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VOCABULARY.—Continued.
Pin | Dzahm. |
Pineapple | Hwahn-li. |
Place | Ooee-ts'er. |
Plate | Pwah; (small) tee. |
Play, to (as children) | Sung. |
Play the piano, to | T'ahn. |
Taw. | |
Politeness | Loy-mow. |
Pony | Beh. |
Poor | Keng; p'een-khyoong. |
Pork | Ter-nek. |
Port, a | Hi-khow. |
Potato | Haw-lahn-dzer. |
Pound, a | Kern or (German) kön. |
Pour, to | Taw-ch'oot-li. |
Praise, to | Hong-seng. |
Pray, to | Loy-pi. |
Probably | Yak-leeang. |
Priest (Buddhist) | Hooay-seeay. |
Principle | Taw-lee. |
Protect, to | Paw-yew (or yeeoo). |
Proclamation, a | Khaw-see. |
Proclamation, to issue a | Ch'oot khaw-see. |
Present, to make a | Sahng. |
Prison | Kahm. |
Prison, to put in | Keem kahm; seeoo kahm. |
Proverb | Sok-ger. |
Pull, to | Tooee. |
Pull the punkah, to | Tooee hwong. |
Punish him, to | P'oy ee-gi dzooey. |
Push, to | Leng; leng khooee. |
Put, to | Pahng. |
Put on clothes, to | Ts'eng sah. |