A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Lau

by Josiah Goddard

Lau.

勞^-1

To labor; wearied; to give trouble; merit; worthy deeds.

撈^-1

To rake for in a river; to find and draw out of water.

牢^-1

A prison; place to confine animals; cattle.

劉^-1

A certain weapon; to kill; to arrange.

樓^-1

The upper stories of a house; upper rooms; to collect.

老²

Aged; venerable.

潦^-2

An accumulation of water; heavy rains; to sink.

嫪^-3

Excessive affection for; love to; hankering after;

漏³

To leak; let out; lose; omit; a retired place; to instil.

閙³

Noise; tumult; bustle; to bustle about; business.