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CHINESE-ENGLISH

MANDARIN PHRASE BOOK

(PEKING DIALECT)

-BY-

T. C. FULTON, M.A.

SHANGHAI:

PRINTED AT THE PRESBYTERIAN MISSION PRESS

1911

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PREFACE

GOOD many years ago, by request I issued manuscript

copies of a few hundred simple household and

other phrases suitable for the immediate needs of young

missionaries from the very first day of their arrival in

Manchuria. So useful were these phrases found to be that the

Manchurian Conference of United Missions requested me to

enlarge the collection and publish it. Having by bitter

experience felt the need for such a help, within the first and

second years of residence in China, and at present not being

aware of any book which exactly supplies this need, I have

complied with the request. I hope, however, that what was

originally meant for the use of a smaller constituency may

be helpful to a larger. Though I have here supplied 6ver

3,000, there is really no limit to the number of useful every-

day phrases that might be written, and the only difficulty

in supplying them is to think back over past years and realise

afresh the needs of new arrivals. This book has become

much larger than originally intended, but, knowing the joy

with which I should at one time have hailed such assistance as

is here given, I have not thought it wise to curtail it.

No attempt has been made to provide phrases for contin-

uous conversation, as it is impossible to foresee the line which

any conversation might take. The phrases that have been

provided are chiefly given as examples for the guidance of the

student in forming others, and the separate elements of which

each is composed can be detached and used in other connexions

and about other subjects.

Though sometimes the treatment of any subject is in the

form of question and answer, yet it must be remembered that

il PREFACE.

the sentences dre to a large extent quite separate from one

another, and therefore the meaning of any one of them is

not necessarily to be determined by that which precedes or

succeeds it.

The student should first read over the English translation

that he may see at once the stock of language from which he

can draw ; and he is not to expect from the book what was never

intended to be put into it.

I have to acknowledge my obligations to Rev. James

Carson for valuable criticisms and suggestions.

T. C. Fulton.

Mouedex, 1911.

MANDARIN PHRASE BOOK.

% — % Chapter I.

& I, Me. ft ft Mine.

ft jpg We, Us. fg fg ft Our, Ours.

_.*_ jhk -ttt (in an intimate sense and .*,„*. y^ r-w

QH iW We including speaker and QH iffl Hft Our, Ours.M'' J those addressed.)

h II J <- J J

fij; You (sing.)f;j; f^j Your, Yours.

ffc fj You (pZ.) ffc fpg $j Your, Yours (jpf.)

$g You (smgr. Polite term.) tf&(fy Your, Yours.

f& He, She, It, Him, Her. (do.) ffc #j His, Hers, Its.

1& if! They, Them. ^ flg ^ Their, Theirs.

it U This-SIS IB That-

£g JE Here. $$ j£ There.

£ IS* X Where? £ B5* 3E There- SSI Here.

^3t ^ ^ In the inside.-fl! #h jft

At the outside,

-ffi Jl 3S ^ or on tne toP- STS Below, at the bottom,

-ffi "BtT j§ Before, at the front. ;j£ ^ ^ Behind, at the back.

^3: 2£ ^ On the left side. f£ ^ ^ On the right side.

S17 Underneath. %£ -ftjj, f On the ground.

Front side, back side, upper surface, under surface, left

side, and right side (of any object).

— One. ~ Two. H Three. Four. jfr Five.

7^ Six. ,£ Seven. /\, Eight. -jl Nine.-f- Ten.

2 MANDARIN PHKASE BOOK.

-f-— Eleven.

-J-~ Twelve. ZL + Twenty. ^ -J*

Thirty.

—"jf One Hundred. —

^f-One Thousand.

— Tg£ Ten Thousand. -f- ^ One Hundred Thousand.

—f ft One Cent. ip ^ 5 cents. — % 10 cents.

— $ JH. 15 cents. ~ $ 20 cents. 55. ^1 50 cents.

S£ j| Half a Dollar. — [J $1.

»±5 jsj£ Come out. tfi2j5fl Come out (imperative) !

{f{ ^ Go out. ffi -^ H Go out (imperative) !

Cannot come out(because too big for opening or other cause).

Cannot go out (because too big for opening or other cause).

jg 2jS Come in. MJfc M Come in (imperative) !

jg ^ Go in. jg| -=k H Go in (imperative) !

jf| /£ 2fcCannot come in. jg /£ -^ Cannot go in.

fifc ^P iS 2f» He is not coming in ; He won't come in.

f8l ^F jS i He ls no* g°'ng m > He won't go in.

ifo S'J jf§ 2j£ Don't you come in.

fft S'J JS ^ Don't you go in.

ifc S'J ffi 215 Don't you come out.

{ft 5j}'J ffi i Do11'* y°u g° 0llt-

^ 1? flfe M 2fcDon't let him come in.

S'J 18 flfe if? JH 2fcDon't allow them to come in.

P4- #. fl'3 85 jI 2fcTell them all to come in.

CHAPTER ONE. 3

fn ftil {P5 $15 JH 2jS Invite them all to come in.

PJej" g£ ^ Is there any ? {ft^ $£ ^ Have you got any ?

/(j Yes ; there is. J^ ^ No ; have not got.

•PI Sf M) 'P Bb $£ ^ Look again ; there must be some.

$» % ?1 M $£ ^f Have you any cash ?

fill ^f ?£ ?§[ ^ He nas some, I have none.

5S ^ $1 •§ Have you any more ? Is there any more ?

5J|- /j| There is some more. ^& % *}? How much or many ?

How much more is there ? How many more are there ?

;|| ^ —f|g

There is still one more.

How much do you want ? How many do you want ?

How much more do you want? How many more do

you want ?

m m % &How much is there still left ? How many are there still

left?

Wt ;§ viL M l§ Just tn's quantity ?

al fHI Ity iSr |£ What is this called ?

fft 1c /£ §£ I* y°u want ?'ft H Don't want.

T us -t-i- TW,'t ,„m,t (At first sought but afterwards not wanted; or

/*• & U Von * want something left over, uo longer wanted.;

SS & H I a^so want.

fife. U § $£ What does he want ?

4 MAUDAKIN PHEASE BOOK.

|g — Ji ^ £jj §J I want just a very little.

IIIIilT What has he come for ?

flfe /P He 3 IS He does not want anything.

j# Tf. % Is it good? Do you like it? Will it do?

;p jfi It is bad ; won't do ; don't like it.

fj- 7fc fj- Is it correct? ^ fj Not correct; wrong.

ft ffc W * ft

You did, or made it wrongly;you were wrong in doing so.

ft f£ $1 /£ Ifr You have made it badly.

1& f£ 3 $j 35 T Wnat has he come to do ?

f£ ?G T tx % Is Jt finished?

il & ffc ^ Not yet finished.

Ity fill 1& f£ Tell him to do (or make) it quickly.

P^ flfi. 'K ;feTell h™ to S° quickly.

ft £ St II f£ S /& What are y°u doinS here?

ft *H & X %H 'M Do you know ? ^ Z* %\ M I don't know.

If! 3SH jE Who knows ?|jf|;^ /f g| ^ Do you understand ?

g| ;g£ Now, at present. }[$ 2fJ In future.

gff 5^ The day before yesterday. ^f ^ Three days ago.

H£ 3c Yesterday. ^> ^ To-day.

tjjj 5c To-morrow. ^ 5t The day after to-morrow.

^C Wi % Three days hence. H jg 35. 3^ In five more days.

"By £• 5^ ^ve ^y8 aS° ; The first five days of a series.

CHAPTER ONE. 5

^ JjgMorning.

1ft ?£ % Forenoon.HjjjJ ^p Noon.

$, Z£ % Afternoon. T ^ SE Evening.

M. fc Night. S£ fc Midnight.

jjijf *fi ^ The first half of the night.

^ if; ^ The latter-half of the night.

5E f@ R This month. _£,£) Last month, ffl Next month.

3§ — ill ^ Exactly a month. fig -^ J3 A month and a half.

-— ^ ^{2 A day and a half. Rg — ^C Every other day.

^C itlf ^ Three years ago. "jjif ^ The year before last.

£ 4jp Last year. -^ 4£ This year. BfJ ^p Next year.

•jjif g| ^ A few years ago. !^ig^^ In a few more years.

~ 1© II 3¥ A week- -t it 3¥ Last week -

ifc _t H 3¥ The week before last. j§ flU jjj| # This week.

lfc y H 3f The week after next. f jjjg # Next week.

I?fB,llSIB Sunday. ft ?? — Monday.

"T" SI ?¥ x\ The Saturday of next week.

& 2fS H Get up ! Eise !

P*J- fljj jfg 215 Tel1 hi™- to rise-

ftfc j|E /f» ^5 He can't rise.

fill 5® iisi ii§ 2fc He has not yet risen.

flf—

"ft 5£ & i$S He won't be up for some time yet.

ih & yM H Stand up ! ffc ££ ^ & $ I can't stand up.

$1 i'lS 7 {i I car,,t stand.

6 MANDARIN PHRASE BOOK.

$ ^ J| Is it so or not ? /£ ;!| No, 5t is not-

£ 5E1B * fi £ 10 Isitthis?

/£ & 51 II ^ IIS 1® Tt is not this;^ is that -

sfi 11 it? SIS (0 ^ ii Tnis is goo^ ^at is bad.

at 10 it W) (0 iff Tllis ^ better thau that-

it 10 it m 10 & ^This is more suitable than that.

it ~fl Wi ^or iustance (or example). To speak figuratively,

"fife it ?£ SI He is better at it than I am.

51 10 it /£ ± B5 10

This is not to be compared with that.

51 m fa * ita 115 n fa &This kind is not so good as that.

51 ;! 5S l§ fa & Mter a11 this kiud is tlle best-

m m fa * si « w a #That kind is still better than this.

ft S ft 51 #! fa I like this kind.

vS.WM7&~Wi'T>, £k~~Ws -A-re these two the same ?

j[jjt — |H The same.

M 10 ^15 ^ —- It! They are both the same.

1^0 ^ ^ M li How many kinds are there altogether ?

|f3 :ft H 'If H HI In all there are just three kinds.

51 #t fa ^ ^ 4?

How many (much) of this kind are there ?

# HI fa f % >PHow many (much) of each kind are there ?

CHAPTER 0>TE. 7

^S* W &ft % ~F~ I® There are ten of each kind.

M. *~* W. $f M A f® ^ tne nrst k'U(l ^iere are eight. '

fjl Zl HI The second kind.

Of the remainder, they are all different from one another.

There is one kind of which there are twenty.

There is another kind of which there are 100.

1 'I S S i' ^ What other kinds are there ?

S il If S'J S 6t There are no other kinds.

ffl 7& at St H $f Just these few kinds,

gflJ| v£ —

||g f$ That is a different kind.

^Z jj, — ^ Large and small, they are all the same kind.

fa gM it ft % SM WYou can have whatever kind you want.

SIS— W. ft & Which kind is the best?

I§t HI #£ Select, or choose as you please.

#fc ft f@ #? ft Kok a few good ones.

ffo 7 1§ 86 J5 Don't move.

glj Hi ftfcDon't disturb it. glj £g fifj,

Don't touch it.

You may look at it, but you must not touch it.

MANDARIN PHRASE BOOK.

% __ ^ Chapter II.

ft 2fc "J* $c ^ Has he come ? g j)J He has not come.

M %k 2fcHe has uot come yet.

fill \$ 2fc T 2& ^ Has he returned?

$C IH 2fcHas not returned, ft •£ |e] $S He will not return,

ft S IS H# fl 19 $ When wiU he retum?

ft g £ * lit £ lU * ft When did he return?

ft n # m a & # #He came when it was still dark (before daybreak).

tH IU 2J* "T He has just returned.

fft £ T * * ft X £ ft 3E mj % tYou had not gone long when he returned.

b m & ft n# n m ® *I will be back about lamp-lighting time.

To go and come back the same day.

IS 2fJ *T Who has come ?

as — fi & Ift Who is this gentleman?

M fl A g If Who is this man ?

al" aJ| If 2fc T Who is this that has come ?

II Ity P5 Who is calling at the gate ?

It f'P j"JWho is knocking at the gate ?

ffc £ M FJ #h id If Go and see who is outside the gate.

CHAPTER TWO,

$1 S It £ T Who was seut?

#T S » * ftWhom has he sent here ? What messenger has come ?

iT'l^Î^ How long is it since he went away ?

ft^T^^ B "? How many days were you away ?

— ^ ifft H f@ .$ A year and three months.

B J8 B* H * ft When did he go ?

1& & £ T He hasJust g°ne-

fe ffl & a & fl# « *At what time should (must) we go ?

lit -jj SI $F I* would be well to go at once.

jX ^ ^ i M After all it would be better not to go.

S H lit fl 2fc ft When did he come ?

•fifl •¥ 1$ tm 35 T ê ought to have been back loug ago,

m m Jif m m m *Who ought (whose turn is it) to go this time ?

^ fg Go away ! Begone

!

:fe ffc ft H Mind (or go about) your own business

!

?S -^ 2^ ft I have gone and come. I have been there,

fill ^r T $£ 'IfH3,8 ne Sone ' (Destination is definite.)

¥ ^ T Gone long ago.

fill ;fe T $1 ^3 âs ne g°ne ? (Destination is indefinite.)

it it ^j Has not gone yet.

# ft $ ~ * SI ±Tell him to wait a little before going.

10 MAXDAEIN PHRASE BOOK.

f& ft 7 tb ^ l§F He says he can't wait,

at ill V fra ^ 3= © Tills affail" can't wait -

iliiTÎ Ha8l,e g°ne back? HiT Gone back -

•fifi. fej M £ T & ^ Has he sone llome?

#, ft II* l£ ^ « fi3

When did he come from his home ?

fill ^ 1|F H 3fcWhen will he come again ?

H. ^j — $JJ Go again; go another time,

al §1 Ufa ^ |6) !s tnis much enough? |ft 7* Enough.

# #, as-aaNot enough, I want a little more.

If it is not enough, there is still some more.

^ 4^ ~ jg|$ î BriDg a little more.

— ^ *£ More than half. — ^? ^ Less than half,

/p $} — *|» Less than half.

jg£ — *£ ^ j^ ^ There is not even a half.

* ft * W £15 MThere are both big ones and small ones.

$jt fifff J|L ft Thick ones and thin ones (solids).

Jl ft $J ft Thick and thin (fluids).

't& ft l|'$ ft âst ones ant̂ sl°w ones-

5 fti^fi ft Long ones and short ones.

%> ft ^ ft Broad ones and narrow ones.

CHAPTER TWO. 11

ifl 6$ ^ $j High ones and low ones,

ffi $J $fl f^j Coarse ones and fine ones.

® £ * ft /P £ jJ» ftI want big ones, I don't want small ones.

81 $ SI MA it What o'clock is it now ?

ii ma - m 9-!5- & m # m 9-30.

it ma h $ 0.45. ^ m ^ - + # 9.20.

IE BIpJ ^p Exactly noon.fl|pj ^p £h T 1>ust noon-

1

H *& T + MA M Ik isillst a?ter 10 o'clock.

& £9 T + MA ft I* is just 10 o'clock.

+ MA >P £ # 9.55. + MA % m I* is Past 10 o'clock.

55 & PJ ~P SA ® It is not quite (or not yet) 10 o'clock.

1& % + MA ti It will soon be 10 o'clock.

3* ffi + MA M It is not !0 o'clock yet.

HI $1 tT T + MA M I* liasiust struck 10 o'clock.

^ -if A MA M 8 - a-m - ^ W. A MA it 8. p.m.

31 f@ il ¥ ^ ¥ Is this clock correct ?

1£ 2L # Rfc B fif ftIt is fast 5 minutes, it was compared (with some standard)

yesterday.

tIS M H$ $& (,z; iR What time fl° y°u eat foocl?

PJ MA St 'M ^ Infuse the tea at 4 o'clock.

'F PJ 'fc MA M «fc II £ Set the tabIe before 7 o'clock.

^ Pi -t MA H & «t $ 7 He came before 7 o'clock.


^ ^iaWhich of the first ten days of the month is it to-day ?

4* £k /i % What date k it; to-day?

^ ^ ^ ^JS g^ In what month did he come ?

jjjj, £ "]*§| J® ^ How many months was (or is) he away ?

m m m n m u $He has not been here for several months.

% jit f® How many "will De required ?

%%\% 7£til When did he conle?

'$t~T % >}? How many (much) did you get ?

Foreign Calendar January 20th ; Chinese Calendar 25th

of 12th month.

-^ i$~ Chapter III.

Take this letter and give it to Mr. Wang.

ft m * t & mHas the letter been sent? (By a special messenger.)

ft us £ t n. %Has the letter been sent ? (By some one who happened to

be going in that direction.)

#|Ejff KM Is there a reply?

K M M ft There is no reply.

jg ;S eft &i ff Whose letter is this?

CHAPTER THREE. 13

51 fi fff & $& 11 For whom is this letter ?

at £ II 3K $1 fa Who wrote this lettei*

?

at :H #£ II) IE 3fc t^ fs "Where has this letter come from ?

at >@: $& tf % ft ft To whom is this letter to be written ?

I will just now write him an answer.

n ft $ $ & % mI have not yet written the reply.

I will send a man with the reply.

He will bring the reply in a short time.

at & ft % ft X & Hl % ft Is this writteu by him ?

*k fill % ft I* is written by him.

f& #j ^ ft $i g£ £| I recognise his handwriting.

ft w * ft fs ffi m mI can tell or recognise his handwriting (at any time).

ft M % ± % T It ft % ¥What name is written on the envelope ?

When you return, invite the teacher to come over as X

want to write characters.

Please Sir, write me a letter to Mr. Li.

& fla ft * £ % m m % ft

This letter was not written with his own hand.


W a % n &j a *In whose name shall I write the letter ?

f 1 S i ^t P S Write the letter in my name.

® pT jw % :3 jg IffWhat sha11 x w/ite?

First write out a draft and let me see it.

m it, m % % m % m n ±Put it in the envelope, but don't close it at present.

$5 M 'P $F -^ am no* a g°°d writer.

M 'M #J ^ ^ 1 have written it badly,

fl ^ H" U ^ ^ can,t write(at a11)-

51 fS S #f ^ fJ This ^ written wrongly.

How is the character U (that means inside as opposed to-

outside) written?

This character is written in the abbreviated form.

How many strokes are there altogether ?

Excluding the radical how many strokes are there ?

What is the radical of this character ?

^ 7JC ^ fj| It is (the character for) wood at the side.

~5.%$.&M&M ls Mr-Wans at llome?

?X ffi ^ He is not at home.

CHAPTER THREE 15

lil if!*~%* (£ ^ He is often not at home.

~M ^ ^ ^ tx % ^s tne master at home ?

fill S IS HI f£ tb £ ^ When will he be at home ?

Go in and announce me, or iutimite that I am here.

?£ f!st "iff Jr "? ^ did not bring a ca.-d with me.

ft ft ft ft « * T 3? £ aJust say that Pastor Fu has come and wants to see him.

If he is not at home, leave the letter there.

ft *E fa to ft e T T a %Did you leave the letter for him ?

"iii T T fii Jx ^ ^id y° 11 leave a message ?

ft *tftft«f tft & fill fEj « € » 5Sfl »You should have left a message so that when he returns

he might know,

ft & A 1Z i Gk* yourself and fetch it.

By and by I'll send a man for it.

When I go back I'll send a man to come for it ?

Did he say that he would send it, or that we ourselves

were to go for it ?

fgiei**ifliisais*I will go back and consult with him.


At what time was this statement made ?

It is a good many days since he made this statement.

ft f5 IS — f® X A Hire a labourer*for me.

ffc £ ft ft fo fillWhat work do you want him to do for you ?

What wages per day will you give him ?

How much ought I to give him per day? (There is a

fixed rate.)

How much may I give him per day ?

Too little, give him a little more.

^ tis % ft #. ! won't Sive him more-

{ft Wi "fill ^ ^ ^ How much money do you owe him ?

fft iS 3& ft ^ ^ ^ How much are y°u stiH short bim ?

aS f@ ¥ ^ S 1 What is the name of this character ?

ins ? s a js »With what other character is this synonymous (i.e., what

is the meaning of this character) ?

£ 3= * ft « K ~ «Take the Dictionary and find it for me.

3fc $% ^ ^ I ca»'t fiud it- ?S & $6 If I have not fouiid it.

$£ If 7 ix % Have you found it?

CHAPTER THREE. 17

Îfl have found it.

ffc £ J5ft f4 Go and look for him.

X> U K Difficult to find.

ffc JX ^ M fill '5t fEj 3f£If you can't find him just come back,

JX [2j 2jS ~f fj£ ^=fHave you found it and brought it back ?

ffc !p| $1 — jj§ Search again.

WL M T 13. ^ ls tlie food ready?

a n m m - # aNot yet ready, it will require a little longer.

IS Oft T St jM 2fcWhen the food is ready, bring it in.

^ fi S iS What foo(1 is there ?

fill P£ T IS ix ^f Has he had his foocl ?

P£ T iS He has had his food.

$£ P£ © He âs no* had his ôod '

fiMt - t BE P£

He will not be eating his food for some time yet.

- 5c P£ ft H iS

How many meals a day do you eat ?

Three meals in summer and two in winter.

Tell him that I'll go when I have finished eating.

W: it is * g & A # isBoil "dry" rice, don't boil "watery" rice (i.e., steam it

don't boil it in water).

P£ ¥• iS H f£ H /^ I? After breakfast, I want to study.

18 MAKDAKIN PHKASE BOOK.

\>z ¥ m tt « % m m mBefore breakfast he often reads the newspaper.

Let him go on ahead, I'll go in a little while.

m % i& •? m & ffl?m

Come to-morrow morning after breakfast.

ft iH & W «* «S JB S& * ?Use soup plates for the pudding.

You have not put the mat under the sidedish.

£ jft % m *&When you are handing food and other things to a guest,

hand it to him on his left side, not on his right.

Cut and toast two slices of bread.

m&j±mmmxMYou have toasted it too hard, I can't break it with my

teeth.

£ 3D M 71 *E to ® W # ^Take the meatchopper and chop the meat into very small

pieces.

3C 'M M M tfl T Boil the rice thoroughly.

Pare the skin of the potatoes a little thinner.

WUffif fc S ft §I am inviting guests for to-morrow at noon.

There are three guests coming to tea to-day at four

o'clock.

CHAPTER THREE. 19

3£ W IB « fi £ *This evening after dinner I'll be engaged; I have some

business.

a m # * m & » % mChange this water ; it is not clean.

& % - £ ?K &Bring another basin of water (in exchange for the one

that has been used).

£ IB # $ ?i ft ~ £This water is cold, bring another kett'eful.

pS f@ 7jC #J n^ This water is good for drinking.

Put a kettle of water on the stove in preparation for

making tea.

fS 1? % ?K ?5fc §| I want not water for a bath.

Put the bath tub in the bedroom.

sb m & m t u* wm & to m ~mThe bath tub is leaking, tell the tinsmith to solder it.

I^^Sil What will you have to eat to-morrow ?

In the morning make porridge, fry ham and eggs, and

toast bread.

W H ? Si Scramble eggs. 4 $i ? & Poach e£gs-

Ufa ^ ^ t# 'Jit 3£ $J At noon make soup, and roast mutton.

s - fii * a ffl a 3^ mKill a chicken in preparation for the day after to-morrow.

'20 MANDARIN PHRASE BOOK.

t m % # ^ n m tss *In the evening stew beef and boil rice.

f% W\ V§ H f@ A P£ Prepare enough food for three people.

fifi £ W Jft m fl ft H j@ A W » #In setting the table, lay places for three.

p£M ^ rtHi as $ rt & ?« *tIn folding the serviettes, fold them thus (showing him

how).

3fc fE 'M ^ ~P ^ W. Eirst c^ean tne cruet St31"*.

3t S 83 .*& ffi % 3t * f! &*SA^ffitflftfflSee if the pepper, mustard, and salt are enough.

Ill U T Everything is ready.

~M. W ^f|5 ?jf ffu S" T Everything is quite prepared,

f* § 2jS P£ IK Invite the guest to come to food.

"}? ffl ^ Wl % tfl E3 IS Use less milk and morje sugar.

The pastor will carve, and I'll serve the pudding.

Hand the vegetable dishes to the guests one by one and

let them help themselves.

Remove all these utensils, clear the table.

jft p£ ^ #f p£ Is it nice or good for eating ?

Jj| Iff p£ Exceedingly nice.

I am not well to-day and I don't want to eat anything.

ftt-t*P?fPTry it and see if it suits your taste.

CHAPTER THREE. 21

« ~ m &> * if pIt is rather peppery, and does not suit my taste.

mm p mzm-m ftIf it suits your taste, drink a little more.

5S fi * W fj l£ ^ #If I were to eat this it would not agree with me.

J1E <® $) ft V£ ^ JJR Fat pork does not agree with me.

Pi ^ T it * I can't eat a11 this.

15 « W IS ^ & {I Pfe $I have never eaten that kind of food.

StSfttStS*«lHfflAifeThis quantity of meat and vegetables is enough for three.

%k sfc l£ il?~~ MA BE tK fit I11 future prepare a little less.

Jt — [ej fijt fH ffi fi^f ^ The last time you prepared too little.

m ~® s $ - is a fi mThis time prepare a little more.

WX&& fa - & * % fi 1 ISTo-morrow morning as soon as you rise make the food.

~P££TM*^f&ftAs soon as you have finished your food go and give him

word.

Ufc % ffl Mi fttoM % - %Heat the cold meat that was left yesterday.

u< $ •? % m m m m m m - % # - #_

Cut off a piece of that leg of mutton that is in the ice chest

and stew it.

Buy a catty of peaches and stew them.

22 MANDARIN PHEASE BOOK.

|7g t=l Chapter IV".

This beef is not sufficiently fried, fry it over again.

Fry it for a longer time (than usual). Let it be well done.

il? M ~~ 1a 5i ^ry i* *ess (than usual). Don't fry it too long.

^j p£ — Mjjj §J Fry a little more (quantity than usual).

*P M — S!f S -^ry a ^tt*e êss (quan*ity) •

This steak is overdone, you have fried it too long.

This mutton is old and tough and is not nice to eat.

V% 3L T R°aste<l too much.

2HB3M*«J«8&?-i£This mutton is too fat and I can't eat it.

Hâ^ME^T Do11'* boil the eggs too hard.

££ ^P 5? ^ ^ T — ifi $2. The eggs are boiled rather hard.

SRftâS^-Ka Boil the eggs a little hard.

fRIft^ftS*— KfiBoil the eggs a little soft.

s jb * * at ft s m « >p mm?This tea is too strong : when you infuse the tea again put

in less tea leaves.

& m % m m ? >p

This tea is weak, you did not put in enough tea leaves.

CHAPTER FOUK. 23

If it is not because you put in too little tea, then it is

because the water was not boiling.

£j \ty— '!§ ^r Infuse another pot of tea (instead of this one).

5 Wl ~~* It ^ Infuse another pot of tea.

§c P& <S£ ft H P& H ft Do y°u want t0 eat i1; cold or hot?

6 S P£ ft fe £ ft l£ & P£

Is it nicer to eat it cold than to eat it hot ?

£ P£ <S ft # £ Rfe £& ft ^Do you wish to eat it cold or hot (i.e., Which best suits

your taste) ?

Never infuse tea in a cold pot.

?a & ft m « * a - k a ih # sn $ 'i

'

When you infuse tea, first pour in a little boiling water to

heat the pot.

?a * ft # & s is a na ft * ?* * * #Water that is used for iufusing tea must always be

boiling. Water that has not come to the boil is not

good for making tea.

7fc M & 'B $1 The water is not yet boilmg-

£ a ft # 8fc ^I want tepid or warm water to wash my hands.

It is too hot, and scalds the hands, put a little cold water

in it.

% ft # $ fc & #The weather is cold, come to the fire and heat yourself.


m >k ft u# m m & iitHe burnt his hand when he was warming it at the fire.

3® m s u % *t **i tThis bieacl is all burnt (in baking or toasting).

M yK ?tt "? ft ?K Use the water that is in the filter.

# ?* ffi * t #5 m m ti< m * a jk tWhen the water is filtered, fill this jug with it.

m - as # $ * <g - $ tii ?k m ^%mBoil a pot of water and afterwards cool it and pour it

into the filter.

# i ft ii# & £ * rt «s # r#c t- % m m \& <g t ft

pt jy a s &On no account put the water when it is hot into the filter

;

wait till it is cool and then you may put it in.

£ Bf: 3£ M ft >fr * f& » 3 ft! ?Make rissoles with the cold meat that was left yesterday.

fit ^ fl 51 {ft *H JE * » m 3g Jg fit

Do you know how to pickle ox tongue ?

ft JB ffl" 6 II fu Ml aYou require to use (a certain quantity of) saltpetre, sugar

and salt.

% m + % # ^ :*e nfc-a a 7MThey should be steeped for fourteen days and turned over

every day.

*¥ M ir % H 7K ft — St First wash the butter in water.

ffi ^ SJ Si IK J* >h H 51 Make the butter into little patties.

4* ?C ;£ ft £?» J& it How is the weather ta-Jay ?

*7 ?C $1 f| It is very hot to-day.

CHAPTER FOUR. 25

^ x it m *. a - k %It is a little cooler to-day than yesterday.

*E P! BB ± Shut the door-

PI IS ^ ± The door won't close,

ffc |U ^ f± The door won't stay shut.

fa m*w«*fii4cnH±When you come in, shut the door after you.

fa ffi*Wlftfil«lP?ffi t ±When you go out, pull the door to after you.

jg n m s n * ffl mLeave the door open ; there is no necessity to shut it.

How did he open the door when he had no key ?

How did he get in when the shutters were all nailed up ?

3E P! IS ± Lock the door - il 13 PI Open the door,

fife JE P? Si£ $! T He broke °Pen the door.

al IB Pf US 7 $1 This door won't open.

H M S S IS 7 63 Wny w011 '* ^ open ?

H£ 15 J& Pul1 it with all your force.

1£ 15 i$i Plisn it with all your force.

^|^|^ Can't push it open.

It is easy to open, it is merely a little tight.

f& SH fil T $t H Is the lock broken ?

ft 5j[ 7 #? ffi H The lock won't act properly.


Call a carpenter to come and mend it.

ts 7 *e pi m ±Set a chair against the door to keep it from closing.

'If M T 69 $L -If^s tnere anything left over ?

$C ^ S S 1? $fc There is no surplus.

M T 69 ^* ^ There was not much (many) left over ?

1$I T 69 ^ ^ ii? How much (many) was left over ?

H5 $ $1 ^ 7 AU used UP-

S M A # Rfe ^ 7 SE i'i * TBy the time everybody has finished eating there will be

none left.

M T ^ *}? )% % >P Use whatever was left.

m t 69 m ffi s m m m % n mWhatever is left over put it in the kitchen and use it

to-morrow.

-k & ^ $ ||5 Si Where is the cook ?

<ffl IB ^fe 7 He has just gone out.

flil ± 115 5i ^ 7 Where has he gone to ?

"fill _fc -Sr 7 He has gone to the street.

"fill ffc iif Ij £ 7 What has he gone to do?

It )& W ife 7 ^° ^uy some things.

ISIII^T What things has he gone to buy?

MleJ$7^MfaWhen he returns come and let me know.

CHAPTER FOUR. 27

1& Wt ft ^ 3? J® f£ What is it that he says ?

#. eft T S H IS'What did he say ?

m&^sjgprmftHe has nothing which he might say.

ffl f@ f§ ft /f« If-Such language is not fit to be spoken,

fti! t& Bfj' fft I'S % ~y£ I'l ^ Do you understand his speech ?

i&nwimnn i% m % * 11 mDo you understand what he said just now ?

*~ IS 5iL -7 ifi "flf-I don't in the least understand,

•flf % —fi,!i 5J I understand a little.

-/25^ ^^3 E3 ^ 1$ Do you understand?

€ e^ IS IS '& fj If * ffi 215

He speaks very fast and I can't understand him.

& m ft f& * it % m n x & $He speaks indistinctly and I can't understand him.

fom is ^ -it - & % n m ti n a $If you speak a little more slowly I'll be able to under*,

stand you.

% m If 'IS ft Dfc Hfc tfc 16 bj &If you speak very slowly, possibly he wijl be able to

understand you.

ft m 6 ft 2,®t £ it is % * ± ftHe understands a great deal but he can't express himself

in connected sentences.

I don't understand this book (it is difficult).

mm f ep #*»«« s* b#This character is not printed clearly, I can't make it out.


Teacher, please read this sentence again.

^ f« $ M $ Brillg my snoes-

Bring my boots when you have finished brushing them.

Have you bought (and brought) the door curtain ?

Jt 2fc T I ^^ bought (and brought) it.

^ 2fc $& ?£ S H Brmg i* an<i let me see it.

When a guest arrives, lift up the door curtain or screen.

Lift up the door curtain or screen (higher than the above).

ifE P^ Sfi "F Wt -t Hang up the door curtain or screen.

fE P1

? M "F $§ iSs 2fc B°U UP *ne door screen-

•fE P"J H "? W T 2fcLet down the door screen.

Open this box and bring out all the things that are in it.

Ifi Il$ Hfc H, Count the number,

ftl & it #j ft $1 Put each kind by itself.

95 IS HI 84 m £ - » Si

Don't put those two kinds together.

*E ^1 ft IR £ UK £ - ft a Tie these few kinds together.

Put all of the same kind together.

jEitsmwft-siSiJiPut all these things together in one place..

CHAPTER FOUR. 29

Put the bottles and the tins in two different places.

*e m fi s i £ - is % *Put this in a place by itself.

JE ffe ff5 Rlj IffilSeparate them.

& & as # « i? St

First carry water and afterwards cook the food.

It is all the same whether he comes here to me or I go

there to him.

£ P£M M ? ft £f S «First spread the matting in the dining-room.

* Jf * Si UK HIFirst put it outside to air or dry. in the sun.

% ftp » * w m * ffi *First take all these things out.

First take out all the nails that are nailing down the

matting.

There is not sufficient room for all these people to sit

down.

One bag won't hold all these things.

2E £1 ®1l W H$ J& jj§ $ Put past all these things.

»£§*J|fcftfe#*lffi»IB&±Pick up these books and put them on the bookshelves.

M fi A fa M i^l# Do you know this man?


it ^ %t\!M W- 7jk II He does not know who is who.

it ft % m 3B mMmteHe can't- distinguish one from another.

m m & m -i a ft ss na * in % a ftThat one belongs to here, and this one belongs to there.

M f® & ffl 51 §!, ft Which one belongs to here?

Go to the limeshop and order 500 bricks, 100 catties of

lime, and 20 catties of chopped rope.

m- it n m & & a a9 g * mTell them to bring them at once as we are waiting to use

them.

Jg£^ Chapter V.

IB m *c w'* * m ?£ * &That is very dear and I can't afford to eat it.

j^-y^^^^/pJCl can't afford to wear silks and satins.

I can't afford to spend so much money as that.

This kind of watch is very dear and I can't afford to

buy it.

This morning I was so busy that I had not time even to

eat my food.

a % m ft is ^ & i& mHe did not get the opportunity to eat the kind of food

that other people eat (i.e., it was not offered to him).

CHAPTER FIVE. 31

a n p£ t m % a & mOther people got their food, but he did not.

}$ zp "J* ;^f ;8? I don't need (cannot use) all this.

ft i t $ & * s nMeantime put it past and use it by and by.

IE & fS ffl ^ ^ I don't need (can't use) it at present.

Jfl^SWHtl*The most of the things are those that I don't need.

He spends his money entirely in buying needless things.

^ IS IK W % liOTIffliThis thing is of no use to me.

'J? ^i ffl 1& -^°t °^ mucn service.

m a w » * a ^There are very many places in which it can be of service.

^f^i M A I* is °^ great service.

38 M %* ffl -^° 70U wau* to use it again ?

aB § IS ffl 'P Ift #J Will this be enough to use ?

pB f@ fb ffc iffi ^ M What use can you make of this ?

jB f® ^f -S ^ M ^ What purpose does this serve ?

4& ffl iS AH f£ S JK What do you do with this?

^tta« w *r » # ® * jb

What do you purpose doing with this thing that you are

holding (carrying) ?

SI ;H 8 H f£ #J What is this made of ?

^H f£ fJ# It is made of iron.


Pi

ffc f® J* $& j| Jt is strongly made.

It is iron inside, and a coating of enamel outside.

The things that are used in the kilfchen must all be clean,

as t& ft Jt I^JHow many catties of meat are there here ?

^ ft 55. M Three catties five ounces.

"f" /\ M >^ ~"JT There are sixteen ounces in a catty.

% *}? WL ~ )T How much a catty ?

j& Ik % 'J? f@ How many are there here ?

51 ^ ^ ^ j^ H #j How much did you buy it for ?

ft* ft fSH-flf *-$**-$*&&Go and buy me a pen, a piece of ink, and an inkslab.

ft a£*ftE#S«!fc£X:feGo just now and come back quickly, and don't waste time.

How much did you pay for this pair of boots.

ft ra #. x ^ k Ask him if he ™u sel1 ?

"fifc ^ ^ ^ ^ How much does he want ?

#. fit T fl M ix 'If Did lie uame the price ?

a * & is ft s * «JSTo ; he said, give whatever you think it is worth (leaves'

the price to yourself).

He wants half a dollar and won't sell for less.

3* H M ^ FI Xt is not clleaP at half a dollar.

CHAPTER FIVE. 33

f& !? $j :5c % He wants far too much.

ft ft lit fS Bi You go and bargain (discuss the price) with him.

$tft^zl§$$flll{l!jjll can,t afiord to Sive tnat Price-

fSHjÎ'JiSfiMS!, 1 c^'* ofier (reach) that price.

Jf IS ?£ 'r* 1? Dear or cheap, I don't want it.

ft m - is « a « is asState a price (make an offer) and let me hear what it is.

State your lowest possible price.

||/f ^ Sell cheap for cash. Sold cheap but not on credit,

ft ft T ft — f® M 5i Jx ^ Did you offer him a price?

ft it t « s a fDid you offer him a price (i.e., less than the seller wanted) ?

ft R M fl E No; ! didn,t make him an offer-

n % ft - ft ft * * $ & mI'll give you ten cents more and if you don't sell them

the matter is at an end.

% ft %* Hi; 'M I'M not increase any more.

fl W. % M T $c ^ Has ttie Price been fixed?

iff 6# M iff 6{j PJt -êw ones are dear kut °ld ones are cheap.

ft**r»^x*îif$^Go and inquire the price of silver to-day.

a » x « fi * & m s &Has silver risen or fallen in price these few days?

A couple of days ago it was steady, neither rising nor

falling, but at present it seems rising.


%k M 2fc % & Pastor, a guest has come.

tt ft 3§ $ a ft a * »Invite him in and show him into the study.

*ftg-*a$«*Invite him to take a seat for a little and wait till I come.

n a « w § * i* ft % - ft % s *Just now I have a visitor, tell him to come again in a

little while.

£if#gft*8ftftiJ*«ift»IBB«g±# :MaWhenever a visitor comes, take off your apron and put on

your long robe when you go to receive him.

Don't go to receive a visitor with your apron on and your

long robe off.

ft ±rarafti>n3es#--ja#ffi*#ffi.Go and ask him if it would be convenient for him to come

again to-morrow.

ft ± >X * £fi $ §He has gone to the Railway station to meet a guest.

ft ± >X ¥ Sfi -g gHe has gone to the Railway station to convey a guest.

You have just ccme, Sir ? Are your family all well ?

$E M M M Thank you, they are all well.

A B M M Are J0111" family all well ? (Polite form.)

jR F«9 395 #F Tnank y°ujtney are all well.

Engage a teacher for me to teach me Mandarin.

CHAPTER FIVE. 35

p m m » « m m- m &His accent must be clear and lie must have a good

knowledge of books.

- % I? & % >p x * mHow long do you want to read every day ?

* - £# I * 2 ft II* i4fl*^^ «$ «It is uncertain ; sometimes for a good while, and sometimes

for a short time.

Perhaps read a good deal, and perhaps read very little.

3fc£ft*&~<HJi#r#tt2 >P

How much salary a month do you propose to give the

teacher ?

Ira ^ Please sit down. 4£ ~f Sit down.

^fe £fe Jt $£ Teacher, what is your honourable name ?

ifc H -fi ll£ What is your name ? (Used to inferiors only.)

3E PJt %t ^ My humble name is Li.

Jt M & 515 IE Where is your honourable home ?

||| iff §£ ^ jg How far is it from here ?

ffc £ 15 SE f± Where do you live ?

ft & M ft SC £ Where are you lodging ?

H& # W >§ ft fife ^ Si His home is towards the west ?

Hfe £*'ftB5ffl AIIIWhat is the name of that man who came yesterday ?

flfcJiS.®*#WA Where does he belong to ?

^ ^ ^ Jgj jl; |£ What is your honourable occupation ?


ifc A $ $$ 51 ^ |£ Where is your Honour's official post?

«* "» K* ffiera ks. i!36

Please take off your hat. (A conventional phrase used by

host to guest in hot weather or on informal occasions.)

it £ « a a ft 'Pi ? &Please forgive me if I take off my hat. (Used by guest

to host on an occasion as above.)

How old are you ? (Used to children up to fifteen.)

ffc -^ 4£ ZI ~f* M How much over twenty are you ?

;f| j|£ What is your age? (Polite form from sixteen to twenty-five.)

What is your age ? (Polite form, thirty-five to fifty-five.)

A & H + Jl

I have lived to no purpose thirty-five years. (Polite

answer to above.)

f0> 3i [1% HfWhat is your age ? (Polite form, fifty-five upward.)

it * 96 £ + SStill small, I am fifty-five. (Polite reply to above.)

How old are you ? (Common form.)

flfc #1 3t 4fc & ^ ic He is not old.

* t IE B IS 3s

What is your personal name ? (Polite form for asking

the equivalent of Western Christian name.)

if ffl £"££*»May I ask what your "style" is? (The "style" is the

name by which one friend addresses another.)

CHAPTER FIVE. 37

f4 Jfc ft 3\ 2L H He is five years older than I am.

fill ff!l ft fiO JH They are both of the same age.

fill Jfc ft ;/c~"

' lit He is a year older than I am.

?S Jfc fill ^ :& /\ f@ Jl I am s ix months older than he is.

^ 5fc £ E ^ Mr - Li is getting old.

foiEg£$&:fr5£ W fl* 11

You are just at the time of wealth of years and strength

of vigour (i.e., exactly in the prime of life).

m a m ± t h & % t # t1 4 ® m if 4 &He is now advanced in years, his body also is weak and

his eyes are dim.

St E la M Hfc P How old is this horse ?

• \ HI CJ Six years old.

^ 5b £ & IW A-1'6 y°u well

>Mr - Li ?

Have you eaten your food ? (Used both in its literal sense

and as a salutation.)

{§ M T "• have eaten- (The polite reply to above salutation.)

fl fg ftM TI have eaten my food in advance of you gentlemen. (Polite

remark made after food to those present.)

ib m ft: « s *

Polite remark made to those present before going to one's

food.

ft ffS # (B 7We have already had our food. (Polite response to above

two phrases if those addressed have already had their

> food.)


You have a right to eat. (Polite response to preceding

phrase if those addressed have not had their food.)

1& "i" afc ^ Si X # Can he sPeak Mandarin?

ifaf£iiSt ,¥&v$i'(*^* ^an ne spe^ the Chinese language?

eft t& ft If f£ Who wiU translate for me?

'tT j$i 'pJ BJI Hi it? ft ?2i -^e knows a few common phrases,

•fifc 05 P "h #f ^ #f Is his pronunciation good ?

* il Sfc f& ® r» SFirst rate (" no mistake"), he speaks very distinctly.

4* HI BS if ffi 'F #f ^ Is Chinese easily learned ?

•P ;/c ^? 4^ -^°t velT easy to learn.

How many years have you been in China ?

3t » jC * * ftThe first year of the Emperor Kmang Hsu.

& ft %'J # H IS IB J|# ftftfrffc+HSS**'Could you speak Chinese that time when you first came to

China?

I had first to learn it; I did not understand even one

sentence, and did not recognise a single character.

s t> % % m + m m m m m nNo wonder you speak Chinese so distinctly.

He now speaks Chinese just like a Chinaman,

fft M T M I® H H°w manv times have you been home?

CHAPTER FIVE. 6\J

$ lej £ T $ J> H ?How many days did it take to go there and return ?

» g & ais - hWhat is your honourable country ? (Polite form.)

fBc H *H 3i H3 Mv humble country is England ?

f& xe M ~ H #j A Of what nationality is he ?

& ^ ^f fi> % Aie y°u homesick?

Are your parents in your own country still living ?

£ §L £ ii # f! T> £ TMy father is living, but my mother is not.

3C # % £ 1ft T Father and mother both dead.

& 3£ # £ % ft tit l|A$ ft Hi

When his father and mother were alive, the family was

very harmonious.

$1$—

* M "? $j tT ^ "Fr

-Cflat family is always quarrelling.

sis * i? ft #, t& tn $ gDon't argue and wrangle with him.

The servants have quarrelled and they have requested a

person to mediate.

It is contrary to custom for a parent to do obeisance to

his son.

It is a breach of rules for a pupil to go out without asking

the teacher's leave.

"fife $1 % *& M &1 He must observe rules.


a - ft g •§ a< * &m m - mExplain to me the meaning of this sentence.

SS-'fiIffi3ffffiffl*.BThere may be two ideas in this sentence.

m m ft % & - * W * ®These two sentences mean the same.

f| 4- 5c ¥ » ± 3s ft T *P ft ft T> HTo-day I'll only discuss the first half of the sentence, the

latter half I'll not refer to at present.

m ~ m m a ifi ft si aThis letter has not been punctuated.

I don't know where a sentence ends.

n ft * f$ ft m ft &* * to % m - mI can't make out where the sentence ends, take a pen and

punctuate it for me.

A dot indicates a half sentence, and a circle the end of a

sentence.

There is a break in the connection of the two sentences.

m m m * * ft >& & m * tr

The sentence is incomplete. There must be some words

omitted.

— Ill *? IB HI &The same character, but there are two ways of reading it.

"What is the tone of this character ?

Copy out this sheet for me ; do.it clearly.

CHAPTER FIVE. 41

$H ffi m H5 How many copies shall I write ?

ft ft ft «ft«»«i|lfi*Write me out his surname, name and address.

Write me out a receipt for the money.

Make me out an account for these things that I have

bought.

«aa»fii is - ft is » ft is *That sentence in the letter that I have just been speaking

about, make an extract of it and send it to him.

fc^±Sa»~flSiS£W fit # $ F$ 3fc

Copy out and bring me that important sentence in the

proclamation.

\& R $$ tM. Will chat again some other day. " Good-bye !"

1i 55B£ ^ will see you again to-morrow. " Good-day."

fit 2fc S m II wm talk about tnat by and by.

(An expression for postponing a decision not desired or

needed, on a subject which has been partly discussed.)

% M f"J SIS %(The same as the preceding, except that the discussion had

terminated.)

Restrain your steps, please go back. (Conventional phrase

used by a visitor when his host is escorting him to the

door.)

* e a as i* lei *!Don't escort me so far, please go back. (Same as above.)


Your Excellency, please mount your cart, carriage or chair.

(Used by host when visitor has reached his conveyance.)

Take back the card and say "stqp the chariot," (i.e., I beg

to be excused from receiving his visit.) (Conventional

phrase for declining to receive a visitor on the plea of

sickness or business.)

Is this one in your presence ? i.e., Is this child (standing

alongside) yours?

Are your father and mother alive ? (Polite.)

How many sons and daughters have you ? (Polite.)

» * je ± ft in ® £ # rc *Invite your wife to come here and pay us a visit. (Polite.)

ftflMM,My wife. (The commonest form used by farmers, labourers

and artisans.)

My wife. (Two common forms used by above classes.)

ft n ft m, ft n a aMy wife. (Two common forms used by teachers and

educated class.)

n n w us #, ft n $ m m.

My wife. (Two common forms used by missionaries andteachers.)

ft n ± ±, ftf9 * a

My wife. (Two common forms used by official class ; the

latter is the more honourable.)

CHAPTER SIX. 43

I /\ # Chapter VI.

Ity %. $fr ^ 35 S£ IS Call tne C00^ to come an<^ settle accounts.

^ £ !iJ 2fc T $? ^ Have you made up the total ?

— dh ^g "j* ^ >i? How much have you spent all together ?

^¥ $1 /f« SI You have reckoned it wrongly.

B i^ 1 ~ )l Head them (the items) over again.

Merely read over the sums of money, item by item, you

need not read anything else.

«ftr££%*ftA* M £ % * ft £I reckon it $5.68 and not $5.65.

jij; ^1? 3fC "J* H 5h M You reckoned three cents too little.

ft ~ * «: T 2 '> aHow much money did you receive altogether ?

First read out the receipts and afterwards the expenditure.

From $7.00 deduct money expended $6.68 and there is

a credit balance of thirty-two cents.

£ it £ 7£ n £ % A ft A T ft * ft_A # ^From $5.00 deduct money expended $5.68 and there is a

debit balance of 68 cents.

&3§*fcfl;#»*ftAThis (handing the money) is the 68 cents I owe you.

When you first read them out you omitted an item.


I must have made a mistake in the calculation,

jig ^f|5 JjfC }pf ~X The account is now all clear.

W T * » T II * 1$ HI

Jboth sides are now clear, an3 no one owes the other

anything.

From Tiaos 12, take Tiaos 7.520 and there are Tiaos

4. 4S0 left.

How much money have you still in hand ?

ftaSfflJK±RTlCHWlKPut these $5. to credit of purchase account.

% £ * H % 3l it $] ~ 3CFrom $4.50 deduct $3.50 and there is $1. left.

iE M Quite right.

To $60.93 add $39.07 and that makes exactly $100.

fSffiftASETPJilS D°n't X <we you Tiaos 8.300 ?

8 S + fi S tt S This ^ a Tiaos 10. note.

Give me back Tiaos 1.700 of change and that will be

correct.

3E$tfBttS££'J#* « a «Take this note to the Hong that issued it and get cash

for it.

flssfitt &**&**£ aTake this note and change it for notes of smaller

denomination.

CHAPTER SIX. 45

"IS f@ Ijlfi §i ^ IS ft This note is false,

at >H ^ Wi 51 This is a bankrupt note.

This false note was not given by me.

8S ^ Ift ^ ft tt 5'iWho Save this note?

« ^ ft tt a * # «6 » &I can recognise all the notes that I gave.

Jl B1C %H> Hi "f IS 5i There is a secret mark on each of them.

What is the name of that shop that failed ?

31 £ M T fit 3C & & 7 ? MIt has now changed owners and altered its name.

ffc f3H $£ ;H ff£ M What is tlie name of y°ur firm ?

^ S ft # a # * p >> mWhat is the premium on buying Pei-yavg dollars ?

The premium on old Mexican dollars is still greater than

that. ,

% m % i *n # h %The premium on Japanese gold yen notes is higher still.

The Yokohama Specie Bank notes have been in great

demand these few days.

faiift^^Hffcft&ffcS^ftIs the rate you have quoted your selling price or your

buying price ?

7 $is $ 3¥ 1ft ^ I wiH not charge you too much, Sir.

H ^ 7 ^P®'J»^% I want notes, not small coin.

46 MAXDARIN PHRASE BOOK.

H "? M. iHH M ^ Notes are light and easily carried.

* m % % if 2 S* 52:

& m f *Small coin are not easily carried and very troublesome to.

count.

si s - + s tt 5a ft s + ffi s*& ^ + BHere is a Tiaos 20. note

;you keep Tiaos 10. and give me

Tiaos 10.

Pastoress, I want to draw an extra month's wages.

IST^ISll 1 kwe contracted a little debt.

At the term time (for settling accounts) I must pay the

people.

Last year I borrowed $10 from certain people and up till

the present I have not repaid it.

The year before last his family had no grain and no fuel

and I lent him $3.

And yet he says now that he did not borrow it.

The day he lost money when gambling, I advanced $2 for

him.

"fife IMIr 58 36 /£ pT Unless he repays me, it won't do.

If he does not acknowledge this debt, it won't do.

If be does not pay me the money, I'll not let him, off with it.

CHAPTER SIX. • 47

m * * tg ^ » n a w *He would never dream of doing such a thing.

3S £fe 7 Itu 3& "fillI certainly will not give it to him.

lE-ffil^^Jbi^^l^ I have no money in hand just now.

S § $1 ffi f@ ^ 65 PJI Allow me another two month's limit.

IS M -S: ft -3: 51* Is ^00(i money (board) included or not ?

zp Jj£ $J Not included.

I can't afford to pay my own travelling expenses.

tt $1 * ft £ *b

Are travelling expenses included or not ?

"S Jl! ^|J H ® -ffi ft Everything is included.

tt a: m w ? # £ '> in si aWhat is the discount in changing this note ?

= #£-, B#i:H, £#4- 1/3, 3/4, 2/5.

H^SEJBTfE^ft 2/3 have been used.

Is he reckoning the account according to the foreign

month or the Chinese month ?

ffiKft£«;£A-£A-Is the Tiao here composed of 81 or 82 cash ?

j§ /I -f- ft(j fj$ It is composed of 80 cash.

How much was the food account this month ?

» & » ft * US B6

We have not yet made up the food account.

.

48 • MANDARIN PHRASE BOOK.

We have not yet begun to cook (in a new house) as we just

moved in to-day.

Leave the account open at present ; when the money is

all paid then it can be closed.

How many copper cents are there in a ten cent piece ?

I heard that the Viceroy was going to travel to-day.

ffc £ 3fc T » # Did y°« hear that ?

15 ff IS 31 So ^ BE Tliat is possible, I did not hear of it.

fft 31 Ift SJt T Whom did you hear saying so ?

"fill ^ 31 1£ He won't do what he is told.

fy /f.ijjg IU He won't listen to advice.

* SB -iff ±53Don't listen to a one-sided story, an ex parte statement.

He himself does not know, he merely heard other people

say so.

f& n & n ft 13 ft s « 3 8§

I called you several times, did you not hear me ?

It would be improper to do such 'a thing.

8U f® U 7 if 3§ I* *s not pleasant to hear such language.

SS M p& 31 ^ ^ Sucn language is unfit to be heard.

-S: 2 52. "OS 7 -t I* won't suit or fit in here.

{jj£ 7 $=^ Unsuitable, unusable.

OI-IAPTER srx. . 49

¥.

Such a thing is unfit to be seen ; improper to look at.

ffc JL £ Get or climb up- ffc ± £ ± ^ £ Can.

V011 £et up'•'

± £ f Can get up. % ± ^ # J; Is it easy to get up?

/|* jfr Jl Not easy to get up. "f ^ "f ^ ^ Can you get down?

nf ^ £ Can't get down, flfj"j? ^5 ~j? ^ 2J5

Can he come down?

f /P 2fcCan't come down. (& _t 2fc H Come up !

ffc Jl 'P 2$5 You can't come up. (ft glj _£ 2jS Don't come up

!

m m % ® ft * » *The ditch is wide, T can't step across it.

fj $fe ^ M £ * can't jump across it.

Jjfi ^ -^ ^ I can't throw it across.

I want the three feet wide kind, narrow ones won'i do.

Measure its length and breadth and thickness.

Are these two of the same breadth ?

— IR % ^ The same breadth.

They are also of the same breadth, not the slightest

difference.

m m w ± &%* ft m mw ~ m %m nThis kind is too thick; if it Mere a little thinner than this

it would do.

There are 10 parts in an inch, 10 inches in a foot,, and 10

feet in a chamr/.


The Chinese joiner's foot-rule is a little bigger than the

English foot-rule.

iti fii it - it x m m £ - tit % * * m- in a *Measure or compare these two and see if they are the

same size or not,

>P *-* Wt SI A ^ot °^ the same size.

^C 'J'—' ^jf They are of the same size.

~fc W Chapter VII.

ftttttfeM?fi£g&#£ftg£fi;ftjggrSweeping the floor, doing up the rooms, setting the table,

bringing in the food, et cetera, this is all your work.

al ^F *k 3S $1 ^ Th'8 's not m.v business.

Why is it not your business? (Of course it is your business.)

tt * * §? $ $ % ft R ? £ fi $ g ft $*£ ¥ #ft*#Carrying water, attending to the vegetables and flowers,

sweeping the yard, delivering letters, et cetera, these are

all Ijie coolie's affairs.

R^ftJgtHfe^Jfl*You need not take anything to do with the work of the

yard.

«**ftftft»«*«*ffllffl*78;GfHave you rinsed that medicine bottle I gave you ?

I hand over this affair to you;you attend to it.

CHAPTER SEVEN. 51

All these things are under your eare.

If they are lost it is your affair;you will have to make

good the logs.

j* ? m a ft i? m a it ft $ aIn whose hands is the key of the coal room ?

ft i ft j& ^ 3jS Go you and get it from him.

{& M 3i ~T $L ^- $h VJb H°w did it get into his hands ?

£ SU S, ^ ft Where did you get it?

& jWS % iU $H ft Where did you pick it up ? (Some rare

article.)

To-morrow find a reliable man to do your work for you.

Take all the things out of the drawing room.

m i^ Mm it mLift the matting, and rub the floor (with a cloth).

# igf f£ % % )& WL Take a broom and sweep the floor.

ft ftttft##iftiR»%*ff£±Before sweeping the floor, sprinkle a little water to lay

the dust.

ft £ tt a /& a# £ * at - » a » * *Before sweeping the carpet, scatter a few damp tea leaves

on it.

ft pt ^ » s& * £ * a m ? m & mYou help the boy to take the things out of the room.


Take the feather brush and brush down all the dust on

the walls.

Dust the room with a feather duster.

Bring down the window curtains to take them outside and

shake them.

When you have shaken all the dust off them put them up

again.

Bring in that roll of new matting that is outside.

When you finish washing the floor, open the window to

let the wind blow in.

When the floor is dry (as above) spread the matting again.

Take all those things into the room again. (Speaker is

outside the room.)

ai?i^$i »m ift & m.mArrange all these things in this room in proper order.

* E » ft 4: A St WDon't let them be all in confusion (topsy-turvy).

You must do up this room every day.

^ a*;ijaffl3t*ii $The opening is big and this won't cover it all.

CHAPTER SEVEN. 53

The characters are very numerous and one man can't write

them all.

There is a great deal of work and one man can't overtake

it all.

The pupils are numerous and one teacher can't do all the

teaching.

The coolies are numerous and one superintendent can't

look after them all.

3C W$7 ~f® A**i&2j-The things are numerous and one man can't watch them all.

Have you filled the hanging lamp in the hall with oil ?

I put oil in the sitting lamp but not in the hanging one.

^ W iK 2fc IlS 'WL Bring the matches and light the lamp.

JB£«7#£&*S±7ftThe lamp is going out ; it must be because you did not put

oil in it.

*£&8i±7iil!&fi:ifc?ffi***»It is not because I did not put oil in it, but because tlie

wick is short and does not reach the oil.

*n«~»a»i«»S7If you add a little more oil,: then it (the wick) will reach it.

ft % m m 7 Fin it fuii. m m i fui it mi (a liquid).

54 MANDARIN PIIEASE BOOK.

ifr tS. §* M T You nave uot Pa°ked it full.

ffc3&$6^ — #B It # 3$ Bring me a bowl of rice.

*-flffi*tt1feln±Cover it over with an empty bowl (turned upside down).

U — f® jK ffc ^ *l ii T You have not filled that pit full.

i&iftialflil^il^T Carry soil and n11 this Pit; level -

mmmmm ft ft ftmmm urn -&%%&£*>Shovel a few spadefuls of ashes and make a path there

where the water has collected, so that people can cross

over.

ie m m >j> n fi m m m # & m *That place right opposite the small door, there is also

some water.

ft sitt ft m m % m ± wt % a m m #If you step on that stone you will be able to jump across.

% # m % n 1

«

There is only a candle but no candlestick.

The lamp flame is too high, turn it down.

'i * ft & ± » - m aThe lamp is not bright, turn it up a little.

-Jfc ^ ffi % ^ M It 1S too high> I can't reach it.

Stand on this chair and yoii will be able to reach it.

m •? » s £ - « aThe rope is too short ; I want it a little longer.

« ? * » & 3* * - ft *f .t

The rope is not long enough, bring another piece and tie

it to it.

CHAPTER SEVEN. 55

$] ffl ^ $H fflIs it enough for use?

^1 ffi H 5c How mauy days will it last ?

fct "F ?S $^l §1 5? |j|How many more days will the coal last V

%$ £ 5£ & % — IK Si They wil1 kst tive days and »

little over.

tt if ?i iJ £ £ ^ «How many bunches of millet stalks are there-still ?

j^ ~M ~X %$ j§£ ~X "T -There are none ; they are all burned.

— 3c JH M fflHow many bunches a day do you burn.

~ 5c lii M ill it How many times a day do you light a fire ?

Buy another cart load to-morrow. Get big ones.

That time you bought them, they (the bunches) were very

small.

This time buy a few loads extra and stack them up in the

front garden.

The last time I bought millet stalks there were no big

bunches in the market, they were all small ones.

T - lej ft % •¥ - » ft *The next time you must go a little earlier.

If you go late, probably all the good ones will be sold out.

f*f»»#-£J:«ftYou will require to thatch the millet stalk stack.


wft«*57«mii«is*«iiThe millet stalks are all rotting, set them up to-day.

Hand me those two cases-enclosed books. (Several vols, in

one case.) *

fife * — -AR How many volumes are there in the book ?

U-#**Si — * — #That book seems the same as this one.

Chinese characters are written in perpendicular columns

but English words are written in horizontal lilies.

The strokes in Chinese characters are numerous, but in

English letters few.

£ 91 'X iS •? ± &tfl i*CLisht a fire in the °Pen gr£tte -

Si m ? s i » t & si sSet the fire, but don't light it meantime.

P£ IS (HI M ? £k !&t ? Light the stove in the dining-room.

$ a a t * a « .

The wood is damp and is not inclined to kindle (slow in

burning).

'Ji ?P 31 I* won't kindle up (there is fire but weak).

Tfc BI M T Ift ^ Ji Tlie woocl is wet anu won,t kindle at all.

The paper round the lantern is torn and there is a wind

so the candle won't remain lit.

ft J8 ~ » ft « * II 31 *First use a little dry wood to start it.

CHAPTER SEVEN. <r)7

How could wet wood start the fire? (Impossible.)

JS "f Wi T H ^fc _t ^ne stove is out ; light it again.

You have buried the fire by putting on too much coal dust.

# $£ ii ttl 1& #K B8 °Pen ii: nP with tlle Poker -

The stove is going out;put on some coal.

Let it go out, the room is not cold aud the weather is

mild.

First put on lumps aud when it has kindled up then put

on dust.

* « » * *r * 35 « ± *e « a ® *Fasten some iron wire to the ceiling to support the stove

piping.

That iron wire is too fine ; it won't support it.

Take some iron wire and fasten the stove piping at the

elbow there round the stove.

The k'ang will not draw properly;get a mason to fix it.

The stove is not drawing properly, there is a blow-down.

The stove is not drawing properly ; the piping requires to

be cleaned.


m n m m f & * '# » mThe piping is narrow, and there is a lot of smoke and it

requires to be constantly cleaned.

The piping (or chimney) is not high enough ; it is lower

than the ridge of the house, and needs a piece to be

added to it.

In order to draw well, it must go beyond the ridge of the

house.

% ffi fit M W. T ^ First slmke down the ashes -

The chimney (or piping) is full of soot.

* & m » m m w m *Get a dust pan and take out the ashes.

mm my fcmrxm%L »-a « #'» %The bottom of the stove is full of ashes and obstructs the

draught ; how could it draw well ? •

^ is @ ¥ iJ St iP Blacklead the stove.

a s & te & ft ^ itt * m m m ft ^ rw * « a - mWash these five serviettes aud six towels for me.

When you have washed them put them out to dry.

When they are dry bring them in and iron them,

at # ft *J? $§ lil ip Don't put much starch on these.

mmm ? * ? ^ n i$ ?Put a little extra starch on these collars and cuffs.

ffcT^ft Are they dry?

CHAPTER SEVEN. 59

f|f — fl" SJ, It They wiH not ^e dry for some time yet.

'05 It T They will soon be dry.

'£& + 3* It ^ They are not thoroughly dry.

ffc st it ib m * & » # n s m * -sr x * £In washing these woollen clothes, on no account let* them

steep in' the water for a long time.

If they lie in the water for any length of time they will

shrink.

As soon as they are washed put them out to dry.

ffl H ?K #S ft 2fcKinse them out with hot water.

Put two poles into the ground and tie a rope to them for

drying the clothes.

A# Chapter VIII.

:<t Hk ^ Wt #1 W % & Is this a commo11 expression ?

B »g-*£ 1$ Wt &§ l$i I* 's a common expression.

/p ^C ^7 I5fc ft It is not a very common expression.

& If % £ HI ftStill there are some who speak in that way.

St^t^fft**:!Is this an affair of common occurrence ?

**«3|fft*aa;fisawNot very frequent, now and then you come across it.


HL % £ % % * Does he often go?

/£ ft "if! £ Does not often go.

There are times when he goes and there are times when

he does not go.

|igjj — 5£ — IbJ Once every other day.

-f- 5£ — |ej Once in ten days.

Every 1st and 15th he must go.

He can draw his wages at the end of every month.

~ f® Wt ff "~" 3¥ -^ reckoning once a week.

^ Sjfc |g |^j j||p ^ About the time of lighting the lamps.

- m ft * ± ± * wShut the big gate as soon as it gets dark.

When it gets to the end of the year, merchants must clear

off all their debts.

I don't know where I have put my keys ; have you seen

them ?

I have not seen. (Refers to more or less distant objects.)

a a * aI did not see. (Refers to near objects and to definite seeing.)

ffc la ^ M sfc Hf Cau vou ^ee 5t '•' (Distinctly.)

^ ;fjf~j* Yes, I can see it.

CHAPTER EIGHT. 61

Can you see it ? (Less distinctly than above.)

It is dark and I can't distinguish anything.

f& # ® m m j> n, s mHis eyes are blind, and he can't see anything. >.

>fc)fi?§ll/ft!ii2|Slt is to° ^arJ I can't make it out.

jfc /ft ^ $Sf Do the best you can m the circumstances.

If it were a little nearer, I could make it out.

=D[c One mau carrying with a pole.

|£ Two men carrying with a pole.

]J|To carry on the head. jgj To carry in the arms.

^ To carry in or with the hands.

$1 y||}- To carry, hanging down from the hand.

fl/J To carry in the mouth but protruding from it.

jlj To carry im'ufa the mouth. ^ To carry on the back.

£JL 11<J carry on the shoulder.

^ To carry in the pocket or belt.

ift To carry in an apron or fold of the dress.

J$£ To carry under the arm.

JfjTo carry hooked on the arm (as a basket with a handle),

* t - f® mm % «A pedlar (carrying a basket or box at each end of a pole)

came along.

62 MANDARIN PHRASE BOOK,

ft £ # % ¥ ft # WHe is a water-carrier belonging to the place which supplies

water on contract.

m. # « n he iff TThe pole for carrying the water is broken.

% # & # a & *Cany water for watering the flowers and vegetables.

Hf g^ 7jC How many carries of water have yon carried ".'

It is difficult to carry when one end is light and the other

heavy. They should be made even.

You two men carry (with a pole) this box into the room.

Two men can't carry it ; it will require four men.

3gffl«f£a»ateWhere do you want this box carried to '!

Carry it to the north room and put it close to the south

wall.

n * * * a s& fa &Call the cook to come and help you to carry.

fa m m £ si m m f * m m it ±You two carry (with the hands) this box into the room,

fa — f@ A ^ 16 T 11 Can you carry it yourself?

sj£ Wl ~T Yes, I can carry it. fa ^ ^ 3& You can't cany it.

ft * It aft £ £ *What is he carrying (holding, or has got) in his hand ?

CHAPTER EIGHT. (>f>

M ^ S Mi ^ fi{j:

&. ^} Is there anything else to be carried ?

Carry it into the study and put it opposite the west

window.

*HI8»S :FIH*:|tffi*fca-

Carry it to the bedroom, and put it in the N. E. corner.

-i # % w - m a m & * *Move it a little farther in, close to the wall.

Don't put it cpiite close to the wall, let it be a little out

from it.

ftjjte^fgfSjRTJfc^ FiU the t,oal scuttie with coa,s -

JII iSSl ? f5^ jS !3i^ut ** al°D8'side the stove or fire-place.

fljj ^ $1 fgf— f@ fg §| He is carrying a lantern in his hand.

Carry that in your hand (hanging down from it).

fl&JI*9Wi&)IS ;?*£5H±*r*¥TThe oil bottle that he was carrying in his hand (by means

of a cord) struck against a stone and was smashed.

m s? ± n m s is i? * »If you put it on your back perhaps you won't be able to

carry it.

^jg" ~ Uifr+.Jf&ltjilT 1 cmM «lrr.v even 150 catties.

How shall I be able to cross that river ?

The water is shallow, and on the bank of the river there

are men who carry people across on their back.


Put it on youv shoulder and carry it.

m& £ m m it a mHe is in a storehouse (or godown) carrying bags.

# it i^ ii m ts ^ ®He is weak in body and can't carry it.

as a is m ? fie® *Carry over this ladder on your shoulder.

?**^T.!JlliKEtflj * aaJ\a *m Bfc

You can't carry them all in your hands ; carry them in

you apron or lap.

He is carrying a bundle under his arm.

If you put them all in a market basket you won't be

able to carry them.

ft £ «S ± E*~1HIS#W*ftHe is carrying on his head a wooden basin for holding

water.

ft £ 11 H ft * ~ ft 'J» » ?-

He is carrying a child in his arms.

£«*? *a, «*&* »This child is too heavy, I can't carry him.

at ft ^ ® 3§ H t& How slla11 I carry this thing ?

(ft ft ^ H Take it up in your arms.

M ft JSl BJ * 3 &What is that dog carrying in his mouth ?

A magpie carried off in its beak a small chicken.

CHAPTER EIGHT. 65

7S. 3T IS ISB M tfT •*? 'T> ^K * J

Carry this letter on your person ; don't lose it.

Put this piece of sugar (or sweet) in your mouth and

suck it.

£ si m & m w m m m % £Move this press (or wardrobe) over to that side.

^4~f0AJ|P^iiI can't move it myself,

ft! 51 ffi 0§ B9 — MS HiLSeparate these two a little bit.

They can't be separated ; there is no room (on either side

of them).

M 1^ 3j£ lK ~F ^ay i* down upside down.

•fE fli ffl. M T Lay it down on its side.

ftl H5 Si *S5 IE $fc M I*ut it down with its face inwards.

Turn it completely round (with its face outwards).

You have put this box on its side ; turn it over on its

other side.

You have put this box on its side ; lift it up (so that its.

top will face upwards).

Si 31 jf$Set it on its end (or upright).

•fE ffi JL & 2fc T Lift it up and set it on its end.

Lay it down with its mouth (or lid) downwards.


ffc fj ttt ii 35 $ M ft 1& S^ »#You have put it with its mouth (or lid) downward ; turn

it over (with its mouth or lid facing upwards .

iSfi^^Bi^^ffl^W that lamP chimuey flat-

m - # m & * n t *e m ie m**You are holding that book upside down ; turn it round.

You have placed that box with its face the wrong way

;

turn it round withjhe lock to the outside.

S ^§ ^ I To turn completely round.

H -g 2j£ To turn half round.

& fifc « m. « it ft 18 ± & - w Si m tTurn it over with the lid facing upwards and this side

facing downwards (the exact opposite of its present

position).

Turn it round with the side bearing the name facing

inwards, and the lock facing outwards.

tG fli it T H Put or let Jt down-

Reverse the position of these two boxes.

ft&ffifl«¥#flift&fi*!i5fta5fl«£ftReverse the position of these two boxes

;put this one there

and that one here.

You two men exchange places.

CHAPTER NINE. 67

U&jl% Chapter IX.

at f@ ft X> ft Will this do (or suit) ?

•ffi 7 ft H I fear i<; won't d°-

«& ffc ^T Possibly it will do.

I don't know whether it will do or not ; I'll try it first

and see.

m z> n m & & m ®If it will not do, then use something else.

It is not very suitable to use this thing, but we'll just have

to make the best of it.

$i ^ # US 3H $& "P I ra11'* use chopsticks.

^ $1 $t ® 3H S I ^ave never used them.

ffi *E « » ffi 7J * ffi % 3ft TIn using this knife of mine, he has spoiled it.

You should use it so (showing him) to be proper.

Jil M JqJ P£ A Z* P$ A I>oes this dog bite?

ffc 5k S Hi P3£ "St J£ ^° an<^ see wnat the dog is barking at.

fflJ 1® $1 IS H Si P$ That d°g is barking violently,

fill $> PJ<i 3t He often barks at nothing.

n&H&at^s&JSBjB-fiaaieWhy was it that the male dog barked incessantly last

night ?

68 MAMJAKIN PHEASE BOOK.

He barks when there is no movement of any kind.

Look after the dog ! (Request made by visitor on entering

a yard.)

The Li's dog almost bit me.

Yesterday during the day the Li family had a robbery,

^g jg ^ $j How did he lose it? How was it lost ?

H •£ M T Thieves entered.

Jx^Sii^ W There was nothing lost.

ft » $r « & # fi ft* £ tfi ±me *M a awWhenever you hear the dog barking, you ought to go out

and see if there is any person in the yard.

ft !pj f|J—

fg|Make another one.

ft H * ft # $ fa

"Whenever you go again, first let me know,

ft !pj! ^ ^fc ^ f||When you go again, first ask leave.

ft s m % >i> »& * £ m m b *When you are making it again, take care and don't be so

rash.

ft s iej m & % ft n m *r a * waWhen you again want to go home, you must first ask

whether you may or not.

3%.&£'fiMl*'}jM *s i* convenient to go now ?

$S iS ^ _fc "fifcI °an't compete (or compare) with him.

CHAPTER NINE. 69

flfe 5fe W ft ft fi * ± fll

He walks quickly ; I can't keep up with him.

m m a * # m m n & a # ± 1&That man really has ability ; no one can equal him.

Not only am I not equal to him, even you can't compare

with him.

i&L H3, 4t _£ >K ¥ He missed the train.

to#ft*fcfi±l»5i S'J ffi «Don't blame me for your coming late and not being in

time.

You will need to drive a little faster lest we should not

be in time.

If I were to go now, would I be in time ?

^C $£ "i£ ^ JL^'00 *ate> vou would not be in time (would not

catch it).

No matter when you come back, you will still be in time.

If I were late in getting back perhaps (or I fear) I would

not be in time.

/f* tS fi; _t T ^° ^ear» y°u ^^ ^e *n t™6-

& ft & ft p* fi& mj

$

Go after him quickly and call him back.

He has been gone a good while, I- could not overtake him.

i& ik T ^F jt E He has not gone far.


?£ i& Ws Jt -"- ^^ no* overtake him.

jisaflis*^'a-»fli«7#aiEi*When he comes again, tell him that I'll be back in a short

time.

fltl£fRE!#TX±XK**THe has returned from his food and has gone over to the

east compound again.

:g fi Jg HJi E, ~ T ^ What crash is that ?

« - ffl 18 # ft fc & *r W 8B § * ? * £8S-

»

Get a crockery mender, and have all those plates and

teacups that you broke mended.

You bargain with him as to the price for each clamp.

1lil 1& ft M He ^s "ght in what he says.

1& WL §n T He was wrong m what he said. He made a mistake.

He has not committed any great fault (or done any great

wrong).

$L M. S In'7 :§: He *s willing to apologise for his offence.

"fifc ^i> M jft j^ S? He is not willing to confess it.

He is unwilling to acknowledge his mistake,

fill jfe ^a T He took the wrong road.

1& ffc ^B T He ac*ed wrongly.

ft§ H T He made it wrongly.

If # "fife ft #h 5i The magistrate blamed (reproved) him.

ffe BE fa T He remembered (or recorded) it wrongly.

CHAPTER NINE. 71

ftli THe misjudged (or took a wrong view of) a person or affair.

ffc fe £{t "T IS 51 You nave read tne wroug nne -

^ IS ^H T A He mistook one person for another.

1& M $a T PI He mistook the door.

f& US i§ T He heard wrongly.

{fc i?C §b T & Yon have put it in the wrong column.

SB m W * SI £ & S - Ifi 5i

It is too steep that way ; slope it a little.

Lay a few poles across, and on the top put millet stalks

and plaster a coating of mud.

Hk%~T^iM Is it finished?

~—"f^ 5i M yfr ~T It w^l he finished in a very short time.

^ — <& ^ ^ It will take some time yet before it is finished.

4- 35 tt fft tg * Iu M % Can vou fimsh ii: t0-day ?

4* 5c {ft $ % Wl % T You must finisn i4 to-day.

— ^C^X^M^*^ It can't be done in a day.

If you can't finish it during the day, you must just work

at night.

I don't know what it is called (or what his name is).

I can't say for certain how many there are.

It is not certain whether he will come or not.

72 MANDAKIN PHRASE BOOK.

& m n & M * £There is ho certainty about any statement he makes.

4- 5c « ft 11 m % T ^ % S *#

I am very busy to-day ; come again to-morrow afternoon.

9J 5t $4 Si 35 ^ 35 ^hall I come again to-morrow ?

«K ^ » fit

Await news to-morrow ; I'll let you know to-morrow.

fft it 8 /& What are you in a hurry about?

1fo % 1? 'It Don't be in a hurry.

ffc /£ $ S ft There is no need for you to get excited.

fcj&xaFttifctfffiffi*His mind was so excited that he could not speak.

It is impossible for anybody to believe what he says.

ffc ff Z> Ik Hfc I <Wt trust Mm- S'J St H Don't tel1 lies-

^«®JH^i!fcKffi why don,t y°u tel1 the truth?

ifo j& % jfo M pfc^ou must te^ tne trutn -

ft s t £ *> mHow much beyond the price he meant to take and finally

accepted did he ask ?

Ail 1c $f Wi ^ ^C He asked far more than he meant to take.

'fiSl$ffiT3£^'^l'3 **e cheated me a whole lot of times.

"Ifc S'J H A Don't deceive people.

S51BAH)KW#«flThat man is a great "squeeze" (likes to cheat in buying

things).

fll M ?£ ft ft E$ A His work is just a fraud.

CHAPTER NINE. i 73

'fill 3iC 1& fU f& He does nothing but tell lies.

fill 3IC S3 i? f<fcHe is just deceiving you.

"fifc 1& $J t^ IS) IS He spoke ambiguously (indefinitely).

?$. _t T fife. #j i? 1 nave been taken in by him.

The water is dirty ; empty out all the water.

Hi!) $fc Jffc ~X It is washed (scrubbed) clean,

JB 3E IB # H iW ffi £ Ei]Qse out this kettle-

The surface is clean but the bottom is dirty.

When you finish washing the dishes take a dry cloth and

rub the table.

Take a damp cloth and rub the windowpanes.

You have not rubbed them clean, rub them again.

$1$ a& itfl M SI 'ft W That is paint and it won't rub off.

When you have rubbed the knives, forks and spoons, count

them.

Count them and see if the number is complete or not.

/ft %% it % Thev are sllort.

— :th ^ ^ ijp How many are there all together ?

H fi M % *J? How many should there be ?

Short a knife, a spoon, and a fork.

74 MANDAKIN PHRASE BOOK.

If one or two are short, or different from the rest, it does

not matter.

lc j$| f@ How many are short ?

There is not much difference in the membership, or

members of the two churches.

air aasftn w»#There is practically no difference between them.

Dip a cloth in water and rub (something) carefully.

IIIIiilTillHave all the things been put past ?

Put that money of yours carefully past.

31 3£ ¥ % BI tfi 5Put it in your pocket lest it should get lost.

M U BE ft $| T Put i<; down gently.

Do it carefully, don't soil it.

ffc & if ^ #5 ;§: ^ Learn your lessons well.

It is not broken, it is still all right,

(ft $} U 5E ft 3§ Listen carefully.

fc # # ft ft ft »«ff5^-JKa*See and be a good servant, and do us some credit (give us

some "face"). (Said to a person recommended for asituation.)

CHAPTER TEN. 75

#3 U T f$L ^ Is he better ?

A? 'H SftS^S A- little better ; he is easier than before.

He has taken a lot of medicine and still there is no

improvement.

ft 35 IB £ g £ * & **f i&That disease of his is of many years standing and is not

easily cured.

- *p # a * ft #It will take a considerable time before he is better.

His leg was swollen but now the swelling is reduced,

fill $jf j)^ |E -3: .HI S -^is sickness has now got worse.

+ # Chapter X.

W % n S ffi PI fc a * * /£ *fr « M - flf >J> * ?To-morrow I am going off on a journey

;go to a small cart

inn and hire a small cart for me.

I want a three mule team, and they must be strong.

When the bargain is settled give the carter $5 bargain

money.

The rest of the money he can draw at the various places en

route.

#t BS""""

'M Bargain for the outward journey only.


sg _-f|g -jfc

|ej Bargain for the journey there and back.

BS 1*1 5c Bargain for so much per day.

If S T :£L M Is the bargain settled ?

ffiMB&T^&ffi^^M 1J&ck these tins in a box -

a is * m # ? jh * « si aPut this wooden box at the back of the cart.

ftHft*#5ICW8S¥IEJSPack the baggage and the odds and ends inside the cart.

m m m ? xm- ® m m% m &%.Don't lay this bottle on its side ; set it upright.

The cart is packed badly ; it is uncomfortable to sit in.

You must keep an eye on the things behind the cart.

3tt«-=p£8HTi8£fra«*ifSt£TLest the ropes might break through rubbing or get loose

and things get lost.

*H !nl iff it %* $f ^ Is *ne road m good order ?

$£ 515 BE 2fS $j Where have you come from ?

fi $i$ Bil 5fe Where are you going ?

^TH&^&My&Jii&ik Where did you start from to-day ?

m m m * t & 5cHow many days have you been on the way from Kirin ?

jBfSM^fB^SS^S^ What is the name of the place?

£**«&£* JUSSIs the large or the small cart the steadier ? •

l!l SB 5i tT ^c Where shall we lunch ?

CHAPTER TEN. 77

Ei ffc $j @ 81$ & H5 fj please yourself ; anywhere will do.

¥ $£ ^P Pf £i Sooner or later ; it is all the same.

£'J ^ 3£ it M % ifi How mucn fartner is ^ t0 Moukden ?

£ ft PJ ««»##*/£At what place northward is there a big inn ?

PJ f; *§ SMJfflffi^jBEfc/gf&ffl&ftTAt that village there in front, if there is a good inn we

will put up.

This inn has not hung out its sign ; it can't be open for

business.

T $£ fi M % Where shall we put up for the night ?

It is quite early yet, and too soon to put up.

HHftSTtt-KfijSflThe sun will soon be set, drive a little faster.

We shall see as we go on ; wherever we happen to be at

dark, there we will put up.

This note is off my route and I have no means of using it.

m m m & * m *At any other place, I could not get rid of it.

No matter where you go, this note is current.

Take a broom and sweep the k'ang before spreading the

bedding.


ftm±mmmmmmFirst spread the bedding and then cook the food.

& k ?m ±m $ te $Spread the double of the blanket, perhaps the single

would be cold. .

« £ JI £ *t a IS BI IH ffi £I wish to sleep along the k'ang with my head in that

direction. (Pointing.)

The lower end (next the fire) of the. k'ang is too hot.

I will sleep at the upper end.

Chinese all sleep across the k'ang with the heads out.

The room is stuffy, prop open the window.

m. » * m m *s a te a

=fe ££ — % IK 2fc ^° au<* bring a bowl of rice.

iB f@ W> *B> fH M 6& This food is cold, change it for hot thing.

H M —iii 2jS %% ff! M ^ Will start as soon as the sun rises.

7fflSi5 ^? There is no necessity to start very early.

$5 — 1$ t§ IS S ^ #1 60 Which is the manager of the inn ?

SffiJlfltySlS^iE What is the name of this inn?

5cH<BiT'I&ji52fcH I* wiH soon be daylight;get up !

To-day we ought to start a little earlier.

In travelling from Moukden to Kirin, do you go byK'aiyuan ?

CHAPTER TEN. 79

Ht % Hf No,you don't go that way,

it ^ ^ £1 ft ^ you go by Tiehling?

IE £ fe£ * i§ iS «|That is the very way you do go

;you can't avoid Tiehling.

5$i M ~T Yes, you can go that way.

± m % & - m m m * mIs this the correct road to Moukden ?

If you go straight ahead the road is in bad ordei\

m m m * » * a itIf you go by the roundabout road, you don't make a very

wide detour.

T£-*S #>**&£&#£ *fBJHlI*±This shower of rain will do good ; it will be a gain to

travellers for it will lay the dust.

When the wind rises the clouds of dust are awful ; one's

eyes are blinded.

m h is % tk m ~ m #Which of these three inns is the best ?

11 ft m £ s® wThe one at the extreme north end and on the west side of

the street.

The inn in the centre of the town, on the east side of the

street, is also very good.

I can't coil up my legs when I am sitting in the cart'.

Sfi T" It $c H T $ StoP ! I want to get out of the cart.

80 MANDAEIN PHEASE BOOK.

I will walk a short distance, and then get into the cart.

Sit you inside the cart and I'll sit outside.

§&**&&#£* *®a m %'It is steadier sitting on the shaft of the cart than sitting

inside.

% m. m & w m m m « m a m * # && fxs £

A road like this with its very deep ruts and violent jolting,

shakes one dreadfully when sitting in a cart.

I'll walk ahead meantime, and as soon as the beasts are

fed you can start.

First give him half a feed, and by and by you can feed

him again.

|6J SI M ^L ^ see y°u agaui when I return ; au revoir.

m % & ft m * & - is * w w m-?When we reach the inn, you go in first and look for a

private room.

ftSS'&l&^M-Fix^ See ^ there is a single room.

m a

^

m ft £ - mm w %&vt sxIf there is not a single room, then the room formed at the

back part of the entrance hall will do as well.

PJ $1$ §jL M §t Where do we cross the river ?

M fK- M /P 1& M- Is ^e river easily crossed ?

til ®- T & T> £ IrT

The bridge is broken and we can't get across the river.

CHAPTER TEN. 81

7]< $s ^ $S Is the water deep ?

PJ 3JE t£ SE Si 85 J& 8fi It is of the depth of the knee.

$ 7 a ~Mm ~ si ?k t£ &mAfter crossing this river there is another, and the water

• reaches to the waist.

There is no ferryboat, and there is no bridge, we shall

have to ford it.

at & ± m}% *& * *There is a ditch or hole in the road and you can't get

over it.

The villages in this district are very dense,

tt n iifjj T $t ft|IHave the beasts been unyoked ?

P^ ¥ }E 5E ^ $ Tel1 the carter to yoke the cart.

¥ ?£? 7 tx S Has tne cai't been yoked ?

<f£ lij 2j* 7 Has been yoked and has come out (of the yard).

Here is a well where you can water the animals.

There is no need to drive into the yard ; if you stop at the

gate it will do as well.

%% m m ie pi - m *Please come in and drink a bowl of water.

Have we brought the face-basin with us ?

Put the quilt, pillow and sleeping clothes into the bedding

case.

82 MAXDABIN PHRASE BOOK.

Leave the fur rug outside, so as to cover the legs.

2fc~~ M A M. Let some oue come here !

Waiter ! I want warm water to wash my face.

^- BB '^ 2}S Bring a kettle of boiling water.

* a # ^SBK-ssa*There is only half a potful of tea ; add a little more water,

ffc ife HT "IT /S Hi* ^° an(^ P3^ tne mn bill-

# SB ffl&Hffl ]??££» ABBThere are 2 tiffins and o dinners (with lodging), total

Tiaos 8.400.

m & rt. ffi tt a ffl T 64 » * ffi *This is a Tiaos 9 note

;give the remainder to the waiters'

till.

At what rate in cash is the dollar reckoned here?

$4 ff9 3® a :11s 3s M Our currency here is depreciated,

ffc IH IE 2|S M Z& ^f Have you been here before ?

2fS iS jH |ej I have been here a few times.

^'J j& Jl. ffe lIS. % Have you been to Shanghai?

W ft ^ ft iiSfHave you ever been to the N. W. outside the border ?

f£ ^' ^ — ^ H f2f I often go ; three times a year.

In what direction is England from here?

W ft W * =ifc >J» K w. w.

CHAPTER TEN. 83

di "va 5i W % jS How far from here ?

H 74 5G. ^ £ M Eft Over 35,000 li.

"$ 3JIS $j JS Dear me ! so far as that

!

Do you travel all the way by land or do you travel by

water also ?

$£ ?K S& 6§ 11$ M §> Travel for the most part by water.

If you go rouud by the S. W., you travel entirely by water.

If you go from here northwards by the Russian train, the

greater part of the journey is by land.

fife W $f &• M M- T I f y°u g° by the S. \Vr. you can reach it.

ft it 44BSTIf you go by the north you can also reach it.

E-fiftllCsiHJfcfiliJB&PJ&TIf you go straight east by Japan and America you can also

reach it.

§C B M % ic W J& H H°w big is Russia?

ft Jt 41 S ii ft Big : bigger than China.

The population is not as large as that of China.

England is not confined to one place ; it is divided into

many places.

If they were all added together, still there would not be

much difference.

84 MAUDAKIN PHEASE BOOK.

Are France and England conterminous?

They do not adjoin; they are separated by a neck of

the sea.

& g £ 5£ 3»c T £ t 5c TIs succession to the throne of England by heredity or by

merit?

How far can a steamer go in a day ?

That all depends on the kind of steamer.

iSS 7 ~~ ^ 1& &. Steamers are not all of the same speed.

In the case of a fast ship, if it runs throughout both the

daylight and the dark it can go 1,800 li in the course of

24 hours.

How many persons can a steamer carry ?

*flB^7K^±T£-"&3$AOn a big ship, counting the crew only, high and low (grades)

there are 200 odd men.

n %m h m

n

* ± mf -

^

% aOf passengers only, counting the whole three classes, there

are over 1,000 people.

In addition to that there is room to store over ten million

catties of cargo.

m m a ® m & m % m n #How much water does a ship of that kind draw?

CHAPTER ELEVEN. 85

m m i w «* n tg m h a ^ #With a full cargo it draws 30-odd feet of water.

M Mi ft ft *& fl « P 5§ 3J5 ji * *Could a ship of that kind come in to Yingk'ou (New-

ellwang) ?

7K $1 21 'P 2& ^he water is shallow ; it could not come in,

$k $fc ?J 7& ^es* y°urse^ before going on.

-ft itt £ tt ft #®

m

They are loading cargo at the front hold and unloading at

the back hold.

jft^±**®lTft#M IS T(The animals) can't draw it (up a bank) ; take off a few

packages and the cart will be light.

*E#»|eI#$&ff!3S&leJ £Turn round the cart, we wish to go back.

ft##f&a»|B!iS!*«ja$£ft]|CiffAs you sit on the shaft of the cart, often turn round your

head and watch the things at the back of the cart.

-f*-* ^ Chapter XI.

ft * m s s j& m "« s *When does the Sunday-school meet ?

ft $ e & ej" n ft - at

You go and teach a class in the Sunday-school.

W. M & 'pJWll° explams tbe golden text ?

^ If ff£ -^ hI Wb° teaches the hymn tunes ?

pis|| f£ g| f| ft fg |Jfif You lead the singing and beat time.

8G MANDARIN PHUASE BOOK.

i% ffl "i W M t ^Mf !>.?. $ #*T *fi "I

In singing you don't keep time;you ought to follow my

band.

S M fl$ fl ffc I* ^ "What is the hour of worship ?

m^rm^'AM is * time?

A 11 S ^ ^ The people have not all come yet.

ft ^ *j*jjjg 3¥ Finished worship.

* & ± ft IS t •£ 5c 5c S J£ ft f£ IB P! 1 !&At what time every day do they open the chapel on the

main street for preaching ?

m 5fe £ fa ^ 7c n f£ a »Mr. Li, you conduct the service to-day.

* 35 » # # B8 * it ft W & SE ft VTo-day at worship I'll preach the sermon, and the rest of

the service will be in your bands.

^ T If S 'f Have you selected the hymn ?

Select a suitable passage of scripture and read it.

& S? T flff in* it

When you have finished reading, lead in prayer.j

SI )£ ?§? IM 'J-^ke up the collection now.

lST£-*t*aif3fcfc£fljfl!8l ifWhen we have sung this hymn, Mr. Li will please briefly

lead in prayer.

if fife it # £ tfr & a # g aPlease come forward, there are seats at the front.

S'J /if & M ffli Ml # There is no room elsewhere.

CHAPTER ELEVEN. '87

m ~m mmm # m m a ®w, aThere is still room for two more people on this seat.

B MS JH ift -$ Bit iff ffc St £ T> $So far away as that you "will not be able to hear me when

1 speak.

f&ft>:|f«#3fE3&&# fa nGentlemen, there are some things I wish to intimate to you,

% a % m mm - & a « s fs « * tThe audience is large to-day ; sit a little closer, lest there

should not be enough room for all.

m m hl x * m> fa » * k * uHe is not very familiar with the Bible ; find the chapter

and verse for him.

^ ffl $S M 7 '& # Have y°u a11 iound the Place?

Hf ; H «§• J'i 3R5 Si Where did we read to yesterday ?

Turn over a few more leaves towards the front and you

will be at the place.

$ m % m m $ a &"We shall read in order turn about.

Wk & $1 M % Hlk IB What verse was read just now?

•fl ^» fi T ^ -Next

!

Next Person rea(1 !

4: »# a a 55 aUp to what point did I lecture last week ?

IE S !$ M£ ^ Whose turn is it to read now ?

is ij m a # ra a m aI will examine as far as I have lectured.

* - » a m & it i«AB7iBead a little louder ; those who are far away can't hear.

88 MAXDAEIN PHEASE BOOK.

It ft $ 3f 71 # m WL ft &Whoever fiiids the place first

;just let him read.

1 If & IS ft SI % % Sing Xo- 5'm the Supplement.

Pg — Zl JL SE H 15 Sing the 1st, 2nd and 5th verses.

In singing, let all the voices keep together.

Don't press forward, and don't drag behind.

* « ji ft rt jei « » ft e§ * "M

Let those who don't know the tune carefully follow

the rest.

3S - St ft ff ffi « * * ISI am not very familiar with the tune for this hynm.

S - * ft fttl:fc*;S;fc#S:$5ar-3§£The congregation don't know the tune for this hymn

very well ; select another instead.

5|C M- tJS Ifl The last chapter and the last verse.

There are many chapters in this book.

58 — SJL f|5 ^ Si ii? There are few verses in this chapter.

^ $ rtf £ * * ft si g jt & * $The course fixed for the junior examination this year is

longer than that of former years.

The book of Revelation is at the very end of the NewTestament.

Galatians comes before Ephesians and after Corinthians.

CHAPTER ELEVEN. 89

± %' * T ^ *The first half of the book and the last half of the book.

The first half of the sentence and the last half of the

sentence.

II % Wi % ~ % The book at the very end-

The subject I want to discuss is in this middle sentence.

The church is very peaceful and there are several places

where it is prospering very much.

When the church becomes cold, quarrels are unavoidable.

Ira ^ ft 5i IM WL -M-r- ^* w*^ now P*ease g*ve an address.

On what subject may I discourse 't

The session has decided to elect three elders.

Deacons are elected only for a year.

They act for a year, and then they have to be re-elected.

Who have the right of electing elders and deacons ?

All who are communicants may elect.

Communicants are just all members, male and female,

over 3 6 years of age.


Who are eligible for election to the eldership and the

diaconate ?

The members of the Provincial Council are publicly

elected by the whole community.

HF^7»?S#£***A#3gWhen the collection has been taken up, take the baskets

again and collect the voting papers.

«*AftHW£gH3E3BThrow the voting papers into the basket.

£##S&S3eWA*fc££T4i##;fc*Wait till the session has counted the votes and a report

will be made to you all.

*S#~ffifl»#&Afl;«£#fl!ift~fflgSIf a stranger conies into the church, you ought to find

a seat for him.

* s ft ? « s ft m a & aWhenever you put coals on the fire, shovel them very

quietly.

Don't put coals on the fire during the time of prayer.

I£ ^1 M £5 £E $J % 3£ Sit i11 a becoming manner.

H S ?l He ft #1 f£ if 3¥ Worship in a reverent spirit.

If %. M ft IM

The pastor will please pronounce the benediction.

The elder has gone to Mr. Li's to conduct a marriage (or

funeral) service.

CHAPTER ELEVEN. 91

Christmas day is two days after the Winter Solstice.

Who is examining the examination papers on the Old

Testament ?

&ttft8§£fittiSftWho set the questions on the New Testament ?

'J* ^ Sf JSj flf 1E ^ If When do the junior lectures begin ?

Who are tlie lecturers this year?

You might lecture for a month and still not have finished.

We don't lecture on the whole book but on selected

M % 'M ffi W When will the examination list be published ?

Passed in two subjects and failed in two.

0*^^ M&% -t Failed in the whole four subjects.

Have the examination marks been made out yet ?

Before the time of worship, prepare and put in order the

bread and the wine.

Arrange them all on the table and cover them over with

a clean napkin.

92 MANDABIN PHRASE BOOK.

When the Lord's supper is about to be dispensed, all of

you (elders) take your places in front of the table in

order to receive the bread and wine and hand them to

the people.

When you have distributed the bread or the wine it would

be well if you would all return (from the other end of

the church to the Communion Table) at the same time.

ftm ft ~ * # =g* ft amnH * # « g ±When the communicants enter the church, the elders

should arrange them in their seats.

+ II % Chapter XII.

H~f%i$Xy%. Will it fall?

Z> f& W ^ T Jfc No fear;

i1; c311'* fal1 -

i$ $L T J& i££ ?fe ^ âs *aên on tne ground;pick it up.

A tile fell from the roof of the house,

f7 fif W ~T ê pri06 has fallen.

$$ T ft MM MA SI A. few rain drops have fallen.

ftftT£ft?T& Can y°u iumP down?

ftf£l|±JKJt$ftH<> jumped over the wall.

mm m & * £ t, # a & ±, « « a ® a n *If this cheque were lost and some one were to find it, he

could cash it.

OHAPTEE TWELVE* 93

ft*8t* A* 6 ftEven if he were to find it, it would be of no use to him.

If he had no one to go security for him, he could not

draw the money.

It bears the four characters "without security no payment."

If it does not bear those four characters, no matter whopresents it, he can draw the money.

W W ~ZL W AHffir -in A> Kic •/»

They (the bank) honour the cheque and not the person

who presents it.

Interest in China is heavy, but in England light.

M $%%>}? What is the interest?

3£ jll iSi»Five per cent, per annum.

*¥ m w m m m >p &nw-ftThe lowest interest in China is one per cent, per month.

fa m m a & n m a ± m m m m # $ >>

Go to an Exchange Bank and inquire the rate for sending

money to Shanghai.

fo m m mm n $m u ± m & m %m mm 7k % >p

Go to an Exchange Bank and inquire the rate for cheques

on Shanghai.

Do you want to draw (or send) silver or dollars ?

$L Bl fit IHJ \% Exchange at par.

94 MANDARIN PHEASB BOOK.

There is not much profit in this transaction.

&#;§#*&« ffi St -Sfcj&THe merely, gets his commission.

Summer in England is not so hot as this.-

^X4S^^i^ Nor is tlle winter so cold as this.

Most people don't wear furs.

Did he go on foot or in a cart ?

Did you walk all this distance ?

fife. ^ ^ j£ $ #j How did he come ?

ft £ # fr $ ft.* £F tt P * WDid you come on foot or did you ride?

If you go diagonally it will be nearer,

ft ^ H fl# ^ #f On what date did he leave?

% tib ^ Hi ^ ^ U Can he walk (only a very few steps) ? .

f|^/f § He can't walk (through age or illness).

ft£* THe can't walk (or go). (The attempt was made and failed.)

ft fI % M % * ti& * £ aCan he walk (a certain distance) ?

f& ^ ^ T $S H St He can't walk so far as that.

— 3^ ^ ^ fjjHe could not walk it in a day.

CHAPTER TWELVE. 95

ffe % to 'ISHe walks slowly.

is m m, ± * nThat road is impossible (because of danger or bad con-

dition).

5HS ff i£ fc j£ 7* if I don't go by that way.

$IH£ *1 3S i|J t£ ^ i§ I have never travelled by that road.

^ JIST ^ heated myself walking.

$& jfe ffi^FT I am perspiring with walking.

ft It T ffi IB ?, £ fir j& ft % ±You have omitted two characters, write them at the side.

ftSH1Bs?ftffiK>$«#:iSJS±Leave space for three characters in the meantime, and you

can fill them in afterwards.

Leave space for two bricks in the meantime, and you can

fill it up afterwards.

fa #B — M Consider, reflect.

ii& to m % n & * & $I can't recollect his surname and name.

B" ;§: }&, ^f» 5?'J iHI ^ 'fitThis is an unforeseen occurrence.sa

5KB*i»asftfB#S!ieWho could have anticipated such a thing as this ?

ana * * » & «& » m %How could such a thing as this have been anticipated ?

8 .1 & & $ TJust now I recollect it (or it has occurred to me),

ft tii % s£ IS % D y°u remember ?


Have you remembered what I said ?

fa # # a ft IE £ S'J S TRemember it carefully ; don't forget it.

3S IE 'P iff^ don't remember it clearly.

I am not certain about it. (More vague than the above.)

I have already told you two or three times, why can't

you remember it ?

1feftiBt£&B£j£iB£j£He has a fine memory ; he remembers everything he hears.

This lock is out of order; take it to the street and get a

man to mend it.

\S. M fi "? $C iffr There is no means of mending it.

?£iijt'f|?;fe '?#S&'I& I have no means of helping him.

a # s'j ft & *There is no other way (there is nothing else for it).

Wait and I'll think out a good plan for you.

a & ffc # & SI ft & ? $In future you must think of some other means of doing it.

as f® V 'If l# % T This affair is impracticable.

$ ffl v it * u mThat affair would be difficult to accomplish.

CHAPTER TWELVE. 97

Who knows what other people may be able to do, but

speaking for myself I have no means of doing it.

S&8&:if±*$f8SS & ftAt present I have no method to suggest, but wait till I

think over it.

$ m * a s js & iff m &I can't think of any good plan of accomplishing it.

al f® "9-'If II ffc i Who is responsible for this affair ?

$>$§?£[# — fU i ?& Suggest a line of action for me.

a m * it $ i :* * tI have no authority to decide this question.

HKTiS -^e nas changed his mind.

3$ fUl i 3R /? -ffi $4 That proposal did not come from me.

You must make up your mind (or decide for yourself).

He can decide this question on his own authority.

I can't come to a decision in the matter-

I can't decide on my own responsibility (must consult

others).

?S /F 3t f£ i I <^are n°t decide (as I am not the master).

flfe&H*3KTBI±*STHis business has failed, and the shutters are closed,

**«ft»3K»86TThe manager and the owner have fled.


That medicine shop has been recently opened.

I came before the shops were opened.

For how many days do the merchants close at the NewYear?

Were the shops open when you left ?

When he was about to die, he gave strict injunctions to

his son.

He also added a few words of comfort.

When you are about to go to bed, let down the (inner)

shutter.

ffc m % # m & *g it jfc tBefore going to sleep put out the lamp.

?£ ™? i _L > He has gone to bed. (Not necessarily asleep.)

fll HI § T He is asleep. p% gj§ ^ Wake him up.

IS fife ^ H —* H" §2. Let him sleep a little longer.

i^liT. ffl ft & S *The child has waked up (satisfied with sleep), take himup in your arms.

He has waked up (but has not slept enough).

CHAPTER TWELVE. 99

I slept the whole night and yet I have not had enough.

Rfe B&Jl^lil^ll^fe 1 could not sleeP last night.

Bfe «± &-»£»««I did not sleep at all last night.

This morning I was loth to rise, as I had not got enough

sleep.

ftl-tftl-t8-He sleeps for a little while and then wakes up (sleep very

broken).

You are drowsy ; it is time you were asleep.

Just now the nights are short and there is not enough

time for sleep.

At present the days are short and the nights long.

Don't doze and sleep when you are sitting on the shafts

of the cart. What would happen if the cart were to

capsize ?

« - m ft e %. m *Get a paper-hanger to come and paper the wall.

ft * m » m t&

With what kind of paper do you propose papering it ?

M *. J* 1& xii *B % IK Is i1; native PaPer or ro11 PaPer ?

* 88 - Jf * & ft IS] « ft IEFirst put on a layer of cfoa: paper, and then roll paper.

^ 1f T f& M when did {t rain ?


You go and make the paste, and I'll take the scissors and

cut off the edges for you.

He wants flour to make paste ajid he will need to mix a

little alum with it.

The weather feels colder, we will have to get up the stove.

To-day is colder than yesterday, you will require to put on

an extra garment.

Bfc 5c g £ ft T W % * i£ ^f Did ** rain here yesterday ?

TTS^M How many times did it rain ?

*F ~T M JJI M ^ rained twice.

Did the first shower penetrate to the roots ?

No, it did not penetrate to the roots ; there was merely,

enough to moisten the soil to the depth of about the

thickness of two fingers..

The second shower of rain only wet the surface of the

ground.

if at a - fc M # ae ® « :

/$

This recent shower of rain will probably reach down to

the moisture below.

IS -3: "T 'P "F Is ^ raining now ?

jj "K /£ "T Is it still raining ?

CHAPTER THIRTEEN. 101

T 'fl 2fc It won't rain. f Z> Jt Tne rain won't be heavy.

M ft T i§[ ^ Has the rain stopped.

Sf M fl# ^ ft $f M When dkl the rain stop ?

f* ff5 ft rf H ^ $f We ^id not start until the rain stopped.

ft f9 II £ M * mWe started and travelled in the teeth of the rain.

•¥ m ^ is % id t Rfo * a hi tIn the morning it was cloudy, but at noon it cleared.

Tl«»fl S'J S T f H #Don't forget to bring it in when it rains.

ft & ^ T !'U not forget.

SS 7l< it 7 fb & SB T I can never forget it.

« « Jg T ft ft88*Ballemind me of it, if I should forget about it.

ft »e£ T ^ M fl£ 2j£ I forgot to bring an umbrella.

+ H ^ Chapter XIII.

tfrSSF^JftSSflfeBBTTake off the child's clothes, he is sleeping.

^ 1& ft ± if ffl ? Put on his new hat-

i?E«?^«*Take off the child's boots and put on his slippers.

» » * so - « *§ & # ± - a a mj » fc * * £Cut a slice of bread for the child and put on some butter

and jam.


Ufa M "? ^ It $C M Wash the child's face and brush his hair.

I came first and he came afterwards,

flfe 1: T IS 86 — 3c ^ W He came tiiat day of the fog.

#, 3$£ 65 Hft—

|fi §jLHe came rather late.

B& $1 sfc $£ Late ! No>not late

>Dut-—

$L Wi M~T I* *s ^me *or ^m to ke êre"

111 Wk Pi T Just arrive^.

#. •?• I£ fil T He was due lons as°-

fill Wi ? PI T ê ôuld have come early.

Iffi W %. w ~; 25 ?! f He ought to have been here before me.fc T> il ft «t Wi Si

There must have been something on the road to detain him.

f£ & ;| 1& § 5| T | He started before I did.

He arrived not long afterwards.

I started after I had had my food, but he started before

he had had his food.

He had left for here before I had finished my food.

» - p u ft u % m.

I did not even get eating a bite of food.

Why did you not come a little earlier ?


5£ T* ¥ T> f£ II ^ T Its late ; I am off.

« 5S ft # ^ - a si $To-morrow you must come a little earlier.

t> W ^ i I T S f Are y°ur clothes wet ?

M ^ T Wet through.

This garment is called a waterproof, and does not admit,

the wet, and is also impervious to the wind.

££1B$£H&frllfttt3rK~l!IIPut these clothes in a sunny place to air or dry.

Ht£7%il£$fflffiJEiH"When they are dried, fold them up and put them in the

wardrobe.

In folding them up, don't let there be any creases.

$ Hfe 5c % ft # $ «ij ? la ~ mTake a brush and brush the clothes I wore yesterday.

Get a needle and thread and sew on this button for me.

Thread this needle for me, I can't do it.

m HR % >h, £ 4 ffl

The eye of the needle is small and the thread is coarse.

Take some woollen yarn and darn this pair of socks.

B ± at fS Wt BE Sew UP tbis seam -

M -L al M CI •? Stitch this rent.


»-iilTiiTake a piece of cloth and put a patch on this hole.

m fla m ± a n - as m &This needle is too coarse ; use a fine one.

;te a # l£* #mi ± ft «H«

'

Take these clothes out and shake them.

JESS^-y^^^-t String these beads for me.

St«SitS£*«#Ta£Has the laundry brought the clothes ?

jSM^WM^^M How much is this thing worth ?

•P At rfc l> f§ I* ig not worth very much.

^F fill $|5 ® M It is n°t worth that sum.

# g *P * lit §UJ£ £ & At f§A few years ago it was not worth much, but now it is very,

valuable.

sa M $ fit t^ $j 3^ W This is a very valuable article.

m ~ ?Mm fc m ~ #m u & wTake a sheet of paper and parcel up this book.

You had better put the cord round it a few extra times as

I fear it won't bear its weight (if carried by the cord).

^ — M $W II -P ffl _fc fillTie ^ round with a thin cord.

|-f ||^}|2|Pata rope (or thick cord) around it.

2E at $ "# *6 & * Roll up this matting.

5B f® $1 ^/j!^f This rope (or cord) is not strong.

s m

%

* ft % &&mtoThe single of the rope won't do, it will require the double

of it.

CHAPTER TI-IIKTEEST. 105

if The fewer the better.

| if The smaller „

| if The narrower h

\ if The slower „

| if The nearer „

| if The later „

| if The lower „

| if The shorter „

| if The thinner „

M $ M if The more^e better, jjg /J;

IS * © if The larger » jfeg 'I

IS X 3 iffThe broader „ g £

jS ft jg if The quicker „ g £® it M U The farther „ $§ Jg

® •?• ^ H The earlier „ g$IS tf IS # The higher » & @

M fi ® ^ The longer „ Jg £g

M I? 8 if The thicker „ £g||

There are both thick ones and thin ones (flat objects).

m n *b n m #There are both stout ones and thin ones (round objects).

Fill the teapot a little more than half full. Don't fill it.

jlil ^ Jf= $i &§ Pour it all out to the last drop.

# ft Ef ft S « #You have not emptied out all the oil in the tin.

This fruit is not ripe; it will be all right if it is put past

for a few days.

£ 1 P£ » & £ P£ ifAre they better eaten cooked than raw ?

B: ^ 'K %0i T The harvest will soon be ripe.

Is not that meat a little tainted ?


I smelt it just now but I did not feel any bad smell

about it.

|j*, H 1 - I Smell it again.

I still can't feel any bad smell.

ft s m * % m pi

First knock at the door when you want to come in.

m a *s * n fa&mm&iBLThere is some one knocking at the big gate

;go and see

who it is.

No matter who it is, don't allow him in.

No matter whether he is at home or not, get a receipt.

No matter whether it is early or late, I'll certainly go.

No matter what happens he must pay up.

Shut the door every time you come into the room.

Every morning at 7 o'clock open the shutters.

a bs ft % f mn.m ft * m ± %The wind is blowing the shutter about

; go and snib it.

Close the shutters, lest the rain be driven in by the wind.

3E $, M W> H5 3£ ¥M °Pen UP the Venetians.


This picture that you bought is not pretty ; take it back

and change it for some other kind.

% ft ft S - # 7*M A ^ jg |ej ~fe

Take back to the people this set of buckets that you

borrowed.

'fyJiMffljJik-l&MMt What wind is blowing to-day?

* g w* *, ^ n t m it mAt first it was a N. W. wind, but afterwards it changed

to a S. E. wind.

^ % m * 5c m ft a m *Every year at spring time the wind is very strong.

And it is not for a day or two, but for about a month

and a half.

ffi ft ^ -S H JUL % What is the prevailing wind ?

j#JK%Wiir&3gIiJKftJ$tie£S. and S. W. winds blow oftenest.

In travelling by boat up the river a S. W. wind is a fair

wind and a N. E. wind is a contrary wind.

ie it m £ ji $ m, wtb&gm&mA wind exactly south is a side fair wind and a N. W.wind is a side contrary wind.

I can't distinguish S., N., E., and West.

I have lost my bearings (as to the points of the compass).

108 JIANDAEIN PHRASE BOOK.

I can't say which direction is right (or what decision would

be the best).

What is the difference between these two sentences ?

That man is weak of intellect, and can't distinguish between

the true and the false, the good and the bad.

w & a m n •& m aThe Mongols are simple, kind-hearted people.

& n r ft a s si - iej £ ir mIs this the first time for you two gentlemen to meet ?

3£ ft!! ft ? .E M IS §iLWe two have met long ag°-

fcH&JJL^alitSJL^ 1 have never seen this kind-

I have not gone to see him these few days.

I have not come across him these few days.

H i 7' I I ! never see him-

^ ^ Jt ?jj H f& I don't often see him.

?£ /P £ fifcI refuse to see him.

fifc /f $& ?S W £ He refuses to see me.

Hfc ff? 1& T jH fl§ ! How many days' work have they done?

5£ days skilled labour (masons, joiners, etc.) and 9 days

coolie labour,


M ft w m to T & »Has the money for the cloth that was bought been paid ?

ft±©gft*ftli*®SIGo to the kitchen and get the money from the cook.

—' 5c $1 !§i lU $} How many times a clay do you milk ?

- lei ft £ Jj? >J> jfi ?How many small bottlefuls do you milk (or get) each time ?

"When you have done milking and feeding the cow, come

and transplant some flowers.

g £ as m s s m »What forage do you give the cow now ?

IS g, £ ft, 3 £ ?, ft % *Millet straw, bean cake, beanpods, and bran.

II W fi& f« HI Iff Who wil1 assist me t0 cut the straw ?

il 71 m •? ft * 6B JS TThe wooden block of the straw-chopper is worn through

at the front end.

The straw-chopper is blunt, take it to the street and get it

sharpened.

m m 4 * n ft # « aYou may grind it, but it won't be sharp ; it will have to

be steeled.

&»«##£ S& & ift S Jg IB SCome with me and I'll show you what work you are

to do.

110 SIASTDAKIN PHBASE BOOK.

+ ^ Chapter XIV.

ft # M %> H" fflCan vou do

(or make

)it? (Learned how.)

ft ft ft ? ft tit

Can you do (or make) it ? (Time, physical ability, etc)

31 ffl * W ± * 35, * 4 ^ # «_This article is exceedingly ingenious, and no one could

make it.

Xobody even would dare to do such a thing.

% ft] fft M & 5L B.^ ** there **! otller way of doing it ?

s m # & % m ft m m a & mIs there any other way of expressing this idea ?

Sf®pS^S^»BB^I am ashamed to speak in this way.

I am obliged to speak in this way.

He actually bad the face to do this (shameless act).

Ma s(* HB $1 Ashamed to mention the subject.

SI 3* ii S3 Ashamed to ask.

As no one invited him he did not like to go.

fife HI 7 §i| 1? He is ashamed to demand it.

ft ]ft B^* f£ ^ ^ §| You make me thoroughly ashamed.

You make me ashamed. (Less strong than above.)

CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Ill

% /ft %H 3® i5 $5|^e nas no sense °f shame.

?£ ^ ffc § $s| I am ashamed of you.

i m m & # s is « $ a> * « » *That is put on for mere show ; it serves no useful purpose.

At first I was under the impression that his home was not

far from here.

I have just heard that it is far away from here.

18 & & M Jg M g I thought so too.

fc&iHSSJi^T^ 1 also had that idea-

Is this compound occupied by a private family or by a

shop?

Take a spade and dig over all the ground.

Break all the big lumps into small pieces.

* £ *» ? * - 8Take the iron rake and rake the ground smooth.

When you have raked it level, make it up into drills.

Leave a two-foot border for planting flowers.

Along the top of the drill make a track two inches deep.

££R#ai!££R]!C%fllAre they to be sown in the bottom of the drill or on the

top of it ?

112 MANDAEIU PHRASE BOOK.

st it a« *f a s ® - m a $tSow these flower seeds a little thick.

» it a i« f? a s # ~ i* a itSow these flower seeds a little thin.

Plant this flower, pot and all, in the ground;put the top

of the flower pot level with the ground.

m m $ m * f? a m m - m m> * u m m m mThis carrot seed is enough to sow one drill but not enough

for two.

Fust thin the turnips and afterwards weed the flower-beds.

Take all the caterpillars off the" cabbages.

The caterpillars are very numerous and it is impossible

to take them all off.

Ill S a ^ ia Jl i You will require to mould the potatoes.

m m & a & #, * ts & m % mThis flower is hardy and does not fear cold or heat,

drought or flood.

m m ft a m tt & m % 2 *That flower is delicate and is very easily injured.

m m a m &% n *That man is delicate and is always ailing.

£ # a fa ? £ * a 35 IB * # * 38 t& * KJK8 T» « - m m a $$ ±Lest the wind should blow down that dahlia in the middle

of the flower-bed, put in a stake and tie it up.

$ 31 a fl #j & S IS What is sown here?

CHAPTER FOURTEEN. 113

m ® ? nm ±t * m is &mmThe vegetable gardens are all planted, but the fields are

not sown yet.

It i It 31 — M SE Cover it (seed) thinly with earth.

?1 £ ft £ 36 F$ Ift T * ft *The blossoms of the flowers that are now in bloom are old

(or are past their best) and are not nice.

m m % % m a m &What colour is the blossom of this flower ?

Scoop out a shallow circular track (for sowing a ring of

flowers).

Make a square flower-bed and a round one.

In thin places (where the seed has not come up)

transplant other flowers.

None of the seed that was formerly sown here has come

up ; it will have to be sown over again.

If it was not because the ground was too dry that it did

not come up, then it was because it was planted too

deeply.

a! *1 IS S "F $1 ^ SI Tnis is a creeping flower.

%& $L &f -~ IS ?£ ? Make a frame for it.

£&F£l5g&?Ea#il8»£T<

Put those pots of flowers that are on the window sill, on

the verandah.

114 MANDAEIN PHEASE BOOK.

Where shall I put these empty flower pots ?

s!«ffia»ftjiii**a»?E £> m & m & «* *Put the roses and that flower with the big leaves iu a

shady place.

Si£aa*a£i**fiT1fiS£TffiLift all the pots of flowers and put them on the verandah,

lest there be frost during the night.

The surface of the ground has thawed, but it has not

thawed below ; there is still a hard bottom.

*e m m & & a m m % p & ±Put all these flower pots on the window sill.

Take some empty flower pots and cover the flowers you

transplanted yesterday.

Don't cover them close ; leave an opening at one side.

fn#a»g£a&»JKHITake those flower pots off the flowers.

It is time to rod the peas and stake the tomatoes.

fBi ^f tS Jl£ 2fc ^ What is his occupation ?

ffe % ft H ? ^> JS H What are his circumstances ?

/F £§> $J j§ T Very good ; enough to live on.

f& a ft s ^H^^i^aisHe is in humble circumstances and not very well off.

He does not know how to make a living (lazy and

extravagant).

CHATTER FOURTEEN. 115

ft x 'M fit r^ jh as a us rs » t & %He is not economical, therefore how could lie save money ?

-fiiL 15 - % ± m ¥, ft p£ ft W, ^ *f WThat family of his are far too extravagant ; they eat and

wear nothing but the very best. .

ft &t* >>«&&«*!He has run up a lot of debts, and has iio money to pay

them with.

The money he earns is never enough for expenses.

aE M IE & ^ This suits exactly.

"1ft Wi $1 JE W ^ou have sa^ what is exactly right.

•$« iE 15 Jl "i*J I wasJ118* ou

.

t^ie Pomt °^ g°mg to tne s^'eet.

ft 2j5 $T IE S $$ Si He came just in the nick of time,

ft 2jS fi§ 'fin *!j He came most opportunely.

>h — M& SI IS Si Ift It Speak in a lower voice.

ffl - m Si £ Si- tf i? 1* P£

Be quiet ! Don't make such a' noise !

ft ffj M S J& 113 ID 6 * T Why did they begin to argue ?

It is tied too tightly ; loosen it a little.

jg _- Ig 5J ^ Work a little harder.

al *l ^ ^ # ft What is the weiglit of this ?

I/S *)S M % S Feel *he weight of it in your hand.

£ # # IB ~ ffi

Bring the weighing beam and weigh it (applies to light

things).


m m % a - !& mBring the weighing beam and weigh it (applies to heavy

things).

Bring the weighing beam and weigh it (applies to heavy

things).

Bring the scales and weigh it (applies to precious metals,

jewelry, and other light articles).

^ ^C Jt """ M. Bring the peck measure and measure it.

sfe % 'J? &. How much tare are we to deduct ?

^fc $ is: ^fe & Have you deducted the tare?

sf* §ft ft S. ^ne weight is short.

at M Vfc "? ft S This coa^ ^s heavy in substance.

#. M ffi M M ft M. He puts that in to increase the weight.'

All together there were 15 basketfuls ; deduct 10 catties

for each basket.

*£-•&£ + ;?«] H=f-#-fc + £JfDeduct 150 catties for tare, and there remain 3,075 catties.

* £ & m a m&i8i^Don't dip the beam, tilt it up (i.e., don't bring the weight too

far along the beam and so increase the apparent weight).

ft m. m,m m m n * t& %.

The weight is heavy ; it is beyond the limit of this beam*

3 i® ft >bM II^^^IThis beam gives short weight (either through error in

marking or because beam weight too heavy).

CHAPTER FOURTEEN. 117

s & m m + n n m, # - + j? n * & *The capacity of this beam is 10 catties; it ain't weigh 20

catties.

tE ^p iS ft IS H —' Sfi & Move tlie weight in a little bit.

Who is to watch the beam and record the numbers?

(ft £ &ffi16*/Ff6#i>° y°u thiuk lie wil1 come?

"fifc 2j5 7 T ^e c*"1'* come (prevented).

"fit ^ tu 2J5He won't come.

•fifc 4* 5^ 2fc 3* i^'J^e caQ,t an'ive to-day.

flfc 4" ^ a 7 THe can't arrive to-day (applies both to coming from a

place and to going to a place).

^silRHifc— HK*W8I Did vou come witk him ?

Did you two come together ?

Do you two belong to the same place ?

£ * ± *r ft ra * t ? # » * sPut a few big nails into the walls for hanging up pictures.

ft ± ~ iS 51 IT Nail Jt a little higner-

ft f "- ss K. tr Nail it; a little lower-

» £ * ft *h £ ft IE - Sir aThat is too far towards the right

;put it a little towards

the left.

» ffl *r * * # * ftThat nail is small, and won't support it.


mma& * a w»*r t t- tr * si *This wall is built with brick, and you can't drive nails

into it.

This wall is loose, and the nails won't hold.

Paste this picture on the wooden partition.

m -t m m, m * ftThe boards have not been planed ; it won't stick.

+ 3l ^ Chapter XV.

3S «#*«**Whose duty is it to attend to this affair ?

fft W as M V If Who is in charge of this affair?

as fH ^ 'If fs 'P 1? I'11 take nothing to do with this affair.

I have no jurisdiction over this matter,

as 'ft aII 3S $f V If "^is *s n0Ile °f my business,

fft ilf {ft $| fl Mind your own business ! (Rude.)

Don't meddle in an affair that does not concern you.

ifo yf % 3r

Why do you interfere in this affair ?

^m-n±\% x gonitisThe mail goes every other day and not every day.

2E jg - a fa ii I'J §15 ifc J§

Take this letter to the Post Office.

CHAPTER FIFTEEN. 119

W # & ± ft *& ? H & ftIf you put it in the letter pillar, it will do as well.

ft Wit* it *?»«|iThe mail at the branch office closes early.

ft * ?% ra m a m m a a «* « # ft $ ?Go and ask at the General Post Office what time the mail

closes.

ffc #r » *r m 8r±«iB# :FBj£j»«i#«[ itGo and inquire what time they come to collect the letters

in the letter pillar on the street.

Iff 8fi ± f9 S£ $i If Are thev a11 stamped?

fll #. ffU S- *"~ f® fm It Get a receipt from them.

£ JK fa it Si ft 58 - &fa MM.

This letter with the extra stamps on it is to be registered.

% # m m m ? pi i&ttJSJR-ffl&aTake this ticket to the Post Office and bring a parcel.

m^~mm, m »a«RH» m ft it aHere 1s a dollar ; spend the remainder in buying 3-cent

stamps.

*E£fH«€!a-g-Si5ftJgTake this paper parcel to the Post Office.

m t % >p n m mmmnWhatever the postage is, pay it with this.

a m ft W fit -T £ SR & *Our two shops are close alongside one another.

Their villages are not far apart.

* & W £ « ± » * # 7jC

The boy is upstairs making the beds and emptying out the

water.


There is uo water in the bedroom ewer.

& W> W H 3 & £ W T am awfully thirsty.

% ?K # » IS, $ » - MA SE ,

Tea is good for quenching the thirst ; drink an extra cup.

SIB &#*£*#I want plain boiling water. I dont want tea.

ft!7^I?ETHe almost died of hunger.

$H "%, 5£ He won't die of starvation.

He is always hungry and never eats a full meal.

I am hungry, and have not eaten food for the whole day.

The rule about leasing houses is not uniform.

There are some by the month, some by the term, and some

by the year.

The rent of this house that I live in is paid at the three

terms, 5th, 8th and 12th months.

But still the majority of rents are paid at the two terms,

the 2nd and 8th months.

5»s» n n w- a ff9 s s m ?The landlord threatens to evict us and make us get some

other house.

m *: * la M ? « fl# fit

This is not the time for renting houses.


He can't evict us because what is written in the lease is, " it

is allowable to hand over (the house) but not allowable

to demand it."

X&|gftJ$tiiS£ffi&*ft,tf»3ffiftWhen writing the lease there are also some who express

it in this way, "it is allowable to leave but not allow-

able to evict."

& ~F E. M $L ffi £ T The house i6 already let.

fli flfi T M ft ^ ffi mHe has posted np a notice that the house is to let.

fll /P 3fe W ?ft $fr 8'J A He dare not sublet to another person.

He dare not rent it to another (instead of present tenant).

% tf £ IE M * Ji - St M XHe is not the real landlord, but the sub-landlord.

The landlord says that we must write a three years' lease

and in addition pay a deposit of two year's rent.

He says if we don't vacate the house he will appeal fo our

guarantor.

If the guarantor declines to interfere, he will then go to

the court and prosecute us.

ft m m m ? m x mHe can't afford to have that house of his lying vacant.

4 m n &iiisaiijAi

Still, he can afford to have it lying vacant because he is a

man of means.


This big house must belong to a wealthy family.

fmws*£HH$jiaMW#Hig£ Hi a * ft

In the house that I rented there are three sections that are

all thrown into one room, and there are three sections

that are partitioned off into separate rooms.

ffc & i£ *^ & ft & ^ *£ ftAre you a journeyman (earning wages) or an apprentice ?

ft$S£^S What trade does he work at ?

He says he is a veterinary surgeon and not an artisan.

Are you learning a trade or a business ?

3H ^f Wl tffcWhat is the term of apprenticeship ?

E UTI* THow many years have you already served ?

tffc $ ft if? ft ife 3f What situation are you in ?

f8£ft£WA#A$K#&I am a man inured to hardship ; I am a farm labourer.

s i m ft *Whose cart is this ? (Refers to driver or passenger.)

a& 7& IS ^ ft 3f£Who is the owner of this cart ?

rase &#«*$« aFor whom were you working yesterday?

M^^S5t'fiili?:ifc^ Next spring he is going to flit.

^ if %. 3s; /fi '$k ?# It was not very cold last winter.

sfe ^ ^ 3C it fi ^ ^ I* was colder last winter than usual.


* % M. 5c Jb SIS - ¥ tS itThis summer was hotter than it has been any year.

In the autumn of the year before last, just when the

harvest was being cut, there was a great deal of rain.

A few years ago there were none of this kind for sale.

ft & u « m,n n % # ,1 a ^ - 1@ aHe is a man who is addicted to drinking, fighting, and

cursing.

* * II ft A ft jg * £ ftMost people dare not provoke him.

No matter who—they dare not provoke him.

ft * 'li/Jf * ft fit is aHe is lazy and does not like to work.

ft g m $ # n ft aHe is a loafer, and fond of idling,

ft IE £ IS ^ ^P M ^ ^ he idle (or at leisure) just now?

EH S ?SsE § ft fS ft ê ^s iê- ê nas no work °f any kind.

ft # P£ $i ft 3t # P£ IS ft

He is fond of eating sweet things and I am fond of eating

salt things.

ft g H * # IS ft AHe is a man who never gets any leisure.

ft3t5c®^*mEvery day he rises early and works late.

K ^ ^ ^ 5i ? tt„ :„ never freen * % s a I


He has no time at present to make it.

fa % it # m a % m *Just come whenever you have any leisure.

This is exactly the time when the farmers are idle.

This liquid medicine is certainly hard to drink ; it is very

bitter.

"V inegar has a sour taste, and ginger a pungent one.

fa ® ^ ^J? EB M How many acres of land do you cultivate?

*J» Sf SI Jli $j $1 How are tlle y°ung crops?

Efc ?i ^ S # How are the cr0Ps ?

^ M 'P ^ M ^xe tnev *n nee(* °^ raul *

^ ^ ^g ^ ^ How are the crops?

How are the crops ? (Applies to autumn when harvest is

about ripe.)

I-IttSTSIHave you finished hoeing the first time ?

£*«£««*«, if ¥,ffi 3^, 382TWhen the crops grow tall, the robbers and footpads be-

come more numerous.

When the grain is small, there is no place for anyone to

hide.

}& M 3& % T $£ M Have you all the harvest drawn in?

CHAPTEK FIFTEEN. 125

n m hj & m *T.»»sa a kThe grain has all been drawn home, but the millet stalks

have not been drawn yet.

* ft ffl a a # m it s *r * & * <gThe servants are all very busy just now, threshing and

lifting the vegetables.

What proportion of a harvest is there this year ?

Here in our district there is 70 or 80 per cent, of a harvest.

What kind of houses do you propose to build this year ?

A five-roomed main building and a three-roomed house on

the east side.

<rc m m nm * h isi

Gatehouses and covered entrance, three sections.

335 ?k %i W M ^re *^ey a^ to ^e tikd r0°f houses ?

R m & ¥ M S'J m & % mThe gatehouses are to be level roofed, but all the rest are to

be tiled.'

Is not the house that your east neighbours the Li family,

have built, a thatched one ?

Is the contract that you have made for both labour and

materials, or for labour only ?

zk >Jv Q X For labour only.

He supplies the labour and we supply the materials.


& x m » £ * s t'Both labour and materials have been contracted for.

16 X T ?& -§ Has the work beSula ?

X il ^ T S- -§ Is tne work (building) finished ?

The main parts of the work may be regarded as finished,

but there is a lot of odds and ends not yet finished.

ffiJ&;SW$tflt*IHf±T Bar a11 the windows.

± t ft m f& US % M M %Push the bolts, both top and bottom, fully in.

*E if ffi ft Hi S JcU & 35

Turn the heads of the bolts round.

The form is short and won't seat five men.

AxflSA-tfji^iUTl* ^11 no^ even s*x men"

A one-roomed k'ang can't accommodate six men.

ssK-aaifi&iiiHjIf they lie a little close, it will hold them.

Will a three-roomed house accommodate that number of

people ?

The place is narrow and there is not enough room to stand

fife jSE f$l 65 fllEHe objects to being crushed (or crowded).

>K >K # m X HThe fire is low and won't boil the water.


* ft as, * * * WThe ruts are deep and the cart can't get on.

- m m % x mOne sheet of paper won't hold it (writing) all.

ft $t 7 $1 i ^ou can't crush your way in.

ft SB ft £ ~ ft * * BBThe sentence is long and one line Won't hold it.

ft ar * ± *You can't crush forward (to the point you are making for).

m ±a^ ft $?*!&£There is a big crowd on the street and you can't crush

your way through.

Stand back a little ; don't press forward.

" #. % ^ % & He grudges to give it.

That hole is too shallow;you will have to dig it deeper.

£~{B£9E-fBaiBiKftBring a gimlet and bore a hole.

s a ai ft * « « * # * 8 *The hole is small and the screwnail is large. You can't

screw it in.

Take this leather strap to the foreign boot shop and get

it mended.

ft ± m m •? * m ~ m » & 1

1

Go to the storeroom and fill (and bring) a bowlful of

granulated sugar.

128 MANDABIN PHEASE BOOK.

+ ^^ Chapter XVI.

^ JfcI borrow your light (i.e., excuse me; allow me to

« ft fft w *. fs #r as - # *Excuse me, I wish to inquire about a matter.

H #5 Jli £ SIS f@ }& # Where is the Telegraph Office?

& w m m ft x ii, F5 1! at

It is in a lane to the west ; the door faces the east.

$ fft & it Thank y°u - M ft »& Many thanks sir-

Ah ! he also knows to say thank you.

ft * $ & » * THe has gone to offer his congratulations.

Take the fly-whip and drive out all the flies.

SIT 41 !1 ffi .E % ^he n*es are now ou tke increase.

BJ 5>t *£ # JE J3 5f ±To-morrow put up the mosquito windows.

*E * ± IS& J* tt & # ±Fit the mosquito netting also on the bed poles.

Because of this shower of rain, the ground is all loose.

Take advantage of this opportunity and pull the weeds.

Pull it out with your hands; there is no need to dig it out

with a spade.

CHAPTER' SIXTEEN. 129

Plant a few of the cabbage plants that are in the vegetable

pit, so as to propagate seed.

% ± ~fill f;t ?^ |@ ^F P»t up a millet-stalk fence.

3i fH i^ H H JS T This tm kettle is leaking.

Take it to the tinsmith's and get him to solder it.

m ? ffl T, f± n ± ffi *r *The house is leaking and the water is dropping on to the

ceiling.

* ft 7- ffi PI 11 ±, T> SK * Bi -t

Take a chair and set it against the door to keep it from

shutting.

Finish all the work first and then the money will be paid.

I merely want to draw $5 on account, so as to pay the

coolies.

% % & it n * te « ffc

Make your mind easy, I'll not cut you short.

¥ fill n^ JS $fr How is carriage (of goods) to be paid ?

The first half of the carriage to be prepaid, and the latter

half on delivery of the goods.

How much did this suit of clothes cost ?

Stop up this crack, lest when it snows the snow may be

driven in (by the wind).


When it is stopped up, it can't come in.

To-morrow, when we go out to the villages, let us take a

little extra rice with us. »

ill ** ng g PWe will have to buy straw and grain to feed the animals.

K * & *6 S & * AThe yard wall is low ; a person could come over it.

tt M U & m r RThe top of the wall requires to be heightened two feet.

% m Hk a n * ± *The wall is high enough, a person could not climb over

it (from the other side).

mmmm, n m mmm%This wall is low ; we must put a top on it.

•

The big gate is barred and there is no one to open it.

>]» ffi FJ <fit ffi Jl "T Tfle small side-door is also barred.

M F? H -L T 'ix ^ Is the (front) house door locked ?

si fa 8 is * * a arc w, a §* * 3! ±This is not the key for this door ; I can't get it in.

fa * s - m * >x %Go and buy a box of kerosene oil.

Take one tin (of oil) to the school and leave the other tin

for ourselves to use.

Ill *? ^ II ? Can you read.?

CHAPTER SIXTEEN. 131

a - fa * ^ t* mI don't even, recognise the character for "big."

>m* « m n m & t> m mWhen I was young, the family was poor and could not

afford to pay for my education.

Afterwards I picked up a few characters.

How many years have you been at school ?

UJc Ift ."§* 6{f Under whom did you study ?

Have you read the Four Books and the Five Canons ?

ifo ?& $: ^ S Jij if What books are you reading just now?

Is it Chinese or Universal History that you are studying

at present?

At what hour do you go to school ? When is it dismissed ?

When it is time to begin school, call the roll and see who

has come and who has not.

^ fiC % 'J? What is the tuition fee ?

& # m «. m £ & &There is no tuition fee ; we are taught free.

What school lessons are there every day ?

How many teachers are there all together in your school ?


Is the teacher a local man or a stranger ?

How many days holiday do you get at the 5th and 8th

month festivals? »

m ft 5c * % >> H ? ft 1 £How many days holiday do you get in the hot season ?

Hil 'tif T 5- 5c £ He asked leave of absenee for five days.

If he asks for a few days leave of absence when there is a

marriage (or funeral) in his family, don't allow him

many.

m is m =? ft * & * « *« t

«

Is the school in this village a private or a government

one?

When the school inspector comes what all does he inspect?

"fill -8? J§; ^ ft 2 He inspects everything.

an, tf, & ft, 15 n m & « ft_* TI know the four rules ; addition, subtraction, multiplica-

tion, and division.

3c ?c fl $ # £ '> I *How much time is given to daily drill ?

%. II & ft ^ IS Who teaches drill ?

it % ft »Haa**#«irWhere do the teachers of this place go to be coached ?

I request you to take my place in teaching drill to-day.

1& & M T S St ft 3t ?§ He also received a diploma.


fa & ft & m * & m £Is it the Confucian Classics or the National Readers that

you are reading ?

jig HI jfffl ;g: I am reading both.

S^WSfc.StS* #,tt 1,1 fc« #,#&$ 3C WThere are also Western subjects, such as arithmetic,

geography, history, morality, physics, etc.

Into how many classes are the pupils divided ?

What volume of the National Readers is the second class

reading at present?

— if ^ JH ^j How many times a year are you examined?

* * - ft J3 - IH, ^c^-^MfEjAn interim examination every month, and a general

examination twice a year.

These two times are just when the school is being closed

for the summer aud New Year vacation.

What was your average mark at the last monthly

examinations ?

Is the examination written or oral ?

^ * * *, * % 4? nHow many pages have been set for this year's examination ?

fa" ffl S5 3E iff & -£ Close your books, all of you !

I want to examine you on what you have just read.


g m m h> £ $ # /? ?%

Is the examinutiou to be from selected passages or in the

order of sequence ?

He is unfit to teach ; he has n© learning of any conse-

quence.

m & & m, & >h

®

« a & tb^sHis scholarship is inferior. As a boy he only studied for

five years.

Head over again the books you have already read.

ifo M ft *1 -K & if What book are you reading ?

teit 10 « jp m>M is-mi

This book is hard to read. It is abstruse.

% m m #A,t£^^ti s a b a irEvery Saturday you ought to revise the previous five

days' lessons.

The teacher has not yet explained this book.

ft $ ft £ ft * £ £.S Ji n# £In former years, at what time were the school sports held ?

515 fH A 81 ^ j( That man is very quiet and good tempered.

M M A ^ 3c ^ This man is not reliable.

;!t f® A /p £& 1$ j| This man is not very sincere.

81 at 51 51 V ^ 51 * K put here, will it be in the way ?

;£ $| 5|f Not in the way. It does not matter.

51 7 H tS H |f It will not be in the way of anything.

?f ^ H fft ft V I* does not affect you.


This does not hinder (or inconvenience) you in any way.

ffc 'P 5? Sfc "IS fi ft V D011'* hinder (or delay) my affairs.

* & II It « * T & ft *Make your mind easy, I'll not hinder your affairs.

?K4tSl* Don't waste time.

jBjfrtfcfll-Sftl***® & it £ 6 »If we should waste a little time it will not matter, as it

will still pay in the end.

ft 88 ft &To-morrow I'll go again in your cart to the station. Wait

till to-morrow and I'll pay you all together (to-day's

hire and to-morrow's).

m 3t#!l£fc'*^# ft MM H# fe a * "RT 'K

To-morrow come at the same time as you did to-day. On-

no account fail.

$ - m «& * * ftr a ft T ?Bring a hammer and drive in this nail.

Bring the pincers and pull out this nail.

I only want whole ones ; I don't want small pieces.

ag#»aft,x)rB*w,*i*e*$»#±Pick up all these brickbats and broken tiles and throw

them on the street.

ffc ± ~ !ej H ft ft ? £5 ? £There was a great deal of dust in the coal you bought the

last time.


-»§«¥£«&« T* TAs soon as you put it into the stove (or grate) it just runs

down through.

When it was put into the cart there was not much dust

;

but in drawing it here the jolting made it finer.

Lump coal when bought by the ton is cheaper than when

bought in small quantities.

*MffiSI7fcff«*»T,The big river has overflowed its banks, and all the short

crops are drowned.

The low-lying ground is all flooded, but it did not reach

the high ground.

H£-fafc&Wtt*?&7The land all along the banks of the river is all flooded.

«r - m ft m m &. ?When the river rises, the banks fall in.

ft a is ft m m mm m m % m ® & t m #Uncover this drain and see if it is stopped up.

& £ W & $ T * ift * a *It must be stopped up with mud, so that the water can't

flow past.

The yard is low, and when the rain falls the water collects

and there is no means of letting it out.

How many loads of ashes will we need to draw in order

to raise (or spread over) the yard ?


The ground is suffering from drought;you will need to

water a little extra.

m b m m £ m m & aWait till the sun goes off the flowers before watering them

The roots of this flower are shallow and it can't stand the

drought. *

When you are watering the flowers hold the watering can

low.

The roots of this flower are shallow, and ean't stand the

drought.

Rice and tares can both stand a flood.

m tt m m> m ? * m mTall millet can stand a flood, but small millet ean't.

H!B«,WHA3feaf!IS$S,**ftForeigners, bareheaded, can't stand the sun.

IB.

13.

3s.

i % m x m m mThis paper is soft and can't stand rubbing,

i IE Si /£ ^ $1 Tnis nower can't stand the frost.

Can this flower stand the winter ?

* ir it a Mi *M M*Kerosene oil lasts longer than bean oil.

at Wi Si $1 !B If iiftjTnis kind of lamP uaes a lot oi oi1.


This kind of coal does not last long.

You need not light the lamp; light a candle.

* x * # ± ft « * fi # g # + $ a w #The electric lamps on the main streets of Moukden are all

40 candlepower.

m s si ft *.* m. a m m & * ft *

The electric lamps in the houses are not so strong as that.

A folding fan is not so easily handled as a round one.

*n#iM?^ftif ttm & £ •Don't make such a noise by opening and shutting, and

clicking your fan.

Ira T $C ^ ft tfl M. Thank you; I don't smoke.

Knock the (burning) tobacco out of your pipe ; don't smoke

here.

tt ^ s ft £ ii? m m m % ft £ ^Pipe smokers are decreasing and cigarette smokers are

increasing. '

i& 'M % $j %. ^£ ^? Smoking is injurious to health.

% & m, tt % it M> # ±, « % # M * % £ M &If one's clothing, food, residence, and person are clean, it

will be conducive to health.

This affair is of no benefit to me.

This affair concerns toe very much.

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. 139

+ -b ^ Chapter XVII.

ffc H ft 15M i! a ft # 31 £ £ '> ft aWhat is the number of that cqrrugated iron that you

bought ?

H + gfc a ft ii — 3C S - ?| No. 30 is $1-50 a sheet.

n m a © ^ » m mThe higher the number, the thinner the iron.

3t f@ Jl fl ft ft Si What number is this ?

2p3gaft&&£lS&fc#£ftflgaGalvanised iron is the same ; it is all numbered.

Has this tin been recently opened ?

ft ft M ? & S *#, £ IB % & £ if £ ft

His house is easily recognised ; it is more than one storey,

and it has been recently built.

£ « a & is # a ft, m ft, h m a ft, at ft, « ft,

There are longish ones, square ones, round ones, three

cornered ones, straight ones, and crooked ones.

Will the colour of this cloth fade ?

fif fis Bfc /f» J$ Warranted not to wash out.

— )3£ ^ ^ ^ "]* The colour fades as soon as it is washed.

This colour is too deep ; I want one a little lighter than

this.


w a & & a a & ft # #We have got green, yellow, red, white, black, and all

colours.

He made a complete circuit (e.g.j§round the city, earth, etc.).

What kinds of good fruit are there on the street just now ?

What fruits does this district produce ?

sawsThere are peaches, apricots, small apples, large apples,

plums, grapes, and a great many kinds of pears.

M ft m a £ Rfc * in gf P£

There are some kinds that are better eaten cooked than

Of the fruits that come from the south there are Mandarin

oranges, coolie oranges, pomelos, dates, and bananas.

Amongst these there are several kinds that are not often

seen in the north.

He missed his foot and was within an ace of falling into

the well.

» % -k MM * ± % 5. -g AIf male and female, young and old, are all reckoned there

are 500 people.

He has gone to the men's hospital for medicine.


^ 5c m m m ft h ?,& m m ft h ?Is this dispensary day, or operation day ?

Where did you pick up this fine article ?

51 £ ft ft ft ftWho gave you this ?

It was presented to me by a friend.

£ ft £ » X ft I bought it.

SB £ X — ft V That fe a different matter altogether.

When the water buckets are not in use set them on their

mouth.

±mmx±It is too thick, the other one won't go over it (e.g., one

section of stove-piping fitting on to another).

This chair cover has shrunk in the washing, it won't go on

(the chair).

JG fifc & & 235 HelP hha UP-

ft Si ^ $C 4H Hfc Support him (or it) with your hand.

ft f"J H ? m ft 51 £ 5i # £ a ft ? xGo into the garden and pluck a few flowers. Put them

into the flower vases.

Nail a shelf on the wall for holding the lamp.

*W*J1lftJI*«i»JHfl!JBWhen the things are not in use, put them into the press.


When you have done using them, put them on the shelf.

^fl-WST#»*BJIIfl XM> X £ ^ * «• BI

When you have cleaned the utensils, put them in the

drawer ; don't leave them outsjde.

a M * & £ ffi * £ a ® # m ft

The stall keepers along the side of the city wall have them

for sale.

What are the flags flying on the tower above the city

gate for?

Probably it is to welcome an Ambassador, or it may be in

honour of the Emperor's birthday.

ifc ffl M M ~~ M $} A RH Are you two of the same family ?

m ffl £ - & m fWe are of the same surname but of different families.

*#fc»TA*8:fHas the eldest daughter been betrothed yet ?

3> If M i"JWhen is she to be married ?

Has the second daughter been betrothed ?

Have you arranged a wife for your son ?

^> ^ff 3| When is the marriage ?

Hfc^T^^^^ 116 married ?

ft £ & ft ® Jg AIn what relationship does he stand to you ?


1& *§ fft $j S Jg fI M What relative is he of yours ?

« is, m m, # a # flGrandfather, grandmother, father, mother.

w w> 5t %, m. m, n nOlder brother, younger brother, older sister, younger sister.

Paternal grandfather's sister and her husband.

^C M> ^C ^ -A- father's older brother and his wife.

& & #fp #J| A. father's younger brother and his wife.

%ti #§> $r 3C A, father' s sister and her husband.

7& M> $£ #6 Mother's father and mother.

||J):| f Mother's brother and his wife.

Jt W> M Wi M Paternal grandmother's brother and his wife.

m m ifc m m nPaternal grandmother's sister and her husband.

j^ Jj|, ^ 3£ A mother's sister and her husband.

i$l "?' K? ^ Elder brother's wife and younger brother's wife.

3tL !& At #f Younger brother's wife.

Elder sister's husband, and younger sister's husband.

51 -f> i& ^ S?, Son and daughter.

?$ "Fj ?£> iC, 5i Grandson and granddaughter,

•g ffi ;p, -g ^ •£; §£ Great-grandson and great-granddaughter.

& ft # 3=, & fB 51 J&Elder and younger male first cousins (i.e., sons of a

father's brother).

144 MANDAEIN PHRASE BOOK,

fcffi «i«i> « ft # #Elder and younger daughters of a father's brother.

Elder and younger sons of a father's sister.

Elder and younger daughters of a father's sister.

Elder and younger sons of a father's sister, or mother's

brother.

n m 9 w, m m % %,Elder and younger sons of a mother's sister.

m m sa sa. m m M nElder and younger daughters of a mother's sister.

Elder and younger daughters of a father's sister, or mother's

brother.

ft Ijfy Ijfy, ~1jfy lift IDesignation by outsiders of the wives of

>fc $1 "?> — ^ "? \ the eldest and second sons of a family.

* m tF, * a =?

A wife's elder and younger brothers (a man's brothers-

in-law).

A husband's elder and younger brothers (a woman's

brothers-in-law).

A&^'S^jiS^SAK. Male and female second cousins.

& a, g & aNephew and niece (brother's son and daughter).

He i£. ^*> W OS. $C & A- life's nephew and niece.

^ a » a a aNephew and niece (a man's sister's son and daughter).


ft % ?, *b m & aGrandson, granddaughter (a daughter's children;.

jk Itfi ~P> >h $fi *? ^ husband's elder and younger sisters.

* m ?, >h m ?A woman's married elder and younger sisters.

ft m « ?, 5h a is ^ aGreat-grandchildren (a daughter's grandchildren)..

;£ £ A, £ # *gFather-in-law and mother-in-law (a wife's father and

mother).

I? H |Son-in-law.

& 3C * #Father-in-law, mother-in-law (terms used by the son-in-law).

flfc g fft M 5L % & U fit 51 i&Is he your own younger brothel-

, or your first cousin ?

Father-in-law, mother-in-law (husband's father and

mother).

D^II^MllI What was your maiden name ?

fft ff3 HF Bi j§i fHi How many brothers are there of you f

fft -fr jil Iu what order (among the brothers) do you stand '.'

fft $Jb 3^ M f® How many sisters are there of you ? i ...

{ft ff5~ ^5 ^f M P A How many are there in your family ?

fft ^e jb IP M S H A Who all are in your family ?

{ft ffl - % A fit £ t % ft

AVho acts as the head of your family "i

What official position does he hold in the district yamen ?

146 MANDAfeIN l'HBASE BOOK.

How many families are there in this village '1

it ft ft ft si * ItAttiDHe said this in the presence of everybody.

What is the population of this village ?

The village looks big because the houses are thinly scat-

tered.

% a m m % ft « « % ftDo you live in the suburb or in the city ?

H JflS S tt, IK * 4 &The suburbs are cooler and the air is also purer.

ft m m s * in ft #15 t *fBut living in the suburbs is still not equal to living in the

country.

He lives outside the brick (or city) wall and inside the

mud (or suburb) wall.

fa tfc fc m m ft j& « , s ^ ft # * ± ft m if; j> s i»Don't disturb the papers on the desk when you are doing

up the study.

Can the tailors here make foreign clothes ?

# $: £ A ft # % if % ft £ & A ift * *They can make men's clothes but probably they can't make

women's.

m ~m at b& * ? ft, w- ft m st * » t-

Get a barrowman and tell him to bring a few barrowfuls

of sand.


Scatter it (sand) over the paths in. the front garden.

If there is no sand, then very sandy mould will do.

If it (ground) is not covered over with sand, the mud will

stick to the feet in time of rain.

Our next door neighbours on the west, the Li family, are

having a marriage (or funeral) and there is a great stir.

Til ifl V fra 7k £j ^ ififIs it a marriage or a funeral ?

H % ? i% *? A son's marriage.

Formerly Manchus, on the occasion of a marriage or a

funeral, received a gift from the Emperor.

£ 16 ft A * ft @ ft ft Si A «Chinese would not get such a favour.

Go with the pastoress and bring some things.

Is it earthen basins or glazed basins that he sells ?

H fli E * K m sU *He won't sell single ones but he will sell sets.

M f® ^ "^S')

How many are there in the set?

Are they bought singly or in sets ?

m#*f$3i5ft«He will sell complete books but not single volumes.

$| 7|S ^ — #|5 How many volumes are in the book ?

]48 MANDAKIN PHEASE BOOK.

tAf Chapter XVIII.

f f f f Consul-General. f|g yg Consul.

SlJ M ^ Vice-Consul.

I® ^L $ pJ Inspector-General of Customs.

$£ Ijjjf r] Commissioner of Customs.

S'J f£ f£ pJ Deputy Commissioner of Customs.

fig ^ gj p*JConsulate.

t6 ffi ^P tS M ^ *M ** Dear to ^e crushed or not "?

Put the things that can't stand a crushing on the top and

the things that can stand a crushing in the bottom.

This skin box, if put in the bottom, will be crushed.

>J' >fr S'J PH* M 3s Take care and don't let it be crushed.

£ £ & T * # *It is lying underneath and is not easily got at.

USfflff* ****#*That pole is too thin and won't bear any weight.

This one is stouter than that one, but still it would bear

less weight.

- a p % n m =?, m t> & a mA one-year old colt can't bear the weight of a man.

®mX.%Z7, * 35 « « * 7Yesterday I was tired walking but to-day T am rested.

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. 1-19

fill D£ $j /£ fll f¥ $B He did not state it very minutely.

^ M £fe l¥ $8 1& There is no need to go into details.

*tt~1B*flE«frIf you merely state the main facts it will do.

Roughly speaking, the rivers can't open before some time

in the second month.

a m & 7 5# v, m * mThis edge is in the way ; file it off.

What proclamations have the officials issued these last few

days?

There is a very big proclamation posted up at the arch-

way of the city gate.

There was a crowd around it, reading it, and I did not get

forward to see it.

fc±ai**¥rc-y±7He has gone on a visit to relatives.

ft±«tt^£±7He has gone outside the city to pay a call.

According to Chinese, custom, the new comer first visits

the resident.

In England the rule about visiting is exactly the opposite

of that of China.

*®ft»~IS!lf-«i&*£The room at the east end has a south k'ang.

loO MANDARTN PHRASE ROOK.

w m % M if iff *£At the west end there is a double k'ang.

What is the opposite of the character Kwan ?

The house where he lives is not exactly opposite us, but in

a slanting direction.

The weather is getting cold and we will have to paste up

the windows.

Bring out the oil cloth and cover the cart.

Take matting and put up an awning in front of the door.

m Ml ft * ? & ft

A screen plaited with millet stalks will do as well,

^^fe^tt^-tfcft °r pi»e branches will do.

Ii7il « Jl & & T m Hf TThe cart capsized, and the carter was crushed underneath,

and his leg was broken.

JiP 3$ "? i£ T He nas sPrained his ankle.

iff ^ *r ^ t His head is ciit -

WL $t %& tf§?His whole body is sore.

fifc '3£ #j fiS 3» tH S He is not very badly hurt.

If you sit in a bit, you will be out of the sun.

Let down the blinds and keep the rain from being blown

in (by the wind).

(U-lAPTEK EIGHTEEN. 151

sf> tfi M JH 2fc No fear;

i* 'Vfoa't come in.

*ifTI % * ft * *Will the rain drip on the ice chest '.'

Hang the meat safe on the north wall.

H M ¥ W W fll fl * « * *When the sun is dipping towards the west, will it shine

on it ?

If it shines on it, you will need to put sohiething to

shade it.

» f® * $ ? & 1T 3MI ?« H MThis small cart has no awning to keep out the sun.

i # a % ft r# «» a £ & tF ffl a pi sl

In the time of continuous rain it is impossible to travel.

I have been here for over 20 years and this is the first

time that I have heard of such a custom.

M - * * T ft fSL * <£ a #He has not been to church for over a year.

The ground is bought, and stone pillars have already been

put in at the four corners.

Move your carrying pole and baskets to one side (they

had been lying across the road) and let the cart past.

» « W; Hf ¥ * 8 & * #>£ & IB J8 *Is that millet stalk cart cpming this way, or going the

other way?


h # - ^ 'X m & z> m, f 4 & * n m& m * nJapanese second class railway carriages are most uncom-

fortable;you can neither sit nor lie.

The outside mule is rather unwilling to draw (its trace is

seldom tight).

The inside mule and the shaft horse are very lean,

ft * # if £ He can't ride,

ft % If 5 He » fond of ridiug-

ft 31 If #f JR He always; rides a fine horse.

ft 23 £ 3 ft IK How did he s^ lu,rt ?

ft J$ M M ft # He is a fine rider.

H Jg |^ -]» ^S ft He was thrown off his horse.

ft«fft**rtf*TThe horse that he was riding stumbled.

Lead the horse to the blacksmith's to be shod.

£ *, * Ji, * H, * A, ft- B « S * *Such and such a year, such and such a month, such and

such a day, so and so, did such and such a thing.

Take the wooden shovel, and shovel the snow in the front

yard into heaps.

«*£A»iSftt&ii6 *'ft ft IB a flfe ?By and by some oue will help you to carry it to the

cabbage plot and the flower bed*.

Put a few basketfuls at the roots of the shrub.

CHAPTEK EIGHTEEN. 153

Bank up a little round the roots of the lilac also.

it ffs # n ? t, a % * *& sWe have a small hand basket, but we have no big carrying

basket.

m m ra i>j * n % » is - fi m aFirst sweep a path from the house door to the big gate.

JE 8 fi M j§ 52. SI Shovel the snow to both sides.

E«»itfiatIIRa*TA path has already been trodden (in the srfow or wet

ground).

9-tat,aai»iiiisWait a while before going ; a path or track (in the snow)

has not been formed.

Kindle a charcoal fire to heat the room.

First put the charcoal basin outside and let the wind

blow on it.

When it is all red and there are no fumes, then bring it in.

When the charcoal fumes are strong, they can suffocate 1 a

person.

* * m, m m m m * r,m w *Put a bucket under the eaves to catch the rain water.

ft & M * 6$ fen fJ t& *Wash out the vat for catching the rain water.

Ity 7fc Be fU — AH if 5£ Tel1 tne j°ilier to make a lid-

154 MAXDAllIN I'HEASE BOOK.

m i •? ft« ? s> g # #, & is #Is the water in the bedroom ewer well water or rain water ?

n #

m

wmmm

n

n

a

Don't put the slop bucket at the kitchen door.

m m m a n> ^ « m aPut it some distance ofE so as not to attract the flies.

m ft ± -k, a * t mYou have made it too big ; take it in a bit.

^ £ — i{2 §J jgj; fj If you reduce it by half, it will do.

* >b> m t> ia «. & * g a ik

It is too small ; it does not cover it all ; enlarge it a little.

If you add two inches all round, it will be enough.

MSI-* £ £ lej * £Just now is he on the way to the place (or on the way

back from it) ?

Take back the Li's straw-chopper,

ft M 'It ^ S & ft IS * Go in gently, noiselessly.

* 31 W Hi ^, 'It ft a ft *Walk softly and don't make a noise.

Are they (logs of wood, etc.) bought in the pile (or heap)

(good and bad together) or can one pick and choose ?

Does he sell from a stall on the street, or has he a shop ?

/P I? H f6c Don't pretend or make believe.

r CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. 155

M MM *E ft ISThat is mere excuse (shirking a duty and putting it on to

another).

ffl t& MM p£ T1,at is mere self-depreciation.

m&mm a #&That is a mere excuse (e.g., shirking a duty or a debt for

a false reason).

It would be well if we could put him off for a few days.

I met him on the way (or in the course of the journey).

3£ -ffi l±X Jl $£ ^L flfc I met him (^ace to ^ace) on the street.

St £ "S $ * 5§ ft * 'ft

This is a thing that does not occur once in a hundred

years.

ftfliiT* t, ft §««&*«, fl&a§i»®# &You went different ways (and missed each other)

;you

went by the back street and he came by the front

street.

IS W. M M. From beginning to end.

fifc % ft fft IS He is speaking to you.

aftiifl&ft.w p a ®&mtIn passing his gate just now, I did not observe (something).

ft IE nfe ft pi p a m pi s ^ t asWhen you are passing his gate, be sure and leave word.

^Lftija^^ftiSift^ Hand in this letter also.

SI f@ * $ * *g a & $ * '# ft, ft.H ©J A £ ftAs to who is right and who is wrong in this affair, neither

you nor I can decide; let anotherperson decidebetween us.

156 MANDARIN' PHRASE BOOK.

ft % S Jl! #} What is he laughing at ?

There is nothing to laugh at in that affair.

That was a most laughable affair.

That was a most laughable affair (and brought ridicule on

the person).

$S ;§ f£ 31 IS Si Iam only joking (or making fun),

ffc H <@ ^ fft 5£ Let me tell you a joke.

This is not a jesting (or laughing) matter.

When he heard that, he laughed heartily and loudly.

mm * f % s *, am-mm^mn^TThis is a most disgraceful affair, and when people see it

they will just laugh at us.

The clothes he is wearing are very ugly.

If you were to treat him in that way, you would simplydisgrace him.

ft * m m §• n m mHe does not regard that as a disgrace (or an insult).

ft & sfc $H HIS &sf A He is a man of no sense of 6hame.

ft $ m fe J5, « U it & II ft &You have come most opportunely; I was just talking

about vou.

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. 157

This affair looks easy, but the doing of it is difficult,

ft 35 ® M % What is he crying* for ?

ft ft M tft He feela cold -

fllfttf ffl *ftSIHe is not conscious of any special exertion of strength.

«»*»&*£ ft s§If you do it in that way, it will be much easier.

ftft*ffl#®jgftHe is not conscious of anythingthe matter—nothing'-strange.

ft ft % $& Z> M ft He feels that I have offended him.

ft ft * flg J£ ft How do you feel?

« * t ss * a a a - k a ft ^ ffi s *_

I have walked all this distance and yet I don't in the very

least feel tired.

ft t& m iu f@ nfe * a »That is a very dangerous place where he is standing.

ft l$£ ^ 'J?He considers the money is too little.

i

He wants to sleep on a cold k'ang ; he dislikes the heat.

ft If « JP, IE fi$ 4 %His mattress (or what is spread under him) is thick, and

so is his covering.

ft x m & ft % fcr sf, ft * a ffi

He objects to live in a dye shop, as he dislikes the dirt.

ajE**frtt«-fflT*,ftJiai:Find a lodging for him in some near place ; he objects to

the distance.


ft % &t Hk $} 1$; He does not mind hard work.

Sffi#2lJ8j-ft*1flfRecently there was the following affair.

Is this an event of recent occurrence or did it happen some

time ago?

It is an affair of not many days ago.

The order of these two sentences is reversed.

ft tft « * a tYou have transposed the order of the words.

+ JLS Chapter XIX.

ftlll^lfeftifS ft, £ 5ffi * ftWhen you saw him, was he standing with his back to you,

or was he facing: vou ?

9t % f® ? # BE Firs* write out a form of the words.

Put the idea that I have just expressed into a proper

form of words.

Mffl « # -g PI 3c $ a,E F*3 4- 55S £ JHf #f Iff *ffiTake this card to the Foreign Office and ask what time it

will be convenient for an interview to-day.

ft ffi £ 3 #" SI *T * T He has gone out for a walk.

ft ff5 ± ft it 21 if * TThey have gone on a picnic to the North Tomb.

CHA1TEH NINETEEN. 159

To-day is the Temple Fair and everybody has gone to it.

«8ft«7*iJ>*&£6&W.I took a lot of trouble on his account and all to no purpose.

* tf 7 ® J£ *It would not take much trouble. It is quite easy.

3t im ti * -itm t *It would be very difficult to accomplish that affair.

8 S ft fit T »5 ffl * Wf, 4 fi 6 « *I did that on his account, but I had my trouble for

nothing.

ft fe tfc '$£ 7 X ffc He wasted his time in vain.

3$ E3 jfc 7 ~~~ill I ^ad mv journey for nothing.

8 & Dfc T — [ej I spoke in vain.

* # ffi % & IE T «It is useless and I just wasted my money (in buying it).

® m x m fo

I can't make out the points of the compass (or the position

of things).

$£ iP ^ ± S5 I can't recollect it.

fij -ft /£ |j{§ H I can*'* understand it.

h k ^ hi ^ §i 1 7, g m *t £mThe notes that the merchants issue circulate continuously.

When they return to the issuers, they are just re-issued

again.

H # % % 1H5 ft lej J{fc

The Japanese war. notes are all being withdrawn.


m h -t m m % m,» h ? £ hi -k to

The odd days are for seeing men patients and the even

days for women patients.

A single line (in a book) means the name of a person and

a double line the name of a place.

A one-horse cart can't go on a long journey.

Is it a single leaf door that he has put on or a double-

leaved one ?

Hi ft] M M tfc 5L tH They are of the same official rank.

fX * ft * IB JBThe k'ang is narrow and I can't stretch out my legs.

!E II ^F Jft H T Stretch (or tighten) the rope.

When you are nailing down the carpet, you must stretch

it thoroughly.

The k'ang is narrow and we will have to sleep with our

legs bent.

m urn, n* a a tt a « * h » aThe place is narrow and the neck (or turning) is short and

the animals have not room to stretch themselves (or get

a good pull at it).

BB^»ffc«t»ra*TThis thing is very strange ; first pull it with the hand and

it stretches ; then let go the hand, and it contracts.

a&5iH£fl35fft*'l& That is a trifling affair.

CHAPTER NINETEEN. 161

15 & ii M % £ ft ^ 'If That is a self-evident matter.

He reads and walks at the same time.

JE fife,

:M M P1

! P Si Escort him to the gate.

«-»ftffc»fflf&«SEtt«TWhen I heard him say that, I rued.

flii sis m >hffi ?, m m m m n n *He sells a general assortment of both books and goods in

that little shop of his.

ftj8Hf$gwi5iB# ;F,#£±-fliaiaWe will have to put a shaft in that hatchet that is always

used for splitting wood.

fit W W) 3% %L M Who wil1 helP me t0 saw ?

{ft £ St — a£ You g° and try it.

X & is. M iM % £ *PNot counting this one, how many more are there ?

& t mm m ft m%z>j?Excluding this one, how many more are there ?

This one won't fit ; make another one instead.

5tt-1HA,$gfflA^&fl*i£atf*B&Get another man (instead of this one) ; this man's hand is

clumsy and does not do fine work.

It was not a whole sum ; I have an idea that there was a

fraction in it.

fill :fc T -8- SI He did not pay the odd fraction.

He did not enter the odd fraction in the account.


A great deal of the medicine here is adulterated.

ft •£ IS tt $f ^ Ift fifeGo and tel1 him plainly that....

ft IS It #F 3; Go straight ahead.#

~ Ji >M? s§ W & Hf - 8 % SI TAs soon as you enter the small west border gate, turn to

the south and you are at the place.

- lit # if JH S » *Go straight south, following the suburb wall.

He awoke with a start from a bad dream.

fll tC $c t$$ T — $fe He made meJumP with fright,

fife IS $6 T He ran awa7 ^th fright.

He almost frightened the wits out of him.

fefftTi5fflf£»S»o£li&~igHe spoke that way in order to give him a fright.

/PMft f&S^ Don't be angry with him.

ft sii,^ig#iBe patient with him, don't blame him.

ft su ii a m m m nDon't feel annoyed because I say this,

"fill "ifr Ja ?K f& &5 He spoke in a temper.

ft^**T»ft*»«HfcHe went off in a temper

; go and talk him round,

"ffi. M, &§ Mi He He was jumping with rage.

Wait till his temper cools before exhorting him.


D*1 i S 5S ft G° and warn him.

% % m * 'it, ii '# is j& m n hWhen there is a marriage (or funeral) in your family

avoid having it on the Sunday.

On what day in the 3th decade of the 1 2th month are the

houses swept?

l«H%±££B8££ttfK*&Why was everybody letting off firecrackers last night ?

m M - + H « I $ ± 5cThe kitchen god ascends to heaven on the 23rd of the 12th

month.

When are the antithetical couplets pasted up ?

Some people have come to pay a New Year call on the

pastor.

m $ *t, a a £ nf %> % wt * fj ?£

At the New Year everybody use auspicious expressions

when they meet.

" May you become wealthy when you meet ! " " Mayyou be well all the year ! " " May you enjoy peace all

the year !

"

The millet stalk fence that you put up is not even (some

high, some low).

8 Sfc W ffi - » fi

I have emphasised one side of the question more than the

other.


$1 WL #J '& 3^ M He sPoke most intelligently.

Put it (a burden) down; rest awhile and take your

breath.

The animals are exhausted with drawing, give them their

wind.

life, M U S & it What is his face like?

There is a resemblance between the two sisters.

38 Jl S "& ft # Iama Christian.

Are you the only Christian in your family ?

?£) & M M $(i ~T ^° 'our wno^e family are baptised.

The ground is damp ; bring a few bricks, and put them

under this box to raise it up.

m x m m> # - m ? m ?k, m § m n n a aAt 7 o'clock, put a jug of hot water at the guest's door.

m >j? m> $ m » s 3c

At the very least, it will take five days there and back.

At the very most, it won't require $1.

» # T ~ ffl 8 ©> JEMffi*A mad dog has come in ; drive it out.

3>l?#B>§jIflll i§t'fr Don't miss this opportunity,

at ^ f@ $f $1 H" This is a fine opportunity.

CHAPTEB NINETEEN. 165

You have let the time (when something should have beendone) go past.

«fEa /g£ *bYou ought to take advantage of this opportunity.

1fe&£$&£M£, 9E|Jt3ffi1Bf£He took advantage of my being out of the room to

say that.

ft IS f@ & li fi ? g It •* ftWhat is the size of that camera of his ?

Have you developed the photos you took yesterday ?

Mt & H + ?fi ft Jr 51 Print me ten photos.

-¥&#«»¥ ft, ~3*fttf$«4R?«Half of them mounted, and half of them unmounted.

Have all the vegetables been put in the pit ?

1 want a cup of water to rinse my mouth.

fl B ft m B it 5 SI-

Germany and France are conterminous.

I have not been well for a couple of days and did not get

going to see (something).

ft ie fs ft ft ® - m j& #, a £ $ * % m * ftHe asked me to get him a situation, but I certainly won't

recommend him.

ft UM% a 14 *m jsftIf he has no one to guarantee him, no one would employ

him.


I can't think of any one who would suit.

5£ S ^ *}? How many (much) do you want to buy?

Buy as many (much) as this money will get.

SS £ £ m M If $Headache, and the whole body hot.

ft ff!J B9 * 5c aThey are playing ; amusing themselves.

Can you repeat the Lord's Prayer ?

+ B * £ f » W S# ft £ d^ * Hi ^ H?

When Chinese school boys (or students) repeat their lessons,

they turn their back to the teacher.

& m m £ t * to a# ft s » * us a feb

When foreign schoolboys (students) repeat their lessons,

they stand facing the teacher.

JE#ffiaWiBrJftT£Skim off the oil (or scum) that is on the surface.

M f@ A 4$ -§ ^ £ Both men are to blame.

M xl f® -fi -J* fU Make it according to this pattern.

It won't slide (or roll) down (e.g., something lying on aslope).

Take this ball of woollen thread and darn this pair of

stockings.

ft fe Ji % P 7 fft How did he offend you ?


That is not regarded as offensive language.

He has no special vices about him.

The blade, edge, back, and point of a knife.

How many blades has your knife?

He kept begging and entreating me.

Boy ! there is some one at the door ringing the bell.

f£ $£ || §£ ^p *g£ I did not hear the bell ringing.

Ring the (hand) bell when the food is ready.

si m m m\n ?t mThis kind of paper can absorb ink (blotting paper).

This face towel is very thin and absorbs very little water.

m m * <& *It does not pay to sin (or commit crime).

He did not punish him in any way.

If any one were to live in that room, they would have to

suffer the whole winter through (from cold, etc.).

All who break the law must suffer.


H Zl + # Chapter XX.

How are Japanese sweet oranges sold per box?

nn # & $5 f@ >me ?« * mI can't Mnd the little box containing the photos.

«5HB«^*rraa^iEJs » # a &Open this box and see what is in it.

-fib if if ft fl# « {ft giJ ft flU

Don't knock up against him when he is pouring out

the oil.

foM®?m n> * £ m m u m mDont speak to the child so roughly.

There is a slight defect on his face.

38 'P 3¥ •§ j£ That is not worth talking about.

tt fa £ fc $5 * You and I will both go.

&M:iftIf:f&f£fiTEven the grass and weeds growing all over the ground

are withered (with drought).

Send him word and tell him to come,

fft 9t |sj i H§ ff Return meantime and await news.

£**J>H?fS81iteft1tI have not had a letter from him for a good many days.

*ll»-*fll±]Kill*T»««8[^f®The year of the Boxers he went to the East hills, but since

then there has been no news of him.

, CHAPTER TWENTY. 169

tt % ft a * *n m ft ft t «'

His family know nothing of his whereabouts.

$1 ;ii IS H ifr ft A He is a man of no conscience.

* £ ffc ffi ft ft * 'If

Don't do anything which would be a wrong to conscience.

H*W»Mffi££4>AHow many men can the four chapels accommodate '.'

j^ — Jl To measure (linear), Jijf —• igf To cool.

HjjT — [(gf To air or dry in the sun.

m&nfiP$ftjfi£fr«£S£§BYou should keep out of the way when they are unloading

the cart.

¥*j£, *£-«&£> -SSiKCarry it level; don't let one end be low and the other

high.

I requested a friend to make some enquiries for me, if he

got the opportunity.

fife *r si ^ m 35 He rau,t nud oiit -

n m ^ m, « & it at tA few years ago he was poor but now lie has become

wealthy.

IM *«» ~#>5E ft A;|f JB * » ft,MM # 1 ft

That year of the plague, some of the dead were cremated

and some were buried in coffins.

& m fa n & m % ft> n ft & * ft & - &This letter is altogether written in "grass character"

(running hand);please read for me, teacher.

170 JJAKDAK1X PHRASE BOOK.

m ± m m * >p w %> ft * as nThere are quite a lot of characters in it that I don't know,

ib m %ftft,££Jfc;I&ffIs the hemp that is planted at the eud of the field the

superior or the inferior kind?

You have not made the drill to the end.

The rope you gave me is short; it does not reach to the end.

*f ? & * * m '&

The pole is short and does not reach the bottom.

Up till what date are the wages you gave me yesterday

reckoned ?

* m M J& £: g i 2L

1

Reckoning to the end of the month, you will still have

overdrawn your wages $5.

A * R B£ **. PI 3 J£ «# ft ft JhUp till what time does the women's hospital examine

patients '.'

a + -»i8i iri»

tin 12 wwk.

£ PI P 5i #f W W, 3 £ & 41 * ft

The notice board hung up at the gate says that they will

not wait after noon.

fa ffi $ * & a m m a ft ±How far does your ground extend '.'

31 #5 - J* ffi 55 £ ft ih It extends to that tree.

£ Ail* ^IIJiSM?As the patients enter, they each receive a ticket.

CHAPTER TWENTY. 171

ffl "? ±> ffl M f£ M 5E Tlie tiokets are all numbered.

ft»«« ?, $ menThey are examined in the order in which their numbers

are called.

fa ig Ji Efc #J T How did he fall :-

^ — It # BI # W He tripped on u stone.

He did not fall through slipping, but because some one

pushed him down.

I stumbled, and was within an ace of falling.

Pour me out another cup of tea.

In a few more days we will have to buy another bag of

flour.

IBfflSIJi*ffA«TW«SAThat money is what she herself had saved out of her own

private allowance (or " pin money ").

& H 6$ life 3= Eg 4$ ^ There are maps of all countries.

m ^ $, w & mThe Eastern Hemisphere aud the Western Hemisphere.

What are those white bottle-like things on the telegraph

poles for/

They are to prevent the telegraph wire from touching the

•—** wood.


^ * m ft m ft M> * M. WL 9k tf * TIf the telegraph wire came in contact with the wood the

electric current could not pass.

* £ m & m m m ? t m a m.The electric current would tun down the pole and enter

the ground.

At the present time the ocean-going ships of all nations

constantly use wireless telegraphy for sending messages.

Twenty years ago it did not exist ; it is a recent discovery.

m m m ? m r> s s ft it*This orange was frozen, but now it lias come round again.

m m it, & a « * ^ h sbYou have, not dated this letter.

mma ±Mttg±n m u ?, m & m m n w * *»Although the date on the letter is that of last month, the

event took place this month.

He did it in order to antedate the event,

fife. *i 1i tf H -P Ify ^ 5l •? I* '* a post dated cheque.

Tt will have to be made to order; there are no ready-

made ones.

PJ J@i {& M W. ^'mt ffaf> tne npsliot of it?

n * *p $ & a «

*

T don't know the ins and outs of the affair.

us m m u, & m a t&» *& * e #My arm feels stiff, and if I try to lift it high I can't do it.

CHAPTER. TWENTY. 1 TA

7fc ffi — £ M Wt S 7When wood becomes damp, it expands.

PI R ifl T M * ft,

The door has swollen with the damp, and it won't shut

tightly.

mmN%mm*m m w. a a w >i> tThis door was made of unseasoned wood, and now it has

shrunk.

* il & + # 8 & f£*T«*!f«athe wood is not thorou

to be chinks afterwards.

If the wood is not thoroughly seasoned, there are certain

Did he go openly or privately '.'

Yesterday the snow melted as fast as it fell.

=BKtt?, Affcisa mftjsito mm%If a person wrote shorthand, he could, write as fast as a

man spoke.

If a man has a wrong to complain of, there is no place

where he can tjo to make it known.

What was your lay surname? what is the name of your

family (applied to Buddhist and Taoist priests and to

nuns) ?

ft 1» jg £, » « ft >PFew Buddhist and Taoist priests become laymen again

(return to the world).

lie has gone to ask for a night's lodging (from some

friend).

174 MANBAIUN PHRASE BOOK.

to £ ¥ % % % % *, it & & % mYou liave been calculating backwards and forwards, over

and over again, for half a day, and still you are wrong.

£ >h m k fr> m t» m m, is^ssh wThose people who are kneeling, and prostrating themselves,

and burning paper at the front of the little temple, are

presenting the offerings for the third day after death.

Is not Roman ( Vitholicism the same sect as Protestantism ?

* &, p]" g * |i>l >MIXo, but still they are identical in the chief points, and

differ only in minor ones.

Just look at their socks, they are all the same size .

(applied to foreign socks, because tliev stretch).

JEfflUt ?,*»;**»Do these boots grip the feet tightly ?

The expense is borne equally by all.

a m a m, mm a 6 * mWash down this pill with a little plain water.

Swallow it whole ; don't bite it.

MMXM^frWi^M This PU1 is an aperient.

This powder is to reduce the fever.

This liquid medicine is for improving the appetite.

This is a restoring and strengthening medicine.

CHAFTRK TWENTY. 175

fft ff9 — f® ~ fi & f® ?i 33S (.'owe iu one hy one.

fl; « » * a » » 16 * * ftIf you lay them (poles) singly, probably they won't bear

the weight.

a n m ± m, % * ft m> - « a s a * tThis paper is too thin and won't bear the ink; when

written on, .it peuetrates to the other side.

£ IBI * W BE, « 3- ft * ftThis article is heavy ; I can't hold it up with my hand.

The ice has not frozen very thick, it won't bear a person's

weight.

flfcSttleJgT'^SiJA^fifcfiiirHe has gone on furlough, and there is another person

acting for him.

The teacher is on sick leave, and he has requested an-

other person to take charge of the school for him.

If we arrive a day earlier we run a day's less risk (as

when conveying valuables).

f^/P/SS^S^tfS^ 1 uou,t care to ruu tn's "sk-

This year, when you rest during the hot season, where are

you going to avoid the heat (or, where are you going

for your holidays this summer)?

Is this aheng .character to be raised above the line of the

text (as a mark of distinction) "!

%mmmHow many (character) spaces should it be raised ?


The Emperor's name is raised two spaces.

The names of previous Emperors are raised three spaces.

I will read out the sums, and you will take the abacus

and count.

Put something against it, lest it should roll down.

ffc % % ^ III flfeDon't heed him.

flfc # 3£ /f U He treats me badly.

**** + w*r»&£saft*r»aWas he dressed in Chinese or Western style ".'

Hi & 4t #1 | £, ft" S T He shot "imself with a gun.

£t ffl tt fib H % ?ftHow far cau tllis Kuu CfiriT '•'

Are you playing tenuis only for fun, or are you

competing with one another to see who wins and who

loses.

2 m m * # tt mThis clock does not strike the hours.

SO® MX ft & 4/P #T #u ?This clock has neither wire coil nor bell for striking.

* » W & K 7,«a»*«&»TThe striking spring is broken, and it can't strike.

fc*r?s-T *,«#*-«He struck me a blow, and I gave him a beating.

fitl#rf&~f@^G-? He Kave niui a slaP ou tlie jaw.

OHAPTEK TWENTY-ONE. 177

& & & -mm * #He gave him a cuff on the back of the neck.

fifc Ifr fife — IB 5 glj tF He gave him a box on the ear.

#. ffi f& 5E ? ^f #T T He gave his son a good thrashing.

» * S » * © if iff 5i fa ft £ $Carefully pile up the bricks that the brick kiln is

delivering.

JEalii^JIjiSMfl^ Pile up these books in two piles.

Shovel that gravel to one side.

Put those smooth (river) stones up in a heap.

The expression foa is applied to things with edges andflat surfaces.

&£*£M5Efa)fCW$ifi«The expression tui is applied to things that have no edges

or flat surfaces.

— + — ^ Chapter XXI.

Saddle the horse. Put on the saddle, but wait a little

before putting on the bridle.

St^lfcftjUIt-^M The girth is to° slack>%hten it.

a is & £ ±, » a fc & « is ? ±Put the halter on also, and tie the halter rope to the saddle.

He failed in two subjects at his examination this year.

178 MANDARIN* PHEASE BOOK.

There are a lot of wrong characters in his examination

paper. (Same sound as the correct ones, but different

in meaning.)

I merely passed there en route • I did not stop.

His thigh is sore, and he can't walk a step.

He takes very long steps in walking.

All the shop (or office) hands go home (or take their

holidays) in rotation.

££Hii&«fcft,&1ir«a!fcttWas it said face to face, or behind your back ?

I can read most of the characters in the Xew Testament.

«-l4A,Sf-|lilAThere was a stranger, and also an acquaintance.

The cork of the botttle is very tight • I can't pull it out.

MMHl%$&'M%l :&1ft That k merely a nominal affair.

ft-i^'I^Sfit A Heisa man of great reputation.

I heard that his reputation was bad.

The two characters li hwei are often mispronouncedas lii hu.

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. 179

He does not want any money for it; he gives it gratis

(a general rule).

flfc & M m, m & m wHe would not take any money for it. He made a. present

of it (a special object).

ft % ft £r *,M tt t '1 ?He was wearing his official robes and hat.

t E M £ & *. 1M. m ± #x TAt night the magistrate, in unofficial dress and hat, wentdown town.

3£ 35. M fi, m A n Wh X A n w mFrom the 5th moon festival to the 8th moon, festival all

artisans have a siesta.

fife i£ Hi P£ ft! Wi He made nim stay to take pot luck.

fa m ® * e. m, & m r* m «, £ a x $ mAre the gloves you are wearing knitted by machinery or

by hand ?

® u m m §z ® f n, % m% & & m mHow do- the silversmiths calculate the prices of the gold

and silver head ornaments that they sell ?

M $ x m £ >> II M # » M £ >PThere is so much for wages and so much for material.

si & m a, & £ mIs this wrought iron, or cast iron ?

^ * fig is ff ± m, M s mi h lit, # m fei n nAccording to the Almanac, this year there will be two

eclipses of the sun and two of the moon.

& #ft±ttaijEi#Ta#Has your son returned from the northern city ?


The eldest son (of an official or person of good social

position) is at home, but the second son has entered on

an official career.

m * ft

#

%> &xmmtvI will neither sign my name nor make my mark.

M It, IS & * if # * * TA microscope has the power of making small objects

appear large.

f a m, n & it a *r f& tA telescope has the power of bringing distant places near.

He does not suit the climate ; he is always ailing.

Is it a paper covered hymn book, or a cloth bound one,

that you want ?

# a js * #, st # m jt * i$

There are some as big as this (indicating size by hand or

object), and some also as big as that.

ffc f± jl $e 2fc — 15 SE Come a little this way-

The cherry tree is not bearing many this year.

^^eft^^^ffi.**^It bore a great many last year, but it is resting its

branches this year.

m t- bj 6 jg a * # x * ©He thoroughly understands the cultivation of fruit trees.

Next year I am thinking of retiring from business (or

profession).

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. 181

to*#l£ft«-lT**«8WKlt£ffi*Should there be an applicant, I am thinking of selling my

business (as a going concern).

I will sell both shop fixtures and goods in stock.

The farmers are now praying for rain, and the magistrate

has stopped the slaughtering of animals.

We must think of some plan of getting rid of this evil.

ffc - ffl a ft ft *r "& a, &f§Lm&M&&%i&Have you not had enough of sleep, or what is the matter

that you are continually yawning ?

ufeHSfcafiw-i&P&Aa&ftKftLast night the donkey brayed incessantly, and made such

a noise that it was impossible for anyone to sleep.

ftJfc-BftSttftBStffTTake a little medicine to induce perspiration, and you will

be all right.

fSteTMAftSEBJT-lhfi1

I took two tabloids and ,perspired all over.

Drive in a wooden peg to mark the place, so that it can

be easily recognised afterwards.

?s & ft ie f£ ft, #a&»7Some one has moved the mark I made.

Jfl ^. $f Fli f@ fE f£ ft Make a mark with your finger.

M ft IS * « * * *One part of his story does not tally with the other.

182 MANDAEIN PHRASE BOOK.

•fife ff9 M 'fcl M The two °^ tnem are intimate acquaintances.

1& & a ^ m m, & m u aHe sends presents to people merely to curry favour.

Don't shake the bread crumbs onto the floor.

fc Pi u & a # m m * f x bcBrush the bread crumbs into the crumb tray.

a m * 'it * «-a w a & * &This affair does not concern me.

I have no taste in my mouth, and have no relish for food

(as in sickness).

Bfl«Wft£ffl*#»e,##fcff!1gffi~fiTftWhen the evangelists from the districts all round come

in for the lectures, we will have to provide lodgings for

them.

Officials are divided into civil and military,

fill ^ j$i on 1H S8 0* wnat gra<ie ^ ms button ?

ff ft * W * H pHp> * R f « £ -fc &

Viceroys wear the 1st button and district magistrates

the 7th.

BC pb lH Wi jk d*: St The 1st button is a clear red coral.

~ pp 1H H & ?% & The 2nd button is a dark red coral.

— n -rg *B jb. -g; -gz_-. PP JJt -M /t IHI JnE

The 3rd button is a clear blue (sapphire).

is & m m & m mThe 4th button is a dark blue (lapis lazuli).

CHAPTER TWKXTY-OJSK. 183

5EL 8, TM M & ^1 ft

The 5th button is a clear white (crystal).

5a pp IS II >H ?i & Tlie 6th is au opaque white.

-E p°pM f R*r & IS a» W £ $ ffi fa

The 7th is called a gold button, but it is made of brass.

Is it contrary to orders to go on the street without a

lantern after the second watch of the night?

Is he a tall man or a short one?

h # a, * la a w >>, >h la a fa 2Few Japanese are tall, most of them are short.

Does he practice medicine or surgery ?

flii # IB # ¥, * * £He merely writes prescriptions; he does not sell medicine.

ft k fa% £ & e, e fa, ^ m a j* a fa

Is the medicine you sell made up by yourself, or did you

buy it already made up ?

Hi is fa m # £» # e k a fa x *, & a aThe policemen who stand on beat are relieved every four

hours.

?rt » a *t fa n m t n ?The embankment along the bank of the river has burst.

1& i§ W fk ifc & M Bld he Promise to sive i1; t0 y°u ?

Write out a notice and paste it on the door.

There has been no fuel for sale in the fuel market these

two days.

J 84 MANDARIN PHRASE BOOK.

ft ft ft 58 X ¥ «& M 335 3t Pi ffi $ THe first put it in his moutb, intending to eat it, but after-

wards he spat it out.

^^•S-MJEUfclSt^Ji Spitting in the room is not allowed.

ft as »&,&*£ tt

He has a feeling of nausea and is inclined to vomit.

fa f& 8 if *,£&*!»#How did the millet stalk stack take fire ?

s a ± m 5i at tSome one may have set fire to it ; or it may have caught

fire from a spark from the chimney falling on it.

*if+Hfi&a«,^saa*ttsaAAccording to Chinese ideas, the larger the envelope the

greater the respect (shown to the receiver).

Up till the present there is still no clue to the horse I lost

(or which was stolen) last month.

I reported the matter to all the police offices the day I

lost it.

That leg of mutton is frozen;you had better put it in a

warm place to thaw.

& a m s ^ w jh - m # x si, # t m mPut this dose of Epsom Salte in a bowl of water, and

when dissolved, drink it.

»fflA*ag&a«4^w&That man is awfully stupid, he understands nothing.

AR£fi&*W,#»JHSflift,f8fe5fcttftSome human food is difficult to digest, and some easy.

CHAPTER TWEOTY-OKE. 185

J: M It jfii fflt IS 3f S Draw a plan and let me see it.

fa m 15 s » T- m # m & egJust look at those children sliding.

ft + # £ m ? la & t m m ? m nThere are some left-footed, and some right-footed,

amongst them.

£**»#,« ft ts %, & £ sp « if HThe left-footed slide with the left foot foremost.

e * * w w. tt » t» a, s * W £ » nThe right-footed slide with the right foot foremost.

m % », m & t ^ is m m ? , z> m itThe road is slippery and, with metal protectors on the

soles of the shoes, it is difficult to walk.

fij; glj 5j£ -j^ .§£ jjgt~f Don't you learn evil from him.

I have a tooth that is loose ; I must get someone to

extract it for me.

At what age is a person reckoned an adult ?

£#gfiJ+£;tirMAIn China a person is reckoned an adult at fifteen.

tf K * ft 3* Sfctt f ft ft £ S * *Don't argue with him

;just let him go and do as he likes.

® m n & m, % m a m * mw it % t nt ft % m& * m m mIf I make a mistake in speaking or reading, tell me

plainly, and don't conceal it from me.

mm & ? & mm, ~ m % x mmThis leather is nice and soft, and not in the least stiff.


n + H ^ Chapter XXII.

£ m % ft >J> & *g & ft ft fMr. Li's little daughter has grown very pretty.

m - 1* © £ ft * a ?»That tree has grown crooked.

ft « so & m ti^f ta

If you know about it, just speak out frankly, and don't

be afraid.

ft p. *& & mJust go and do it (regardless of consequences).

$J - f$ #M £ ~M II S ? ^«M £ TAs soon as I turned myself round, I saw a stoat running

out through the drain.

He regards what I say as mere idle talk.

£ M M #, Z> £ % Pi, m M BE ±Don't drink too much of this liquid medicine ; it is very

powerful.

ft ft *h *£ flMofc, * £ tfe Jffi T BBS « ft m AYou must take great care, and not go near a man who is

ill with the plague.

ft % it a ft & m, a tefa&%±mnmKeep far away from him, lest you too become infected by

that disease.

ffi m - a m ft # ±, ft m *e * <*

Once the virus of the disease seizes upon you, death is

certain.

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO. 187

SE ffi t$ §E fit M> H f@ 38 BI ftThere is a great difference in the strength of these two

drugs.

He has no strength to draw a rickshaw.

ft *£&*&&«»He is not the kind of man for drawing a rickshaw.

& 3K # M, % J* % £ M ADrawing a rickshaw is very exhausting and tiring.

The powder used by the fire-cracker factories has very

little strength.

Tobacco leaves that are kept for a long time lose their

smell, and become weak.

He overworked himself and inflicted a permanent injury.

hl & m m m, m t -n it m in i$ mHe studied too hard, and his chest became sore.

« in m ? * ft x ifi m * t * jl a a % m rCork the medicine bottle tightly, lest its strength

evaporate, and it becomes weak.

When a bottle of wine (or other spirit) is open for a long

time it becomes mere water.

That lotion that you have applied has no strength; it will

have no effect.

«*»ffiafcfi9a&ffl$a>£fla£fcThat bird that is flying in mid-air is a crow.


«^naaai3f%ffl mmThere is a balloon floating in mid-air.

&*#&-?,&%- mm ¥&,&&& maThere is a basket fastened to the bottom of the balloon,

and there is a man (or mei£ sitting in it.

* m % m m - fl j* n m, * # n & * » gIs there not the following saying—" you don't know how

difficult anything is until you have tried it " ?

That affair did not pass through my hands.

I have never had experience of such an affair as that.

This matter is not under my jurisdiction.

it^^-iff ft *, m m # » ft *This is not an ordinary matter, but a very extraordinary

one.

* m na *, $ $ iiriw^iWAiifBy and by, when the spring comes, there is sure to be a

large number of young people flying kites.

Why do people let off fire-crackers at the New Year ?

# « M m ft, M A H % H W. 4 # « * A ftSome do it for amusement, some for the noise they make,

and some also to frighten the ghosts.

Cooks are often unable to pronounce the two names beef.

and suet distinctly.

£ R ft AfJil,gff:&£*fi9AfTJa,£»£Chinese salute one another by folding the hands and

bowing ; the Manchus do it by bending one knee.

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO. 180

iff b Afim&&3-Foreigners salute one another by shaking hands.

The duty of Buddhist and Taoist priests) is to chant

prayers every day.

% m * k sk « a a *If you will bend your back, you will be able to pass

underneath.

If you will slightly bend your back, you can go through.

Jt»J HI ^J % 3^ What is the outside' circumference ?

~}j IB % 'J?How much is it all round (inside) ?

«&w±AstmiR}ga^iBHis master says that he is a first-rate worker.

B M £ M T, fc '4 * % * «The Government has decided that each province must

increase its Imperial taxes.

ftBftftift*£>%&K&Jft*!§If the Imperial taxes are made too heavy, then those

imposed locally will have to be reduced two or three

per cent.

The Viceroy has gone to Peking for an audience with the

Emperor.

&B%HB£je±BFrance and America are republics.

seTaiWB^ii^.^ftftrftssiBNearly all the rest of the nations of the world are

monarchies.


My card is only for visiting purposes, and no other.

At first it was itchy, and then he tore it by scratching it.

##T- JfcfflUBHtf? £« AThe square table will seat more people than that round

one.

When the upper door of a foreign stove is open, it reduces

the draught.

ffflt^ Taa wnuBasffiasaWhen the lower door of a foreign stove is open, it increases

the draught.

B T>£ X #&«*>£* JRJ5.*#B mSir, in winter are not your feet very cold sitting in a cart,

or riding, with leather boots on ?

$ 18 ft ft 1*

I am grateful to him for his kindness (small favour).

® X ft to ft

I am under very great obligations to him (for some valu-

able gift or great favour, and I must repay him).

There are some spectacles for the nearsighted, and somefor those whose sight is impaired.

I am nearsighted and it would not suit to wear these

spectacles.

$ ff9 ffi £ m IK toWe two were fellow-students, or schoolmates.

• CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO. 191

ft H ft £ BHf ft> & + * ft ftIs it the very best kind that you want or the middling

kind?

ft ft £ & S: + H ft £ It, £ *h m ft j£ £Js your Bible in the foreign style of binding, and arrange-

ment of leaves, or in the Chinese style ?

3S IB f ft & m $ ft % ft, M * m ^ ft S ftDid you write these characters with the aid of the copy or

without it ?

tfMJMI ft ft «£«*!££There is no sale for them if they are not of the fashionable

style.

ft

$

m m - fli + * ft AfstaRecommend me a middle-aged man to act as watchman.

HX4S$S ^e reaHy has been wronged.

» fc a * ft * tt» ? JB Bfe &E ft * 3That is a past affair ; there is no need to mention it again

;

let bygones be bygones.

«ft#S#i±»i7±tf#My clothes have been soiled with oil, and it won't come

out.

ft 1P9 H IB A n ftDivide it equally amongst the three of you.

ft ff! * & ft ft n ftDivide it equally amongst the whole lot of you.

Give them this money to be divided amongst them.

m.M - % % a ft ffi n « ft #Here is $1 as a gratuity, divide it amongst you as you

please.

1D2 MANDARIN PHRASE BOOK.

ft i£ W » if # » ft - K 52,

Share with him the cake you are eating.

ft « a t, * m $ £ £ mHe has contracted a cold, and dare not venture out in the

wind. «

ftK*«|6Ttf£HS**B;fc:tH«£Ji»&His hair has become white, not through age, but because

of worry.

If the children do not go to school, the magistrate fines

the parents so much money.

ft fe T % ft. 64 85 How much loss did he suffer?

ft P£ 0$ 85 S ffi ft & aYou have just yourself to blame for the loss you suffered.

ft ,® ft « i! 85 P£ PJS

What injury did he do him (privately).

ft * $ g tfi, ft * «& fti ft as je ^You need not be afraid, he can't do anything to you.

ft ift » a * - is a ff «, * s $ m t *Exercise a little care in your work and don't go through

it in such a careless manner.

ffl fl A ± li. J$. That man is very vulgar.

i$f@:<M#i£W@«fc;ft3HG5EPTIn Western countries that affair would not be regarded as

a capital crime.

ft ft£ >h $ MM if ^ From boyhood he was fond of study,

ft H % ±, ± W. T & ^ Did ^ freeze last mght ?

_t fKl ?U /ft £f£ ifc It did not freeze much.

OHAPTEB TWENTY-TWO. 193

ft £- ok m r ft, & + m R ftDid he die of poison taken purposely or accidentally?

3 ft ft & %, £ UK $ ft>± ffi ft,® * ft, S ftfl ft; JK

#ftAmongst the various ways of committing suicide there are

the taking of poison, hanging oneself, jumping into the

river, cutting one's own throat, and jumping into the

well.

* flL m ft ffi W%>&±v±JMThe symptoms of cholera are vomiting and purging.

That heap of horse manure requires to be turned over.

ft If A * *ti A *Is he conscious or unconscious? Does he understand

what is said to him ?

515 7§; il $5 ft That is natural (or, a matter of course).

I|TI,T>II^He has resigned his situation ; he refuses to serve.

ft ± A Mt ft Jh T X, T> JB ftHis employer dismissed him and won't employ him.

ft "F ~J" life ^ He has lost his situation.

m m ft, a m m % ^uJHiSKfli**Well then, at the end of the month you may look for

another situation.

3% M $ allE •£ |£ T 1 wil1Just sa7 goodbye here.

JE^lf@^fifft)r^^^Am*Take this P. P. C. card to Mr. So and So.

If any one comes with presents, I won't receive them ; let

them be taken back.


m * «: m #> m % m m it w # ?-> s ± w a s raIf the presents are not received, then take a " declined

with thanks" card and write on it the four words,

Chiang Li Pi Hui.

m % j si m, m #• % ~ m m m n * ?If the presents are accepted, then write on a card " Re-

ceived with thanks ".

s ~ ft ft & ra w, * ik wIs this sentence in the form of a question or statement ?

ft - ra a as a, at & n ra f± t"When he examined me on that point, he "stumped" me.

This overcoat is woven with wool.

You can wear it for two or three years and it will still

be good.

ft Hi M W tx ^* Has he ever been abroad ?

The goods that the foreign shops have for sale are all

new kinds.

iiIA^|-i Ail fl * JS * :M $There are a lot of people in his family, and he, the only

wage earner, can't support them all.

ft E £ £ ft ;& £ A <fc » #SJust now he is at his father-in-law's recovering from

sickness.

ft a f it m a ft *s m m mHis daughter-in-law is at her mother's undergoing medi-

cal treatment for injuries.

tf ®£ fe #,&«»« Si_

Don't sit up, lean back (against something, as in sickness).

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE. 195

I can't sit up, I must lie down (too weak).

ffc |EJ * # ft ffi *FWhen you go back, give my regards (to family, or church).

ft! 1& ft T 2fcTake it down (off a hook, etc.).

SI HI * IK W $1 & * P£ » 57These two things are best when eaten together.

.SEffl «*&»*.»«This mirror does not give a clear reflection of the face.

Hidden in this language, there is a hint of reproof to him.

— + ^ # Chapter XXIII,

Ift !K F * KS t SA paper window does not keep out the sound.

& & js i$ * - a, ii ± ~ mOpen one-half of the window, and shut the other.

$lm m ffi & m ¥ % x m $

m

That disease of his is paralysis on one side of his body,

"fifc S M $H 5E #j What disease did he die of ?

He has no definite form of disease.

"ftfl T /f» 2fc K T He is unable to come off the k'ang.

He lies all day long on the k'ang.

ft Jlft 35 ^ # fi J£ What do you do all day ?


This is a thing that can be proved.

m * & a m m m n * »This is not a thing for which there is no evidence.

The animals are tired drawing, and I can't drive them

any faster.

m n m J5 si * m, m * m x » ft

That tenant is exceedingly poor, and the landlord cannot

drive him out.

Leave all those empty tins; they can be used afterwards

for holding jam.

His cart stands on the cart stand every day, plying for hire.

351H3ftt££#ilTThat affair has now been dropped.

ftff!M*a^fSJ**aTheir two families are not on visiting terms.

jg*3&jg:fc:fc#*ffiTThe old man and the old lady are both dead.

nfc h ft w m n fA & m *The thunder and lightning were awful yesterday.

Tell the cart that is behind (ours) to keep back a bit, and

not splash us.

That cart that has just gone past splashed me all over with

mud.

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE. 197

a f£ t ft » ~ ft $,£ & $ $ *r » *r usDo your very best to find out for me about that affair of

which I made request of you.

ft E'tf W f£ £ J8 £ A ft *P 'If

On no account do anything that would injure your

reputation.

"ftfe $£ ^ lit He has disgraced himself.

"fill /ft 1? flitHe is shameless.

He kept him for the night and the next day he died.

£fB!fi&a*fr#ST,g&Ie|BC:p!#:Keep this paper parcel for me and I will get it on myway back.

flfcS£fi$&*£ifcflaAi#ftThe money he has now was not made by himself.

It was all left to him by his father.

* €vjt m # £ * m, n % % m m m &&

Keep all the used tea leaves that are in the teapot for

sweeping the carpet.

& m h fl&ff!flf&*r3fe#TSuddenly the two of them began to fight.

And Avhen they were fighting, no one dared separate them.

He has gone to offer his congratulations to the Li family

because of their house warming.

He has gone to congratulate such and such a church on

the completion of their new building.


8f*«3t8L#AiU5ffl*1&Gradually every one ceased to mention that affair.

#. m a & «* n hi. ft

From what time did he begin to improve?

Copper cash has become scarce recently.

Some Japanese wares are durable and some are not.

He has a big appetite, and I can't compete with him in

eating.

jB !|t $1 -^ f£ Go and do it with all haste.

M £ ~ # £ Reduce it; by half-

:&~ffl*AWI8PpaThere was the footprint of an adult.

I have just been out to look and there is no trace (of

some one coming).

IIIAIA,;^! £ T ft

When he grows up and becomes a man, he will not forget

you.

He is unwilling to undertake this affair.

W-t&fo&ffiffiMft? who gave him that name?

AS. i*tiff£3&JI$€&£When did this affair originate ?

b ft s m * it e eWhat did this affair begin about?

CHAPTER TWEXTY-THREE, 199

«e s * * # fe m %Where shall I start from (writing, working, etc.) ?

pJ"£J#3it!l!.feBI!nL You mav begm from nere-

% M V- 'If £?> JH is ^ How did that afFair arise?

*e a: f@ v it $r & a *M# » ia w gt - aState in detail the whole foundation of this affair.

$1 'T' ftl jE Si; i?JH I don't know the circumstances.

It is not that he does not know, he pretends not to know.

ft g * * *ti m, ^ig^^njiDoes he really not know, or is he only pretending that he

does not know?

fl&w #*.».»* ft aHis clothes are thin and don't keep out the wind.

He himself can't afford to engage a teacher.

ft i& m * # * £t m m « it £He is not very particular about his food and dress.

s & - ma a, * m m js sI want it a little shorter ; not so long as that,

ft lift W- iB ft BE What is he shoutmg for ?

ffc & ft ft - * & -

Shout to him (person called is a stranger).

The hen has laid an egg; she is cackling.

>h & m a t £ it ft

Take care in going down the steps.

200 MAKDAKIN PHJRASE BOOK.

What festival are the Japanese observing to-day ?

•¥ ft % ~$»?,££##r«TFormerly there was a band of robbers, but now they have

all been scattered. •

srcf^^t m i a &Every year, East of the Sungari, people are carried off and

held for ransom.

£ SB ft ?E T £ & « » «lel # ftHow much had those who were seized to pay before they

were released ?

* s * P5 n a, fa m m « « nDon't crowd around the door, disperse

!

If you join together (end to end) a long table and a short

one it will be long enough.

Join together (side by side) these two tables.

flj 33f * - * ?& * tf #If he tried a lifetime, he would not be able to do it.

+ B A t £ £ t - * ¥, & M *f M ftDo Chinese soldiers serve for life, or for a term of years ?

^"^ft^flj&^^fu^ Soldiers must all wear uniforms.

There is a band in every garrison in Western countries.

In every church in Western countries, there is a male and

female choir.

-flfc 7f ft $S$ lp He can't play the organ.

CHAPTER TWENTY-THKEE. 201

a m ft m -t a *,ffi£iBftAft*wThe sound of the organ is very loud, and can drown the

voices of the people.

flfc ± m m m m tt * 7He has gone to the street to get his head and face shaved.

* # jb a £ * s(, 9* * ® us rc 7The eldest daughter has now put up her hair, and is to

be married next year.

Of what kind of wood is the comb for combing the hair

made ?

WHWSfA.tffcflf 7 ft, 4l?f«f^MSome foreign women wear earrings and some don't.

w m ft £ a g it 7, t> « a * a * *Whether foreign men grow beards or not, does not

depend on their age.

ft-f!W€*ftft* »» a & ft # aShe wore a pure gold ring and gold-plated bracelets.

* g ft ft, * m 51 & & ft

The watch is silver, but the watch-chain is gold.

m & ft fit 7 * s « @ % «§

Is not the dog's chain in the dog's kennel ?

A thermometer can indicate the degrees of cold and heat.

A M ^ ft JW # ffl 5c ft ft It Bf

A barometer can indicate whether the weather is going to

be cloudy or fine.

Root out this shrub; it is occupying the ground for

nothing.


Get an empty kerosene oil tin and fill it with k'ang ashes.

The capital of England is called London.

ill 3!C 6$ w M b% $nt ^The provincial capital of Shantung is called Chinanfu.

£ m t m m ffi $ nHe was assisted to his present position by yourself, sir.

m j m - % a b rc % mHave you not been travelling this winter, sir ?

pT £J ffc ^ W £J ffcIs i1: allowable ?

& ft ± * it ^ ± * Can you make it?

£-g*aifSji*Rr.Ki5&tt;frThere is nothing about this affair that is disallowable.

Buyers hope that prices will fall.

Sellers hope that prices will rise.

M M 81 M Buy ks required.

Has the food to be specially made to order, or is it already

cooked ?

mmm if, g at my & ± m ft,& %m± &t m ftDoes this designation refer to inferiors addressing superiors,

or to superiors addressing inferiors ?

m-ftw&ntmmmftTo whom does this statement refer ?

jig{®^jj^A^»}^A Is this disease infectious ?

CHAPTER TWENTY-THKEE. 203

m b>u ®? m - is * m m it w, & # g m mThere is one amongst those children whose eyes are

blindfolded, what is he doing ?

^ ^ Bf 5C SI 5S He is playing blindman's buff.

IE 81 ?K fee ft % ^ ft ft, » tfi S T MTake the lid off the rain vat, as it may rain.

For whom are you in mourning? (Full mourning has

1.)

& to m # mFor whom are you in mourning? (Period of full

mourning.)

The drought is very severe and the leaves of the crops

are shrivelled and drooping.

This must be a lucky day, because there are a good manyfamilies having marriages.

This year the merchants let off fewer fire crackers than

usual.

m m # m & jb jmi ? «i *_ isIt is impossible to break this anthracite coal with a

small hammer.

ffi i§ >J> & 5L « » •? a » * *Break it into small pieces about the size of a hen' s egg.

Those who are over twenty years of age and under fifty.

ft W A ft Jg & «What kind of a disposition has he ?

204 MAXDABIS PHRASE BOOK.

Db 69 ft S & & SI"What is his conduct like ?

* ¥ 8fc 15 TThe train time has been altered.

>K ¥ 'II T 15 The train is late-

When does the south-bound train start ?

"When does the train from the north arrive?

~ Ifi ffl ft I *, iK ¥ f& £ £ >> MHow many Zt can a train go in an hour ?

* ¥ 1 & ffi * T SjtfHave you got your ticket yet?

£ * re, * * ft U t st * * s re

How is this ? The train will soon be here, and yet they

have not begun to sell tickets yet ?

Those who are getting on to the train must stand on the

platform till all who are getting off the train are off.

A#T#T»a±*reWhen they are all off, then you are allowed to get on.

On the Chinese Railway those getting on and those getting

off are all mixed together in a confused mass.

«agjg*Wtt«l,1f-5ffiSEAffi«#np

On my way here, there was a crowd of farmers squatting

in front of the Viceroy's Gate.

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR. 20<l

jg ZL + M ^ Chapter XXIV.

3&fflAJl£t&£&ft£j£ * » IS » # TThat mau certainly has great ability ; no matter what he

takes in hand he does it well.

Wait a little, and let him go across first.

Stand to one side, lest you be splashed with mud.

#«aW*.JC3£«^ft. «* « 2 "r a 11 TYou can't keep any kind of meat in summer ; after a

certain time it becomes tainted.

Transfer that sentence and insert it here,

fifi. ffl ffl Jlj? S £f 51 He usecl a bribe to cun7 favour.

Because he took a bribe, his superior degraded him.

ft ft ft IB & & # #J *-TBuddhist priests shave off all their hair.

Taoist priests do not shave off their hair, but let it

grow long.

m afc « «fc a ». im iej »Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Mohammedanism.

H& iH IS 2|5 T He has come to market.

Is the market here held on the dates in which the numbers

3, 6 and 9 occur, or on the dates in which 2, 5 and

8 occur''


& - m -t ftIt is held on the dates in which 1, 4 and 7 occur.

There are many kinds of steel pens.

You can't rub out what is written with a steel pen.

You can erase what is written with a lead pencil.

If you rub it with indiarubber it disappears.

I was under the impression that he was dead long ago.

& m m ft flf m, n m ammpiSir, any time you are in the city, I invite you to pay us

a call.

Stick in a millet stalk at each of the four corners.

^ftgftufMftftThe Liao river is full of winds and bends.

He lives just at the bend (or corner) 1

.

The road is not straight ; there are a number of bends in it.

tt * * ® m ft m, & « f& m $ 9$ ft m m m& tThe reason for the stove not drawing well is because the

piping at the elbow has been pushed so far in that the

aperture is closed.

Pi- & n & m # ft «

»

Make them stand in a row side by side.

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR. 207

ftff5&*i!5itt* Stand along one side.

Arrange all the books side by side on the bookshelves.

Walk the one behind the other, in Indian file.

It won't come my turn to-day (there are others still

before), so I'll come again some other day.

fttlTil*l7You have passed the place (you meant to go to).

at lBfi,T**ffiTWe have passed Mr. Li's inn (where we meant to go to)

some time ago.

* % % ft ffj jp a * tYou have come past Mr. Li's inn long ago (it is not

ahead of you, as you think).

® ff9 % M ft 15 ffl Jit 01 B SE £§ * TWe have already come past the date previously agreed

upon.

*!?ftfii ;fffiaaw«ij&a»3ift±afflI want locks put on all the drawers on both sides of the

writing desk.

tfL %. H "f # -5: &VM Hang the bird's cage outside.

The bird is moulting at present, and does not sing.

& s & >k m * bb #. *sHe is still small and can't leave his mother.

# P£ * ft> IS M f£ 7 * ft

Some have the privilege of eating it and some have not.


Some ate it and some did not (because late, or all eaten up).

Who told him that he might take it away?

^ — -g' $1 fj •£ Up fij;Wait a little and I will tell you.

He went off before I had done speaking.

& $ sua A±,mm \m&tBeiore the one man had gone, the other man came.

IS ft * £, iff ft * *If the old (servant) does not leave, the new one will not

take the situation,

fll ^r H T Jx H Did he consent ?

He is not very good at serving customers.

sirs* «»*##£*«The vest is too tight and the big robe too loose.

The number of people seems as if short. Who is still

amissing ?

'P @ r& T There is no one amissing.

b - a * s, m*MBfThe whole room was full of smoke, and it was impossible

to open one's eyes.

WJffigWlll*fcnMtSTflifflAThe gable wall of the west side house fell, and crushed

two people to death.

*?Ea:gftR*i>*ifiTW*?Efc*aB3eTThe big flowers grew rank and strong, and suffocated the

small flowers that were below them.


S ft ISiTDon't let the quilt cover the mouth of the baby in the

cradle, lest it be suffocated.

W- * E ft fit - is m II a * ¥Tell the joiner to put up a swing.

*e » ? ffi « m % ±, m ft t « - «Put the child on the swing, and fasten him in, and give

him a swing.

ffc ffs ff*aa ft at jgi, mm mmWhen you (school girls and others) want a swing, take it

in turns.

The dog killed that pigeon that was hatching.

He threw a stone and killed a sparrow.

& ffi $ m ?, & m is t, ffi*««wiiE«^±*He has become so accustomed to use chopsticks that now

he can't use anything else.

He has become so used to hearing that, that he regards it

as mere fun.

Foreigners have become so used to seeing aeroplanes that

they don't think them strange.

+ H ft M ft ft 'If THe has become used to eating Chinese food.

ft & % # ^ g is x ± m m m s *He has become so accustomed to riding in rickshaws that

any time he goes to the street he is disinclined to walk.


*H»-««*S»fflHffiA«ftjSfClear a space for three people on that front seat (i.e.,

remove those who are already sitting there).

Leave that row of seats on the west for the schoolboys (or

students).

P5 * £ft»ftft%s§« ftn# #t, sue fin su £ mmThere is a scraper outside the door ; when you are coming

in, scrape your feet.

There is also a mat inside the door ; when you are coming

in, rub your feet on it.

The animals stuck in a place on the road where the

moisture was oozing up from below, and they could

not pull out their feet.

ft m % 36 T * 71 'M mThe lead pencil is blunt; sharpen it with a knife.

Blend these two together half and half.

^ it m m m # m & n %When will it be my turn to go home?

t n m m m & in ^ w m aNext month will be your turn to go home.

You big schoolboys (or girls) dust this school room time

about.

ffc ff5 $1 IS &> — AS H 3¥ — 8S Change duty once a week.

$ft% ft, ffi&£3% #,««£&!£What do the men, who shake the little bell and the little

drum, sell?


In my opinion it was so, but in his opinion it was not so.

«& * m m a m m m aHe followed him wherever he went.

flfe m m m a & it m s& aHe will carry out his promise to the full,

ffe & # M 2fc ft He came specially, on one end's errand.

* £ as >& # ft, ^ & ,& # ftHe did not do it intentionally, but unintentionally.

-^ *k $k M f£ ft He did not do it deliberately.

He transgressed purposely, with full knowledge (that it

was wrong).

10 ~ + 5. € l£ % SiJ ft H tF fifc v&mHe is a vegetarian on the 1st and loth, but he eats meat

on all other days.

ftfilfc:! »>£!££*Does he abstain from meat always, or only on the 1st and

15th?

When he became a Christian, he gave up his vegetarianism.

M £ & & A a £ * Don'* sit in a draught.

2E ¥ S £j m * M a ii m SL

Drive forward to the house yonder, and get into shelter

from the wind.

There are some men standing in the archway of the big

gate, taking shelter from the rain.

ft i m x m m wCome into the room, and take shelter from the rain.

212 MANDABIN PHRASE BOOK.

Put it in a basket and lower it into the well with a rope

(to keep it cool).

What do you feed the dog with now?

w m w ? m & % u n * m #Do you know the foreign figures ?

m m m ? & & a & tt ± m &, a ?, a & # %It is impossible to live in that room, because there are

fleas, lice, and bugs on the k'ang.

fft II Si ib M ffi SI 5iLYou g° first and lead tiie wa7-

ffi it £ ±m m * ^ * g • aThere is a whole lot of little toys and trifles placed on the

mantelpiece.

Is this flower propagated by root, or by seed ?

CHAPTEE TWENTY-FOUR. 213

The following are the Common Names for certain

Radicals.

4 liAA single man standing erect, in contrast to the leaning

form of the full character \.

The character fn is made up by adding two horizontal

strokes to a single man.

The bald cover of jg (i.e., minus the dot on the upper

stroke).

'J aL 71 BE The erect form of 2J-

& a ib % ^ n n ?The character jflj is made up by adding ^ to the erect

form of JJ.

jfj ~}l*% "$7 The character j] at the side.

The character -j] added to the character Jf;makes up

the character!|Jj.

r fiMThe sloping part of %P P ^ ^ The character P at the side.

H fll The frame of tne character 0.

The material of which % (an embankment) is formed.

% ± *H 4 ? ® tt

The character ± added to <& make up the character Jfe.

***"J? H 5i The crown of the character §f.

214 MAHDAEIN PHKASE BOOK.

Underneath the crown of ^ put tJ- and you have tJ1.

T' ^C {§ M The extended form of the sloping part of Jf

.

^f SH jfc A Two men standing erect.

>b l£ *frThe erect form of £>•

? £^.

The form of the symbol ^. as it appears at the side of $§.

The character ^ at the right hand or contrary side of

another character.

a m hThe oblique H (because the lowest stroke is slanting

instead of being horizontal).

H B The flat yweA. in contrast to the next radical.

M §£ M The erect i/weA in contrast to the above.

i ffl MA ?K Two drops of water.

^ H Mfi ?K Three drops of water.

^P 3t M The form of ^ that is in JJf

.

The oblique ]£ (because the lowest stroke is slanting).

?** $1 ^ 5j Disease at the side.

i i?taThe symbol that resembles a vessel for holding anything

(because it is always placed below another character and

seems to contain it).

*/* ft ? BI & The crown of ffr.

&r

a, s » aThe various strokes of $fc blended together in confusion.


m Ji tm Fiat pg

M M $3 The erect ^orm °* $3-

"ft M ? SI £ The crown of ^.

Ji. J£ i& Si The & that occurs in jj£.

L ± £ 51

It somewhat resembles ;£, and is called ^ ;£ because

the character in which it occurs usually embody the

idea of motion.

15 $5? 3 7J The pliable If (because crumpled up).

P m 5 71 The stiff 5.

^J£ A^f S ^ contrast to the small Jf

.

The horizontal [lj, lying on its side, instead of erect.

The character formed of ^ above and ^ is called Ji.

^ M ^ Si ^ The crown of jg

.

/Z sZ % M The crown of ft.

INDEX.

Abbreviated 14.

Ability 69, 205.

Able 27.

About to 97.

Abroad 194.

Absence 132.

Absorb 167.

Abstruse 134.Accent 35, 41.

Accept 193.

Accidently 193.

Accommodate 126.

Accomplish 96.

According 47, 149.Account 24, 43.Accustomed 209.Acknowledge 46, 70.

Acquaintance 178.

Acre 124.

Across 49, 59.Act 70.

Add 53, 82.

Addicted 123.

Addition 84, 121, 132.

Address 41, 89.

Adjoin 84.

Adult 185.

Adulterate 162.

Advance 37, 46.

Advantage 128.

Advice 48.

Aeroplane 209.Affair 10, 50.

Affect 134.

Afford 30, i2i.

Afraid 186, 192.

After 17.

Afternoon 5.

Afterwards 24, 29, 131.

Again 3, 10, 22.

Against 26.

Age 36, 37.

Ago 4, 9.

Agree 21.

Ahead 18, 79, 162.

Ailing ii2, 180.

Air 29, 103.Alive 39.All 3.

Allow 47, 106.

Almanac 179.Alongside 63, 119.Already 134.

Alter 45, 204.Altogether 6, 14, 131.Always 39.Ambassador r"42.

America 83.

Amissing 208.

Amuse 166, 188.

Angry 162.

Animal 8r.

Ankle 150.

Announce 15.

Annoy 162.

Another 7, 10, 23, 30.

Answer 13.

Antedate 172.

Anthracite 203.Anticipate 95.Any 3.

Anybody 72.

Anything 4, 44.Apart 119.

Aperient 174.Apologise 70.

Appetite 174, i98.

Apple 140.

Apply 187.

Apprentice 122.

Apricot 140.

Apron 34, 64.

Archway 149.

Argue 39, 115, 185.

INDEX.

Arise 199.

Arithmetic 133.

Arm 61, 64.

Around 149.

Arrange 52, 91, 142.

Arrive 28.

Artisan 122.

Ashamed no.Ashes 54, 58, 136.

Ask 34, 39, 68.

Assist 109.

Attend 50, 118.

Attract 154.

Audience 87, 189.

Aunt 143, 144.

Authority 97.Average 133.

Await 72.

Awful 79, 120.

Awning 150, 151.

Awake 162.

Back 1, 63, 76.

Bad 4.

Badly 4, 6.

Bag 29, 171.

Baggage 76.

Balance 43.

Ball 166.

Balloon 188,

Banana 140.

Band 200.

Bank 93, 136, 153.Bankrupt 45.Baptise 164.

Bargain 33, 70, 75, 76.

Bar 126, 130.

Bark 67.Barometer 201.

Barehead 137.Barrow 146.

Basin 19, 81 , 147.

Basket 64, 90.

Bath 19.

Beak 64.

Beam 115.

Bean 109, 137.

Bear 148, 174.

Beard 201.

Beast 80.

Beat 85, 176.

Because 23, 128.

Become 192.

Becoming 90.

Bed 128.

Bedding 77, 81.

Bedroom 19.

Beef 20.

Before 1, 5, n, 91.

Begin 48, 91, 131, 198-

Behind 1, 76.

Believe 72.

Bell 167.

Belong 30, 35.

Bend 160, 189, 206.

Benediction 90.

Best 6, 191.

Betroth 142.

Better 6, 9, 75.Beyond 58.

Bible 191.

Big 10, 50.

Bill 82.

Bind 191.

Bird 187.

Bit 117.

Bite 67, 102, 174.Bitter 124.

Black 58, 140.

Blacklead 58.

Blacksmith 152.

Blade 167.

Blame 69, 70, 162.

Blanket 78.

Blind 61, 79.

Blindfold 203.Bloom 113.

Blossom 113.

Blow 52, 176.

Blow down 57.

INDEX, HI

Blue 182.

Blunt 109, 210.

Board 118.

Body 150.

Boil 17, 18, 20, 22.

Bolt 126.

Book 27, 29.

Boot 28, 32.

Border 82.

Bore 127.

Borrow 46, 107.

Both 37.Bottle 29, 50.

Bottom i, 58, 73, 114.

Bowl 54.Box 28, 130.

Boy 119.

Boyhood 192.

Bracelet 201.

Bran 109.

Branch 119, 150, 180.

Brass 183.

Bray 181.

Bread 18, 19, 24.

Break 18, 25, 40, 76, 80.

Breakfast 17, 18.

Breath 164.

Bribe 205.Brick 30.

Brickbat 135.

Bridge 80.

Bridle 177.Brief 86.

Bright 54.Bring 10, 13, 15, 17, 19, 28,

41. 50.

Broad io, 49.Broom 51.

Brother 143.

Brush 28, 52, 102.

Bucket 107.

Bug 212.

Build 118, 125.

Bunch 55.

Bundle 64.

Burn 24.

Burst 183.

Bury 57, 125, 169.

Business 9, 19, 50, 122.

Busy 30, 72.

Button 103, 182.

Butter 24, 101.

Buy 21.

Buyer 202.

Cabbage 112.

Cackle 199.Cage 207.

Calculate 44.Call 3, 26, 43, 131, 149.

Camera 165.

Can 137.Candle 54.Candlestick 54.

Capital 202.

Capsize 99, 150.

Card 15, 190.

Care 51, 68, 148.

Careful 74. 88.

Careless 192.

Cargo 84.

Carpenter 26.

Carpet 51.

Carrot 112.

Carry 29, 46, 50, 61—64.Cart 55.Carter 75, 150.

Carve 20.

Cash 3,92.

Cast 179.

Caterpillar 112.

Catty 21.

Ceiling 87,129.

Centre 79.

Certain 46, 47, 71.

Chain 201.

Chair 26, 54.

Change 19, 44, 45, 78, 107.

Chant 189.

Chapel 86.

IV INDEX.

Chapter 87.

Charcoal 153.

Characters 13, 38, 40.

Charge 45, 118.

Chat 41.

Cheap 32, 33, 136.

Cheat 72.

Cheque 92.

Cherry 180.

Chest 187.

Chew 18.

Chicken 19, 64.

Children 64.

Chimney 58, 66.

Chinese 12, 47, 188.

Choir 200.

Cholera 193.

Choose 7.

Chop 18, 109.

Chopsticks 67, 209.

Christian 164.

Christmas 91.

Church Chap. XI.Cigarette 138.

Circle 40.

Circuit 140.

Circulate 159.

Circumference 189.

Circumstances 61, 114, 199.

City 142.

Civil 182.

Clamp 70Class 84, 133-

Clean 19, 20, 57.Clear 20, 27, 35, 44.Climate 180.

Climb 49, 130.

Clock 11.

Close 14, 25, 26, 48, 62, 63,119.

Cloth 73, 103.

Clothes 59, 103.

Cloud 79, ioi.

Clue 184.

Clumsy 161.

Coach 132.

Coal 51, 57, 116.

Coarse 11, 103.

Coat 32, 71.

Coffin 169.

Coil 79.

Coin 45.

Cold 19, 21, 23, 192.

Collar 58.

Collect 54, 119, 136.

Collection 86, 90.

Colour 113.

Colt 148.

Column 71.

Couib 201.

Come 2, 4, 8, 49.Comer 149.

Comfort 98.

Commission 94.Commissioner 148.

Common 38, 59.Communion 91.

Communicant 89.

Compare 6, 11, 50.

Compete 65, 68, 198.

Complete 73, 140, 197.

Conceal 185.

Concern 118, 182.

Conduct 86, 90, 204.

Confess 70.

Confusion 52.

Congratulate 128, 197.

Congregation 88.

Conscience 169.

Conscious 157, 193.Consent 208.

Consider 95, 157.Constantly 58.

Consul 148.

Consulate 148.

Consult 15.

Contact 172.

Conterminous 84.

Continuous 151Contract 46, 125, 160.

INDEX.

Contrary 39, 107.

Convenient 34.Convey 34.

Cook 26.

Cooking Chap IV.Cool 24, 146.

Copper 48.

Copy 40, 41, 191.

Cord 104.

Cork 178.

Corner 136, 151.

Correct 4,11, 44, 78.

Corrugated 139.

Cost 129.

Count 28, 46, 73.Country 39, 146.

Couple 33.Couplet 163.

Course 88.

Court i2i.

Cousin 143.

Cover 52, 54, 82, 114.

Cow 109.

Crack 129.

Cradle 209.

Crash 70.

Crease 103.

Credit 33, 43.Creep 113.

Cremate 169.

Crew 84.

Crime 192.

Crockery 70.

Crooked 139, 186.

Crops 124.

Cross 54, 80.

Crow 187.

Crowd 127, 149, 200.

Cruet 20.

Crumb 182.

Crush 126, 127, 148, 208.

Cry 157.Cuff 57, 177.

Cultivate 124, 180.

Cup 70.

Cure 75.

Currency 82.

Current 172.

Curry 182.

Curse 123.

Curtain 28, 52.

Custom 39.

Cut 18, 2i, 100.

Dahlia 112.

Daily 132.

Damp 51, 56, 164.

Dangerous 157.

Dare 97.Dark 8, 60.

Darn 103, 166.

Date 12, 94, 140, 170.

Daughter 42, 142.

Daughter-in-law 194.

Day 4.

Daybreak 8, 78.

Deacon 89.

Deal 27, 35.Dear 30, 33.Debit 43.Debt 46, 60.

Deceive 72, 73.

Decide 89, 97.Decrease 138.

Deduct 43, 116.

Deep 81.

Defect 168.

Definite 195.

Degrade 205.

Degree 201.

Delicate 112.

Deliver 50, 129.

Demand 45.

Dense 81.

Depend 84.

Deposit i2i.

Designation 202.

Desk 146.

Detail 149.

Detain 102.

VI INDEX.

Detour 79.

Develope 165.

Diagonal 94.Dictionary 16.

Die 39, 98.

Difference 49, 108.

Different 7, 29.

Difficult 17, 96.

Dig in, 127.

Digest 184.

Dinner 19, 29, 82.

Dip 74, 151.

Diploma 132.

Direction 78, 82.

Dirty 73.

Discount 47.

Discovery 172.

Discuss 40, 89.

Disease 75, 195.

Disgraceful 156, 197.

Dish 20.

Disinclined 209.

Dislike 157.Dismiss 193.Dispense 92.

Dispensary 141.

Disperse 200.

Disposition 203.

Dissolve 184.

Distance 80, 94.Distinct 38.

Distinguish 30.

District 81, 125.

Disturb 7, 146.

Ditch 49, 81.

Divide 83, 191.

Division 132.

Do 4.

Dog 64.

Dollar 2, 32.

Donkey 181.

Don't 2, 7.

Door 25.

Dot 40.

Double 78.

Downwards 65.

Doze 99.

Draft 14.

Drain 136, 186.

Draught 190, 211.

Draw 46, 57, 75, 85, 93.

Drawer 142.

Drawing Room 51.

Dream 162.

Dress 176, 179.

Drill in, 132.

Drink 19, 21.

Drip 151.

Drive 69, 81, 128, 135.

Droop 203.

Drop 92, 129.

Drought 137.

Drown 136, 201.

Drowsy 99.

Drug 187.

Dry 17, 29.

Due 102.

Durable 198.

During 90.

Dust 51, 57, 79, 135.

Duster 52.

Duty 118.

Each 6, 7, 28.

Ear 177, 201.

Early 55, 119.

Earn 115, 194.

Earth 113.

Earthen 147.Easy 25, 38, 46, 49.

Eat 11, 17, 37.Eaves 153.

Eclipse 179.

Economical 115.

Edge 100, 149.

Effect 187.

Egg 19, 22.

Elbow 57.Elders 89.

Elect 89, 90.

INDEX. Vll

Electric 138, 172.

Eligible 90.

Emperor 142.

Employ 165.

Empty 54, 73, 105.

Enamel 32.

End 40, 60, 170.

Engage 19, 34.England 82.

English 50.

Enlarge 154.

Enough io, 20, 21.

Enter 68, 92.

Entirely 31, 83.

Entreat 167.

Envelope 13, 14, 184.

Equal 69, 174, 191.

Erase 206.

Escort 41, 161.

Evaporate 187.

Even 62.

Evening 5, 19, 20.

Event 158.

Every 5.

Everybody 26, 146.

Everything 20, 47, 96.Evict 120.

Evidence 196.

Ewer 120.

Exactly 5, 11, 107.

Examine 87, 88, 133.Exceedingly 20.

Exchange 66, 93.Excite 72.

Excluding 14, 161.

Excuse 128, 155.Exhaust 164, 187.

Exhort 162.

Exist 172.

Expand 173.

Expenses 43, 47, 115.

Experience 188.

Explain 40, 85.

Express 27.

Expression 59.

Extend 170.

Extinguish 98.

Extra 46, 100.

Extraordinary 188.

Extract 41, 185.

Extravagant 115.

Extreme 79.Eye 76, 103.

Face 65, 128.

Facing 66, 158.

Fact 149.

Fade 139.Fail 45, 91, 97, 135, 177.Fair 107.

Fall 33, 92, 136.

False 45, 108.

Family 34, 46.

Familiar 87, 88.

Fan 138.

Far 33, 83.

Farmer 123.

Farther 63, 77.Fashion 191.

Fast 10, 11, 27, 69, 84, 173.Fasten 57, 188.

Fat 21.

Father 42, 143.Father-in-law 145, 194.Fault 70.

Favour 147, 182, 205.

Fear 67, 69.

Feather 52.

Fee 131.

Feed 80, 109.

Feel 106.

Female 200.

Fence 129.

Ferry 81.

Festival 132.

Fetch 15.

Feverish 174.

Few 5, 28, 33.Field 113.

Fight 123, 197.

ym INDEX.

Figuratively 6.

File 149.

Fill 24, 53, 54.Filter 24.

Find 16, 17.

Fine 11, 57, 141, 161, 192.

Finger 100.

Finish 4, 7, 17, 52.

Fire 23, 184.

Firecracker 163.

First 4, 5, 20.

Fit 48, 128, 161.

Fix 33, 57, 88.

Fixture 181.

Flag 142.

Flame 54.

Flat 66.

Flea 212.

Flee 97.Flit 122.

Float 188.

Flood 136.

Floor 50.

Flour 100.

Flow 136.

Flower 50.

Flowerpot 114.

Flowerbed 113.

Fly 128, 142, 187.

Flywhip 128.

Fog 102.

Fold 20, 103, 138.

Follow 86, 211.

Fond 123, 192.

Food n, 17.

Foot 50, 94.Footpad 124.

Footprint 198.

Forage 109.

Force 25.

Ford 81.

Foreign 12, 47, 127.Foremost 185.

Forget 101.

Forgive 36.

Fork 73.Form 14, 126.

Former 88.

Formerly 113.

Forward 86, 127, 149.

Fraction 161.

Ftame 113.

France 84.

Free 123.

Freeze 192.

Frequent 59.Friend 141.

Fright 162, 188.

Front 1, 55, 86.

Frost 114, 137.

Fruit 105, 180.

Fry 19, 22.

Fuel 183.

Full 53-Fumes 153.

Fun 176.

Funeral 90, 132, 147.Fur 82.

Furlough 175.

Furniture 181.

Future 4, 21.

Gable 208.

Galvanised 139.Gamble 46.

Garden 55.

Garment 100.

Garrison 200.

Gate 8, 81.

General 133.

Gentleman 8, 108.

Gently 74.Geography 133,Germany 165.

Get 3, 12, 28, 37, 49.Gift 147.

Gimlet 127.

Ginger 124.

Girth 177.

Give 22, 16, 21.

INDEX. IX

Glazed 147.

Glove 179.

Go 2, 4, 8, 10.

Gold 45, 85.

Good 4, 6, 35.Goods 181.

Goodbye 41, 193.Government 132.

Grade 182.

Gradually 198.

Grain 46, 124.

Grandfather 143.Grandmother 143.Grandson 143.Granddaughter 143.Granulated 127.

Grapes 140.

Grass 168, 169.

Grate 56.

Grateful 190.

Gratuity 191.

Gravel 177.Great 27.

Great-grand-son 143.

Great-grand-daughter 143.Green 140.

Grind 109.

Grip 174.

Ground 1, 59, 100.

Grow 124.

Grudge 127.

Guarantee 12 r, 165.

Guest 18, 164.

Gun 176.

Hair 192.

Half 5, 10, 89.

Hall 53.Halter 177.Ham 19.

Hammer 135, 203.Hand 13, 18, 20, 23, 44.Handwriting 13.

Hang 28, 53, 77.

Happen 106.

Hard 18, 22, 114.Hardship 122.

Hardy 112.

Harmonious 39.Harvest 105.

Haste 109.

Hat 36, 101.

Hatchet 161.

Have 3.

Head 64, 78, 102.

Headache 166.

Health 138.Heap 152, 177.Hear 33, 48.

Heat 21, 23, 95.Heavy 64, 101.

Heed 176.

Heighten 130.

Help 20, 51, 141.

Hemp 170.

Hence 4.

Here 1, 4.

Heredity 84.

Hide 124.

High n, 54.Hinder 135.Hire 16, 75.History 131.

Hoe 124.

Hold 29, 64, 66, 85, 126, 127.

Hole 104, 127.

Holiday 132.

Home 10, 14, 15, 35, 38.

Homesick 39.Hope 202.

Horizontal 56.

Horse 37.Hospital 140.

Hot 19, 23.

Hour 86, 131.

House 120.

How 3, 6, 24, 132.

Hunger 120.

Hurry 72, ,

Hurt 150.

INDEX.

Hymn 85.

Ice 175.

Ice chest 21.

Idea 40.

Idle 123.

If io, 15, 21.

Impair 190.

Important 41.

Impossible 72, 95, 112.

Improper 48, 49.Improve 75, 198.

Inch in.Incline 184.

Include 47.Incomplete 40.

Inconvenience 135.

Increase 33, 116, 128.

Indicate 40.

Indistinct 27.

Infections 202.

Inferior 134. 202.

Infuse 11, 22.

Injure 112, 138.

Injury 187, 194.Ink 32.

Ink slab 32.

Inn 75.

Inquire 33, 119.

Insert 205.

Inside 1, 32, 76.

Inspect 132.

Inspector 132.

Instance 6.

Instead 88, 161.

Intelligence 164.

Intentionally 211.

Interest 93.Interfere 118, 121.

Interim 133.

Interview 158.

Intimate 87, 182.

Invite 3, 13, 18.

Inwards 65.

Iron 31, 58.'

Issue 44, 149.

Itch 190.

Item 43.

Itself 28.

Jam 101, 196.

Japan 45, 83.

Jaw 176.

Jest 156.

Join 200.

Joiner 50.

Joke 156.

Jolt 8o, 136.

Journey Chap. X.Journeyman 122.

Jug 24, 164.

Jump 49, 54, 162.

Junior 88.

Just 6, 8, 11, 26.

Keep 26, 129.

Kennel 201.

Kerosene 130, 202.

Kettle 19, 32, 129.

Key 25.

Kill 19.

Kind 6, 7, 28.

Kindle 56.

Kitchen 26.

Kite 188.

Knee 81.

Knife 67.

Knit 179.

Knock 8, 106, 168.

Know 4, 24, 26, 29.

Knowledge 35.

Labourer 16, 122.

Ladder 64.

Lamp 8, 53.

Land 83.

Landlord 120, 196.

Lane 128.

Language 27, 48.Lantern 56.

INDEX. XI

Large 7.

Last 5, 21, 55, 137.

Late 55, 69, 204.

Latter 5.

Laugh 156.

Laundry 104.

Law 167.

Lay 65, 71, 79.

Layer 71.

Layman 173.

Lazy 123.

Lead 85, 206.

Leaf 160.

Leak 19, 129.

Lean 152, 194.

Learn 38, 74, 122.

Learning 134.

Lease 120, 121.

Least 27, 164.

Leather 127.

Leave 15, 25, 48, 95, 132.

Leaves 22, 87, 114.

Lecture 87, 91.

Left 1, 3, 2i, 98, 185.

Leg 2i, 79.

Leisure 123.

Lend 46.

Length 49, 59.

Less 10, 21, 32.

Lessons 74, 131.

Lest 76.

Let 28, 66, 98, 121, 136.

Letter 12, 13.

Level 54, in.Lice 212.

Lid 66.

Lie 59, I2i, 148.

Lies 72, 73.

Life 200.

Lift 28, 51, 125.

Light 8, 46, 53, 56, 128.

Lightning 196.

Like 4, 6, 38.

Lilac 153.

Lime 30.

Limit 47.

Line 71, 160.

Liquid 124.

Listen 48, 74.Little 4, 9, 21.

Live 35, 39.Load 55, 85, 136.

Loafer 123.

Local 132.

Lock 25, 130.

Lodging 35, 157.

Long 8, 9, 10, 34, 35.Longer 17.

Look 3, 7, 17, 146.

Loose 76, 115, 128.

Lose 46, 51, 176.

Loss 192.

Lot 57, 126.

Loth 99.Lotion 187.

Loud 87.

Low 11, 126.

Lower 117.

Lucky 203.

Lump 57, in, 136.

Machinery 179.

Mad 164.

Magpie 64.

Maiden 115.

Mail 118.

Main 86, 126.

Majority 120.

Make 16, 24.

Male 200.

Man 8, 13.

Manager 78, 97.

Manchu 188.

Manner 90.

Manure 193.

Many 3.

Map 171.

Mark 45, 91, 133, 181.

Market 55, 205.

Marry 90, 132, 147.

Xll

Mason 57.

Master 15, 189.

Mat 18, 29, 51, 210.

Matches 53.

Material 125, 179.

Matter 33.

Meals 17, 120.

Mean 40.

Meaning 16, 40.

Means 96, 121.

Meantime 31, 56.

Measure 49, 50, 116, 169.

Meat 18, 21, 151.

Mediate 39.

Medicine 50, 98, 183.

Meet 34, 108.

Melt 173.

Member 89, 90.

Membership 74.

Memory 96.

Mend 26, 70.

Mention no, 191.

Merchant 6o, 97.Merely 25, 43, 48, 94.

Merit 84.

Message 15.

Messenger 9.

Method 97.Mexican 45.Microscope 180.

Midair 187.

Middle 89.

Middling 191.

Midnight 5.

Might 27.

Mild 57.

Military 182.

Milk 20, 109.

Millet 55, 125.

Mind 9, 72, 118.

Minute n.Minutely 149.Mirror 195.Mispronounce 178.

Miss 69, 140.

INDEX.

Mistake 43, 70, 71, 185.

Mix 100, 204, 210.

Moisture 100.

Monarchy 189.

Monday 5.

Money 16, 30.

Month 5, 12, 35, 133.

Morality 133.

More 3, 10.

Morning 5, 18, 19.

Mosquito 128.

Most 31.

Mother 42, 143.

Mother-in-law 145.

Mould 112, 147.

Moult 207.

Mount 42, 165.

Mourn 203.

Mouth 64, 141.

Move 7, 48, 65, 68.

Much 3, 30, 132.

Mud 71, 136.

Mule 75.Multiplication 132.

Must 3, 35, 43.Mustard 20.

Mutton 19, 21.

Nail 25, 29, 117.

Name 13, 14, 35.Napkin 91.

Narrow 10, 49.Nation 189.

National 39.Native 99.Natural 193.

Nausea 184.

Near 94.Nearsighted 190.

Neck 177.

Need 25, 31, 72, 78.

Needle 103.

Needless 31.

Neighbour 125.

Nephew 144.

INDEX. Xlll

Netting 128.

Never 21, 23.

New 33, 52, 149.News 72, 168.

Newspaper 18

Next 5, 87.

Nice 20, 22.

Nick 115.

Niece 144.Night 5, 67.

Noise 115, 154, 181.

Noiselessly 154.None 3.

Noon 5, 11, 18.

North 140.

Note 44, 45.Nothing 27, 67, 159.Notice 121, 170.

Now 27.

Number 1, 2, 28, 126, 171.

Numerous 53, 112.

Object 126, 157.Oblige no.Observe 39.Obstruct 58.

Occasion 147.Occupation 35, 114.

Occurrence 59, 95.O'clock 11.

Odds 76, 126.

Offend 70, 157.

Offer 33, 128.

Official 36, 145, 179.

Often 15.

Oil 53-Old 22, 33, 140.

Omit 40, 43, 95.

Once 9, 30.

Opaque 183.

Open 25, 48, 52.

Operation 141.

Opinion 211.

Opportunity 30, 128.

Opposite 54, 63, 149.

Oral 133.

Orange 140, 168.

Order 52, 76, 87, 134.Ornament 179.

Ordinary 188.

Organ 200.

Originate 198.

Other 7.

Ought 9, 16.

Ounce 32.

Ourselves 15.

Out 26.

Outside 1, 8, 29, 32.

Outwards 66.

Over 22.

Overcoat 194.

Overdone 22.

Overdrawn 170.

Overflow 136.

Overtake 53, 69.

Overwork 187.

Owe 16, 43.Owner 45, 97.

Ox 24.

Pack 54, 76.

Package 85.

Page 133.

Paint 73.

Pair 32.

Pan 58.

Paper 56, 99.Paper-hanger 99.

Paralysis 195.

Parcel 104.

Pare 18.

Parent 39.

Partition 118, 122.

Pass 91, 155, 188.

Passage 86, 91, 134.

Passenger 84.

Paste 100, 150, 183.

Patch 104.

Path 54, 147.

Patient 160.

XIV INDEX.

Pattern 166.

Patty 24.

Pay 16, 46, 82, 149.

Peace 89.

Peaches 21.

Pears 140.

Peas 114.

Pedlar 61.

Peg 181.

Pen 32, 206.

Pencil 206.

Penetrate 175.

People 20, 30, 46.

Pepper 20.

Perhaps 35, 69.

Perpendicular 56.

Person 39, 65.

Perspire 95, 181.

Photo 165.

Phrase 38.

Physics 133.Pick 7, 29, 51, 92, 131.

Pickle 24,

Picnic 158.

Picture 107.

Piece 18, 21, 32.

Pile 177.

Pill 174.

Pillar 119, 151.

Pillow 81.

Pincers 135.

Pine 150.

Pin-money 171.

Pipe 138.

Piping 57.

Pit 54.

Place 28, 54, 66.

Plague 169.

Plainly 162.

Plait 150.

Plan 96, 185.

Plane 118.

Plaster 71.

Plate 18, 70.

Platform 204.

Play 166.

Pleasant 48.

Please 7, 13, 36.

Plot 152.

Pluck 141.

Plum 140.

Peach 19.

Pocket 74.

Poison 193.Poker 57.

Pole 59, 62.

Police 183.

Population 83, 146.

Pork 21.

Porridge 19.

Position 36, 66, 145.Possibly 27, 48, 67.

Postoffice 118.

Posted 119, 121.

Pot 23, 112.

Potatoes 18, 112.

Pour 20 105.

Powder 174, 187.

Power 180, 186.

Practically 74.Pray 181.

Prayer 86.

Preach 86.

Premium 45.Prepare 19, 20.

Prepaid 119.

Prescription 183.

Presence 146.

Present 4, 33, 93, 179,Press 65, 88, 127.

Pretend 154, 199.Pretty, 107.

Prevailing 107.

Present 171.

Previous 134, 176.Price 32, 33, 92.Print 27, 165.

Private 80, 132, 173.Probably 55, 142.

Proclamation 41.

182.

INDEX. xv

Produce 140.

Profit 94.

Promise 183, 211.

Pronounce 38, 90, 188.

Proof 196.

Prop 78.

Proper 25, 52, 57.Propagate 129.

Proportion 125.

Proposal 35, 97, 125.

Prosecute 121.

Prosperous 89.

Protestant 174.Province 189.

Provoke 123.

Publish 91.

Pudding 18, 20.

Pull 25, 128, 135.

Punctuate 40.

Pungent 124.

Punish 167.

Pupil 53, 133.Purchase 44.Pure 146.

Purge 193.

Purpose 31, 36, 193-

Push 25, 126.

Put 14, 19, 34, 74, 77, ior.

Quantity 3, 21, 136.

Quarrel 39, 89.

Quench 120.

Question 91, 194.

Quickly 4, 32.

Quiet 90, 134.

Quilt 81.

Quite 11, 44.Quote 45.

Radical 14.

Rage 162.

Railway 34.

Rain 79, 100.

Raise 136, 175.

Rake in.

Ransom 200.

Rash 68.

Rate 45, 82, 93.Rather 20.

Raw 105.

Reach 53, 54, 81, 83, 100.

Read 18, 28, 35, 43, 130.

Ready 17, 20, 172.

Really 69, 191.

Receipt 41, 43, 106.

Receive 34, 43.Recent 98, 100, 158.

Reckon 43, 82.

Recognise 13, 38, 131.

Recollect 95.

Recommend 165, 191.

Record 117.

Recover 194.

Red 153.

Reduce 154, 174.

Refer 40, 202.

Refuse 108.

Register 119.

Relationship 142.

Relative 143.

Release 200.

Reliable 51, 134.

Remainder 7, 82.

Remember 70, 95, 96.

Remind 101.

Remove 20.

Rent 103.

Repay 46.

Repeat 166.

Reply 12, 13.

Report 90, 184.

Reprove 195.

Republic 189.

Reputation 178.

Request 39, 169.

Require 12, 24, 112.

Resemblance 164.

Resident 138, 149.

Resign 193.

Respect 184.

XVI INDEX.

Responsible 97.

Rest 74, 75, 86, 148.

Retire 180.

Return 8, 13.

Reverse 66, 158.

Revise 134.

Rice 18, 20.

Rich 121.

Ride 94.

Ridge 58.

Right 1, 4, 185.

Ring 167.

Riuse 50, 59, 73, 165.

River 63.

Ripe 105.

Rise 5, 21, 33, 79.

Risk 175.

Rissole 24.

Road 70.

Roast 19.

Robber 68, 124, 200.

Robe 34.Rod 114.

Roll 28, 52, 131, 176.

Roman Catholic 28, 52, 131,

176.

Roof 92.

Room 29, 50.

Root 100, 137.

Rope 30.

Rot 56.

Rotation 178.

Roughly 149.

Round 56, 79.

Row 206, 210.

Rub 51, 73, 76, 137, 210.

Rue 161.

Rug 82.

Rule 39, 50, 120.

Run 84, 136.

Russia 83.

Rut 80, 126.

Saddle 177.

Salary 35.

Sale 123, 191.

Salt 20, 24, 123.

Saltpetre 24.

Salute 188.

Same 6, 8, 28.

Sand 146.

Satin 30.

Saturday 5.

Say 10, 15, 27.

Scald 23.

Scales 115.

Scarce 198.

Scatter 51, 146, 147.

School 130, 190.

Scissors 100.

Scramble 19.

Scraper 210.

Scratch 190.

Screen 28.

Screw 127.

Scripture 86.

Scum 166.

Sea 84.

Seam 103.

Search 17.

Season 132.

Seat 34, 86, 126, 190.

Second 7.

Secret 45.Security 93.See 8, 15, 20, 60.

Seed 112.

Seen 33, 56.

Seize 200.

Select 7, 86, 91.

Self-evident 161.

Sell 32.

Seller 202.

Send 9, 13, 15, 41.Sentence 27, 28, 40.

Separate 29, 65, 84, 122, 197.Sermon 86.

Servant 39, 125.

Serve 20, 122.

Service 31, 86.

INDEX. XVU

Session 89.

Serviette 20, 58.

Set 11, 20, 50, 56, 77, 147.Settle 43, 76.

Several 12, 48.

Sew 103.

Shade 151.

Shaft 8o, 99, 161.

Shake 52, 58, So, 189, 210.

Shallow 63, 85.

Shame 156, 197.Share 192.

Sharp 109, 210.

Shave 201.

Sheet 40, 104.

Shelf 29, 142.

Shelter 211.

Shine 151.

Ship 84.

Shod 152.

Shoes 28.

Shop 30, 45, 98.

Short 10, 13, 16, 35, 73, 173.

Shot 176.

Should 15.

Shoulder 64.

Shout 199.

Shovel 54, 90.

Show 34.

Shower 79, 100.

Shrink 59, 141.

Shrub 152.

Shut 25.

Shutter 25, 97, 98.

Sick 75, 175.

Side 1, 44.Siesta 179.

Sign 77, 180,

Silk 30.

Silver 33.Simple 108.

Since 9, 16.

Sincere 134.

Sing 85, 207.

Single 78, 80, 147.

Singly 147.Sister 143.

Sit 29, 35, 53.Situation 122, 165, 193.Size 50.

Skim 166.

Skin 18.

Slack 177.Slanting 150.

Slaughter 181,

Sleep 78, 81.

Slice 18, 101.

Slide 166. 185.

Slightest 49.Slip* 171, 185.

Slop 154.Sloping 71.

Slow 10, 27, 95,Small 7, 10.

Smash 63.

Smell 106.

Smoke 58, 138, 208.

Smooth in.Snib 106.

Snow 129, 153.

Snuff 78.

Socks 174.

Soft 22, 137, 185.

Softly 154.Soil 54, 74, 191.

Solder 19.

Sole 185.

Some 87.

Sometimes 35.

Son 42.

Son-in-law 145.

Soon 11, 21, 136.

Soot 58.

Sore 150, 178.

Sound 195.

Soup 18.

Sour 124.

Sow 112.

Space 95.

Spade 54, in.

XV111

Spark 184.

Sparrow 209.

Speak 27, 38.

Speech 27.

Spectacles 190.

Speed 84.

Spend 30, 31.

Spit 184.

Splash 196.

Split 161.

Spoiled 67.

Spoon 73.

Sports 134.

Sprain 150.

Spread 29, 52.

Spring 107, 176.

Sprinkle 51.

Square 113, 190.

Squat 204.

Squeeze 72.

Stack 55.Stake ii2, 114.

Stalks 55, 125.

Stall 142, 154.

Stamp 119.

Stand 5, 54, 126, 137.

Starch 58.

Start 56, 76, 8o, 199.

Starve 120.

Station 34.Statement 16.

Stay 179.

Steady 33, 76.

Steak 22.

Steamer 84.

Steel 206.

Steep 24, 59, 71.

Step 49, 54, 178, 199.

Stew 20, 21.

Stick 118, 147.Stiff 172.

Still 3, 6.

Stir 147.

Stock 186.

Stone 54, 151.

INDEX.

Stop 79, 101, 129.

Store 64, 84, 127.

Storey 139Story 181.

Stout 105.

Stove 19, 56.

Straight 79, 139.Strange 209.

Stranger 90, 132, 178.

Strap 127.

Straw 109.

Street 26, 79.

Strength 174, 187.

Stretch 160.

Strict 98.

Strike 11, 176.

Stroke 14, 56.

Stroll, 158.

Strong 22, 32, 75.Student 210.

Study 17, 34.Stuffy 78.

Stumble 152, 171.

Stupid 184.

Style 36, 176.

Subject 89, 91, no, 133.Subtract 132.

Suburb 146.

Succession 84.

Suck 65.

Suddenly 197.

Suet 188.

Suffer 167.

Sufficient 23, 29.

Suffocate 153, 208, 209.Sugar 20, 24.

Suggest 97.Suicide 193.Suit 20, 48, 115, 129.Suitable 6, 86.

Sum 43.Summer 17, 94.Sun 29, 77.Sunday 5, 85.Superior 202.

INDEX. XIX

Supper 92.

Supplement 88.

Supply 125.

Support 57, 117, 141 • 194-Surface 1, 73, 100.

Surgeon 122.

Surgery 183.

Surname 41, 142.

Surplus 26.

Swallow 174.

Sweep 50, 51.

Sweet 123.

Swell 75, 173.

Swing 209.

Symptoms 193.

Table 11, 20, 50.

Tabloid 181.

Tailor 146.

Tainted 105.

Tall 124.

Tally 181.

Tare 116.

Tares 137.

Taste 20, 124, 182.

Tax 189.

Tea 11, 19.

Teapot 105.

Teach 53, 85.

Teacher 13.

Telegraph 128, 171.

Telescope 180.

Tell 2, 4, 30, 34.

Temper 134, 162.

Temple 174.

Tenant 196.

Tennis 176.

Tepid 23.

Term 46, 120.

Text 85.

Than 6, 10.

Thank 34, 128.

That 1.

Thatch 55, 125.

Thaw 114.

There 1.

Thermometer 201.

Thick 10, 49, 112.

Thieve 68.

Thigh 178.

Thin 10, 18, 49, 112.

Thing 26.

Think 96.

Thirsty 120.

This 1, 3.

Thoroughly 18, 59.Thread 103, 166.

Threaten 120.

Thresh 125.

Throne 84.

Through 102.

Throw 49, 90, 135, 152, 209.

Thunder 196.

Ticket 119, 170, 204.

Tie 28, 54, 59, 104.

Tiffin 82.

Tight 25, 115, 173.

Tile 125.

Time 9, n, 16, 21, 85.

Tin 29, 105.

Tinsmith 19, 129.

Tire 148, 157, 187.

Toast 18, 19.

Tobacco 187.

To-day 4.

Together 28.

Tomato 114.

Tomorrow 4, 18.

Tone 40.

Tongue 24.

Too 16.

Tooth 18, 185.

Top 1, 71, 130.

Torn 56, 190.

Total 43, 82.

Touch 7, 171.

Tough 22.

Towards 35, 87.

Towel 58, 167.

Tower 142.

XX INDEX.

Trace 198.

Track in.Trade 122.

Train 69, 204.

Translate 38.

Transplant 109.

Transpose 158.

Travel 47, 48, Chap. X. 83.

Tray 182.

Treat 156.

Tree 180, 186.

Trip 171.

Trouble 159.

Troublesome 46.Trust 72.

Truth 72, 108.

Try 20, 67.

Tub 19.

Tuition 131.

Tune 85, 88.

Turn 24, 54, 65, 87, 126, 209,

210.

Turnips 112.

Twice 133.

Ugly 156.

Umbrella 10 1.

Unavoidable 89.

Uncertain 35.Uncle 143.Uncomfortable 76,. 152.

Unconscious 1 93.

Uncover 136.

Underneath 1, 148.

Understand 4, 27.

Undertake 198.

Unfit 48, 49, 134.

Unforeseen 95.Uniform 200.

Unless 46.

Unload 85, 169..

Unsuitable 48.Unuseable 48.

Unwilling 70.

Unyoke 81.

Upper 1.

Upright 76.

Upside 65, 66.

Upstairs 119.

Use 18, 24, 26, 137, 209.

Useless 31.

Us^ual 122.

Utensil 20, 142.

Vacant 121.

Vacate 121.

Vacation 133,Vain 159.

Valuable 104.

Vat 73.Vegetables 20, 21, 50.Vegetarian 211.

Venetian 106.

Verandah 114.

Verse 87.

Very 89.

Vest 208.

Veterinary 122.

Vice 167.

Viceroy 48, 182.

Village 77, 130.

Vinegar 124.

Violent 67, 80.

Virus 186.

Visit 149, 190.

Visitor 34.Voice 88, 201.

Volume 56, 133.

Vomit 184, 193.Vote 90.

Vulgar 192.

Wages 16, 46.

Waist 81.

Wait 9, 10, 30, 34.Waiter 82.

Wake 98.

Walk 69, 80, 94, 158.Wall 52, 92.

Want 3, 4, 7, 23.

INDEX. XXI

Wardrobe 103.

Warm 24, 82.

Warranted 139.Wash 23, 24, 139.Waste 32, 159.Watcli 30, 53, 85, 117.

Watchman 191.

Water 19, 62.

Waterproof 103.

Way 40, 96, 134.Weak 22, 64, 187.

Wealth 122.

Wear 30, 94, 103, 179. 190.

Weather 23, 24, 57.Weave 194.Weeds 112, 128, 168.

Weak 5.

Weight 115.

Welcome 142.

Well 9, 20, 34, 140.

West 35.Wet 56, 100.

What 3.

Whatever 7, 26, 32.

When 8, 9.

Whenever 34.Where i, 13, 35, 76.

Whereabouts 169.

Wherever 77.Whether 29.

Which 7.

While 18, 34, 35.

White 140.

Who 4, 7, 8, 88.

Whole 91, 135, 195.

Whom 13.

Whose 12, 14.

Why 50.

Wick 53.

Wide 49.

Wife 42, 142.

Will 16.

Willing 70.

Win 176.

Wind 52, 79.

Window 52, 73.

Windowsill 114.

Wine 91.

Winter 17, 137.

Wire 57.Wireless 172.

Wish 23, 78.

Withdraw 159.

Wither 168.

Without 39.Woman 146.

Wonder 38.

Wood 14.

Woollen 59, 103.

Word 21, 40.

Work 1 6, 50.

Worry 192.

Worship 86.

Worth 32, 104.

Wrangle 39.

Write 13, 41, 133.

Wrong 4, 191.

Wrongly 4, 14, 43, 70.

Wrought 179.

Yard 50, 81.

Yarn, 103.

Yawn 181.

Year 5.

Yellow 140.

Yesterday 4.

Yet 8.

Yoke 81.

Young 124, 140.

Yourself 15, 23.

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