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Lesson XXI.
- 尺
- Chhieh
- A foot. (Twelve English inches.)
- 丈
- Tñg
- Ten feet.
- 步
- Pōu
- Huáh
- A pace.
- 碼
- Bā
- Bé
- A yard.
- 尋
- Siâm
- A fathom.
- 量
- Nièⁿ
- To measure.
- 四方
- Sì-pang
- A square.
- 三角
- Saⁿ-kak
- A triangle.
- 斗
- Táu
- A bushel (rice.)
- 石
- Chiéh
- Ten bushels.
- 厘秤
- Lî-chhìn
- 天平
- Thien-phêng
- A small scale.
- 柴秤
- Tshâ-chhìn
- A steelyard.
- 秤錘
- Chhìn-thûi
- A weight.
- 頂
- Téng
- To weigh.
- 頂減
- Téng-siám
- To cheat in weighing.
- 秤。正
- Chhìn chhiàⁿ
- A correct scale.
- 秤。細
- Chhìn siám
- An incorrect scale.
