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CHINESE WITHOUT A TEACHER.
I also want some Wang Mang (i.e. trouser-shaped) cash | 王莽錢也要幾個 | Wahn-mahng-ch‘e-enn yoa yow cheekaw. |
I also want a redwood stand | 還要紅木托兒 | Hi-yow hoong moo t‘or. |
I want to buy some pictures | 要買畫兒 | Yow mi hwarh. |
I want those of the Yuan (Mongol dynasty) | 要元人的筆蹟 | Yow Yüahn-renty pee chee. |
Have you any ecented-wood seads? | 有茄楠香的香串兒沒有 | Yo ch‘eeaynahn-seeangty seeang-ch‘wahr mayo? |
Have you any good gongs? | 有好鑼沒有 | Yo how law mayo? |
Crystal | 水晶 | Shooay ching. |
Of what dynasty is this sword? | 寶劍是那一朝的 | Paye-h-eenn shirt nahee-ch‘owty? |
I also want some "knife" (or razor) cash | 也要買刀錢 | Yay yow mi tow-che-enn. |
Have you any good incense-burners? | 有好香爐沒有 | Yo how sheeang-loo mayo? |