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 ; 水
 * Tsúi
 * Water.


 * 海墘
 * Hái-kîⁿ
 * Sea-coast, sea-side.


 * 塗
 * Thôu
 * Earth, ground.


 * 樹
 * Chhiū
 * Trees.


 * 葉
 * Hiéh
 * Leaves.


 * 大石
 * Tūa-chiéh
 * Rocks.


 * 石
 * Chiéh


 * 石部
 * Chiéh-põu
 * Stones.


 * 沙
 * Sua
 * Sand.


 * 人
 * Nâng
 * Mankind.


 * 男人
 * Ta-pou
 * Male.


 * 女人
 * Tsṳ-níeⁿ
 * Female.

only used of man.


 * 世間個人是惡
 * Sì-kan kâi nâng sĩak
 * The people in the world are wicked.


 * 天下是闊
 * Thiⁿ-ẽ sĩ khuah
 * The world is broad.


 * 上帝在天. 人在地
 * Siãng-tì tõ thiⁿ, nâng tõ tĩ.
 * God is in heaven, and men are on earth.


 * 天在上. 地在下
 * Thiⁿ tõ chīeⁿ, tī tò ẽ
 * Heaven is above, and earth is below.


 * 山是高. 海是深
 * Suaⁿ sĩ tûiⁿ, hái sĩ chhim
 * Mountains are high, and seas are deep.


 * 大海個水藍
 * Tūa-hái kâi tsúi nâm
 * The waters of the oceans are blue.


 * 海墘有人行
 * Hái-kîⁿ ũ nâng kiáⁿ
 * There are people walking on the sea-side.