eeay.
Iron, an	烙鐵	Lowt‘eeay.
Iron, to	熅開	Yün-k‘i.

J.

Jacket	小褂子，馬褂	Sheeow kwahdza; mah-kwah.
Jade	玉	Yü.
Jetty	碼頭	Maht‘o.
Jug	壺	Hoo.

K.

Keep, to	留下	Layo-seeah.
Kettle	水壺	Shooey-hoo.
Key	鑰匙	Yowsh.
Kidney	腰子	Yowdza.
Kill, to (chickens etc.)	宰	Dzi.
Kind (sort)	樣子	Yahngdza.
Knife	刀子	Towdza.
Knot (to tie)	繫個扣兒	Sheeka-k‘or.
Know, to	曉得，知道	Sheeowta; chirp-tow.

L.

Lamp	燈	Tung.
Lantern	燈籠	Tung-loong
Large	大	Tah.
Late	晚	Wahn.
Lazy	懶惰	Lahntaw.
Leaf of a tree	樹葉子	Shoo yaydza.
Leak to	漏	Lo.
Leather	皮，皮子	P‘ee or p‘eedza.
Left hand	左手	Dzaw. sho.
Lemon	香櫞	Sheeang-yüan.
Lend, to	借	Cheeay.
Less	少	Show.
Lot go, to	鬆，鬆手	Soong; soong sho.
Letter	信	Sheen.
Lid, a	蓋兒	Kar.
Lie, to tsll a	撒謊	Sah-hwong.
Lie down, to	躺下	Tahng-seeah.
Light (not heavy)	輕	Ch‘ing.
Light, to	點	Te-enn.
Lightning, thunder and	雷閃	Lay-shahn.
Like	像	Sheeang.
Like, to	喜歡，愛	Shee-hwahn; i.
Lime	灰，白灰	Hwey; pi hwey.
Little, a	少	Show.
Little (not big)	小	Sheeow.
Liver	肝兒	Kar.
Lock, to	鎖	Saw.
Long	長	Ch‘ahny.
Look, to	看　瞧	K‘ahn; cheeow.
Looking-glass	鏡子	Chingdza.
Lucky	有造化	Yo dzow-hwah.

M.

Mace	錢	Ch‘e-enn.
Madam	娘子，大娘	Neeang-dza or Tah neeang; (for an official‘s wife) 太太 T‘i-t‘i
Make, to	做	Dzaw.
Make haste!	快快	K‘wi k‘wi!
Man	人	Ren.
Many	多，好些個	Toa; how seeay-ka.
Maskee	不要緊	Poo yow cheen.
Mast	桅杆	Wag-kahn.
Master	東家	Toong-cheeah.
Matches	取燈兒	Ch‘ü-tunger.
Matting	蓆，篷子	Shee; p‘ungdza.
Medicine	藥	Yow.
Melon	香瓜	Sheeang kwah.
Melon, water	西瓜	Shee-kwah.
Mend, to	收拾	Sho-shirt.
Middle	中間兒	Choong-che-er.
Milk (cow's)	牛奶	New ni.
Mince, to	切碎	Ch‘eeay sooey.
Mint	薄荷	Pawhaw.
Monday	禮拜一	Lee-pi yee.
Money	錢	Ch‘e-enn.
Month	月	Yüay.
Moon	月	Yüay.
Mop	敦布	Toon-poo.
Morning	早起	Dzow-ch‘ee.
Mosquito	蚊子	Wundza.
Mosquito-curtains	蚊帳	Wunjahng.
Mother	母親	Mooch‘in.
Mouse	耗子	Howdza.
Mouth	口，嘴	K‘o, or tsooey.
Much	多	Taw.
Mushroom	蔴菇	Mawkoo.
Must	得	Tag.
Mustard	芥末	Cheeaymaw.
Mutton	羊肉	Yahng-ro.
Mutton-chop	羊牌骨	Yang p‘i-koo.
My	我的	Wawty.

N.

Nail, a	釘子	Tingdza.
Nail, to	釘上，釘釘	Ting-shahng; ting ting
Name	姓, 名字	Shing; mingdza.
Narrow	窄	Chi.
Needle	針	Chun.
New	新	Sheen.
Night	夜，黑下	Yay; hay-seeah.
North	北	Pay.
Nose	鼻子	Peedza.
Notes (of money)	票子	P‘eeowdza.
Now	現在	Shendzi.
Nutmeg	荳蔻	To k‘.o
Nutmeg-grater	砸椿	Dzah-chwong.

O.

Office	寫字房	Seeaydzafahng.
Oil	油	Yo.
Old (clothes)	舊	Chew.
Old (applied to people)	老	Low.
Old (stale)	陳	Chun.
On the bed	床上	Ch‘wong-shahng.
Onion	葱	Ts‘oong.
Open, to (a door)	開	K‘i.
Open, to (a box)	打開，撬開	Tah-k‘i; (if nailed down) ch‘eeow-k‘i.
Opium	洋藥	Yahng-yow.
Orange	橘子，橙子	Chüdza; ch‘und-dza.
Ounce	兩	Layang.
Outside	外頭	Wi-t‘o.

P.

Pane of glass, a	一塊玻璃	Yee k‘wi pawly.
Paper	紙	Jilt, or jump.
Partridge	沙鷄	Shah chee.
Paste	漿子	Cheeangdza.
Paste, to	糊	Hoo.
Pattern	樣子	Yahngdza.
Pay, to	給錢，還錢	Kay che-enn; hwahn.
Peach	桃	T‘ow.
Pear	梨	Lee.
Peas	菀荳	Wahn-to.
Picul, a	一担	Yee tahn.
Peking	北京	Pay-ching.
Pen	筆	Pee.
Pencil (lead)	鉛筆	Ch‘e-enn pee.
Pepper	胡椒麵兒	Hoo-cheeow-me-er.
Persimmon	柿子	Shirtdza.
Pheasant	野鷄	Yay-chee.
Pick up, to	揀起來	Che-enn-ch‘ee-li.
Piece	塊	K‘wi
Pieces	個	Ka or kaw.
Pigeon	鴿子	Kawdza.
Pillow	枕頭	Chunt‘o.
Pilot	引水的	Yeen-shooeyty.
Pin	疙瘩針	Kawter-chun.
Pincushion	針毡兒	Chun-cher.
Place	地方	Tee fahng.
Plate	盤子	P‘ahndza.
Play, to (as children)	玩兒	Wahr.
Plum	李子	Leedza.
Poach, to (eggs)	窩	Waw.
Pocket	口袋	K‘ow-ti.
Pony	馬	Mah.
Pork	豬肉	Choo-ro.
Port, a	海口	Hi-k‘ow.
Potato	山藥豆兒	Shahn-yow-tor.
Pound, a	斤	Cheen.
Pour, to	倒	Tow.
Pudding	點心	Te-ensheen.
Pull out, to (a drawer)	拉開	Lah k‘i.
Pull, to	拉	Lah.
Push, to	推	T‘ooey.
Put, to	擱在	Kawdzi.

Q

Qualitiy	成色	Ch‘ung-saw.
Queue	辮子	Pe-endza.
Quick	快	K‘wi.
Quince	木瓜	Mookwah.

R.

Rabbit	兔子	T‘oodza.
Races	跑馬	P‘ow mah.
Race-course	跑馬廠	P‘ow mah ch‘ahng.
Rain; (2) it rains	雨　下雨	Yü; (2) Seeah yü.
Raisins	葡萄乾兒	P‘oot‘o kar.
Ready, it is	得咯　準備	Tawla; güpay howla.
Ready made	現成兒的	Shen-ch‘ung-er-ty.
Red	紅	Hoong.
Relation	親戚	Ch‘een-ch‘ee.
Rice (cooked)	飯　白米飯	Fahn or pi-mee fahn.
Rice (uncooked)	白米	Pi mee.
Ride, to	騎	Ch‘ee
Right (to be)	有理	Yo lee.
Right (hand)	右手	Yo sho.
Ripe	熟	Sho or shoo.
River	河	How.
Road	道兒，道路	Tower; tow-loo.
Roast, to	烤	K‘ow.
Robe	外套兒	Wi-t‘ower.
Room, a	屋子	Woodza.
Rope	繩子	Shungdza.
Round	圓	Yüan.
Rub, to (in cleaning)	擦	Ts‘ah.
Run, to	跑	P'ow.
Run, to (in needlework)	執針兒工	Chirp-cher-koong.

S.

Sable	貂鼠	Teeowshoo.
Saddle, a	鞍子	Ahndza.
Salt	白鹽	Pi yen.
Salt-beef	鹹牛肉	Se-enn newro.
Saturday	禮拜六	Lee-pi layo.
Saucepan	鍋	Kwo.
Say, to	說	Shoo-o.
Scorpion	蝎子	Seeaydza.
Scissors	剪子	Che-endza.
Screw	螺絲	Lawsaw.
Sea-otter	海龍	Hi-loong.
Sea-sick, to be	暈船	Yün ch‘wahn
See, to	看，看一看	K‘ahn; k‘ahn-e-k‘ahn.
Seek, to	找	Chow.
Sell, to	賣	Mi.
Send, to (a man)	打發，送	Tahfah; (a thing) soong.
Separate	單	Tahn.
Servant	跟班的	Kanpahnty.
Several	幾個	Cheeka.
Sewing-silk	絮線	Shü se-enn.
Shake, to (clothes)	抖摟	Tolo.
Sheet	被單	Pay-tahn.
Shoe	鞋	Seeay.
Shoe, to (a horse)	釘掌	Ting jahng.
Shop	舖子	P‘oodza.
Short	短	Tooahn.
Shrimp	蝦米	Seeahmee.
Shut, to	關　關上	Kwahn; kwahn-shahng.
Sick (ill)	不舒服	Poo shoo-foo.
Silk	綢子	Ch‘oodza.
Silver	銀子	Yeendza.
Sing	唱曲	Ch‘ang.
Sir (in address)	先生	She-enn-shung or Kaw-seeah.
Sit, to	坐	Dzaw.
Skin	皮子	P‘ee or p‘eedza.
Slow	慢	Mahn.
Slowly	慢慢的	Mahn-mahnty.
Smoke	烟	Yen.
Smoke to (of a chimney)	冒烟	Mow yen.
Sneeze, to	打嚏噴	Tah t‘ee-fun.
Snipe	水𩿤	Shooey-jah.
Soap	胰子	Yeedza.
Soak, to (1) in hot water, (2) in cold	發開，泡開	(1) Fah-k‘i; (2) p‘ow-k‘i.
Sock	襪子	Wahdza.
Soda	鹼	Che‘enn.
Soft	軟	Rooahn.
Solder, to	釬上	Hahn-shahng.
Sole (fish)	鰨默魚	T‘ahma yü.
Son	兒子	Urdza.
Soot	烟媒子	Yen-maydza.
Sort	樣子	Yahngdza.
Soup	湯	T‘ahng.
South	南	Nahn.
Spade	鐵⿰釒毳	T‘ee-ay ch‘eeow.
Spider	蜘蛛	Chirp-chow.
Spinach	菠菜	Paw-ts‘i
Spectacles	眼鏡兒	Yen-jinger.
Sponge	海磨	Hi-maw.
Sponge cake	蛋糕	Tahn-kow.
Spoon	勺子，匙子	Showdza; ch‘irp-dza.
Spread, to	鋪	P‘oo.
Square	四方的	Sir fahngty.
Squirrel	灰鼠	Hwey-shoo.
Stable	馬號，馬棚	Mah-how; mah-p‘ung.
Stale	陳	Ch‘un
Starch	漿子	Cheeangdza.
Start, to	起身	Ch‘ee shun.
Steamer	火輪船	Hwaw-loon ch‘wahn
Steersman	舵工	Taw koong.
Stew	膾	Hwey.
Stick, a	棍子	Koondza.
Stirrup	馬鐙	Mah-tung.
Stool	櫈子	Tungdza.
Stop up, to	堵住	Too-choo.
Stove	爐子	Loodza.
Stow away, to	藏	Ts‘ahng.
Strainer	罩籬	Chowlee.
Straw	草	Ts‘ow
String	繩子	Shungdza.
Sugar	白糖	Pi t‘ahng.
Sun	太陽	T‘i-yahng.
Sun - Stroke, to have	晒咯	Shi -la.
Sunday	禮拜	Lee pi.
Sweet (to smell)	香	Sheeang.
Sweet (to taste)	甜	T‘e-enn.

T.

Table	棹子	Chawdza.
Table-cloth	台布	T‘i-poo.
Tael	兩銀子	Layang yeendza.
Tail (of a Chinaman)	辮子	Pe‘endza.
Tail (of an animal)	尾巴	Ee-pah.
Tailor	裁縫	Ts‘i-fung.
Take, to	拿	Nah.
Take away, to	撒去	Ch‘aw-chü
Take down, to (pictures, etc.	摘下來	Chi-seeah-li.
Tape	帶子	Ti-dza.
Tea	茶，茶葉	Ch'ah; (in the leaf) ch'ah-yay.
Teacher	先生	She-enn-shung.
Tea-cup	茶碗	Ch'ah-wahn.
Tea-pot	茶壺	Ch'ah-hoo.
Telescope	千里眼	Ch'e-enlee-yen.
Tell, to	告訴	Kowsoo.
Tender (meat)	嫩	Nun.
That	那個	Nahka.
Then	那個時候	Nahka shirt-hor.
There	那邊，那兒	Nahpe-enn;nar.
Thermometer	寒暑表	Hahn-shoo peeow.
They	他們	T'ahmun
Thick (of liquids)	稠	Ch'o.
Thick (of substances)	厚	Ho.
Thimble	頂針兒，頂針的	Tingcher; ting chunty.
Thin (not fat)	痩	Sho.
Thin (not thick, of liquids)	稀	Shee.
Thin (of substances)	薄	Pow or paw.
Thing	東西	Toongshee.
Think, to	想	Sheeang.
Thirsty	渴	K‘aw.
This	個這	Chayka.
Thunder	雷	Lay.
Thursday	禮拜四	Lee-pi sir.
Tiger	老虎	Lowhoo.
Time	時候	Shirt-hor.
Tin	馬口鐵	Mahk‘o t‘eeay.
Tinker	鋸碗的	Chü-wahnty.
Toast	烤麵包	K‘ow me-enpow.
To-day	今兒 今天	Cheer; chint‘e-enn.
Together	一塊兒	E-k‘war.
Tomato	火柿子	Hwaw-shirtdza.
To-morrow	明兒，明天	Meer; mingt‘e-enn.
Tongue	舌頭	Shawt‘o.
Too much or too many	太	T‘i.
Towel	手巾	Sho-cheen.
Towel-horse	手巾架子	Sho-cheen cheeah-dza.
Tray	盤子	P‘ahndza.
Treacle	糖水	S‘ahng-shooey.
Tree	樹, 樹木	Shoo; shoo-moo.
Truth	實話	Shirt-hwah.
Tub	簍，澡盆	Lo; (bath) dzow-p‘un.
Tack in, to	壓底下	Yah tee-seeah.
Tumbler	玻璃杯	Pawly-pay.

U.

Umbrella	雨傘	Yü-sahn.
Under	底下	Tee-seeah.
Underdone	生，不熟	Shung; poo sho.
Understand, to	懂得	Toongta.
Unpick, to	拆開	Ch‘i-k‘i
Unripe	不熟	Poo sho.
Untie a knot, to	解開扣兒	Cheeay-k‘i k‘or.
Use, to	用	Yoong.
Useful	有用處	Yo goong-ch‘oo.

V.

Vegetable	素菜	Soo-ts‘i.
Vegetable-marrow	菜瓜	Ts‘i-kwah.
Very	狠	Hun.
Vinegar	醋	Ts‘oo.

W.

Wages	工錢	Koong ch‘e-enn.
Wait, to	等, 開飯	Tung; (at table) k‘i fahn.
Walk, to	走	Dzo.
Wall	墻	Ch‘eeany.
Walnut	核桃	Haw-t‘ow.
Want, to	要	Yow.
Warm	暖和，煴和	Nooahnhaw; (of water, etc.) wunhaw.
Wash, to	洗	Shee.
Washerman	洗衣裳的	Shee eeshahngty.
Watch, a	表	Peeow.
Water	水	Shooey.
Wear, to	穿，戴	Ch‘wahn; (of hats) ti.
We	我們	Wawmun.
Week	禮拜	Lee-pi.
Weigh, to	約一約，稱一稱	Yow-e-yow; ch‘ung-e-ch‘ung.
Well, a	井	Ching.
Well (in health)	好	How.
West	西	Shee.
What?	甚麼	Shummo?
When?	多喒	Taw-dzahn?
Where?	那兒	Nar?
Whip, a	鞭子	Pe-endza.
White	白	Pi.
Who?	誰	Shooey?
Whole	整	Chung.
Why?	爲什麼	Way shummo?
Wide	寬	K‘wahn.
Wind	風	Fung.
Window	窓戶	Ch‘wonghoo.
Wine	酒	Cheeoo.
Wine-glass	酒杯	Cheeoo-pay.
Winter	冬天	Toon t‘e-enn.
Wolf	狼	Lahng.
Woman	女人	Nü-ren.
Wood	木頭	Moot‘o.
Work, to	作活	Dzaw hwaw.
Write, to	寫	Seeay.
Wrong, you are	你錯咯	Nee ts‘aw-la.
Wrong (not the right one)	不對	Poo tooey.

Y.

Year	年	Ne-enn.
Yeast	肥，麵肥	Fay; me-enfay.
Yellow	黃	Hwong.
Yesterday	昨天	Dzaw t‘e-enn.
You	你，你們	Nee; (plural) neemun.
Young man, a	年輕的	Ne-enn ch‘ingty.
Your	你的，你們的	Neety; (plural) neemunty.