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Old (of persons) | Low. |
Old (of things) | K'eeoo. |
On the table | Fong ts'ai t'oy shong. |
Once | Yit pie. |
Once, go at | Tsit she he. |
Oneself | Ts'z key; ts'z kah. |
Onion | Ts'oong t'eu. |
Only | T'ook t'ook. |
Open, to | Hoi. |
Opium | Ah p'en. |
Opposite | Tooee men. |
Or | Fit chah. |
Orange | (tight skin) Ch'ahng; (loose skinned) kahm; (small, smooth) keet; (mandarin) choo sah keet. |
Ounce | (Chinese) Leeohng. |
Ought | Yin coy. |
Outside | Ngoi heu. |
P | |
Painter | (house) Yeeoo ts'it sz foo, or yeeoo ts'it low; (picture) fah koong. |
Paper | Chee. |
Partner | Kahp poon foh key. |
Partnership, to dissolve | Foon sz, (or to separate). |
Partnership, to enter into | Kahp poon tsoh sen lee. |
Paste | Tseong foo. |
Pattern | Yong tsz. |
Pay, to | Peen nyoon; cow nyoon.[1] |
Picul, one | Yit tahm. |
Peking | Pet keen. |
- ↑ 'Cow nyoon' is the exact equivalent of our hand over money.