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VOCABULARY.—Continued.

Blowing, it is T'ow hwong.
Blue Lahm.
Board Bak-poy.
Boat Dzoon or dzooen.
Boatman Keeah-dzoon-nahng.
Body Seen-t'oy.
Boiling Kooen.
Bones Koot. (Of a dead man—koot-t'ow.)
Book Ts'ay: dzer.
Book-case Ts'ay-kay or ts'eh-keh.
Boots Oy.
Borrow, to Tjeeay.
Bottle Dzoon; kwahn.
Box (large) Seeay; (small) ahp-koeah.
Boy (servant) Shee-dzi.
Bread Mee-pow.
Breakfast Dzah-pung,
Brick Dzung.
Bridge Keeay.
Bring (of things) Kheeay; (of person) leeah
Broad Khwah.
Brothers Heeah-tee. (Elder) ah-heeah; (younger) ah-tee.
Brush Sooey.
Bucket Dzooee-t'ahng.
Bundle Pow.
Burn Seeay; seeay teeow.
Business Ser; (official) kong ser.
Business of mine, no Kahng-wah baw syen-kahn.
Busy Hwong-mahng.
Butter Goo lah.
Buttons Neeoo.