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- A tael, the highest weight used in Chinese money transactions, and equivalent to nearly one and a half ounces.
- lṳ́ téng thóiⁿ ŭ kúi níe tăng;
- you weigh it and see how many ounces it weighs.
- saⁿ níe tăng;
- three ounces in weight.
- pùaⁿ kṳn tùi poih níe;
- half a Chinese pound is eight Chinese ounces.
- ĕ jît sì níe sì níe khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ kuah;
- hereafter you will suffer the ignominious punishment of being slowly cut to pieces.
- i tòa ŭ ngṳ̂n-níe lâi a bô̤?
- Did he bring money?
- sì níe, saⁿ cîⁿ, ngŏ hun pùaⁿ;
- four taels, three mace and five and a half candareens.
- sĭ lŭn ngṳ̂n-kâi, a sĭ lŭn ngṳ̂n-níe?
- Is it dollars or taels that are under discussion?
- cía pó̤ cêk kâi ngŏ-câp níe;
- these bars of silver are each fifty taels in weight.
- ci ki chìn sĭ câp-lâk níe a câp-poih níe?
- Do these steelyards weigh sixteen or eighteen ounces to the catty?
- câp níe khí tîeh lô̤h thien-phêng;
- for over ten ounces, it mast be put into the balances.
- téng ki jĭ-câp níe chìn;
- the steelyard bar rests at twelve ounces.
- hāng chìu kṳn cìaⁿ câp-jĭ níe, ŭ khí câp-sì níe;
- the Chinese pound averdupois, is twelve or fourteen ounces.
- choiⁿ níe n̂g-kim bô̤ sía sìo;
- a promise of a thousand taels of gold is not entered in account.
- cía bô̤ câp níe īa tîeh ŭ pùaⁿ kṳn;
- if there are not ten ounces of this, there must be at least a half a pound.
- níe ngṳ̂n táu jîeh cōi cîⁿ?
- What is the amount of cash given in exchange for a tael?
- níe kúi kâi cîⁿ?
- How many cash is it per ounce?
- cíe tê sek ngṳ̂n cêk níe;
- this tea is a dime an ounce.
- cí ki chìn níe-cīeⁿ síam;
- this steelyard gives short weight.
- cí cho̤h hùe ío ŭ kṳn níe;
- these goods are more nearly of the weight they are marked at.
- bô̤ kṳn níe;
- short of the number of pounds marked as their weight.
- phâk sîh kṳn níe;
- lose weight in drying.
- cêk kheng ēng thiah sîh jîeh cōi níe?
- How much will each basketful lose in weight when it comes to be divided up?
- phêng saⁿ-peh níe ngṳ̂n hâiⁿ i;
- weigh out in the balance three hundred taels and pay him.
- i phò lăi cêk jît phêng chut ŭ kúi níe ngṳ̂n phêng-thân;
- in their shop, they gain several taels per day from the overplus of weight in the money taken in.
- sĭ phêng sîh cêk níe a phêng chut cêk níe?
- Did he lose or gain a tael on the amount that was weighed in small portions?
- s̆i ta-po a sĭ cṳ-nîe?
- Is it a boy or a girl?
- seⁿ kâi cṳ-nîe kíaⁿ;
- has given birth to a daughter.
- a-nîe-kíaⁿ;
- a little girl.
- nín lài thóiⁿ kâi ngía a-nîe;
- come and see this elegant lady.
- chūa sin-nîe;
- bring home a bride.
- gûeh-nîe;
- the moon.
- a tia nîe;
- your father and mother.
- ún a-nîe;
- our mother; the lady of the house; the housemother, in a large and rich family.
- a sìa nîe;
- the squire's wife.
- ta-po nâng cò̤ sū a-nîe a-nîe;
- a man who is feminine in his ways.
- kwn-im nîe;
- the goddess Kwanyin.
- nîe thóiⁿ jîeh tn̂g;
- measure it and see how long it is.
- nîe tiêh khah tn̂g;
- find by measuring that it is too long.
- nîe thóiⁿ kàu mē;
- measure and see if there is enough.
- nîe bí;
- measure out rice.
- cang táu lâi nîe;
- take a peck measure and measure it.
- kàu-nîe;
- to consult about, to talk over a matter together.
- khîeh ki chieh lâi nîe thóiⁿ ŭ chieh-thâu a bô̤;
- take a foot rule and measure it and see whether there is anything over the exact number of feet.
- kàu-nîe lâi īa m̄ sĭ thó̤-tàng cū màiⁿ;
- if on talking it over it is not thought to be safe, then we will not do it.
- sṳ-nîe;
- to bargain; to cheapen goods; to haggle about the price.
- sṳ-nîe lâi, cêk tàⁿ chit kâi ngṳ̂n;
- made a bargain for it at seven dollars per picul.
- sṳ-nîe m̄ tn̆g kè, thó̤ cîⁿ àiⁿ sie mēⁿ;
- if a definite price be not agreed upon, there will be a quarrel at the time for payment.
- kháu-nîe;
- victuals; stores.
- hwt kháu-nîe;
- give out rations.
- kòi nîe-bí;
- convoy rations.
- tòa kang nîe;
- take along dry provisions.
- nîe-cháu;
- fodder.
- cīⁿ-nîe;
- stipend.
- kiap nîe;
- to forage.
- nîe-tău;
- the commissioner who collects the revenues of a province.
- nîe hìang;
- revenue, in grain.
- ūn nîe;
- transport the grain taken as taxes.
- nîe-cîah cok;
- the provisions are sufficient.
- khìam nîe;
- owes taxes.
- ŵn nîe;
- the land tax.
- nîe hŏ;
- tax-payers.
- nîe che;
- tax collectors.
- lâp nîe;
- to pay taxes at stated times.
- tháng nîe;
- the cross-bar of a water-bucket.
- cí kâi nâng sĭ kok ke kâi tàng nîe;
- this man is a pillar of the state.
- kîe nîe;
- the girders of a bridge.
- phīⁿ nie;
- the bridge of the nose.
- nîe-sùaⁿ;
- an umbrella with an embroidered valance depending from its edges.
- khîa ki tōa nîe-sùaⁿ;
- carry a curtained umbrella.
- i tó̤ khṳt nīe;
- he is begging to be let off.
- kĥiu i nīe chíu cē;
- beseech him to stay his hand.
- i lâi mīn côiⁿ khîu nīe mīaⁿ;
- he came forward and begged for his life.
- tit nīe nâng chù, chíaⁿ nīe nâng;
- when you let a man off, then do it fully and frankly.
- nīe cêk chut;
- give an extra act in a play.
- nīe i cêk lîap cí, sĭ nīe i kṳ a sĭ nīe i bé?
- In giving him one chessman, did he give him a queen or a knight?
- nīe i soiⁿ;
- allow him to take precedence.
- nīe i cŏ̤ tōa ūi;
- yield the chief seat to him.
- líang-ke sie-nīe cū hûa-khì;
- if each yields to the other there will be harmony.