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The Chinese Language spoken at Fuh Chau.
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一合鳥 Süò⁸ hah⁴ Cheu², A pair of birds.

一合燭 Süò⁸ hah⁴ Chuò, A couple of candles.

一合燭台 Süò⁸ hah⁴ Chuò⁴-tai⁵, A pair of candlesticks,

一合小腰棹 Süò hah⁴ Sieu² ieu tò⁴, A pair of small side tables, (Making a square when put together.)

一合椆 Süò⁸ hah⁴ Tiu⁵, A pair of wardrobes, or cupboards.

一合茶棹 Süò⁸ hah⁴ Ta⁵-tò⁴, A pair of tea-tables.

一頁書 Süò⁸ hieh⁸ Chü, One leaf of a book.

一副 Süò⁸ ho³, A set, consisting of ten things of any kind. Enough for ten persons.

一副碗 Süò⁸ ho³ Uang², A set of bowls.

一副盤 Süò⁸ ho³ Puang⁵, A set of plates.

一副甌 Süò⁸ ho³ Eu⁵, A set of cups.

一副碟 Süò⁸ ho³ Tieh⁸, A set of saucers.

一副湯匙 Süò⁸ ho³ T‘ong-p‘ieu⁵, A set of soup spoons. (The Chinese use porcelain spoons.)

一副箸 Süò⁸ ho³ Tëü⁷, A set of chop-sticks (i. e., 10 pairs).

一副牙簽 Süò⁸ ho³ Nga⁵-ch‘ieng, A set of tooth-picks.

一副椅 Süò⁸ ho³ Ie², A set of chairs.

一幅軸 Süò⁸ hoh⁴ Ch‘aëh⁴, A scroll.

一幅畫 Süò⁸ hoh⁴ Ua⁷, A picture (on a scroll).

一幅布 Süò⁸ hoh⁴ Puè³, A roll of cotton cloth.

一幅綢 Süò⁸ hoh⁴ Tiu⁵, A roll of silk.

一行字 Süò⁸ hong⁵ Che⁷, A column of characters, (Chinese is written in columns.)

一行樹 Süò⁸ hong⁵ Ch‘eu³, A row of trees,

一封書 Süò⁸ hung Chü, A sealed communication, a letter.

一夥呆人 Süò⁸ huò² Ngai⁵-nëng⁵, A band of bad men, robbers. (Huò² signifies many banded together.)

一夥賊 Süò⁸ huò² Ch‘eh⁸, A band of thieves.

一夥賊船 Süò⁸ huò² Ch‘eh⁸-sung⁵, A fleet of pirates.

一個錢 Süò⁸ ka² Chieng⁵, One cash, a copper coin. (The same as Süò chia⁴ Chieng⁵.)

一個人 Süò³ ka² Nëng⁵, One person, a human being.