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38  LESSON VIII.


 * 名 miàng: name
 * 救 géu: to save
 * 路 diô: road
 * 姓 sáng: surname
 * 下 â: below, down
 * 帶 dái: to carry with one
 * 擔 dăng: to carry on a pole
 * 担 dáng: a load carried on shoulder
 * 扛 gŏng: to carry between two
 * 洗 sā̤: to wash
 * 快 ká̤: quick
 * 利 lê: sharp, as instruments
 * 併 biáng: to throw away liquids
 * 日 nĭk: day
 * 月 nguŏk: moon, month
 * 年 nièng: year
 * 出 chók: to come out
 * 早 cā: early
 * 貴 gói: honourable, costly
 * 貧 bìng: mean, poor
 * 邁 mâi: to carry on the back
 * 拖 tuă: to drag
 * 拈 niĕng: to lift in the hand
 * 落 lŏ̤h: downwards, at, upon
 * 傾 kìng: to pour out (of a spout)
 * 一担水 siŏh dáng cūi: a load of water
 * miêng-âu: when?
 * 所 sū: that which, relative pronoun
 * 剃頭 tié tàu: to shave the head
 * 日頭 nĭk-tàu: the sun
 * 貴姓 gói-séng: your honourable name
 * 茶婆 dà-bò̤: teapot
 * 今旦 gĭng-dáng: today
 * 明旦 mìng-dáng: tomorrow
 * 一冥 siŏh-màng: yesterday
 * só̤h-nĭk: day before yesterday
 * 今年冥 gĭng-nièng-màng: this year
 * 去年冥 kó̤-nièng-màng: last year
 * 明年 màng-nièng: next year
 * 倚靠 āi-kó̤: to trust
 * 伊弟 ī-diê: youngster
 * 毛拘 mŏ̤h-gṳ̆: don’t stand on ceremony
 * 城外 siàng-ngiê: outside the city
 * 生箬樣 săng-niŏh-iông, [sic] 生乜式 săng-miéh-sék, [sic] 將樣 ciŏng-iông: how? in what way
 * 時候 sì-hâiu: time