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Text 2

Text 3

Translation 1: morphology

Translation 2: syntax

Word List
Chaozhou Dialect
Word List

English
Chao Zhou
1
head
thau
2
hair
thaumo
3
ear
hi
4
nose
pi
5
tongue
ci
6
tooth
khi
7
eye
mak
8
mouth
chui
9
beard
chiu
10
chin
eba
11
shoulder
caitau
12
upper arm
chiu teng
13
hand
ciu
14
thumb
caithaugong
15
neck
am
16
breasts
hengcai
17
rib
thiali
18
belly
tou
19
guts

20
heart
sim
21
liver
hui
22
navel

23
kidney
siang
24
body hair
mo
25
penis
langciao
26
testicles
langpha
27
vulva
cigeng
28
back
bacia
29
right (hand)
ciachiu
30
left (hand)
tochiu
31
lungs

32
excrement
sai
33
vein
huegeng
34
thigh
tengkha
35
knee
khathau u
36
leg
kha
37
ankle

38
heel
au tae
39
foot
kha
40
blood
hue
41
bone
kuk
42
skin
piaohu
43
sore (n)
thia
44
fat (n)
pui
45
sweat
ti
46
tears
makcap
47
father
pae
48
mother
bo
49
child
kia
50
man
tapou
51
woman
cabou
52
husband
ang
53
wife
bou
54
name
mia
55
person
nang
56
uncle (paternal)
pae (father's elder brother)
cek (father's younger brother)

57
uncle (maternal)
ku
58
house
lai
59
door
meng
60
story
sicheng
61
pig
tii
62
tusk

63
dog
kaw
64
louse
sakbo
65
fly (n)
housing
66
snake
cuo
67
egg
niing
68
bird
ciao
69
animal
cengsae
70
mosquito
mang
71
fish
hii
72
rat
ngiaochii
73
shark
suohii
74
whale
khenghii
75
butterfly
buai ia
76
wing
sik
77
ant
hia
78
dolphin

79
grasshopper
chaomae
80
scorpion

81
starfish
chehii
82
tail
buai
83
turtle
ku
84
spider web
thithu
85
feather
mo
86
meat
ba
87
food
kiam
88
yam

89
taro
ou
90
sugar cane
cia
91
tree
chiu
92
leaf
huai ia
93
coconut
ia ci
94
banana
kengciao
95
breadfruit

96
flower
huai
97
fruit
chekue
98
grass
chao
99
root
chiuging
100
woods
patoi
101
sun
yikguang
102
moon
nguenia
103
star
cae
104
cloud
hung
105
water
ciu
106
rain
hou
107
river
haiciu
108
sand
sua
109
stone
cia
110
salt
ia
111
mountain
sua
112
fire
huai
113
smoke
ing
114
ashes
huaihu
115
road
singlo
116
wind
huang
117
lightning
luihiang
118
rainbow

119
earth
tikiu
120
earthquake
iati
121
hole
khang
122
thunder
luihiang
123
fog
mok
124
lake
ou
125
sea
hai
126
seed
ci
127
sky
tikong
128
stick
cha
129
firewood

130
mud
thouko
131
wave
ciu eng
132
foam

133
canoe
pae cung
134
paddle
pae
135
anchor

136
snail
hoi
137
dust
engteng
138
rope
so
139
bow
sia
140
arrow
ci
141
knife
to
142
axe
bouthau
143
digging stick
cathau
144
hook
takaw
145
spear
thamcuang
146
earth oven

147
fight (n)

148
black
ou
149
white
pae
150
red
ang
151
yellow
iing
152
green
chae
153
blind
chaemae
154
deaf
hilang
155
big
tua
156
small
soi
157
good
ho
158
bad
mo
159
cooked
co
160
dead
si
161
dry
ta
162
wet
tam
163
lazy
situo
164
heavy
tang
165
light
khing, boe tang
166
sick
nangmo
167
cold
ngang
168
warm
siasia
169
dirty
chi i
170
clean
chengkhi
171
dull
moumou
172
long
teng
173
narrow
oi
174
new
sing
175
old
gu
176
right (correct)
tio
177
wrong
m tio
178
rotten
mi
179
sharp
lai
180
short
to
181
smooth
paepae
182
straight
tik
183
thick
kaw
184
thin
po
185
wide
khua
186
one
cek
187
two
no
188
three
sa
189
four
si
190
five
ngou
191
six
lak
192
seven
chik
193
eight
poe
194
nine
kaw
195
ten
cap
196
few
langlo
197
other
pak
198
some
lang
199
many
coi
200
who
titiang
201
what
migai
202
when
tiangsi
203
how many
yiacoi
204
how
misii
205
where
tiko
206
yesterday
ca mae
207
tomorrow
ma khi
208
night
cek mae
209
year
ni
210
day
yik
211
I
ua
212
you sg.
lii
213
he/she
i
214 we incl. cho nang
215
we exc.
ua cho nang
216
you pl
lii cho nang
217
they
i cho nang
218
give
ho
219
hit
pha
220
see
toi
221
bite
ka
222
hear
tia
223
cry
khao
224
die
si
225
vomit
thou
226
go
khii
227
come
lai
228
swim
siing ciui
229
eat
cia
230
stand
khia
231
sit
co
232
call out
kia
233
run
cao
234
fall
puo (people) , kalaw (stuffs)
235
sleep
uk
236
laugh
chia
237
speak
ta uai
238
lie (tell an untruth)
piang
239
blow
pung
240
hold
khia
241
fly (v)
puai
242
tie
pak
243
spit
phui
244
bark (v)
ho
245
breathe
chungkhui
246
burn
sia
247
count
siing
248
dig
niu
249
drink
lu
250
fear
kia
251
float
phu
252
flow

253
hunt
phala
254
kill
kai
255
know
cai
256
lie (down)
uk
257
live
khia
258
play
siing
259
pull
tui
260
push
leng
261
rub
chik
262
say
ta
263
scratch
pae
264
sew
tengsa
265
sing
chiang go
266
smell
pi
267
split
thia khui
268
squeeze
tae
269
stab
chiing
270
suck
cu
271
swell
ceng
272
think
sia
273
throw
kak
274
turn
hui
275
walk
kia
276
wash
soi
277
wipe
chik
278
work
co kangkuai
279
all
longcong
280
and
ka
281
at
to
282
because

283
far
hiing
284
near
giing
285
here
to cia
286
there
hia mae
287
if
tangsi
288
in
lai toi
289
out
au pia
290
not
m
291
that
hii ia
292
this
cik ia
293
with
ka
294
yes
si
295
no
m si

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