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VOCABULARY.—Continued.

Cheap P'ee.
Chicken Koy.
Child No-keeah; keeah.
China Tong-kok; Tong-hwah-kok.
Chinese Tung-nahng.
Chop, a Jee-haw.
Christian, a Hong-kah-gi-nahng.
Cigar Hoon (lit. smoke).
City, a Seeah.
Clean Ts'eng-khee.
Clear (of liquids) Ts'eng; (of speech) ming-peh.
Clever Leng-li.
Cloth Nee.
Clothes Sah-kho; ee-hok.
Clumsy Ts'oon-poon.
Coal Booay.
Coarse Ts'o.
Cold Ts'een.
Collar Neesh.
Colour Sek-dzooee.
Comb, a S'eeoo.
Come, to Li.
Come back, to Tung-li.
Commissioner of Customs Sooay-boo-see.
Compass, a Law-kang.
Compensate, to Pooay.
Comprador Boy-p'oy.
Confucius Khong-hoo-dzer.
Confused Kong.
Consequences Kahn-hee,
Constable Ts'ay-goy.