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 * 鹹 gèng: salt (flavour)
 * 餐 ciāng: insipid
 * 鮮 chiĕng: fresh
 * 房裏 bùng-dīe: bed-room
 * 和和熱 huò-huò-iĕk: tepid.
 * 去循環 kó̤ sùng-kùang: to go on circuit, itinerate
 * 洗身湯 sā̤-sĭng-tŏng: bath water
 * 飯廳 buông-tiăng: dining-room

Translate into English:&mdash;


 * 1) Ĭ lì lāu muôi?
 * 2) Siông-Dá̤ chă̤-kiēng Géu-Ciō lì.
 * 3) Cuòi ô dâng mò̤? Mò̤ dâng.
 * 4) Hṳ̄ siŏh-guó uâ, nṳ̄ gōng dék kák ká̤.
 * 5) Ĭ kiè lè̤ diōng kó̤.
 * 6) Ĭ mâ̤ giàng diōng lì.
 * 7) Ĭ gì uâ sê lê-hâi, nâ ĭ gì é-sé̤ṳ hê hō̤.
 * 8) Ciā tŏng kák ciāng. Nè̤ng-gă ó̤i-dĭh siŏh-dĕk-giāng sièng.
 * 9) Hṳ̄ siŏh cê siā uòng lāu, kī-daê̤ng nṳ̄ dò̤ cṳ̆ gáu nè̤ng-gă cŭ-nái.
 * 10) Cī siŏh guó uâ ô dâng.
 * 11) Dò̤ siŏh-dék-giāng gūng-tŏng lì páu dà.
 * 12) Chiāng nṳ̄ sĕng kó̤ tŭng-dĭ ĭ, nè̤ng-gă cêu lì.
 * 13) Nṳ̄ giàng kák mâing, giàng ká̤ siŏh-dék-giāng.
 * 14) Tòng sê diĕng.
 * 15) Nṳ̆k-tŏng sê gèng.
 * 16) Nè̤ng-gă ô siŏh-dék-giāng ngê-lè̤ng. Kī-daê̤ng nṳ̄ gōng uâ mâing siŏh-dék-giāng.

Translate into Chinese:&mdash;


 * 1) Where was this bought?
 * 2) It was bought outside the city.
 * 3) Why did you not buy it inside the city?
 * 4) Tell him to come back.
 * 5) He can lift it.
 * 6) Please bring me a little hot water. Not too hot, tepid wil ldo.
 * 7) I want to say two Chinese sentences. Will you kindly listen, sir, and tell me if they are correct.
 * 8) There were hundreds of people in the street listening to him preach.
 * 9) I have heard him speak Chinese. He speaks fluently.
 * 10) I have ridden a donkey, and travelled by boat, but have not yet ridden in a sedan chair.
 * 11) He has not got up yet. His mother says he is ill.
 * 12) When you return, please take your elder brother’s book with you.
 * 13) Tell him to get up and take this box away.
 * 14) This bath water is too cold, bring a little boiling water.
 * 15) When you have finished talking, kindly listen to me.