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 * +THE MERCHANT.
 * Ask the compradore to come || 請買辦來 || Ch‘ing mi-pahn li.
 * Who are you? || 你是甚麼人 || Nee shirt shummo ren?
 * What are you doing? || 你做甚麼 || Nee dzaw shummo?
 * I keep the accounts || 我算賬 || Waw sooahn jahng.
 * How many hands do you employ in the hong? || 行裏用多少人 || Hahng-lee yoong taw show ren?
 * Fifty men are too many || 五十人太多 || Woo-shirt ren t‘i taw.
 * The business is not large || 買賣不大 || Mi-mi poo tah.
 * Hire ten more men || 再僱十個人 || Dzi koo shirtka ren.
 * A steamer has come || 輪船來咯 || Loon ch‘wahn li-la
 * Has it come up to the jetty? || 到了碼頭沒有 || Towla maht‘o mayo?
 * What steamer is it? || 是甚麼輪船 || Shirt shummo loon ch‘wahn?
 * What cargo is there on board? || 船上裝甚麼貨 || Ch‘wahn-shahng jwong shummo hwaw?
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 * Hire ten more men || 再僱十個人 || Dzi koo shirtka ren.
 * A steamer has come || 輪船來咯 || Loon ch‘wahn li-la
 * Has it come up to the jetty? || 到了碼頭沒有 || Towla maht‘o mayo?
 * What steamer is it? || 是甚麼輪船 || Shirt shummo loon ch‘wahn?
 * What cargo is there on board? || 船上裝甚麼貨 || Ch‘wahn-shahng jwong shummo hwaw?
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 * What steamer is it? || 是甚麼輪船 || Shirt shummo loon ch‘wahn?
 * What cargo is there on board? || 船上裝甚麼貨 || Ch‘wahn-shahng jwong shummo hwaw?
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 * What cargo is there on board? || 船上裝甚麼貨 || Ch‘wahn-shahng jwong shummo hwaw?
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