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It is all (or entirely) wrong, 喊𠾴唥錯嘥咯, ham꜅ pá꜅ láng꜅ ts‘o꜄ sái꜄ loᵏ˳
To do wrong, 做錯, ts‘ò꜅ ts‘o꜄. (This also means to make a mistake in doing anything).
Done nothing wrong, 冇做錯事, ꜃mò tsò꜅ ts‘o꜄ sz꜅.

Y

Yam,

n.

大薯, tái꜅ ꜁shü.
Class. 樖, ꜀p‘o.

Yamen,

n.

衙門, ꜁ngá ꜁mún.
Class. 間, ꜀kán.
This is a yamen, 呢間係衙門咯, ꜀ni ꜀kán hai꜅ ꜁ngá _⊆mún* loᵏ˳.

This

of this

c^'*™

^

Chi,

connections),

is

year,

yufco-

p**o

^p'o.

^P^, ^, ^kin.

j^^^<

speaking of age and in or

2. (in

n.

Class.

Tung

cT'nng Chi^

^AH^

^hii.

is

to

^nin

ts6~

Year, or

of

The 8 th moon tdi"

the context

jOin.

The 3rd year

^^,

if

^san ^nin, or

'^^,

as

plain,

spend the

.

^ni

iei ^nin.

kwo

Tarn, n.

^^^,

These few years,

(This also means to

'mo

^(.^)^#,

few years ago,

jdn ts'o' Bii' lo^o.

293

cDgd ^mnn.

^,

soi';

^^,

^nln sni

gg^^^

a yamen,

^

c°> <'^*°

c^S* t™*^*

^.

Yellow, adj.

^,

Yes, adv.

This

is

^wong.

hai".

generally followed by

some

lo^. final or other,

Yard, n. 2. (of

Yam, Yawn,

n.

1.

a ship),

^,

Year, n.

^,

a

^,

New

year,

^.

^nin

^^, alone

New

I^H^.

delicate

which often gives

shade of meaning to

kong'. the reply.

In answering a ques-

tion where

we would simply say

.sha.

^^^,

r.

i^ Tna.

(measure),

'ta

ham'

lo*.

Chinese

a

• yes,'

often turns the

^nin.

qnestioa into an affirmative and

This year,

-^^,

Nest

[jj^,

^kam

^nln.

gives year,

Last year,

^i^,

it

as

an answer instead of

ch'ntj ^nln.

saying

'yes'.

ka^' t^in, or Yesterday, n. Jjt^^, or

_nin

^0

,

tsok,

.

yatj, or ^ts'am yat^.

Year before

last,

1^^,

jtsln

The day

.Bin*.

before

gg

Q

^tsln yatj.

c

The

before yesterday,

year last,

preceding

the

-^IJi^,

ta^ ^ts'in

year

Jiln*.

preceding the day before

yesterday,

^"^J

B

»

^'^^'

c**'™

yat,.

Past yrars,

Previous or

"wong .nln

The day

.

^^,

Yesterday morning, ,chin.

^^>

tsok,