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LESSON (CONTINUED).
Adjectives.
- õi-ùe-nâng kâi-pēⁿ-chèng,
- a—that can infect man—disease, i.e. a disease that can infect people, or, an infectious disease.
- õi-nãi huang-hõu kâi-chhiêⁿ,
- a—that can stand the wind and rain—wall, i.e. a weather-proof wall.
Adjectives are associated with opposites, and may be more easily remembered in that way.
- kûiⁿ-kẽ,
- high and low.
- tn̂g-tó,
- long and short.
- tōa-sòi,
- large and small.
- chōi-chié,
- more and less.
- mé-mān,
- fast and slow.
- hûeⁿ-ti̍t,
- crosswise and lengthwise.
- khuah-o̍ih,
- broad and narrow.
- chhim-chhién,
- deep and shallow.
- khin-tãng,
- light and heavy.
- kãu-po̍h,
- thick and thin.
- hó-khiap,
- good and bad.
- siẽn-ak,
- good and evil.
- sng-tiâm,
- sour and sweet.
- kṳ̃n-hñg,
- near and far.
- pûi-sán,
- fat and lean.
- ngẽ-nńg,
- stiff and flexible.
- chiēⁿ-ẽ,
- above and below.
- lãu-iùⁿ,
- old and young.
- kiâm-chiáⁿ,
- brackish and fresh.
- jūn-chhò,
- tough and tender.
- phàⁿ-tōiⁿ,
- porous and solid.
- chiam-lu,
- pointed and blunt.
- tun-lãi,
- dull and sharp.
- ou-pe̍h,
- black and white.
- kng-àm,
- light and dark.
- uan-ti̍t,
- crooked and straight.
- chui-thap,
- raised and sunken.
- pêⁿ-kiã,
- level and sloping.
- chheⁿ-se̍k,
- green and ripe.
- phîn-pù,
- poor and rich.
- kùi-chūaⁿ,
- noble and mean.
- hiên-ngô,
- wise and foolish.
