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Abbreviations.

Colloquial speech abounds in abbreviated expressions. There is a great disposition to drop parts of well known sentences and to make the remaining parts do duty for the whole. Sometimes the middle part is left out and the two ends are fused together into a new compendious expression which is current coin in every day speech. This is conspicuous in counting. It is called tàⁿ-kán, saying it short, and such expressions are called, kán-niap kâi-ūe.

jī-cha̍p	contracted to	jia̍p, twenty.
jī-cha̍p-jī,	contracted to„	ji̍h-jī, twenty-two.
saⁿ-cha̍p,	contracted to„	sapⁿ, thirty.
saⁿ-cha̍p-sì.	contracted to„	sapⁿ-sì, thirty-four.
sì-cha̍p,	contracted to„	siap, forty.
ngõu-cha̍p,	contracted to„	ngua̍p, fifty.
la̍k-cha̍p,	contracted to„	la̍p, sixty.
chhit-cha̍p,	contracted to„	chhi-a̍p, seventy.
poih-cha̍p,	contracted to„	po̍p, eighty.
káu-cha̍p,	contracted to„	ka̍p, ninety.
che̍k-peh,	contracted to„	peh, one hundred.
chí-kâi,	contracted to„	chiá, this one.
hṳ́-kâi,	contracted to„	hiá, that one.
ũ a-bô?	contracted to„	ũ bô, have or not?
bô õi,	contracted to„	bõi, cannot.
àiⁿ-khṳ̀ a-m̃?	contracted to„	àiⁿ-khṳ̀ m̃? want to go or not?
àiⁿ a m̃-àiⁿ?	contracted to„	àiⁿ m̃? want it or not?
i-kâi,	contracted to„	iá, his.
lṳ́-kâi,	contracted to„	lṳ́-a, yours.
hó a-m̄-hó,	contracted to„	hó-m̃ (or) hóm, is it well or not?
mién-ēng,	contracted to„	mién, no need.
chièⁿ-seⁿ,	contracted to„	chièⁿ, like this; so.
hièⁿ-seⁿ,	contracted to„	hièⁿ, like that.
khṳ̀-tî-kò,	contracted to„	khṳ̀- tî-ò, where going, or gone?
tõ chí-kò,	contracted to„	tõ chí-ò, here.
tõ hṳ́-kò,	contracted to„	tõ hṳ́-ò, there.
chò mih-kâi,	contracted to„	chò-mih, what are you doing?
ũ mih-sṳ̄,	contracted to„	mih-sṳ̄, what is the matter?
ũ mih-kâi,	contracted to„	mih-kâi, what is it?
lṳ́ chia̍h a-būe?	contracted to„	chia̍h--būe? have you eaten yet?
hó-lâi khṳ̀-chia̍h,	contracted to„	lâi-chia̍h, let us go and eat.