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Rh ; 草埔俱皆是樹葉
 * Tsháu-pou lóng-tsóng sĩ chhiū-hiéh
 * Leaves are all over the lawn.


 * 携糞耙去耙清潔
 * Khiéh pùn-pê khṳ̀ pê chheng-khih
 * Get the garden-rake and rake it clean.


 * 茶花有開花或未
 * Tê-hue ũ khui-hue a-būe?
 * Have the camellias begun to blossom?


 * 未. 有蕊而已
 * Būe, ũ lúi tiāⁿ-tiāⁿ
 * No, there are only buds.


 * 若是開伊個花是雅在
 * Nāⁿ-sĩ khui i kâi hue sĩ ngiá-tsãi
 * If the flowers blow they will be very pretty.


 * 每明早要食着摘花擺放床頂
 * Pâi-mêng-khí àiⁿ-chiáh tiéh tiah-hue pái pàng tshn̂g-téng
 * Every morning at breakfast you must pluck some flowers and place them on the table.




 * 剖
 * Phoi
 * To cut, as the rinds of fruits, nails, pencil &c.


 * 截
 * Tsoíh
 * To cut into slices, as bread, beef &c.


 * 割
 * Kuah
 * To cut off, as a rope, a piece of meat from a large piece &c.


 * 琢
 * Tok
 * To chop with a knife, as to cut bones.


 * 刣
 * Thâi
 * To kill.


 * 琢莝
 * Tok-tshō
 * To mince.


 * 煲
 * Pû
 * To boil as water, rice &c in small utensils.


 * 煮
 * Tsṳ́
 * To boil as rice, vegetables &c in large utensils.