Western Mandarin/Words without Characters

by Adam Grainger

WORDS WITHOUT CHARACTERS.

Note.—With most of the words a character of the same sound, with the 30th radical added, has been given for the convenience of Chinese teachers. In some cases where the tones differ, a tone mark has also been added.

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Ch.

꜀⿰口昭 chao³.

sign of the passive.

我丨了

I am taken in; I have been cheated or wronged.

丨了幾百錢

cheated to the extent of a few hundred cash.

丨打

to receive a beating.

風把我吹丨了

I have been afected by the wind; caught cold.

丨一場病

I have contracted an illness.

我丨幾口水

I swallowed a few mouthfuls of water when in the river.

哳 che⁵.

床笆丨

a bamboo frame, laid on the bottom of a bed to retain the straw.

𪠾 cheo¹.

丨兒

dung.

𫩝 chï¹.

一丨子油

a basketful of oil (the baskets are papered and varnished).

⿰口痴 chʻï¹.

藥鋪裏莫亂動口鐵舖裏莫亂丨手

you must not recklessly taste things in a medicine shop, nor carelessly thrust forth your hand in a smithy.

咔 chʻia¹.

瘦丨丨的

very lean.

𠶌 chin⁴.

湯丨了

the gravy has congealed.

𠶌 chin⁴.

丨牙齒

to set the teeth on edge.

𠶌 chin⁴.

丨鬍髭

to grow mustachios or beard.

⿰口坵 chʻiu¹.

當丨二

domestic servants.

⿰口揰 chʻong⁴.

丨鼻子

it has a strong smell, lit., strongly affects the nose.

嘔 chʻü¹.

丨燈兒

pine splints dipped in sulphur and used as matches.

⿰口抓〫 chua³.

丨手兒

a man with a palsied hand.

⿰口啄 chua⁵.

丨毽子

to kick the shuttlecock.

丨蹶子

to kick, or fling, like a horse.

chʻua¹.

丨一丨一的

in strings or bunches like beans.

筋筋丨丨的

sinewy, as meat; stringy, as vegetables.

爛丨丨的

broken; fragmentary.

chuai³.

細搖細丨的

to waddle like a woman walking with bound feet.

你莫丨

don't shake your head and refuse in that way.

chuai⁴.

li⁴ 搕丨

to pommel with the knuckles.

⿰口决 chüe⁵.

丨人

to curse people.

⿰口捲 chüen³.

丨人

to curse people.

F.

⿰口飯唹 fan⁴-ü².

何丨丨

what right had I to do it?

我纔不丨丨

then I am not right.

𠾚 fe⁴.

娃娃丨

the child is mischevious, or naughty.

丨頭子

a blackguard.

⿰口府 fu³.

墨丨丨的

dusk.

⿰口複𪢘 fu⁵-la⁵.

結結丨丨

unintelligible, as a book, or a person's speech.

H.

⿰口嗄〫 ha³.

幹丨事

to do evil deeds.

你纔丨

you are reckless, or stupid.

你纔是個丨保

you are a great blockhead.

⿰口嗄 ha⁴.

may be a corruption of 下.

等一丨

wait a little.

一丨買

buy them all; buy the whole lot.

定個丨數

fix a number; decide the portions or lots.

⿰口毫 hao².

安丨子

to set a fish, or eel trap.

𪡱 hao⁴.

把船丨倒

tie up the boat to the bank.

⿰口呵 ho¹.

丨嘴皮

a hare-lip.

⿰口呵 ho¹.

丨皮

the outer board on timber, which has a rounded side.

𭇞 hua².

我不會丨算

I cannot calculate.

打丨

to reckon; to consider.

丨不來

I cannot afford it.

丨拳

guessing fingers, a game played when drinking.

I.

𠻈 ien⁴.

到處丨起

scattered everywhere.

瘡上丨點藥

sprinkle a little medicine on the sore.

𠸄 in¹.

蘿蔔丨丨

turnip and carrot tops.

喲 io.

an exclamation, in any tone as occasion may require.

K.

ka³.

喫丨丨

to eat meat.

他一身的好丨丨

he is a fat fellow; full-fleshed.

kʻa¹, chʻia¹.

黑丨丨頭

a dark hole or corner.

找那些背丨丨頭

search in the spaces behind cupboards, etc.

門丨丨頭

the space behind the door.

丨倒人

to oppress people; to force one.

丨在壁縫子上

squeeze it into the crack in the wall.

把衣裳丨起

tuck up your gown.

荳芽丨牙齒

bean-sprouts stick in one's teeth.

kʻa¹³.

眼睛丨

my eyes smart, as when some foreign substance gets into them.

⿰口剛〫 kang².

丨結子

꜁𫩽 kʻang².

丨背背

他的背有些丨

𫩽〫 kʻang³.

把水缸丨倒

安丨丨

隔墻尥簸箕曉得丨不丨得倒

丨帽子

你拿大帽子丨我嗎

𠺝〬 ke⁴.

蠻丨丨的

𠳭 kʻe⁵.

丨膝子

ken²-len²-kong²-long².

丨丨丨丨

⿰口根〬 ken⁴.

壘個丨子

身上起了一丨

織的一丨一丨的

一個高丨子

꜁𰇗 kʻeo².

拿盌丨倒

唃 ko⁵.

丨線

兩個丨不得

𠵎𡀔〪 ku¹-lu¹.

二丨丨的轎子

𠸓〭〫 kua^{3 5}.

左丨丨

啩 kua⁴.

丨子船

𠸓 kua⁵.

丨苦

⿰口胯 kʻua³.

了丨

⿰口胯〭 kʻua³.

丨衣裳

牆丨了

米價丨下來了

堰丨了

⿰口胯 kʻua⁵.

丨丨兒

嚝 kuang³.

丨忙些

嚝 kuang³.

你纔時個丨丨

打丨子

⿰口逛 kuang⁴.

我丨你兩耳巴子

⿰口逛〬 kuang⁴.

丨油

丨過兩道

顏色放丨

L.

𱓗 lai⁴.

水丨

𠻴 lang³.

革丨他幾句

𠻴 lang³ or nang³.

丨個

哰〪 lao¹.

鬆鬆丨丨的

這點活路稀丨鬆

稀稀丨丨生了點

哰〪 lao¹.

丨一點泡菜喫

丨黃鱔

咾 lao³.

丨布綑子

𡃝 len⁴.

丨冰

𭇶〪 li¹.

花丨丨的

花丨ku³ tang³ 的

𱒚 li⁴.

丨巴兒來的

𱒚 li⁴.

丨搕

lia³.

丨起的

⿰口凌 lin².

抖丨丨戰

𫬂〪 liu¹.

紅丨丨的

丨尖的

一丨地方

一丨布

⿰口柳 liu³.

猪背丨

⿰口懦 lo³.

丨連

一天丨一天

丨子果子的話

M.

⿰口蔴 ma².

你丨不倒我

⿰口蔴 ma².

喫丨丨娃兒了

⿰口㤶 mang¹.

丨娃娃的飯

喫丨丨

⿰口咩 mi¹.

笑丨丨的

𠺗〬 mi⁴.

打個丨頭

水丨子

呡〪 min¹.

丨甜

𠰘 min³.

打個丨笑

丨笑丨笑的

拿在口頭丨

⿰口抹 mo³.

那個路是丨斜丨斜的

丨斜坡

𡁏 mong².

蛋丨丨

𡃗 mu².

丨子

N.

nga¹-kʻa¹.

丨丨人

⿰口骯 ngang¹.

耳朶丨

噁 ngo⁵.

草丨壞了

衣服丨

𠟃了

nia¹.

放丨

娃娃放丨

丨聲丨氣的說話

𭉻〪 niang¹.

你做丨個兒

⿰口扭〬 niu⁴.

丨都丨不得

丨不動

北邊起點

O.

⿰口塕 ong⁴.

丨起丨起的熱

P.

⿰口𭺗〪 pʻa¹.

床舖丨和得好

煮的稀流丨

路稀丨爛

衣裳稀丨爛

打得稀丨爛

我人丨得很

我要丨些嗎

你纔丨疲

丨耳朶

他的功名是丨的

⿰口𭺗〪啦 pʻa¹-la¹.

說了一丨丨

⿰口𭺗 pʻa².

下丨

⿰口𭺗𡄳 pʻa²-sa¹.

嘆氣丨丨

⿰口𭺗 pʻa².

丨頭

㗑〪 pai¹.

丨子

跳丨丨踋

𠼕〪 pʻai¹.

拿手一丨

𠼕〫 pʻai³.

一丨長

𫫨 pan¹.

丨乾柴

丨舵

丨包穀

𠰢 pʻan⁴.

丨倒

𱕮 pʻan¹.

丨胸

꜁𱕮 pʻan².

舌頭有些丨

⿰口叛 pʻan⁴.

丨蠟樹

𱓮 pang¹.

丨硬

人到硬丨

丨臭

⿰口膀 pʻang³.

丨壞了

丨拐子

他兩個有一丨

𠴋 pʻao¹.

穀子啣丨

the grain is filling.

桑丨兒

mulberries.

茨丨兒

bramble berries.

蛇丨兒

strawberries, or the fruit of Fragaria japonica^*.

𰈉〫 pe³.

把火丨倒

bank the fire.

把事情丨倒

to smother up a quarrel.

⿰口砒 pʻe¹.

丨手

to harden or season the hands for boxing.

𠼒 pen⁴.

一些丨

to mix up; to tumble things about.

𥻓巴饝丨糖

to roll the glutinous rice balls among treacle when eating them.

丨鮓腬

to devil meat.

⿰口膨 pʻen¹.

丨在門方上

to lean against the door-post.

丨六扇門

to be a runner in a yamên.

丨椅

a resting-chair; an arm-chair.

嘴都丨了

his lips are sunken, from the loss of teeth.

不要來丨倒我

don't rely on, or toady on, me.

喫丨丨飯

to sponge on another for food.

pia³.

罁子是個丨的

the water-pot is a distorted one.

pʻia³.

敲得丨丨得響

to emit a dull sound when struck, like a cracked pot.

黃丨丨的

yellow.

淡丨丨的

insipid; tasteless.

餓丨丨的

hungry.

鞋子穿丨了

his shoes are worn down at one side.

piang².

買個老丨丨牛

buy an old cow.

⿰口標 piao².

按丨了

it spurted from my grasp; he escaped my clutches.

哵〬 pie⁴.

same meaning as 爆.

丨穀花

to pop rice for making sweetmeats.

沙胡荳丨得好

the beans crackle well in the pan.

看火炮丨倒你

take care lest the crackers shoot against you.

丨芽子

to sprout.

把它激得丨丨跳

it made him hop about with anger.

丨呱呱

to cry like a child.

丨了

cracked, as glass.

筒箍丨了

the hoops of the bucket have burst.

⿰口劈 pʻie⁵.

把針丨在罩子上

stick the needle into the bed-curtains.

把門丨倒

bar the door.

門丨子

a door bar (small).

pʻien³, pien³.

在那山丨丨上

on the side of that hill.

𠴇⿰口弸 pin¹-pin¹-pong¹-pong¹.

丨丨丨丨

a banging sound.

啵 po¹.

丨絲網

a spider's web.

𡃓 po⁴.

打個丨

to give a kiss.

𡀖 po⁵.

犁丨子

the stock of a plough.

𡂄 pʻo³.

丨倒錢不上算

一人丨死十人難當

𱕕 pʻo⁵.

一丨人

一丨斑子

pong⁴.

丨在牆邊

丨倒山邊走

魯班雖巧丨墨而行

⿰口弸 pong⁴.

打個丨

pʻong³, pong³.

丨的一聲

咘〪 pu¹.

沒得牙齒嘴都丨進去了

𠽾 pʻu³.

墨丨丨的

⿰口扑 pʻu⁵.

扯丨鼾

⿰口扑 pʻu⁵.

放丨鴿兒

R.

嘫咓 ran²-ua³-ua³.

丨丨丨的

⿰口讓 rang⁴.

丨棉襖

to stuff a gown with cotton wool.

丨腸

the intestines of an animal stuffed with minced meat; sausages.

咡 rï³.

丨在水裏頭

throw it into the water.

rï⁵.

copulate; a word indiscriminately used in cursing.

rua².

丨𬹃

to knead dough.

你莫丨我

don't knock me about.

這個活路丨人

this job is very tiresome.

丨泥巴

to mix mud for plastering.

丨南歐餅餅

farming.

好生莫丨爛了

take care and not rub it to bits.

丨了一百錢下來

I beat him down a hundred cash.

S.

𫬒 sa⁵.

炒的乾丨丨的

the food is fried too dry.

⿰口搡 sang³.

丨性點

be quick.

走人户離丨

free to go visiting; not tied by household duties.

房子亮丨

the room is light and bright.

⿰口掃 sao⁴.

肉丨子

minced meat and gravy eaten with vermicelli.

丨水

kitchen slops.

⿰口笋 sen³.

酒丨丨

a wine jar.

長得丨莊

a stout person.

⿰口搜 seo¹.

婁丨得很

very troublesome, dirty or mischievous.

⿰口厮 sï¹.

丨臭

⿰口硝 siao¹.

打兩個丨

丨楔兒

𭈐 sie¹.

盤子曬丨了

丨起口哭

丨牙路齒

⿰口囚 siu².

丨皮

丨臉

娃娃丨得很

꜁⿰口松 song².

餓丨

⿰口旋 süen⁴.

雨丨後

⿰口遜 süin⁴.

丨白

Sh.

唦〭 sha⁴.

丨帕

唦 sha⁴.

你做丨子

爲丨子

沒得丨子東西

是丨人都有

⿰口梢 shao¹.

花兒鳥丨

唏𠵅 shi¹-hua¹-rï.

丨丨兒跌倒

丨丨兒走不攏

呭𠷟 shï⁴-chiai⁴.

銅丨丨

⿰口鰕 shia¹ ha¹.

拿丨耙兒丨穀子

不要雞去丨

賬多了丨不開

嘄 shiao¹.

給他一丨

丨鋪蓋

丨在河裏頭

哘〫 shin³.

丨了耍

你莫丨

哘 shin².

布丨

⿰口噓 shü¹.

丨丨哏

T.

꜁꜂𠯪 tai^{3 2}.

丨倒

丨倒人沒有

⿰口擡 tʻai¹.

丨點棉花

⿰口膽 tan³.

丨巴

噹〪 tang¹.

茶丨丨

⿰口燙 tʻang⁴.

斗丨子

噔 ten¹.

馬丨子

噔 ten¹.

臉丨兒紅紅的

⿰口腯 tʻen³.

慢丨個的

𱔍 teo¹.

丨狗兒咬人丨娃娃罵人

丨雞要一把米丨羊子要一把草

要丨人愛莫討人嫌

丨痛痛

丨唎喇

tia¹.

丨起來

給我丨囘去

tʻia³.

粧丨眼皮

⿰口叮 tin¹.

掉丨

⿰口叮 tin¹.

一丨丨兒

𡁯 to⁵.

碗丨丨

𡁯 to⁵.

丨窓子

把陰溝丨通

丨個橙子下來

丨草上來

丨肋巴骨

十個說客敵不住一個丨客

⿰口懂 tong³.

打光丨丨

山丨丨

⿰口懂 tong³.

黑臉丨嘴

⿰口獨 tu⁵.

丨杵杵的

丨尾子狗

Ts.

⿰口慚 tsʻan².

我們不說丨的

是丨的人

꜁꜂⿰口髒 tsang²,³.

丨核桃

你莫丨

丨房

唣 tsao⁴.

虫把樹子丨空子

𠸫 tseo⁴.

丨丨¹

好生丨倒

⿰口喞 tsi¹.

酸丨丨的

tsi⁵-li³-ku³-lu³.

丨丨丨丨

gabbling, like the language of foreigners.

Ü.

㘂 tsʻï¹.

膩丨丨的

grudging.

tsʻï²-pu⁵-long³-tong³.

丨不丨丨

naked.

⿰口搶 tsʻiang¹.

給你丨點錢

I want to borrow some money from you (without interest).

沒得錢丨給你

I have no money to lend you.

⿰口誚 tsʻiao⁴.

這兩天的肉丨

butcher's meat is scarce just now.

人丨

workmen are scarce, as in harvest time.

⿰口揪 tsiu¹.

圓丨丨的

globular.

⿰口總 tsong³.

我丨成你買房子

I will assist you to buy a house; I will recommend you.

⿰口𣀒 tsʻuan¹.

你亂丨嗎

you are intruding here.

跌跌丨丨的

to stagger like a little child or a drunk person.

丨瞌睡

to nod with sleep.

𡀰 tsʻue¹.

丨壺

a large kettle.

唹 ü².

弄丨帖了

prepared; ready.

𠿄 ü⁴.

用丨了

worn with use.

嘴巴皮說丨了

my lips are worn away with speaking.

𠿄 ü⁴.

把蠶子丨了

the silk-worms have been killed by a stench.

小丨

urine.