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Relative | Ts'een ts'eet.[1] |
Reply, to | Fooee yim. |
Rest, to | T'eu hah. |
Rice | Me. |
Ride on horseback | K'ey mah. |
Right | Ch'ok; (no mistake ergo right) mow ts'oh. |
Right hand | Yeeoo shoo. |
Ripe | Shook. |
River | Hoh. |
Road | Loo, |
Roast, to | Show. |
Room | Fong. |
Root | Keen. |
Rope | Lahm. |
Rough | Ts'z. |
Round | Yen. |
Rub, to | Ts'ah; ts'aht. |
Run, to | Tseu. |
S | |
Sailing-vessel | Kahp pahn shon. |
Sailor | Shooee shoo. |
Sails | Lea; (to sail) hahng shon; sz lea; sz foong. |
Salt | Yahm. |
Same | T'oong. |
Saturday | Lea pie look. |
Say, to | Kong. |
- ↑ The Chinese words ts'een ts'eet do not cover the same extent of meaning as the English word 'relative' does, for a brother or sister is a nearer relative, in Chinese, than a ts'een ts'eet.