LESSON X.
- 着 diŏh
- must
- 換 uâng
- to exchange
- 角 gaé̤k
- a corner, tenth of a dollar
- 季 gié
- season
- 都 dŭ
- all
- 討 tō̤
- to seek for, find
- 替 tá̤
- instead of, for
- 共 gâe̤ng
- with, for
- 罪 cô̤i
- sin
- 哘 òng
- a long time
- 肯 kīng
- to be willing
- 番錢 huăng-cièng
- dollars
- 要緊 iéu-gīng
- important
- 一落厝 siŏh-lŏ̤h chió
- a house
- 鐵釘 tiék-dĭng
- a nail
- 鬧熱 nâu-iĕk
- stir, bustle
- 遲 dì
- late
- 印 éng
- a seal, to print
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- 跬 kiê
- to stand
- 駛 sāi
- to use, employ, in order that
- 銀 ngṳ̀ng
- silver
- 心 sĭng
- the heart
- 借 cióh
- to borrow, lend
- 信 séng
- to believe
- 各 gáuk
- every, each
- 贖 sṳ̆k
- to atone for sin, redeem
- 剝 buóh
- sign of future, about to
- 聖神 Séng-Sìng
- the Holy Spirit
- 一橺房 siŏh-găng bùng
- a room
- 感動 gāng-dông
- to influence
- 得救 dáik-géu
- to be saved
- 隴總 lūng-cūng
- all, every
- 銅片 dè̤ng-piéng
- copper cents
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1. Chinese currency is in five kinds: Lump silver, usually speaken of as 銀 ngṳ̀ng; Dollars, or 番錢 huăng-cièng; Small silver coins or 番錢仔 huăng-cièng-giāng, (a ten cent piece is 一角 siŏh gáe̤k); copper cents, or 銅片 dè̤ng-piéng; copper cash or 錢 cièng. The reckoning is in decimals, usually calculated to two places.
One dollar,
一塊番錢
siŏh-dó̤i huăng-cièng, literally one piece of foreign money.
Half a dollar,
半塊錢 五角
buáng-dó̤i cièng or ngô gaé̤k.
Twenty cents,
二角
lâng-gáe̤k.
Twenty-five cents,
二角半
lâng-gaé̤k buáng.
One
