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Rh  LESSON IX.


 * 差 chă: to differ
 * 前 sèng: formerly, in front
 * 分 buŏng: to divide
 * 半 buáng: one half
 * 份 hông: a share
 * 初 chĕ̤: the beginning, prefix used before the first ten days of the month
 * 正 ciăng: the first month
 * 正 ciáng: correct, upright
 * 死 sī: dead
 * 晡 buŏ: evening
 * 暗 áng: late, dark
 * 鈴 līng: bell
 * 春 chŭng: spring
 * 夏 hâ: summer
 * 秋 chiŭ: autumn
 * 冬 dĕ̤ng: winter
 * 暝晡 màng-buŏ: evening
 * 上 siông-dáu: forenoon
 * 安息日 Ăng-sék-nĭk: Sunday
 * 暝 màng: evening meal
 * dáu: mid-day meal
 * 刻 káik: a quarter, 1/4 of hour
 * 乞 ké̤ṳk: to give to, sign of passive voice
 * 分 hŭng: one tenth, minute
 * 點 dēng: a point, an hour
 * 小 siēu: small
 * 仱 dăng: now
 * 現在 hiêng-câi: at present, now
 * 曉的 hiēu-dék: to know, understand
 * 年 [sic] sŏ̤h-nièng: year before last
 * 早起 cā-kī: morning
 * 伓通 ng-tĕ̤ng: do not, a negative imperative
 * 十字架 Sĕk-cê-gá: the Cross
 * 山 săng: a hill
 * 氣 ké: vapour, air
 * 本份 buōng-hông: duty
 * 下 â-dáu: afternoon
 * 鐘 cṳ̆ng: clock

1. In and around Foochow, and among all Christian converts 禮拜 lā̤-bái has a well-known technical meaning for the week and the days of the week. Sunday, 禮拜日 安息日 lā̤-bái-nĭk or ăng-sék-nĭk. Monday, 拜一 bái-ék. Tuesday, 拜二 bái-nê. etc. A week. 一禮拜 siŏh lā̤-bái. Two weeks, 二禮拜 lâng lā̤-bái. This week, 只一禮拜 cī siŏh lā̤-bái. Next week, 下禮拜 â lā̤-bái. Last week, 上一禮拜 siông siŏh lā̤-bái.