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Rh ; 壹条鰻. 數隻蟹
 * Chék tiôu mûaⁿ, kua-chiah hõi
 * One eel, several crabs.


 * 拾粘粒蠔. 弍拾粒蚶
 * Tsáp-liáp ô, jī-tsáp liáp ham
 * Ten oysters, twenty cockles.


 * 魚干陸両. 共鹹魚半斤
 * Hṳ̂-kuaⁿ lák-niéⁿ, kah kiâm-hṳ̂ pùaⁿ-kṳn
 * Dried salt fish six taels, and salt fish half a catty.


 * 蝦米壹擔若干
 * Hê-bí chék-tàⁿ jiéh-tsōi?
 * How much for a picul of dried prawns?


 * 壹擔敢是伍員亞
 * Chék-tàⁿ káⁿ-sĩ ngõu-khou ã
 * I think five dollars a picul.


 * 伍員會貴或袂
 * Ngõu-khou õi-kùi a-bõi?
 * Is it dear at five dollars (a picul)?


 * 要呾貴. 卽袂貴. 要呾平. 卽袂平
 * Àiⁿ-tàⁿ-kùi li bõi-kùi, àiⁿ-tàⁿ-phiⁿ li bõi-phiⁿ
 * To say “it is dear,” it isn't dear, but to say “it is cheap,” it isn't cheap.


 * 買零些就貴
 * Bói tshàm-tshùi chiũ kùi.
 * To buy by retail it will be dear.

Vegetables.


 * Vegetables,
 * Tshài
 * 菜


 * Turnip,
 * Tshài-thâu
 * 菜頭


 * Cabbage,
 * Péh-tshài
 * 白菜


 * a large kind,
 * Tūa-tshài
 * 大菜


 * foreign,
 * Ko-lẽ-tshài
 * 高麗菜


 * salted,
 * Kiâm-tshài
 * 鹹菜


 * Brinjal, egg plant,
 * Kiê
 * 簥


 * Cucumber,
 * Tiòu-kue
 * 吊瓜


 * Pumpkin, red,
 * Huan-kue
 * 畨瓜