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Appendix D

Glossary of Terms

I Terms of Vehicles

  1. pùng ch'è 掽車
    collision (car)
  2. laân-è 爛嗲
    broken; torn
  3. lhoo-è 鎖嗲
    locked
  4. haaù-è 偷嗲
    stolen
  5. king ch'è 警車
    police car; a.f. king-ch'aat ch'è
  6. lhoò-kà ch'è 私家車
    private car
  7. kùng-kûng hì-ch'è 公共汽車
    public vehicle

II Stores or Shops

  1. p'oò-haaū 舖頭
    shop, AN kaàn
  2. ngaaū-ngûk p'oò* 牛肉舖
    butcher shop
  3. koo-ngôn p'oò* 古玩舖
    curio shop; syn: koo-oo-tung p'oò*
  4. fì-faat p'oò* 飛髮舖
    barber shop
  5. yiâk-t'oī p'oò* 藥材舖
    herb store
  6. taâp-fò p'oò* 雜貨舖
    grocery store
  7. fò-t'òng* 貨倉
    grocery store
  8. ch'oot-yîp haau-ch'òng 出入口庒
    import and export company
  9. ngaān-hūng 銀行
    bank
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