42.9 Vocabulary List

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1.		點	dim2	CL	point (the decimal point in a decimal number)
2.		斤	gan1	CL	catty (about 0.6 kg, equal to 16 taels)
3.		両	loeng2	CL	tael (about 38 g)
4.		公斤	gung1 gan1	CL	kilogram (kg)
		KG
		kilo	ki1 lou2
5.		克	hak1	CL	gram (g)
		G
		gram	gwem1
6.		磅	bong6	CL	pound (lb)
7.		安士	on1 si2	CL	ounce (oz)
8.		公升	gung1 sing1	CL	liter (l)
		升	sing1
		lit	lit1
9.		毫升	hou4 sing1	CL	milliliter (ml)
9.		mil	miu1	CL	milliliter (ml)
10.		每	mui5	Pron	each
11.		老闆	lou5 baan2	N	shopkeeper; owner
12.		散紙	saan2 zi2	N	coins or small notes
13.		埋	maai4	V	to go close; to come close
14.		賣	maai6	V	to sell
15.		送	sung3	V	to give something as a gift
16.		靚	leng3	Adj	of good quality
17.		幾重	gei2 cung5	QW	how heavy
18.		喇喂	la3 wei3	SP	(Used to catch someone’s attention and urge them to do something)
19.		啦	laa1	SP	(Used to form persuasion)
20.		嘞	laak3	SP	(Used to form offers)
21.		總共	zung2 gung6	Adv	altogether
22.		欸	e6	Exp	hm
23.		搭條蔥	daap3 tiu4 cung1	Exp	to add a spring onion

Adj = Adjective

Adv = Adverb

AP = Aspect Particle

CL = Classifier / Measure Word

Conj = Conjunction

DW = Distinguishing Word

Exp = Expression

Mor = Morpheme

MV = Modal Verb

N = Noun

Num = Number

Onom = Onomatopoeia

Part = Particle

Post = Postposition / Localizer

Pref = Prefix

Prep = Preposition / Coverb

Pron = Pronoun

QExp = Question Expression

QW = Question Word

SP = Sentence Particle

Suf = Suffix

SV = Separable Verb

V = Verb

VP = Verbal Particle