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58 Gender. ; tãu-thâi, a-nái,
 * the Tau-tai and Madam.


 * hûe-siēⁿ,
 * a Buddhist priest; a bonze.


 * nîⁿ-kou; hûe-siēⁿ-phûa,
 * a nun.


 * a-niê,
 * Mrs.


 * sin-seⁿ, sin-seⁿ-niê,
 * teacher and wife.


 * thâu-ke, thâu-ke-niê,
 * master and mistress of the house.


 * chûn-chú, chûn-chú-niê,
 * master of vessel and wife (if foreigner).


 * chiàⁿ-chhi; chiàⁿ-nâng; ngûan-phùe,
 * the proper wife.


 * chhiah-kha,
 * a concubine.


 * chhiap; jī-nâng,


 * nôuⁿ-po̍k,
 * a male servant.


 * nńg-pī,
 * a female servant, [sic]


 * niⁿ-bó,
 * a wet nurse.


 * kiau-kiáⁿ-bó,
 * a nurse.


 * a-má,
 * a child’s nurse (borrowed and local).


 * lâm-teng,
 * adult males.


 * jie̍h-chōi lâm-teng?
 * how many adults are there?


 * chhâi-hông, thīⁿ-saⁿ sai-pẽ,
 * a tailor.


 * thīⁿ-saⁿ sím; má--nâng chhâi-hông,
 * a sewing woman.


 * lâm-o̍h,
 * a male school.


 * nńg-o̍h,
 * a female school.


 * tōa-lâm-o̍h,
 * an adult male school.


 * tōa-nńg-o̍h,
 * an adult female school.


 * hûe-siēⁿ-am,
 * a monastery.


 * nîⁿ-kou-am; nńg-am,
 * a nunnery.

Gender of Animals &c.

kang and bó are male and female of all sorts of reptiles and insects.