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 ; 紅磚
 * Âng-tsng
 * Bricks.


 * 塗脚
 * Thôu-kha
 * Floor (earth of tile.)


 * 灰埕
 * Hue-tiâⁿ
 * Lime floor.


 * 樓枋
 * Lâu-pang
 * Board floor.


 * 欄杆
 * Lân-kan
 * Railing.


 * 要建厝着有地脚
 * Àiⁿ khí-tshù tiéh ũ tī-kha
 * To build a house, there must be a foundation.


 * 地脚深. 厝就堅
 * Tī-kha chhim, tshù chiũ khiàng
 * If the foundation is deep, then the house will be strong.


 * 無地脚厝袂站
 * Bô tī-kha tshù bõi-khiã
 * Without a foundation, the house will not stand.


 * 灰切要着足. 無. 墻袂有
 * Hue chhiet-iòⁿ tiéh kàu, bô, chhiêⁿ bõi-tōiⁿ
 * It is important to have sufficient lime, otherwise, the walls will not be hard.


 * 我個厝頂個厝瓦有零塊破
 * Uá kâi tshù-téng kâi tshù-hiã ũ lân-kò phùa
 * Some of the tiles on my roof are broken.


 * 厝漏
 * Tshù lāu
 * The house leaks.


 * 我要呌司阜來修整
 * Uá àiⁿ-kiè sai-pẽ lâi siu-síp
 * I want to get a bulder to repair it.


 * 此枝柱大枝
 * Chí-ki thiõu tuā-ki
 * This pillar is large.


 * 塗脚個紅磚破
 * Thôu-kha kâi âng-tsng phùa
 * The bricks of the floor are broken.


 * 呌司阜來補
 * Kiè sai-pẽ lâi póu
 * Call the builder to mend them.


 * 塗脚每個禮拜着洗壹次
 * Thôu-kha chék-kâi lói-pài tiéh sói chék-ē
 * The floor must be washed once a week.