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 ; 火柴
 * Húe-tshâ
 * Fire-wood.


 * 火灰
 * Húe-hu
 * Ashes.


 * 掃箒
 * Sàu-siú
 * A broom.


 * 糞斗
 * Pùn-táu
 * A shovel.


 * 風爐在煲何個
 * Huang-lôu tõ pû tî-kâi?
 * What is boiling on the stove?


 * 煲零些温水
 * Pû lân-ló sie-tsúi
 * Some hot water is boiling.


 * 鼎裂. 不好用
 * Tiáⁿ líh, m̄-móⁿ ēng
 * The pan is cracked and cannot be used.


 * 着另外買壹個新個
 * Tiéh lêng-ngūa bói chék-kâi sin--kâi
 * You must buy a new one.


 * 若是好補. 免用買新個
 * Nāⁿ-sĩ hó-póu mín-ēng bói sin--kâi
 * If it can be mended you needn't buy a new one.


 * 要琢物着在砧頂
 * Àiⁿ tok-muéh tiéh nāⁿ tiam-téng
 * If you want to cut things you must cut them on the chopping block.


 * 我不曉執箸
 * Uá m̄-hióu khiâ-tṳ̄
 * I don't know how to use chop-sticks.


 * 阮執刀叉
 * Ún khiâ to-chhe
 * We use knives and forks.


 * 甕裡貯何個
 * Àng-tói tshō tî-kâi?
 * What does the jar contain?


 * 貯水
 * Tshō tsúi
 * It contains water.


 * 虧壹桶水來
 * Kũaⁿ chék-tháng tsúi lâi
 * Get me a bucket of water.


 * 脚桶貯水
 * Kha-tháng tshō-tsúi
 * Put water in the bath-tub.


 * 水缸個水傾丢
 * Tsúi-kng kâi tsúi tò-tiòu;
 * Pour the water out of the jar;