13.--May flower vases also be considered furniture? They may be so considered.
14.--Wine pots, tea pots, and tea cups are all miscellaneous furniture.
15.--The water in the cup is poured into the pan.
16.--_Chia chiang_ means to ask some one to pour tea into the cups.
17.--Have you lit the lamp? I lit it; but he blew it out.
18.--To blow out a lamp is to extinguish the flame of the lamp. To extinguish fire is to put out a fire (as) in a fireplace.
19.--Is there water in these two kettles? One is full, the other is empty. Fill the empty one with water.
20.--Who is it that has broken the flower vase? I do not know who it was. Had I not better get some one to mend it at once? Yes, you had much better tell some one to mend it.
1.--Chia shih. 2.--Yi lai tang. 3. Yi lai sao.
4.--To pieh. Chieh chu. Chieh chiang. Pieh. Pieh niu.
9.--Tiu chieh hsia keh nung keh ai tou tiao chia shih.
10.--Ch’u, tang, kuei yüeh, tang tou tiao tiu chieh chia shih.
11.--Nang ka pieh chia shih tiao tu, tia, tiao kên, pieh niu, ti ka, o chu.
12.--Lai sao mai ‘hlioh mai niu a toh. Chieh sao hao ka tiao sao ‘hlioh. Chieh ch’u keh tiung tou mai sao niu. Tiu chieh hsia sao tiao tu tiao sao niu.
13.--Lai to pieh tou sui tiao chia shih a tiao. To pieh tou sui tiao chia shih.
14.--Chieh chu, chieh chiang, o chiang tou si hsia chia shih.
16.--Chia chiang koh nai pa chiang chia tiao tiu o.
17.--Moung tou tai a pa. Vai tou ku tai. Tiao ngi choh ta yeh.
18.--Choh tai tiao ta tai tu. Ta tu tiao ta sao pieh tu.
19.--Au lai chieh keh tiung mai ou a mai. Yi lai pai yi lai kung. Moung pa lai kung liang pai ou.
20.--Lai to pieh tê shi tui tu. Vai a pang tê shi. Hang moung koh nai hsüeh hsüeh, ku i a ku i. Koh nai hsüeh hsüeh ghou kuai.
1. The present. Nung. 2. Year. ‘Hniu. 3. Time. Shih. 4. Warm. Hsioh. 5. Yesterday. Tai nung. 6. Heaven; day. Vai. 7. Consequently. Chiu. 8. To fix. Ting. 9. Day-time. Fieh. 10. Light. Ka. 11. Half. Tang. 12. To engrave. Tioh. 13. Air; breath. Poung. 14. Section of time. Shau. 15. Cold. Si. 16. Snow. ‘Hliu. 17. Cool; cold. Hui. 18. Hurricane. ‘Hlioh chiang. 19. To return. Tiang. 20. To rise; get up. Fa. 21. Rain. Nung.
1.--The year before last. Last year. This year. Next year. The year after next. 2.--Last moon. This moon. Next moon.