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TZU ERE
CHI.
Jl lit
(YU
CHI).
A.
PROGRESSIVE COURSE
DESIGNED TO ASSIST THE STUDENT OF
COLLOQUIAL CHINESE
AS SPOKEN IN THE CAPITAL AND THE METROPOLITAN DEPARTMENT.
IN
THREE VOLUMES.
SECOND EDITION.
PREPARED BY
AND
to
VOL.
II.
SHANGHAI:
PUBLISHED AT THE STATISTICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE INSPECTORATE GENERAL OF CUSTOMS,
AND SOLD BY
LONDON
w. n.
ALLEN &
1886.
Co.,
WATERLOO PLACE.
CONTENTS.
PAOK.
PART
III.
213
...
PART IV.
215
PART V.
249
PART VI.
PART
VII.
or
...
419
...
PART VIII.
351
423
427
48 1
...
Article
484
...
486
Gender
...
The Pronoun
Indefinite)
The Verb
...
...
The Conjunction
Interjection
...
...
...
...
...
...
495
...
...
...
...
497
...
...
...
...
497
...
of Time, Place,
The Preposition
Degrees of Comparison
493
as modified
The Adverb,
The
its
...
...
Number, Degree,
...
...
...
...
...
...
etc
...
...
...
...
498
...
504
...
511
...
517
...
518
518
521
PART
THE FORTY
III.
EXERCISES.
PART
III.
1.
yi
1,
2,
Zl
""
3,
Of these,
i, 2,
7,
-fc ch'i\
8,
/V pa
g,
fa
chiu3
10,
-p
xhih?.
ssti*.
4,
[Hj
5,
3L wu
8,
-^
s
.
--pa
3.
From
2.
-/i i/i
See Exercise
18;
is
number.
Thus,
shilir-yl
ii;
etc.
From 20
numbers
to 99 the
4
34,
For the
are formed
much
as in English
san -shih
1
67, liu^-skiW-ch'i .
4
2
l
21, ^rh -shih -yi
4.
I.
z
19 inclusive, shi1b
to
number
restriction.
3
f3f lia a colloquial
liu*.
6,
erh*.
san
to 10 are these
78, ch'fi-shiW-pa
-8su*.
89,
pa
-shih?-chius .
45, ssffi-shihs-iwu?.
92, chiuP-shiW-erh*.
4
3
56, ivu -shifi?-liu
s
93, chiu -shih -san
rest,
l
.
the Chinese count by the hundred, the thousand, and the myriad
pai
ioo, "g"
1,000,
clt'ien\
10,000,
4
^| w<m
Between ioo and 1,000 the hundreds are reckoned as with us; but 1,100 is one thousand one
hundred; 11,000 is one myriad one thousand. No Chinese would speak of eleven hundred,
eleven thousand,
etc.
2
fractional.
Whenever in counting above ioo a break in the series occurs
such as obliges us to insert a zero, the Chinese introduce the word ling. Thus,
5.
ling
303,
It
if
may
the
number spoken
of be
6.
J$
I/
1
,
more than
.m<l odd.
order, series.
4
2,005, * 7 '^ ch'ien
2
3
ling ivu
Thus, yi pa-P
yu
ling
or,
one hundred
TZtJ
EKH
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
or group of cardinal
numbers becomes
san 1 pai3 ling* erk*, 302 ti* san1 pai3 ling- erk*, 3O2nd.
7. For purposes of numeration the following words will be constantly required
1
^> to many more.
H| ckp, some how many ?
liu*,
ti* liu*,
6th.
lib s/m
number
several
some
but
A?
to -shao
4J& Jisich
few
few
3
,
less.
how many ?
also,
a good number.
some.
When
ti>
s/tao
s/m3 to count.
1
is
laid
on
to
is
held
In Exercise
T&
lai
to
come
adverbially, in nu-
but
characters.
hao3 good
Jff
,
adverbially, very
verbally, to
recover.
of a large
10) Hii ^0 one, or ones, of persons or things; the commonest numerative
number of nouns substantive; the second is the correct form of the character. The term
4
>
numerative
is
explained below.
Chinese nouns substantive have
The Numeratives.
commonly
associated with
them
certain other nouns substantive, here styled Numeratives, between the meaning of which and
This may be generic, specific, formal, qualitative, and is sometimes
their own there is an affinity.
so vaguely defined that nouns, being names of things in categories widely different, may have
the same numerative. The latter, in virtue of this affinity, acts as the unit of the class, body,
or other plurality that may be indicated by the noun on which it is dependent and it should
be borne in mind that a large number of numeratives are never used independently of those
;
which they are related. We have in English nouns that do somewhat the same duty.
We say so many head of oxen so many stand of arms a crew of so many hands ; a fleet of
If we were speaking of oxen, we might
These are all plurals or collectives.
so many sail.
The
or
if
of
a
left
head
that there was not
also
arms, that every stand was destroyed.
nouns
to
say
Chinese numerative will be found to play both the parts here illustrated but it also plays a
between a number, one or more, and its substantive, it cannot
part of its own. Where it comes
2
one man, san1 ko* jeW, three men, the Cantonese, in the broken
ko*
be translated. For
;
yi
jeri>,
"
one piece man,"
of China, would say,
English which is the lingua franca of the open ports
"
three piece man." We have nothing analogous to this in our language.
There are many substantives which have no numerative, such in particular as are applied
to the
indefinite.
represent our one or ones, the pronominal adjective
list of the numeratives is given in Part VIII.
06s.
Yi
l
,
feo
it
will often
PART
III.
EXERCISE
/L
^C
"I"
PB
-El
ZL
-u
nr
^L
_L
_i_
4IH
I|H|
"5"
PI
flH
I|HJ
^,
yV
s>
-TI
3-
"f*
H~
J,
_i_
To
7L
"P?
PI o
'(IB
IIHIo
_ _
I.
Jl
1
four.
06s.
^l
PflJ
The Chinese do
-4-
"5"
_L
2
i&
jfit
-f-
..
~\j
&&
&& 3
__
.
I
^-
TO
^
li.i.
jl^
"TT^
_,
o
-tt
Two
Two
or three thousand.
or three
'*-t
eight
-I-
Thirty
Sixty-eight.
Fifty-seven.
hundred and
Twenty.
Nineteen.
y^o
sand.
-3E.
Sixteen.
-fI
.
~S
I
>
y>
1>>
*j.
TO
^S.
o
IfiJo
JS
T-*y
^
=1
4
-^
y\J
sixty-five
hundred and
4-
The one
or,
sixty-fifth.
Six hundred and ten; the yi, one, before s/wA, cannot be omitted. In reckoning myriads
omit it. You may say s/nft wan, skill pa wan, or yi shih wan, yi shih pa, wan.
it is
equally
correct to use yi or to
Lfc>o
.
or
-
-zr
_L
S*
-
~&i
_.5
JSr
"PO
T-'Oo
ae
-T-
_L
5.
TOO
-zr
j&
JL-
:.
T?
rm
^
^f.
'o
_L
-+.
TOO
izr
-*+-
^<>
7L
million.
TO
thousand.
sand
fifty
five
Sixty thou-
One hundred
thousand.
6.
ninety-one.
Ten
any number;
in
also,
above
all
millions
or,
figuratively,
TZU
_^ o -p
-e-
-p
&
t,
:I;H
CHI.
3L
P9
-ZT-
COLLOQUIAL, SERIIS.
3L
-J-
'
3r
PU
F
/\^
*o
A ^
+,.,_,.
_-.
3r
j,
/L
$5
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..
fi)
^>
iH
'^
^H
a-
A^
'
+
i
^ A ^
.^
.^
^*
^ ^*
^ A 'W 10
three.
fifty-four.
Two hun-
eighteen.
n i ne ty-three thousand.
an(j
'&
^ num b er
f
people are come or, How
come
? There are some
many
people.
There are a good number of people.
How
are
?
come
of
many people
Upwards
thirty
9'
people are
_.
five.
8.
dred and
-e-
-i
eight.
Jgy/nn'g'-J- _.3
eighty
jK-
_fo
and
thousand
Fifty
7-
"
thousand.
-i-
-f
^T-
*n
'Iran
ISJo
^>
W
^
^p
-4-
_t
-I-
/fro
/jte
*^.
"(Qo
/\
^
^
iL
iL
>?>
>fffl
A^T\
ToX
?tv
llu
'fffl
liajo
llfiJo
y,[^
IO
^|[10
Some
Several score
score
or.
3||
ten
"IISI
jH
or things
1--
IL
PW
^1
Two
than ten;
ten ones.
things.
tilings
Score
I.
it is
or,
How many
or,
[the
lit,
some score.
Ten and
How many
Some
persons or things.
over
persons
at
score
*/
more persons or
^o
(lit, tens);
How many
Near
Obs. 2.
fr~
/I
^
^
-"*T^
I?H
I've
-**
i.
^L-
ten,
at,
,-*
^|
/T
T^
but below
&
fstt
it
IJH
P-Ho
n n
JP-
J-'C
11
ii-
single individual.
"
or,
_JL_.
s\ a
A^
3
i^
^T
How many
f beef.
of fish
Obs.
'
i.
ihx. 2.
Four-tenths
K'on
TT
."L
four- tenths
HOAV
-h
many
Five catties
Some
long.
catties of fish
refers to individuals,
--
Three inches
catties
ssti, four.
male or female.
35
t>
12
12.
Seven
measures of rice.
measures
of
One measure
wheat.
of millet.
Nine
PART
JL
/f
Iffl*p
_-
UJ
W W
III.
ite
J-*C
/*JC
:zc
^&
4tR
^r
xf
13
13.
Some
teeth
How many
or,
There
li.
are
is
two hundred
full
li
mountains)
Three hundred catties odd.
Full
Olis.
.see
1.
is
Twelve.
Fourteen.
the
eight.
ninety-
How many
7.
Seven
catties
The
ninety-two.
twenty-first.
and forty-second.
sixty-seven.
The
The
men
5.
catties
million
persons
Seventeen
measures
Five
beans.
o.
of
rice.
coming.
hun-
single
measures
How many
miles
eight
li
Fourteen
venison.
Eighteen
of small millet.
nine hundred li
As
A
A
Ten measures
Full
many.
of
catties
Three million and twenty-seven. Six thousand and forty. Nine hundred and ninety-
The
are
9.
coming.
individual.
are coming.
4.
sand
are
fifty
odd
dred
Number
eightieth.
Eight or nine
More than
three hundred
Six measures
of rice.
8.
3.
of small millet.
and twenty-
hundred
I.*)
Forty thousand one hundred and sixtyThree million twelve hundred and
Eight
(KEY, EXERCISE
6.
Seventy-
Ninety.
Forty-five.
twenty-four.
nine.
nine.
2.
high.
Turn
three.
Radical 157.
thousand
of the road
teeth
long
hundred
seventeen
A
li.
of
good
Full
high.
Article.
will
commonly found between the yi and the substantive. Sometimes the numerative will stand
without the yi as in yu s ko4 jen2 lai 2 for yus yi 2 ko* jen 2 lai 2 there is a person come (or
1
coming).
10.
The
Definite
Article
the
is
not
uncommonly rendered by
the
pronouns
this
$j^ che*,
this
and
all
and
ffi
na4
that
i.
demonstrative
ERH
TZtl
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
but chiefly, if not always, when the thing or person indicated is for certain
or has been recently referred to. But these are not the only equivalents.
known
to the hearer
One
denominated Numeratives.
in general a
By
meaning
nouns
to
or which,
such as jen1
man
shen 1 body
,
mas
horse
etc.
Of the compound form, there are instances of more kinds than one
the Colloquial Radicals (vol.
altercation
p.
34)
(lit.,
may
largely
added
shield
and
corpse-head)
These
spear).
k'ou3 -she'2
show
suffice to
to other substantives.
j^
(lit.,
(lit.,
in the Exercises in
will
is
i,
is
tzii
3
;
in Pekingese,
more
frequently.
This erh also sometimes plays a part in the formation of adverbs, especially of time and place.
06s.
Combinations of words, such as with us shipwright, horse-boy, landlord, etc., are common
enough in Chinese but, the independent individuality of almost every Chinese word considered,
;
in
it is
most instances
safer to
Some English
compound
first
word
substantive.
substantives,
substantive.
12.
The
Number.
plural of substantives
may
simple word, but this not without limitation; or by the addition of a noun of multitude,
sometimes preceding, sometimes following, the simple word
or, in certain cases, by the
addition of the particle men1 explained below (13).
;
13.
fPI
men
1
,
jen
2
,
Thus,
(lit.,
great man).
to 4 jen 2
Experience will
Note.
carry no tone.
When
the tone
mark
is
omitted
it
is
so little emphasised as to
PART
The Noun Adjective.
14.
I,
The
wo
:$$
Their plural
16.
iuo
Ni 3 -imn
Obs.
is
The
may
the ist
"fifi,
men
-men, we, us
t'a
1
,
3rd.
Thus,
we,
.>
is
s
15.
III.
is
when
the persons spoken of are present; parties in the same undertaking or concern.
second form of tsa2 is but an abbreviation of the first.
When
18.
indicated by fa
1
,
may
very sparingly.
In the constructions of the verb which
we
it
is
be
used
cannot
This word, which is properly a substantive meaning a bright spot, the blot
has
come
to perform various duties.
target,
Appended enclitically to substantives and
as
we
it
should
the
or
forms,
pronouns,
say,
genitive
possessive case.
Appended to adjectives
19. ffJ ti
on a
it adverbialises them.
It is sometimes a relative pronoun sometimes
an indefinite pronoun, such as one, some, etc.
In all these cases it has presumably usurped the place of other words, notably that of the
2
verb te noticed immediately below (21).
or adjective constructions,
20. Attention
is
here directed to
ti
ni3 -ti,
ta*-jen
thine.
The
t'a
$
JB|
chi*
ti
Ho"
ma
his excellency's.
-ti,
theirs.
-men-ti,
following brief examples will help to confirm the student in his knowledge of the
substantives or
Thus,
pronouns.
21.
the Possessive of
as forming
ti
3
f^ wo
This one.
tsa-
ff!
m( n PI
'
jg ch<?
That one.
Thou, I, he we three.
We two persons here.
;
A Jen"
p&
3
flj
ts(<?
men
2
P| tsa
$f
fa fa
iP3
pg
ti
liang
men
ffc
ni3
jg
3%
5o'"'' A
fy
t'a
3
<>
Jj$
c/te
na*
We two.
A horse (or horses) of our place here.
My own horse (lit., myself's horse).
Note.
There
is
is
singular or plural.
Jf che*
4
f@o^
Jg not
10
TZtT
ERH
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
may
It
not in
if
other ways.
23. The Interrogative Pronoun who, ivhwh,
grammarian as a relative in search of an antecedent,
shui 2 who,
style.
mo R^ ma
The combination shen2-mo pronounced she 2 -mo used
but may stand before a personal noun, as in she^-mo jeri2 what person ?
1
nken-
3j
ffifc
is
^vhat,
is
The character shen signifies extreme, but is then read shen4 and it may be surmised that it has
come to be corruptly employed in this combination. Its adjunct mo is a negative interrogative
,
particle
hsiao
it is
Ma
as small as this.
ff*
shift?,
tithe, is
is
mo
to
1
,
as
much
as that
mo
che*
is
none the
less
'
she n 2
pronounced
2j]J
What
24.
na
person?
06.
-mo, or she*-mo.
What
Who
Thus, for
may
Whom
interrogative,
What
person
or
she^-mo
je.fi
or
2
.
ivhat, shen
its
numerative.
But which,
by na
is
thing?
numerative (yi l
if
referring to one of
many
objects,
3
,
25.
The Verb.
It will
moment
Verb
may be simple or compound the compound verb being made up sometimes of the same verb
or different meanings, sometimes of a verb and its
reduplicated, sometimes of verbs of like
object.
These remarks apply rather to verbs that we should designate Active or Neuter. The
equivalent of our Passive formation is effected by prefixing to the verb concerned other verbs
signifying to suffer, to receive, to perceive,
Some
etc.,
as the case
may
be.
verbs incontestably active are reinforced by other verbs, which, like the French
do or to cause to be done.
We
(8)
PART
sense even
when used
III.
which
as an auxiliary,
it
often
11
is.
though limitedly,
also,
auxiliary functions.
27.
powers, there
may
inflections.
28.
29.
tsai*, to
be
shih*, to
jjjz
means
question, shih*
to be at
be
yes,
at
to be
and
pu
right or not
error, fault
to a
is it
a substantive meaning
It is well to
remember, however,
that the negative or affirmative in answer to a question is more frequently expressed in Chinese
by the repetition, or partial repetition, of the question with the negative or affirmative prefixed
than by the negative or affirmative alone. Thus,
t'a
lai 2
shih
2
pu lai is he coming ?
1
t'a pu shih*, it is he, is it
t'a
not
pu*
lai 2 ,
he
shih* t'a 1
not coming.
is
it is
he.
We
could not say, without being guilty of a vulgarity, pu* simply, in answer to the
question, and the simple affirmative shih* would rarely be used in answer to the second.
Exercise III,
2
to get ; to have
to possess
to accomplish.
^=| te
2
te' follows the verb to which it is attached,
auxiliary,
indicating
first
See
10.
30.
the
first
verb
is
See
its
ti
above
As an
(19).
completion.
It discharges,
perhaps
can and
3
1
or be ended, when following a verb, indicates the completion
~y liao P^f- lo to end,
of an act, the occurrence of an event.
It
It may often fairly be called a sign of the past tense.
is also
used
as
a
final
Lo
is much used as a
termination.
expletive.
colloquial
freely
31.
When
is
the negative pu* (8) intervenes between the other verb and liao 3 the construction
almost, if not quite, that represented by our potential auxiliaries.
Thus lai 2 'pu liao3 it is not possible that [he] should come. This is said, however, when
,
would affirm
It
it
more
Were he
to say lai 2
te*
and
liao*,
puts
te'
want
Jj yao*,
to indicate future time.
But from
its
meaning
te
2
;
as
we
to
32.
he
te,
positively.
should say,
pu
to desire
to
be about
to.
It is used,
in various combinations.
and
12
COLLOQUIAL SEBJ1-X
With one ot these the student of Pekingese cannot too soon become acquainted. Out of
ad //en', a corrupt monosyllable, ti&, has been formed, which is one of the most useful
auxiliaries in the Peking colloquial.
It is of course not recognised by native
lexicographers, and
lias been represented in this course by the character te 2
a
Chinese tone mark
distinguished by
attached to it on the right side.
,
^ mo
33.
put
is
is
not used.
or mu*, not,
is
much
is
for
pick
less
put
do
pv?
but
not.
is
is
mu*
shih*, to be.
has formed the corrupt monosyllable mei2 which will be found, however,
before the verb yu? itself, standing as a simple negative. Thus,
With yu
it
mei2 yu 3 hao3
When mo*
ti,
or
is
Thus,
1
lai2 liao
mei2
t'a
t'a
mei 2 yu1
lai 2 ,
he
is
is
he come or not
2
your question were, Is he coming or not ? you would ask t'a lai
2
1
answer in the negative would be t'a pu* lai he will not come (is not coming).
1
If
pu
lai'
and the
To
34.
be
tsai*, to
^
^
^
2
,
to be at
at.
ff|
to be right.
tei3 (te
~f liao
mo4
want
yao*),
must.
end
ended.
to
mei2
mu*, not;
tH>
Jf
thing.
Learn
ff-
1
,
east
shih 2 a tithe
,
intensive
jj
hsi 1
mo
but with
what ?
mo
1
,
1
,
interrogative,
sheri
tung
:g
sken*, extreme;
na what
J|
3
$& hen an
who
and intoned
to be.
35.
JjJ
to will.
shui
yao*, to
^'
fg
be
shih*, to
te
recapitulate, the
mo
1
,
to express
also any.
as in
west
(see
Radical 146).
The second
is
a corrupt form.
Thus,
hen3 haos
H mai
3
,
to
buy
||[
ti
tung^hsi
mai*, to
sell.
1
,
Thus,
to 4
mais-mai*,
trade, business.
PART
III.
EXERCISE
13
II.
or
As
Ao
In che-mo, no-mo, the w has no interrogative power.
is then pronounced mo.
06s.
(13), which,
The
womcn )-
As small
large as this.
ou
as that.
sometimes represented
syllable is
liy
men
however,
M M
06s.
S A
Jt
Thing
tung-hsi, east
Ji
and west
q.d.,
iVt
4f&
3tR
What
thing?
^^SitfiiSt^^R3
*W
W HVo Ao M.
m
A
1C S M 10 #?
$? @ S Ao A H
-ftH
Whatman?
2.
/flB
1121
Who
3-
He
good man.
He
sell?
man
that
is
a trader.
is
a good
sells
man is a
What does he
That
many
things.
ffic
O?w.
S/WJ'*
What
does he sell?
(lit,
he
is
a seller of what?)
It
to say
fir,
mat
'<
-/<///
WIO.
10A^^'WT W^^
A.
1R
j-j
5tT
3tj
<ft
cz.
tS
5j
tS
^R
3^
"W,
^
W
Jfi
Oft
^g
Obs.
>5
AA
'aff
^^g
none
any')
you ^ any?
This
left
5fc<,
^fr
xE
H*J
VHf
ilu
iH
Ao
^ A
O/w.
i.
In the
Ob*.
2.
It is
is
last
some
DC
-H*
~ST
Mi
'W
li
5^
<Ift
simplest to construe
fi
na
Is
^ ^iat
person
is
is
he come
He
'
come ^
^s
is
There
not come
is
'
3>
+m & A ^
O
T( *?
in the
Who
no one come.
is
che. 'rh,
S00 ^
^
It
is
T
irh,
5'
^s
Tin
iTV
iLi
originally,
na
if.d.,
'rh.
he
is
what
place's n
are c
Obi.
or, I
very bad.
have none
JnL
.^
^ ere
are
( or>
thcre?
%
answer to the
first
number.
How many
question to omit
t'a
mCn.
me
'
14
TZtT
ERH
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
This
&
A:
ja.
>ffl
flR
iVi
^ M
^m
3$ B
&
Iff
iH
fid.
10 >!
How many
-ffl
II
Not many
-tfft
8
"
^C
rf
have you of
It is
this article?
of them.
they want
it.
any>
want
A,,
,^
Whose
'
thin?
eirs 1S
IflL
.^
theirs
T ^-ISffl^lifflM
,_.
is
this
is
8.
i^
That
'
Whose
2fc
>= -^
^
^
&
^Ho W *S
T*
*J
W&
e^w^iVf^^^iB^HV. Ct
He
J
^ ^
5R
^
-Vd
ours
thing?
>flB
ours.
&/o
is
it.
We
do not
that.
Jt1W&*?^tffc
JK
06s.
i.
T.
We
Obi. 2.
In the
06*. 3.
last
1C
iPI
cannot buy,
T T
etc.
%$
liao
Iff o
3
,
T
~JT
ifS
a potential auxiliary.
9-
That
business.
is
'tel
or
tnis is
not to be done;
a
that
or,
cannot be accomplished.
06s.
The
first
liao
is
&. 1&
06s.
$%
flao
ie
it
18
M M 10
^
M t*
W '&&
^ ^Jl
iJK
tit
H, fSJii
M' M.
n(f
Jf
10.
is
This thing
no perceptible difference
u
should
If
(or,
Chang
3
,
to grow,
;
to
ought
buy a good
to)
It
cannot be
see 30.
in the
(lit.,
very good.
y u want
is
see
next example.
or,
Ti
not
is
te
2
,
has
well).
PART
H
T*C
sf
'
l-'Co
"7
J
a'
If
06s.
i.
-C/i.
06s.
2.
-Chang
.Ah
^
06s.
i.
_M
FJ
bamboo
A.
I -
^&^
v(i
"J*
\J
you
^^
^3^o I"* M
man compared with my son
;
[is]
Whose
mine.
Three.
How
He
things
Does he
The
millet
sell
good
tilings.
Obs.
Trader
7.
want
place
to
are there
His nose
good
Five.
want
to
want
to
buy
98).
fish are
not few).
is
Yes.
Clay:
lit.,
very
fine.
1 1.
he
any
How
is
buy a
To return
36.
to verbs
What
of wheat.
here the
very good.
found here?
two traders
five
Is that thing
is
buy
many
(lit.,
10.
06s.
lit.,
What
black beans.
traders here
We
sell
His
I
days do you require ?
want three months.
Do you use wheat or
is
five sons.
How many
9.
Earthenware (Radical
Obs.
horses.
is
It
?
?
sell
II.)
earthenware.
sells
We
No.
How many
some bushels
6.
this
in familv are
He
is
4.
many
How many
is
my
^s
son.
(KEY, EXERCISE
8.
to be).
How many
man
he
5.
at
is
We
1.
This cart
come
lai above in 8.
rice.
sell
greatly.
is
-J
Turn
as the
than
TlH
llfii
3'
taller
This mountain
he
or,
BK 13
fck
^J^
-Lit., that
the
18),
12.
/4A-
j^:
15
PJKjA
ID
P 1
iR
1
1 o
5R
AM*
jz.
'Ft
UB
(Radical
3
jg
T*T
Jp.
III.
na
long.
When
Thus,
he
16
37.
ch'ii
2
simply, to go, as opposed to lai to come.
From combination
come.
of the above
we
go.
get na lai
an object, of course, being expressed or understood.
38.
Thus,
2
ivo 3 lai 1
away
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
is
its
to bring,
When
2
4
adjunct lai or ch'u
and na2
ch'u*, to
take
Thus,
nor eke* ko* tuny l -hsi l ch'u4 take this thing away (lit., laying hold of this thing
There are exceptions to this rule of construction which will be noticed in their place.
39. Referring to Sections 30 and 31, write out the following in Chinese
,
go).
no?
2
na
na2
Observe na
the
can be
lai
te'
te
te
laid
hold
na2 pu4
te
na 2 pu4
na2 pu*
of.
can be brought.
can be taken away.
na-
ch'ii,*,
liao
pu
te
2
,
lai
cannot
cannot be,
ch'ii
be, etc.
etc.
cannot be,
etc.
can be laid hold of; na pu liao cannot be, etc. In these two
2
but no? put liao* will be found to have more force and
te
2
nothing from na
first differs
scope than
2
.
2
verbs, lai
and
ch'ii*
may
discharge
much
a door).
JH
Jtj
'fT.
wang
tion
41. Thus, for instance
kuo*
$
To
To
To
To
latf
j& kuo*
ch'u
of.
~%.
move
to
lai
wang
JJ che
&
ft 'rh
llj
kuo*
slum
ffi
ch'u 1
chin*
P^
men
PI
men2
ch'u
^ch'u*
2
%- a lai
come
in at the door.
To go out of the door.
over
the
hills.
go
(across)
be coming in this direction (or, come here).
much used
/,'wo
to pass, is
as
is
as indicating
progressive action.
The combination
3
ch'i -lai
2
,
itself
an
auxiliary,
must be
5lj
too 4 to arrive
,
as
fa1 too4
liao 3 ,
he has arrived
fa1 mei2
too 4
he has not
arrived.
used as an auxiliary with certain verbs implying movement, but with greater freedom
in the southern than in the northern mandarin.
It
is
(A"
also chao 2 written in the two forms here given.
The first of these,
^^, ^,
Besides other parts, the word
however, is used in positions where the second would not be.
of
that
a
most
verb.
plays
important auxiliary
45.
PART
As cko
III.
is
read
produces a participial
it
c/w>
17
Under other
inflection.
Thus,
it
46.
47.
XL,
3,
Obs.
tzti
l
,
or
wu
l
,
a room.
^jj|
p'u*,
Thus,
yi* ch\en
fang
-tzti,
Yi
properly yi*
tzii,
a house.
3
properly tz& .
The
latter,
wu -tzii,
l
chieri
Hang
two rooms.
enclitically, atonic.
jflj
a shop.
after them.
2.)
06s.
in which case
it
48.
home
chia 1 house,
also, family.
chieh
$j
be seen
3
inside
"f* hsia*,
way
The following
4
are examples of
^? chia
JH too
%'rh
below
head
I o2/u
c/m
shang*
$|>
shang*
%j a
chieli
to descend.
end
side.
wai*
<'ou
%j chiek
to stand firm
to
at.
"f hsia*
ti
of these words
chia 1
^ivai*
%fc
^Ji3
li
Bf^'ou
ch'eng
home.
or, at
city.
Outside.
Inside.
It
VA
ft
reside
jp|
Up
t'ou
of.
49.
skang*
In the house
later).
li
street.
4
}lt too road,
of.
(or, in)
rams
the street.
(lit,
To go up the
street.
object.
So would hsia* as
50.
^
|^
As
k'ai
Add
<so
4
,
lifai
men
2
,
these words
to
1
,
to
do
to
open
18
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
EXERCISE
A
*
III.
There
i.
man
A
I.
Lit., there is
06s.
2.
If there
man
it
is
A man
(i.e.,
is
come
to take
away
take).
man
man
brought things.
that thing
Obs.
is
come with
is
for
one
to take.
come.
could
mean
that a
na, to
q.d.,
3.
That thing
na
or
na
ko.
Obs. 4.
O6s.
Notice the
na tnng-hsi
5.
pu
liao,
very
many
one
man
ch'il.
It
pii liao
ch'ii.
I* 2
SB
ft.
m
A
2.
That
man must
not be seized
(e.g.,
makes
that
it
to seize him).
wrong
That
man
of him).
is
off, etc).
3.
No
one
4.
To come
In a room.
lives in this
To
room.
live in a house.
This house
is
i.
The
06s.
2.
T'a=t'a
liao at the
ti,
end
is
merely expletive.
5.
there
How many
Thirty-five clden.
of three chien.
06s.
i.
Chien:
06s.
2.
Construe:
see
Exercise
You
XL,
3,
Obs.
2.
I live in
a small room
PART
III.
^hJt^T^S'ftfii^
5
i A ^
tH
3>
^o
~fc
flf
50R*
fifi.
Ijt
JeT
i"
JT
&.
jli
-a=
-7
To
fW
-4-
-ft-
^ ^
HH
&xf
'li
'
jtf
#?
**
#?
^ ^
lffii
m ? m n
Obs.
^ *
M
S ^
vt
f^
r.
.Plo
oxf
?P
jjflJ
BS
0B
1H1
6^
7
r>
iK
ft
!fll
ft
&
E9
-W
iffi
^r
31R
^
1P1
^^
is
the city.
Is
it
is
that man's
where ?
8
^
^H
^
We, wo-mn,
06s.
3.
lit.,
TGI
ff
*l
yfv
E3
_L
E9
^&
3$
^K
Jx.
-4-.
4H
>"=
"^
f5>
^
H
of people,
1^.
_t
BR*
All*
^
*ft
M>**.
Has he come
there?
xL*
Where
iJL
He
has come.
He
did
no thoroughfare).
c
10
*n
yAl
_l-
**
h
number
large.
9-
~*
31C
L*
the
fifii
or,
'
^.ife.^fi^h^-^h9
_ ^ _
^
Be ""
4
^ ^
'
His shops,
The
Where
i.
06.
cit y)-
2.
*i&
i3C.
I live in
#B'
Obs.
^*S O
live
ftK
06s.
*fj}t
Where do you
7-
in
etc., is
i ^
in the
outside.
35:
1lHj>
]|t
/_*
Walking
street).
A:
ft
*^
up the
There
Lit., that
2.
IS
in the street.
M,
w
4ft
(lit.,
street.
'
i.
a
'
:&
Ifc
home.
at
2E
a turn
3&
:**
HsE
I-
5,
'M
I-
06s.
BK*
ift
6^1
'
What
6>
19
No;
are
you going?
anywhere.
20
A$
T
To
-^ $R f^
$ft
3l?
'f/ft
33o
"B*
lUl
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
11
te'=^l^
-/t-7fciteW
'^ie
to rise).
pronoun,
Obs.
i.
Obs.
2.
You
first,
second, or third.
this
man
H
A T
7
T.
fto
12. It
going to
is
has rained
The
firm hold of
hold of
,|Vv1
It
rain.
Rain as heavy as
heavily.
ft.
All
it.
hold
it (to
Be
it fast).
t?
Obs.
i.
Be
2.
careful
lit.,
little heart,
no,
te
and chu.
ita
tung-hsi chu.
little
fine,
minute
q.d.,
pay minute
attention.
13.
Obs.
k'ai
pu
liao,
Turn
You
1.
live inside
you
live out-
house of
six chien.
city.
This house
k'ai
Open not
pu
(KEY, EXERCISE
much
Obs.
one has
four.
In
the large streets there are not many dwellinghouses [but] there are many shops there.
3. Where is his residence? He lives in a
;
city.
He
III.)
He
is
not
hi trade.
An
intensive
of the adjective.
is
[can] open.
k'ai.
live?
2.
one.
the
I live in a
the
by
4.
Come
the street.
How many
Where
city.
large.
is
often formed
into the
The door
room;
of that
are they?
They
by the
ti,
it
repetition
very small.
is
room
dusty in
is
Three or
open.
four.
Not very
PART
5.
What
is
he doing at home ?
or, he does nothing
nothing to do
not what to do).
;
What
west.
1
7JP chih
ti
gft
shuo 1 to say
to
speak language
1
personal pronoun, shuo
55.
ai
like.
t'a
see 51.
is
much
How many
better one
chien has
it
four.
mien4 ).
tell
lit.,
Thus,
do not know to
say.
Thus,
mo
do you not
him
like
wen2 language
of books
Thus,
t'a
know
(Radical 67).
s/mo hua
pu
hua4 spoken
wants
does not
ai4 to love or
21
To know
06s.
ni
54.
He
7-
to
ai* or
53.
has
got
wo3 pu4
(lit.,
52.
I live
carts.
Where has
51.
has
Towards the
He
He
city.
to
He
III.
hua4 hao 3
means
blame
to
this is
good.
my
as t'a 1 shuo 1
Also to speak
opinion.
or,
is
as
But followed by a
Examples:
t'a
fjjl
1
fill
fjfc
fi'/mo
fjf
hua 4
f)
t'a
s/mo
%& hen*
iff.hao*
Jg;
.s/ii/t
na*
g[)
1
./''"'""
diJ"-
Jj&
^, mo
fjjjo
t'a
fft
pu
ai*
1
flfc,
ni 3
t'a
jf[
too 4
ffi
wo3
*& ai
pu
chih 1
^ pu*
1
p chih
<d 4
5^ too
ni3
fft
n chih
Do you know
[I] do not.
Do you like him ? Not much.
?
Obs.
To,, great,
used adverbially.
What he
56.
The
first
BT",
is
HO
as liang3 hui2 ,
58.
chiao*, to call
the form
cause, and, as
57.
P-T>
is
quite
(or,
very) right
(or, correct).
to bid.
more commonly
used.
As
As
will
be seen
him come
later,
it
call
him
here.
sometimes means to
he
is
come
back.
Also,
an occasion
on two occasions.
^ fa
2
,
to be tired
as
wo3
am
(lit.,
my
person
is) tired.
22
yfa
60.
Jpj fang
61.
62.
cltan*, to
59.
feo
to recline
to
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
sit.
Examples:
4
tso*
ck'i 3
jjg
l!f,cho
Tjfcslai
5
%, fa
~f o liao
ckan*
f$j fang'-
ni
fft
is
gone back on
TSOH here, on
06s.
him back
Call
tai2
~f a liao
3
tsou
j|
too
$L
'rh
HI /twi
t'a
t'
fljj,
Wj- cliiao*
&
He
down.
down.
to lie
sitting, or lying
|ij
2
kui*
c&'w4
foot.
foot.
or,
him
bid
return.
Tsow
You
stand up
Lying down.
Sitting.
O/is.
kuan 1
|p|
frontier station
64.
Standing up.
63.
go the road
tao, to
J{||
also,
to close, to shut
as
an important point
ch'uang
1
,
window
1-
hence
door.
be seen
(as will
later), to
by hu* (Radical
63).
Thus,
65.
iHj|
O6s.
Its
lou
2
,
an upper story
bureau or
is
official
tao.
Thus,
2
shang* ya -men*, to go to
67.
68.
Examples:
^
H
ti
4
,
the ground
tsai*
lou2
_t shang*
jen
as ti*
Iisia*,
on the ground.
tsai*
j$jj
fang*
fy
ti*
tsai4
hsia*
Olm.
is
a person
(or,
wo3
^f
yao*
A Jen*
yu
Ji shang* J: shang*
ffi
office.
;jf{
lou*
_t shang*
iso
kuan1
f^ men*
1
g| k'ai
mew2
PART
III.
is
story
23
gone).
Obs.
Sitting upstairs.
^t
69.
pu*, a pace.
as
to bestride
ma3
as ch'i2
a sedan-chair
on horseback.
to ride
-y;
It
means
74.
5^
75.
,U|
ma3
76.
|7C p'i
87),
77. 1JH lo
(8)
z
,
numerative of
a mule.
Its
as tso* ch'e
cart
as
ssti*
1
,
to sit in a cart.
wv? Hang*
ch'e
1
,
a horse.
'
1 2 3
ch'e
as
as well the
(Radical
Also,
foot.
ma3
as
numerative
pa
p'i
2
t'ou
is
ma3
(48)
eight horses.
as
sun 1
as
Hang
t'ou
Ko
HH
78.
a donkey.
I'ti?,
Its
numerative
is
p'i (76)
2
collectively as Itf-tzti lu
Ko
(8)
p'i
can also
of donkeys.
79.
Examples:
jj
T
^
mai 3
^ ao
Hang
f$
ch'i-
^
^
H
^- tzu
lai
came
in a cart
goes
(or, is
want to buy
Obs.
He
Tiwj = yi
lit.,
c ^'^
ma
%. lai
He
shih*
6^
<i
shift*
am
fy
t'a
mai
|_^ lo
fg
tzti
^Jw
fjjj
4
?/ao
^
H
t'a
iws
mai3
ting
e/wao 4
^
^
f
^
i'a
fg
tws
shih*
pu
/isia
*
4
<sow3
JjS
toi
3-vtzti
fi^ti
Qfyti
ting,
one piece.
mule hither ?
I have
bought two
ftbs.
Not Mi Hang.
riding a
carts.
q.d., he,
hither,
was he
24
all
ERH
TZtJ
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
as na* p'i 2
ma?
80.
ffi
k'uai*,
81.
13|
man*, slow
82.
lU
83.
84.
|ft$
ton 1 (properly tu 1 ),
quick
;
85.
Examples
plurality
all,
li
pu'
&,shih*
3
jtfohao
t'a
fife,
^^man*
jjj|
2
ft ch'ien
*
$L ho u
ffit.
t'ou
Were
either.
fj^,
@| t'ou
& pi
1
j$ tou
tsou3
te
fc a k'uai*
hou*
if
tsou
'&
te
lo
tzu
|g lu
jftjiao
t'ou
jjJI
1
%$ tou
a1
|$
&
lo
3>
tzti
vjo3
ffi
na*
fC p'i
man
*|
,B|
Jg na*
3
ft wo
ma?
fak'uai*
na*
JJ5
hsieh 1
is fast.
slow.
is
%. lai?
That mule
t'ou-
|ij
slow.
[is]
good.
mule
all
good.
io=both.
q.d., I
Obs.
He was
Obs.
all not,
Toupii,
i.
in such a context
= neither.
Hou
lai
may mean
had been
is it
at
first.
In writing
it
means
The combination
ch'ien lai is
to proceed to or towards.
It
has
to hold
Thus,
86.
Jjjj
pa
pa
As a
substantive,
87.
jfjjj
na*
hold
we should
ni3
3
,
kei 3
to run, as a
say,
it
wo3 na2
man
call
27).
the object of
amongst
as
of.
men2 kuan
3
pa has various uses
galloped away.
to take
(p.
as in ni 3 kei3
wo3
yi
ko*,
you give
me
one.
Hence
it
Thus,
2
yi ko* lai bring one for me.
2
to gallop, as a horse.
As p'ao3
off,
or
PART
III.
EXERCISE
#+
T
|Bjo
'&
3ft-
4m
$f
xl
ft
*tfe
Ift
'\?
4$
ff^
>?>
4EH
1%
'"^
m
CM
_^
"ftil
tOil
[tj
?1^
(to*., it is
does
AC
iff
tS.o
$^
m m m ^
belong to
He
it.
done
l$l
"^"0
it
I that)
Whose house
2>
can't
(or,
i.
ffi
i
Ao
i@
Ao
Tjx
^B
^f*
-z-
5(5
-=r
(what family
?
tell.
He
it?
has done
it
do
he
once;
and shuo.
3-
There are
IS
Ati
<
correct.
five
Who
say
|^^rfel^^55^A4
^r ^m
T n
*A fi a
iii|
this
2.
-7-
is
Who knows
I can't
How many times has
?)
made)
Obs.
3fc
uninhabitable.
06s.
.&
;gc
is
place
i&
-'
$IV
^P
iI
^b-
IV.
'
Tlie y sa ^ or> some sa y ( lit there is a
man, or there are men, who say), that that
JNLfftoxli&^^iiflS'fl'i
trn
25
it
06s.
Do
i.
Were
Obi. 2.
N.B.
not construe
ti
We
hsia, below.
shall
come presently
^k
Xt
>r
06s.
PI
T
*
Jjl>
'Vj
~?*
Jo
T-
Jilt
uha
tj
(ipa
^Ei^6
^
Xt
Sate
>\<b.
i
lyv
i/'
FIB
is tired,
KM
tj
J*J*
walk
T
Hel
6.
^s
,
iUt
06s.
P 1
Shut
ft&
in, etc.
Do you
like this
s ^ ufc
the city
am too
[I] cannot.
|^
ttj
7-
PT
Op en
tne door.
window
I"
official
5.
tired to
^ P m ^
-
my body
JL
PI
[n\
ItU
^V
T^
J/if.,
fft
>
^>3
to
is
shut.
ffi
The door
is
open.
The
26
-t
P^
Bfl
06*.
11
yife
^tti
f=t
7G
5&o
"fifi
4fl
iDi
With
-fh
-fr-
<K
ft
ERH
Jl
iti
nit
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
^
itfe
S'r !
He
8.
to
tt
&et
is
UP'
lying
down
Shut the
f^f
(H/
Ah
-rh
1ui
/$
a*
^1
/i
him
is travelling.
or to go
^f
door.
verbs of motion tao-'rh shang means, on the way, on the road, while one
6d
"ftfc
^f
TZtT
oV
'U\
j?
j$?
*,
xE
fl2<
tt J?
jf?
?E
~&i
9t
xK
fKf
T^qS'^sfiT-^
o
06s.
of tsou
Obs.
ti
i.
2.
is
te,
if ti
fe,
Note
06s. 4.
jtj
clause
my
q.d.,
first
lai.
^J"*
T^
f^
_t
J^
1^i
4t>
&
T-
i-
BR* ~&
SK
10
1J
^s
to)
JpU "XT
;Hk
6I
zfe
'ffi.
Ah
MI
-^
-fc.
7u
Iffl
i^.
ii
not back.
Where
To the ya?-<men 2
or not?
He
(is he gone
Did he go in
did he go
(office).
ipj
A.
i
^ s t ^iat
IO>
chair.
'
fl
S^
J2L
* A 4
ft
O/K.
I?
S?
SB
f?
AA
7u
MS
w ^
W
I,
ffB
fee
~f"
llK/
"7"
SR
SK
bk
if?
^j^
TO
JZ.
~T
'
'
Jt~zl
JS.
"7"
yi
SR
1%
^ie
7C.
>W
~T
IZ.
BE
Aft
tft
HS
^*o
Bi
838
in Jir>
S @
"ffii
,_._"
AA
;
Ifil
uiiHr>
^.^
mu ^ es
get there.
ia
me
>
1
Klf"*
:&H
"'F'
ia
"
6&
BBS
^fi
TA: O
'
12. Is it
12
he
fast.
horses that he
is
buying?
is
buying (or,
mules and donkeys.
Hv
bought
_a
-EL
r l~>
78.)'
(See
\
I_T .
How many
has
No,
are)
he
PART
III.
13.
'
A $
fi m
JH
w.
Turn
He
1.
is
the
sitting upstairs
He
here quickly.
tt
gallops very
him
tell
K3
In front, t'ou"
him
Tell
He
horses.
buy two
to
will
is
Horses are
What
and four
him
Tell
No
3.
Four.
Has he gone
chair or in a cart
to the
He
ya-men
to pray
|H
cli'ing
90.
3$
chiao 1 to teach
Why
to request.
as
t'a
is
No.
walking slowly.
quickly.
down
Why
I like
lit, to
Have
all
/ma4 he
is
my
carts.
For no reason
;
you
like
standing up.
do what
as in ch'ing3
have sold
06s.
Hence, please
No
you standing up
am
sitting
carts
are
(lit.,
He
He
arrived
you any
in a sedan-
come
to
89.
Two.
Four
Has he
one.
this
mules are
5.
than mules
faster
than donkeys.
is he
doing ?
faster
He
bought
lying on the
is
in a
2.
carts
He
come
he
to
2.
fast.
I went in front
coming very slowly.
cart he followed in a sedan-chair.
06s.
BE
fc
SI
back
27
tso*,
please be seated.
me
to
speak the
K'an1 to
teaching
language.
91.
watch
k'an*, to
;fjf
behold
to regard.
As
vuo 3 k'an
t'a
hao3
(see 526).
jl^i
him
02.
=f| s/m
93-
-fefe
94.
^!
c''"'-
a book
1
,
3
'
na
Na
tz(t*
a rule
tien
(or
words
;
As k'an4 shu1
to search for.
chao
tzu*,
As chao 3
to read or study.
p'i?
haos
mas
good horse.
Chinese characters.
a canon.
3
it).
writings.
to see k
tZ'&, written
Obs.
With
with
(lit.,
tzitf
(94),
a dictionary
q.d.,
a word-canon.
Thus,
28
ERH
Tztr
96.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
hsiieh
shdng
example.
1
a pupil.
slii-ng
Also, to imitate
hsuo*, to learn.
an
to follow, as
or hsueh 2 -
f$
97.
cannot read
98.
jen
Examples
sheng
as t'a 1
pu
jen
te
tzu 4 he
,
&
JJI
gg. ji'ii
^^ to
shih 4
chao 3
fg no?
hsio 2
chao 3
tz-iV
if c&e
-^
hsio"-
te
be able to read
tzii (94), to
is
(lit.,
ffi
With
to recognise.
St.
tzit
tien
|g Jen
t'a
flfc
^ pu
s
ft iuo
tzW
wos
ft
4
^f k'an
|f shu
ft ch'ing*
t'a
fjfc
yao
||
c/t'i??//
4
3
1
%, chiao
tzu*
He
wants to engage (lit., request) someone to read with him (lit., to teach to read books).
There is a character (or, there are characters) which I do not know; please look [it]
Obs.
me, chao
This character
That pupil
is
senior, signor,
1
,
to learn.
lit.,
elder-born.
engage
(lit.,
3
.
101.
hsieh 3 to write
102.
fil
TF cheng
103.
seek a seek).
lit.,
Thus,
to
sir).
ch'ing hsieri-sheng
1$
100.
chao yi chao
(or student)
(Compare our
me.
for
for
upright, correct
as k'ou 3
/ma4
yin
(lit.,
this is true
clieng
(lit.,
true statement).
mouth sounds
correct
= accurate
pronunciation.
104.
h'en 3
"fif"
to wish, to choose to
as t'a 1
pu
k'en 3 lai'1
to) come.
/mom2
ko
4
,
have
still
106.
flf
got one
Examples
k'en
"%
pu
k'en 3
Ask the
06s.
to return.
Colloquially,
han2 hai 2
,
yet, still
as
wo3
2
si hai
^
&
pi
fo
t'a
ni3
jfc
k'ou
yin
pu
yv?
teacher to
fft
come
shuo1
fo
$)
ti
&
shili
1
JL chen
1'
/p
pu
k'en 3
&
ch'ao 1
ft hi<
Ira
sheng
2
jf hai
mei2
in.
in, sir.
ch'incf
1
ft hsien
1
sheng
4
j| chin
PART
The teacher
is
not come
III.
29
yet.
He
Your pronunciation
There
Whether
both are good.
107.
PU
Like k'an*
another
is
ch'iao 2 to look at
,
see.
1 1
gjf:
as in
110.
you
announce
is
With shih
(109).
to
tell
complain
me.
to inquire.
As
that.
wo3 wen*
in
t'a
0E
4
>
remember.
As wo* pu2
chi* te
do not remember.
112. V)&
113.
nil
>
Examples:
J|)'
nas
&o 4
^
Jig
3
if hao
she
mo1
$j hua*
ff ch'ing
fJJ
Please
I
tell
wen*
ft ta*
^f
hen 3
Jg che*
shih*
te
|f
flU ch'iao
2
if
2
jft-
pu
ch'iao 2
/<C60
haos
3
f^ ni
2
jj hai
^
^
^
mei 2
fjij
ch'ing*
{ft
ni s
k'an*
kao*
kuo*
fy
t'a
s
fo ni
ffi
him.
it].
good or
not.
Obs.
What
beg
Obs.
te
pu
/p
You
Do you remember ?
[I]
chi*
|g chi*
oil.-.
it].
colloquially,
5y wen*,
111.
I
kao*-shih*, a proclamation.
3),
109.
are
kao*, to
108.
tell to
mei2
2
2
very commonly joined with chien* (Radical 147) as in ch'iao pu chien*,
The forms k"an*-chien* and ch'iao 2 -chien* differ little in sense, but the latter
to
in
(91), it is
unable to
(Radical
As
to see.
is
this that
to ask [you]
intensive ta 3 hen 3
are saying
you
which
3
Ch'ing preceding wen*
is
(what
is
sometimes also
sarcastic.
?)
wo3
2
,
30
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
EXERCISE
~3r
^f
iff
3&
~rfc
^fc
Ah
/t
lH
I-
-f^
for
iH
MAt
7L
$5
-^V
Oc
ft:
fi&c
*c
^Ho
t*
-n.
-M-
^fe
i.
!z!
Be
I/P
^c
so good
*r?
-fc&
jat
JR
iS*
^j-
,ftn
^-
-5
>a
ilm
/ft
\t\\
dim.
n"
m
-tfe
[I]
^
/i-
character
lie
not
is
won't come to so
Teacher, please
toll
me what
this
is.
SR
?5P
/NO
^*
~r
Ira
A
v
*'
XB
BH
lyBo
^M
J=
$t
-(^1
3aj
ti^r.
&
-it
someone
What
3-
Do you know
No, indeed
tl
fiii.,
iS
YM
I
Tell
^
!
here.
The character
^fi
^?>
fjil
iS
06s. 2.
The
06s.
3.
object che
06s. 4.
Either
06s.
Indeed
Ta>
tzfl,
this character
Have
never.
hai or han,
are different.
In the
first
the speaker
is in
AJ.
-^
chcti, truly,
^~
have
[I]
-t^
,,
You
illicit
doubt
in the second he
assumes a
fact.
also, still.
not seen
[it
or them].
4. Tell
06s.
i.
5.
me?
Jk-
^
V
ttitl
is
&
-4r-
wit
1-
to
B(9
sij
j-jsi
ch'ing chiao
77H
^L
*fe
M-{
;oj' o
-Mi.
iff}
t-fi
want
he says students being that many, he does not choose (refuses) to come.
Lit.,
06s. 2.
AJ*
fffi
.-o
SKI
06s.
/i^i
*H
"^
V.
is
as good
jood as yours
icul
particularly
S/K'
me
than
mo
hen hao.
I.
good
My
pronunciation
is
not
PART
III.
fig
SB
ft
Have you
5-
this character?
-^
racter
^. IE
31
have.
*ft*
ttP
fir
lye,
seen)
cha-
-Jr
-^
T,
(lit.,
me what
Tell
it is.
met with
[ever]
with the
number
I forget.
rVt
Era
T,
Of
Obs.
of affirmation
is
Turn
I
1.
teach
me
lit.,
how, na
'rh [can it
Do you want
to talk.
Teacher, please
correct
pronunciation
Not
to learn to
me
tell
is
my
correct
very
06s.
their teacher
Have you
2.
He
tells
me
them
3.
5.
fast, I
saw him
gallop
(sc.,
i-liiU'',
jjjt
to
^E
117.
^ kuan
Also, to superintend
fast.
06s.
Sit tight
as no?
pi
hsieli?
tzu 4
like riding
will
copy
If a horse gallops
is.
Is this horse
Do you
paper, a sheet.
is
lit.,
he does not
your horse).
taper.
chany
They
soon.
a good one
teacher
Who
ever seen
it.
What
not many.
06s.
lit.,
write as well
besides
very common.
a tube
when used
;
also,
as the numerativc of
common
surname.
2.
pencils.
32
118.
4
4
H| me mo
,
4
119. ijg /'iic/
As san
mo4
k'uai*
120. 2J5
ink
original
2>i'ri\
as
the trunk of a
is
pi
Ufc
ch'ao 1
3
J?
1
%$ tou
!%
s/mo
i*
The purchase
two pieces of scented
ml
to
2j>
Hang
(that
jJH
3
j
4
1
$? shao
which
is
bought)
cluing
pai
mai3
65
-f-
shift?
Jg chih
fc'uai
J|
pi
3
2
Jisiang
-f-
sAi/i
mo4
iuaw3
is
and
ink.
How many
volumes does
this
i.
06s.
2.
consist of?
[with a pencil],
as correct to say
it is
igjj
book
nien1 to think of
,
nien* shu
j
to
commit
to
its
memory
tou, all
= both, may
be
to repeat aloud
said.
yung pi
sc.,
to study.
with a pencil.
Thus,
do their books.
TC
worn2 to end
,
2
act, as k'an* ivan , to
have read
read ended).
pu
Jl
i 3 , properly,
3
an adverbial sense
can
it
may
be
shift,
k'o shih, it
125.
a three-
this, self.
Jjl
123.
or,
s'
la
2/w<?(#
^o<e"
122.
in small cakes.
tree, its
Jg ch&
$
^ pi
as
is
Examples:
j
06s.
for composition).
(fig.
Properly, pen
hence, under certain circumstances, the pronoun
121.
SEBIES.
volume book.
;
3
pi mo*, pen and ink
as
-COLLOQUIAL
not be
;
is
and otherwise.
?
an adverb or
Thus,
(It certainly is
indeed
it is.)
but.
With
use; hence employed as an instrumental preposition.
answers a question affirmatively, sometimes with reserve, someto
mean
3
K'o3
as in shih* i
can,
is
able
to, or,
may
possibly.
With
certain verbs
it
has
PART
126.
Examples
III.
65 ti
wo*
k'o
yung*
pit*
Aao3
shih 4
3
pf i'o
c/ieV
pu
is
Without
06s.
k'an*
~^f a
fy
t'a
t'i
&
nien4
sJm
lit.,
)lji
peV
kuo4
san 1
f@
/co
lit.,
7|S
it.
it
i.
would be stronger.
not for
it is
[Whether man]
65
yueh*
fair.
available or not,
Construe thus
mei2
fa
pf
pretty
Note the power of hai, still, notwithstanding
That is the truth, no doubt.
Whether
'
06s.
06s.
shu 1
55 IM
His composition
pi
mo*
pj"
He
[I
33
me
to say.
k'o
[it
properly) say.
127.
in
kuan /ma
1
4
,
to, to
an
to
comply
come together;
substantive,
ft fen1
Ping
133.
to divide
to hear
tone.
be competent
to,
to
know
a fraction
as shih 2
a period of time.
As yi* hui3 -tzu or
not to be confounded with kui- (57).
also,
It is
As
specially, a tenth.
1
3
fen hao very good.
as t'ing 1
/ma4
to hear
what
is
Fn*, a
/J
ming'
said = to obey.
As ming 2
also, clear-seeing.
pat,
(lit.,
clear white),
intelligible.
Examples
pu
imng*
ch'u
o
lai
2
1
tou
pu*
[The building] that an
QJ S-
also, to
speak.
and people.
(or officials)
with.
132.
intelligent
as
attributive, that
as a verb, to meet, to
As an
official.
the people
understand.
As a
yi*
min 2
^ /mi
129.
128. Jj
how
kuan
This would
kuan 1
/mi
ti
kuan
/ma4
wo 3
t'ing
official lives in is
/cwaTi
,
^wa
t'a
A ./eV
+
^
chu4
ft cAu
RJ
shih*
Jf*
? ^ao 3
j?
9)
s/iiA
71
JT
shih 4
tin 2
a ya-mdn.
What
is
a yamen
office
34
What
06s.
That
is
ti.
is
06s
i.
Ch'u
lai is here
Obs.
2.
Here
He
may
it affects
06s.
134.
yek
-jfj,
do
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
As
also; even.
die*
Jco
3
3
yeh hao this one also
is
good;
or, this
one
will
as well.
135. 'Jjf
tung
137.
138.
^S wang4
sound
p'ing
even
4
3
pu tung do you understand
,
As ssu4 sheng1
level
at peace
or not
As wang4 pu4
to forget.
as turig3
common.
<j|j ts'o
understand
to
to err
140.
Examples
JJ|
^
^
'^
chJn 1
4
Jg chd
shih 4
tzu 4
pu?
te
That pencil
ch'il
wo3
chi*
sketig
na
g|5
2J5
/p pu?
liao 3
fe'o
good one
2
jjflj
hsia*
p'ing*
Ji shang
j;
fu3
$15 7ia4
/ma4
<g=
kuan3
pi
sheng
fo yeh
shih
sheng
do as
(or, will
na4
ss
wang*
also a
Zp p'ing
1
tj
is
J: shang
f
4
tung
'^t6
fo yeh
3
3
jftjtao
well).
see
Radical Exercises,
10, 18.
are the shang-p'ing (upper even), the hsia-p'ing (lower even), the shang
Shcing*
when
That
is
06s.
Pit changes
quite right
This character
its
lit.,
that
tone before
is
ts'o,
shang
3
.
not wrong.
shih,
have forgotten
is
I really
do not remember
it.
PART
III.
EXERCISE
T!
& ^
=f.
-yf
-?
i
'
$?
Tifj
m H
-ff
J$i
2K
?if
hio
2f
-I*
'M
;*&
ft
>
S.
ft
2/v
r
rTI
3.
2i^
VI.
s P ea
king [of] mandarin is passnot
so
able, but
good as yours. His mandarin
certain ] oca j accen t
j h ear ( or one
xE
pt
JLf~
fift
id
IX.
ft
Pt
&**--&
JH B -W
3f-
them, but
fft
two volumes.
3ft
IR
Pt
154
OJ
IB
fit
^V1
^f-
mi
hears) that
nv
i.
Obs.
2.
K'o
Obs.
3.
Passable, k'o i;
shih, but.
06s. 4.
Local accent
Obs.
yr=<
5.
have got
-TT^
/At
I'/l
i*
te
lit.,
t'u yin,
shih
te
^T
-^
-"
CT.
^?P
Hl"l
!yb k
^f.
*jli
fi
>H
it*
EL
^
Tr--u'7r7t:
&
>Tk
TH(yr
T3
f^
"^
AJI
gn
-fe
^lB^
;S
BC
~f"
^flf
i^
f\
ti
/V
J|
^
OH
PJH
'
J^
2.1 hear
distinguish
pB
3-
or
Do you
eight tenths.
stand
q.d. [obstacles
'
hai, still;
>
t/+
^P
han or
S-
fj
/:!
in possession.
all.
force of
*>
3$
Note the
-f
T^K^A^Jfe^
W T &K S:
^ '^ A^
=^
them
flf
"o
am
said that
it
are Portions of
h^fffl^xA.
0y
Obs.
I can distinguish: lit., all still can
[I] distinguish.
or difficulties
notwithstanding], still can I, etc.
-y
06.
-?
"""
4$ttlft j!lii$f$ffe2
Hfl! o
^* s
I-
wt
III
*wa
Jar
>
^
W
lUi
JLU
"*
.f-rf*
Ot
7^>fo
Jl
35
it
understand
it
There
some characters
[in it]
(studymg)?
nave y u been
have been studying ten months.
Do y u rem ember
all
book
I
remember wrong).
SEH
Tztr
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
&
ft
Does he understand
mandarin ?
I
have heard people say that he does not. Does
he know the written character ?
That he
does
he has learned four or five thousand
5.
ft
How
characters.
ft. fr
ft
will
do you know
month.
together last
he be able to
If I tell
There
is
We
him
read
to
copy
no reason why
he should not.
ft
_t
06s.
Read together:
i.
tsai yi k'uai-'rh;
Obs. 2.
Last month
06s. 3.
Will he be able to
lit.,
lit.,
hsing
pu
"
is
fi
ff*
Tell me,
6.
he speaks
mus t on no account
forget the
JOU
On
06s.
no account
ch'ien
wan
T?MJI!4*ftlfcf$8
06s.
i.
Our:
06s.
2.
K'o
lit.,
our this
qualifies
Turn
tei,
ii
place's.
must.
1.
Bring me that pencil. This pencil is
not a good one have you (lit., is there) not
another good one ? Not a good one I have
;
k'o
quite
to go slowly.
T w w T
te
8.
can use
pu
"
ones.
4.
know
in this
in
on
it
Can you
The
third.
this sheet
Right.
of paper.
wrong.
06s.
Can
hui
(129).
You have
written
PART
Have you
5.
Yes, and
finished
understand
any characters in
Of course
are few
it
perfectly.
Do you
6.
want
No,
speak
7.
a pencil
do not know.
me when
understand
is
know
the characters I
37
Your pronunciation
book yet ?
Are there
it
there are
that
III.
pencils
sheets
five
and
sheet of paper
Do you want
can.
of paper
do you understand
ink too
and two
Perfectly.
142.
yi*
p'u k'ang
which
The numerative
as
Not
143.
jH
to
kai 4 to cover
,
a cover.
(46), p'u*,
a shop.
in p'u^kai*,
is
of Ic'ancf, stove-bed
Obs.
to build
p'u
$!j$
bedding
sense of to cover,
it
q.d.,
is
that
used as
as kai 4
144.
hsi 2
Jfjf
a mat, such as
is
floor, etc.; as
2
1
p'u hsi -tzu, to
as yi
2
,
a bedstead
chang ch'uang' or yi
146.
chang
IflJl
4
,
one's bed.
ko ch'uang
a curtain
numerative
Its
is
1
chang (115) or
be
may
ko*;
2
.
as chang 4 -tzu.
presently.
147.
Examples:
hxia*
If p'u
1 'rh
4
If kai
2
If hsi
lfi|
^shang4
chang*
J-otzu
J^ouhang* ^J P a3
fy
J-vtzu
ti*
ffi
ch'uang
fjf
_t shang*
&
kai*
mei
pa
p'u
f| p'u
1
Jj$
jj cho
na4
1
fjjj
p'u
>jfa
k'ang*
kai*
|| p'u
|f hsi
-J taK
Jt shang
The character
three tables.
149.
150.
more
2
1
JJl cho , cho , a table.
^,
$y
a chair
1
'J
teng
cho-
its
a lamp
is
Its
to; slicing
numerative
is
chang (115)
as
numerative
is
also
chang
Not
a candlestick.
1
.
in its place.
151.
igg.
152. 4j| la 4
Oroton sebiferum,
is
wax
spoken of as pai la
4
,
white
wax
as liu4
The
huang
chan3 teng 1
latter,
la
4
,
six lamps.
made from
beeswax.
38
TZtJ
153.
ERH
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
Examples:
iso4
*i
6-1
*& tou1
'*
Jg no
$J1
s/t*7t
chang
s/ti/t
i3
j[fl$
^
^
la*
g
set consists of
06s.
that
is
3K
156.
ffi
word chung1
chang
3
i3
Hang
chan3
feWgf
j||
yi
jjjl
chang
S. cho
tzfi,
cAo 1
no?
shih*
1
-J
s&
|f
3
-i
(See 130.)
sitting
on that chair
Chinese wine
na*
That
Who
SS&4
_t shang*
4
distilled spirit.
1
3
pei a cup in which wine is drunk as chiu pei a wine-cup.
1
chung a cup, which may hold either tea or wine. Its numerative
1
is ko*.
The
is
157.
ch'a 2 tea.
158.
160.
a bowl or cup, which may hold tea or rice ch'az wan3 a tea-cup.
one's meals.
fan*, properly cooked rice
generally, any cooked victuals
1
l
or P^ ch'ih to eat; ch'ih fan*, to eat a meal.
161.
/to
162.
Examples:
wans
159.
to drink.
/to
ch'ih
hao
Hang
^ chung
1
ma
/to
ch'ih 1
c/t'
san1
wan3
&V/t
He
lit.,
t'a
ch'ih
f@ ko*
3
$ chiu
ch'ih
ch'u*
*J"
to eat rice.
rice.
of tea.
Two
wine-cups.
To have drunk
[Is
it] fit
(or, is it
nice
?)
'
ts'ai
originally vegetable,
ts'ai*,
to
prepare food.
165. Jj^ c/t'w2 , to cook; but, colloquially, oftenest found forming part of substantives.
As
c/t'u -/("/(f/'
166.
^lj(
167.
j$
PART
168.
III.
39
40
Tztr
ERH
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
EXERCISE
VII.
i.
pan.
A
A
#A
7.
He
2.
W
*
lying)
make
man
tea-cup.
rice.
tea-cup.
(See below,
wine-cup.
will (or,
stove-bed.
am
frying-
Ex-
6.)
tfc
fork.
a pan to cook
lid.
cooking-pan
knife.
cooking-pan
wine-cup.
ample
Kitchen.
wants
down on the
the bed
to) lie
am
I shall (or,
down on the
going
Be quick and
bed.
06s.
We may say ch'itang shang of lying down on the bed but in shang ch'uang the shang is a verb, and
has in this phrase only the special meaning assigned it in the translation.
may say shang Vang, to ascend the
stove-bed, of a person who is going to sleep upon one.
;
We
3.
ft
4*
4ft
*
J
tfc
it
Lung 2 :
i.
06s. 2.
signifying to
Aft
The
throw out
/Et
rtJ
;fc
jib
ijm
TL.
06s.
^R
but
is
7.
cook
(or,
The kitchen
took
fire
over to give to
has been lighted,
it
sec 163.
last
is
i,
light.
May
He
for the
the cook).
06s.
(or was)
bed
am
It is
4.
To Ji Jt
&
to that
is (or
both
fjft
^
7u
:
-M.
^
s
&
-5^
nv
Eix.
Sfil
PA
5-
SH
.
^
yu
l
4
rice-pan (fan -kuo ) is a pan for
boiling rice the Jeuc^-kai* is the cover of the
s
rice-pan.
Tea-cups, whether ch'a? wan or
& 5
;*-
c/i'a
kai-'rh
ti,
chung
1
,
kai-'rh, covers.
PART
.Hi
2J
III.
IB
Jfl
"T
6 There
!nL
fe
$5
^t
ifa
'(IS
is
-F?
i.
41
^ at
^act
*s
c/tiu
chung.
fc
^e
c ^*
And yet these two things [one can] not very much distinguish.
Obs. i.
can] yeh, also, fin te ch'u lai, succeed in distinguishing ; [for] pen, in reality, shih, it
with the chht chung is large.
06s.
2.
te
ch'u lai
may
mood and
is
Pen :
Obs. 3.
^
3L
1
3L
~\
iE
yi%
p^
?P
7K
see
/3k
A B
4ffl
TK ^K
-fcfe.
TK xE iW
fllj
nr
_
-Ha
flS
""?"
'y
a^
lib
-t^f
~T
and
and
tables in that
room
are
[what
is
meant]
is
two tables
eight
>
The
8.
^ne
s/iao
Sh a o -tz& is
<l
ch'ih?-tzu
One
teti
-fa
>
still
is
z
pa
ch'ih?-
9.
apartments)
beds in our apartments.
I0
ife
f
Jh
ta
^e
06s.
i.
O''.-.-.
2.
At
night,
[When
tables,
-,,-,and
chairs.
j-
ffl
we
chairs
s Pil e(l-
chairs
A
5R;
T.
The
7.
2jp
fa
06s.
er tnan tne
JL
|^ |*
jjjpjj
//
above (120).
l ar
be rendered by the verb distinguished or the verbal adjective distinIn answer to the question, Can (or
the
*s
[Although this be
giiishable
u ^ e*
when darkness
ni niru na
'rh,
worid.
42
TZtr
ERH
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
it.
ft
quantity of
it
wax
for
kitchen use
for
For household
No
it
a
Is
use.
for reading at
is
night.
T
Obs.
verb shih;
Obs. i.
Obs.
Construe the
i.
q.d.,
3.
first
first
your purchase of that much wax is to make what use of? Na mo: see 23.
Tso shin mo is very common as Why ? For what reason ? Here with yung it is, For what purpose ?
Ton in the last two replies is used rather for emphasis sake. We do not translate it necessarily
in English.
In the
Obs. 4.
books
last
answer understand
la,
Turn
lit.,
is all in
it
1.
He
Where
is
has taken
2.
chair.
it
Where
Take
it
away
too,
and sold
the candlestick
is
the
3.
and
I will
go and look
for
-tzu (wine-cup)
You may
is
it.
you
me
Give
he said he
what
did
I did say
was
You
it.
Whether
I said.
didn't
did or
[there's]
my
i.
[business]
Whether,
etc.
and
I
lit.,
I'll
did
do mine.
or
did not
no use saying.
06s.
for)
you do your
Obs.
whether
asked that
not correct.
is
it
me he had done
understand what
was.
Your statement
wan3
cooking-pan
it
Have
smaller
know who
did not
7.
On
A chius chung
it all.
on the stove-bed.
He
at the close;
ti
use's [wax].
2.
Find
fault with
me
lit.,
find
(or,
look
faults.
two books
want
want
to
J.V^
$&
180.
liang
t'iao
181.
teng*,
teng*-tz&,,
iffi,
Its
a couple of
You may
a branch
stools.
numerative
is
a twig
the numerative of stools
narrow, also of other articles.
t'iao*,
a stool; a bench.
PART
182.
too 4
$]
III.
as too 4 ch'a 2
to pour, actively;
to
pour
tea.
Also,
to
43
it is
not so
tea-pot.
183.
gg
/at
may
etc.
as ch'a 2 hu-, a
184.
hua
185.
jf?L
p'ing
186.
p'o
flowers
a bottle or vase
to crack
also, to
as
As p'o*
to break.
hua1 p'ing2 a
to recover
to
flower- vase.
put away.
by breaking.
in combination
it
fp
combination shou
189.
ff
Jft
ft
to pick
skill?,
1
shift
Examples
/mi
up
put in order
to
!gj
too4
if
liao
li
ti
hu2
Jo
skill?
~f liao
Jt cM*
1
ffi chia
ifc
3
\k huo
3
j& kei
yu
^
A Jen
yv?
2
3
ft shui
g[ p'o*
The
skovt
mei
1
fp tou
shui
hu?
^
^
na2
a
lai
1
fa hua
san 1
f?
t'iao
ch'ang*
ffi
p'ing
too 8
~f a iiao
tG P
tE pa?
ffi.teng*
115
The
liao,
pronounced
lo,
pot.
Note
merely expletive.
furniture
broken;
is)
is
them?
190.
:$ p'an
191.
The numerative
dishes.
k> 4
as yi 2 ko*
than p'an 2
tielt?,
is
p'an
-tzu.
The numerative
is
192.
!$
tien tdng
As a
particle, yi*
tie n3
-'rh,
1
193. Pft ch'ui to
,
194.
blow out.
195.
^
^
cannot be used.
mieh 4
shift
3
,
to punctuate
1
,
to light a
a minute point
blow
lamp
to light, as a candle.
(or lamps).
used adverbially, a
as ch'ui 1 teng 1 to
,
employ.
As shih 3
te
2
,
little,
slightly.
to
Thus,
shili?
pu*
ti
2
,
44
TZtJ
196.
EKH
Examples:
1
l| hsiek
J% fang*
4$ ton
:;
^|o te*
P'an
-tz-ti
leei
$&
XJz'ao
Jf cAe*
c/i'tt
Who
sAiVi
tiek
$$
$t teng
fco
na*
ffi
J-.tzft,
fc'wrw
4
ft ta
ko*
s
c/ti
^g p'an
tzu
t]\<,hsiao
p'an
-f
tzii
tielt-
-f tew
fire is
may
a stove.
Its
197.
j^
198.
^| lung
3
,
&.teng
3
f| chi
~f Ziao
tien3
S{j
;$ miek*
j$ miek*
.-V/>7/
shut 2
gji
3
>K kuo
kua*
with Atto
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
3
y^ man
201.
(^1 t'ung
/co
lv?-tzii,
a stove.
t'a
full.
2
,
As
same; with.
2
t'ung
wo
ch'u*,
he
is
cAe"
Hang
going
203.
204.
Examples:
siii*,
sui*
ifiMJr/
in fragments
.man*
yf.
1
W^'si
2
Jg mei
k'ung*
'rh
in tatters.
&
s/iiA
(?[
t'ung
fg wo
4
^$ im
JJ5
Q shih*
^ ling-
g^f
$} a
3(
lai 2
pu
may
ffl
t'ung
same
/m
JjJ
too 4
ti
ffi,man
suan*
t'a
as.
Thus,
regard as good.
(5),
2
jf lu
J- a tzu
ti
jg cAe
consider
2
Hence, ling sui*
4
^t s/m
4
g mw,
ko* t'ung 2
also, to
(or,
2,o
as yi 2
200.
ko*
is
See 163.
or different
numerative
1
properly, a cage; hence, joined with teng a Chinese lantern; used verbally
as to light.
fire,
.
hi?,
be employed.
wo
fragmentary
ffl a ti
^
^
s/tcto
>Ko/mo
nhih*
^
^
k'ung
Jt
fc'iw 4
/m2
-^ f:^
u*
/t?7t
j^ ^./</
k'uai
Zw?igr
Auo3
y*'".'/
A Iu -tzu
2
Make
06s.
etc.,
for fuel
That pot
He
is
is full
(this pot,
To count
That
I
is
up.
a thing
(or,
have no leisure
(182),
is full).
are used
PART
III.
EXERCISE
45
VIII.
i.
stool or
bench
as the numerative of
to be made,
it is (or,
you may
If a distinction is
te'ng*.
the difference
that t'iao 2
is)
$fo
&
&f
1H. il
ViacP-tzti
ft
tit
~C*
kettle.
~k^
C-
f
Jo
spoken language.
Wine -
vase.
Dishes.
Tea-pot.
bottle,
Plates.
06s.
Flower
2.
tft
slips of oral
(lit.,
their
wine warm.
To pour
4.
water
out
06s.
up
i.
2.
it
-%
'/Si
Q:
-^
a,
Tb
You pour
He
it
away).
away) water.
tea).
gone to pour
Pour tea here
it
out this
is
is
spoiled.
out.
^ ^
^ if
SS SS
water.
pJR~r/fe|iaft^.|}gj^5
M*
"
(throw
= Serve
(
T
06.
= throw
1^
-/.-
1
K'ung means
S-
inside
you may
that there
is
nothing
shouz empty,
2
3
[The words] /m mam mean that
2
something has been poured into the /m
handed.
f^ S
Ix.
W
*
-Q 5S f^ 4^ ^i
(P ot ) until
emptied.
jj as th at
it
wine-kettle
anything in
it ?
It is
empty.
Obs.
i.
Construe:
Ois.
2.
Note the
BM
man, pot
filled it.
force of liao.
filled,
is=means
46
TZtr
ERH
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
Who
6.
4*
ft. iro
is
Mend, mend,
by
That
still
Jar
i~
jjic
AA
H-
IMS
>as
rift
-Z.
it.
The
but
it
not
is
of
and
reduplication of verbs
it.
attributives
is
It
very colloquial.
[by some agency] breaking has been spoiled, or ruined [one] cannot use it.
what we consider passive or impersonal constructions, construe the verb as governed
;
-Z.
48*
fc
SR 7
JZ.
Tt
./*
7-
bowls,
1
(cftm
Are flower-vases
8.
3
huo3
article is so
made
article
As a rule, even in
06s. 3.
a cause or personal agent.
y/JU
That
it.
use can be
ft.
i.
broke
it
06s.
that has
it
They may be
some
ft
so considered.
9.
ffl
utensils
larger,
some
sizes,
The stove
smaller.
for
*.
ft
also
*. 'H
is
A
O5.
1.
Obs. 2.
blew
it
Were
it
Have you
he blew
4
you tell a man to too ch'a?
you mean, pour tea into the tea-
tea),
(pour
cups.
in one's room.
When
10.
is lit
it
lit
the lamp
lit
it,
but
out.
omitted, the
out.
&
M
ft
^t
^a
T, 7,
1 1.
OA'ui 1
that someone
is
(lit.,
blowing
to
it
4
1
[The expressions] teng mieh
so).
mieh*
liao,
gone out of
1
One
iewgf
2.
mean
fire)
huo3
has
itself.
liao,
is
two kettles
full.
Fill
the
PART
Turn
1
many
chairs
so
count,
just
to
have
you
and
dinner,
asked
do you
know where
Seat them
6.
me
seat them,
mend
them.
fire)
just
his account
if
is
things
(lit,
add
all this
up
correct.
do accounts
I can't
9.
lit.,
reckon
(See 146.)
that
bills.
;
has
you
the numerals
in their abbre-
taught
(* B*fc)?
10.
not
i.e.,
too close.
5.
see
06s.
for
me and
for
Obs.
to
n've-and-twenty people ?
3. If they won't seat twenty-five people,
in the kitchen will do very well.
benches
the
I don't
someone
8. I
twenty-five people
think that those few chairs of ours will seat
4.
7.
for.
Now
2.
47
the
I really don't
III.
We
chin 1
-^
205.
nien
206.
207.
shili
ff$|
not acquainted
the present.
command;
command;
z
foregoing, as shih -ling*, the weather that prevails
209.
am
time.
ling*, to
7?
the year.
B$
1
208.
now
and
nuan 3
also
also,
When combined
honourable.
with the
nan 3 warm.
,
ho 2 huo 2 hai 4 peace together with also, soft or gentle. Combined with nuan 3
or nan 3 warm; as the temperature in-doors or out-of-doors.
Read huo 1 to mix, as powder,
flour, etc., with water.
^0
210.
211.
tso'
|f
of yesterday.
212.
213.
Examples
%$
pj"
t'ien
toil,
l,:'o
&i
Obs.
heaven
a day.
ji/i'
fftos/mo
The year
This year.
5^-,
~p ten
~ffi
So>*
to
th shao
Next
year.
ch'ien
to
>i?
shao 3
B
2
The year
Note the
?]
fft
5^
t'ien
Bfc
tso
~ffi
and hou,
to
Sf.
hih
fl$
'tin
Last year
f.
n"
%jo/mo
jjijf
yesterday.
to
shao
nien2
ch'ien
t'ien.
ming
2
nien~
nien2
sc.,
shao jih-tzu or
chin 1
nien'
ch'u*
ft ling*
warm.
ti
ch'ien 2
after next.
tso 2
S.
Yesterday. Yesterday.
The day before yesterday.
[In
t'ien1
hou4
is
gone.
48
ERH
T7AT
214.
''w
<'/'
$E
to follow as a consequence
4
l( chou
217.
make
fix,
consequently
As yi
daytime.
yeh\ night.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
fine
clear.
^*
220. Examples:
yeh
:jg
lit
Pf k'o
1 i
There
no day
It
ft o
Bfe tso*
f ien 1
5i
^
^
r'1
2
ti
$j
4
by day and
3%
yu*
%-.
lai*
fa
t'a>
^
^
cAiu4
jiA
3
-J te
<SO M
'
'
goes.
night.
yesterday
to-day
it
May
221.
^S chung
222.
1
,
a bell
also, in
rise.
rains.
piao
Chinese, a watch.
mei "
fc ting*
fp tou
KaTi^f
&
fixed.
dawn
fine
Asm
'
fe yeh
travel both
was
%< a la
4
j| chou
M, tao*
chiu*
feow
c/i'in^
Bra
Wo2/*
come (or came) he goes (or went ) lit, then he
as I
rise at
As soon
To
To
ch'i
5i 'rh
&
q. chin*
s
pjotfao
is
t'ien
modern Chinese, a
clock.
a short time
in
In modern
of an hour.
Also, to
4
^| hou
225.
Examples:
to await
1
|& s/mo
$&Jt'e
^jf*te
ss'ti
What
Look
This
That
o'clock
is
san 1
H
H
f
^
hsia*
1
chung ^
1
%$ tou
ch'enO
piao
saw1
~f a liao
J| ch'ev?
sldh"
chung flf
san 1
J|
jg che
fj chung
1
it chwng
J|5 wa4
^ ^iao ^
shih*
s/ii/t
f|5 tien*
s/w/t
flf
jjf
fc'cwi
chung
c/tiu
1
%R chih
jiH
too 4
& shih*
g
^ mo
2
she*'
2
$fe
shih 2
4
iH ^ow
is it ?
and you
a bell of
lit,
shift*
know).
hour
periods.
a watch
You may
06s.
HJ
a clock;
<?e7i
at the clock
is
hence,
bell.
Hsia, blows.
four.
;
it is
cold to-day.
PART
227.
3& jie
hot
as put leng3
hsueh3 snow
228.
III.
pu
it is
snowing.
^J-
229.
yff.
brisk or fresh
231.
1
wj kua
1
Jl kua
232.
Jft,
230.
to rasp
As Hang2 shui3
cold.
Hang cool;
as Hang 2 k'uai,
(80),
to shave.
(said to be a vulgar
ch'i*,
cold water.
je*, neither
as Asia 4 hsueh 3
49
breath, air
and
taste,
smell.
As
also
t'ien
233. Examples:
ffr,
hua*
&
wo3
liao
^
^
3; pan*
5c t'ien
6^[
^i
)jg
yeh*
ti
~f liao
4
"f Asia
k'uai*
fa.
fau 4
J^j
The weather
g, feng
~f
Hang
is
liao
'rh
-^
Jisueh?
pj n hsuek
c^m
"f
1
gg kua
ta*
g, ftng
3
lai
jfc
Asia.
^
^
liao
t'ien
c/i't
j&jP'
hot.
A high
When
it
snowed.
talk.
234.
%J
235. 3f
the
ch'u
the
first
when
a time or turn
tz'ii*,
As
as ch'u
ch'i
Ch'i 3 to rise
the
tz'ii*,
first
time.
In a
series,
see 43.
first.
236.
237.
Examples:
pan*, half.
erh*
ft
jig
Hang
SjJ
iieTi
^{J
po.%
8
4
|f o chung
When
first
[it is
cheng
yueh*
shang* fy
ft
ft yueh*
jjs jpeVi
4
"f Asia
ft
yueh*
yi
2/i
f@ ko*
1
|^ cA'u
_t shang*
f@
fco
pan*
pan*
ip pa?i
ft
yueh*
it
ft a yueh*
t'a
1
,
fp5
men
f)j
cA'u 1
;ft
te'-it
jig
Hang
f@
A;o
chien*
yueh*
Asia 4
^, chien*
shih*
yueh* ^mien*
means that they have seen each other for
ft
time.
This moon.
Last moon.
In the
pan*
yueh*
1
^j cA'w
the
first.
first
half moon.
The
06s.
first
First
Next moon.
A month
In the
and a
(see
103);
last half of
the moon.
half.
q.d.,
first
moon.
all
Note
50
Tztr
ERH
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
EXERCISE
IX.
Ch'ie n -'rh? is simply ch'ieri* fieri1 (the
i.
ft
all follow
the same
rule.
The weather
2.
(lit.,
air of
the sky)
is dis-
T
The
Obs.
last clause is
not translated
die,
m.
JK
to
all
many,
An hour and
3.
- m
snowy.
a half
is
the same as an
expressions, yi
A $ T & &
.
^
05s.
I.
06s. 2.
H[
11
4.
^ ^ + IB
10
^ A
xl
That
man
ride in the
day and
to.
5.
am
o'clock to-day
You
lit.,
you
this
next moon.
06s.
man
reproachfully.
6.
ch'ien 2
nien2
for the
are not
much
used.
At
PART
III.
A.
ra
Bft
and
night,
To
51
was
it
fine this
it
stopped in the
morning.
ffc
8.
not so
is
snow
Not
06s.
seasonable
9.
To*
W,
*
Not
06s.
tsa
men
Turn
1.
Peking
2.
year
He came
did
arrive
you
in
came
;
this year.
But
06s.
I.
06s.
2.
year.
7.
corit's
That
is all
pretty cold
06s.
i.
That accounts
for
it.
Do you
Climate
lit.,
find the
if
you go on
trip.
lit.,
but [though]
it is
thus
this
If:
is
No, that
is
9.
The snow,
8.
trary, there
6. There is
nothing the matter with it;
the seasons are very regular, and the heat is
nothing to speak of; but not having passed
the same
all
said.
06s. i.
(Radical 70.)
warm enough
It is
a few days'
5.
present.
rectly.
4.
last
is
many
is
or, it
here.
here long
3.
what
In
years;
(see
We
is little
06s.
Only
4
pu* kuo ;
lit.,
not exceeding.
52
10.
What do you do
11. I
have
ERH
xztr
my
every day
1 2.
and
at 7.30
rise
every morning
then I send
which
half,
ride.
i.
14.
we
fix
2.
five.
What
we had
better
Obs.
So
i.
it is:
124.
see
Fix: 215.
Obs. 2.
often
is
238.
that case
is; in
it
Pud-
hungry craving."
So
go to-morrow.
mean
me
after
my
for
breakfast,
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
15.
hui
The
Say daylight.
we
cold
is
nothing;
1
1
ching properly kJng to change the watches of the night, of which there are
read kdng* it is an adjective of comparison as no* keng* hao 3 that is better still.
J5
When
^ fu
240. 35p
241.
mei3 every
,
^^
3
>
to strike
as in
as
mei3 yiz
fa 1
wo3 he
ta 3
It is also
action.
ko*,
is
striking
(or,
has struck)
used as a preposition.
me
also, idiomatically
Thus,
242.
jfjf
pa*, to
end
to cause to cease.
"
there's
an end of
243. Examples:
m*
ft,ta
shuo 1
fife
fa
t'a
JBJ
2
-weVj.gr
shih*
watch
What
is
are
ti
ching
^
to?
ft
tso*
pu*
fi^fo
3
ft ta
fa 1
flfc
pu*
liao
hui2
mo
pu
"J"
she**
shih*
ft
ta 3
]g ching
Aching
for
cannot do otherwise
or,
he must be beaten.
it.
As
As
wan3 fan*,
sc.,
breakfast.
dinner or supper.
wu3
1
it ;"
PART
246.
2
shang'
hu
Pan
shang
53
3
coupled, colloquially, with the following wu and often pronounced
3
half the day, or a long while; wan shang 1 evening.
Note the
3
shang noon
ffl^J
III.
3
,
change of tone.
s
^p wu
247.
noon.
2 shih, -ch'en
wu
Of these,
7.
A.M.
P.M.
common
D^
248.
When ?
phrase for
249.
how
q.d.,
Examples:
3
fft ni
ft
ti
f|
2J5
4
Zai
how
soon,
early
fjfe,
235
2JS
ft
isou
4
g
/mi
^
lai
*
^- feo
ti
ii
BJ6,
S.
tsao
^. isao
$J5
tow
^3Wl
Bjjj
waw3
IS fan
%
^
io
to
As
in to 1 teem 1
the
fa1
Mm."
ffl
cAW
Pfj
meVi 2
cAia 1
^fto
ch'ih
j% mei-
fa1
2
wan3
tsan 1
5o ting
ft
B&>wewi
%i3
06s.
3
popular contraction of tsao
4* pu*
2
fft
He
^
T
^jp
ch'u
cA'i
Asia4
3
^(W3
fl|J
shang
got up early, went out at noon, and had not returned in the afternoon.
The afternoon is often spoken of as hou pan t'ien, the latter half of the day.
What
06s.
is
Obs. 2.
He came
early
came
It is uncertain.
i.
or,
See 242.
a distinction
4
amongst other substantives, numerative of sAiA affairs (252).
,
252.
253.
put
Iffc
jjjlj
to place.
254.
a matter.
See 257.
256. 7>S
ko 4 each
255. qjt
257.
sAiA 4 affairs
circumstances
yang kind
tuan
3
,
colloquially, to
every.
b\:',
short.
fashion.
sort or kind.
short
of.
Examples:
ko 4
3C tuny
fj hsi
yang
ko
ti
tuan 3
ton 1
J tuny3
na*
pa
na4
chien 4
fj:
chien4
s/7t 4
tzu
wo
tzu
shih*
J| ck'ang*
pu
yang
pu*
ft
/*ao 3
tou 1
hsieh
'rh
miny-
54
ERH
TZtJ
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
Where
Move away
(lit.,
(It is
of.
little.
258.
2/uw
cloud
As
ts'ai
ts'ai3
yiln
clouds
lit.,
cloud
colour.
259.
black.
It
may
ts'ai
also
mean
As
colours.
in
wu3
ts'ai
3
,
sc.,
and
darkness
dark.
Tai* yin1
(264),
2
yang the male power of nature
vjl?
262.
wu*, mist.
As
p'a*, to fear
brightness
light.
Tai* yang-
come on
lit.,
a fog or mist.
263.
TO
264.
t'ai*,
hence, to doubt
ta*,
great; used
an adverb.
265. Examples:
***
to*
Hj o
1
5c t'ien
ynng
hsia*
i.
06s. 2.
When
06s.
lit.,
2
s/ti/i
t'ien
shih*
A*-
t'ai*
ti
/p
pu*
wu*
pu
jih*
ffio
ch'u1
hen3
chien*
shuo1
The
so overcast,
first
Probably
the sun
Nearly
When
man3
k'an 1
With a sky
06s.
fl^p
ti
yin
clause
it
patf
3
will
pendent
06s.
is
nearly
set.
t'ien is
but sunset
is
otherwise described.
There
is
ts'ai
probably blow.
There
ti
is
is
lit.,
is
hsia
ti,
the sun
is
;
not
ti=te.
visible.
it
is
not visible
PART
III.
EXEKCISE
J
$&.
^9
0|5
R&
Ht *E
06s.
Ji
/!
~y
A*
Work.
i.
Jl/ei
i/ii&
is
moon
after
work
men2
same
^
for
X.
^o
^o >E
i.
J2
db
55
hence, leisure
is it
mei3 jih*
the
is
moon (monthly)
t'ien
not?
;
so
(daily).
The fu
,)
in kung-
fu cannot be
explained.
06s. 2.
Is it not? interrogative affirmative,
06s. 3.
So with : lit., also is it so fashion.
|3$J^T|ti|ijkSTJK.Ajj
_B.
6>Ji
jH
^tfo
2,
^il
wt
Goes to bed
06s.
VII,
^P
mfci
mfci
03
^P
common
in Chinese.
2.
*^ e
S.
He
rises early,
s t reet ) at n(>on,
comes home
(lit.,
up
in the even-
-?
not shang ch'uang*, which means to take to one's bed in mortal sickness.
See Exercise
Obs.
&
Q
^
X ^ *
Wt
%t
.^
.^
^.
tfft
5?5
i-
-f-
i.
Essential:
06s.
2.
By
06s.
3.
}&.
^r
5ffy
06s.
tei (see
A
"B?
Mo
pan
JS
Sfr
WC
xt
H5
^-
3-
t'ien
'in
essent i a i tnat
is
He
4
fco te
self.
-'rA
means
In this matter
you should go
yourself.
lives
l,
"
_,
JUK
ts
wt
The expression
30, 32).
is
Tfe
Ch'ien
^
Bi
himself: either he
^
^ H ^ 1
^ ^c ^ ^
B
^'
S $
'
Obs.
%!t
x!k
it
^ ^^
*-*
Jt
n*
T
ar
^'
'
7
it
-IT
t'ien
-fT
^ M,
W K
W
'
.5.
*
4>
4- It
noon was
but cold
after.
T ^
^ T
-^
Jt 4
ov
would be equally
i^ 5
S[
correct.
5.
man
str
^ es
divided into
^5
It
The
which
is
five,
the watch-setting.
56
TZtr
&
;?B<
flf)
06s.
i.
Obs.
2.
Obs.
3.
CHI.
..
COLLOQUIAL SEKIES.
6. When the days are
long there is more
t""G to do things when they are short, one
has not leisure for them, and they must just
wait (be put aside).
fa
&m
^ ^ X
Ijj-
***
^Jf
.See 199.
Leisure: k'ung*-'rh. Note the change of tone.
Must just wait lit., affairs [one] tei, must, ko cho, put, or be putting [aside], pa, and that's all about it.
The Chinese seem to treat it as a mere expletive.
It is difficult to define the precise power of cho here.
:
-Where
jpj
j}$
T&K
-Ah
7-
When
Where
morrow.
he be back
will
is
to-
Probably
On
the
Construe
put, etc.
fUi
IIS
an
$8 IE
i!;
Obs.-
ERH
Ui
8-
sa
1=1
When
the sky
is
>?-.
is
There was
mountains were
invisible.
T
-Overcast: Kt, the clouds in (Kt, on) the sky
yA
ifa
515
fill
[the sky].
9-
What
are
off at once.
Jt
to.
IB 10
up the
06s.
i.
I suppose:
06s.
2.
A time
pa here= eh?
heard a
What
the street
The
midnight.
watchman has nothing to do in the daytime,
but he has not a moment's leisure at night.
setting
He
[A sound
2.
like]
lot of noises hi
yesterday evening.
you hear ?
street.
See 243.
see 129.
Turn
1.
men
k'ou-'rh
lit.,
the
and the
lives quite
third
is
by himself
in that small
house
He
(lit.,
mouth
of,
3.
watches.
The night
watches, the
first
of
is
divided
which
is
into
five
the watch-
day."
From
year's
end
i.e.,
to year's
end
the end),
(lit.,
it is
one
always
PART
4.
to-day,
at
III.
5.
The days
6.
shorter
Hasn't
now
1
(to
commenced?)
7- We've no time
Towards dark
is
uncertain.
lit.,
studies
at present
(lit,
be for
let it
bit.
and
248) shall
day or
two hence.
Obs.
"P-
Propose
to 3
man*.
See 241.
266.
^C
267.
shang
a skirt
classically,
a 1 "aa 1 ang 1
268.
wan3
is
getting shorter
tsao 3
There was a
been dull!
it
are
whenever
you and
all.
57
wang
1
,
colloquially
appended
to i l clothes in general.
,
the following.
269.
tea 1
jjjli
combination
is
tsang
as often
270.
huan4
271.
kan 1
272.
l
l
1
l
pronounced a -tsa as ang -tsang
E.
washed kan
pa?
-fjfl
$
ffi
t'a
rfl
shou3
chin 1
3%
wo 3
nung*
kan
fjl
huan*
fan*
ching*
nung*
ti
8/tui 8
ch'u*
t'iao*
ti
cA'w 4
J|
lean
ft ft
fcei
liao
Lit.,
do.
"j*
liao 3
pu*
cM*
c/i'u
Jg
Obs.
06s.
me
at once.
rice,
prepares
it
clean.
Note
ti
for
te.
a clean handkerchief.
The water
06s.
preparing
is
dirty pour
Note the employment of
;
it
is
away.
t'a in referring to
an inanimate
object.
ti
JK
/rnaTi4
fi{j
)j
Bring
ni3
^2*
fft
fj;
4
f@ /w
ching*
Obs.
simply, clean; as
-ching*, clean.
tao*
7
Your
The
dry.
Examples:
4
it.
to exchange.
JL ching*, clean.
327.
dirty
ft
ti
58
ERH
TZtJ
274.
water
is
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
clothes.
JfjjlJ
etc.,
used.
275.
/(.si
to wash, as clothes, the hands, the face; coupled with the following tsao 3
to bathe.
tsao 3 with the foregoing, to bathe.
276.
277.
lien
278.
p'en
279.
the face.
a basin
is
made from
soap
281.
much
tsui*,
wen
lira
1
,
often
comb
followed by tzu.
is
When
to comb.
N.B.
woman's comb
Jg fa
Emphasis must be
284.
3
,
used as a noun
it
is
on the
colloquially,
first
it
t'ou
3
,
(lit.,
head).
tsui*
fj^
3
*? o hao
shua1
$JC
%fa
shu1
shu
2
fig t'ou
lien 3
jjgtn
4
| fewi
wo 3
3%
3
g wo
SjL
tsao
jjg
ch'i3
jjj
3
pa
mu*
shu
hsi
te
gfc
ching*
J$ yung*
liao
ffi
ch'ien
"s\
liu*
'rh
^ui
fgj
A;o
shou
The ko
after ch'ien-'rh
must be regarded
as
lien3
^ p'en*
shih*
hsi3
^"
gfc
^F
tzit
3
J^ lien
jg
c/tm*
$} yung*
J5
Asi 3
)p
Jjg
fjiao
foliao
hsi 3
kari
~~f
hsi
ffi,
^
&
I V*
$& kei
i*
Hfc
washed
g^f
<i
my face
six times.
the erh
Bring
Obs.
me
comb
to
comb
bathe
early.
brush.
285.
my hair.
It is best to
character.
Examples:
3
8| tsao
Obs.
or shu^-tzu, a comb.
the hair;
laid
(210),
Thus,
mu* shu1
283.
it
very.
warm
1
282. tnt shu , a
or
later.
280.
it,
WT
chen1 , a needle.
i shu, to
comb
a comb, or have a
comb
at.
is
PART
286.
the numerative
hsien*, thread;
jjjJR
HI.
is
t'iao
59
Chenl -hsien4
in combination
means
needlework.
287. $il feng 2 to stitch together
,
288.
f< jj}
289.
Examples:
pu
to patch
hen3
shang
P'*
$$i
06s.
in the eye,
needle.
The eye
but
Women
Your
06s.
eye of a needle
cMn must
'rh
fjfc
fgj
nil 3
ni3
fft
|(jj
/mao3
>J<
$1 hsien*
deficiency.
- iz
hsien*
ko*
$\.chen
c/*-*^
Jen*
BjJ
^5
2/e?i
i'iao 2
too small.
is
is
be emphasised.
learn sewing.
clothes are very tattered
all
Feng pu,
mend
to
lit.,
and patch.
stitch
291. |i
292.
chen 1
^f-
See 737.
thread.
of this needle
The
ie
fill
1
%$ tou
ti
to
ijjt
hence, to
$t
to
put on clothes.
hsieh 2 shoes.
,
t'o
1
,
294.
5 shuang1 a
295.
fH,
it
takes
tzti after
/ma 4 below
,
as
t'o
hsia\ to take
off.
it.
pair.
it
The character
it.
is
radicals.
296. Examples:
M
jjft
"/$,
yu&
chiu*
pu
1
$f ch'uan
Jjft
fpf
fQ p'a*
~f liao
p^ yil
1
ft
hsia*
i*
yu
fft hsiieh
t'o
fafj
"J*
shen 1
^,,
shang
liao
"g pai
J|R
3
i*
ti
ft
pu*
-ftj
~f a liao
JJ
fr ta*
$f
wa*
$}
ti
J- a tzu
K);
hsueh 1
ni3
tzti
1
1
3f ch'uan 3^ ch'uan
hsiehJ|$ na*
pu*
mo 1
-J tzu
tff.
tsou 3
as big as that
with
later.
on, rain
to
met
60
TZtJ
ERH
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
EXERCISE
fa
XI.
i.
boots.
2.
with a
Obs.
&
After
all
lit.,
^
Obs.
To
Warm
of boots
ten pairs
That
is
water will
dirty
IB
4.
ft
off
T.
m $
- m
m IT
m
Shoes.
Take
pair of boots.
IBs
Boots.
clothes.
of stockings
ft
Clothes.
Put on your
Stockings.
your
Clean.
Dirty.
it
^ &
7>
flf
fit
Bf
fit
This garment
to patch
patch
it
it
will
torn; call
someone here
no occasion, I think, to
do as well if it is sewn up. A
There
it.
is
is
wash-basin.
ft
$
^
flfc
-t
without changing
for
a number of days
it.
ft
Obs.
Lit,
Note
PAET
III.
is 7
ft
^g
_^-
^
That
06s.
all
depends
lit.,
that
_.
ft
us
Warm
4fc
Your mother
wives of
modern
10
tells
the
Your mother,
me you
officials
^^
-fa:
lit.,
T'ai-t'ai
origin,
is
its
derivation.
06s.
when the
2.
suppose
Do you
is
water
10.
is
too hot.
the best.
early to-day.
i.
me.
tjL
Turn
or dame.
for
w
water to wash
Obs.
You
brushed, surely.
cold water
up very
it
9.
i.
put
be seen.
boots.
8.
JH
not clean
rh
[is] all to
is
$.
ft
This handkerchief
7-
in the
,*,
fe
61
2.
When
I got
home
all dirtied,
my
fit
to
wash
it,
62
KIMl CHI.
to be
mended.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
06s.
ordered the
04s. 2,
ya
when
3.
4.
298.
chni 1 to pluck
299.
tai
300.
tan3 to tap
301.
mao4
302.
chung
a cap
1
,
my
Please have
See 28.
saying.
suit of
some
did not
Don't
tea.
5.
6.
Of course
06s.
With
tzu,
let
us
k'o
pu
fire for
it is
ever
boiling.
See 124.
$hih.
a duster.
middle
it.
midst.
Read chung4
later.
iff
mao4
mao4
3-
tzii
tzu
Ifl-
chiao 4
chai 1
L-O
to pass
kua
an examination.
hsia
chin 4
ch'u 4
IVU
wo
ti
j||
:fJJ
li
-f-
tzu
|f tan
3
s
|f tan
'rh
\$L
chin 3
i|i|
mao*
ffi
ch'ienz
-J-
tzu
Jjjf ,
t'ou
chai 1
cheng
off.
3
ij^, l-'an , to
chin3
tai4
There are other verbs which perform the same function, but of these more hereafter.
^,
chung
tan3
pa
mao*
chien
t'u 3
na
hsia 4
304.
See 45.
in
Examples:
~f a liao
06s.
3.
prefixed adverbially.
yii
lit.,
to dust.
4-
had on a
to
off,
my opinion
297.
In
c/tao
my
off; in
Get wet:
these boots of
I.
to blow,
becomes passive.
See 56.
stick, a
PART
305. Jp| chien 1
shoulders;
III.
the foregoing,
63
means a
it
waistcoat, q.d., a
fP han\
307.
308.
fjpL
sweat.
shan 1 a
shirt
tan 1 single
,
309.
310.
Examples:
H3
1
$C shou
1
]ji tan
flto t'a
chili?
1
^c chia
waistcoat.
[jfj
(@
fco
ch'u
7*
^ao
slian
|^ tan
wos
only.
i2
1
3
0J k'an
1
jff chien
l
^c i
^
^
Jco*
f@
$J 'rh
5t t'ien
f@ ko*
tso
ff a han*
hsieh 3
means
ff han*
shang
Bfc
It also
See Examples.
i1
ti
(3$
k'ai 1
tsai*
sAw
5t t'ivn
kei
$fe
&
i*
Jg pa?
kinds of documents.
J-o tzti
j$j
many
t anl
sfi.
shift.
a term applied to
chia 2 double
fH
J 'rh
i2
sliang
c/tm
chien*
f{:
shirt.
Lined clothes.
day yesterday.
Write a receipt and give it him.
Make
list.
^ mien
as
mien2
hua*,
raw
cotton.
_lt-f*
who
cuts
and
N.V.
ts'ai
to cut, as a tailor
when shaping
(181)
clothes
it
takes
tzti after
2
2
hence, ts'ai -feng a
,
it.
tailor,
one
stitches.
Emphasise
ts'ai.
316.
Examples
^C
^
^
hsiu*, a sleeve
shang
ts'ai
Wadded
it
us
takes
tzii after
it.
-Jo
2
^]}j
^
A
A
is t'iao
kua*
^t4
hsiu*
fe'ai
^ shih*
^ chia
$fj a
ti
f^ chien*
4
$| k'u
|$ k'u*
mien2
/Jc
tzii
s/ti/i*
jg
$f
ti
2
j^ f iao'
clothes.
pair of trousers.
coat.
Sleeves.
To cut out
clothes.
tailor.
teit
14
c/te
^o shang
j^
<'iao
64
TZfr
ERH
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
EXERCISE
XII.
i
work
ffl
clothes.
ffy
06s.
The majority
lit.,
to
pan would be
equally correct.
2.
When you
in the water
when once
it
06s.
See 45.
3.
1
Clothes, tan (not lined), are such as
and an
Wadded garments
outside.
4.
k'artP-chien
is
To
are chia?
perspire.
ft
sleeves.
is
of
all.
5?c
5.
ft
The
kuui^-tzit
outermost of
ma3
when
garment worn
the
short
trousers
tt
all
is
wadded or
is it
lined
it
is
called a
Is this pair of
?
fi
Caps are distinguished as small caps
and official hats while official hats are of two
kinds, the cool (summer) cap and the warm
6.
(winter) cap.
PART
III.
7.
In that case
ffi
(patch)
- 7
my
ft
sew
do
not.
mend
shirt.
together yet.
be mended.
Jg
to
a tailor here to
I will call
The waistcoat
8.
65
is
off the
clothes
with a duster.
ft
Who
9.
is
it
that
combs
Shu
O6s.
&
t'ou, to
comb the
&
H-
hair
fa can be omitted.
10. Your hair, sir, is
very short, and you
have already become bald on the top of your
head. I am more than fifty; it is time for one
ft,
T
06s.
i.
Sir
06s.
2.
Note
06s. 3.
Ki.,
ting
More than
fifty
it
would be better
to
(952), but
it
it
has
1 1.
Is
raw cotton
Turn
1.
The
tailor
2.
Tell
him
3.
What
has come.
to
come
clothes do
Niri2 (^P)
Obs.
3
pronoun ni
See 648.
is
is
It
not so
Coats, trousers,
want you to make those what-doyou-call-'ems that one wears next the skin.
besides, I
in.
it
sir
'.
06s.
What-do-you-call-'ein
the possessive appended).
lit.,
that
what (with
66
TZtJ
You mean
5.
That's
6.
it
lit.,
and
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
Under-shirts
Obs.
ERH
or lined
is
sir,
too hot.
want
either
it
you make
If
way
the weather
evening,
want them a
little
will
[coat] of mine.
06s.
one, etc.,
Longer
lit,
nimpm-iiip
lit.,
will
they
am
they
days before they are ready.
This tailor is so dirty he isn't [tit]
not be
15.
a style:
In
3.
14.
lit.,
sir,
be ready
made?
10.
shape of:
time.
will do.
9.
Have
If
12.
don't
2.
the
to
(yang<).
8.
Cut
cut.
06s.
i.
Obs.
body
Do you want
to
shirts too.
7.
them
don't want
little coats.
many
this
to
Ion;;.
317.
318.
j&
319.
!|it]
t'ung*, copper.
$|
t'ieh
is
not combed.
06s.
1
Dirty
tsang
320.
to
hang
also
is
silver.
iron.
comb.
yln
is
6.
Also,
or suspend.
money
also,
a police warrant.
Examples:
shih 4
t'ieh
wo3
shih*
fen
t'ung*
pa
yin
g ko*
/v3
ko*
Thirty
'rh
li
t'ov?
^|L
jji
-f-
ti
(j
t-.f'
J-
ch'ien*
ch'u 1
06s.
p'iao*
che 4
il
tiao*
ch'ien-
sun 1
Rj
lianif
shih1
ymchin 1
taels.
Liang, two,
is
a measure of weight,
commonly
called a tael
10
Hang go
Gold.
In Peking, notes for silver are called p'iao, and notes for cash are called
Amongst
of iron.
of,
these
hundred cash
cash).
p'iao-tzil.
PART
III.
67
325.
muskets,
/,
|-f.
properly,
((/(",
spears,
etc.
326.
ch't'ng*,
^|
ch'eng
to
weigh
1
/<'",'/.
There
328.
hence, to esteem.
Ch'eng
weigh with a ch'eng* ; p'ing- ip'ing^
another term for weighing with a steelyard.
designate; to speak.
is
to
is
Examples:
mo
Jg
%
$
to
ch'eng
fjl?
Yao'
Obi.
Bring me
This balance
is
iff
ti
ch'eng
(ft
^mi
ffi
3
ch'eng
2
B^ iso
^
^
ch'eng*
jfr
tso*
she"-
ch'eng
ffi
?,,lai*
-i
? ai *
iff
kan3
fg ch'eng
lai*
1'
tung
a
hsi l
|E no?
i4
for
it
To weigh the
not weigh so
will
we bought
rice
much
yesterday.
rice as that.
value.
to be worth.
As
is
worth or
is
valued at
more common.
is
(321)
What
too small
chi<^, price
mai
$.
jjg,,mo
things.
i IJKO* (32) is also
a balance.
329.
g
^
na *
SI5
1
J^ t'ien
3
1& lean
pu*
Had*
nu
To weigh
4
(,//>'
j|
ti
7^0
hsiao 3
t]\
followed by
2
a popular pronunciation of pien*, convenient. Read p'ien- only
p'ien
l
see below.
Fang -pwn* (Radical 70), convenient; handy.
fjl
i
2
;
334. *it
2
,
335.
f^
ch'ing
336.
chung*, heavy.
337.
Examples:
/f,
light.
Read
31 chien*
pu*
c/t?7t
ch'-uny
to repeat
twice over
fc mu*
4
f@ to
ie
fw7?(/
hu
/A
jg jr/mc/
^
How many
g.-i
tzti
<-i
$1 c/t'm^
cAia 4
cA'iew 2
worth
55
It is
is
heavy wood is light.
That copper kettle is very cheap.
;
Wine
O6.x.
Pn
chih ch'ien
may
also
mean
to cost a
trifle.
ii
Tia
(see
gg p'ien
2
gf fou
Iron
when
not dear
fg
Hang
|g yin
^
^
g
t'ieh?
J-.Jzii
shih*
<i
c^n^
it is
4
1
'
2JW
p'i
.1 '""
]
^;
/atei*
hen3
very cheap.
ch!h-
68
TZtr
338.
"fff
chieh 4 to lend
,
tang
3%
kai 1
is
This
to
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
an account.
CHI.
to borrow.
bill
ERH
to
is
it is
(342).
to
pains, etc.
expend money,
1
342. 'pj tang*, to represent to stand for.
Tang to act as suitable proper
4
1
ought to be done. Tang to pawn or pledge. Tang or tang*, an adverb of time.
;
that which
343. JT*
yu\
in;
proceeding out
Used only
of.
in
certain
combinations.
344.
$f
345.
Examples:
H
3
$M
tan9*
t'ien
5J 'rh
fife,
ch'ii*
6^0 ti
-(&
*jji
t'a
flfc
shih*
t'a
tang
ffo
tso*
$}a
ft iuo
3- a
tzti
&
$jz
shih*
^och'ien
hao*
fo hsin
che*
fo hsin
shih*
kai
Us/mi
2
jjfc
fei*
shu1
ft chien*
^
^
of.
t>al
^| k'an*
ti
ch'v?
%'
kai 1
is all
be fond
to
$
^
tang
My money
He
much
hao*, to like
fei*
1
tang*
~jf
%
^
t'a
kai
liao
i*
ftfj
Much
too
ffi
tou 1
to 1
chieh*
ffi
ch'u 1
^chang*
kuo*
ff chieh*
ch'u*
"f liao
tang*
j^ yv?
p'iao*
$}
fei*
shih*
la I-
liao
ti
fa
t'a
is
borrowed.
many debts.
much money.
obliged to you.
A pawnshop. A
is
is
The
mind
rather
pawn-ticket.
Who
He
2
f| ch'ien
1
|J shu
than of body (lit., I have spent your heart; or, you have expended your mind or brain on me).
to the Chinese theory, is the seat of the intellect.
06s.
ti
lent out.
This expression
Obs.
wo3
owes a great
To spend
He
fg
hao3
ljL
pen
/f
f| p'u*
cM*
Jf
it.
acts as cook.
Tang here implies either that his previous occupation was something different, or that cooking
of other crafts with which he is acquainted.
is
only one
PART
III.
EXERCISE
XIII.
Expenses
fcl
To spend money
Accounts.
i.
It
69
(184).
A four-iiao note.
expenditure.
weigh it in the balance if you do
You must
know its
not
weight.
fll
The woi&ohcmg*,
very
common
^
T
Hi|
^4,
tj
Hy
/v
[to
me]
i.
<>1is.
2.
use.
People:
Wos
letting another
cliia,
ch'ien-
J'ulkx
have
I
it
my money
large.
Our
It is equally correct to
That
(is
man
fond of spending)
spends too
be
must
nearly at an end.
capital
money.
i.
Too much
04s.
2.
Capital or principal
Zii., is
Hi.,
><>(>(
it
ffl
Obs.
means
generalises jen,
4.
7C
c// /e/i
fi2
//
The
tt;o
am
that I
The expression:
my own
The expression
3.
A
O//x.
I don't
taels.
to
for
2. He owes different
people a great deal
of money.
He has bills outstanding to the
extent of at least (not below) one thousand
-fljjj
or stock of
moner.
of,
spending money.
much
his
70
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
5.
That
is
The
price
He
to live on.
m
O'j.f.
family were
Not a
cash
lit,
he in his house one large cash even has not got. This might mean equally that his
but were it an object to isolate the individual, shou 3 li 3 in his hand, might be
in as great distress;
all
li.
6.
-t
ir
are copper,
and three-tenths
is
Gold
iron.
lighter than
is
silver.
iff
ffil
06s.
i/.il.,
there
Ten-cash pieces
The second
lit.,
ti is
Were
are
cash contained seven-tenths copper to three-tenths iron, the text might be variously modified
li-t'ou,
fen
ch'i
the
li-t'ou,
it
t'ieh.
J2.
_L
441
gc
zg|
jjJU
.Z.
An
F=I
&tr
slal
Tut
lH
$H
52>
US'
if
w&
m j
06s.
IT?
paper note
p'iuo*-tzu
is
I-
_2L
1S
^ ao
5^?
pawned
^ or>
note )-
m m m
lit.,
[it is]
7'
B.
1%
IS 7
a p'iao-tzil is a strip of
with money
[of]
shih i ko
8.
sure to
t.
to
- S
1.
Eua
2.
Ti,
lia chien-'rh:
lit.,
one's pocket.
li.
spend
Will he
sell,
but
sell
if
that flower-vase
He
is
cheap.
IE
a couple of cash
hand
in
PART
III.
No
9.
71.
ii,
fft
06s.
Ought
perhaps slightly
ideas altogether).
IS,,
too.
Am
I.
owe many
met with
You
will certainly
want some
but the
is
the cash
Quite right;
[small
ones].
When
changing
Not only
used
cash
the
in
lend to
(lit, there's
is
have heard
06s.
later.
me
little
that
i.
2.
is
lit.,
[I will] request
you to
that's all.
when one
much
lit., fire
much,
Obs.
i.
06s.
2.
8.
surely.
You owed:
Too much
What
Well,
is
06s.
were short
lit.,
kuo
t'ai
Avell
let's
borrowing
[to]
me.
i.
lit.,
pa
(i.e.,
Obs.
2.
9.
IM
the
lit.,
how many
tael
changes
for
over
tiao.
In that
10.
twenty
Exchange
To-day
seventeen
case
weigh
[out]
for
me
taels.
Weigh p'ing
:
Here they
184).
it.
Kao.
chin
11.
of
too excessive.
06s.
thinking
too
goes
cheaper.
are
you
barrier (63).
Living:
So
again, eh
its
amount when
the large and small
but
(lit.,
If I
7.
of silver vary,
price
if,
frontier,
be that
if it
3.
yao shih,
If I
or pass;
2.
4
corruptly used for another word, jo ,
06s.
Obs. 2.
bills.
If
Obs.
3
liary to (241).
mean
When you
small.
6.
am
Turn
1.
Kai
less forcible
(327).
are,
cation
is
Prosperous journey
lit.,
you on
this road a
great great,
72
T7.
346.
Jfcf:
mei-, coal.
347.
fifc
t'an\ cliarcoal.
ERH
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
349.
JHfl
Inn*, to discuss.
350.
2i
tan*, a corrupt
oi's/u/*.
means straw
fire, it
2
4
ptt fowl never
As
form
mind; no matter.
a tan* or picul.
351.
Examples:
s
Q?a shao
^ pu?
|^
f,?i 4
$2 ch'ing
chung*
Where do
mai4
4
$J f'aw
fjfjo
ft
$|o ft
?j5
mi
jj
pv?
s/ti/i
4
pf iw?i
4
|& iwn
~jfa
to
s/ti/t
j^
yfcwo
^|o
2fe
sltan 1
ii
tan*
j|
?
mai4
From
the
fan*
mei2
ft
{1
4
-jj
teai
5jJ
%a3
hills.
Lit., coal, charcoal come out in what one piece, bit, or spot.
perhaps so definite. Note na i k'uni-'rh pronounced no? k'uerh.
O/,>.
i~
ck'ai2
3
^f ch'eng* fa ktw
coal
ill
Fuel.
is
06s.
Lit.,
No
by the picul.
reckoning the picul sold.
sold
matter whether
352.
mien*,
;|
means
No
or few.
flour.
oil.
2
chih 1 properly, the plant of immortality used with ma the following character,
z
1
l
sesame, and is pronounced chih -ma the chih being emphasised.
354.
it
many
'
355.
356.
359.
360.
fang
357.
358.
yen
.
ts'u
2
,
sugar.
salt.
coarse.
/(i 4 , fine.
Examples:
M,hsi*
i ma
fang'
s
f^ ni
nuen4
-it'O
ffl te'w
/tsiew
chih 1
2
^ mei
cAe
TART
Vegetable
foreign salad
made from
oil,
is
coarse
^f
t'ang\ broth.
362.
fj|j
chi 1 chicken
,
It
is
also
used to denote
vermicelli.
so fine as yours.
is fine.
as chi l -tzu3
'rh, fowls'
eggs.
tzu.
Emphasise
fflj
means
colloquially often
cotton thread
361.
363.
73
Flour.
N.B.
FORTY EXERCISES.
oil.
Sesame.
Obs.
TH1C
III.
nai3 milk.
,
fruit.
certainly
if
indeed.
365.
2
IH man
Foreign bread
The term
man2-t'ou
caused paste
has
a head
as man^-t'ou, Chinese
its
when
t'ou
is
effigies
propitiatory sacrifice
a dumpling.
human heads
was customary
it
to offer as a
was operating.
366.
367.
|&
shv?, ripe
iffij
tuan 1
Hence, accustomed
cooked.
2
Vulgarly, shou
familiar.
to place properly.
369.
Examples:
-Jo tzu
%% t'ang
3
A; no
7JC
j|
||
Chicken soup.
Obs.
When
mo
fE
2
s/mi
Awn, 1
kit,o
^
T
Pf k'o
ti
tziL
shou
.& yeh
tou
~f liao
1
$& tuan
liao
chin*
o
chai 1
hsia*
eke*
"f
Jisia*
ch'ii*
shu
$
^
c/w a3
chi
shan
nais
she"-
fan*
2
Goat's milk.
the food
is
Tuan fan
Obs.
Fresh
Obs.
fruit.
shuo 1
#ft
fang
Dry
fruit.
Jam.
kuo-tzft, is
10
74
TZtJ
ERH
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
EXERCISE XIV.
Sweet
tu
it is
yft
is
lie
oil.
made from
mineral
2.
ffl
oils
the bean
come out
bought
sweet
oil
from sesame
of the ground.
three hundred
yesterday
Jr
hundred
*s
it
'J5
co
When
catties of flour.
^ie
"
c 01 181
and two
the weather
!^ 011
is larger.
3.
in
a chafing-dish one uses charcoal. A chafingdish is for use in a room it is not meant [for]
;
|i
.
-fe
'
JlJ
$.
-pE
^tb
^S
cat.
i|
fix!
-ffi
^
6x1
1
Things to be eaten are either sheng
over a
are vegetables
that
may
IS
natural state.
/{*.,
A-
0*
^7?
A\
-4r
JgC
tt
'Mo
fW
Jit
jgf
jig
^5
5-
&
rfc.
"?"
$n
is
$k
rr
cheap.
bottle.
xa.
lit.,
a chicken and
m
Obs.
be eaten in their
the sheng ts'ai are [these; such as] growing out of the ground [man] thereon (or
In Peking the term sheng ts'ai is confined to such vegetables as are never cooked.
immediately) can
Qy,
^jf
fjQj
4.
number.
PART
III.
Fruit
6.
Go and
soon as
06s.--Foo<l ready:
tc,
is
75-
it is
is
it
ready put
in course of preparation.
on the
table.
The expression
li
liao is used of
Pi
ff-
SI
Do you
7.
I like broth.
What kind
of broth
Obs.
what
are
^^55-^iP1/\^^
'
Bfl
ft
*r
A^
Ig
*
Pen
This year
on coal and
Anything
not
fuel.
have spent no
The
much "kindling"
little
fire
I.
in the
market
3.
have spent,
etc.:
lit.,
my
133).
which
all
and
said
It
;
is difficult
it
appears
to be
a corruption of cho shih*, in very truth, an expression
that will be met with later.
See Note on cho at the close
of Exercise
XL.
they are
(lit,
all
people of
By no means
badly
This use of tao
:
lit.,
is
perhaps a colloquial-
ism peculiar to Peking, but, like many idiomatic expressions of a similar nature,
it
is
considered by northerners
unfinished sound.
auxiliaries
that just
makes the
difference
between a
coal,
is
badly.
fluent
That
them
Obs.
(lit,
for
EXERCISE XIV.)
(!VEY,
money
1
produced, ch'u ); my monthly expenditure
must be at the very least thirteen dollars.
06s.
do
is
will
a*
chia
Turn
1
Either
suits me.
eat
A
06s.
you
Neither;
?
is
by the teachers
at
my
place to-day.
raw vegetable chicken), with a mixture of eggs and sweet oil; tell him to use
salad
(lit.,
fine salt,
not coarse.
want
also every
kind
76
of
and
fruit,
them
tell
him
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL
be careful to buy
to
ripe.
Obs.
3
(tien
mix
Butter puddings
i.
milk
lit.,
With
2.
a mixture
lit.,
oil
pudding
That
is
one place
name given
is
lit.,
a localism.
to a light
is
yellow wine,
the
We
Ripe: shou* /c
3.
Obs.
This
one's.
p. 52).
or piece).
06s.
(SKUII'.S.
06s.
oil
&RH
TZtJ
5.
Now
06s.
Lots:
bit of a
06s.
lit.,
lit.,
root matter.
we two want
its
forma-
1
,
371. jfl
yuan
the capital of a
far.
a road
lu*,
ancient or modern.
state,
to
3
yuan how
,
far.
a way.
2
374. jit chih straight.
,
376. Examples
mo
4fr
kao*
U*r
jao*
fife
chiao 4
t'a
tsa
tsou
chi 3
li
Obs.
How
j|[
lu*,
to the capital
it
far?
how many
lit.,
li
[how]
li.
^t I96 *
&
ching
if
n7i2
chih
Is
it
far
yilan
p-U?
^
^
M
M
5i,'''^
3
1 *'
^y
-f1
ching
1
iltTJf/
W
AP
_^
ao *
ching
s/w/t
to
yw-
to
yuan
many
of road, whether
Very
chin*
JM C/mi*
far is
y^ lu*
AeV
cho
How
Aching
far?
to 1
shao 3 In*
is
often used, or
PART
him
III.
77
Obs.
come
to
The pa
i.e.,
to speak.
expresses a doubt as to
377.
ho'
378.
$$
hai 3 the
a river.
sMn
380. '$?
381.
sea.
side.
deep
ch'ien
morally, profound.
shallow.
commonplace
Morally,
382.
not profound.
many
chickens.
383.
$a
384.
Examples:
>p shao
4
$5 na
ti
ft
&
ti
fang
\j
'rh
^ yu?
ti
t'ov?
51
yu
3
|(j
ft 'rh
jfe
t'iacr
ft chitt
_t shang*
4
ffa chiu
?PJ
ho 2
k'an4
shen 1
yu
chien 4
ti
ch'ien*
~J liao
ch'uan'2 Hf mien*
3
ft ivo
tsai
ft
'///,
3
j@ hai
1
pien
or, I
shore.
385. ijp
i'*;
386.
jjfi
tien*,
387.
^ chang
&'o
4
,
a stranger.
a large shop
3
,
an
MvPk'o, a customer.
inn.
4
388. fl5 kuei the counter
.
hand
till
to superintend.
a cupboard
a Avardrobe.
389.
sT
390.
Examples
chi*, to
to count.
ji swan
chi*
reckon
^f*
sfiou
chang*
^; cliang*
shou3
mu*
;jjo
Asin 1
flti^
JH '^^^
^'u&i
chang
4
|g kuei
fj.
//('
<i
ch'len 2
fi^o
J\
r-
j'
**'
|g fan
,
tien 4
ch'a-
23>
wttif
vxm<f'
78
EEH
TZfr
COLLOQUIAL SERIKS.
CHI.
Passing strangers.
Ch'a-tien
06*.
A
till
is
tea-shop.
"
not a
wardrobe.
An
the
restaurant.
tea-house."
till.
q.d.,
the person
who
(kuei).
You
391.
ttli
neng-, to be able.
392. l?f
nan2
393.
;j[j
pei
394.
5c
shou*, to receive
395.
JR
lei*,
396.
t*j
397.
J|)
A
,
south.
north.
entanglement
k'v?, bitterness
to suffer
to entangle
to trouble.
mental or physical
bitter; grief;
to connect
even.
Examples:
pg
2/
i*
lien*
~f
Kao
.&
scm 1
i*
5g Ueri*
ajs
ko*
ch'a?
/P
p 1*
3
2/e/i
/,:'%*
|g
^
When you went
It
Went
to sea
jj(
k'u
nt~P a
any hardship
T&
?
sea.
Rest a
06s.
bit.
Pa
is
here an invitation
Rain
O'/.-.-.
fell for
tea.
is)
is
man
to be seen.
Consecutively
lit.,
one connexion
i.e.,
without a break.
equally admissible.
ch'u *
fg
chen 1
s
4
J& Zw
5i '^l
lien
fft
i2
hsieh 1
2
lei*
~J liao
^ /a
suffer
hsing
06s.
you
Mfe
%e%
P^.Ao
06s.
suffering.
hsieh 1 to rest.
shou*
PART
III.
79
EXERCISE XV.
A
i.
straight
road
is
the shortest;
To
and
west.
cross a river.
To be on board a
ship.
many
to
We
2.
morning
ft
Obs.
i.
Set
' >!>.*.
2.
The
sail
first
lit.,
is
thing
lit.,
the
first
q.d., let
early
is
nearer
to-morrow
The water
the South.
rivers is shallower
in
sea.
the
He
a southerner.
the
moment
it is early.
to
for
it
city are
&ft
ft
JK
06.9.
at.
A
All you
o, etc.
lit.,
more than
and there
an end.
Do you
4.
a boat
am
in
travellers all
are larger.
*&. ft
The
go by water.
vessels used
sea-going vessels
80
ERH
CHI.
'/$
ffi
ra
tot
Jf
A*
ffi.
Jj^
fi
T/l
A
^
^
$
jt>
ifc
&
a
til
**
5-
^e
vear before
hadn't you?
I had; it blew hard, and
the ship got ashore on the coast of Shantung; all of us who were on board suffered
it,
ifl
in
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
terribly.
i.
Sir
ni
it is
hsiug k'u
^
-JU
^o
Obs. 2.
Hard time
06s. 3.
Got ashore
lit.,
06s. 4.
Dreadfully:
lit.,
is
verbalised
by
&
6*1
F?f
>&
"*
jStft
Wt
Tit
B4
06s.
that
it is
flKl
i.
lit.,
you
shott,
of,
suffered, trouble.
[the wind, or
The
adjective
ti.
&
*5c
~H
W
&4
f^4
The people
jJt
tj-
T_*
"vs
At
ilft
Who
6.
_L
j.
w&
JL>
$& ^
;H
of the ship
P2
ch'uan
*
-'rh-ti
in the
South he
called lacP-
is
a* (Anglic^, lowdah).
who make
Yeh implies
06s. 2.
Note kuan 3
j.
Which do you
by water or
travelling in a cart?
travelling
ft
One spends more travelling in a cart. Nonsense how can a cart be dearer than a boat ?
You don't understand; most of the carts in
1315
ft
ft.
tit
06s.
i.
One spends
m
ft
hua
more money.
06s.
2.
Nonsense
06s.
3.
Squeeze
lit.,
you
talk about
to use another's
money, of
course unfairly.
06s. 4.
travel
Travelling expenses
expenses
when
travelling to
p'an* fei
to go to
and
fro, as
it
also
means to
PART
Turn
III.
the
was the
it
city
now
Obs.
i.
Present moment:
06s.
2.
Now
went
2.
ling
Obs.
Consequently
chiu.
8.
The sea
sizes.
bank of a
(the
pie-'rh
river),
5.
by
hai3
will
very deep.
In
man who
superintends or
in a cart,
^Q
hsiang
z
,
plums
is
a high
06s.
li
heavy rain
it.
man
selling food
we were very
6.
distressed
all small.
400.
the
the manager of
also a chang3 -
my
lit.,
is
The
boat.
Manager:
travelling in a cart,
The
People
are large
wind
is
it is
is
ground
in the middle
less
cart.
chan(f-kuei*-ti
as the sea.
Ho 2
is
controls matters.
4.
In an inn there
a shop.
is
The
7.
The
3.
by boat
109).
road
Obs.
must put up
than that of a
hsiaf (223).
lit.,
V.)
called Nanking.
fc'e
(KEY, EXERCISE X
cart one
South
81
The one
Note
but in the phrase hsing--li s baggage, corruptly used for some other
character.
401.
402. 'gj
sha-rig*,
or
pao
403.
pao
ch'i
a trunk
a box.
Alone,
1
,
lai
3K t ai*>
404. til,
405.
To make
tzti after
it.
pao
-'rh,
chan 1
fan3 a
,
takes
a bag
^,
it
a purse.
felt
k'ou 3 a mouth.
,
or similar fabrics.
carpet or rug
as
mao*
11
pao
82
406.
-flj
pu
cotton
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
fabrics.
k'ou3
fy
to arrange
to distribute.
407.
Examples:
^
3p
fit
^
;$L
t'tm 3
tzii
tai
IfJi
p'u
tsai
mi
'^
?R
4
k'ng
_t shang*
:}JJ
pa
ti*
2j o
ft pu*
hsiao
>J>
4
shih
fJL ts'u
l]lf|
so.71
chan
jig
mao*
S
$ pen
*
pao
J
1
fH p'ien
fa^ti
lai 2
$j
2
ch'i
che
f@ ko
fa p'i
ffijtsiang
&
fjjj
shang
li
^f- a tzii
~$.
^sing
^i
Plums.
06s.
Baggage.
Obs.
lit.,
Three bags of
millet.
409. ||
lo*,
mane
conver-
410.
fl|fc
t'o
the camel with two humps, known to us as the Bactrian camel, and
to carry on the back, as a beast a burden.
called lo*-t'o 2
commonly
N.B.
411.
412.
Examples
sheny
HJ
lo*.
Emphasise
fa
hui
2
JJj}
inao-
5^0 'rh
t'a
lo
$.
^'
t'o
to
06s.
horse
tei
!^ sheng
ft hao
ft hao
fa 'rh
nien 2
$J
jji
come and
t'o
i
Ma-fu:
cattle; beasts.
man
ti
wei 4
k'ou
shih
ctiang'
ch'i
ti
2
j^ mei
a
4
Jg che
catties of coal.
This beast
Obs.
Lit.,
is
off
Jp chin
(239).
pai
"g
2
|$
na4
**<"'
4
^
fa
cho
;ff
f@ ko
1
lo
t'o
|^
t'o
PJj-
<-h!</t_>
,^
ma
fu
2
J!
PART
413. {iU
kr'ii,
preposition -with
414. 3$:
the heel
as ken
pan
wo
of an official of rank
common
any
etc.
415. 5J
c/i.tutng
416. ^f?
tai*,
to
is
go with me.
ch'u*,
properly,
83
It often takes
III.
or ken^-pa^-'rh-ti, the
is
a troop of players,
servant or servants
(lit.,
under man).
which
will
put into
be met with
By
there
later.
to contain.
also, as will
be seen
later,
a stretch
a beast's load.
417.
H^
418.
Examples
to
met*
#0
yy?
hsia 4
i4
na4
jf
1
1| chih
mo
f@ ko*
3$ na*
^
$
j$ ck'uari*
chuang
$f hao
~f liao
My
servant has
06*.
Go
To,,
with
ch'ii
tung
|f.,
hsi 1
lai 2
Jfc,,
#[>
wai*
tai 4
ffl;
in3
Sj|
feW
~f liao
cM 4
hsiung
J- tzu
ti
wo
i*
_t shang*
chuang $j ya?
wo3
ft
ti
1
$& ken
jfc
pan
gC p'i
ffl
ti
ma?
s
^J ta
/mi 2
meV2
f^
ifg
/p pv?
k'ov?
me
to the
yamen.
to
Won't hold
Is that ship
these things.
all
loaded yet
down.
(Is the
loading of
it
? )
*K^
shang
4
,
to
pursue
to follow
up
Chui 1
to overtake.
420.
421.
kun3
also to pursue.
to drive
^ /man
4
,
as
kan
ch'e
to call aloud
It
1
,
appears to have
to drive a cart
much
s
kan iu
2
,
4
commonly combined with chiao
not to have.
The opposite
of
yu
to call.
to be
to have.
84
423. ^Ij
commonly,
li*,
an
425.
liai
hence, with
Properly, sharp-edged;
4
Also, to receive or suffer injury, etc.; as hai ping*, to get
p'a
be
to
afraid.
Examples:
li
f[
-fg
ts'o*
fe
wu
je*
te
tsai*
men
c/i'e
na*
Jean 3
ti
fij^
ni 3
ch'u4
hsiri1
i'a
jifi
Go
him
after
carter.
PJj-
chiao*
&
Pfeo
huan4
t?
hsieh 1
chui 1
'rh
,t'a
s/mi
die*
Tim
quickly.
herd-boy.
Who
is
The day
is
terribly hot.
Not a cloud
round.
all
5fjC
ch'iu 1
ch'uri1 spring.
,
ria
4
,
summer.
427. Examples
tung
2
;
4p nien?
4jS
tung
J
Ji
Spring
is
Summer
ch'u 4
nien2
hsia
tung
t'ien
t'ien
Winter
is
cold.
Next
winter.
winter.
Jcua 1
hot.
Last summer.
autumn.
Jisla
ch'un 1
warm.
is
ming
Bf)
the
terrible, terribly.
advantage.
profit;
illness
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
ch'P
Hang
f*ng
t'ien 1
ti
shih
hou
t'ien
nunn*
cl'lu
ill,
PART
III.
85
EXERCISE XVI.
That
i.
cannot carry
these
all
is
it.
things.
What
are
* P
carry
ff 2
them
The
2.
easily enough.
expression
will
hold
some
of leather,
all sorts
Trunks
of things.
3.
is
to
(to
make a
4.
7 P
into.
bundle)
has
He
things in anything.
wrap up
wrapped up that small box in a
IB
rug.
On
tt
06s.
comprises
Jtsing-li
*.
you talking
Note the
force of chin,
as
soon as;
lit.,
the animals.
Camels all come from beyond the fronTake care of the baggage; when the
5.
tier.
packages are
all there,
we
am
will start.
afraid
we
If
we
sha'n't
P
06s.
i.
All there
Ois.
2.
Get
06s.
3.
off,
lit., if
start
the baggage be
lit.,
:
raise the
lit.,
all rh'i,
body
</.<i,
to be on the move.
up the
city wall
i.e.,
86
EKH
TZtj
CHI.
;|{|[lfi3ifef;fJ^fl'j3jS-{|6
-ft.
-y
Q.I
^* r j_
.
vjj
JL
~J
5-
SI
#B
Obs.
$y
fftJ
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
-pan
are
they
who take
carts),
not catch
Tc$n
i.
The
6.
it
up.
spoken of
is
us a Lr it-pan; in
Peking as ken-pan-ti,
or oftener, ken-jta-'rh-ti.
Take orders
Obs. 2.
;6
lit.,
are those
whom
IP?
'a
tt-ti
Et
fg=
57C
'X
J&
1r>lH
^c
!jc
15
T M m
rVj
"T
^li
"
"F"
1^
PJ
_&.
ffl"
_.
^Bl
06s.
i.
O6.f. 2.
'1*
^
M
Afe
WC
ffi
44 ^
i-i
calls.
O f an ass or a
horse
mu
je
^ O 4.i
^ but seldom
of a
to*-totf.
-*-'
^
^
DLH H
AJ
PH
5v
M. $E
3& <&
^t
Ifc
A good while
A great distance
:
lit.,
3& 8
W
J
see
*,
not
After I
8.
his servant
came
did
ti,
very early.
fift
lUi
H
_U
s&
HBH
h
_U
Avft
IH
jfct.
t/v
pjB
"7Ci
BR
WH 9
Sfr^%B*i-IHft4ll'tel
*E
o J
:S:
^
W
H
h-S-W^^P
$ mo 3= & }> M
#
T. si f& a
15
ife
TSft
at
Obs.
.A.
^5T
i.
2.
Fast enough:
As hard
as
lit.,
early)
that
I fear it will
ta^ e
not,
'
lit.,
after
him
as hard as
can
you can:
He
man?
has gone
out; if you run fast [enough] you wiU be able
He is gone some time (lit,
to overtake him.
is
"
7i
06s.
"flfc
Where
9-
to achieve
it
you
PART
Turn
1.
on
the
III.
a journey
Obs.
Get ready to? lien 3 (lit., beat and point) to
3
3
arrange and check off. Tien , short for tien shu-'rh, to
count or check the number.
:
be called a
Is
dusty
yu
is
simply a
the
final expletive.
ma-fu
to feed
the animals.
06s.
i.
06s.
2.
So:
Wei
O6s.
Obs.
With
2.
for
me
Long
and mule
a camel's [load]
to*-tzu
428.
Jjji
jvio 3
the brains,
to -tzti
may
also
06s.
i.
06s.
2.
For me
little
you must
money:
verb
431.
IH yen3
432.
ijpj
to s
a bud
ching
1
,
9.
He
06s.
lips.
lit,,
two
this
is
indicated here
by the
a dreadful fellow.
is
Hao, good,
is
very.
Summer
lia ch'ien-'rh;
Expressions: hwt'ou-'rh;
followed by
tai*,
tit.,
heads of
a bag,
it
talk.
means
is
hu3
a tiger, etc.
employ
positively get
the eye
to
come.
lai, to
the head, but, with the exception of the human head, the term nao tai*
heads of animals whose names are composed of more than one word, as lao-
430.
want
cash.
little
go to
money
no matter whether he says he has
hurry
10.
Mn,
Mn.
kind or fashion.
8.
sheng-
keep
i.
after
06s.
is
He
7.
this
lit.,
am
T'o^-chiao* (a litter)
up with you.
you on
to be washed.
to*-tzu.
is
have
3.
87
88
ERH
TZfr
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
436. Examples:
R| tsutf
ti
(ft
li
|i
fg fan*
ch'un 2
shang
1
ft chih
yen
$fc
|
/ma4
f
jg man*
s/mo 1
Ufc
/fu
|g
Iff
|g<, ^wftTi
-^ teS
91 fewi
fa
flfc
pien
^ fa
ti
erh 3
to
ft
3
1
8|
i'mfl
pu
fjf
ggotai
1
fa s/m
s
f /tao
'
-^
fswi
nao 3
4
t'iao*
fj
5J|
to?
^ pteTi
Jf^ c/ieW
-^o teit
4
ft to
te'it
fa
~j*
liao
2
gf <'ou
big head.
When you
His ear
is
Sec 241.
One eye.
To plait the queue.
The hair on the
He
lip is short.
fair.
speaks
Don't speak with your mouth
437. )]& ko
ke
arm
or toe.
in general.
full.
the nails.
ia*,
at.
tone.
,
nails,
Note the
foot.
442.
the loins
Examples
3
g tuan
4f.
pu*
fa
chao'
fyt'a
s
3% ivo
6^
ti
%$
lco
Pe ^
is
it
me
yu
;o /c'cm4
t'iao 2
3
j$
t'ui
ffi
ton 1
!% yao
3
fi li
llang^
3
it tsou
JfJ
%
^
yu
mei 2
ch'ien 2
ffi
gf
yung*
chih
t'ou"
j% chih
$fo
kei 3
3
$5 ivo
1
$}, ts'u
fft
(ft
ti
chih
fj[
na*
fg ko*
A
1
Jen
ti
chia 3
l
%& ko
k'uai*
pei
thick.
Point
with your
legs.
jig
06s.
the
~fo liao
Your
out to
na
the waist.
Jjj|
443.
in
finger.
your waistbelt
is
Both
My
2
444. Jpo chieh to knot, bind, or collect together; hence, to conclude, to finish.
When
used with the following as an adjective, it means substantial, strong, or vigorous, and is pronounced
,
chieW-shih1
N. B.
The
chieh
must be emphasised.
PART
445.
nhi/r, true
Jf
447.
solid, as
to hollow.
opposed
89
soft.
weak.
JJJJ ./</,
448. -pK
talons
:l
>?i
446. ff|
sound
III.
to catch or
clinch,
claw hold
of,
as a
man
its
to clutch.
450.
to drag.
451.
Examples
la
ifi
fi
$>;-
ft cAw*
''""
^P F'-
HoP*
''"'
J
fife,
In
t'a
am weak
jj|
The horse
is
Haul that
table over.
ff
"
&
jf^ p'a<>
3
jja
:fJ
J|)
1
i'ri
jjjj
ft
jg jo*
Ai/t
.^
tzti,
Jo
chieh
cho 1
J^ cfewa
fQ p a*
J4
not so strong as I was
going to bolt hold on to him.
this year
chiuii*
^o shang1
ftlj,
&
kuo 4
i>'
flfc
To '*""
sound
as above.
is
4
ft f/m
ft wo*
ft
The
to haul at.
chiidi*,
J|Fj
ft
*i
3
2/
nien 2
a4
?o
$^
jniur'
last year.
iti*,
452.
^pjj pine/
453.
j||> t'eng-,
illness; disease.
pain,
T'eng
454.
pf
455.
fE
Kni* can
456.
by mo
(23),
^andteV, how
3jf;
final
first syllable.
Examples
c/te*
what
then the
also
ch'i'
iff
ch'i-
pit*
3=
ts/ ir'
mo
tsf fh'i-
~f a
l\ao
"^
kii'ii
>g kuai*
1
|g kan
fft
wi 3
ijfo
shuo 1
am terribly ill.
I am in awful pain.
No wonder your head
$%. t'eng
f^
51
tc"
~J
HI?
t'
ou2
06s.
No
wonder
lit.,
it
How
how
this
or,
sore
dry.
is
strange
did this come about
etc.
pu*
^o^
%\\
li
^o''"
90
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
EXERCISE
A * *
%
-^
-kfe
iflt
fe
ft
i-*r
Hi
man's
t'ou
s
accordingly called nao -tai*
Your queue must be combed.
When
inside
ir
'
i.
,.
7
~TT"
XVII.
it,
and
man
is
is
(lit, truly) with his ears nor see clearly (distinctly) with his eyes.
s|
man has
I am too
That
2.
countenance.
let
him
a very odd-looking
fond of this horse to
tire himself.
Countenance:
Obs.
lit.,
that man's nose and eyes=his face, growing has attained to singularity.
In this
must generally be construed is ; much as we say is turning out, or, has
to grow,
turned out.
A
M
1
JnL
ft
$9
$R
to
10
ft
i.
Strong
06s.
2.
Note
06s.
3.
Juarfi-huo*:
tsoi-'rh,
a seat
lit.,
soft
This
man
3.
man
J&
06s.
it 3
is
strong.
is
there
is
and comfortable.
Gf.
4.
you
No,
am
not
ill
many men ?
ft
SP}'
5^
E3
JR
P.H
fet
H&
Obs.
Quiet
i/$
ivL
7J[
jpf
&
M*
<Ml
-&-
m.
M E
^ W ^
:
lit.,
old
and sound,
5j[_
5-
is
? (or,
you had better buy him). He
looks quiet enough, but you feed him up for
a few days, and then see were you to ride
^ <i u ^*' ^ y ou could hold him.
^^
k uy him
>
f&
This horse
^5
sincere, or honest
the term
is
applied to
men
as well as animals.
PART
III.
'jr
91
some years
don't recognise me.
ailing for
even
my own
family
A
$jr
7.
man who
That
'"
r.
jl'Ji
upright
makes
that
(or,
it
is
I really
cannot do
this.
that
tore
it is
IS.
claw
There
is
of his
arm they
it.
10.
XH.
Why
me
so
for
no reason.
06s.
finger
me)
7.
My
stand
7, *,
fashion
to
impossible
straighten oneself).
To
ift
is
it
[If]
you have
out straight.
te
For no reason
lit.,
if
(yao for jo) you have no business, thus to drag drag, clutch clutch,
it
will do.
is
what
92
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
'
it
1. How can
anyone go and speak to him
about this matter ? Why are you so weak ?
pigtail
Obs.
him for ?
i.
How can,
all
What
3.
lit.,
men
When
lit.,
for
tso
be
he
old,
pu
8.
Note the
plurality obtained by repetition: yang yangeach or every kind jen jen-'rh, each or every man.
It must be remembered, however, that
only certain substantives form the adjective pronoun each or every by
9.
yung, do not
as this
or
fulfil,
in
He
is
too dry
my
is
appears to
When
is
strong
man
a
f
(li )
me
is
pull
strong
Liable
you
the time
when
Lit., this
tai,
saw a
10. I
man
to-day
by
with a very
queer countenance.
ai,
06s.
Countenance
lit.,
face
JH mei2 eyebrows.
,
459. f|
460.
lit.,
that he
him
458.
is it
2.
how
conjunctions.
to be just at the
;
with, hauling,
There
Obs.
See 303.
accomplish, use.
3.
pu chung
would be
and pull
We
my arm
to scratch
so.
06s.
and
he has strength
No
long
me
06s. 2.
so
in great pain.
'rh,
are
7.
tou
his legs
isn't
it
Don't pull
equally
sM">-mo.
to
me
appears to
5.
misfortune,
man comes
make a
hair as this to
little
it
6.
nails
speak.
After
06s. 2.
etc.
so
why
all
afraid of
With
4.
After
much
JSf| s(ii\
on the temples.
~f"-C
461.
$H
462.
chia*, chieh
the jaws
place
the chin.
463.
winch
it is
igf||
k'o
1
,
colloquially, only
identical.
464. Examples
"
l'>
3
fg chiu
li ao
o
^f
chiu*
1
n chih
31
fife
ta
$, /ieV
^
fih,
t'a
jig
/zVmgf
1
8S wi
EL
tziL
fc'a%
fa1
hu2
<e
pn
Ho
j^ chieh*
mair
3
ch'ang
/is/a
W- lien 2
ELo?'"
;;m
/iSNI
mao'
pin*
PART
Whiskers.
465.
at his
jjljj 2
tne neck
1(> *>
clw'lr, joints, of
"fjf
to shave
468. %\\
t'i
469. ^(J
A-Htt
and without.
to scrape
see that
93
Eyebrows.
The cheeks.
Look
III.
with a knife
an animal's
skin.
Kua
lien3 ,
470. Examples:
cM3
j$|
HI
/i
Mo
glj
'rh
fa
Mi
' '""'
faw 1
A:0
is
throat
fj"
f@
yiieh*
<'i
f/Mt
F||
*'
ow2
2
f5 cMch
-J
fort*
3
i/tt
'rh
fo
c/ie
*J?
s/icio
15
c/ite/i.
$!l
/(V^
His neck
My
i.
^f
jH
?/ao
die*
J|R
7?io
^; 3
fcaw
^
4
"? te^
P"^
>
"fife
i
o
fj
t'eng
g/ttto
ft
4
fj 7ma
'' <fl
it
))$
jr
^p
tzii
ta*
p^
sawgi
ku 2
tzii
::
P^
'i//</
long.
is sore.
Pu
yao che
mo
ta sang-tzti, shiio
correct.
Chit,
How many
06s.
times a
Note that
t'i
To shave the
later.
face.
h siimy 1
is /i6
Jj@)
3
.
ff* pel
the back.
474.
^f
475.
-ninny-,
477. )Ji
1
,
to carry
on the back.
backbone, emphasising
476.
Pd
I'tmy
tu*,
Note, ch'f-niany-,
rlii-.
the belly.
2V, the
entrails
tin-
ERH
94
478.
Examples:
tn*
J|t
^o
chien 1
tzti
52,0
chest
'rh
are
niang
chi*
hsi
^o
te
pei
j>ei
Cwi 3
V/
tung
1
{ft.
ni 3
pel
t& ckan*
&
_t sliany*
tsai*
p'u?
3
ft wo
tzti
pel
sfte"
hou*
is sore.
What
mo
'rh
4
ft <M
c/ii
pang*
2
ft chih
My
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
back.
my
06s.
is ta*-t'ui
^,
TO-
leng
481. Jpp,
J^]i,
480.
{^
482.
first
form
is
the commoner.
z
3
huar, the ankle; colloquially, used only in the combination huai -tzu ku ankle,
respectable
flff
t'i
very commonly
484.
|jff
chan
485.
Kjjf
tser,
cld
486.
With
the body.
z
,
also, of persons
and
(Radical
things, nice-looking.
to behead.
robbers
rebels
any malefactors.
a step in gradation
when cut
off.
487. Examples:
*<> ten*
-g eh'ang*
mac?
ffi,,
%
ftjgc,
ftfy
2j
hsui*
I
ti
loo 3
tsei
8i nao
tsei-
both
ti
t'a
Hang
J^ojen
3
"t shou
shih*
chiao 3
ko*
ton 1
&
hen s
tsou3
huai 2
t'eng-
tzti
my
chi*
shih*
t'i
(or ankle).
An
old thief.
when cut
jjj
is
The long-haired
liao
The ankle-bone
till
ku 3
mien*
n<-
have walked
He
ffi
tsetf
The knee-cap.
I
3
Df chan
off.
pu
lencf
means
PART
III.
EXERCISE
95
XVIII.
men
%\\
ITU
&t8
are
ti
when men
get to forty
Send for a
?T
W
Obs.
i.
Obs.
2.
Ht
(ft
"T
W>
barber; I want
Bv
^ A A
comb
Most note that to does not mean all, but the greater
Shu t'ou is only applied to the female coiffure.
:
&
2.
which
is
One
i WKU.
of the senses of i
shaved
wai, outside
the queue towards outside short hair.
is
is
of.
The sentence
3.
xp
11
y\,
}tj
?5
SH
-H.
77 o
ffl
Obs.
You
what
tonsure,
[Chinese]
is
growing outside
SM
ill
fl^
"?"
lifc
XB
1BT
frlj
"ife
an
flf
construed
When you
-mien* you
say a
is,
it
means
in the
man
is t'i s -mien*
you
mean
that
lie is
good-looking.
barber's shop.
4-
"ftfc
jfc
literally
mean that he
when you say
t'i
1tSi
Ah
5$lj
the
haired rebels.
89
Outside
06s.
direction of
In
ft
part.
shaved
SR
*M
Women
hair dressed.
my
You can
and-so's
is
a respectable way).
is
house of so-
t'tf-mien* (that
The
it is
4
erected, kai , in
t'i*-t'ovi?-tao* (razor)
face.
5-
BS?
H4-
-ilt>
nor soaP
~T5
I'll
y>
We
natives
carry you on
learning.
use neither
He
my
back.
If
warm
water
you are
He
is
tired
man
of
A
06*.
i.
06.
2.
tfhany
t-iao
by hanging.
The stomach
is
96
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
6.
~V
A*
m
7MH
^A.
git
3fn
The
authorities
local
morrow
am
(or
that
told
are
malefactors)
m m
tfc
to
to-
sword with
the
wt
going
not very
is
7.
so
is
How
is it
yellow
someone
Because
hit
me
[there] yesterday.
Hit
06s.
Jit.,
was
hit
Hsia :
lit.,
a fall
8.
sc.,
Turn
1.
How
pretty that
little girl
grown up
belonging
to be;
have
own
2.
5.
when speaking
of
them
06s.
6.
to
will
have to
ck'ieri
articles
it
parents.
and
may
she
is
06s.
i.
06s.
2.
06s.
3.
3.
Both
yu (Radical
29).
he
is ill
in his
teem 3 -mo
liao.
06s. 2.
8.
Colour;
It is
not
lit.,
my
Vitality
lit.,
face shaved
See 232.
it is
foot,
Both
with a stone.
so
it
Is it because
06s.
dreadfully painful.
06s.
Boy
pression for a
9.
Jit.,
boy or
small man.
child,
which
There
will be
lot of
is
another ex-
met with
later.
men's heads
man
hanging up outside the city gate.
told me they were, every one of them, the
heads of criminals who had been decapitated.
06s.
Hanging
tiao*
see
322.
There
is
another
PART
1
^f
chilli
489. JsJ
iiihr,
488.
97
the Sovereign.
+. chw\ a
490.
III.
Chun
master.
chit?,
492.
-fi/!
irei
Specially, high
hence,
position;
cannon.
493.
ginseng.
fp
Also read
494.
title.
tx'tnt
y%
to counsel.
ts'en
When combined
alien
as jdri*-s]ien l
(sec 576).
tsan*, to assist
and
advice.
Also,
an
official
See Examples.
495.
.^f['.
496.
tnun
l
,
honoured.
Examples:
Jjl
die
i
2
flfc
s/jj/t
4
fli]
tsan*
t'a
^'o
shlh 4
jjfe
f@ ko*
ti
3
j? chu
J-^ tzu
J^
?o
^t wei*
{a. a
wei*
^o^w^i
fihioiij*
t'a
^
4
jj|g
C/M
:!
jj
m'uf
ch'nuir ]
_t
./^'"
l
;g <:hun
/'"//
/<i//
Jj
in'ni-
The Sovereign.
He
is
man
Min
Obs.
The people.
of the people.
is
That
Obs.
is an
ordinary dwelling-house.
Min fang, in Peking, is a house which
is
kuan fang,
nment property.
official position is
What rank
Obs.
If
u-ei
has he
of the house.
honourable.
in
certain
Chinese colonies.
diplomatic secretaries.)
He is an honourable man.
06s.
Who
Lit.,
is
this
gentleman
13
98
497.
498.
'"'"
ten.
3t
500.
means
j|Jt
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
military.
also
ERH
TZtJ
soldier.
ch'H.ch
to vacate; a
official post.
It
short, or deficient.
501. |fj
nff<r,
>"Je'
colloquially,
number.
502.
^ ehuan
1
,
Also, to
make
up, as a number.'
Examples:
&
1
r/!.
chuan
jra
|jjj
ping
iei
llTo />'""'
^j'"'//
ffc
;/
\Q ch'u
officials.
Military
To be a soldier. To be a soldier.
To go on a military expedition.
Have you been on active service ?
To remove from office for sickness
To fill, or succeed to, a vacancy.
or misconduct
or, to
vacate a post.
given number.
To purchase a grade
money.
Civil officials.
P m(J
yu
of.
505.
?K
506.
iSJl. t'ul*,
507.
IjpJ lo*,
Lei
508.
509.
1
,
s'wi
to kill
of rank
by subscribing
also, adverbially,
to retire
an
intensive.
to drive back.
to bind; to coerce.
In combination read
le'
3
?f? so to
,
demand
to extort.
Examples:
JE,
BFj
P aS
ma 3
$1
ch'u1
ffi
leil
c/to
<''''
^''""
?o
^
ffl
te'^
A./'""
na*
fft
fe4
iS
ffi
t'ui
ch'u
'A
1
./'
""
i->^*!i
H5
'o" 1
6^
/i
|^
tsei
fe'it
c/ttt
wwi
A jV
^
c/tia
2/in
ffi "txcr
'""'
,-lnt
5fi
''/'
PART
III.
99
city.
Obs.
you could
in speaking of driving a
dog away.
of five taels.
That
official
Obs.
Chtian
is
it
Up
Obs.
Hold
chu, to a standstill.
below.
entire.
surname of family or
512.
J&
lia/iiif,
513.
^3
tribe.
514 Examples:
''' /(
H,
i&
ti
miutf
|J-
rhiao 4
lisi'iy
fi shih-
gU'ou*
ft./;
JUJiao*
j&Jt.-iixu
If
ch'iiini
cho
minif
Utehmtuf
shth*
tzu
-J
tzti,
{fa
ni s
ymnf
J&
ti
/.-'<
"
% a mo
3r
J"'
.s/je
^f
Jijo"'"
c '' e
JS
A;'(m;
p<>-
^4 hsing*
$]
A Jew
/<V
ti
xluli
ffi
li<P
Jg,
ft
~Fo^-s '"'
f
&
/'a
hsia
;g
Imt*
&
ti*
^g
ti
Downstairs.
Servants.
The bottom
head servant or
of the river
cho' mien^-'rh
06s.
or,
414.
stones.
underneath the
ti 3
table.
;
it
all
owing
people.
hundred surnames.
Lit.,
is
your name
(to inferiors)
What
is
your name
(to equals
is
the
name
in
of this place
and superiors)
name.
What
to say
hsia 1 .
What
tice
The
is all
butler,
LOO
TZfr
ERH
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
EXERCISE XIX.
Ac
A!:
4f
6f
E
m W &Si
til'
-^
ill
A*
*
ill
rVr
HsR
toeat
^KjTfi'F'To.Rlfl!'
TO
fl
tl_
3s o
AA
0y
TO
*i=*
iVt
tt*
rdj
p|
tl-
>
-t
3E
*E
06x.
an
infinite
liT
-L
"44*
Cma
7.S
xE
J&
-&
IS 3
6*1
3&
xfL
^*
to
4P-
.PC
"F"
.
^.^
1u
._
/ntl
'ra
In
Pw 3 -tzii
Dim.
T"
-T
^H
ri't
-*
NJ
_^
on the
/Js
-4-
13
ffiS
^t
7^
)2
I "^
Jtj
/~t
j*4*
x!r
^5
-f<-
^
W,
i
jNL
==!
^ ^
>
i.
2.
(military officers
to distinffuish
between thr
the difference
is
and military
**
officials
It is
between them;
not
thi^
only difference
is
_ &
L
TT
6.
HV
*&.
^t
-%
iit.,
pursuing, arrive
>7
is
called at the
are f un(l to
6>|
at, etc.
tien
ming ;
lit.,
of the
army
in different
M 66 ^
m # A w w
When
The strength
i.e.,
make up
of the
/./(rn/
What
eag
03
JL
:i
?<v/
dress of civil
r^Ca
"F"'Ac.*!&S44li
A*
R
7t
>K
06s.
is
name given to the square embroidered patch worn by officials on the breast and back of
"patch" birds are represented, each grade having a distinctive bird on the military patch
The pu-tzti of princes and nobles of the highest grades are round.
-fC
Si
5.
office
the
is
iffl
civil
-dbra^Hxfitja
xJ
flyl
KK xE
7u
^.
his
not considered
position."
yer
is
Officials
4"
that
"
have
troops are
^ ^
mean
a petty official
If^
xV
honourable you
considerable
When you
3^s
^^
o
i^S
rh
fheng
1=1
**"
.y.
lit.,
-fa
~f
I-
By
I-
is all
month
is
the number.
arrived
at.
Note
i/iieh
ti,
the
PART
>lf
frf
JS.
fe
if
gfc
were the
i-ho
turn
it is
lit.,
X.
W
^
HI
0B
E3
#F
who, owing to
m.
ft.
ft.ft
Ul 7
$&
YlH
fl
8=
Whose
06s.
$k
~y
>f
$j[
^
m m
Mb
sense
III.
it,
then
will
it is
Kai-cho
it.
fill
know who
is
will get
will get
it.
in
The
it.
ought.
When an
8.
Wo
ft
I don't
Shantung;
w
ft
till
mean
7-
101
office
or rank
obtained
is
called clma.nl
Was
No;
his
office
subscription).
purchased?
it
was
7,
The high
g.
officer at
to eat;
if
he had
B
IB ft ft
Ui
'".
I.
Ta kuan might be
06s.
2.
Nothing
to eat
(yii,
understood), ch'ih
eatables.
ti,
10.
is
06s.
Lit.,
My common
THI-II
ask your
(the
p<>-
Juttiifj
hundred surnames).
under Heaven);
the idea beins; that the Emperor of China exercises
sway
over everything under Heaven.
f'/w.
2.
tsiiii*
i.
Empire
of such officers
learning.
i.
schoolfellow of
down West;
06s.
is
mine
is
ts'ttn -
Schoolfellow:
t'ung*
hsiio*
lit,,
same
My name
Down
06s. 2.
name given
to Thibet
called
name
name, MA.
Ch'nii'xi'.
1. The greatest
person in the Empire is
the Sovereign the most numerous
body are
the ntiii2 j<'ir (people).
The Sovereign is also
May
MA.
is
the general
territory
He
you
to assist
06s.
4.
him
Employ
tt'an-tsan (494)
Most military
officers
emphasise tsan.
rise
from the
ranks.
06s.
lit.,
102
it
must be
filled
and nobody
When
up.
[to
it
fill
there
is
is
it
up],
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
a vacancy
a k'ung 1
in a quantity of
the
are
officials
Supernumerary
those
in
06s.
i.
Supernumerary
mii
"<jn*
outside
the
06s.
2.
bit
so
so I have
opening
06s.
in
come
to ask
me.
i.
Have come,
06s. 2.
way
some
to find
you
etc.
ch'iny ni lai
may
be read
Opening
men'' lu*
door and
lit.,
way
2.
Insisted
Obs.
3.
10.
Throw back:
t'ui 4
hui*
1 1
insist
06s.
To insist on having, etc. i ting*
chia 1 yao*, positively from persons wanting.
:
When
on the things,
I fixed
that I wanted
ch'ii
4
.
In future
ft 3
it.
tie
applied to
Are
12.
all
How
could
they
all
pi kmr,
han 1
that's
Jen'
be?
[it]
only
familiar with,
all.
Familiar:
06s.
I insisted
is
13.
have heard
lit.,
ripe.
of
all
a nation
a rule
517.
&
518.
$J W,
519.
^E
520.
Examples:
a State
a law.
a Government.
1
ctiencf (519).
statutes.
litf,
laws
ch'fag*,
amendments.
a stage in a journey.
pa
"
ch'eny
tf*
chuny
ch'eny-
iii
i'
{1}
lii*
chih 1
U*
too
Jj|?
ting*
ft
ti
la?
f*
;>
follGr
chili
1
%.
lii*
3f
chang
tao*
che
ht
i/ir'
Jjj
State.
Obs.
lai in this
lii,
li
ti.
I'k
Do you know
06s.
at
told
515.
(inn
See 48.
squeeze.
9.
Obs.
11
of access to employment.
To
06s.
i.
for
to
you
middle of the room; why have you put it
In future, when I tell y<m
on one side?
two ways.
i.e.,
06s.
the statement.
number.
fixed
If
back on you.
lot
number
them
(empty) vacancy.
6.
you put
make up
Lu
ch'i'.iiij
the road
:
lit.,
stages of a road.
The laws
Lu
of China.
do.
PART
521.
522.
taung
^
^
Itsiln
ch'a?, to
1
inquire into.
523.
{H
sou
524.
J|jJ
tuny* to move
525.
^H
chung
to
Read chung3
cultivate.
sow; to
seeds.
'rh,
Chung
(colloquially,
a kind or class.
),
526.
Examples
]fl
8
|H chi
6-Jo ti
/^ pir
tuiig
l
h*i
If
yao*
fjf
chung*
tiun
jffi
is
-chieh l -ti
is
the
man who
"ft
-i/ao
fang
55
'i
65
1
$j diich
*i
cfc'a
Sg
f?^^
]f[
1
^f k'an
S! sowl
1
,/ieV
z
4
The kim
pu
/j>
tinii'i
order
103
go the rounds.
to
III.
2!: s''/t*
2
2
j^ hsun'
&
c/t'a
(q.d.,
that
kept).
06s.
to
is
See 91.
To search baggage.
To grow vegetables.
To sow seeds.
06s.
Also called
tefl
'rh.
from disorder.
arrange
as
chili
hnn
to cure.
:!
528.
;
M|
529.
/;
TJfc ]><io
530. ffL
In a
passionate; fierce.
hinii
531.
532.
'(g- lininf/
f.h'f,
4
,
The opposite
Read
to regulate.
lii
of ho 2 soft; gentle;
,
natural disposition.
533. Examples:
0^,<'h<~
*
55 na
pif
f@ ko*
fft
ynnrj*
A Jen"
3J
chao z
~/f>
shuo 1
TlT
k>M
JE
luting
-^
'"
li
fin
IJ8
2
chili
li
tzu
/p jui
kuo*
ts'o*
5!
die'*
Jf die*
ko*
fffl
fpf
|J[, 3
~}j
-fr
'j
fang
kuan 1
"Jj
p<r
jj
hsintj
chili*
i*
luan*
tien3
ko*
to
accommodating (210K
disorder.
nature
to notice.
jfjlj
ft 'rh
7t
ft
te
TZU ERH
104
The people
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
the local
officials
in the
slightest order.
perfectly correct.
is
if
he did not
man
steal
This
official is
That
man
Do
06s.
Confucianism
is
too passionate.
talks too impetuously.
there
or,
is
no occasion to excite
means
yourself.
not as in the expression
534
f.
j>'u
universal.
2
535. !pi ck'iin , a flock
1
,
to
till
a drove
538.
possessive
539.
chlh
collectively.
ti*,
never
positively
always.
spoken language.
Examples:
}EL
pa?
fjf:
3^
s/at
lil
i
J2g
lii
^
^
HoChih
ch'iinr
2
?/"M</
fam
fi]
_t
/ouo
chia 1
%.
t<i
1
shaitfi*
3%
"'"
|f}
tunny
fjj;
wi
$1
tsuii;/
^'
tc?
ta*
1
pa?
1
5
^
^
Q
^ch'u*
"gjcuan
JE,
e*'*
j'
chili
Ul sJtan
tsunrf'
HD er/r
iticr
k'an*
chieii.*
kuo*
'i4
^h
to plough.
used in books as the pronoun of the third person and the sign of the
some
also, in
a multitude.
^
^
J
5^
fieri*
fining''
$j
tl
'//
Ar
clnnii/
*}t
/'.-'"''
^'
te?
cliny
ty
1
(jfj
//
land.
You
In a word
speaking collectively.
06s.
This
The high
06s.
is,
officials
is
i-hih is
of the State.
possessive construction.
hills.
show
its
use in a
PAHT
III.
105
EXERCISE XX.
ft
as
1.
The guards on
for
[there]
baggage
[the
the
city
are
gates
city.
2.
ft
ft
the ground.
tilling
^ ^
3
ft
Proper business
06s.
ft
ft
is
originally,
^i H& ^* f^
itfr
^fr
Sfr
-^
^F
5v
~s~
~7^
"T
Jl.
IS
fen
4'
ieat
sown
is
wheat.
ft
5.
ft
a better yield.
W
06s.
i.
/g
Bfl
y^-
fact
~f
j$
6.
IT
Late
ft
chin
lit.,
known
is
near.
kuan chang 3
Authorities
$*
rr
<T
fPt
Wii
-M-
Hv
^fi
'Hr
Si
-jy
t^c
^t
Wf
fm
06s.
I.
Unreasonable
Ob.
2.
Opinion to
offer
lit.,
:
"^"
i -
A*
t/5
-xtrr
US
shuo
tsiti
often
means boasting or
self-glorification.
14
106
TZtl
ERH
- *
SR -F US
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
ft
said to
applied
to
9.
large
and sheep
horses, oxen,
in
any
number.
-it
him
A
Note ming-p'ien, a
Turn
1.
all
sheep on
the wheat I
to
6.
the
(Radical 117).
first
flock
ate
up
of
all
long wall) is
of the seven great wonders of the
have heard that it was a king who
terly
drove a
yesterday
world.
j.
li
lings
officials.
Draw up:
A man
3.
See 1,025.
up by the
that I
my
ft
06s.
Take
10.
ft 10
li
it.
an
in
people
exceedingly
oppressive
way.
inspect every
i.
place.
them
for
OJ S
into confusion
la
luan ;
drag into
lit,
confusion.
5.
8.
dress
That
man
is
dreadfully passionate
chih.
Obs.
me.
Put
Pay
attention to:
li
(528).
k'u 3
2.
Oppressive
fc'c
receiving
Sec 223.
put on the
It is necessary to
when
visitor
official
who
is
stranger.
Obs.
Stranger
(Radical 100).
sheng
k'o
lit.,
raw
stranger
PAKT
J^
540.
541.
^P
542.
to take
clriit a <f',
to
to snatch
t'ii
$jii
543.
JJJlt
ku
544.
j-jfi
t'fttr,
by violence.
to filch.
Also, secretly
stealthily.
107
away.
to steal
III.
etc.;
a gang or
band.
545.
]H
to
tx'tuui
as a fugitive.
fly,
to escape or scuttle
off,
rebels or banditti.
546.
"fjjf
547.
idiotic
'/J^
s<m 3
him
to disperse.
3 4
4
31 him
31
hiui-
fj^s/itto
>J>
h'n tu 3
3
01 hun
ft ho
tzti
fj
jij
i-'itai
^t
fa
ffe
ssti
ts'uan 4
tao
a?i
2
4
c/t'-u,
snatched
my
ch'uan
JjJ
J^
^|
^
T
3| /t
3
j^ shui
ahih 4
JG
'
1
ft
t'oii
ffj
t'ou
fcw
feet
8a
I 1 "''
fg
tr,r
$f
ti
iife
f|"j
JE,
j^
tsr)"
^
^
fa
''"""
f.so,
To'"'"
:i
^
^
speaking,
"J"
r/i'ii
pa
/i
JJJ
rh'iang
"f /ifi
To '''""
m> n
iw
ft Con
f'"
ft hsing*
to-
ch'il
TJiao
1
'""I/
ill
''"'
it.
things.
stealthily
(i.e.,
That band of robbers from Ssuch'uan (Szechwan) has dispersed, and skulked
one into Yunnan.
Muddy
To
P'"
ti
jj^
''"''
fft
^ ao
i
4
f@ ko
To steal
To walk
Wo'' 8
na4
i
2/iin
J]\
To ^ ao
'''^
/co
fa 'rh
feat
He
fgj
1
He
to
of torrents.
They
also
Examples
-f"
another character of
f@ ko
mingled in confusion,
It
reckless.
548.
water.
talk wildly.
Jumbled
He
is
together.
550. flf to
551.
$|
Lan
4
,
following.
idle.
kun*, a staff.
to cast
4
,
to throw.
to release
to let go.
off
one by
108
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
The numerative
554.
ken 1
ERH
TZtr
and of the
555.
a spear; a musket.
kan 3 ken 1 (644), or t'iao 2
<-h'iaiifi
!flg
first,
of the second
is
kan 3 (325) or
Examples:
iK /""'I
0[ pien
''
|fj
.'/""f/
>r ^
52.
fife
fai""
3
Jb niao
^o''''1
7'""
3t
flo7"'
"J"
;K w
'
(i
cli'idii//
(
ft
i/(/o
%j[
'' (
'"
_t shun;/*
ffl
'S
.'/""
n.
k*
Ho
to3
<7<mr
^'""
;*
^
i
T
//v
4
That
He
man
tired
lazy
Note chao ;
Obs.
You have
Pa, as
Obs.
its
before,
no use
it
aside.
may
Obs.
it
Let him go
Yes, let
him
go.
^5
cli'iao
558.
4$
^'
559. Js!
cunning;
special
4
,
meaning
4*1*
also,
particular.
purpose.
#em3 accidental.
thus by nature; as it were; positively. Affixed to many words and combinaan adverbial force; as ;Vm 2 erh* (Radical 126), and yet; nevertheless.
tions with
em3
560. jpl
562.
Examples:
4
/,v>
f@
A
"fj
515
2
^'
ch'lao
Hrt
^
*
s/tife*
tzti*
jtff
;(
jj|
shih*
$& Jan
ffe*
4
*
2
4
f|
/s'o
''""
^
$
^
%. lir
flfc
ti
fe
^-
Inr
|g
Jit-ir'
*5o
' /
ulm.
My
i,
to see you.
Obs.
That
This
Of course
is
ttstt
a matter of course.
man
is
of course
very ingenious.
it
fi
intentionally.
'''"
yj
:i
/'a
ch'ia 4
cli'nitr'
2
/'/''
PART
III.
109
EXERCISE XXI.
*
or not
06s.
Opinion
?i(.,
HI
It
*r
Note
06s.
Bring
me
go
mine; J am going
want to shoot some
fire
is
2.
What
to, to fire
Load
out>
birds,
my
though
gun;
am
not
*,
JB
or shoot at
what
is fired at.
Fang
(see
next paragraph), to
a gun.
Pf
HI,
7J&
^ ^
A>
J^L
tf
ifcA>
nn
>W^
_gL
&j
^t
fe
JnL
29
nt
T&
XK
iPJ
T>
us
- T
All round
06s.
lit.,
on four
>Nt
:|fc
ttfc
JC
sides.
.^
^|
^H
IB
%1
"ir"
M>
'i*
&
&\I
J^
4-
or seize violently).
*vs*
^-
^T"*
When
3-1 picked up that gun yesterday without ^nowm o ^ was l a(ied, and accidentally
When
(or
number
of robber^
3
ch'iang (robbery with violence).
06.
(>6s. 2.
v@
'*"b
aa.
gJto
W ^* ^&
^ W
&B M ^?
-^r
?ffl
>
an?
3C
ifr
Bti
^t-
5-
To
i.e.,
is
talk
or
'
right)
is
(talking wildly).
what
is
110
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
How
6.
muddy?
tT it
will
be
is
it
that
It hasn't
all
bath water
my
so
is
right after a
little
it
while.
it
That pupil of mine is too idle altogether he won't study. Give him a thrashing, and then see how he does.
7.
8.
fii
the
*r
A,
man who
make
fired
his
by accident?
designedly or
am
accident, but I
Did
appearance
Probably
by
not sure.
ft
06.
always lean or
i.
fcere
06s. 2.
of ch'iang.
Spears
may
Right and
left
hsia
li,
Turn
SsA
06s.
i.
Clean sweep
it
clean
lit,
the
though
it
my
ch'ii liao,
am
too.
3.
i.
afraid this
'tao,
(644).
Obs.
2.
2.
Gone home
hui chia
One
ch'ti liao,
this
may
be rendered by
or shang chia
cltia
ch'ii liao.
me
a cut, and
PART
III.
was loaded,
Obi.
let it off
Cut
i.
accident.
by
2.
Obs.
3.
Cure
back, saying
(527).
l
3. The k'an -chieh -ti, hearing the report
of the gun, came to see what was the matter.
On seeing the robbers he was frightened, and
l
On
06s.
&W,
to
know
watch
what.
Frightened
06s.
3.
Straight
The
off: lit.,
"That
officer said,
that story.
take
will
and
564.
-{ra
lit.,
all
make
means
man
of yourself,
you
have no
will
have
to seek
dispersed in
Even
robbers."
will naturally
Rejoinder
all
lit.,
ch'uai 3 to
2.
not true.
after
06s.
the days
j"L
I fear
the soldiers
the
all this.
563.
suspect you
06s. i.
Understanding: lit.,
were one breath were in collusion.
06s.
official said
understanding."
untruths that orders were given for him to
get a few blows with a stick.
different directions.
That
The
come
had
that
they
directly,
do with
soldiers to the
arrest
forthwith,
When
06s.
servant had
my
your bread by
thieving.
Yesterday you threw away your
book and went out shooting with the visitors.
my
place
were coming
will
"
him,
6.
Note
(91).
2.
to
06s.
i.
Obs.
4.
other, I don't
time
that
(304).
this
By
5.
Ill
feel,
2.
or feel for,
by thrusting
in the
hand
common.
$J
(i.e.,
567.
mo
1
ijo
yo
1
,
T'iao 2 yo l (181)
primarily, to bind; an agreement.
an agreement t'iao-, in strips, sections, or clauses).
1
i/ileh
568.
$?
569.
Examples:
to authorise
if
not
or, not.
2
[ffj
is
the expression
chun3
fov?,
true to a course.
I'll Illl"'
t'ung
t, fa>
2
ch'ang
fan*
pu*
chun 3
It
mi 4
pu*
fou
mo
1
'.
xhili*
cluti*
shih*
!/<>*
m
&
'*
}l
112
In
all
To
guess.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
cannot guess.
Chun 3 fon 3
as chun z
same
4
3
pu chun but
is
it
not often
used in conversation.
He
me
invited
to go with him.
Most probably.
570.
J5
571. BS
kf,ng
3
faii
572. *js fo
change
secure
(see 238).
to change.
to
satisfactory.
1
574. -fc shih to lose; to miss.
,
ts'an
575.
576.
and shen 1
577. if!
578.
tx'i'n
human; animal
divine or
tz'ti,
spirits.
1
,
uneven
irregular;
Read
like foliage).
(e.g.,
also
(we, 493).
1
tz'ti,
Examples:
filfo
515
''
Htf
''"
"" 4
shih 4
chun-ii
t'o
$fe
chiu*
ffiE
^ yu
^,
^
$fr
ts'en
tz'ti
f;((/
f^s/wt
tso
$
4
ft^,
s/tife
jg keny
shih
i
~f liao
ifi
kaP
t'a
cliuini
^
^
^
chini;/'
elt'c'iii/-
t'o
3
]
t<ti/t/
)fr
//-si/t
i^> 7</r
That
will
579.
ft
fSj
581.
jfjjf,
hsiiiiif/
punish,
584.
kan
4
,
2 3
,
busy.
towards; direction.
custom.
to attend to business
to
Pan 4 -tsui a
^/a
to face towards
kuei 1 a rule
worse.
still
manrf, to haste
4
580.
582.
answer
administer;
business.
colloquially
it
has
many
meanings, as to purchase, to
(433), to squabble.
method;
fashion.
or laws.
Fa 4
kucP,
PART
585.
Examples
III.
1 :;
To r
poo
BJJ
mint/-
$t
pan*
Jg
&
]pj
is.
./
hsiaiuj*
yuan
mo
*/'*
tt
kan*
fo)4
fli
ft
if nicn-
c/ie
t'..
chen 1
s/u&*
4I:
%,'rh
~j*
Jinn
Obs.
lit.,
l>e
rendered never.
I
Obs.
ting,
lit.,
He
is
is
really
for
impracticable.
an able administrator.
586.
hu\ wildly
587.
lift"*,
to be in a rage
588.
lun 1
liln
589.
tSu'i
590.
1
,
Examples
1
,
blindly.
of events, to occur
to brandish, as the
occur.
fist,
etc.
to urge.
**
mang-
cli'eni/-
ch'u*
|
j^
tsti
flfc
To '"'"
chin
iP9
1
fVf
f|
m ^n
%, chia
tf&t
//;('
iiut
fs'wi
^
^
lining
~/f>
pu
lino*
yac
~f
linn
j^9
Inr
$i\
uai,
1
1
/'/'cy/
fii'ii
c/tid
a'
fc ta
1'*
<]<!>
kati?
/'<in"
jjL
III II
~f a
li
te'tt
~S
PI
Don't be disorderly.
Ota
an epidemic
(see
fo
Nao
ut
below).
connexion.
day.
The whole day lit., a complete day. The teachers can give no explanation of the use of chia
We find the same sound in the expression pu chia, it is not so no.
Urge him
to
go and attend to
it
with
all
despatch.
15
in
this
114
ERH
TZtT
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
EXERCISE
4to
-*
"
'*
,A
^
.
2ft
~X
<T*
4ft
"H".
-esT
mi
A?
06s.
Secret
-gj
j,;.
J^
^.
iffl
,^.
?^o^
^Kjc
-A
An
TH
ifv
-f.
M
M ^
common
Hfe
t.
>^
^'
y^.
,_^
it
-^
,.j
-JP-
fflj
Cf. pei
2.
lui'
^
06.
TPC
m w
5R
-Sh
'LV
H^F
^^
gib
WE
_..
tt
KA
jj_
.3.
5E
lit.,
* T
lit., is
yet.
is
The regulations
require altera-
.u.
it
title ta-jin
is
If
actioa
^^ ^
4'
tion
and
1
6^
W nen one
[in
skeri (to
is
engaged
one's attention
hand], that
is
is
in
any transac-
what
is
called
dih
be absent-minded).
, .
That matter
rank.
matter
not
never good.
official
^fc
Attention devoted to
is
AE
lK
M\
,
"M"-
-L
is
secret advice
advice
ti li.
posed of
tion, but
19
BT
O's.
-y
"Good
is
'S*
P^K ^
why
is
nothing
should he be
it
T*T
^^^
^@i
Probably
that
savins:
given in secret
anyone know
lets
about.
is
Ofts.
never
'
^T
man
That
what he
3$jl'
i.
' *
Ht
pu, were
***
^ ^
Jx
SR
ii
if*
is
AE
Otherwise
?SC
>ul
Ofes. i.
|g
-y
Tto
jtf
2.
-y
Rl
. .
ift
fift
fiJu
ra
]fe
XXII.
j.
*> 5
At
-,
on his body
5.
The
final
to be
done
rests entirely
PART
2 W
itk
"X
i^t
,%
flEi
tffc
'i
N
i
79f
/\.
i.
O'w.
2.
rllSl
>?
5c
f-1
**i
tfe
^?
JL
^.
wft
which
it
dispose of promptly
himself a bit, and
little
PH
a matter of importance
,
was necessary lie should
fr
ft,
jit
06s.
-fifa
man had
That
6.
In1
,AJf
-y
BK v
6
Ml
He
<4*
115
III.
will be
met with
later.
;Hk
ft"
PA
^ m m & w
^
To iS
>o
What
7-
fl&
there for
ta-n
is
todrink
ffi
'Ifl
for intercourse
^^.
draivn
tries
up by
nations
with
China.
06\
lai,
Li#.,
drawn up both
>74&j$$l'7'f9
IO
item.
frJ
pw
is
ck'i
i.
06s.
2.
may
also
Most
tafan;
to
stand,
guess)
Whenever you
lit.,
ts'en-tz'ti.
you
jaggedness.
We
you
til*
are studying
and hap(lit.,
Yesterday
The
is
its
meaning.
2.
and incomplete.
will
Wany
clt'i
linn,
have
all arrived,
or
Turn
pen
lit.,
ts'en-tzS,
Irregular:
1.
regulations.
^ ost
irregular
and coming
9-
At
06.
sides going
I invited
him
to
go to the
first
go home
to ask leave.
he
I fear
go any distance.
3. In
writing
will
letters
not be allowed to
and
despatches,
pu
-tzii (to
put
in a crivction).
116
will
i.
7.
it
it,
lit.,
Obs.
2.
converse
is
eh'iao
This
6.
decline
it
ch''iao
pu
ch'i
i.e.,
you
lit.,
The
to me.
t& ch'i.
is
because
do not
feel at liberty to
put
Nonsensical talk:
this talk
lit.,
spoken
room
furniture of this
it
for
private
is
all
in
to rights.
06s.
i.
Disorder:
Obs.
2.
Put
Obs.
tt'en-tz'H
to rights
pu
c)i'i.
see 528.
times.
i.
Took my eyes
i.
synonym
jt'n-'rli,
(p. 97).
you a few
pai
hence, a
Cf.
vain, etc.
8. What is your
hurry ? it will be a little
time yet before the guests come.
g. What did you go away for?
.Directly
in
all,
The
disorder
with special
2.
at
individual
(tliis is)
<>'>s.
you decline
If
shows
nothing
5.
and
Obs.
If
you
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
is
Lay
ts'o
off:
about you
it
lit.,
yen-'rh),
:
I,
you then
ran.
Inn :588i.
or modified.
591.
2/*
language
>
ty c7m a
593.
vy
594.
^| jang
[because] I
sayings.
clause ; a sentence.
Examples
ft
iti
ch'i
|G
J$
mo
Pj|
jang
1
,
also, to
also,
liang
lin*
chil*
pu
hua*
ho*
chin*
ch'ao
shao
jang
Jang
hsieh
sentence
two or many).
is
j|q
592.
595.
10.
do not want
i'
chii*
t'a*
m<?n
nao*
all.
to quarrel.
Obs.
is
verbal altercation
P^ a
1
,
an ejaculation
sometimes interrogative.
quiet.
PART
to
117
597.
tion
III.
ft "y
"Sto
false representa-
598.
7^-
599.
Examples:
lixi/io
chiu*
jgt
So
To
are
laughter.
kan2
ffl
jfc
l,:ai*
A j^n
65
**
ch'ien-
Ao^'*
put
/J\
shih*
Ht
What
What
to laugh
at
you laughing
^
^
hxi<n>*
65
*'i
yu
-S
s/te""
2
1
cfeia
Rfo al
iff.
'
IJ
.y/n<7
nip
hsiao*
il
JSH
ji/ao*
/c'o
3
J|
there to laugh at ?
insist upon payment of money that
is
is
not owed
is
extortion.
600.
Jjj
xlniai1
601.
03
k'un*, k'ven*,
602.
surrounded
embarrassed
fatigued.
604.
Examples
j*
jljj
ft ch'ien*
65
ti
shlh*
ch'i~
-ffr
^
is
rltr
~f a
liao
ffi
in>
^,
His constitution
fa
,s/((/;
Zew.9
worn
~f liao
t
~f Uao
fj^,
txat*
(0 ko*
65
iK k'ang*
_fc
A ^en
shang*
gp
no*
jjjJJ
meng*
t'ang
yeh*
t'a
|^
meng*
jj
J
2
^'wn 4
"J* o
/./'i/u
$J
/>"'
out.
To dream.
Being extremely tired (sleepy) he lay down on the
k'ang*,
and talked
Extremely hot.
I dreamt a strange dream.
Obs,
A
A
Dreamt:
chuckle
saw
lit.,
in
my
or, ironical
dreams
strange thing.
laugh.
(or arrangement).
605.
606.
ffi
Jixiniif/
607.
HI
i:h'ni(
4
,
the physiognomy.
tone.
608.
^p
609.
xhiini
tiao*,
1
.
to
hang
(neuter)
to fall
down.
118
610. }fj
ch'ti
clt'uo
to jar
by a
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
fall.
4
611. |f] tsuaii to grasp in the hand.
,
612.
Examples:
Jf
tel/dH
To'"'"
/UfiflO
&,
t'a
fifc
ie
flj
}Rf
::
ffi J'"
/o
Its/mill*
'i
;-
chlen4
^. shou?
To
To'""'
chany
tf is
flfs
ekuai1
"'
i''"
appearance grown
Lit.,
&'o
tiao
Ugly.
Good-looking.
06s.
ffio
to, etc.
before eh'ou
in either case
To
To
down.
fall
down.
fall
vary according to the position of the speaker with reference to the object
if
Thus, were the speaker on foot he would say of a man on horseback, fa tiao hsia lai Jiao, he has fallen off
the speaker were on horseback too, he would say t'a tiao hsia ch'ii liao.
The use of
Obs.
lai
and
ch'ii will
fallen.
He
fell
We
06s.
He dashed
613.
614.
j|l)
615. iSi
H.
616.
617.
chai
tee"
tightly
by the hand.
narrow.
then; inconsequence.
4
k'Hftiuj
ck'leh
chien
besides.
Examples
also
ch'ieh
ti*
is
The
first place.
3fs
chii3
ch'uan 1
yu
e/7/:
To
|IJ
'"'"
jjj
tee"
t'ai
glj
4
%fa
fi ch'ang-
tee"
Jisiu
r
chien*
erh*
kiiu*
ill
tee"
Itfot/f
besides.
and, moreover,
place
pur
ch'lch
W> tsang
too long
Y/<
nniuf
""'
Ic'unng
i'
J,
weir
Moreover;
Also,
fan?
In the
it.
to one's arm.
me
grasped
li.
the bottle
To give a shock
He
such a joke
is
narrow
it
;
has been
there
is
dirtied.
not
much
space.
moment
(temporarily).
narrow
in the second,
it
PART
III.
EXERCISE
XXIII.
There
&
toh
7u
JTL
119
63
Tit
are
m0 ving
is
but
number
little
of carts
tions.
06s.
Lit.,
^
H-l
i.
place narrow
2.
^fc.
nJ
Ja
Wf
ly&
Ifl
flL
ifc
ffy
1
,
carts
Who
it
that is making such a
The servants and carters are
wrangling about something. Go out and tell
them not to make such a row, or they may
13
06s.
mouth
noise outside
is
it
by one person.
06s.
2.
Get
into trouble
lit.,
may]
(nao fh'u
lai).
one
3. Look at those two little fellows
them is good-looking, the other very much
;
of
the reverse.
Ob
5E
/f^
iVi
ml
an(^ sa
^ ^ie tea cu P
~
-T.
06s.
it is
I.
Rage
lit,
same nouns
2.
Found
in this instance,
fiiult
wrath matter
A-
ti
-i-.
~2*
Cli'i, air,
;
i.e.,
trying to drag
jarred his
ann
him
off,
when he
in doing so.
lay
down and
120
TZtT
ERH
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
7,
ft
1$ "4
Jt
4*
6.
If
7.
I will tell
terday
2fc
my
about
Obs.
Went
off to sleep
The people
some
poured
liquid ink
mouth without my knowing anything
to sleep as I sat in
into
with
my
it.
chair.
me
8.
The
narrow
street is too
Turn
1.
in that
"There
only one of
t\vo answers, are you going to do this or are
you not ?"
said to the ugly one,
One
two answers
two sentences or two words about it.
06s.
i.
of
is
lit.,
ti is
3
Of. also too liao 'rh.
yourself;
What
06s.
of to blab
i
people
Note that
(yen-yii).
ytn-yii
you don't do
also,
to
it,
say:
how can
said,
afraid of
can't do
You
what people
it.
If
will
say?
you don't go
lit.,
fear
why
are
you
expect you
at once,
it is
very
The ugly
plain that I must pitch you down."
fellow ran off before [the other] had finished
what he was saying.
06s.
men2
street of
don't
In Peking yen-yii
is
when
remarks
know who,
yiian-i.
wrong
there
the ch'ien-
me know.
are
I ?"
ycn-ijn
sheng-'rh, let
pronounced nearly
will
3.
and
2.
if
for so large
it.
Obs. 2.
06s. 2.
it
met
an altercation
loo
In-
later.
After a
speed.
to my ankle.
sent
my
PART
heavy one;
I
I rested
know
don't
III.
6.
06s.
i.
Full speed:
06s.
lit.,
and run
2.-Luckily
caused
it
(or
fatigue
kug
Ua())
fortunate).
fetigue
Obs.
3.
618.
619.
Yet
chao*, a presage
am
it
to rest for a
is
^^
rh
lit.,
an omen.
2
cf chi auspicious.
,
620. [X|
or
See 129.
this while.
lit.,
all
horse to spread
off.
hai hao,
my
have walked
extremely sleepy.
the best thing you can do
121
Also, cruel
hsiung inauspicious.
,
malevolent
murder
2
621.
jj^=
622.
Jfijj
623.
hsiang
jui*, the
Examples
good fortune
same
ffijisiang
hsiung
j$ hsiang
1
ft ch'u
& ping
jjfc o
'& hen?
"g chi
A good
A good
fg ch'ing[Xj
An
omen.
chi 2
chao*
1
ft ch'u
"j*
ck'il*
4f.
nien~
ft wo*
liao
i
fpj
f@ ko*
men
chia
li
chi 2
%,
tji<>
j^J
hsiung
chao*
omen.
ill
in our family.
This phrase
cruel
is
and violent
624.
3^
625.
Jj,
n'Jan l
disposition.
z
,
is
repose.
ning
-ffi.
The
tranquility;
is
now always
used,
the original
it
comparison.
626.
j|||
shun*, obedient
hence, following.
1
627. |=[ k'uan broad; liberal.
,
628. j|^
c/t'o
1
.
16
122
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
629. Examples:
3jf
s/tz'/i
4$ tow
$ji o ch'o*
1
t'a
flfj,
s/m
g^oi.V
)$|
t'a
jib
m^
?t ^
<i
71
fpj
$j
chia
Ifr
jig
shun*
?JC
sAwi 3
1
4g "tfan
$K
/o'iMiTi
'mw
S,Jeng
pu*
$|h
nin0
"g po
~f liao
hsing*
1
5t ^'ien
ffi
chiu*
A//
fair
wind and
His family
in easy circumstances.
is
p'in
poor.
2
,
extremity
hence, poverty.
straitened (of space or fortune); not often used colloquially out of Peking.
jj
chiung
633.
j^
634.
|H
yeh*,
a calling
an occupation
its fruits
productions
property.
It
is
also a sign of
4
^
yu
2
s/ie "
1
:g
mo
Jg
ch'u
}1J
mei
che
1
"& chia
|jj
tien*
'rh
-%^v?
1
V-
yeli?
^
H
'rh
'&
ch'an
p'in*
fife
li*
$$ ch'iung'
Mn?
$g o chiung
eh*
%
ft
z
ti
J^Jen
t'a
chJn
pv?
shik*
He
What
638.
companion
a person with
whom
one
is
in constant contact.
colloquially.
^ yu a
H shang
3
friend
to bestow
on
also,
in,
as
a pretty sight.
639.
^ hsiang
1
,
mutual
pang
1
,
to assist.
reciprocal
See 606.
but
it
PART
641.
Examples
to
^ pang
me?t
to
ti
if
c/io
-||
4B hsiang
/iao
fK
wo3
3%.,
wo3
fj
^ fan9
%2
J| shang
ctiing
fj|
wi
{ft
j^
tai 2
JjJ
Note that
it is
used politely.
come and
Please
We
in
liu*, to
643.
^z
tiu 1 to lose.
644.
keep
now
f{?
neng
%?
hnieli?
Keep him
it
obliged
Obliged
We
It can't
06s.
j?
.s/ti/t
shang
p'eV
ti
too
wo
friend.
used of the
many
gift of
a superior to an inferior;
in the preceding
years.
etc.
present time.
ken1
k^n 1
kun*
too 4
tiu 1
/F
Pu
~J*
liao
$&
ti
Zf.
shou 3
J|,
hsien*
&
fc'ai
ij
J&
pu*
ti
tiu
lit.,
It will
be met with
be
tiu
na ken
kun-tssil,
06s.
At
hsin 1
pieh*
jjji
tiu 1
1
5t t'ien
tS P' a
xp
^u
fa 1
|R /aw
fe ^
1
jjji
//.-si/i
originally.
3
ti\ not ti
My
2
-J liu
jjlj
*
5B na
3
/ei
stick.
lost.
root
hand
neng
Note
~f o liao
away.
At the
|fc
to dinner.
yu
Alto1
/j>
06s.
~f
proper signification.
Examples
Much
p'eng-
to detain.
JDJ
hull-lit
presently in
^*
me.
assist
642.
647.
is
yo
"g
&ei
<//'''
jg
flO
1
If kuan
-f a tzu
weVi.
f|"j
2/*
i-
ti*
j&
$J hxing*
3
f^ Zia
example
123
III.
is
sore
present
lit.,
it
was
lost.
124
ERH
TZtJ
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
EXERCISE XXIV.
Hfa
IF
$.
~~C
tf-
Jtdi
/;
tKl
xH
fe
^7
i!H$
l*J
7t
si*
t3
5%
Murderer
06s. 2.
w in
Ex-
{&.,
man
Note
may
mean
not
to
commit a
generally does.
it
murder, though
night.
JL
-^
'
Murder
i.
7L
ffi
06s.
Iff:
hsiwtg
dwu ;
lit.,
murdering hand.
the hand,
/STwra,
is
Executed
06s. 3.
law
directs,
is,
J=3JKl5l6^!H;S^-3
sf*
O #1* H J
'H
3ll2
T*
3.
A*.
>Jk
?U
WC
cMng
by the
fa, to punish
law, or as the
)?
tl
Iff
*!:
BE
JiL
-J*
When
2.
before a
Ira
Jx
there
il*
is
omen).
06s.
preceding
^
,^0.
Afi
*
it
When
before
lit.,
^T
;H;
?M
[JiL
BK
rVt
jjft
~x
^.K
/s
IT..
word following
x?
j^
Mpt*
*
~~fc
.
*t
^J**
wt3.
^/
x?
,
M
, ,
ISC
house
^,
When
3-
m m
^
m
-r
jtf.
m>
JZ.
there
When
(comfort).
^1
^S 4
rt
is
is
in
money enough
^ ^
ti,
it.
is
there
is
p'iu*-ch'iung (poverty).
ft
ch'anP-yeh*
(property
producing
regular
income).
O6s.
Regular income
^H
lit.,
certain incoming's
>?!&
Mf^T>^5^
.^
fnj.
iM.
-.^
.L.^
j,.,
IR
*>
?fc
"W
-tX
f&l3vff1'fi^T
>*
--
fff
A,*
A.-
)&*
safe,
"f*
"^
6^J
TO
"3C
ifl
HH
<5c
XE
ABJ
X>
-^ -^
Jfi
-*M
money.
.^
IK
l
_-rt\
I^R
lost
>
so l
many
money
?"
years
will
He
money
"
said,
It is
I cannot.
originally, as
not that
We
had a
I will
little
now our
making a
single cash."
PART
III.
125
6. If
you can get your cart into the city
in the one day I will give you a large pour-
boire.
fl
xs.
>=
*2.
^A
When
7.
iT
but
shall
certainly start
In that case we
good-bye now.
journey
May
will
say
Obs.
Good-bye: fen shou; lit., separate the hands. It is the custom amongst Chinese to shake hands, though
not quite in the European fashion, when taking leave of each other for a long period ; and the drawing away of the hands
after such a leavetaking is fen shou.
<>bs.
ft
J^
"T
^-
tf.
=a^
HyR
~jf
^jj
-fte
ma
_z.
How
S.
We
open?
is it that your
shop is no longer
dissolved partnership last year.
The
9.
of Mid-autumn,
IE
is
06s.
Festival the Chinese year is divided into three principal periods or festivals (chieh; lit., joints), exc-ltmve
Year's Day, to each of which a specific name is given ; the first is on the I5th of the 1st moon (the Feast of
Lanterns), the second on the 5th of the 5th moon, and the third as above.
:
of
New
10.
ft
Please
otherwise
HJ
06s.
Lend a hand
-A.
:
Turn
1.
That man's
lit.,
&
aid a haste
sha'n't
get
th rough with
this
business to-day.
4tf
q.d.,
a person
who
affairs
are certainly
not
prosperous.
Originally he had a regular income,
and was in easy circumstances as regarded his
2.
is
in haste or busy.
affairs
He
spent
all
money.
Obs.
Capital
lit.,
root money.
126
3.
Did ho alone
lose his
money, or did he
Involve
06s.
am
other persons
4.
it
and
furniture,
money
so the district
also,
Note
how)
(lit.,
was
It
in
you become
this wise.
dreamt a dream.
Of
I.
648. $?
the wheat in
What you
my money
651.
p'ang
652.
mu
653.
Examples:
3
,
2
,
fg,
ti
06s.
Beggar:
be omitted.
f|
tzti*
$J
tso*
p'ang
1
j^ pien
5i >r h
What do you
that
rh'i" is
I did it myself.
want,
generalised
wrote
06s.
We
might
654.
jflS.
tsu 3 ancestors.
,
it
pen
Hang
ch'in 1
sir
Manchu
lit.,
wanting
again,
rice's
man
yes, sir, or
chung
the
madam.
P3
ftti
1
mu3
ch'in 1
chien*
t'iucP
mo
pe n
for carts
myself.
jt.n-rli,
my
I lost
am
individual
self.
"
man
is
Bystanders.
is
at present
ft 'rh
too*
jig
ch'e
If Hang*
wo
ch'in 1
Sir.
quite true
a mother.
wo
$J 3
and
the sides.
tsov?
pi
sir, is
say,
after that,
intimate relationship.
cliiimg )
beggar.
lai).
),
have
remember
may
How
I
ch'iri
06s.
into
long beforehand.
a bottle, or
p'ing-tzil,
so poor as this
niri*,
flja
my
See 182.
too.
p'ing, a jar
06s.
it
650.
Boy
got
enough.
saw a
unripe [as it
were short of rain, but
AVO
lit.,
all
my money
late
However
Obs. 2.
dreamt
whole of
so I sold the
stood].
I've
all
is
Isn't
6.
In
fields
one jar
small jar.
rny household
all
pawned
this
[left].
Obs.
day
have a pre-
all
me] why
lit.,
so I have sold or
lost
5.
he one man
etc.
lit.,
Give a presage,
3.
vious omen.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
it.
on
foot.
"
PART
655. 2p}
weng
an old man.
YA3
127
character of a person's
and his hao* YA3 -T'ING2 could
thus, a
be spoken of or addressed as
III.
first
wencj
657.
-^ sun
658.
659.
Jj^J ti*,
660.
Examples:
l
ffi o sun
%* nin*
%
5.
f@
t}-\
a grandchild.
sM*, a cottage.
a younger brother.
yu
wu
/co
|o
ch'ieri*
JH c&i
hsiao
My
ancestors.
06s.
i.
06s.
2.
My
erh?
3-
tzti
^
"jfc
5t
-f^tzii
4
sitTi
lao 3
a
/tt
weng
3
fj wo
hsiung ffi men
chia 1
4
ffj
ii
ckia 1
fg.
tsu3
-Q:
mu
5L hsiung
c/ie
gfe
wo3
ft
ti
tsu3
JL shang
chid1
wei4
ft
jjj|
IfMi
My
grandfather.
-^ s^e
^nv?
ch'i*
flJco
1
J& sun
fy ling*
ffi^sun
wei
fit
My
We
gg
Mi
isw3
jjjjj
grandmother.
own
relations.
We
Note that
06s.
My
ti
precedes hsiung
elder brother.
son.
the
word
younger brother
My
grandson.
when
is plural,
(see
Exercise
XXV,
ti
means a younger
brother.
4).
granddaughter.
How many
06s.
i.
06s.
2.
one's
own
grandchildren.
iN'ee
208.
have
five
grandsons.
talent
ts'ai"*,
slaves.
it
665.
Examples:
jffl
chieh
yivg
1
,
2'
chieh
fK.
nin2
to receive a present
*E
meet an equal or
*o 4
fa 'rh
kan3
ts'ai*
-%
to greet a guest.
J|5 7i
men
f["J
4
4
tsou 3
pu?
$$ /x',/'
4
_t shang ~f lido
superior.
tei*
if.
/w
ch.'u*
&
k'ua.i*
|| /mai
1
fo hsin
j^ ying
^"Itich
j^
ti
nu2
H'
%%
wo3
2
1
hui*
foregoing.
$t nut
j
%. lai*
%%
%fc
chia
Slaves.
To
My
receive
to
father will
lost their
TZU ERH
128
666.
f%
tsang*, to
^|,
1
bury
ssii
668.
U]
t'uan 2 a
669.
|$
670.
R.
ch'ih 3 the
671.
Examples:
Chinese
velvet
worsted
shih*
ch'ih 2
lun*
saw1
ch'ih
$1 kuo*
very coarse
silk.
//.s/ti
Mn
ssu
ch'ili?
eY/t
|f
4
j| ch'ang'
;H
2
into a fabric.
foot, of 10 inches.
Jl ck'ang
ff,
made
wu*
ts'un*
sj"
a lump, as of
ball,
first
silk (spinning or
667. j|&
the
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
ts'un
$fa a
mai
san 1
t'uan?
|^ haien*
^ jung~
ti
&;
/c'itan
To bury.
ball of silk.
That velvet
is
silken thread.
Velvet
Three
feet
Too long
3
ch'ih' ts'un* in combination, not ch'ih .
Note
672.
4
jf /mo
674.
foot.
Obs.
673.
by the
sold
is
ang
t'i*,
goods
merchandise.
2
,
rising
Seldom used
risen.
1
675. $|j t'iao, to carry on the shoulder
676.
alone.
of.
to select.
Examples:
$fc
ftao
i'-iao
'
Jl chang*
sworn 4
-i
"J"
3
4
f@ /w
3
*f Aao
liao
ta 3
ch'ing
nin2
^
^
liao
kuei*
hsien*
t'v?
tou 1
/mo4
shuo 1
fi
chia*
ch'ien 2
To buy goods
Obs.
Note
for export.
High price
The price of
;
ang-
also,
rising in price.
silk
goods
is
ang
either.
I propose to ask
you
to choose
me
a good one.
chang (has
risen)
you may
PART
111.
EXERCISE XXV.
31
i&
J^
A
Obs.
Lit.,
'W
^rl
IPA
_a,
xE
rftt
when one
accosts
I-
person addressed.
anyone as nin,
it is
that there
is
2.
Wt
The
father's father.
is
Obs.
Third person:
i.
man
Obs.
2.
my
is
A
.speaking to a
^ ^d* 688
2
a P ers on as
(you, sir)
a
certain
idea
of
honour
to the
conveys
doing
of his
own
lit.,
side person.
Though
lao
wing
is
when
it
father.
translated in
Example
by addressing, because
its
is
object
there in the
second person.
3.
is
i&
Is
honoured
the
grandfather well ?
worshipful one well ? are
honoured
inquiries after
Obs.
the
a.
elder brother of
my
my
family),
s/</
;4
ti*
(the
In speaking
cottage).
to anyone else of his brother, the form is
younger brother of
younger brother.
5.
Obs.
frequent
or,
the saying
ft
fli
ar ft
*f
ti
^i
lit.,
[but]
jeV
still is [it
A&
a
ffi
ff'T
ffl
ft
&.&
*
i.
Buried, etc. lit., the day after to-morrow
two verbs compounded, not a verb and its object.
06s.
2.
(inferiors).
hsia
ti
jcit's
[fashion
is
the]
more
Obs.
are
A.
B9Jg;iIilB^W
The
Here, as in
many
My
bury
must
at the funeral.
to help
them
go.
Ifsia
17
130
(fto
ft
To be
sure
can
lit.,
not be
it
country here
Note that
you
to choose-
My
to you, sir;
spects
A
i.
to
Jl
Obs.
8.
elder
Is
7.
in
Obs.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
hsiung-ti, in combination,
or brothers,
and
ti
hsiung, brothers,
and younger.
obs. 2.
Present respects
Obs.
Substitute
3.
lit.,
cli'ing
an
lit.,
an instead-of workman.
'
_t
ffi
tlf
3t
3fc
3fe
..,
,,
r.1
ft6&
5tR
jgg}
Jj\>
-y
.ft.
4-r
lit
TTo
Note
Obs.
^&
^,
sjL
choose
t'iao, to
\\\
Hi
with a pole.
IO
Obs.
Lit.,
it
[till
it]
formed a
He
rolled
towards
ball,
my
some paper
face
threw
it
into a ball
c/i
V//<y
is
and
often an
*t -t
1 1
ft.
The load
animals
17&
1/&
/^
"5"%
0v
^Pl
ift
lIC
HA
*lk
1^
~f"
ffil
^a
Sfl
carried
on
the
backs of
is
and
06s.
t ^ iat
Three days ago our elder brother returned home, bringing with him some 200
father told
I
me
was about
the goods.
silk
to
it,
called
him
in carrying in
i.
odd of
is
are identical.
Turn
balls
carr ^ ec^
i.
2.
While
lit.,
yesterday.
Obs.
the hand
(to
i.e.,
was about
it
lit.,
following with
Is
PART
To be
3.
of
his
What
sure.
object have
What
in asking
you
object
what
fine
raw
lit.,
I
My
He
to him.
be done
him; can
[stuff] for
good
can
has gone up
6.
some
it is
Good-bye,
Obs.
i.
silk for
one thing,
is
he
be done, of course;
certainly select
but there
my
am
sir
your brother;
you please
lit.,
An
truth
in
night,
and
me
a wild sort
face yellow,
frightened
day.
revoir
lit.,
Obs.
^(
lisiaiig
678.
iP
ch'io 4
sometimes by
but,
to think
Note p'a
te.
Their grandfather was buried yesterI told my servants to go and lend them
677.
to think
i.
06s. 2.
thank you.
to the finish.
we shall
returning see
meet when you or I return, or by-and-by. These are
two of the most common salutations in use ; nin ch'ing
Obs. 2.
lit.,
it.
please
q.d.,
ghost
What your
8.
Au revoir
06s. 2.
detain you.
7.
stick.
too Iiao 3 -'rh;
Never:
i.
will
Good-bye
do not remain on
may be
my
whereupon
across,
It
5.
silk,
131
06s.
4.
III.
9.
me
saw him
it
terribly.
By
this is rendered
to? (241).
by
me
Frightened
terribly
an active verb.
p'a
wo
ti
liao
pu
as
What
You certainly
to drink again.
nonsense
must
of.
fj
2
cJdao*, chid
chueh z
Chiao*
chicio*
it
is
properly to perceive, to
in
which sense
it is
'
Examples:
chad2
chiao*
_t shang*
2
$fc chid
t'a
fihui*
lai
a
cho
mei
tsd2
ivo
2
tsdn 3
'rh
ft 'rh
mo
ti'
kud*
am
tning
chia 1
see
BfJ
^ud3
ch'ang'
t'a
men
hsiang
t'a
latf
jg,
2
fy
tsai*
wo3
hsiang
cho
t'a
For ch'ang,
A
fi%
ch'ang
2
yomg*
jjg
hsiang
Pi
3
it is
pronounced
does not seem to affect the sense of that word in any way.
681.
06s.
feel,
to sleep (679),
fC
132
cannot sleep
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
said I wasn't at
but
home, but
it
'reposition
to,
684.
683.
fun1
686.
tieli
to
&
689.
Examples:
&
ch'ang
shih 4
add
constant
j|
p'ing
ch'ang-
ch'i
j|g
^o
ti
a*
t'un 1
^J
A j^
%j
chia
6$
fse^
^|J
The opposite
down.
continual.
tieh*
^o^
We
to.
2g shang
2
~^. o shih*
Soft
It also
688.
next
dative.
to swallow; to bolt
see
685. ^j
asleep.
HI" se
jg
was
I feel cold.
M
A
^P
2
Ji ch'ien
rA'io 4
ffi
P aB
ft
se"
jj&
ma 3
Jf>
na4
k'e
je'n
P^
/'"rt
"^ mien*
ch'ing
ch'ien 2
$& p'co
'
^.K'nai*
////'
%%
'g. mien*
(pj
men
|^ Juan
8a *
%&,
kuo*
Hang
Jjf|
(BJ
km
<
wo 3
Hi mc<3
%f hao*
,^
{Jg
3
/t/A
,y //*//*
//'
ln>'
Niggardly
men do
Obs.Hao\
To pocket
Obs.
Ch'i
Many
lai,
It is nevertheless
691.
1
j
pgf
ts'ung
miao 2
common
a matter of
Olm.P'ing-cWang may
690.
tieh,
movement upwards.
added.
also
mean
occurrence.
indifferent, as a person
reputation.
onions.
sprouts; the
first
PART
Itfjk.
693.
sang
694.
|M
shu4 a
695.
4$fC
lin 2 a grove
696.
Examples:
692.
2,
'rh
pu?
a wood
|5 yuo
4
lao 3
stale, or old.
<'hi
"P
^*
forest.
yu
sang
shu4
Jj|
1
^
^
ft
^
[Ij
im2
"Fo ^^
Hi
nen
jjji
wo3
3%
tree.
yno
fresh, or
133
jj^
6^0
III.
sang
shu4
sfian
J!j$
lai2
~f o liao
1
shu
ft
Kw2
Aott.
^fj
pel
^f-
J 'rh
4
g. tou
tzii
'j|f
5i
miao
1
fp chin
ts'uny
4
$S ^en
>r^
J^ shang
rninn-
catty of onions.
Tender sprouts.
The beans have sprouted.
06s.
Emphasise shang
grove of trees
want soft-boiled
697.
scorch.
TJlfc
or,
a wood.
there
hill
a mulberry grove.
is
698. $|j
lii
699. Jfl
tts'ao
green
grass
700. yJ;,
1
^g, xhih wet; damp.
701. RJt,
fljSJj.
The second
702.
The
.sAi 4
is
is lu*.
first
form
is
the commoner.
Examples:
1
ft ch'u
5^ ch'u
s/(,i
.s//(i/
shang
.s/w'/i
liao
wo3
ffi
%$ tou
j||
*'
Bg
i
1
jJEJ: 3
.J- gfeen
<i
^c
"^f
tx'ao
/i8(V/r
3
"^T fe'ao
i|
'iii/iu*
^f tzu
,^| lii
J5 na
1
^| s^n
.seVi
fftji
All
my clothes
are wet
is
"Sf
f(g
'{'J
cA.u
ft
Zm
^o 4
tjLe'rh
]$,
fafyjti
J
2
^
^
tx'uny
("'"
'/7t
*///7<
//;'
134
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
EXERCISE XXVI.
i.
go to the Western
Let's
Hills
to-
Ill
ffl
What do you
from dust.
06s.
Green grass the word ch'ing applies to many other colours besides green
and further qualifies the shades of certain primary colours.
:
say
it
may
also
mean
glossy
2.
There
but I think
the sun;
"
ft
tt
it
is
it
is
sit
in the woods.
1^3
x.
,
06s.
Mfc
warm
better
3.
Let's
should
like,
\ IE
it
^
06s.
mine, and
m &
ft
Just what
should like
IL
however, think,
still it is
lit.,
have a
race.
It's
just
what
1 fear I can't
beat you.
ft 3?
fl
-ft
lib
j*
ft
15
m M
ft
I,
in a
ft
my
4.
terrible
SB 6
5.
xe.
alike,
they are
last
two
all
200
PART
ffi
T T
O
(the flame of a
05s.
Generic
SI 4i
iVi
135
III.
iVt
lit.,
A* tV
Jfl
Jfe
if ^
iVt
"^
fin
-21
>ti.
fire).
all-including name.
^ie
?
east
Mi aotztt
Szechwan
and reclaimed.
06s.
Wild,
etc.
lit.,
8.
number
How
tzii.
cflr-
WE
is
called a shu*
liri*-
mulberry grove
of trees
is
Hffi
R5lc
06s.
i.
To dry
06s.
2.
Sunny
IT?
ffiB
~f*
&&
nung, here, and often elsewhere, pronounced nou, verbalises the adjective
you must spread them in a sun place note jili-t'ou, the sun.
lit.,
A.
A.
slS
-^
-Z.
^?
xff'
lx
^*
?fj
06s.
i.
06s.
2.
Turn
lit.,
:
lit.,
the
nv
Archery
la
2.
A stretch
should be in bed.
on repeated occasions.
kung (Radical
i tai.
^ ves over
the bow.
06s.
man w^
lft>
^ at ^ e
^^
-^
that stretch of
O//s.
^iear
'
*^ e wa ^
P 00 ^ 6 * 6 ^ people's money over
and over again.
It's 8 o'clock;
I told
IO
f10
i.
green.
Jean, dry.
See 416.
57), to
draw
sold onions.
He was sleeping one day
on the ground in a mulberry grove, and when
he got up he saw a man standing before him
who
i.
06s.
2.
sound laugh[ing].
13G
"What
3.
lie
"
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
is
damp
very
Obs.
said, here
Asked
i.
is
Obs.
in a rage
2.
(or item)
by origin he
note tui as
since,
The
man
onions,
who has?"
the
nothing,"
and
money ;"
other
as he spoke he threw
old head
lit.,
Obs.
given
is
There's the
2.
there
money
lit.,
Jt mow3
704.
^p
common
think that
did a
Business
06s.
intention
(q.d., rich),
expres-
i4
shlng
i,
or of living.
originally
certain
as,
a certain man.
cJia
suddenly
unexpectedly.
Jylj
pieh?, to distinguish
in relations with.
to separate
4
707. ^ff su of uniform plainness
,
Examples
opposed
to
meat
hence, another.
heretofore.
diet.
%%
su
ti
&
wos
ft fen
mov?
Pieh
ch'ariij-
pu
ch'i
chih 1
ch'u
sltih*
kao 4
pu*
su*
4
fp hni
1
fy hsiiinrj
He
himself.
for
the
some large
2
4
705. ffl hai , ho together with
708.
703.
706.
stingy.
sion,
fearfully
is
them
"there's
replied;
MA
a sprite.
is
found, so
a preposition.
4.
was
man
That
6.
lit.,
this really
look at your
wet, and must be spread
is
5.
asked in a rage.
cha
chien 4
$|J
pieh-
~2$. a
j<?n
fft
lai
A ./'"
certain person.
(or,
a certain individual).
On
all
past time).
PART
709.
IK
710.
frf tai
towards
/ton 4 thick
712.
|H
pin?,
713.
Examples:
pd\
1 'rh
to await
staunch
to treat, or
behave
to.
liberal.
thin.
J^ a jen
$| pao-
wo
JfL
hou*
That
is
mau 2
/to
flg
Jif-
t'ai*
-fc,
$& 9 jd*
no?
ft
wo3
ffq
men
lai 2
JjJ
tei 2
f
1
$& chih*
tien
5| c/www/
06s.
t'a
c/ift
gjm
We
fill
?/ao
fi5
jt
ff
hou4
^
ft
wo3
jfr^hao
2J5
3
$j
ii
(///'
first.
an original flaw
(or defect)
06s.
137
jfj[
711.
III.
defect:
mao,
a hair,
lie
He
treats
me
well.
At bottom he
Staunch
06..
is
hou
too
(|fc "ffuo
lit.,
too thin
is
want a
little
thicker one.
proud.
715. $?c chi*, not used in speaking without the following iu 4 , with
which
it is
identical in
ng.
716.
717.
jffi
'|!$/f
/*'<')('-',
to be
719.
Examples
ashamed
shame.
jit
cken 1
tai*
ffi-
fy
A jen
fy o k'uei*
,
He
06s.
jealous of
is
'
ft
my
wos
being an
$|
ti
4
flfr
man
J|
//
ft
ivo*
my
One
back
[lie]
me
fijl
liao
petf
ft
t'a
''/"'
wo3
official.
is,
literally, to rat
vinegar (Wi.'/7i
tso*
~j*
'hi-tu cannot be used of jealousy of the affections, the term for which
Behind
06s.
following.
hsin 1
>fj
fi-el
is
indifferent or rude.
ashamed.
18
t*
u*).
138
TZtJ
off,
ERH
CHI.
-COLLOQUIAL
SERIES.
721.
chiao 1 to interchange
722.
$$
p'ing*, to lean
intercourse
upon;
to
to
off.
over.
on.
depend
hand
to be so cut
It will
be met with
723.
Examples:
1
3c chiao
^^ chiao
chiao 1
&
kei s
jg che*
ff ch'ing
3%
wo3
f$ chien*
1j&
f$ pan*
3f
s/w/i
tsung
Tnei
me
to
&
yeh
fjfc
lien 2
2
i'
&] t7't
yu?
(or,
% mo
fl"j
4
fjfc
'
wo3
ii
2
Jg met
nien
4jp
^m*
?&
'
i/' ?7t
say), there is
p'iwg*
t'a
m&n
s^-tio
^"; ""
not a word
(lit.,
it.
Ours
is
06s.
Friendship:
You had
to
n>
shift*
e/meA2
sentence) of truth in
m*
f9
2
lit.,
interchange of feelings.
me
or,
to deal with.
724.
jf pin
725.
726.
!H ying
727.
pn
728.
Examples:
P
pai*, to salute
1
p'ei
HoP a
visitor
Pai
am
p'ei
4
ft,
5g
fijj
p'ei
%%
wo3
cho
fs
call.
right
|Fg
fc'o
has come to
is
is
ought.
fl
V&
pai
hd
chien*
ifc
te
ch'iao 3
ntf
must
fy a
fo
t'a
n>?
ffl
lad 4
w< 4
^
^
$ nm
cho'
3%
wo *
see him.
>/ing
In that case
;
Jg
|f ch'ing
yao*
2
%, lai
~Pj
host.
to.
pay respects
ni 3
ft 'rh
Ob*.
conform to what
2
3g ch'a
i*
to
ho 1
|^ pei
to
to visit
will
you join me
company.
jv?
piri
k'u*
PART
III.
139
EXERCISE XXVII.
ft
^ $f
tc
n
m
t,
*,
ffi
3&
it,
& in
* $
& A
th
ft
>K
iff
^S
SR 3& 2
.y.
-^
j.
g.,
Sm
IS
nc
i^
^R
^*
Wt
-TM
-AI
-rt>
Wl
7E
p3
ToT
5^
2.
2t
Uf
ff
06s.
^5t5
You
i4?
.
Vb
-y
y~
UJ
Pi
06s.
Note
-j
H/g:
/\.
06s.
fl.il
^C
please
siB
jl
x^>
3&
yea
>&
at
first,
but
lie
When
went
to
your place to
call
ijfc
i yi
& n m
left
your
f^ 3
;?*
Uf
t!
lit., it
sfi;
iffii
.g
AA
fri en(is
flfc
At
^ffl
^e were warm
ffi
*n
HK
I-
^v
jt
xS
3$t
n\*
)^
IDf
-Ji
_^
-PC,
xv
={V
>i-,
3-
If
manner,
You may
tell
whom, then
tell
your
whom you
in
this
arrogant
father
by-and-by.
please; I'm not
tell
whom
ft>t
tell
me
treat
afraid of anyone.
HV
yu
I'll
i/
fo
s eli
<aa
M
7t*
Directly
*kl
fj
Jt^
&
iVt
5tj
HV
^6
US
i ;
3JR
K&
^ ey
1PW
I^L.
lit.,
minutely one look, feet and inches then not the same.
Ch'ih ts'un
140
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
6. Some people envy me this good fortune of mine, yet it is a matter of very
ft
-tfe
Turn
Ob*.
AjnhJ2.;^H^|'j{jB|j7
T n m
it
To*
&
ft
XIX,
way we can
more,
it
Obs.
7,
m %
JWoJB
How
7-
See Exercise
it.
is
tell is to
The only
Obs.
Context lit., upper and lower text (literature, Radical 67). The sentence, literally translated, runs,
no other way only (altogether) must look at upper and lower text (what goes before and after), then know.
:
there
is
HI
-^
?E
InL
-T*
entertain
That
(fang
isn't
who help
that
correct
the
direction
7t.
j,w
As a general
P ayin g
>,
visits.
be worn
10
is
in
We
not.
also
He
before
No,
implies something
is
met
face to face
not fond of
thin.
!,'<'
'-//-
.''illiberal,
un-
XXVII
Does
who
it
is
am
in conduct).
(K^v, EXERCISE
2.
he
summer,
the opposite of
handsome
Turn
rule, I
10.
ed)
Seen
9.
Obs.
[while] those
below
Correct
i.
Obit. 2.
we have
side,
sit
(hsiang).
I.
sits
on the western
to
Obs.
^n
^'
host
If I
PART
(the
man
by no means a fellow
is
know)
III.
k'o 3
4
ch'ing" k'o
is
to ask guests to a
of this kind.
meal.
By no means
Obs.
To
6.
141
this is implied
by the word
at the side.
He
4.
is
Whenever anyone
who.
in
is
luck,
he
that small
bird
He
7.
is
How
no shame.
a
man
Obs.
Lit.,
and do
it
how you
him
to
Why?
what
Obs.
2.
There
(or,
if
yourself
like (or,
you
manage
for'/
that
kan
will
xhf,*-mo.
do)
If,
will
it
please).
730.
yffijlj
/at-,
|j
c/tiang*,
731.
732.
^ jan
733.
fs|f
736. fff
737.
workman
to
mount
a picture.
artificer.
to dye.
colours.
hung
2
,
red.
Jaw 2 blue.
,
Aua4
to
draw or paint
a drawing or painting.
Examples:
pu
Jt shang*
jaw
f^
^> pu"
_L
s/
'.////'
feo
Se
3^
(.'/*'?'
|jf
1C /tww/
ti
The cracks
in the door
Note feng*-'rh, a
ft
,/"i/
'//.
fift
&
kei?
chiang*
t-'he
chang
paper-hanger.
Mount
merr
4
Jl hung
&
"4
06s.
734. ftE
735.
T/ew
to paste
piao
me.
must be pasted
crack.
See 287.
liru,
(lit.,
8.
729. |ig
i.
finished).
5.
how can
06s.
up.
142
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
dyer's shop.
Red
colour.
06s.
Si (Radical 139)
Blue colour.
also read shai 3 or she,*.
We
738.
739.
$jft
weak
tan*,
(as of tea)
ti lai.
hsin 1 new.
,
742.
Examples
sha 1 crape.
,
4
$| tan
fan3
<j
~f liao
Jg yen
f@ ko
The colour
new
743.
of this carpet
necessarily
Ijfa pi*,
ti
}fc
or old
is
&
shih*
g chiu*
$
fa se*
Is this piece of crape
&
che*
$jz
jgf
ti
g{j
skill*
hsin
che*
p'i
sha 1
ti
faded.
must.
1
744. ^J| hsu , must.
745. 3fe
huang
746.
jun*, moist
'/p|
brightness.
> (said to
to moisten.
748.
J^
749.
liao 4 materials
measure.
750.
all kinds.
Also, to estimate
4.
Examples:
jtj
hao3
]H kai*
Tf;
mti4
]%
fav<i''
ffi
^. o
liao*
tzti
^.
liao*
>% pi*
'
tei3
rh
?Pi
juri*
c/te
jih*
>j&
pi*
||
i/en
/tsii
shuai3
}g
ctiu1
$ po
ch'u*
l&
Zso 4
jjg
s^e" 2
pa
fy<,'
ft
kuang
p'ingi
|g
/tern
ti
;fc
to4
^ jan
to
PART
The colour
is
Note that
Obs.
pi, followed
The sunlight
The
06s.
Why
is
III.
it
hsii or tei, is
by
have to be dyed a
will
143
deeper colour.
little
very strong.
sun's disc is called jih kuang-'rh, as are also the sun's rays.
made
who
is
hand or a
cloth, etc.
*T*%f-
752.
pjjl
753.
p'eng*, to
lieh*, to
to
come
as
wood
or paper.
run against;
crack of
itself,
2
2
1
hang a vulgar modification of hsing or hang' (Radical
a place of business a hong. Also, a column of characters.
754.
fJ"
755.
Examples
li
tsai*
a
f* chi
2
ivei*
tung
tven 4
]f[
gl]
pieh?
To give a thing a
rub.
Take care
bump
don't
The paper
in that
column
lieh*
$$ na*
^ ao
M-
k'ai 1
fi
ni 3
~J*o
fp5
mn
ft.luwf
ts'a
hsiao 3
<-'h'uang
//it
ttfa
>J
ti
,g,
glj
against people.
is all
cracked.
Partners
or, to start
is
hong
a business.
synonym
(or firm)
the master of the house, and the west that by the Bursts
by
much the same
position occupied
AJen'
fft
&
51 p'tny*
1
%$ ton
tz&
fa hang*
chih*
How many
chia having
window
To carry on a wholesale
J?
1
chia 1
wo
fa hang*
fa
PJU
A Jen
Obs.
5g
ft hang
pu*
force as in jen-chia.
It should
be noticed that
hence, tuuii-<-1ii.
tunij-fliin is
;\
master or proprietor,
Chinese servants in Peking to denote their foreign masters, though native heads of households are seldom so spoken
Cf. n]*o fang-tung, the owner of a house.
of.
I
am
'.'//.<.
the speaker
is
Note
unfamiliar.
144
TZtr
^RH
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SEEIES.
EXERCISE XXVIII.
if
- m
The top
i.
bright
give
the
**
il
ft
first
but of
late
first
instance
lit.,
SR 3
06s.
*i
& # ^
.^
ft
ft,
it
7o^
J^
Note the
distinction
commencement
p'o, a
table
we have been
is
not very
is
able to
make
it
ifc
In the
that
is
There
here too.
06s.
of
a rub.
Glass
2.
it
and po l -li-
(glass).
(ch'u).
How
baking.
collision, etc.
lieli,
spontaneous cracking.
Lieh
is
never
'
SM
_t
nH
^K
-^
C3
^
jnL
W S ^
ifi
JSL
xE
4fn
aw
4ffl
TfW
*fn
-1^-
Y+
O6jt.
i.
Paper-hanger
2.
Paste
up
BE
XPC
06s.
it
M$
lit.,
"4
JiM
"^
'^
'
wj
I/T.
S!i
3PC
er "
is
Au2
are
iao
E i
A A
E.
The character
fra/<<7
is
3
.
pasting artisan.
If
upward movement.
5.
06s.
is
applied to handi-
chiang
may
mu
say
s
layer), t'ieh -chiang* (a blacksmith).
not recognised by the dictionaries from the original meaning of the character
way or course of movement, the order of proceeding), it comes to mean class,
;
PART
#
&
*$
ft
tt
III.
ft,
made
EK
* &
ft
06.
Original colour
if
sir, it
Look
colour,
ft
ft
is
crape
m m m m
5 W
of cotton
7.
ft
&B
JS
made
ft.
ft
ft,
Shirtings are
of silk.
6.
ft
&j[EVJN
/-A*
145
ft
Zi(.,
8.
me
and
if it is
is
of crape
ft
06s.
i.
In the
2.
it
is
is
things.
achieved
it
it
= the
lit.,
colour that
lit.,
it is
dyed, also
is
first
again [that
it] is
new
the
good to see.
does.
JL
9.
to give
&
7,
a rub,
when
- m m
4*
It
it
I
;
bottle here
bumped
shall
it
it
against
be mended
ti
10. What is his craft (or, line of business)
He must be a cook. Where do you come
the family ?
come second.
in
I
Obs.
I.
Craft
Obs.
2.
Hang, a
lit.,
We
are
five
brothers,
and
list
e.g.,
hence, to be on a
man
list
am
sisters
second in the
list (or
column) [of
my
generation].
girl,
Note
however,
reckons her position in the family quoad her sisters in the same way.
19
TZU ERH
146
Turn
dirty
afresh
room
(pasted) in this
a paper-hanger to
call
1.
is
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
6.
paper
mount
this
paste
7.
is
Lets in
Why have
this colour
Note that
chin, to enter.
you dyed
Didn't
Obs.
to
Yet
dye
10.
The colour
Of the
against anything.
it is all
Businesses
different
divided
are
in
hongs
into hongs.
the capital, the
cloth hongs.
too old
is
is
it
unbearable.
756.
p|lj
kang
H|
758.
^pj- tsai*,
759.
TT
760.
Examples
te
has an intensive
757.
ts'ai
it
just
now
ta*
ago.
lai
te
Asia 4
retains
with
then
thereupon.
also, to wait.
teng
2
fiji
t'a
moment
tsai*
shuo1
~f liao
t'a
teng
rff
huis
^jfi
,pa*
teng
kang
and we
tsai*
wo
cho
He came back
it
then.
7*o liao
'rh
bit
in certain combinations
ft
Wait a
moment
but a
class or grade
meaning
force.
again
n9 3 a
fg
%'rh
[B]
led2
;IL:<>.
will see
about
it.
Tsai shuo
ts'ai-kang
fit
blue,
too,
in this
it
bump
it
I tell
9.
its object.
you
and yet you have dyed it red?
is
pale, too, and not glossy.
5.
8.
don't
up.
Obs.
4.
and
in holes (broken)
it
The window
lets in
is
picture
the mounting be
let
too thick.
3.
of cloth,
paste new).
Find a man to
(lit.,
2.
There
window
it
(pack
in).
latter
PART
763.
764. j$C
765.
to bring
sung*, to carry to
762. $
yung
down
H? lao*
behind one
to leave out.
pu
t'a
fjjj
sung*
Fetch
me
At
Obs.
XXV,
I will
fa
fit
yung
yuan
niao3
t'a
'rh
ti
hsia*
Hf
^
@
lo*
t'a
ko*
ta*
2^
pn*
s/m1
f^ two
Eng.,
Obs. 2
i,
lit,
<zoo4
ch'ien 2
2^o
'*2
tou 1
f!^
shu*
mei2
jg swngf
wis
HI /mi
(i.e.,
chi
tsai*
yu
c/t'ii
|& fe *
_t shang*
pie%
ch'ien*
lao*
a few strings of cash at the same time (while you are about
Tf"
c/te*
it).
opportunity).
p. 130).
(left
He
^hsia*
&^
pu*
chih
)^ s/tww*
i*
Jt tao*
~f liao
la*
pu*
fl
'rh
Ijjl
sung*
to be
to leave
Examples:
pu
accompany.
eternal.
laV
to
to descend
147
to present
03
(Exercise
III.
know
home
has no
tree.
(or,
no person or place
to
which he has
whom
lighted).
He
will
06s.
Never
lit, in
This
is
me
Another form
is liu'
pu* ;
add
lit.,
common
to a
ts'ou*,
to
767.
wo2
768.
shuan1
766.
use,
and
it is
when
seeing one
body or number;
to assemble, of
men
or things; active
or neuter.
769.
clothes generally
to
t'ao*,
;
to tie
up animals
place to another.
or things.
The numerative
of i-shang
148
ERH
CHI.
i2
TZtJ
770.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
Examples:
_t shung
s/m 1
3
chin 1
too*
ma6
s/m 1
>/'
t'ao*
We
i'ao
ts'ou*
t'ao*
shuan
t'ao*
c/te
i'cto
meVi
pa
no
liao
ma*
s/m 1
pien
five taels.
Remove
This book
2"ao
Obs.
in four covers.
is
is
book within a
cover.
book
cover.
Lit.,
it
would be
06s.
A set
of cups that
771. jig
skang
772.
Ht Hang
773.
|K
774.
U^
with cho
(see
775.
>
1
,
1
,
a trader
to consult.
Hang*, to calculate
1
,
enough
to measure.
is
Sv
c/io
2
,
it
Examples
is
mi*
ft
f*
neng*
Ho ch'ing
ch'u*
^
1
skcmg*
men
chen
Hang"
c7to
it
joined
j| liany*
Obs.
another word for to saddle a horse, which will be couie to in due course.
fit
^ kou
another or oneself;
776.
is
Hang
4
j
\
c/i'-ii
^)u
fg o neng-
cho
^ch'ti,*
-^ chin
J
'/'A
{ij
ch'u
c/t'it
;j$j
ch'eng-
^
JP9
wo3
weVi
PA11T
Go and
Is
it
enough
To measure rice.
The weight is not light.
Obs.Fm* Hang1 lit., the share
?
H9
III.
enough
it).
?
or portion (fen'1 ) contained in the liang\ cubic capacity: note that liang*
;
a measure of capacity. We may say of a box that it has not liang'-'rh, capacity, to contain a certain quantity also
that a man's chiu*
Hang*, capacity for wine, is great or small.
is
i\ doubts
777. |i
778.
^ /mo
779.
PJ$(
780.
tu
781.
yi-iiy
782.
ts'ung
783.
^ mo
han 3
1
as sew
echo
in the
spoken language.
to halloo.
to reply.
or occasion
to cry aloud
doubt to bewilder.
to
to doubt.
to echo
to
proceeding from
the end
mo
Not
to.
to
forth from.
Read
lit.,
respond
mo-'rh, a time
784. Examples:
ti
$J
5ft
mo4
ck'ieri
]|{f
tsai
$h tvai
~T liao*
'rh
g- /,;o
HI
2j$
I
I
him,
have
my
?ai
tuaTi 1
Igf
5^ 9no
to 1
~f liao
'& mei?
pw
ts'ung'
f^
Tii
s//i 4
JL chen
3
^f o
^, 2/w^f
2
^, yeh
3
^J -zw
(^
t'ien
flj 't'a
%& ying*
51 t'ou
/(-ui'
4
fj^,
3
fo ni
1
che*
ti
iyo
t'a
hallooed for
j?an
(or,
$J
wo3
^(S
/ma4
4
g^ /mo
though
pu
I
shouted to
etc.).
06s.
i.
06s.
2.Taying:
emphasise
as ailing
Agree:
06s.
I.
Another expression
06s.
3.
things.
Note that
affirmative],
06s. 2.
emphatic
lit,
result
to.
for to retire
from
office is
iao
(finally)
reported myself
t'ui (506).
when employed by
capital.
Eventually
we could
also say
mo
liao-'rh or
mo
lit.,
hou*.
The
reduplication of
mo
is
perhaps slightly
150
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
EXERCISE XXIX.
We
i.
tt
affair
here
ft
fa
Ira,
hear.
Obt.
the
ti,
2. I asked him
again and again to make
a present of that old book cover, but lie
refused every time, and after all I had to
BPJ
q.d.,
me
fa
buy a new
T
After
06s.
to
ft,
all
one.
lit.,
was
it I
capital;
to
A
06s.
i.
06s.
2.
nave of a wheel
06s.
Agreed: ting
te;
ti.
To put money:
;
here,
lit.,
Withdrew
3.
06s. 4.
And
lit.,
others, etc.
lit,
4.
ft.
Because
away which
why
Lit., [I] tell you to move apart
Ti can often be translated which.
Obi.
thus
far.
my
[it]
back ones.
my
told
you
to
is
evidence that a
move
the box
[this
it
so far
being so]
why move
it
PART
^ _ ^
Aa
7& H
K..
T?(
pu
06s.
i.
One-horse cart
06s.
2.
Perfectly well
The
liao.
is
ig 5
my
According to
5-
measurement,
this
does not amount to five piculs, and a oneborse cart w ju ^aw ; t erfectl we ll.
r i ce
-7
>i>
7|t
lit.,
151
single-harness cart.
lit.,
III.
(e
liao, la
tsu is emphatic.
_iL
.
kA
>%
3J.
flSl
~P"
"ZT
-fit
m *
Hofe
BE
SF
Ht
it
^E 6
little
^Ji
my
will
draw
it
it
06s.
In
6.
five piculs
not a two-harness
if it is
come
^
travelled
by cart
before,
him
fi Mt
06s.
The moment:
r.
because
it
Not
2.
was just.
Sf
the rule
The
~7
J
W
<>
IE
we once
lit.,
-H"'!
St
06s.
necessarily a
indignation
i.
Sv
What
lit.,
3*
on
$i|
*'J
v^
aft-
ia
gJto
money;
fffi.
lit.,
this is
fall
Wait a while
how
is
li,
will
What
'
a remark to
over aga j n
waj t a w hii e
f^
a remark!
justice
8 -I
g
Jk
"7-v
Ah
again.
of.
S ^5 iS
7 & M, H & & H
* *
i 7 9 M
yu
5>C
and come
carter
96/1
ftfr
^fc
7Rv
1
ii
to wait a while
will
t in
your an ger has
have changed your mind
(or decision).
talk to say!
used under
it,
many
it is
not
tsemmo
hiia shiio.
Obs.
2.
06s. 3.
to
Note mei
till
or,
by-and-by when.
mei
hence, care
must be taken
152
ERH
Tztr
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
Why
won't you tie that horse up proLook he has bumped against the
door and broken it.
That doesn't signify;
9.
perly
call
a carpenter to
will
be
Why
2.
Doesn't signify:
won't you?
mend
it,
settled.
_h
je
i.
Obs.
you
lit.,
still
(in
spite of
my
up
that horse.
Obs.
mend
it,
lit.,
that,
(=
call
anything);
them yesterday to buy a hundred eggs and bring them to the Hills. Can
you imagine it? what with what they broke
10. I told
JL
and
lost
left.
tii
i.
06s.
2.
lai
Chinese seldom
make
use of the same conjunction twice running in the same sentence, whether conversationally or in
writing.
Turn
1.
of the door
and
sils,
my
for
06s.
tools, etc.),
to fetch
it, is
Is that right?
it,
it
that right
shift,
back when
till
te,
enough
put
my
amount].
and] get
I
it
have managed to
raise (ts'ou).
It's
not enough
I'll
it
give
to you,
if
you
ch'iich
shoo
(see 500).
Not enough,
use's [purpose]
chc-mo
i tien-'rh, I
as this.
little
etc.
;
pu
Icon
wo yung
ti,
not
it.
06s.
Short
Is all
do?
3.
i.
06s. 2.
06s. 3.
like.
(later on).
To borrow
purpose
liveli-
am
going
to)
put them
I shall
want
to (or,
PART
III.
10.
lend
me
Obs.
8.
little
he says
can you
hsing.
me when you
I doubt, etc.:
i.
true
is
formation.
i.
Answer
11.
Ah! and
is
what
I doubt (suspect)
Obs.
rendered by
Inquire
See 241.
2.
you out in
objections to make.
future, I shall
caught
have some
do as
lai,
bad
so
yuan
up.
which cannot here be
lai,
ordinary meaning.
here be rendered by
Caught me
me up
at
home
kan shang wo
tsai
at hoiue.
Unlucky
3.
as well as a
good
ch'iao 3 ,
in a
sense.
We
caught
06s.
if
i.
06s. 2.
it's
well.
Lit.,
chia,
so
06s.
it is.
answer a sound.
lit.,
find
its
Obs. 2.
so
9. If you do things behind my back
If
that I shan't know, you just look out
I
him a blowing
And
i.
He
it ?
not tme.
is
Obs.
Obs.
again,
get there.
lit.,
man
is
inquire for
Obs.
There
153
if
786.
^ wan
1
,
curving
ho
may
1
,
to curve
a bay or indentation.
Chiang
is
788.
2
$8 /m
789.
ffii
Hv?, to flow
790.
J^
a lake.
792.
liu*,
a current.
po
(479).
hence, wealthy.
Examples:
%
yv
chin*
shun*
s/te"
ch'i 3
liu?
mo
ting
t'ai*
lang*
po
feng
ta*
hai 3
chin*
wan
tao*
tsai*
ij
"J" 3
liao
1
.,
wan
ko*
worn
I
ti
wo1
$
1
chiang f@
k'uan 1
/.
wan
20
154
TZtj
ERH
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
Formosa.
curve
To bend,
a bay.
back
as a bow, one's
in bowing, etc.
there
we
are.
When
the wind
is
To
float
rise.
(lake).
glides quickly.
<>hs.
Shun* liu, with the emphasis on shun, means smooth, as the hair of a dog or cat brushed the ri^ht way.
should be borne in mind that shun liu does not mean going with the stream when propelling power is used, nor
the character for this is liu 4 which will be met with later.
does it mean a fair or favourable current
Cf. also -A n;i
It
793.
^ fou
794.
ffi|
ch'iao 2 a bridge.
795.
ching
1
,
fv?, floating
movable.
Fu4
shui 3 to swim.
,
a well.
a
pit,
hu2 \
798.
799.
800.
Examples:
kua1
TJj
tsou 3
street
'
an
jjfg
>J>
>a small
,
"
2
alley.
t'ung' )
i'l
li3
ijji
hsiao
hsiang*
yu
f@
fco
sAeW
an
alley.
Not
so
common
J$ na*
Jjjf
t'iao"
$$ ching
A,u2
8
?j< s/tui
^g
t'ou
hao3
^@j
t'ung*
fft
^,
VA
PS^o
as the above.
na*
'
r^
3
i/w
good
When
it is
_t shuny*
jfe^cho
shih-
a deep hole.
'^
to drink.
is
BE
^ /<m
*hu-i?
4
f@ io
Well water
?K
PART
801. Hf"
Hence, wild
savage.
802.
properly,
155
yeli'
III.
hsiang*, a village
^p|5
a region.
a hamlet.
a tomb
the
mound
or
monument above
stone or tablet.
805.
J|
mu*, a grave
806.
H^
feng
^
^
807.
808.
809.
hill.
chieri
hill, etc.
Examples:
**
$$ hsiang
na*
J hsia*
A Jen*
shift
ko*
/eV
2
p^ me^Ti
ti*
The whole of
Obs.
2
Rarely used without the preceding word fen
a tomb.
the peak of a
ling
1
gjj,
'rh
ti
tung
shan
llj
B|
t'ov?
ffi
ts'un 1
lai
A;uo
4fs /ent/
Ma?
o
fjjj
chien
t'a
is
ts'ao
Waste
Obi. 2.
hsiang
ts'un
'rh
pu?
mu
na
che*
'rh
mei 2
pien
io 4
7/e/t
/ma
[lj
p'ien*
ye^,
ft-
&
&
yeh<
chi
ch'ien 2
tV
ch'iian-
shih*
1
jt
eV
occupied by graves.
I.
shih*
t'ien
ts'ung*
yeh
ling
word "whole"
human
is
rendered by
i.
habitations.
Wild
flowers.
Wild
grasses.
village.
Obs.
He
is
is
of us
to
any
impassable in winter.
is
Obs.
That
is
a cemetery.
where there
is
no resident
official.
156
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
EXERCISE XXX.
I- Taiwan
(Formosa) is a place in the sea,
south-east of China, the northern and southern
{ki2fl$5P^itil]il'i!l
'0
^7
tli
^
^
5j
^jr '
ft
;^
5.
~~5
7U>
7u
*. tt
:
sag
AE
'/
l^i
iJj
Very mountainous
06s.
ft
ft
^e
mountam scenery
very 1>iclu "!sqm
at the
is
same time
the mountain heights are both numerous and large. Were they not lofty as well as
would be ch'ang, long, or k'uan, broad ; but not to, great.
Ml
E3
-fa
>p M,
-ft
qy
~~K
-&
<sAH
J\
=ri
,tf=t
.fir
j\.
tvft
XI 2
The
-J
terms
general
chiang
phrase
the
and
ho-
hai 3
InC1
seas) designates in
waters
greater
of
the
Empire.
lH
3'
^* ur
-^M
^?
9BT
KWJ
TL
XI
'A,,
ffi
j'G
fe
a lake in
i.
6ft
1
>T
in the direction
li,
*K
*U
XI
scenery
m,
fine
tt
il
.^
._.
"
06.^
it is
"tfe
il
^.
fsj*
^
,.,
m/
lit.,
ll^
S
t,
will
do
'O
_y
is
^c
then, there
5?B
cfciw,
4-
is
places.
'
li,
its
We
in every direction.
The course
west to east
vesse ^ s fr
from
is
Hupeh to Kiangsi
the whole way.
Tlie
to
is
rather
Kiangsi
you get
the stream
with
when
S-
are
no two
alike.
7C.
Sf*
narrow
tolerably good.
a sftam-Zmy]
breadth.
its
^"> HV
long) River in
(lit.,
gO
hsia,
Js.
* - m
fine
li
7w?
SB
Rather
of, k'ltan,
ite
***
ifc
06s.
K'uan
SR 4
'IP
hsia,
many
$T
3K
a.
-^
li
sma^
4b
);
^K
when
A/t
fl
ijj
^J"*
=ln
may
lii
*^ a*
06s.
[is]
XI
^fe
3
pointed; a shanking
of peaked form.
is
somewhat
elliptical
g.rf.,
a shan-ling
is
in a
shn
-feng
is
but
PART
7)
III.
6.
%>
157
-'rk
the point of
to
applied
or the like.
be equally
a pencil,
may
a knife,
%
"/.
Term
i.
was
a tzH~yen-'rh,
character eye.
illustration
It
is
extremely
difficult to
tz&, character,
its
it
The
t)bs. 2.
lit.,
by
understand che tsung (525) yang-tz-il ti, this kind of ones, after pi chien.
Were too chien
Note sh(n-mo, any, anything.
can be applied to anything.
like:
7-
v-r
TO
^
yu
P.
iV
-ftfr
t
k
i.
>bs. 2.
qy
fiyt
A,
Where:
lit,
for the
most
Regarded
^?
/L
so rearded.
lit,
A
A,
A
~f
"5T
yeh
ti.
Ia He is a >' okel ( vilLl ?er). and dreadraw That cemetery is very large, and
to a wealth famil
must bel
"
can s
can't
swim very
this river
across.
It is
call
ti.
s.
is
principally dwelling-houses.
m
06s.
is
what
P art
-^
tHi
3*
-<h
.tft
There
the capital
far.
It is too
158
TZtT
Turn
the
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
i.
ERH
territory for
There are
more than two hundred years.
mountain ranges in the north and south in
The
which are several very lofty peaks.
country (place)
it]
there
are
(mm2
Chinese
jen
same type
common
as the
am
people).
do not form
by
scattered about, and
are (live)
They
thieving.
by
village
it)
late,
06s.
3,
!>*.
2.
Obs.
3.
06s. 4.
sive
06s.
term
Has been:
lit.,
two hundred
la
Chinese
is
ter-
and south
5.
common
and upwardThe
[pro-
by road
may
Obs.
i.
them by
cross
floating bridges.
Perfectly navigable
very
lit.,
much can
vessels.
Downward
current:
lit.,
flows downwards.
In the
mountain peaks
and small
is
a high wind
O6s.
ta
li
hsia.
See Exercise
XXX,
3,
2.
2.
Fields
Produce
4.
Same type
as
t'ung
min
jen
(Chinese
Savages
Obs.
They
yeh jin,
men
the ground
live,
men saw 3
5.
street.
t'a,
villages.
Frequented
lit., of late, however, there
arc (have been) extreme-west (tai hsi) various-nation's
8.
nan2
is
where
the
Labour
hen fei
s/iih ;
lit.,
much expends
went
to look
lives in a small
day,
got into the wrong lane and did not
find his house.
but
male.
of other words.
812. 5j| ntang-, properly, a
mother
too hard.
effort (matter).
of the wilds.
about
is
some places
are
of wells
making
live scattered
810. ;?j
There
06s.
Obs. 6.
06s.
subjects) i ko yang.
7.
is
Obs.
When
large vessels.
Exercise
cf.
go.
years.
north
the
Formosa
come [and]
vessels.
06s.
XXX,
vessels [that]
Some
[communities].
people, too, say that these savages are cannibals.
The people who do business there deal
(do
PART
a class
Examples
III.
an order
159
a generation.
men
^<;o
niang
J| chang
wo3
fJJ
3
jg lao
JjJ
nari'
'7-^
>j?
men
ffi
2
niang'
skao 4
yeh*
3
$f o hao
Jg
-wa-n,
AoJen
lacP
shih 4
pei*
a woman.
Obs.
That
is
my
husband.
Your worship
universally applied to
standing
Is
it
any
Obi.
much
the
title
Mr.
title
it
below the rank of District Magistrate, or indeed any person of education and
to our Esquire.
Note that
language ni
in polite
m&n
is
to play.
Women.
Pronounce nia'-'rh nun.
wife's family.
the
originally
obit.
a gentleman
officials
answers very
Men.
or,
Lao-yeh was
Obs.
Note shao 4
generation.
Of a generation
Of a generation
816.
^G wan
"rfit
than
earlier
to trifle
817.
4jf-
skua3
818.
j|f|
cJi'un
819.
^ pen
Aiff
later
than he.
to play.
to flourish, as a
I.
weapon
of things, unwieldy
in fencing
of persons, stupid.
1
820. jp^ tat silly; idiotic; abstracted; abstractedly.
,
821.
Examples:
Tgt
skua 3
^ck'icn
2
J}|J
sitmi?
4
-///' //"
fife.
fa 1
shih 1
pieh
hsiao
pen*
2
'"""'
"fj|
clring*
pu
tai 1
t'ou 2
shih*
ted
55
wan2
nao3
ft 'rh
fife,
A >'""
fa 1
ch'un?
io 4
is
now
160
ERH
TZfr
Young people
He
is
He
is
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
a loutish fellow.
silly creature.
To gamble.
Don't [try and] fool me.
4
f^ mao
822.
3
skuang of weather,
break, as a promise
or to
fail in,
at rest, as
eking
825.
$f
826.
JJJH
/it
complying
829.
830.
ft
unrolled.
obedient.
very
means
It also
2
,
difficult;
Nan 4
difficult.
to be in error.
It
has
besides.
many meanings
difficulties or misfortunes.
Examples:
ta4
sku1
1
F shu
'rh
%
k'uai 4
nV*
ffc
-fife
ckien 1
pieW
ta*
ha
l
B^ ^ ka
1
~f liao
$J yo
To walk
is
|H
nan
fjf
B& ka
pfc
B^ ha
fft
"/$
eke
hua
nan'
shuo1
z
jj lien
ni*
^
jji,
JJ che
pu
too 4
^; o tsou?
ching
AJen
cko-
4
ff
f w
pu
mao*
tzii
Jen*
an
tsou
sken 1
-g
Ijjfc
ti
jf|
fiM
~f liao
65
He
Also, to
meaning.
HI nan
828.
opposed to unquiet.
pp
as an engagement.
824.
intensifying
bright, cheery
ck'i
t'u
4
fj cku
cho
fife
shvan^
^f tzH
f@
/,
o4
shih 4
mao
skill
-
t'a
skik4
^|,
1,-u.i
in the rain.
who
In brisk health.
Bracing, cheerful weather.
He is a smart, energetic fellow
promptitude.
also,
man who
PAET
is
161
man.
quiet, steady
This
III.
in.
would not be incorrect to say che shih ko shu fu fang-tzU, but the first rendering is preferable, as thenare many coses in which shu fu. cannot be used as a simple qualifying adjective ; thus, we could not say ihu fu ma,
shu fu i-tzu, a comfortable chair, but would have to insert the verbs to ride and to sit on
;i comfortable horse, or
It
I'//,.
respectively, as in the
I
you
am
example above.
or, I
say.
Too, to say
H>*.
(see 48).
He
Don't
831.
humbug me
jjjjj
nai*, to
don't
or,
"
me
stuff
up."
shame
up with
or to last.
to be ashamed.
834.
g>j" t'ao
to exact
to
demand
to provoke.
Examples:
3
JH Ian?
t'a>
chang*
pu*
fa 1
lean
2
hslen
!>'
shao 3
lut "
hsiu
t'ao
ft
fJ
t'ao
yet that
[Men who
man
32.
nn
t'ien
fjfc
t'ao
Hif
3
%jji
hsieu 2
cli'ih
chin'
shih*
nai*
kuo
Get over the next two days (or, few days) and you
This won't last long (or, wear well).
And
hsiu1
ti
A Jen
hai*
c/ie
ych
mei 2
live at
another
people's dislike.
want of
cleanliness.
He
has come for payment of his bill (or, to dun for debts).
Are you not ashamed ? Have you no shame ?
Obs.See
424.
beggar.
He
objects that
it is
not enough
he
is
21
162
TZtJ
ERH
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
EXERCISE XXXI.
We
i.
Be a
JS
JL
fflf
m A
7.
Jt
JB
little
rough treatment.
*r
Rough treatment
06s.
^ W ^
&
&
HA
i.
1&
3&
fit
"M?
HsR
/2V
Indisposed:
cannot endure such rough hands and feet [as you lay upon him].
lit.,
^
^ MH
It's
posed.
Qnjy
lit.,
I hear, sir,
2.
g^
lj tt j e
little indis-
this is a polite
am
superiors.
2.
Out
of sorts
lit.,
on (or
in)
my body
not comfortable.
3.
sft.
06s.
Spell
JLft
ft
it,
:^
To
35 S&
fflf
tai, to abstract
^ ^
ffi
it
3A.
^|
oneself
^\
am
J^
VH-
fF
be
This
afraid.
new
coat of
mine won't
It's difficult to
say
if
To take a
last long,
you wear
it will
soon
spell.
tr
q.d.,
fy 4
is
4-
his
is
really
most annoying.
s-4.JC.rViS
who were
of respectable age
Respectable age
lit.,
years high
q.d.,
is
PART
J$L
fi*J
4ki
M.
3
yti
E=
-B&
5iL
3&
^
^
ftfi
III.
?fO
!&
The generation which is the contemporary of your father and your grandfather
7-
"H
is
E3
^.^
IE
3ft
-"^
^i
t%.
163
7ft
which
is
generation).
nil*,
Contemporary
i.
lit.,
the with [a man's] grandfather and father one and the same generation's
om
JSto
/I'T
Grandfather
2.
3P
3fe
fjff
H.
A4f
333
|_l_.
&
OS.
^f=^
T!?
/&
fit
;^
Ifa
t/j"
BI
~r
r=i
/&
ffl^. o
jax
see 660,
T*
XE
T.
S K
T.
a *.*
A 7> it m
xE
.tt
0!n.
of apology, such as
xH
fill
off
&fi
yu
lit.,
8.
am
wrong, I
annoying.
are
am wrong
I really
you so
against
careless
me;
You have
is
it
really
most
ifo
^ &
'l^t
ilk
$ft
6*1
9'
*M
:||
D0
HI
$t
J/Lt
-Ao ov
B^
tyS*
i^
^ ou
are to
an
H*G
Why
bumped up
;E^
^retM^^u-^> awkward; be
Mind your own business
attempt (want) to
/5s
Mind your own business (or, what is that to you?): lit., do you take charge of (or mind) me? Great
must
be laid on Teuan, which, preceding a character in the third tone, is of course in the second.
The
emphasis
as
it
is
not
the
final
must
with
be
used
discretion,
very polite. Emphasise
jen.
expression
o//<.
ill
M-l
tf+
tffrt
^.
&
^S
m.
T m m &
l.
y\
Obs.
2.
'^
lit.,
fffl
^S
is
to
such an able
man
^ ay-
remain in obscurity
as
all
-^ e
you
his
little
patient;
surely not
will
life.
m.
Obscurity
^JfelO
"J"
the lead.
10. It
fjBJ
5Pl
Obs.
is
Hll
lit.,
Cf. also
is
come
to the front
make
oneself prominent
also, to
take
164
ERH
TZt)
Turn
1.
the
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
is
CHI.
a fellow
whole
Performing shva wan i erh ; lit., brandishThe term is used of any performance,
ing playthings.
<nch as juggling, performing with a dancing bear, etc.
06s.
2.
When
standing
thought there
I
have you quite recovered?"
and
was
no
other
saw it
gave one glance,
than a certain
member
you
i.
still
(or just)
837.
HI
838.
ktuig
839.
!g)J
c/('o
huancf, august
1
the morning
Obi. 3.
Otherwise
talking about
pu jan, were
it
it."
not thus.
3.
so
Isn't the
know
i'</, looking
force of cho.
man you
his father
he
are
is
somewhat
2.
Judge from
lit.,
think
3.
easier, etc.:
(/<"</<)
imperial.
841.
Examples:
r/('ao
ft
ying
2
kai 1
ch'uan 1
mao*
hou*
chiu
skill*
?"/
ch'iur
shang*
ti
ch'aa?
city.
kuang
llll/dllf
ch'u*
tai*
c/t'ao
[I]
brtnrr
t'biff,
lit.,
$i
The Imperial
still
an imperial palace.
840.
06s.
2.
with abstracted
very well,
other people
shang*
chu*
Rend
PART
III.
165
The Court.
When
one goes to Court one ought to put on a Court dress and hat.
4
842. $l|
i']i/i')i
843.
liii
844.
to insist
(j
to set
to
up
descend
to approach to.
will or inclination.
845.
J%
liaixf,
846.
chin*, to prohibit.
847.
Examples
ch'iang*, energetic.
on against a person's
Chiang*, obstinate
Ck'ifin/f;
self-willed.
virtuous; good.
&
l/ir
m>r
ch'icn-
&
sh'th*
chin*
J|
cli'ifnirf-
cluh 3
fo
]><t
5g chiang*
ti
ti
$!
Yamens
to establish.
mer
t't(
im
ftf}
metr
ck'ao 2
t/
t'hi ;
he insisted on having
my
monc'y.
Liang
hsin,
lit.,
virtuous heart,
is
is
horn
virtuous.
The
superior.
subjects.
official in
commonly
called
the
District Magistrate).
848.
^j
wet 2 to do
849.
gl
fei
850.
fan
851.
^f|i
852. pj*
8,
to be.
to turn upside
in id*,
down
properly, punishment
wrongdoer.
on the contrary
also, offences,
hence, to rebel.
great or small.
Obs.
s*# 3 to
853.
^B
854.
!H tang
3
,
die.
a gang
band
a political party
class.
See Exercise
XXXI,
166
855.
Examples
fy
fit
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
inn
]j
2
/&o mi>> 9
A.
&/
3
5E wti
-^
shih*
Sfit
tang
jj^
kai 1
|H fei
&
she n2
-M tou1
ft3
A j^
che*
3
fjgf
chih 1
liao
~j"
|f
If
T'u fei must be natives of the locality. Fei can be applied to any individual who
misdemeanours, but it is generally understood to refer to banditti or rebels.
06*.
Nan
via
is
much
guilty of grave
is
obliged.
06s.
/<-i
"
May
Distinguish wei*
nan 1
" Much
to be in difficulties, difficult.
q.d.,
with punishment.
q.d.,
or
with medicine.
Dead.
06s.
is
Of persons
it
is
common
to use the
euphemism kuo
ch'ii liao,
pu
tsai liao,
he
no more.
all
of one gang.
What
O6s.
He was
06s.
strangled.
Note that there
|j
See 507.
is
ton*, to fight,
to
wrangle
to fight with.
858. Hfc
859.
860.
fijif
citing*, quiet,
Examples:
Bjj
P
1,
fj|
^Cj
foil
k'ou s
/'""'
//'
'*
.,
chivy*
f|| o Jiaii
^
^g
x/<
Ejp
tzii*
J&
ti*
1
('"'-'
mo
S| hao*
"J* o litio
f}
hit
altili*
ii
-jj
fiinii
-^
pu*
2
:g she"
4Jjf
an 1
Jjfc
mo
"f
hx'ut*
chemj
|if]
jfg
J!j
t'u
J^J
t'mi<f
ton*
ch'i
lur
j^
15
^
jif
2><>'
PART
The
The
The
the
fifth
local rowdies
What
III.
(or,
hong
style of a reign,
that
by which
is
i.e.,
its
thus,
TAG KUANG.
the number (sc.,
year of
What
is
Sao
06s.
t'ou-'rh;
lit.,
A password.
A soldier's uniform.
So
06s.
is
167
from the hao, the distinctive number or name of regiment, marked on the circular patch which
called
861.
862.
863.
^1
7||5[
'"Jen
grace
s/te
soldiers' jackets.
goodness shown to an
pardon; amnesty.
inferior.
Hence
Hf sr,
865.
Examples
top.
swi
let off; to
also,
pardon.
to.
Ho
ch'ien
|f sul
fl$
k'ou3
HI,
luan*
shih*
|& shuo
'
su 1 '
hsia*
hid*
mien3
2}J
la 2
Jf to
te
$|
ti
|jt
hei
shih*
$H
^Q
chia-n;/
|fc
she*
$f
mien 3
!jfr
shih*
Jl hiutn ; f
3
1
_fc
shany*
ti
j;(f;t
&t*t
EH sui*
f/ei*
The Emperor's bounty
tfa
or goodness.
He came back
06s.
Sit
down
To
talk recklessly
as
like, to
you
Expenditure of money
06s.
Nan
is
hardly avoidable.
of crimes.
save bother.
unavoidable.
It is often thus
used courteor
to time.
To be guided by circumstances.
06s.
moment
require.
As you
06s.
please
This
may
or, at
your convenience.
to deal with
11
168
T/f
ERH
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
EXERCISE XXXII.
As
i.
end approached
his
and
his sons
fll
ft
2
2
Liang min (good subjects;
2.
ft
if,
ft
or, vir-
who do not
offend
_t
peror
to
and
lives,
even high
is
officials
visit.
ft
06s.
Never
lit.,
_t
4.
to.
Number
Obs.
Commencing,
etc.:
lit.,
it
will certainly
J2TJ*
Obs.
:*
Ti
lit.,
the
fan
y^V
XV
& **
ft
A*
'13?
!oJ
-fcb
ffi
58?
ffif
HI
6.
You
the laws
ness.
if
will
you pursue
Would
it
than to act hi an
5x.
an honest
Note
be punished.
earliest date.
really
citizen
illegal
like
one
most strange.
that wei fei may mean to play the robber, or become a rebel, though the title can be earned by
the commission of any act of an intentionally illegal nature ; thus, smuggling, brawling, gambling, etc., come within
the category of wei fei.
06s.
PART
flf*
III.
$3*
/^
As much
O6s.
as
you please
>
^A
A
06s.
remitted)
bounty
common
a more
<>bs. 2.
Criminal
is
expression
condoned
(lit.,
q.d.,
^H
-C/^
It
&
ft. It
&
9E
ofcx.
i.
4i)i
Se * sunstroke.
Hi I
ffco
:
^,
u won>t
matter
It doesn't
.Sunstroke
Impori.il
m
'gtf
by
jacf.
of
Note that
i.
An
The pardon
ii
eoniiiiand.
how you
shou ji can be used of any complaint caused by the action of the sun, whether directly
or indirectly.
nhs. 2.
Doesn't matter
lit.,
you may
||]
"7
off-
Aft
,|tfe
10
it
how [you
please].
10.
an(i
Bb
5T
ov
iki.
^A
^ ^
the people.
govern
Obi.
Is guided
lit.,
following (acting according to) place, considering chvumstunces establishes officers
the
the
[tor
government of]
locality.
Ti-fang Iman does not include exclusively judicial, fiscal, or educational
Ching (859) must
authorities, nor, in the capital, the departments of the central government, unless these be executive.
:
Turn
the
the former applies to conditions of place, and the latter to the character or state
months
i.
man
great
called
Sworn confederates
Imperial Palace.
distributed.
ground of the
His arrangements (the affair)
bs.
Obs.
I.
2.
many
Distributed:
pu san
22
170
ERH
TZtJ
2.
When
6.
Emperor
to pacify the
the high official is
official
When
listurbed country.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
deserves
the Emperor.
Obs.
3.
It
Pacify
What
p'ing ling
is
to level
lit.,
number
the
and
fix.
of that despatch
place
it
Date
cup of tea
").
what
to be prohibited
law.
by
ku 3 ancient.
867.
nJilJi
868. -fL
be
will
my
particularly dread
you
shall
and ought
(matter),
866. ~fj
\H
see
to drink.
Then you
9.
amusement
time to time.
If
trouble.
disreputable
me from
see
am
Obs.
Come and
8.
southern capital
is
say
If
how
What you
7.
The date
burglars
for
it,
you
come
i.
Obs.
2.
giving people
in this way,
06s.
is
you
me come
will see
whether
to
I
often or not.
True friend
Let me,
etc.
lit.,
good
friend.
chiao wo.
4
,
an age; a generation.
surname of Confucius.
L-'nnif',
870.
fH JM
generally, a scholar
specially, a Confucianist, as
Buddhist
871.
Examples
'
ft
/"-
-p a
tzti?
fJC
kit?
J> 1
c/((Vw
Itou
$5
dt'exfl
fjjj
fa
ft
IS ch'eng
ti
taint*
fy
t'a
icc'f
rhltllfl
k'n9
|| j/
In
all
JL
^'f
"'''"'
A Jen
ages Confucius has been honoured and styled the Sacred Man, and his doctrine
all
have
(are)
honoured Confucius.
PART
III.
Obs.
fu-tzil,
Emphasise
h*'i.
"curio" shop.
Obit.
Ku wan : lit., ancient gems
872.
|$
873.
fa
2
,
874. Ill
txo*,
875.
seng
876.
Also, with
chiti
a temple.
ffjj
.sir,
1
,
Buddha.
-minti*,
Jjjj\
also,
the numerative of
cities,
temples, etc.
a Buddhist priest.
common
properly,
in vulgar use
Confucian.
When
colloquially.
N. B.
Emphasise
878.
Examples:
"6"o
it is
ho'.
ku3
yu
~}j
fang
jeir
J(.
{&.
&J
ti
ffi
f@
kt>*
lan
Jf o
too 4
sir
^f
chia l
ft ko*
shann*
jfo
""
ch'Ktuf-
JJ
ffi, sluing*
s
~.
sail
f@fa>
ti*
ff
^ pai*
$ fo'
c/n ;t
ft hir
J&feng
icri*
tso*
$$
^g miao*
seiif/*
yeli
%Q ho~
%>l'r
ffl
f| ,-hr
famla^
shancf
To worship Buddha.
A Buddhist temple.
How many priests are
temple servant
the
(or,
Zoo'-tao*,
temple
coolie).
is
common
merely phonetic
layman, as opposed to
When
indeed, both
may
style
as /en;/
si/,
or in vulgar use.
is
Obi.
Oba.
sound
In addition to
manner that
Ti, or
latter
The customs,
06x.
is
hoP-sliang*,
Early antiquity.
miao,
lit.,
Kmm
a priest.
said to
hiwm
sit
172
ERH
TZfl
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
Besides; moreover.
The Mahomedan
Obs.
is
Mussulman
faith.
called a hui-hui or hui-tzil,
is
though the
The term
luii
879.
message
be a
$?
880.
communicate by tradition;
to
j|| i-h'iinn-,
to
medium
of communication,
citing,
also,
In
ch'ifti
k'lti
to our
round
given
'1m Re-
text.
sense,
good
below, careless.
883.
884.
"/f|
885.
Examples:
%{faf &
ft Vfc
69
ti
II keng*
tui*
ft,''
*
%
pu*
^
^
^
3
%$ hao
jg mien*
~TJ<"
''
^
^
Distinguish keng
mnur
shih*
aim
hieh 3
te
('a
flfc
Miff*
chin
tso
Bfe
shitai*
nan*
hsielt?
(570).
minrf
cli'en-
fa
liir
diium*
lixin*
fata
1
2J
ft rfcW,r
Shih*
'rh
change
fSo'W
><
g? hsieh
to
eli'iiun
fat
chhif/
jg kuo*
$l
t,i
ch'iiair
%fc
diiitu
$,ti
wu*
8
^
^
china
xhili*
:;
/'
Missionaries.
The Five
Ob*.
Lit.,
down come.
To convey a message.
Obs.
He
He
officials.
make
name.
06s.
Ts'ao, grass,
Numf
(thick, glutinous)
886.
j$
887.
JJ!f ch'iang*,
t'ich
to stick
a wall.
is
;"
hence
its
to be sticking
to,
as a placard
on a
wall.
times.
PART
III.
173
888. Iff ts'e.wf, layers or sections of various tilings, from front to rear, side to side, top
to bottom.
to be
889.
$[
JUKI*,
to
890.
^T
skill*
891.
Examples:
hang up
hung
up.
iju
ti
f/t't
81
t<i<>
/v/o
jjt
^
H
4
f.sv(('
HI
!/*
informing proclamations.
lit.,
f/t''''(^'
it
(or
them) in
<],'<< n
$j
ti
C/tO
;"'".'/'
''/'
893.
Bfl
cli'il
894.
ffl)
ch'ou 1 to
895.
Examples:
cli'ini;/*,
jlf -trail
''
t>ty
gg o
I'nr
is
indicated
1
%$ ch'ou
fy
ft
:
}-v
He
sings pleasantly.
To
sing ballads.
Give us a song
ch'i lai.
by
Also, crooked
irniii/
is
to sing.
^f a
3
fa
this
Shih
up on the wall.
a two -fold principle.
layers,
892.
let's
1 '' 1 '
clt'il
ch'-ii
^.
1
/(>
^
|g
t'a
tortuous.
stick
from a faggot.
ffi jr''
^
^
3
.'/"
skill*
;<'
ffi
2
Tiewr/
^5 o
Jisini*
ck'ou
e/t'K
/((i
Pg cli'ani^
PJ|
cli'iinn
^|
eti'i'i?
'rh
3%
fg
pit*
ir<>"
ffc
fa1
Vf
1<>
(e
P||
1
e/i'rtx//
/'('y/.'/
||, r
hear you.
ffi
skill*
it
is
He
t'tm
ts'enf?
Obs.
Draw
t'wt
5J 'rh
3f
skih*
$f die*
Proclamations
06s.
Make
tx'wf
%Jr
At the
is
We
wan 1
ch'ii
ch'ii3 .
N.B.
Wan wan
q.d.,
ch'ii' ch'i'.'
min
174
T/f
ERH
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL, SERIES.
EXERCISE XXXIII.
There
on the wall
It
hibiting
is
women from
going
there to burn
incense.
fa
t, 2
52.
$E
in
-flSI
-A.
lia
^r
(or,
Their grandfather
are vegetarians).
3.
(See 707.)
The proverb
is
says,
rice
live for
the moment)."
your disposition.
.
i.
Just
2.
Exactly
ta?iy-toig
-'r^.
See 760.
Are Laos -yeh l miao* (temples to Laothe God of War) Buddhist temples ? Yes.
4.
yeh,
in colloquial parlance
he
is
Lao-yeh.
iven 2 -sJm l
(despatch) must be
written in round (clerkly) characters neither
"
"
(the
running hand nor grass characters
This
5.
tf
much
too,
abbreviated
must be
on the
LU
below
hill
i.
Kiinl
time
lit.,
picture
In
ink,
is
tier of
it).
7.
The
thick.
Each
6.
Can you
?
Wang
find
time
l,v? (past
to
draw me a
antiquity)
is
tune
PART
la
WE
-^
-t
ftt
3L
1pJ
>**
"tt
"Sft
^
~
'
ffl
tit
1?F
itJL.
nil
Tb
*S
nl
F3
JIM
^E-
&
xB
6-*t
fff}
m*
.
**=
-y
fW
f"
^T
IrJ
man
Mis
called (whose surname was) K'UNG.
doctrine was entitled by subsequent generations the sJieny* chiao1 (the doctrine of the
Sainted Man).
It is that most honoured in
Ihere was also contemporaneous with
this the doctrine of Lao 3 -tzti, which is caUed
/f:V
Ui.
4*1
China.
Hja
^ A
1
tfy
x*-
ay/^/^^Mt-FFt-^iL
S A
*6
H!
B^
1ft
-fit
-4-
cffr
^ ^
^ ^t
1*
n:
Ttr
8.
fd&i6li??6't[l-&i:
^c ^c
t
la H\J
44-11
175
..
^-
UJ
&4 ^t
S&
3X
Rv
/**
m
'
.31
3fi{-
3tX
i$t
I-H
4?-
1tra
III.
WL
^t,
ISl
5J<J
ff^
^ ^
iVi
-ftfr
"Si'
i*
^*
By
^
^
tPf-
?^0
rf
H?
II
^t o
6^1
who
^
^
-,*,
jg
for the
common
in
Those
6*t
9.
\v est<
leave their
homes
r
for the
honour
i-
of
persuasion).
too 4 ju'
seng
subject
Obs.
i.
Most honoured
Oba.
2.
Also called
h,i.
3.
Collectively:
tmig ming ;
63
it
lit.,
-|-
AK?
Jid
1*5
fa*
is
Notii-e the
<-liin
;\\\<T
the
untranslatable in English.
Ign
"cf
^?
rVr
-kP
^M
it is
other name.
emphasises, but
=Cp
representing chiao;
ti
lit.,
nv
BV
5S
0y
There are
9-
some
many
The
if
some
recital of
people were
singing songs.
Sounds as
06s.-
fashion.
Nien, to recite
if:
lit.,
is
with
men
ifr
Ufa
ItKl
5felO
S-
IO-
under
P as te d a
(or, at the
im.
i.
2.
Hua, a
Under
picture,
:
the
si
back
old picture
of) that ol
Obs.
(or,
see 122.
lit.,
may
on, but
also
it
mean a
scroll
it.
mv
room.
170
Turn
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
into Chinese.
1.
;i,i;o,
Ivi'XG,
who
Man.
How
the right.
As an
wise.
it is
official,
followed after
is
in this
in conducting affairs as
ters"?
[because]
this
(lit,
a good
ships
man
in the
06s.
Everyday conversation
lit.,
of his ordin-
formed
ary (p'ing, 137) days spoken talk [men] have
(cluing liao) a book.
gative
Obs.
2.
06s.
3.
how
Follow after
lit.,
is
06s. 4.
monious breath.
It
is
is
interro-
term
har-
lit.,
friends
(chiao, 721) [of relations with]
[be] shih tsai, true
pi
hsii,
the interchange
must
positively
be present.
The proper
(" grass," or running, character).
3
is also called ch'iai (or k'atf)
(or round) text
shu1
The
slat,
grass
must be thick
character
"
is
also called
ts'ao*
recite), as if
Obs.
is
Written characters lit., [in] writing characthe rhen fcft and ts'ao tzfi's (ehih) distinction
canon
ballad.
is
simply to give
is
all.
[This]
[for]
they
which
is
really nonsense.
i.
Simply to
give, etc.:
men
lit.,
not exceeding
sins
mien
tsui.
sense.
tsui, forgiveness of sins in a religious
Mien
them
who recite
name for
is
seng jen".
The day
lower portion
distinctly, while the
and torn in
it was about.
06s.
ters there
ts'ao,
(fen).
Recitation
4.
Obs. 2.
:
men
there are
lit.,
is
in its
06s.
lit.,
Genuine friendship
5.
are so called:
is
of euphony.
05s.
They
men
I.
fucian sect).
Obs.
when
like
are they called "grass characSome people say they are so called
Why
3.
upper
(true).
places, so I
don't
was rubbed
know what
side's characters
lit.,
the
distinctly
PART
III.
177
897.
a store-room.
k'n*,
Jlljl
to
compare
if,
examine competitively.
to
Examples:
HI
/titi
ff9
The custodian
There
is
no
3
3% wo
nhih*
ii
$J
if
ni,-H*
ft
*"'
mew
|g
eW/
ti
^
^
pu*
2
tso*
fc a
tsung
met 2
/|f
?/*
J^ ts'any
&
yin*
fiJ 9 ti
4
.s/ti/t
ft ch'ing*
she-tig
tsung
fcrtM3
1
of a granary.
Ancestors.
Our
901. #tJ
902.
jiir, if;
jo\
as.
if.
miscellaneous
903. $fi
tsa?,
904.
l'mg*> additional.
^7
not uniform.
Hence, to distribute
906.
Examples:
2
in JM
m,t''J
If
chin 1
Jit
i.
Obs. 2.
Jo
ling*
w;
*i
%&
fit
tx,r
MoX"
ling*
4
5h
" Y "'
jf
//a/"'
Jft
lit., if
indeed
(gee
^f yw
M*
Mfi
4
it,
shih,
:
grocer's shop.
margin or verge
(Not
q.d.,
much used
U"
^jo
<i,en
^liert
ZE P'ai*
al die*
A^'eV
ft
c/tien*
&
shih*
s//* 4
ft pan*
lincf
25
7/<u'
c/u(
tea
8
jfe
'i
Chance
^, 'rh
ch'ien*
Ju jo would
364).
too
IS /'t
ffl
4
/tw
is
kuo:
somebody
Obs.
>
someone
Obs.
If
*1
not be incorrect.
shih,
of hope.
in Peking.)
Like
similar
to.
Now.
Obs.
Lit., as
now.
The
is
obscure.
23
178
ERH
TZtr
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
907.
908.
it-it
909.
lieh*,
910.
chung*, a
ng*, to
number
911.
k'o
912.
Examples:
thirsty
of persons
all;
to thirst for.
pi*w
?f,
li'iii'j'
7jC
sh i/
VA
u- a
>
me
k'an'
i*
c/ii/i
n
fc<
"jT
'"
:!
iiao
f.v/t'
50
'''
wer
ch'iao
ivany*
/i:
*r
lii'r
chuny*
trf*
:i
i
fa'
cho
ch'u*
'rh
Ji
everyone.
~~f
liao
i/clr
P^
miit/j-
men
ti'ii ;/</'
These gentlemen were just hoping you would come, and, most opportunely, here you
Are your honours all well ?
There
I'll
no hope.
is
06s.
k'an
-Wang
by
Lit.,
one
who does
913.
comply
more
coolie.
06s.
is
is
superiors to inferiors.
When you
labour)
to base) hope.
intimate terms, or
Lit., there is
06s.
are.
with.
1
,
(to,
to lean against
Hence, pu*
1
,
to object
luan*, to be
I won't
914.
$H
lien*,
915.
&
k'ua*, to bestride
916.
stand
warmly attached
;
Hence, according to
closely following.
it.
(?
to accede to
to
to a person or place.
yamen.
917. -J& she
918. $!*,
3
,
^"
abbreviation of the
919.
yai*,
first.
to obstruct;
In Peking the
to
WJ
is
not to detain.
interfere with.
hardly sounded,
if
at
is
only an
all.
Examples:
ch'u 4
she
pit-
ai*
IPO
shou3
shun 1
pu*
te*
L 'rh
t'a
ii/Kiii"
shih*
,/'
ch'u1
yuan*
^ men*
fe
chiao s
yen*
ililir
ch'e
mien'
PART
When
father
man
III.
179
goes on a long journey he can hardly help feeling unwilling to leave his
and mother.
I Ken
06s.
alone, or she
To
pu
on the shafts of a
sit
Note
06s.
generally used in connexion with love for parents or elders, not of love for children, which
is
te,.
e.g.,
man
opium
lien
is
pipe.
cart.
not yila-'rh 2
ye-'rh*,
He
there
is
no harm in
it
doesn't
it
matter).
Be
921. Jit
tz'ti
JH
clt'u
922.
923.
t|j}
924.
JiJt
925.
a place
Hence, ch'u
punish.
this.
Hence, partial
3% wo
$1 she
2)'i<'ii
Jg
I"?
1* 2
mo
1
P'ien
&
hsivaig
tl
"'"
|pj
litt'iunrf
ffi
tni
3
JH ch'u
g^
ti
5J
l>'eng-
ftJM
tt
ti
&
yu
4
1
^o
if;
Also, to
manage
to
specially; particularly.
or.
perhaps; either;
'<'>
t'
fife,
'&
me?
He
or,
hslnntj
fy fen
o tu',
$J pi
fj^^ ch'u
%& tsuncf
3
fy hao
4
fe a ch'u
4
j^ a ch'u
4
pj too
jjfc
lino*
tai
ho
ch'u4
ch'u
te'#
tz'ii
$g tsunf
shih*
^
^
^|
yancj
ffe
'rh
pi
jfc
&
mo
ft
yu
ffg
*!'#*
fj
JJ eke*
We
Lit., he,
%
&
4
3z ch'u
ft fang
06s.
a place.
live in
3
l
to lean towards.
Examples
fg
p'im
yao*
shamf
;t o Kong
4
t'a
pu
is
but
won't go.
It
is difficult
I will p'ien,
Official penalties
of duty).
upon
officials
(or,
for
you want
me
dereliction
180
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
EXERCISE XXXIV.
What
i.
Jit
Jit
Obs.
Lit.,
these
irlation of reciprocity).
is
Lit.,
2.
one look
east,
to the horizon.
[in]
[of
ft
comes or
ft
all
you gentlemen
say that
06s.
edge of
06s.
tar as the
water.
3.
Obs.
(in the
up
Obs.
feeling
many days only then return [I have] thirstily thought [of you]. We two, we two
is a common salutation
amongst friends meeting after a separation.
._.-.
all is
The
mutual.
K'o hsiang
jff
heaven,
can't
it
should
matter to us whether he
not.
19:,
i.
Recently
hsin diin;
2.
Correct
3.
It won't matter to us
tui
pu
tui
lit.,
if it
ai
in the
new
(fresh) proximity,
</.</.,
of time.
puchao;
45
lit.,
also
Note
a particle
XL).
What good
to part with
ffi
'.
ft
him
PART
III.
6.
T
A
181
long,
dreadfully) for
it
to come.
blew them
Most provokingly
g^
IT?
jig
jljlj
_H 7
lit.,
fa*
~tf
AA
ft
is
make
y u
every
and
granaries
2-
flie
city
of
treasuries.
suries all
China
there
are
have
underlings in charge
rice or money is lost, these
official
and when
every year.
had a friend
to be inspected
etc.
understood).
(ti,
The
capital
is
The
fifth
away.
06s.
(that year)
of a treasury
upon
my friend
to
make good
Note Tcuan
Icuan,
the
2.
official
05s. 4.
[he] so
had
Of
course, etc.
lit.,
2.
i.
officials.
once
the wind,"
si*
a five-quarters-miscellaneous-residing's place.
called
if
laneous population.
4rf
suries
away.
the centre.
In
of them,
appearance
& M
-ir
7-
if
-MS.
tfe
Jth
Turn
i.
itt
^-
the capital
Obs.Lit,
is
3jz
it
06s.
quarter
;JA
their
" I'll be
hanged
all
Yesterday, just as
made
06s.
for ever so
my
friend,
as that
where had
Even
if
he
him
the silver
sum
in
The
police, etc.
lit,
the
official
underlings
182
ERH
TZtT
As
3.
to his penalty
to
it, it
regard
him
better for
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
far
all
Carter
4.
look, there's
06s.
over the
man
sitting
?
;i
Pekingese idiom.
country.
06s.
to, etc.
lit.,
teng cho,
(full)
fh'u fen
too,
928.
means a
su
927.
rto
to
to
it
(want
work up,
it).
as clay.
it
is
pronounced
sao*,
first.
and
large broom.
3
,
a broom.
930. ^fl
931. ?f^,
c/i'i
4
,
hang
character, according to
to beat the
some
ground
authorities, should
This
932. Examples:
ip|
$$
tsai*
J% fang
c/i'i*
2
j|
ch'iang
ffe
tue
4
tztt
A-o
hsien 1
tao*
fco
sao 4
He
all
nil?
cho 2
man3
'rh
fab
/;'
ft tancf
J>
~f
liao
ffi
3
'&'
chou
fr
to3
sao 3
7(sia
$f
Jiang
yao
hsilch 3
6ft
ti
ffi
hou*
kai*
rSi
.l>i*
nieh 1
fingers.
over the
nich 1
scr
tei
He moulded
hsiao 3
lH
(or,
or,
he
spilt
the water
floor.
to
path.
be prepared
first,
raised.
PAET
III.
183
934.
|f|?
to repair
to revise.
that
p'iiir/
^jfl
(137)
937.
iff!
picn
and thin
flat
used of a
is
huang
3
,
also,
a tablet
of a
room or
house.
Note
flat
a shop sign, whether of wood or any design indicating the nature of the
938.
5jp|
939.
Examples:
piao
f^ huang
J| pien
yu
pim
~f a liao
JH|
shih*
3
f@ chiu
fati
IS p'u*
jt
fi^fo
tzti
$ pu
$&
tso*
ti
64
Hence, to manifest
tai*
tzti
^ fu
**
&
^piao3
ft 'rh
z
$f
ti
ch'ih
yu
111
yuan
64
il
^ Mft4
hence, a watch.
hsiu 1
$j
3
||j?
fn<f
J%
5*
tzft,
him*
liL
tao
t'iao*
kouB
^ hsiu
g
g chung
1
li
dog.
Note the numerative.
06s.
To mend
and watches.
mend and
Lit,, to
Obs.
To
clocks
regulate.
repair a house.
Rulers
drawing
lit.,
Lit.,
flat.
lines's feet.
Ch'ih
is also
^ yuan
1
,
recognised by
called
li
pien (Radical
17),
an upright
or horizontally
tablet.
to be aggrieved.
peng*, to
is
cloth.
942. *!
rule.
started in practice.
there are exceptions to this rule, but in such cases the pirn
940.
a foot measure or
jump
HiftinnnriAS
dictionaries.
off the
hence, injustice.
legs
to
bound.
This rendering
is
not
184
TZtT
fnn>\ to
943.
j$fc
944.
l^|f lisia
945.
Examples:
jump
lino
~f
"To
t'iao*
j$
Is
ch'ii
%
f
Gave me a
Obs.
fright
Lit., frightened
946.
tsao
to
poo*, to
947.
or,
SERIES.
yu
*'
leg.
In composition, read ho 4
A Jen
-COLLOQUIAL
hsia 4
CHI.
to scare.
clihuf
3% wo*
i
off the
to frighten
ERH
peng
gfc
2
shang
iao
icang*
flfc
t'a
Jjj
mo
shih4
{fa
ni3
yilan
SB ch'iang
accusing
ch'ii
no 4
%
4
hsia 4
(or,
g|$
him wrongfully)
pu
the well.
made me jump.
me a jump
t'iao,
make.
announce
to give notice
Hence, a newspaper
of.
a gazette
to re-
compense.
948.
ang
949.
it?,
to resemble.
9
only used with the foregoing fang
As fang s -fii2
to resemhle
seem
to
seemingly.
950.
951.
t'iao
2
,
Examples:
1st
yong
$$J
tz'&
sao s
p'iao
P a3
^..'/'"
^C ching
cho
fu
t'iao
ko 4
jg
tsao
~f
''"
i
'
tei
P ao
kuan 1
ts ""
>
fanif
A j^t
fan9
06s.
He
is
not the
common word
forged a cheque
A man
06*.
The
is
bank
holding a broom as
Lit., there is
"
(or,
man
for building
a house, which
is Jcai
4
.
note).
if
he were going
to
Peking Gazette."
PART
III.
185
EXERCISE XXXV.
'4
1
makers' and
BR
t,A*f
Ami
all
1l3
You can
1i
ft
11
^S
i.
mine
to tne watch-
to repair
it
for me.
?i<.,
q.d.,
a thermometer.
66^E^M^i^-j
r-y
t,
:01
^E
Kk
J|
IS
SL
(j^f
i.
Obs.
2.
;us
t-^
|g
,, ..
^,
-@r
Wfl
If
|g
1|f
-^jp
$P ^
M_|
jf
j*u
a*
-J-.
He
2.
as
he wanted
if
3.
was
to
The
mss
^ one
ssue d
% the
which
authorities.
To pass as tso wei, both verbs, and both here meaning to play a part, to act as.
Issued
ch'u, to issue, here an active verb, of which kuan, officer, or the government,
an author! ties-issue-one one that is issued by the authorities.
Obs.
/'., to act
them
an indicator of shih ch'in, time, or periods of time; there are 12 shih ch'en in the 24
A watch can also be called j)iao simply, but special care must be taken not to append the common affix tzH.
Obs. 2.
Barometer lit., wind and rain indicator the term is naturally a modern one. Cf. also han* shu 3 piao,
06s.
hours.
ff
59
Watch:
watch
tell
whether
finished
tliat
is
the subject
xA.
5^5
7>&.
3E
_h
2k
S
^
rt'I
'*T
$R
^B
1pJ"
/fcfei
^5'
"*
"ftfi
**
He
4.
w ^k
at
n*
i.
Being detected: chiao, lit., to cause; j.rf., [some agent or incident] caused [the inspector] at (shang)
station to find out [the truth]
There is not in Chinese any
[the truth] was discovered by the Customs.
verb properly passive, but the passive construction is effected by a verb like shou, to receive, pei, to suffer, or by
O6s.
the
Customs
statement of the action that caused what was received or suffered; the action being indicated by one active verb,
the subject of which, whether agent or
incident, is understood.
Obs.
P&
jl
2.
Confiscated
lit.,
all
official
^SR^^^C^feS
vs
_L
**.
$8
-^
>f6l
ifc\
n&
7D
#l>
Jnl
[custody].
>
^-
That
JHL
his
muzzle
is
little [too]
pointed.
24
ERH
186
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
tr
7.
to build a house
lit.,
it
is
two alternatives
be dispensed with.
IfJxJ
JH
3^.
J&
Jfil
AA
[HI
ja
3a~
fiJ
S|
~Y
06s.
As
IMJ
Jjyt
regards, etc.:
if
Ztt.,
^fs
06s.
Note
tso tsei, to
yuan and
be a
difference
between
T>
tne
3
yuan (round) and pien (flat), a Avater melon
is round and a broad bean is flat; a cash is
yiew's unsameness.
If I
9.
ft
re o ai'd s
3C
^s
^'
not
is it
is
am
an injustice
thief.
That his
10.
IS
well
affairs of late
entirely the reward of his own misI really can't think of any way of
is
deeds.
Reward
of misdeeds
Turn
i.
one
06s.
is
(KEY, EXERCISE
up.
is
with that
tall figure
of his,
broom sweeping
a terrible boor;
when he walks he
youngster.
I.
and properly
XXXV.)
Promptly:
but tang,
from obstruction
ttititi*
it
Cf.
pun
is
06s.
always see
sprinkles
2.
Keeps clean, etc.:
and sweeps (ti for te) very
06s.
3.
lit.,
lit.,
in
the
room
clean.
as great
that.
SMn
body mea-
Hang
refers
06s. 4.
Jumping about, etc.: lit., a forward jumping (ping) backward bounding (t'iao) one.
2.
One
is
that he]
day, my watch
quite inexperienced.
being out of order (spoilt), I had put it on
is
PART
the table intending to look for a
He saw
What sort
it.
"
and
flat."
He was
this
is
man
to
mend
both round
it's
not holding
It
3.
tightly, so
it
187
Obs. 3.
Slipped from his hand, etc.: lit., one losing
of the hand (shih shon, 574), it fell to the ground.
it
and, taking
it,
of a thing
III.
seems to
good enough
me
He
(lit.,
and, though a
is
is
rustic
it
and
in
off
jumping
employ a
man
in helping the
I falsely
if
can
(falsely re-
to say that
05s.
i.
Inexperienced: lit, has not opened his
bus never seen anything.
O/K. 2.
Hold tightly: he had not nieh chit,
little,
"6x.
eyes
pinched
man
is
sure to be
masons
for that
he
I.
And
also there
Obs.
2.
is
though,
etc.: lit.,
(shih yu) of
will
do
it (<t).
tso
hsiao kung-'rh,
work done
lit.,
by a
bricklayer's assistant,
who
is
it to.
952.
kind of
rough
well enough.
How
injustice.
of this kind
by
careless, that
little
if
He went on
down.
and
origin,
swi
fife,
more
2
limitedly than nien
The second
is
the
correct form.
953.
to
cln*,
jjijj
any period of
years.
Verbally,
reckon a period.
954.
955.
Examples:
AJen2
shou*
iran*
to-
nlii-
lit
kao 1
~f liao
ft
4f
One's age.
The Emperor;
Obs.
This
A man
What
t ilj*.
is
lit.,
How
of mature years
is
your age,
This form
moustache, which
is
is
sir
yin
957.
^ ?m
a cause
because
959.
IM\ ancient
JJJt,
because
of.
yuan
960.
men
only used to
958. ff*
f,
Iniei* keng',
which
Not applied
will be
met with
to persons
under
origin
;
Not
clue
of.
2
to be confounded with u-ei (848).
cause.
a cause
tan 1 to loiter
,
sixty.
over forty years of age, the limit being generally indicated by the
in the case of officials of a certain rank.
of.
!..
f/L
later.
i^fc
life.
956.
-_- r-
well advanced in
to delay.
The second
is
the
commoner
form.
188
ERH
TZtJ
961.
Examples:
yuan*
Sfc
/>"'
IS
Why
I
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
rt
x/V" 2
mo
Jg
ft 'rh
$|
fs'ai
2j5
Z<u
""~
yiian
ij$l
tan 1
%fc
2
fro
$y
f""
jij
g /($Lo
$f plnif
4
_pw
ft
"' V'r
;
Z/'"-
cannot go because
What
am
unwell.
is
now
Lit., you delay put [on one side] until this while, only then come is because of what cause
never used alone colloquially, being generally combined with ko, as above, or with wu (962).
Obs.
The reasons
962.
^,
'
4
j$; ini
to leave
undone; to
fail
Moth
Jung
But
countenance.
964. J^r
965.
Avith
yl*, i
alone,
to receive;
the following
to
also,
the
easy.
change
ts'/mr/
fif
i'ao
A jdn
ts'ung
hsien 2
A jn
ft 'rh
6^0
alone, to
Examples
yung
int
Zi
fj?
.pw
JJ che
''I'"
*4
c/t '^t2
T^
tx'itit*
'(si
^V;
fj^
2
Iciin*
]K
,'y
-fa
tfe
tan 1
'|^
ww4
JQ
^'Wi/
fjfc
SI5
wa*
j'uifi
tto*' ffll
^ ne(/
^ Jung
**
|g
t'ai
~/$>
pu*
%j
jini<(
/rat
tVi
^g
J^
?KO
?<('
''""
*Q.
ssiij
~f
liao
*
^C ta
-^
1
vc'
'|$t
p/m
5t
''"'"'
$J
/((/'
S'J y>ie/t
How
I
is it
you have delayed so long ?
have mistaken his meaning (or intention).
ulis.
Lit., I
See 129.
Don't delay.
It is not easy to
manage (or, deal with).
This table is (the dimensions of this table are) too large; there
the room.
He
is too
aggravating no one can tolerate him.
In a leisurely (or deliberate) manner.
;
966.
^y
967.
t'u
968.
Hr
hsi
tu
properly,
3
,
joy
mud
to be pleased
also, in
combination, inclination.
to like.
tu
4
.
is
it
in
PART
969.
971.
show
/(/Km 1 to rejoice; to
lift
1
,
to pity
to feel for
III.
pleasure.
to like
189
to spare
to save (economically).
Examples:
ftg
m4n
fig
lia?
3
Rf k'o
lisi
ft
ft,
ni3
Jt
too*
*'
flfe
i'ft
fife
hsi3
ff
/w/aji
^
1
gj cMn*
tit*
fgi c/tr
Jf eke*
^'r/i
al
(I
have
felt limp).
A wedding (generally)
I
a birth,
etc.;
is
congratulate you.
His son
is
much
to be pitied.
"/is.
To be fond
[men] ought
to
of.
Lit., their
it off
(get
on together,
The
muscle corresponds.
972.
ch'l
973.
hung
974.
3
,
976.
977.
Examples:
JG pa
515
1
,
a drawer
Hrt
_t shang*
man
Lit.,
is
honest,
t'i*
r//'^
k'uang
ffe
H p'ien*
~f
flj
did a
JE pa
-ft
3
A
%
chia 1
$j
ti
ft
in
to.
ch'ii*
man
t'a
liao
He
lies, false
promises, etc.
of.
![1
1
1
$& ch'ou
ffi
end by
a tray.
i& ch'im
1
|| kuan
06s.
4
f@ &o
ko 4
That
to beguile.
come
to deceive.
|JE k'naiiy
j|fi,
is
j>>
any way.
fanrj
^, 'rh
yu?
$&
ch'i
ni 3
Pit
glj
pieh*
A je
Pjt
/*MH</
fi5
|g
1
hung
ti
-itn
f@ ko*
3
A ,/"V
190
TZtJ
ERH
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
EXERCISE XXXVI.
The drawer in this wardrobe (or, chest
of drawers) won't come (pull) out.
Give it a
hard
and
will
it
out.
good
pull
you
get
I.
Oiw.
fe
Good hard
pull, etc.:
lit.,
and you
out,
^R 2
will
What
drag
+*
-LJL.
J./L.
>T
RK
flpto
TT
A,
ft
^3
it
easy to
3.
many
tell
What
out.
the reason
is
it
(or,
that
why
has lagged)
reasons
too
affair
There
many
make
to
them.
is
son
is
A
ft
si
/^
Obs.
Marry
we want
lit.,
A,
Af
comes
2Q
concn-atulations.
pan
him
shall
Note
tense.
my
that the
ft.
JW
me
am
tr
to (discuss) cheating,
match
quite a
for you,
you come
not up to my
and
you are
if
form.
m &
06s.
Up
to
my
form:
ft
pu
q.d.,
The expression
is
slang one.
31
^p
Ola.
Exceedingly
{&
1J-J
>
What
a pity
it
is
that that
e/h
ft
$.
self intelligible.
$5
much
of
See 343.
my
time.
He
man
is
so
make him-
PART
*r
7 4
06s.
III.
itt
He and
6.
3*6
191
I suit
he did
Great cheat
is
me
7.
particularly object
towards
elderly
people.
manner
his
to
I'll
tell
you the
Elders
06s. 2.
6*1
loo ehia-'rh, the elders of his family, inclusive of relations, such as uncles, aunts, etc.
^ &
*^
fl*
It
0^
MA.
$C
^a
~%*
g.
$L 8
He
is
way.
Turn
1.
After the
be a year
will
older.
only
Obs.
year,
com-
2.
is
How
now
old
is
your father
eighty-two.
My
father
getting late,
was kept.
He
may
and there
left after
the
main
is
street
where you
O6s.
person of his years, etc.: lit., [with] this
kind of age he also can be considered to be a possessing
longevity number's man.
3.
Yesterday
to start,
when
have
it,
at the
moment,
it
but to
as luck
sit
would
;
down and
The
wants].
06s.
little
lane in which
By no moans
easy
lit.,
to
we
buy
live is
little
of
That
man
192
ERH
TZfr
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
8.
much
How
stupidity
6.
foolish
luwt there
his
in
lit.,
is
sell
Unfortunately
more.
(it's
you
Don't
978.
me
deceive
&
^
980.
981.
lii
your money.
06s. i.
You
in
lit.,
the shop*
saw
06s. 2.
Mostly
to (7).
frequent.
kung
public
just
ssii
private
u-u*,
982.
they mostly
JP
979.
any
just now I
there was a whole lot in that drawer.
7.
how
You
things in shops,
the street you have to look out
06..
You
business
illicit
disinterested.
interested.
Examples:
A'yen?
A
shih*
shih*
rhia
pu*
3
?f chun
fach'ing*
1
Jcung
tsou
shih*
6{j
wu
eft
sk
wo3
wu*
t'
fifco^
yung*
2- hung
times.
Many
Private
affairs.
Household
affairs.
He
Smuggle
a just
is
walk
lit.,
man
(a
man
of just principles).
private understanding;
of the parties
is
to smuggle.
secretly.
or,
a
private relations, in a good or
bad
sense.
Where one
983.
Hj]
ksien 2
984.
p*|
mthi*,
985.
*tjfc
empty
sad
1
hiHuiy
without occupation
leisure.
in low spirits.
scared; agitated.
986.
987.
4
|| W
/o
4
,
Also,
to.
laugh.
Also,
PART
988.
chi 2 quick in
H&
THE FORTY
III.
movement
or temper
193
KXKIM'ISKS.
With
rushing of water.
cltao
(45),
anxious
eager; impatient.
989.
Examples:
t'a
fa
ti
&}
5& na*
ffi hurt
ijjlj
pieh
chao-
ffe
i<ftl
*lo
15*
/</*
7Jiao
have no
Much
I
am
up a
wo3
2
kuang
1
huang
fa mcmg*
^ao
ffi
7ws
J VA
too 4
TO^
t&
ffc
^ fan
JJiao
lo*
4
^*
ssti
IS
ti
Ai'un^
V/t
f,
'
wen4
Ptl
See 199.
intensely dull.
bored to death.
want
ft
die*
fj
leisure.
bored
^
1
fc
ti
ffi,men*
ch'u*
yao*
~f liao
'^ 2
san*
DF su
I
tai*
%}
some guests
to ask
to
my
melancholy (cheer
me
bit).
May
Flurried; flustered.
1
)on't
When
told
him
that
or,
be impatient).
gave him
(or,
gt
t'o
993. fj|
fa
992.
1
,
to issue forth
^ Asm
995.
Examples:
4
,
pu*
to crave
commission
to
994.
send a
good
fi^
faith
65
<*
ft hsin*
pu?
k'ov?
f=
hsin*
shuo 1
ft hsin*
have a favour
crave
me
for
Obs.
Note sung
to receive, as
to seek.
to cause to issue
to believe
ko 4
letter.
to send.
t'o
jg nin*
$
%
ch'iu 2
lao 3
ft chien*
nin
ii sung*
%f
t'i*
ft hsin*
&
wo z
yeh
ch'u*
ft
to?
ti
A Jen
hua*
gg
2
3
fa ni
|f fa
>0
?eV
yv?
^ shih*
^ feng*
^
cA'itt
to ask of you.
man
f|3
te*
ti
etc.
with a letter
(or favour).
Would you
(I
would commission
yu
25
'.)
194
COLLOQUIAL SKRIKs.
say.
It is incredible.
To be
free
Note Imn
Obs.
996. ^|?
ku4
997.
hai\ a child.
to say
in
conveyance
etc.
999.
1000.
be,
falsehood.
kuang
Jjf|J5
1001.
it
fjfffc
hsing
1002.
jS/f
means
all.
so 3
star.
properly, a place
With
i 3 (125), it
means
fc pen"
^ft
chou3
shih*
hsing
to
1003. Examples:
3
Si so
3
^.
y^
^g shu
ch'ilan2
^
^
^
&. hao
To
To
Note that
yeh
H? hsing
pu*
neng
^S
chuan*
sw-i
i'a
Asin
/P^
fjj^fa
3
%$ hao
flfc
t'a
ch'ang* %% hai*
3
jjfc
ffi
huang
so 3
hai-tzti,
may mean
a boy or a
/,v/
f@
*J
hsiao3
kai-
ch'ii*
wan~
'rh
to carry
/.Ml
tzii
3
ti
ch'ieri*
fit
/ft-
flftjCh'uan
m^
hua*
lf,U*
(4
huang
ipa*
4
>^
fife
c/t'it
A ^"n.
if Ziu
3
met2
sung*
fit?
letter.
girl.
Go and
He
play, that's a
constantly
To say what
boy
hire a small
Obs.
*
&
ti
f$
comet.
is
Although his
Obs.
It
good
tells lies, so
child.
nobody
believes him.
to tell a falsehood.
meteor.
ability
is
great,
to say t'a
ti
to.
lit.,
all,
(ti)
books are
all
good.
Note
that so
yu must be
PART
III.
195
EXERCISE XXXVII.
tt
ft
H|j
~j
3
"C
-fjj?
jyt
*"
E3
j^i
vfe
rVt
^
^
xC 5R
M*
I-jtt
j-
3,
^
^
The
06s.
HH
S,
o ifJt
4fc
>T
3&
^t-
661
>v
1U
7t
IJJJ
/HH
^: ^e
Alt
then
it
<?
3fe
as
2.
^
*
-^t
sir ?
"sf
Do your
i.
is
to do, ask
him
seems unnecessary to
it
if-
Up
3.
in great distress
someone to take
to hire
- m
it.
did hire a
any money.
ffir,
&
&
It
Obs.
i.
In the afternoon:
Obs.
2.
too,
sea
XBt
when
l^i
the time came to be afternoon.
Note on chao
4.
XL.
ch'ien 2 (to
ft
ft
there
ft
To buy
making money.
tael a catty
ft
ft
#f
Obi.
ft
ti
ti,
is
is
chuan*
The goods
cost a
sell
make money).
and were sold
dear
at a tael a catty
the
transaction.
196
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
W
A
ft
He
5.
tt
official
tt
when] the
he said
in
it
was
&
n
S3
ifc
06s.
i.
-Note
( '''.-'.
2.
-Sure enough
or hsiao
di'e-tzti,
r//
kiwjan;
Ji,*
V-/-;u,
lit.,
etc.
j. I have bought
and when we come to
Place: so tsai;
is
Turn
I.
with
lit.,
where [one]
the
it
meaning of
How
is
it
yourself
that on the repeated occa-
Just think
If
got?
it
is
it is
me
your
occupies me],
affairs, too, are numerous.
i.
Spare time
2.
kung
fit,
kunrj fu.
06s.
06.
3.
I manage ?
So see 1002.
:
man
If
2.
is
out of
etc.
lit.,
what one
spirits,
the best
him
of
(in
course
pleasure), his
no longer troubled.
is
If
mind
one
Chances on
lit.,
runs against.
leisure time.
06s.
Nothing of any
kind can be done without me, so I have never
any
sum-
place.
is.
in its
mer
T
06s.
which were
a barrow.
ft
though colloquially so
articles,
all confiscated.
You
to him.
you
to
cannot
spare;
message
and have nothing
take him the message.
are at leisure
to do, so I beg
I
[in hand],
to take a
PAET
opinion
told
be
will
the same
all
Obs.
sent
make a squeeze
to receive or
^ffc
ck'eny-,
^H
ck'ui 1 , to send,
in lying).
short time:
Obs. 2.
The
was not completed.
bargain, etc.
lit.,
in
nut
lit.,
he
sells
mis-
in
hired came.
5.
him
follow
it
came
It
(lit.,
It caiiJb
I.
to hire a cart,
to hire one.
L97
given to lying.
is
knew
do) no
(all will
send.
That child
4.
him
it,
whom you
matter
III.
is
first rate
one.
of,
as
favours.
1005.
Read
messenger.
|i
1006.
ch'a
1
,
different
yen*, to
hold an
office
official
Also, a trust or
burden
to allow, in
1008.
Asi 2 to practise
when
office.
learning.
1009. Examples:
pu
to
f(-
>u
^
^
cA'a
skd"
f.
3^
IS
Jfl
hsio
Asio
f?
/(.'-i-
Jf
mo
Jg
sku*
3 ^W3
So
skik s
pw-
shili*
san 1
j
2
if nien
s/ti/t
^
A
ck'ai 1
^> pw.
if ^ nien-
jg
fcito
}j!
jeri~
rnaTi3
shuo 1
liao
yu*
ck'eny-
jg eke*
"7%
Kao
3p:
j$t
ck'eng
ch'ing
Obs.
Ying
1
,
s/t?7t
office
A yamn
all
They
The time
His
2/w
A Jen
offices
am
offices.
Ch'ai shih:
O/w.
$j ch'ing2
fg mei
1
although in the ist tone, has the force of ying* (781), not of ying (726).
An
ck'eng
ch'ni
c/tVii
|f
f^ i'a
frngr
to
undertake).
Nobody has undertaken this business (lit., consented
c/t'ft
s/rtA
ft ^'eV
3fc
for
lit.,
official business.
official
sending employment
is
employment
in
an
official capacity.
he
is
only acting.
Almost
Little difference.
06s.
<:h'a 2>ii liao to
may
be varied to ch'a
pu yuan j
liao (371),
198
1010.
1011.
g. fang2 a
large hall
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
a tribunal or board
in certain
the establishment.
1012.
H]
ssti
to
manage;
to direct; to
manage one
1013.
^f
1014.
j| yuan?, any
1015.
5*
civil service in
i*, yi*,
mean
also, to
properly,
li*,
is
clerks.
any employe*
a lower.
li*,
various ways
1016. ^j
1018.
officer
etc.
(see 279).
1019. Examples:
3
g| chi
fe
$r wei*
;fj
i*
kuan
*jr
mo
Unworn
|S
2
.
*$ a
pan
$jf
1
shu1
pan
/g chi*
ffi
"% pu*
tsao*
ch'a 1
li*
she"-"-
na*
& hsieh
^ ya?
~f o liao
liiS
pu*
slmng*
|!J
ssti
jjg
p'ai*
65
ti
Vang*
f* o
ldMnl
shu
li*
^L
2/*
we &
fg fung*
huai*
yuan-
_fc
1
The
The high
Obs.
06s.
body of runners
Obs.
insisted on.
li
yamen
is
officials (or,
1021.
Wiping
how many
representation is made.
found in the dictionary.
Rung
1
,
to accuse
tone.
in
is
not
evidence.
to represent
to
difference).
Note the
?)
no appreciable
(or lictors).
are probably so called from the colour of the dress they wear
For pan, see 414.
1020.
(or deputy).
in a metropolitan Board.
They
Several
weiyuan
anglicised in China.
it
also,
PART
1023.
III.
199
1025. Examples:
4
ffi
3
Ho ^
3
Wi kao
_t skang
pa
kung*
2
ming
^g
i't'cA
Wio
tzu
*^
kuan
%f
ts'uri
jg
ch'i
tsai4
fcao
ch'ou
^fi
also say
fang
~Jj
accusing him
k'ou
fjjj
fawig
3
ping
flj,
^,
ft
wo3
hsieh 3
~f liao
1
f@
fco
TL ping3
:i
^>ao
=fg
kung
fa 1
(I
t'a
^p a tzu
Imo
Vieh*
te
shuo 1
f
1
One can
ti
Jfe
4
Jg fi
i/e^
Oral evidence.
To make
offerings to
an idol
visiting card.
Also called ming-p'ien
Obs.
explain
(see
(or,
Exercise
XX,
10,
The
Obs.).
difference
is
technical
any teacher
will
it.
1026.
J5|[
hence, to state.
4
1027. |fi '"Jan in legal or official language, a case or question.
regarding a case hence, records.
,
used.
1028.
4
B$ ekao
1029.
5^
shih*, a fashion
hence, according
to.
the fashion.
1030. Examples:
3
Jg mei
shih 4
%ft a
4
^ff o
yang
jj che
'
Q
No
Obs.
I
tiut
tS^
lit.,
chao
nyan
jf^
cho
tsai
draft,
HJJC
ch'en 2
Jfc a
mi
4
^L hsien
JjfJ
pan
it is
^
^
^j*
"S'an
pan
|jf
3
4
ij
ti
wo
f$ tou
4
j& shih
flg
chao 4
hf<i
tcung
Iff
t^uan
^
jjffl
chao
cho
cli
en~
"% pvf
glf
lun4
^| shuife
ch'i
^s KUO'
old cases.
To
act
An
official
06s.
(or,
communication
The term
is
or, to
write officially.
officials.
TXfT
-200
ERH
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
EXERCISE XXXVIII.
W
4S
HE
ISCk
^M
T&
^
~,
Ivfe
I
j?w
**"
is
>l\
J
am
i.
offices for
/.
'
ood
my
of copyist:
lit.,
^f
A^I
Ab
WL
xffl
^C
6^1
1JB
Obs.
Dead:
official in
iVt
Note
slip-writing employment.
not
t'ieh',
t'ieh 3 ;
t'ieh*
as above.
13!
"H
"^
"'
The post
06s.
-SrK
ft"
-de
9K.
nfe
xffl
^\ WL
v\\.
T M
>
vR
5IJ
'C4-
lit.,
W)
HJ
?fi
~7
of the post
is
/:H
^t
Hy
incumbent
be at an end.
man's duties
official
will
an
active employment.
33
gi
j-
aa
.^
B, t^
'g
~f^
.jj..-
-ifcfe.
WE
iT
IS*
gl
pfe,
jar
-J-
j2|7
are the
Expectant
Ofe.s.
2.
Novitiate
lit.,
lit., is,
>D
&^I
JUt
'"
^^
_^
^ ^
HE
2$f
lie
-gr
ftf-
.,
ftk
& #
^
Oil
1^
.
*^
^
^ ^
Jf fHo
66
f*
-^
TT
fill
;H:
1^.
|.
waiting to
^
^fe
g.
5R
^S
^.
*^>
^ff
fly
n
to learn
by
fctta7l
Su b. c hiefs, or chiefs of
An
to wait.
practice
4-
yamens
.^
a.
who]
^^
x^
departments).
h
i.
OTft
Ha
ofa.
The
The
moves
[therein].
drafts of public
in the capital,
documents
an
P anl (clerks).
official
in the
Rung*
by the
are,
however, of
pun
1
.
P^
^
^ ^
"T
*/.
^^
'K.
SK
5.
^e
When
^ra ft
tftat
2
called a ch'en
of the past
3a?i
pl ace <l
4
no longer
(a case or
in hand).
tn e archives
off,
is
correspondence
PART
-tjf
^r
III.
ww
tery, so
ffi
7
B JH
lf
of
*JC
them were
money
manner;
c/i-'i,
to go to law, they
would want
the aspect,
air,
or temper,
fesi,
T'-i
acquired by practice.
a bad sense.
in
06s.
is
hsi-ch'i, habit or
Ways:
i.
to the
those
M
06s.
and went
petition
money.
in
10
;i
it,
3fc
1!r
wrote
trees
ffln
$1
iPi
some
stole
to bring
H 7
only
He
6.
201
Go
2.
to law:
to,
an action at law.
ssti,
obscure.
W * &
j.
What
to
has the
come
arrived
by the chief
to
do
that
official
He
is
newly
a wei-yuan sent
is
case.
P
Turn
1.
If a
the
man makes
a mistake in anything
he does
is
consequences
Who undertakes this business
get).
;
2.
In
lit.,
official
small, one
to
ought
country with zeal; and it is all one whether
the appointment be substantive or acting.
Obs.
tang
Tang
ch'ai 1
kuan
shili?
The management
be termed ch'ai 1
4.
when they
first
have
(to
of
the
is
private
same
as
is,
officials
learn
come
cannot
must
serve a
first
be sent to
kuan
The
yuan-.
duties
When
act.
(chiefs
of departments) or ssit
drafts
are prepared by them, but there are some
handed over
6.
shu 1
to the
Shu1 pan
When
li*.
of the
s/m 1
is
a matter
draft finished,
Board
to read.
2
3
fang hua* kao
their official
may
it is
duties).
affairs
to a public office.
1
A Board is divided into so many
shang* ssu
ssu 1 (departments), and the officials in charge
and the
official
shili?.
Expectant
novitiate, that
ch'ai 1
lit.,
forth strength.
3.
is
duly transacted
That
lit.,
to report)
When
business,
transact
an
official
it.
26
202
ERH
TZtf
8.
Ya2
employed
yi*
and tsao4
in
Kuny
li
to
perform mis-
pass an examination
The correspondence
10.
Hi*
get
their
is
chung* (302).
-.
in official matters
appointments
To
o/w.
yamen
every
cellaneous duties.
9.
li
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
drafts
not,
Of the archived
some have been sanctioned and others
all
archives.
etc.).
1031.
%$
huo4 adversity
1032. Jp|
1033.
p'i?,
fH /it2
calamity.
prosperity.
without, existence.
1035. j|H yiin*, to convey
to bring to pass.
1036. Examples:
ch'i
ft huo*
1
5^ t'ien
4
mingr
ft.
&
Temper
06s.
yun
ch'i
g; cAi*
^ pv?
&
*hih*
ft to
h<?n
t'ai*
yu
2
|g /u
& P'#
t'a>
f4 hsiny*
fy
%
X
fa p'i
'rh
4
.'/"
'
7'' ;
For ch\
His temper
Exercise
see
is
XXXVIII,
6,
Obs.
I.
too passionate.
(or
happy) man.
Lit.,
To convey merchandise.
1037.
1038.
1039.
^
^
filj
1040. I
chih4 resolution.
,
yi
4
,
yi
huo2
addition; advantage.
alive
1
ts'ung
living.
//i
'
PART
1041.
wish
jp
yiinii*, to
3)(f
kung exertion
1042.
203
to bo willing.
in a
III.
good cause.
1043. Examples:
>jj
&'an4
fld
fa
$k>
wai*
tti'ung
tfi
P'
Hfc
2
fg /mo'
chih*
me
man
^. VA.
wo8
is
fear
1044.
my
he can't
)j|
live.
k'uei
ku
to be deficient.
properly, fault
J^ /*,
specially, ingratitude
back on
to turn the
man.
1045. lj&
1046.
live
places of advantage.
lit.,
His appearance, to
He
IS
of great resolution.
"
06s.
/'"""
2
fg /mo
"T liao 3
is
k'ung
^J mien*
yiian
He
to bear
to be ungrateful for.
on the back.
to cherish.
yuan*, resentment.
1049. Examples:
H fu*
pa
hai
"J"
yao*
chiao*
liao
s
ft wo
tzU
pao*
c/twi
yiian*
fft
4
fa 1
ti
/tao
lai*
cho
shu
wo3
i'a
ku
~f o liao
pu
jg
ft.
2
ts'ung
c/t'ien.
fljj,
^
^
tff,
hi
chien 4
$ pen*
^ ch'ien*
sM/< 4
Jg
c'/w"
to
t'ue?'
Jg k'uei
hen-
chieW
$j a k'uei
~f o liao
uen
yuan*
3
pun
nr
liao
ffc
ch'ilt
To
06s.
almost entirely owing to you that this matter has been settled.
Owing to you lit., this matter, for the most part, if you had not been there (if your aid had been
would [not] have been settled. Chieh, completed lit., to knot (see 444). To W"iiei may be freely rendered, 1
It is
06s.
wanting),
am
RH
TZU
204
Kormerly
me
Ungrateful
k'uei (1044)
/ra 2
1050. f5|
for
fu
my
felt
resentment
good intentions.
Peking
In fit.
as
in.
cold.
to study;
as often used in
is
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
evil.
shnn*, virtuous.
1053. jgi
"''o
",
vicious.
1054. Examples:
pu*
fg ndng
ton
ffi
&
^
Regret
ch'ien
-^ chin
ffl
tang
^j ch'u
^ Aua
Awi
to 1
fe hou*
<f|
fy
fg we?
#p jv?
A Jen
A jeV
yeh3
~f liao
2
t'a
men
in jv?
^
^
^
chin 1
hari*
k'u?
in bitter poverty.
much
spent too
Obs.
shan*
shorn*
~f liao
A fen*
%$ tou
3ft suan*
shih*
^o
~f liao
pu*
fg neng
suan*
'jj.
When
after regrets.
lit.,
first),
and now
I regret
it.
Men
cannot
all
1055.
ch'tf,
1056.
f|ft
yiJ?,
all
be accounted bad.
article
remainder.
2
,
spiritual
intelligent.
1058. Examples:
te
'&
Jjn
3
j& ch'i
3E lai
wan2
i
3
fa hdn
^
g
5E 'rh
ffi
tou
&
fE no?
That child
Obs.
He
Obs.
Others
is
is
:
very intelligent
lit.,
J$
_t shang*
ling
fe
pien*
flfc
she*
mo
t'a
ft hsin
f|
^
%
t'a>
li
Note
Jfl
yu*
hai 2
te#
ti
& pi
^ pu
3
fa hen
na*
ch'tf
ling
PART
III.
205
EXERCISE XXXIX.
||J^^Jsi&yjS4ftlif.$i,l
-fj.
1$
iar
H,
*Si
HI
Not
i.
& t&
attribute
All due
06s. 2.
lit.,
yrt
l
'
1$ $C
'ffi
# tfl
Obs.
Ah
'o I" 'IW
jfi
-if
in
lit.,
wholly
That success of
i.
^
&
not attribute
was
all
tion
and industry.
due
to his
his
is
due
to his luck.
it
own
T, ft
my
is
say ing
it
= opinion,
it is
See kuan
(63), to concern.
points, or
advantage.
deeds misfortune
is
a natural principle
^S^t^^Kl^'ftfii^
*JL*
tl
de
ti&
-Hi
Tit
3S
xjv
To
15
'S
*3i
-fcr
"Ji
It
the
i.
Consignment
'".
2.
lit.,
made anything on
has not
of
"/w.
He
3-
but both
all,
(tf) rice.
both the
profits
<"ipitnl MS well.
JQSSM^roAWT4
P&
'
>/w.
Obs. 2.
&**
^
^
~JT
iffl
fT
No
matter
how
His temper
Sll
IS
fife
4-
man
*&
may
^s
a pity
mtel%ent
it
matter
how
temper.
he is sure to grumble
as
you please
treat
him
is
he
>
No
^S ^P
What
has
an
impossible
(Mt., feel
resentment).
well, etc.
note that one can speak of a man's p'i-ch'i being good, or of his having no p'i-ch'i,
Jg
~f
^
AJ?
#ft,
ii:
ra,
H|
~f
vf-
=h
-jB'
66
ret
-fc?
5-
move
i.
Obs. 2.
the weather
is cold,
people must
nil*,
When
Note kan 3 , when, short for lean too, when they arrive at.
Repent in vain hou hui pu lai; lit., repentance won't eoine, there
:
ill,
they
repent in vain.
results, or
will
206
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
i ]&
ffi
f^ if*
jg
J/h
I.
T&.
ffl
ffl
if?
_.
you should.
6.
devoting your
^*'
'
^=f
ffi
**
-a*,
zc.
is
-^
x*-
unendurable (Ki,
The pain
killing).
All that money jo kan; lit., as these ones. Kan (Radical 51) is explained in the native
06s. i.
to be equivalent in this combination to ko, one or ones ; and by a process of amplification which it is not necessary here
to go through, the two characters can be shown to mean as many as these or this.
The expression is in common use
:
colloquially,
06s. 2.
direct route
Han
hsin, a cold
engendered by ingratitude.
&
10
*^C
3L
ffl
,
Igg
ML ^
^fe
,_.
y^j
**^
'
&
3L
$
ti
>\\
i.
06s.
2.
Last year:
lit.,
lit.,
rest
of the
all.
You
8.
time
06s.
huo
ti,
Turn
off.
The converse
prosperous man.
tained
it
He
is ssti ti ;
i. He has a
very good disposition, and
has not a grain of temper
how can any
calamity befall him ? Besides, he looks a
06.
it
live.
eh'ii.
Open
;
This
that window.
The window
is
won't open.
*>
Fixture
is
last year, to
9.
of a gun, which
intelligent, and,
The
fixture
fM
most
is
besides,
Q
O
m
06s.
stu(i ent
is
(See 302.)
HA
m
ft
^n ^s
?'
looks prosperous:
growing has
very-much-possessing-prosperity's manner.
lit.,
at-
moved
lit.,
or taken to pieces
dead, a fixture, or a
the stock
dummy.
The ming*
(fortune) of a
man
at his
birth
cft'i*
PART
resolution, he
way
his
all
III.
207
If
he finds
life.
4
Obs.
Way, progress chin yi ; lit., advancement
the
Note
the tone.
[on
path of] gain, advantage.
:
it
it.
Obs.
4.
Interference: to ihih;
i.
lit.,
many
matters,
He
is
is
lots of resolution.
Obs.
i.
of which
is
man
that
movement
lively
ss& yang,
inanimate,
the
Depends on
Obs.
fashion.
7.
You borrow
don't
1059.
which
may
fft
precede or follow
1060. 551
also
fhin 3 tight
4
2/"-
it,
extreme
or rests with.
is
lit.,
hence,
to want,
When
so used
it is
1
generally coupled with hsien before
,
ready.
1062. ill t'ung 1 passing from one point to another without hindrance; to understand.
,
1063.
^ kung
1064.
& ho
2
,
4
,
collectively
united
together with.
agreeing with.
1065. Examples:
3
f& hen
ho
pu
4
f@ ko
jj| 3
t'uny
t'ung'
cheng
ho 2
^fc
kung
san1
too
'rh
,B|
ma
fg
yii
f| pei
Jj|
1
,i
very
important.
beforehand.
>
You can
Also,
pressing.
tsai, is in,
want them.
much has an
it
different
8.
These
Leave them.
is
dead
lit.,
3
3
repents and reforms (hui kai )
who
doer
(ch'iao).
huo tung,
him
lit.,
t'ung
^ pu
jj| 3
t'ung
IS
Ztt
yv?
fj|
yil
^ pei
"f hsia
,|| o
/^f o
C/l'tt
ma
ft hsien
4
%f kao
4
4
^f c^e
pu
chin*
te
kan3
chin?
3
g)f
su
hao
3E
wo3
liao
sung*
hsin*
it is
208
ERH
Tzfi
It
not important.
it is
me
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
as possible.
beforehand.
Get the horse ready; saddle the horse (not harness him,
Have
dift'erence;
li*iu-
No
see 770.)
06s.
which
for
this
road
thoroughfare.
Altogether thirty.
Very much
We
06s.
my
to
liking.
can say also ho wo ti
i.
It just suits.
Obs.
1066.
(^
ck'u-, to
1067. U0J,
With/ei (Radical
The second
jiff
175), except.
is
the correct
overplus.
to resemble
to
seem
like.
1070. ty\ ss& 4 shih4 (differently pronounced under different circumstances), resembling.
,
1071. Examples:
1
fei
flfc
t'a
ch'u*
*
Pu
ti
lao 3
J| chang
&
tztt
ffi
te
cjM
^
^
Mw*
J-
ff a hsing'
Hiyhsiang
c/t'tt
2
fife,
jfc
shui s
s/w/4
6^0
**
hsiang* jg cA?
t'a
&
2
fc liu
tzti
ft
hair
yu
ft hua
There
is
no surplus (nothing
06s.
Note that
This child
is
money goes
1072.
heng
it
2
,
^F c
g[
&
hsiang*
ti.
won't do.
&
ck'ien 1
~f
yin*
ft
'
1
"f
yv?
fts. 1,000.
as water flows.
To photograph.
Except he goes,
8
jj /tao
'
over).
ssii is
c/i<ie%
To spend money
^
&
yintf
j(flj
PART
209
III.
4
| shu perpendicular, as opposed to horizontal.
1073. H|,
1
xhang of a man's person or
animate and inanimate.
1074.
beside,
feelings, to
2
,
a mat-shed
on
to 1 to place
,
a pent-house
to pile
up
to
wound
to injure.
Also of
many
things
an awning.
Also, to join, as a party of people
put up.
to
add.
1077. Examples:
ko
fg]
Hang-
jj^/tsm
$JJ
p'eng-
Jj
jfr a
hac3
3^
jj|
ck'uan
^ mu
shou4
|g shang
to 1
i
f^
wo3
wood upright
ft
Aen
3
fjfc
ch'u*
&
f wo
hsia 4
t'ie-n
&
ti
fjft
1
jg to
shunf/
_t shang
shang
Zmo
shu4
J&
ch'i?
A Jen*
to?
t'a
'rh,
when
| Aen^r
feai 4
^c
mw
jj|
f ou-
Jt too*
pu-
pa*
eke*
i*
it is
2
^5 lai
chia
Arao
:fl
fcg%'
4
To
am
In
summer
chuns
1078. '^6
The character
>f
power
to adjust
Also, appearancr
1080. Examples:
p'ai*
'rh
i]\
fj^ o
J$j
hsiao 3
ni
His balance
is
$j
miao
ti
gj|
^t o
3% shih
sui4
shift,
jj che
e/7t
ft Jen
tso*
/F pu*
06s.
to equalise.
3
interchangeable with chun (567), but the latter
shih4 property
aspect condition.
1079.
i
is
Hang*
yu?
(&
t'a
yi<n?
fg
wo3
$j
ti
tzti,
JjQ
tsung
it is
weighing silver
3j
ch'a
ftfy
i|l
1
5c t'ien
ti
chun
i4
:i
2J>
pingmei2
tael.
(see
According to circumstances.
This is an imposing looking temple.
06s.
small.
Lit., this
temple's shih p'ai-'rh, distributed appearance (=the way in which it is laid out), is not
to persons, also to any pageant or procession, such as a funeral cortege, a
wedding, etc.
27
'210
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
EXERCISE XL.
(Hi
p5ry
*r
j^
EX
^?f\
3^A
A" o f^
ira
3?
"4
^Ht
At+
E2
Tylv
$ft
-tiii
if*
$K?
rc
Kj
^P
A*
5f
EX.
&
I-
is
In any case:
Obs.
2.
Note the
will
Mng
of
i.
Obs.
take
-H?
lit.,
way you
it.
which he
and
force of lai
for.
ch'ii,
Emphasise
>P(Hlll(Hj^Kl^r2
/ttr
^
-^
re
"V
(&
flR
is
at the
moment
Ji*t
It
is
^H
WJ
P? c 7&
W*
lut
ft
HA
-f-
06s. i.
Looks just like: hao=hen.
combine to produce our verb resemble the
;
at the place to
chiao.
seemly place
for
him
is
by no means
to live in.
Note the object resembled between hsicmg and sfcife, the two words which
had better be translated as a noun, q.d., much like a horse-shed's
latter
likeness.
Obs.
2.
stable
is
commonly
called
ma
hao
(858),
ma
or windows.
06s. 3.
Seemly
nn
~K
~T
"5"
:JT
B26
3*
"*
or suitable
jig
IT
/&
3||
3?
j2_
q.d.,
BR 3
3-
house
^*
How many
(or,
block of buildings)
There are
ft
CT
j?
?S
JW
House note that i so fang-tz-S, means the whole of the rooms or separate buildings forming one block,
06s. i.
courtyard, or set of courtyards comprising one establishment ; i tso fang-tzfl, would be one building, as, for instance, that
on one side of a courtyard, but the expression is not common.
:
Obs.
2.
Chien
is
if
we spoke
of a
ssfi,
chien wu-tzti or
ssti,
chien
we should mean
that there were four such spaces in the room or house, or, in other words, that the roof
ten pillars, five on a side
a house of 100 chien would be a house that contained 100 such spaces.
was supported by
number
The student
irrespective of the
of rooms.
Obs.
40 or 50
3.
chien.
lit,
still
are there
PART
^
j=^
~F
tw
n&
B|
gn
&fe
Obs.
i.
What
Obs.
^.
After paying
due
is
^^
wai
ch'ien
huan 1
read
not
lit.,
han
0.
._.
p.
/3
My
taels.
monthly income
am
is
never
sufficient,
rtft
et a
in
^ Qe doorposts of a door are perpendithe [beams of] wood above and below
7-
IH
man
child,
cular
F=*.
ch'ien ioai.
in this way.
. ,
*E
is
pay.
me
6>
due to
after paying my
have a credit balance <>t
J?
flrt
is
and
taels,
I shall
what
or hai.
JZL
total of
5-
ft ft
me
to
thousand
own debts
-M-
* *h T
li
'
^i
$S.
i"
*_
III.
S ^
^8
end on
I*
25
-Sb
.a.
ftf
The
8-
cular,
it
to
will
is
06s. i.
Conditionally lit, of a tiling laid flat on the ground the saying king and the saying shu are accordingto-the-case-and-considering-the-circumstances' hito tung hua, movable expressions.
:
06s.
2.
be, a side-facing
Obs.
3.
End on
man, then
Held
if
lit.,
that before [one's] face chih, in a right line, confronting, be shu, [whoever] tsai,
will regard it as
to be
wei 1 , to
may
Mng.
make
the same verb ivei preceded by i, to use, here acting as the sign of the objective case of a
noun, the object of wei, understood; q.d., of the direction specified, the side-facing man makes horizontal=he regards it
as horizontal.
Treat i wei as the verb to regard, remembering that the object may either precede the combination or
Obs. 4.
come between
its
Regarded
two
parts.
It
is
cM
212
TZf)
Turn
CHI.
me and
for
got
ready.
hi a temper,
me
put
as
it
my
if
2.
end
and
if I
you
will
to
end
length (1062).
3.
How
have repaid.
to the
good
I told
you
to
5.
I will
manage
it
to
all
way
it.
You managed
that distressed
me
very much. The last time I thought of putting up an awning (sky awning) I asked you
to buy mats for me.
To my surprise (who
would think?), you were not in the least to be
NOTE.
dicular.
have
After deducting
what I have repaid you, I estimate that I
have a small sum over to the good.
From end
deal with.
06s.
the top.
to end.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
I told
1.
ERH
face.
Cho 2 or chao 2
is written in the two different forms given in 45, but the second is that more
commonly
It is especially used in this latter sense in Imperial Decrees,
employed, except when eho signifies to command.
to express the "We will" of the Emperor.
When preceding adjectives or adverbs, it is read both cho and chao.
We have, for instance, cho shih, of that which is real and true, bond fide; cho lo, of the settlement of a doubt, claim,
but chao
chi, anxious,
nothing intervenes, it is
ti
If,
is
where
those, that
is,
in its earlier
which
is
ti
may be
and uncorrupted sense. This was brightness, manifestness, like the white part of a target hence, that
The word jan, originally the flashing of fire, came to mean thiis by apparently a similar process.
evident.
PAET
III.
213
LENGTH.
in
number
One
disputed.
grain
is
held to
make a fen 1
(ft)
employed by the engineers of public works is 12.7 inches, while that by which distance
measured is 12.1 inches nearly. The li3 (J[), or mile, is 1,897^ English feet; and 192^
is
usually
li
used to
be reckoned for a degree of latitude or longitude. But the European mathematicians at the
capital, deviating from their predecessors, divided the degree into 250 li, reducing it to 1,826
English feet, or the tenth part of a French league; and this, at present, is the established
Accordingly, the
measure.
li is
little
mile.
1.21875
an
and
one-fifth.
employed, but
N.B.
14.1
it is
The chang
U)
it
(calling the
is
Canton
is
equal to
The chang
is
English inches.
LAND MEASURE.
f
its
or
mw = about one-sixth
current coin,
ch'ih,
Chinese
feet,
of an English acre
mou
(;?),
calculated with
It
reference to
commonly known
weight.
pace
one ch'ing
WEIGHT.
ounce,
Five
240
pu
one
mou s
(tg).
payments in
all
is
the
Hang
silver
3
are
(!), say
1
2
mace, /eta (ft), candarin, li (;|f ), cash; the three last-named denominations respectively equalling
the one-tenth, one-hundredth, and one-thousandth of the Hang. The cash of the copper currency,
which should properly be worth a tael a thousand, are spoken of as t'ung2 ($g) ch'ien2 or
the latter term being moreover generic of money, like our word cash.
ch'ien,
make
known by us
as the
picul=i33j
Vciluable
latter is
ft.
English.
The
late Dr.
characters
its
proper
BRIDGMAN.
PART
IV.
216
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
PART
IV.
1.
from, sir
you
am
man
a T'ien-ching (Tientsin)
too.
Ah we are fellow-provincials,
Who is that gentleman ?
He is a foreigner.
!
5.
6.
7.
8.
do not
intercourse
17.
better ask
sir
country,
21
22.
[pi*
'
1.
Obs.
Obs.
chia 4
2.
May
ask
Not very
12.
20.
06s.
Do
19.
T'ien-chin or T'ien-ching.
there.
From what
12.
i.
20.
ware wav.
2.
The greater part are from the provinces of Kwangtung and Fukien.
with you,
sir?
2.
majority of them go
in business.
10.
1 1
8.
19.
am
had been
and subjects
May
is
Have any
there yet
1
9.
to be.
himself.
Indeed!
sir
then.
him here ?
him
brings
you had
15.
4.
14.
13.
2.
may
I.
ij!|
22.
sheng
lit.,
have not
chili*
IS kitang 3
my humble
;
place
i>
ware
4.
Obs.
Fellow-provincials
8.
Obs.
Himself:
Obs.
Obs.
15.
Obs.
16.
06s.
19.
men
Sir:
i.
No
i.
one
Did
nevertheless difficult.
hsieh-'rh,
9.
12.
c/i'i,
lit.,
somewhat
Obs.
nan,
exist
Obs.
difficult,
t'oit li,
2.
i.s
k'ai,
better.
Province
siting,
20. 06s.
Kwangtung
22. 06s.
kuang, broad.
should imagine
2.
Lacquer-
Removed
Obs.
chihp'a;
lit.,
I only fear.
it
is
was]
liao
PART
not
23.
Why
24.
Well,
Why
do they go
25.
they haven't
money
Most
26.
Japan, then,
if
Do
29.
on
get
the}'
Japanese
30. Neither has
have
accompanied
with
well
thr
much
confidence in
tin:
other, I imagine.
Europeans.
What do Europeans
27.
to
28. It is
them
of
to
217
IV.
carry
them with
them for?
Obs.
28.
to
i.
Act
as
tm) is
(see
Obs.
Brokers
2.
i>ii>s
It-sin,
DIALOGUE
1
you are
for
Yes
it
riding,
13-
in
Who
4.
How much
for
you
was
your country.
The people
it ?
15.
7.
8.
6.
did not
him
taels.
7.
8.
closed with
died
12.
Was he
really
once.
why
'.
did you
returned
taels.
1 1
mi'
ni-na.
20.
06s.
Sir
06s.
19.
06s.
I.
Father died
was
my
gave up
home
Oh yes
And during
;
06s.
i.
Dear me! ai
hsien fu,
ya.
06s.
chiii
Obs.
my
3.
then, and
family
affairs.
his
illness
ill
'
who took
20.
i/o
my
my father
21.
(tjj-
employment
to look after
me
tin-
Dear
20.
in the first
'/.
III, 648).
ai'
i.
9.
[Jj
him
ti,
06s. 2.
Gave up
departed from, sliih, the world.
liao li ; the first word signifying here the calculation, the
Look
after
Your
What
20.
22.
sell
him?
[.
at all;
public service,
19.
9.
Long
6.
instance
much.
10.
Not
ever.
it
me.
5.
I sold
14. It
3.
it
sir,
'.
was bought
bought
II.
06s.
3.
jih-fzii chin,
pronounced t'an-na.
Obs. 2.
Took charge
28
218
He was
23.
lost
might
am not sure.
26. How not sure ?
35.
still;
He
would have
in
staid
made
in
the place
out of it.
36.
was; Governor
if
of
Honan.
is
still
But
sir
in public
it
My
idea
your
relation.
Better
27. I
t
34.
your father ?
might have remained or
25. I
office
WANG
connexion by marriage ?
33. More; he is my blood
out.
24.
32. Is
iu-doors,
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
expenses
29. Well,
it
still
did;
addition
little
30.
odd
it
if I
him
27.
28.
06s.
25.
Obs.
tang
1
,
31.
41.
man
i'
32.
wang'
32. J
made:
to be
to
make up
34-
36.
ffipa*
36.
58.
fg
I'ltlHI/'
subdivisions.
items;
Obs.
i.
too, yet, I
06s. 2.
had not
money
tien, to
advance nmney.
to p'ei tien.
Were wrong:
in laying
down your
office
you were
not right.
You
06s.
number
marriage.
have you."
think:
i,
More
29. Obs.
/in
$C
tien, to lose
30.
ought
to
28. Obs.
P ei
^lim"
31.
Remained
27. Obs.
obtained
28.
hsiang
ftgp'ei'
He
23. Obs.
24.
JJ
me with him.
And what answer did he make
He said, "If there were not another
to take
40.
all
of officials
Emphasise
last
lit.,
in that case,
style Excellency.
ch'in.
Made governor: fang, to let go (in the higher grades of office, to appoint), hsdn fn, the former
34. 06s.
character signifying to go rounds, as a watch the latter, to soothe, to conciliate.
Under the present dynasty, the chief
authority over a single province, with a few exceptions.
35. Obs.
Imply by your question: lit., what is your lofty view, the view of your superior intelligence
Give you a lift: t'i, to lift or pick up, pa, to pluck or pull up; t'i also means to mention or allude
36. 06s.
;
'.
to (see Dialogue
IV,
81).
37. 06s.
Never liked
38. 06s.
Evidence:
lit.,
what
is
to.
a tui chengl the latter word (chtng) signifying witness, that lui, accords with,
outside
Obs.
i.
said of
Last time: shang tz'ii, the time, or turn, last above the present.
anyone going to some distance to trade, on duty, etc.
O6s.
2.
Left home:
lit.,
went
PART
Dear me
42.
such sternness
He
43.
IV.
'.
me
because
was
idle
52.
You
don't
now.
illwill
know
53.
54.
55.
said that
me any
No;
is
it
What
was
sort of property
money
There was some ready money and
'.
it,
'
He
47.
Has your
you
'.
50.
was young.
be easy about that. Bygones are
44. Oh
His Excellency surely doesn't conbygones.
45.
for
can't bear
what
What
a pity that with such an opportunity as this you shouldn't be able to avail
yourself of
48.
it.
There
49.
is
no help
my own that I
of my time long ago.
fault but
use
for
it
did not
it's
no one's
make
also
better
44-
43.
43-
chien*
43.
43-
obt.
i.
Can't
i.
Oh
bear:
44.
chi
44.
chiu
hen,
to
yu*
50.
58.
\dtif
53-
59-
46.
4
48.
1
hate, to
49-
hsi
'
54-
be wrath with.
Obs.
2.
Idle:
was not
ch'in,
diligent,
and
C/MI//.
economical.
44.
|>a.-t,
Obs.
or,
46.
an
ai,
is
06s.
2.
chin*, there
is
interjection.
past,
yu
is
past
since.
Chi
n'<ing, as to
what
Obs.
47. Obs.
48. Obs.
Opportunity: chi, motive power, hiti, to meet, to come across; the meeting with the motive power that
accomplish a certain object in view.
Better use: hsi, properly, rest; the profit, interest, accruing on money put out.
C/t'n hsi, to make
49. Obs.
profit, or the profit made; colloquially, seldom used except in a moral sense.
Emphasise </<'.
will
50.
Obs.
53.
"6s.
54.
06s.
to.
i.
Was
it:
na, an
interrogative particle.
06s.
2.
Property:
ch'an yeh
may mean
land, house,
01
business.
The house: lit., the dwelling-house below your person. 06s. 2. Eldest: chattg 3 cf. chang \>- i, an
56. 06s. i.
elder generation.
Alive: tsai, existing.
57. obs.
Take care of: tz'tt liou, to wait on both words meaning to wait, to wait for. Ob*. 2. Your mother:
58. O6*. i.
ling t'ang ; the latter word, properly a hall, being elliptically used for hsilan Pang, a poetical term for mother.
;
59.
Obs.
being in court.
Private secretary: mil, properly, a curtain or screen, behind which the secretary would
The term las a classical origin.
sit,
his
employer
220
ERH
TZtJ
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
DIALOGUE
1.
Come
here,
2.
Here,
sir
somebody!
what did you want,
4.
5.
What
3.
is
7.
What do you do
8.
10.
it.
and
came
to
do
is
here
brother's work.
pray
How came
25.
most
the same.
he to go away without
7.
8.
He was wanted
19.
What
brother,
sir,
far
at
li
'.
the
it's
28.
home on very
at
he
is
31.
Ah
him
tell
come back
directly
>.
here by to-night.
LAI-SHUN himself
if
Oh, here
is
to
come
You can
here.
33.
LAI-SHUN
do
g-
changed places
brother
my
30.
32.
particular business
Must
29. It will
particular business.
my
home.
6.
may, servants
again
it
be back soon.
will
26. It's
Yes
that as
all
Don't be hard on
he
24.
after
13.
be
23. Is
asking leave
sir.
22.
1 2.
it,
for fear
leave.
my elder
the library
came
21. Well,
CHANG.
My
9.
sir
done,
your surname
surname
He went
20.
'.
6.
III.
8.
fa><
21.
23-
3.
chia*
22.
34-
sir,
but
iW
1
shu 4
4. <H,s.
My name: hgiao ti, the little one servants so style themselves to their masters in a court, prisoners
and witnesses do the same. Differently used farther on, in Part V, Lesson LXXXVII.
8. Obs.
Elder brother ko-ko borrowed from the Manchu language. Notice t'i first as the preposition instead
;
'
if,
Obs.
Ask
to
do instead
of.
false.
Kao
ehia, to give
notice of leave.
14.
Obs.
He
19.
Obs.
21. Obs.
din] matter]
22.
Obs.
23. Obs.
27. Obs.
28. Obs.
34.
oneself
Obi.
Be
oughtn't: pupien,
all
it
do not speak.
Don't be hard
Far from:
lit.,
Colloquially, wu'.
:
XXXII,
8,
Obs.
i .
from;
li,
your house from this far or near?
In the meanwhile hsien, before your brother comes.
Directly: chiu, now.
to separate; hence,
is
Forgive
me: k'nau
*/<.
,s'A/'.
to
properly, to forbear doing to others what <>m> dries not wish done
PART
IV.
35.
pressing
37.
money
me
for the
Who
they,
The
table for
p;iid for
where
there's
the
it.
want you
to stand
sir
sir
know
42. I don't
sir.
perhaps
46.
47.
62.
mind.
49. Halloo
who
54-
y\ian*
49.
Venture
Court:
06s.
57.
56.
Pressing:
48. 06s.
49.
56.
54-
52.
36. Obs.
to
do with
it, sir,
yes,
him
indeed
that
is
the
man
before.
?
63.
64.
Northern Division
to
'.
an
tot
jjfc
belong
inn at Foal's Bridge.
65. Dear, dear! this really requires explanation take care what you say.
sir.
making such
is it that's
money.
do with your
61.
you a lie,
didn't notice
all this.
to
Ah
60.
derstand in
my
I've
ting Gate.
I
you please
If
58.
sir.
if
57.
43.
friend,
Oh,
justice,
been thrashed and I've lost
56.
No,
my
55.
40.
'
bought the
shop,
to be
the
other
wanted
you
day
sir,
52.
38.
sion
1.
money.
were
221
57.
lit.,
in the
^ sMn
J&
jpf
i/
ho'
chii.
64.
jf(i)
65.
fg
hai'
65.
f^
htiantf
me wanting money.
lean, to dare.
//"</;/.
in
.1
Cliinrsc
52.
tn burst a
54.
a kotow.
56.
way
06s.
06s.
Obs.
3.
I.
57.
Obs.
man
suffer, to
Justice:
2.
3
ai 1 , here an interjection indicative of surprise or regret.
Obs. 2.
Rushing in: rft'tianj ,
or beast.
In Peking, rh'uang*.
Oh, sir! ai, a mere exclamation. 06s. 2. Humble service: k'o, to knock, t'ou, the head; perform
Stand my friend lit., I pray you, sir, to (so chu, to play the master, to manage my business for me.
!
into; said of
i.
06s.
mandarin, to
Dear me
i.
lit.,
pray you,
To do with
64. 06s.
In northern
ngai; originally, to beat; more commonly, side by side with.
we should call a sign of the passive.
sir, *In"i>,
</, with
Foal's Bridgr
<//.<,
hai,
an
M retch
your
loss of
horse, an ass,
or
;i
mule, not
full
grown.
Ma-chii
Ch'i.-io
is
\illagi-
few
I.
Dear, dear
interjection.
06s. 2.
Explanation
lit.,
this hai,
still,
222
You may
66.
word
ing
ERH
TZtJ
take
my
leg
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
off, sir, if I
say
67.
What
68.
The
84.
here
69.
70.
Had you no
pair
beast or two
we were
to
go quick.
proposed to go so
fast
74.
he came to hire
and when
cart,
made
if
due
be the fare
settled
that
was
to
have
that
take in anybody.
the fare
79. Oh
Not
fair
is
go about
so fast;
it's
to
tell
it.
me
my
business.
want
to clear
up
this
you've got to do
What!
94. Well,
tell
enough
didn't
was
it
you
Bridge
96.
is
to
answer
my
that.
CHANG LAI-SHUN
72. Obs.
97.
that
Obs.
Wei*,
for,
!>""'-
78. 06s.
79. 06s.
Came
in
His father
is
a market-gardener out-
Oh
little
is
when he was
an
quite
79-
91.
hit
96.
yilan'
partner, an associate.
to
lit.,
he said
if I
made
to blows
88. 06s.
Oh
91. Obs.
To understand:
93. 06s.
dear
here a Foal's
going quickly.
Companion: pan, a
Extra cliia, to add
Take
to
man ?
70. Obs.
ashed me.
72.
sir,
all.
74.
please pay
I'll
Don't
all
95. Is
tin
me and
dear
questions.
81.
Oh
tell.
two.
77.
to
93.
was
headed by
people
business.
76. It
know
91.
don't
88.
he said that
it
of
lot
a long story to
73.
of people
87.
86.
72.
five
Who then?
A number
83.
to
ward
oft'
blows
with
ta,
to fight, with
anus or without.
ai yo, an interjection.
only;
must fen
I
hsl, distinguish
clearly.
only require that when I ask you something you say that
something.
96.
lin.a yituii,
Ohx.
Gardener
yilan, a garden
(I'd.,
PART
Was he
99.
THE TEN
IV.
re-
back
100. Sir,
fare
anybody.
But
ioj.
tales
know
of him, can't
02. Sir!
let
you can
me go
you
please
about
fell
and
104.
They belonged
105.
How
to a tea-house
06.
<
well.
115.
Oh!
set
Not
far;
on the
1 1
just
108.
No, no tea
some
99. Obs.
my
whip
you
loo. 06s.
103.
Obs.
104. Obs.
for you,
06.
x/(,,I
104.
06.
WO
fare
There
19.
is
me my
no
doesn't
and
fare,
difficulty
signify;
let
about the
".'/OK,
go
fare;
me
it
at once,
sir, if
please,
10.
nothing to say to
114.
the
him
II 9 .
ip
t><
fH
li,
me
it
a*
depended upon.
commonly
called liu
Tell tales: to tell people's tuan ch'u, short places, demerits; ch'aiig
upon
20.
Fell
eh
103.
Reverse: liu
it;
8.
121.
it
upon me.
shall stop
mended.
me
you.
him
and some-
spirits
no. No;
tea there
that was
Jate.
107.
do anything
from the city
and when
4.
house as
pay they
n >ad.
far
came back
business.
my
fare
223
KS.
pay me my
Yes, I
2.
1 1
tell
tales of
tell
!.<)(
got
found that they were off.
113. Off! having done you out of your
1
verse?
tell
Dl A
Liu
li
li ch'iu'-'rli,
ch'ii is
is, lit.,
"
glassware {aee
glass marble."
>chool, an hotel,
Gate:
tfha-ieo,
Whip:
///.,
Wo
is
the nest nr
lair
>!'
bird or beast.
1
10.
06s.
12.
Ob*.
I.
When /.,
:
tie to,
or round.
come up
as before, to overtake, to
to.
Ob*. 2.
They were
off:
Obs.
14.
Obs.
17.
06s.
So
119.
06.
Stop
another.
it:
lit.,
che, properly,
(see
fare,
HIM, also,
etc.
Part V, Lesson
XXVII,
13)
224
122.
pay
me my
fare, sir,
and
me
let
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
Please
go home.
int'ii
''h
UH9 l
1
|g to
123.
123.
123.
Right good: chuny, honest, loyal; hou, thick (morally, sound, liberal, the opposite of mean
2.
Put up with: tan 1 to bear on the shoulder, but read tow 4 when used materially; tan tai to behave towarilBut when rliimj, a strong disjunctive.
Obs. 3.
as one bearing their pu shih, faults, on one's own shoulder.
123. Obs.
(>l>*.
&
is
servants.
will
to
tell
123. Well,
you may
village,
i.
Any good
Obs. 4.
man.
Ob*.
ts'ai liao,
materials
lit.,
5.
neither of
lit.,
them
is
1.
LUNG-T'IEN
Sir!
Who
4.
His name
5.
Oh
6.
Yes, sir
7.
8.
9.
Many
1 1
Were
Pretty
connected.
sir
well,
No,
sir,
4.
I.
06s.
Come
7.
&
He was
what
we
are
is
about
is
his father
in business once
at present
distantly
Do you know
6.
shall I
23.
If
shih'
don't
line of business
22.
him.
Ittii"
It's
24.
was he
in
at
all:
'(
Surely
you remember the large
in
the
Western Division, sir ?
shop
Oh! Hsi Fr-m'txo; I do remember
his son,
His son,
is it
sir.
'
7-
yu"
23-
19.
21. I
LUNG-T'IEN
me what
20.
draper's
but
to see
8.
he has no occupation.
3.
14.
have no objection.
says he is come to see Your ExI
years ago.
you intimate
2.
is it
an old acquaintance.
was that
He
6.
cellency.
1
When
Hsu.
is
Do;
15.
is
10.
IV.
3.
useful, or honest
DIALOGUE
2.
makes a good,
the
this,
the
in
name
familiar
intercourse,
as above in Dialn^iir
III, 954.
Obs.
of two syllables.
5. 06s.
Hsu: a surname.
Know
There are in
all
6.
06s.
7.
06s.
18.
06s.
Respects:
21. 06s.
The man:
sent to
rh'itig,
for ch'ing
wm,
to
comfort.
q.d., this
man
is
one
so,
whom,
so
is
Hsu FU-CH'ING:
upon prosperity;
held to
PART
Ask
25.
liim to stop
IV.
in.
in.
Djn!
32.
Hsu,
34.
The son
hope he
of
am
sir.
Hsu FU-CH'IM;
Very
thank you,
sir
am sure, and
much trouble.
Oh,
39.
he sent
ch'i 1
32.
Ask him
O6s.
used of invitations to
Some
tea
33. Obs.
Your
service
37. Obs.
Thank you
38.
Good
i.
persons or things
trouble
should be well
satisfied if
he looked
Your Excellency.
understand
why he should
have.
from business.
49. Yes,
sir,
he /<*
retired,
37-
t'o<
38.
38.
tien'
40.
ch'i, to
:
smoke,
4549-
hence, to offer
to, to
Very commonly
etc.
the same as
lao"
tea.
for the
I, 2),
pronoun of the
tirst
person.
Part III, 992), to be beholden to, fu, the prosperity, of the person
t'o,
which
Heaven
rewards
goodness,
by making him prosper, has a beneficial influence on the speaker.
q.d.,
Obs.
48.
my
eat, to drink, to
06s.
addressed
t'o (see
of him: chiao, to cause, as elsewhere, puts the verb in the passive; tien, to be anxious about
Lao
2.-1 am
Obs.
sure
ehao
xhili,
in
very truth.
you
it
is
Obs.
3.
Take
also frequently
remember: mo, a word not used separately from hw; the combination implying dimness of sight
The character nu> is not recognised by the native dictionaries, and is probably a corruption
or the same phonetic with the 72nd or rogth Radical.
If I
feel,
42. Obs.
Much
the same
Obs.
i.
tz'fi
As hearty:
ch'a 1 ,
(see
wu
k'o
properly,
Part
06s.
2.
diverging
Well
for
not
Ch'apu
III, 577).
ying, hard;
satisfied
it,
lit., if
my
2
,
tall.
There
is,
to be
differing not
to,
49. 06s.
32.
years, for
had
but my poor father
has had his domestic financial anxieties.
simple duty.
25.
him by two
beat
retired
agi-
sir.
sixty-nine,
a public man
47.
great cares no doubt
it
sir,
44.
is
As
He
Then
to inquire after
38. It
43.
45. I
the same
as hearty as
;
much
is
seventy-one.
'.
not
well,
am
sir?
Hsu,
Age! why, he
42.
is well.
37.
me,
service,
your
is
35.
so
at
33.
36.
me
Your name
teal
is
as
Some
31
now
better
'.
if
eyes,
27.
hope Your Excellency is well.
28. Take a seat
take a seat
29. When Your Excellency is seated.
take a seat
Here,
30 Take a seat
I
somebody
40.
26.
225
'Ks.
it
strictly speaking,
Your Excellency
is
no character
tn
there
as.
no help
for
Wu
nai ho and
it.
29
_>26
P;RH CHI.
T/fr
Oh, indeed
50.
was unfortunate
lie
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
in
61.
business?
52.
53.
Far worse,
51.
were
?
54.
make
loss
off
56.
58.
How many
59.
Four
60.
But not
home
52
06s.
Obs.
Ob*. 2.
06s.
ch'ieh 4
No ?
:
i.
"'" 4
54-
i^
55-
^?a
quite a
is
young
thing,
and always
57-
ping'
59.
59-
IJTJ
ching
60.
62.
| yang
chieh
JJ
ttmci
negative imperative
62.
^
^ /'
^
suffer
from
wei 4
mnnf
63.
shuang*
64.
t^ia
64.
4
63. ffi cfem
ma pu,
if it
when
were not
56.
followed
was
it
by
a negative, never.
Worse wu, to hate k'o wu, deserving hate, detestable, abominable. Obs. 2. Made
when trying to extricate oneself from bonds cMng ch'ien, to make money by exertion.
;
ehing, to
Make
06s.
TOO, generally,
effort, as
54.
at
Robbed
53.
make an
is
Ah
68.
52.
51.
six.
is
ailing.
53-
52.
two children,
She
67.
51.
52.
and there
them
all at
That
66.
killed in
their
to oftiVers
husbands were
again
No,
daughters
55.
and nothing
of
And
64.
it ?
sir,
Two
sir.
father's
with
your
thought
married ?
it? did
all
63.
sir;
was
62. I
recognised character,
with
did the ch'ien chu, debtor, peng, flick it, the money, away? Peng, which is not a
used of the action of a bowstring, or of a piece of wood so set as to propel anything, upon the
oft'
is
missile propelled.
55.
Obs.
56.
"6s.
external manifestation
57.
Obs.
59.
man
lit,
he has not
li
wherewith
liang, resources
to,
yang huo,
to
All
61. 06s.
i.
63. Obs.
i.
wang, to die
cMn wang,
died in battle
last
lit.,
on the western
Willows
64. 06s.
67. Obs.
69. Obs.
it-.
or beast.
62. 06s.
Daughters: chieh, elder sisters of the speaker mei, his younger sisters.
But not wei, not, not yet wei pi, it does not necessarily follow.
06s.
60. 06s.
of a force
to give
Nothing
spirit
r.
Always
While:
in,
ta,
milk.
proceeding from;
06s.
3.
wife.
Fii-jen is used of
any woman.
Throve
06s.
2.
At
i'ART IV.
This
70.
vm
is
family,
79.
the
for
Oh, Your Excellency, I should be inexpressibly grateful if you would take so much
sad, really;
interest in me.
suppose.
do anything,
to
80.
73.
to
74.
alluded to
about
visit to-day,
is
and quite
a cripple
is
unfit for
this
76. Well,
a terrible case
is
father gave
and
business,
up
short of
1
lace,
my
jo.
Obs.
no
is
to find
what
can do
for
you
am
84.
85.
Good-bye
to
Your Excellency.
you a
70.
73-
$)/''"'''
lien*
75.
Very sad:
i.
iH
75- j$
me
see
days.
it is
eh
I'll
imperfectly educated.
78. Well,
he couldn't
as
sir,
have presumed
if
it.
83. I
shouldn't
Indeed,
and
it ?
82. Well,
He
anything.
1.
wasn't
75.
pay
And
but unfortunately
72.
227
'''"'
77-
jfS
(s(l *'
77.
j-ji P''"'~
79-
79-
Wi^""'
79.
lien,
For Hang,
2.
ts'an'
ch'iieh, for
;ill
may
chin*
but
it
is
see
am
tao-lu, road.
si\
it
of her place
cruel)
among
her
sisters.
75.
Obs.
76. Obs.
Terrible case:
i.
10.
kuang
06s.
XXVIII,
feet.
2.
K'o,
is
may
properly,
more
pu
strictly applicable to
te,
badness.
77.
Obs.
i.
in the sense of to
06s. 3.
enable them] to read.
Imperfectly
cannot either be considered deep.
79. Obs.
move the
to exhaust,
words
8 1. O6s.
83.
to help
i.
Interest:
heart, or to
Obs.
lit.,
their learning [though they have some] hai, or han, for all that,
chi, the
06s.
2.
Grateful:
06s.
3.
Inexpressibly
t<>
chin,
Allude to:
Preference:
on anyone
t'i,
t'i
properly, to pick
pa; the
first
to
T'i pu,
228
TZ(J
ERH
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
DIALOGUE
1.
LUNG-T'IEN
you
ain,
2.
him
tell
Poor
calls
be
he'll
his
5.
And
8.
that broke
Hsu
HsO Fu-
fail
but not as he
fail
then
20.
folly
man
21.
years!
He
little
at Shanghai,
He
24.
to
20.
1.
Obs.
2.
Obs.
Hsu YUNG
ch'a'
I.
Offend:
Obs. 2.
5.
J
for exportation.
k'tuing-
te
tsui, to get
'
name
lit.,
of the
nah*
to rejoice in vain;
ta-je,n
his son
What
25.
and he was
'~
ten
said he
buy produce
this impostor.
9.
or
23. Exactly.
Dead some
nine
22.
first
years.
12.
all
In the
so.
smoking opium
sort.
that
Just
the draper's
Nothing of the
8.
19.
nothing else.
he has an immense family to
Still
Hsu FU-CH'ING
place,
some
years.
said.
him
as he said
support.
11.
I did.
6.
17.
FU-CH'ING'S son.
He did fail
How did he
9. It
10.
marriage
6.
been making
'II'ING?
7.
Not
15.
Excellency
3. Offend
14. Sir, I
fellow!
V.
understand
is
in
xhih
/(./
(tfc gj).
or "of."
3.
Obs.
9. Obs.
Beginning to end
Extravagance: p'ao, to
let
go suddenly of what
is
held
in
the
hand; p'ao
fei, to
spend without
restraint.
15.
(net
Obs.
20. Obs.
21.
1
Careful inquiries: kao ch'a, the latter character being identical in the colloquial language with
//'
Obs.
Proud
Obs.
Fond
Opium
24. 06s.
Produce
25. Obs.
Tea
t'u hito,
PART
26.
Tea and
27.
IV.
and medicines.
silk
39.
lie
carried?
40. Well,
or south.
forget whether he said north
28. I
And
29.
chasing imports
He may
30.
32. Yes,
were
yes;
that he
recollect
in the
Oh
34.
yes.
The
drug was
price of the
What
36.
Not exactly
it
And had
in
No
to
up
38.
the divan
hu*
26.
26.
26.
26. 06s.
Hu
Silk:
i.
for a
He
shipped
in
it
wei*
47.
And
48.
Yes
the tide
upon
ts'ai*
32.
away
46. Probably to some place in the neighbourhood. The junk, you may be sure, had
more opium than firewood on board.
premises
it
port?
be smoked on foreign
to
it
he had purchased
45. I
hai
publicly
after
a boat freighted
with firewood, and smuggled it out of port.
it
And how
43.
44.
suppose.
and
the trade
against
prohibitions
in force,
long time.
market,
The
still
after
41.
42.
31.
all.
remember.
ilnn't
229
when a revenue
cruiser
pounced
her.
36. j|f
tun 3
06s.
2.
<
timber.
27.
Obs.
Carried
29.
06s.
Imports
31.
(that
is,
06.
as
May
30. 06s.
752), casually,
yiin, to
by
I.
it is
Nothing about:
lit.,
lai,
lit.,
I,
12).
is
did he not mention that he was pan, managing, engaged in, an operation of
06s. 2.
Opium yang yao, foreign drag, drag from the seas hence,
Abroad.
Some
little
wei, minute hsieh wei i tien, a very common diminutive.
Publicly: kung jan; the latter word as in Part III, 561.
36. 06s. I.
Receiving ships: tun rh'-uan; the first character meaning to buy wholesale.
than fang. Obs. 3. Stored: ts'ang, to conceal, to put out of sight.
32. Obs.
35.
44. Obs.
48.
06s.
Obs.
Smuggled
Pounced:
it
out
t.'on,
to M<>;tl
ch'oit leng-tzfi,
t'ou-cho, stealthily,
went out
2.
Warehouses:
of port.
clapped the paw, or plaw, upon, and held or stopped the boat.
occurrence unlocked for, but ch'ou, to draw, is scarcely explicable.
06s.
cold,
may
on
;i
sudden
<///'
<if
any
KRH
TXf
230
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
62.
49.
it.
to
liberally.
for the
51.
How much
52.
he must be
money ?
64. No; but
'.
said
And what
54.
Well, like a
did he offer
fool,
he offered a hundred
it
much
59.
Then how
60.
He gave them an
got it to pay.
did he manage
were
wus
49-
He was
it.
6 1.
!?'
Under
49. Obs.
it
very late at night
about nine o'clock.
The Commissioner,
at his
rooms
'.
in the city
should think.
it
up on board.
71. But his people had no concern with
a Customs question ?
in
66.
65.
J?|l
tin-
66.
cltnillii/'
Was
late
fchu?
64. jjj
52.
all asleep, I
70.
?
house in Shanghai.
Not very
order on a foreign
61. I
68.
whole cargo.
did he pay three hundred taels?
58.
67. Capital
And
He hadn't
negotiation
this
66.
to the
fuel,
down
all
taels.
They thought
while
liberal.
53.
56.
63.
up an
by pasting
:t
50.
Tidewaiter
06s.
there
is
another term for the tidewaiters in the employ of the Foreign Customs.
52. Obs.
manner.
60. 06s.
etc.
Obs.
c/t'ten,
2.
An
i.
On
order:
a house
lit.,
ken,
he wrote ko
tzti-'rh,
commonly, following,
in the
61. 06s.
Get away
62. 06s.
But he
didn't, etc.
lit.,
mouth was
his p'ien
i,
advantage.
be considered entirely
(so)
Ran
i.
;
there, a
bay
Cruisers
up against;
Obs.
2.
At anchor: wan
(str
make
hence, to
make
it
as a signal
hsiiu
i.
Not
06s.
3.
Obt.
?.
Commis-
PART
True
72.
ii)i
but
when
IV.
bump
when
it
it all
damage done
74.
to
They were
76.
too
many
for
7-
Ming*
Obs.
2.
74-
Obs.
76.
Ob,.
science
to
Frightened
:
was
te
80.
Oh
yes;
76.
tan 3
76.
'hsii,'
to
78.
80.
also terror.
seriously.
ti,
6arly> S
bef re
^'^
**
seeingTnd knowing
06,. 2 -Guilty
ehnng, the many.
the Chinese the liver is the seat of
^ ^ ^' ^
me tlme
* "
to,
With
K*?'
''"*"
And
Damage sun, to
i.-Too many kua,
-l^I^
H fci
thing, a
79.
76.
'mirage.
him, and,
76.
74-
might have.
fight.
besides,
well he
the Commissioner's
people ten taels only.
end
As
77.
against them,
231
t0 > t0
withdmw
"
'
k ai> to
out of the
way.
DIALOGUE
1.
lie tell
2.
3.
4.
5.
father's
Did
for
6.
It
7.
In one sense,
yes;
the
'.
\vas
opium
forget.
I don't
VI.
remember,
his father
really.
this
9.
It
never arrived
very
10.
transaction.
And
had invested
ctmng'
"
the junk
it
was on
8.
?
g.
old
in
Hsu
lost all
the moix-y
* '""
b. .....
,,r
,
properly, goods
I,,.
it ?
here,
money
capital.
232
1 1
ti>
ERH
TZfT
Yes,
But
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
button
19.
boot.
12.
know
He had purchased
didn't
rank.
kept.
13.
was
that he
not alleged
is
it
relations
in
surely?
15.
affect
but the
it,
22. Well,
smuggling did.
1 6.
What, did the smuggling come to the
desire to
23. Certainly
Do you
keep
Hsu YUNC'S
he wasn't obliged to
publish such a thing; but that is no reason
why he should come here with a long invention
21.
Purchased a grade
the piracy affect his rank ?
14.
rities
And
20.
before.
not,
Three hundred
8.
confidence.
taels
large a sum.
21.
14.
id.
I'll
21.
j|
Obs.
11.
24.
In
/a*
is
'
23-
y'u
23-
cha*
that which
lit.,
admit.
it
insignia of office.
Rank kung ming, elliptically, for the credit one has gained, the name one
whether obtained by merit or purchase.
12. 06s.
Obt.
14.
affect
she,
i.
But: jan
erh, often
properly, to ford
Ian
>/<i",
to
be affected by prejudicially
erh, yet,
Obs.
15.
/iwo,
Divided
06s.
19.
Could
am
she,
(see
Smuggling tsow ssti the ss-S, is applied to any act unauthorised by law ; a Chinese here understands
it, and treats tsou, to go, as an active verb.
Compare our phrase to run goods.
Authorities
Obs.
16.
2.
goods, after
Obs.
Obs. 3.
Not alleged nan tao
implicated in it; as a man fording a stream is wet by the water.
In relations t'ung, to penetrate here, to be in communication with, to be in league with.
Oli. 4.
:
commonly used
leaving;
q.d.,
is
ch'ang, an arena
with
amongst the
authorities.
their t'ung shih, fellows in the business, ch-iin fen, in equal parts shared
fiini/
xhih
is
i.
Traced: chiu, to investigate; they carefully investigated [in such wise that there was] a wateiHeaviest ts'ung chung (see tt'wngfeng, Dialogue V, 52
Obs. 2.
3.
Fine
22. 06s.
Father's disgrace
Invention
24.
and
false.
i.
die,
yen
Too bad
pien
yii,
may be used
pien, to weave
06s.
literally,
first
tsao, to fabricate
06s.
throw away,
but
is
4.
Stripped
face.
06s.
2.
M (Radical
To keep
177);
quiet
lit.,
to skin.
rhe, to screen
oftener figurative.
word meaning
O6s.
2.
a story.
kuo
yii,
what
is
empty
THK TEN
I'AHT IV.
25.
I
him
knew
And
satisfactory, I
suppose
As what ?
As an office copyist
28.
29.
at
all,
known
ill-conducted or
lie
rki?
27.
i.
06s.
i.
yet,
with
all
when
better days,
06s.
that
them
I see
in ex-
tremity.
;
and
won't do
said.
31.
k'ao"
35.
fa-
poor
35-
mo
much
it.
40. He'll be
to dress
25.
And
38. I can't
25
must
but he didn't
32. 1
so
that
incompetent
3 1 Both
36.
in
In
35. I
Not
27.
well
KS.
account of
his
!.<)(
33.
26.
'
father.
ID'S
1)1
on the
36-
36.
37-
Obs.
fellow.
iff;
ft
38.
Resolved: ta-cho.
2.
ch-nany"
'"*'
Obs.
hsiang*
3.
To ask
ta t'iny,
to inquire.
26.
suppose
Recommend:
27. Obs.
06s.
2.
Account
chii, to
to raise;
29. 06s.
III,
Exercise
30.
06s.
31.
06s.
write; the
Office copyist
XXXVIII,
so,
i,
Ill-conducted
Not
i.
t'iehhsieh;
to write
memoranda
same
hsing
rJiih,
that are
t'ieh,
See Part
character.
= conduct
under
all
lit., as to ch'iai shu, round hand, so, it was what, he could noi
sometimes regarded by a Chinese, however, as intensive or emphasising, not as
Believe k'ao, to lean against, to rely upon kao pu chu, not to be relied on.
as before observed,
a relative pronoun.
lit.,
of.
of, a person.
consented not
pao
recommend,
That man formerly besought him kei chao, for him to seek, something he being
having examined him, chin, yet proceeded, to recommend him.
chii, classically,
06s. 2.
32. 06s.
Wonder:
33. 06s.
No
35. 06s.
is
that
lit.,
great things
man
is
is it
is
so respectable.
1
thought: kn mo, from ku
(in
Peking,
fat 3 ), to
estimate, as
number
fingers.
06s.
Good
case
37. 06s.
Take
his part
36.
38. 06s.
i.
eye
is
i.
beholding.
hu, to protect.
Poor fellow:
Olx.
3.
On
k'o-hsi-liao-'rh-ti,
the streets
he
06s.
2.
2.
Pitying:
(.*>
will, or is
30
234
TZtJ
41
I'll
ERH
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
Well,
it
give
He was
to be here the
day
after to-
morrow.
him what
Then
44.
That you
be back
tell
I told
you.
will
No
And
;
that I
if
am
cutter
come
49. Let
for his
Let
55.
You
54. I
it's
in
the block-
money.
him come
the end of
at
the
month.
56.
57.
So he
long I shall
is
inclined to
53.
the best
less
still
him, sir?
46.
am
in the yard.
43.
45.
which
51.
tions into
him
call as often as
he
likes,
he
already,
sir.
him
so he
and
has,
must be
promised to pay
paid.
not to be admitted.
50.
Wouldn't
be better to
it
tell
58.
him
Your Excel-
I'll
pay him,
sir
self.
49.
M-
hsii,
50.
&i chuan 3
50.
52-
Pf
heng<
53-
$1
*' tti
53-
i.
meal: tun, originally, to bow the head a time or turn; hence, one time of eating. 06s. 2.
pao, to guarantee (see above, 27, pao chu).
Was to be here: according to what was that day agreed to, you yo, engaged, him to come the day
42. 06s.
after to-morrow.
41.
Obs.
Recommend
43.
06s.
49.
O6.
50.
Obs.
Ubs. 3.
'hih, from chien, concise, summary, and chih, straight.
on anything, do you chiian, turning round, commission someone
in.
it
Mustn't count
else
not be best?
Obs.
2.
Plainly: chien
lit., if
so far from commissioning you, chuan, on the contrary, commission someone else.
06s. 4.
Your Excellency's
support it is of no use i k'ao, to lean against Your Excellency ; i and k'ao are nearly identical in meaning.
No, no: note the force of ch'io as above. 06s. 2. Explanations: lit., it will be necessary to tel)
51. Obs. i.
</.d.,
hua, words stating the so ijan, wherefore thus; the reason why.
what? also, an ejaculation or grunt.
Put him off t'ui te'jt, to push or put forward excuses the latter word meaning originally language.
53. 06s. i.
Kao tz'u, to make one's excuses, is to take leave. As a verb, tz'ti, means to decline also, to dismiss from one's employ.
Obs. 2.
See him I won't: chiieh, positively, decidedly; a strong affirmative.
52.
06s.
so i
jan
ti
54. 06s.
223)
Block-cutter: k'o 1 , to engrave; not to be confounded with the same character read k'o* (see Part III,
chmng, a type-cutter.
Obs.
Promised: ying hsii; both words
k'o-tzu
57.
in the sense of
is
proposed, promising
to perform.
58.
Obs.
settlement of a
fa
in strictness
applying to the
AKT
IV.
DIALOGUE
Was
1.
the door
VII.
at
22.
No,
23.
How
so
24.
No
it's all
was
It
3.
Where
4.
5.
am
Who
6.
I.
are
you from
Well, that's
8.
Oh you
Yes,
my
name.
are Mr.
MENG ?
am MENG
them
to bring
bought no drawings.
it was not
you who
that
27.
What
28.
Oh,
for
me?
your house.
bring them to
why
me ?
sir,
his
motive was.
1 1
Is
them
12.
Yes, a bookseller's.
in the T'ang-tzu
13.
What book
15.
is
it
you were
told
to
your hand
6.
29. Well,
for
30.
14.
in
No
me
Do you know
it's
32.
33.
Not he
34.
38.
20.
21
Drawings
few drawings.
!
i.
06s.
Obs.
state it?
;
you
will
you're
to the
wrong
39.
10.
jfc meiig*
37-
if
Jl
hsi<
to us as Mencius.
Wen
Chai: chai, properly, a swallow's nest; a pavilion in which to repose; elegantly used of
rcrtain shops (see below, Part V, Lesson LXXX, 2).
Book cover: t'ao (see Part III, 769); here, the cover of pasteboard and cloth in which Chinese volumes
16. Obs.
10.
O6s.
Kuang
are wrapped.
see Part III, 797 ; t'ang, properly, a hall ; t'ang-tzft, may also mean a
30. Obs.
T'ang-tzfl Hu-t'ung
bathing
establishment, but is specially the name of the chapel in which the Emperor sacrifices to his ancestors.
36. 06s.
Presently : hui lai, in a turn of time ; not, when you return.
37. O6s.
Quizzing hsi, to play, dramatically or otherwise ; this is skua hsi, joking language ; I pu i, will not
:
submit to
39.
it (see
Obs,
'.
mentioning him.
stand this
won't
it
a thing.
you've come
suspect.
6.
for
Come,
lives
have a reason
what has
got inside
then
it
bought
CHANG who
Hu-t'ung
do know him; and
No, it was not he.
quizzing me.
it
that
36.
If it isn't,
Mr.
31. I
it
35. If
17. If
house,
I've
26.
10.
know
me ?
bring
was
bought them.
city.
are
7.
seller's
right; I
here.
2.
9.
of
it
235
lit.,
we
236
ERH
TZtT
if
me,
I'll
go
in;
all
no time
I've
say you
you so
46.
Do you know
47.
Not
well
48. Well,
his
my
He
He
64.
nephew,
him
sir
65.
these
When
52.
Return
doubt
Indeed
I've seen
him
in
it ?
71.
office ?
me
72.
was not
for
How
73.
me
here for? I
The
58.
59.
Well, I
these contradictions.
46. Obs.
chili?
Nephew:
76.
it
72.
65.
rltih,
was his
cart
How
75.
no
last night.
74.
assure you.
Buy them
met
them.
46.
70. I
Peking ever
56. It
all
was
but he wasn't in
it.
An
old
woman
liif
his,
cart.
3
72.
Jfg ch'ang
06s.
2.
Board ef Revenue:
Hu Pn
lit.,
64.
town.
last.
of
To be sure he does
69.
57.
here
year before
55.
me
keep
53. I
54
don't
67.
did he
50.
5
present.
66.
then
once.
he that ordered
say a few
before.
I've seen
is
it
sir
me
Revenue?
of
to waste.
You
let
you
day.
62. Isn't
will if
words more.
61. Quick,
44.
But you
60.
it
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
tell.
can't tell
you
CHI.
Does not
06s.
65. 06s.
house.
72. 06s.
76. 06s.
loo.
Obs. 2.
Liu-li Ch'ang: lit., glassware manufactory; the name of
Liu, glassware li, as in po-li; ch'ang, properly, a large booth.
p'o, any married woman.
Sunset: jih-t'ou
i.
Old woman
a street
in
PART
An
77.
arras
woman
old
IV.
Exactly
years old.
Dear me
79.
grandson
it
my
didn't
Don't be alarmed,
80.
with a
What was
taken fright
No
82.
accident.
little
81
sir
pray
it,
state.
83.
Oh and
them
is
them
85. Well,
wasn't
that
still
said,
they
over.
my
'
88.
83.
Obs.
tsao
Run
85. 06s.
Still
discussing
88. 06s.
Sprained
93. Obs.
To
94. Obs.
Ping
pacify
is
lit.,
3&
I"'"!/'
did
the
him
ask
child
for
Oh and
!
son's
but
'.
and hen he
t
BE
^^
he'll
told us to
himself
call
100. Iff fu 3
ft-l
k'u 1
'
a time of day.
flight or other
And
ii
tui-t'ou-'rh ch'e,
forward*.
an opposing
cart,
made
collision.
the collision having taken place, had they lao, in so long a time, not shuo k'ai,
it.
niu, to twist
94-
wan = such
84. Obs.
it
na
late:
yn'
into
100.
do you
93-
came
99.
89.
carts
to play with
So
when the
his
to play with."
discussing
any discussion
sir.
98.
79. 06s.
your grandson,
at our shop.
"
87.
90. It
for
97.
84.
86. It
93.
96. Yes,
the fact
bad
the collision
Are
collision
the
92.
hand, I suppose,
and
all
so late?
talked
nephew
78.
in a
CHANG'S
91. Mr.
it
intni^ili.
the negation.
98. 06s.
100.
O6s.
Obe. 2.
ling laiig, your son's, rhii rh'u, abiding place.
here in the translation to give the force of ling, honoured.
06s. 3.
Here: fu, properly, a
trea,-mry, a palace; politely, fu shang, your residence; the niinng also indicating the superiority of the )i- "-"ii
The word
nha. 4.
I.
sir is introduced
Himself: ck'in
tzii,
his
own
self.
ERH
238
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
DIALOGUE
1
Your
12.
sir.
servant,
How
2.
3. I
Hong
it
5.
water, sir
6.
13.
Yes; there
the better
is
way
I should say
sir,
When you
5.
will
you
How
then.
9.
sir,
me
Dear
If
somewhere
river
and pushed
you ought
on,
is
to be at
bridge.
it.
is
there one
the ferry,
There
suppose.
a ferry.
1
carts
Peking
is
You mean
17.
to-morrow morning,
off
6.
in five or six
won't do to go by water,
about going by land ?
you were
that.
the second bridge, you will be in a road goingnorth-west, which is the high road to Peking.
it
are
days.
8.
about
difficulty
know the
Yes, I
no
14.
Which
is
intend to go by land or by
about
Do you know
as
me enough
tell
me
to enable
sir.
posing I don't
'.
Do you
VIII.
There
8.
is
how do
a ferry! and
the
they
1.
and forward
5.
chou 1
jH }
9.
han*
17.
^pai
17.
g|
for thirty
Tientsin,
jfc ying
j|L
for
what then
called P'u-k'ou
3.
did
When you
21.
and
that
tv*
is
21.
to a
the
[g
odd
li
>.
you
from
market town
first stage.
tixi.ii'
21.
Ying Shun Hong ying, properly, bursting into flower hence, gallant, heroic shun, obedient, that
Ying shun might translate as the Prosperous; the hong, mercantile firm, whose sign is Prosperity.
the character employed to denote England, commonly called ying kuo.
3.
06s.
Ying
is
land
5.
06s.
By
7.
06s.
T'ung Chou
han, dry.
/,
prefecture,
is
ordinarily divided.
06s.
13.
06s.
15.
06s.
Were
off
lung she,n, to move the person specially, to start on a journey.
Floating bridge /era ch'iao or fit ch'iao.
Good deal going on: je, nao chidi-'rh, a bustling street.
:
pai-tu from pai, to shake, as the ferryman must the boat, and tu, to cross water.
Ferry station k'ou, the mouth on the sea-coast, a port here, specially, of the hollow in the banks
where they are touched by the ferry boat going and returning.
06s. 2.
P'u-k'ou p'u 3 a bend in the bank of M
06s. 3.
river; here ivml //V
Stage: tuan
properly, a piece, a section.
17.
06s.
21. 06s.
Feny
i.
'.
PART
22.
Wn
What,
first
Ho-si
stage
23.
No,
Ho-si
sir;
first
Wu
is
When
day's journey.
24.
to
to
you supposed
all
day.
26.
And where
27.
Some
inns, sir
Which
28.
is
in the temples.
sir
that's the
of
way
No
32.
cook
is
The people
33.
Humph
cook no-
in the temples
may
they
one
Which
inn then.
will
be best off in an
is
Wu?
35.
There
is
Fu Hsing and
the
the
36.
And which
37.
It
me
will it suit
best to go
to?
it
must be
for
suits
to
you
decide,
you
end inn or an inn at the north end
sing there
to
it
and, besides,
no one
is
Ah
to
anything
make
responsible.
38.
What
does
it
whether
signify
23.
06s.
23.
RI
29.
Jf
39.
No
great
stop
way
apart
Ho-si
Wu
is
not
and
33.
35.
[hvn
g/-
it.
H hxnif
ko'
35.
cfciV
39.
Yang Ts'un:
i.
lit.,
25.
Obs.
About
29.
Obs.
Now
beyond rule
y<M*g*
are they
the fare
at both.
mis-
is
2 3-
<>f
if
sir,
it;
Shun
whether
myself.
not like
And
it.
are
the temples ?
29. I think
Yes,
the north.
some
34.
Wu?
Ho-si
239
Ts'un,
Wu
are
there
it's
the
isn't
IV.
half
way
and then
lit., it
ke,
may
ko wai,
39. 06s.
i.
Market town
2.
Some shops
lrs<
in
240
TZfl
EKH
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
There
41.
tlemen
is
at the south
at
end
so, sir.
Exactly
43.
you have
best
tried our
fare,
at
it
me
with
not,
sir,
you had
but
if I
if
their charge
objecting to
for one's
51.
will
lodging
We pay much
man
in charge
of the inn
53.
man
is
and
will
something
57.
still
you
ing,
odd
li
on,
Wu
in
less.
in the
keep
you come
to
sir
No,
the town
to the old
before
and at
and then.
An-p'ing,
more, to Ma-t'ou
li
morn-
li
twenty
Wan
is
on the
river.
You will
part north of it, and part south.
go in at the south gate, up the main street.
across the river,
gate.
other,
little
by,
60.
How
61.
sir.
far
is it
city,
There
is
no
rule; in
some
cases the
if
//'
mi great distance
55-
41.
offering
harm
59.
it
don't feed
50.
my
sir,
some twenty
Take
can
55.
Chinese,
at Tientsin,
48.
is it
'
Chinese
lodging
what had
understand.
54.
Nearest at hand
Obs.
farther.
1'"''
street.
With you: pu ju, there is nothing so good as that, N'M</, at, Tientsin [the place from which you
47. 06s.
are moving], you should tso, having prepared, a little good-to-carry victuals, lai-chn, carry them with you.
No harm pu fang, no hurt, no objection. 06s. 2. Objecting po, properly, to turn sharp round
55. 06s. i.
:
to contradict.
59.
O6.s-.
diverging road.
case is north.
60. O6.v.
i.
On
Ob.i.
From
the river:
3.
that
chieli is
ta,
oh*.
line,
2.
leaning
from.
oft'
lit.,
limbs, of
PART
IV.
62.
-ci
to
Very good
64.
There
am
another question
is
go so
to
do with
to
ask, if
sir
will
67.
To be sure they
am
baggage behind,
if
or a
sir,
mule
but
am
afraid
are.
sir;
to
sible for
same
do
all that
that will do
all
the
the chiao^-mao^-tzii.
go any pace.
Well, then, what do you recommend
70.
don't think
79. I
pay
to
you
80.
What
is
the chiao-mao-tzti
(head-
piece)
is the
gear on a horse's head for
bit
and
the
reins to.
What I am
attaching
afraid of is that as the horse is not used to
8 1. It
take with
me
63. 06s.
hill.
Small cart
79. 06s.
yii,
chiao*
79.
f&an*
81.
name given
the
ch'e
i.
Afraid
i.
Be put on
chili p'a, I
bite,
to.
Dim.
Tcuan'
when
it is
tai, classically, a
joined.
ch'e,
:i
large or
only
fear.
06s.
2.
Saddles: an.
lit., our horses hai, after all, can pei, take on the back.
here, short for chiao-tzti,, a bit (see 81).
i.
Reins: ch'e, to draw; ch'e' shou, the bridle used by a rider. 06s. 2.
Restive: nao hsing-txil, to let his temper break out, to give way to temper.
81. O/>..
81.
chiao
06s.
3.
77-
'
Afraid
73. 06s.
(see
k'ung
i.
69. Obs.
77.
(tin. 2.
open cart
>
foreign horse.
''.
69. jgi
63.
be restive.
63.
but
77. Yes,
69. If
to
Ah
much
don't
68.
me
be heavy.
66.
and they
my
76.
How much
65.
days, I
>
baggage
too, sir
am
what
fast,
want to
understand perfectly.
you think so
two?
way would be
don't
74.
in, sir
'(
in the
241
06*.
2.
Not used
Chiao: properly, to
kuan, avcustmiuii
31
242
ERH
T/tJ
But how am
B2.
here at Tientsin
to
buy a
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
foreign horse
86. It
is
a very
Good
I'll
83. 06s.
chi,
it
do to hire me,
would do very
well,
sir
but
will let
you go
they could spare you for
think
doubt
I
;
so
don't
many
days.
87.
me
they send
sir
what did
your orders ?
83.
with ; huo
Would
8 5-
&huo*
87.
87.
:
huo, originally, a number of persons or things ; thence, the same with, associated
associated with one in a place, sometimes as a partner, but more generally as a paid employe.
Gentlemen
i.
one
who
is
2.
86.
said to
allot
to
DIALOGUE
a teacher
1.
There's
[Servant.]
wishes to see you, sir.
2.
Ask him
[Master.]
to
walk
3.
The
4.
teacher,
who
sir.
seat,
Thank
[Teacher.]
7.
8.
And your
sir
3.
He
me
is
me
to
7.
06s.
Su:
06s.
own,
sir.
:
he did not
sir
6.
Is
He
is
here, a surname.
upper story; ko-hsia in ancient times applied only to certain ministers; now.
Specify
15.
9.
<
business with
yesterday.
3.
14. It is not;
it
yourself or not,
seated.
6.
Ah
else?
please.
5.
10.
in.
Take a
IX.
tell
me
hsiang
hsi, explicitly.
PART
17.
I
Then
8.
lio
suppose
1
IV.
He
nor does he
19.
How am
20.
You
I to
But how am
21.
character
22.
Oh,
if
makes
so
countrymen,
will
pupils
not find
We
become able
without learning
is
another
How
upon something.
still
old were
ask
may
we may hit
you when
18.
began
puts
those
Some
six or seven
And how
gj
chiang*
38.
i.
we should
say that
it
a.<
grammatically,
06s. 2.
Experience: loo slum, an old hand.
Pupils: men-sheng
to the men, gate or door, of the hsien-sheng, teacher.
lit.,
Without learning
backing recite
erh,
and yet
we do not
learn,
29.
Ubs.
31.
Obs.
36.
06s.
Explained
i.e.,
Obs.
able.
Obs.
2.
Learn by heart
without looking at
it.
chiang, properly, to
tell
Commentary
chu, properly, to
make
books of China.
who come
23. '>&*.
pei nien,
sir.
22. Obs.
man
36.
take you,
to
37.
han'
it
things Chinese.
Obs.
19.
t'a in
JS
years did
Chinese: han, the name of the dynasty which commenced about B.C. 200; now applied generally tn
dbs.
men and
S.
How many
36.
all
'<
Did you begin with the Three-characClassic and the Poem in a Thousand
Characters
26.
ter
they
began at seven.
31.
As a
33.
25.
this,
characters.
And what do
Canons
you began
learned
it,
to read,
30.
32.
24.
in
is
to learn
speak Chinese
to
Classic
23.
Three-character
know a thousand
to
impossible
those
it
acters has
he doesn't
begin with
The
therefore,
many
is
first studies.
sir,
what
my
all
affair.
to begin
books
29.
<
know a
28.
they were
their so doing
will
Yes
The Chinese
little
When
first.
27.
i'o
244
39 At
my
by
first,
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
Shantung
lie
tary
all
luck.
for
my
for
and
licentiate's degree,
didn't get
it
degree
years,
for
What
some time
If
shih
41- fib
hsiu*
my
want
will
friend,
who wishes
to beginning the
morrow
By
as
all
you
means;
desire, sir
41.
gj
shih 4
I'll
at
what o'clock
we
'.
42.
56.
Good-day.
57.
Good-day.
51. ffihsii*
Jgkeng*
46. ffejung*
47. j|
53.
hsien 4
JH
tsun 1
54.
shih, poetry, is
additional recommendation
'.
ehiao 3
'
chung
40.
omposition
In this respect
spoken language.
have a plan, but I am too busy
to-day to explain it; could you come and
see me to-morrow and talk it over with me
office
40. *f
i.
How an
50.
53.
39-
39. Obs.
49.
language.
in
came home
and
52. I
45. I
of;
and
engage you,
way
am thirty.
And what has
to
is
51. It's
43. I
44.
last year,
48.
a first-rate man.
41.
magistrate of a district
he died
again.
He was
47.
lit.,
which the graduates who have taken the first degree are members.
Early: what, at sixteen, chung* (not to be confounded with the same character read chung ), you
obtained the degree of hsiu ts'ai, fine talent, your B.A. Obs. 2.
Chung* properly, to hit a mark hsiu, fair, elegant.
First-rate man: your t'ienfen, share of ability assigned you by Heaven, is kao, of high degree.
Obs. 3.
literary establishments, of
40.
06s.
i.
All luck: ehiao, amongst many meanings, has that of a byway; hsing, properly, fortunate; ehiao
41. Obs. i.
06s. 2.
Licentiate: hsiang shih, lit, village trial; an allusion to ancient
hsing, generally, of success beyond merit.
(Competitive examination in one's native district, but now technically signifying the examination for the second degree
held in the capital of the province.
42. Obs.
of one's age.
46. Obs.
your
Your age
What
office
juny
ji'n.
somewhat
less
post.
47. Obs.
District
hsien,
51. Obs.
53. Obs.
As you
50.
Obs.
54. 06*.
you company.
I will just
it
extends from 3 to
55. Obs.
5 P.M.
PART
IV.
DIALOGUE
This morning a friend of mine sent
an invitation to dinner at a restaurant;
in
seems
to
me
am
that as I
in
it
yourself
3.
Chinese
were
absolute
if I
invitation.
Oh
lao-yeh,
I see
its
invitations
for
instance,
CHANG
ta
If
simply, so
i.
chuang*
i.
is
the
P.M.
you
if
you go
CHANG
ta
you won't be
late.
no establishment that
is
considered
noon
palatable; there
be
when
4.
is
cannot
to be in order.
your
bit.
up a
social etiquette, I
X.
1.
me
I
am
245
yu*
2.
ch'ou-
2.
ehiti'
3.
jfc
1. Obs. i.
Invitation t'ie-'rh, a slip of paper in the form of a memorandum anything extending over one sheet
not generally included in the term (see Part III, 1022). Cf. shuo t'-ie-'rh, a memorandum generally; ch'ing t'ie-'rh,
;in invitation.
Obs, 2.
Restaurant
chuang, lit., a large place of business, also a village, is only applied in this
connexion to a restaurant which does not supply lodging accommodation. Obs. 3. In two minds yu yii, or yu yi',
:
is
an elephant
yu,
a monkey
lit.,
yii,
ying ch'ou ta, or to, his social duties are numerous, or he has a large circle of friends. 06*. 5. If fang
Obs. 6.
seldom used without jo in conversation.
Omit la (see Part III, 763). 06s. 7. Formalities, observances
kuo chieh ; chieh (short for li chieh, as above), the formalities, kuo, that pass.
say
t'a ti
t'ao-tzA, lit., common casing, suit, or set; t'ao, an envelope or casing (see Part
the phrase i t'ao i-shang, a suit of clothes, a numerative of some such word as ceremony, form,
See observations on the numeratives, Part III, 8.
etc., understood, of which it takes the place ; hence, the affix (zrt.
for ch'ing, see Dialogue IV, 23.
Obi. 2.
this might be rendered the Hall of Happy Meetings
Ch'ing Hui T'ang
2.
06s.
Ordinary formalities: su
i.
much
Obs.
Particular:
3.
chiang chiu,
lit.,
how
O6s. 5.
Glad to: lo te"* (emphasise te), lit., gladly obtain; it is slightly intensive, only
yourself up see Part III, 989.
Absolute ch'eng has here no special force, chun being the important word, and therefore emphasise'!.
wu k', one of the eight k'e, or divisions, in the shih ch'en, or hour period, ion (see Part III, 225),
indiscriminately of either.
too glad.
3.
Obs. 2.
which
06s. 6.
06s.
i.
Noon
lasts
Wake
from
1 1
A.M. to
P.M.
wu
k'e is indefinite,
would be required
-wit
thus,
period
wu
246
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
it
his hospitality,
me
seems to
that I ought to
When
There
6.
is
of the invitation
When
9.
go
shall
Yes
8.
you should, on
go,
have
The people
in
take have
your
When you
in.
you
without
to
me
in
bound
to protest,
to table, although
he
certain not to
is
much
he can
arrive
formality.
and made
host,
down
sit
his
to
have met
bow and
hit>
speech.]
The
your invitation."
host, as
10.
he
7.
|tj|
rhiao 3
Here you
[Host.]
are,
sir!
3k. hu'
5.
all
should take the letter of invitation and present it to him with both hands, saying as
so,
you do
wanting,
When he
vacant seat
allow you to sit as you please.
is thus reserved for a guest who comes late,
the
"
are
is
the
all
is
the host, so
may be
host
The
seat.
will take
in, will
It
hand
table.
up
When you
is this.
to give
the custom
all
put on the
is
intention to go.
7.
make
is
There
$.
ERH
TZtJ
8.
8.
JjJ
pray
Uji clt'ien'
8.
i'
have
4* MO"
8.
5.
Accept
ling, here, to receive, to accept ; if I receive his ch'ing, politenesses (tokens of
Ling can also be applied to the drawing of pay, etc. it further means the neck ; hence, Ung-tzU,
friendly sentiment).
ci il la r.
Ubs. 2.
It seems to me hu is here a particle implying doubt
for ss-ii, see Part III, 1070.
See also Dialogue I, 2.
06s.
his hospitality
i.
6.
lay's
Proof
Obs.
p'ing, to lean
upon
(see
Part
III, 722)
chit, to
lay hold
of,
06s.
Custom
8.
hence
06s.
also,
I.
kuei
a rule or custom
ing
incommode
05s. 7.
carry shame in my bosom ; see Part III, 718.
1
myself to be) the person you treat me as (see Part III, 342, tang )
k'uei,
lit.,
Not worthy
lit.,
Ashamed
06s. 6.
pao
a
I cannot play the part you assign to me
very common depreciatory expression applicable to almost any compliment or civility. There ;u e of course many other
forms of saluting a host than the one here given.
06s. 8.
ch'ien, humble, modest
hsil, empty, in
Depreciatory
the sense of deficiency (see Dialogue V, 76).
06s. 9.
One note i pan wei this is
pure colloquialism. The pan
;
;i
Obs.
which sense
10.
it is
Obs.
Formality
way
to others
in
PART
ii.
Not
[Guest]
and
utraid,
have
at
I'm
particular attention
gentlemen
you
late,
waiting.
12.
arrived
1
3.
No, no;
[Host,]
get to dinner.
let's
am
so I
[Guest.]
247
all;
all
kept
I'm
IV.
to
You might
taste them.
15.
1
6.
It's
[Host.]
take wine
yours by
Pray
right.
19.
[Host.]
down
20.
I won't help
Please begin.
intimates here, and each one
we can
17.
if
we
it
No,
22.
not.
man
sent a
and
12.
<'!'
ffihti*
13-
chien 1
no longer
it's
home.
offer
17.
your
tsao*
8.
|j
17.
8.
$8. k'uai"
must be getting
your house to
thanks.
my
filching*
'7-
my
early, so I
I shall call
shortly at
'
17.
carry,
for
you
[Guest]
I'll
right.
am
to
as
ing powers.
We
[Host.]
much
as
compliment to make
had
21. [Host.]
8.
all
excellent dinner.
all
We've
[Guest.}
eat,
[Guest.]
[Host]
8.
ch'ang*
ch'ii
hsieli'
19.
11. Obs. i.
All you gentlemen: chu, all; for kmig, .tee Part III, 979.
06x.
you shou, to endure [the trouble of], teng, waiting.
12. Obs.
Get to dinner hsi, a repast or banquet; let's enter upon our repast.
2.
///..
13.
Kiiilty of
Obs.
Assumption
fhien, to usurp, to
this scat
am
indeed
much assumption.
14.
Obi.
16.
06s.
Obs.
li'in'l.
3.
K^mi,
a ch.>|pstick
19.
06s.
20.
06s.
Excellent dinner
Vang,
what
Obs.
to taste:
so laid out,
22.
06s.
called
l-'imi.-tztt,
<
H>.
01
_|.
"ln'-mj,
</.''.,
Offer
my
dinner.
thanks
t<>
I.
is
nKo
'f.
tao, to say, to
also, a
or grievance, to do
wrong
//.</',/<
iliank you,
wp
sir.
248
KRH CHI.
TZf
J j. [Host.]
going.
thing.
I
24.
sit
me
in
you
23.
Ob*.
I.
no occasion
there's
me
SERIK.s.
for
other guests.
Good-bye, good-bye
is
beg;
set-
rli'i
[Quest.]
a while
before
COLLOQUIAL
j=
25. [Host.]
27. [Host.]
lit.,
how
25. |jg
could
Av
I'll set-
thanks,
revovr.
<-li-i'ii//
how
The above
or what, but only used in certain set phrases.
used with as much frequency as pn kan tang (see above, 8, Obs. 7).
further
mam
Thanks,
26. [Quest.}
r/i.'/'
come no
I'll
cart.
is
phrase, nuclei-stood;
06s. 2.
of polite phrases, and is
Detain feng
It is difficult to give the exact force of fcng in this phrase ; it means, properly, to raise the hands when presenting
anything (see Part III, 990) to do an act of homage or respect ; hence, the respect that such an act implies.
:
liu.
24.
06.
25. 06s.
Get
into
liu pw,
lit.,
not
polite conversation.
26.
Obs.
Many
thanks
fc'o
/'OH
is a
i-cum
but not to an
interim-.
in
PART
V.
32
250
ERH
TZt)
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
PART
V.
So
[Senior.]
Manchu, eh
1
us Manchus the
sentials
and foremost of
first
to
is
it
in
us,
es-
2
in his own part of the
language spoken
is to a Chinese; so it would never
country
To be sure not
[Junior.]
an additional reason
I've
it.
in
am
seeing
my way
but
I can't master
if
it.
have
5.
fear
pay
my
2.
$?l
*tm
4-
HI
yi'i to
5-
JL
"a hsiung-t'ai,
6-
S 18
JO.
Ife
Jl
C,
you how.
Find
handsomely.
[Senior.]
but, since
My only
were not
you are
willing, I
respects to
/',
'
people as intimate as
you and
are should
2
,
tn'il
/j
4
,
shall say
an island
no more.
explain, to interpret:
my
fan
yi, to translate
to confer on
P al
Pu
ti->
or interpret;
fan
sir.
difficult.
n* n 9 k n > P ower
dc
also,
of
to translate.
^ Ma * nan, monstrously
fz'fl.
*1-
9-
tell
can, to
6.
j^
account; I will
anxious to learn
am come to-day,
I shall
You
So
to ask, then,
take an interest
will so far
8-
my
Sir,
however.
7.
on
you
have
I shall
time,
you
compose a few phrases
8
for me to study, and if I
manage to succeed
at all, I shall regard it entirely as your work."
jjtyj
me
I've
1.
in
still
a translatorship, 3 * I
at both ends of the line.
sir,
that
if
and
this
is
What
[Junior.]
4.
what the
short,
I.
also, to resign
t'wi
te'fl,
sufficing.
an
may
inferior.
it
be that
pa
is
pa
(see
q.d.,
PART
THE HUNDRED
V.
LESSON
1.
[Senior.]
in
that
quite correctly.
Nonsense
[Junior.]
I
3.
it,
it
but
I can't
make
a speaker
^ HI
mere want of
all
to
If you follow
quite naturally to your mouth.
this rule, in a year or two at the farthest you
will
speak
9
myself
mould
is
incessantly, until
quite despair
commit phrases
day,
Indeed, so far
say to
This
Listen to me.
i.
studying
at
used
my
I to
all
[Senior.]
practice.
to begin,
how am
with
proficient.
understand
if'
when
hear
spoken, but it will
be some time yet before I can speak it myself.
It is not only that I can't go right through
with a piece of conversation of any length
why,
II.
it
certainly,
251
LESSONS.
despair
it
without an
effort
so
now
don't
any more.
only figuratively
if^c
and what
is
'T*
JL d^ch P u
below
3.
^j
fjfj
4-
pf
PJf
ffc
Jt'o
become connected
shang, do not
chieh, specially of
}&
chien-chien-chueh-chiieh-ti,
chiao,
[the causes
is
above
specified
that
is,
not
speaking,
unable to speak.
5.
fc
hui', ashes
6-
iB.
7-
'
SB fj
shih'-fu
by
4
,
my
heart
is
made
ashes, it despairs.
any master of a
craft
shih,
among
counsels.
8.
|H
9-
ch'ou?, to grieve
[after
what
still,
inability
252
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON
1.
[Senior.]
time to learn
find
the
all
Your pronunciation
is
6.
longer at
it,
Then he
is
he
in the language
intelligible,' fluent,
7.
and
Nay,
[Senior.]
trouble
my
young
friend,
is
done
"
?
What he
And
please.
How
have
should
3
Then, besides this, he
quite proficient.
has such a stock of words and phrases. Now,
that is what one may call a good scholar, if
[Senior.]
to
enough
is
3.
much
hand.
out of his
thoroughly at
is
you
been
com-
are too
he
he has
to
2.
home
Oh,
[Junior.]
sir
quite intelligibly.
really
III.
are
not at
we
all
in
or practised a speaker he
you?
4.
[Junior.]
Me
to
i.
3.
4'
vacuum
What
[Senior.]
3
chiang
#jc
to praise
Hn $& ch'ing-ch'u
$ji
4
,
I,
ch'eng,
||}j
6.
Jg
p'o',
a strong intensive
ching, after
all,
in
by
;
the recipient
it is soft
8.
PJJ
lick*,
IjsJ.
ko, a partition,
any contingency
to
hsiang, I suspect.
shou
by space
ti ao
my
hence, to practise
of,
praise.
5.
am
distinct, clear
in
lien
is
to
is
ourselves to
the earth.
5.
do
to
lien, proficient.
off
q.d.,
the
hao*, to be fond
chih, resolution,
an
of.
affair
will
be]
[he commences
PART
V.
LESSON
1.
The
comes into
world has to do
to study,
is
of his reading
is
IV.
not only bring discredit
4. Such men
and disrepute on themselves, but they make
man who
253
10
people execrate
the
had such
n
Now, my young friend, just reflect
a moment and tell me whether the obligation
home
5.
There
a class
is
be well
to
he cannot
If
to his line
who do not
of persons
1S
behave himself.
to
is
good-
in the very
3.
can do
make
under
is
smallest degree
are re-
you
man
ness to
the
acquired
really
to have,
children.
one's father
their attain-
6.
and mother ?
no man
8
For my part, I
intrigue and adulation.
what
their
minds
can be
comprehend
but
know
1.
(fif
I feel sorely
l
jjfj
wei
ashamed 9
ti,
the
can't
like,
not, that
them.
for
wei4
wherefore:
special
it
because of;
as a relative,
ti,
representing the
word
cause understood.
2.
3-
4.
5.
$jf.
fiSs
^
m
Wi
chio, to perceive, to
chung*
(to
be sensible
obedient
make
a good job of
to pierce as
fl| tsuan*,
hence, select
with a tsuan 4
from
little
te.
of.
7.
filially
ying mow
sort.
a centre-bit
to
a small aperture
accomplishment of business
by
intrigue;
tsuan kan
mmi
lean
is
m;iy
to
ro.
1 1.
13.
T|?
15.
to
Jlj|
ma4
|=j
man,
jj|
yao
wan
i,
4
,
[fj
JJ,
what fen,
yo
here
q.d.,
he who
is, jen-tzti-ti,
a man's son
make
q.d.,
ch'u hsi, to
in
to revile.
ioeijen-tzil-ti: wei,
etc.,
up
12.
14.
chou 4 to curse
know
tsung,
i.
make
what degree?
profit, interest:
be reviled by people
is
to
be unprofitable
254
EEH
TZt)
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
LESSON
1.
sir;
every day,
go to?
my studies.
2.
[Junior.]
3.
[Senior.]
It
isn't it
10.
is.
What
[Senior.]
5.
Manchu
go to
To read Mancliu,
[Junior.]
4.
[Senior.]
are
you reading
it
write
yet
presently,
Well,
[Senior.]
9.
and
to
sir,
looked,
and
for a school;
we
ijB ]Ij
"
cise
XI,
ji! lit
4)
m*
tsuan
3'
&
4.
iT J9
4)
see k f r
t'ou,
'
/* n 9'
tso -chin,
study Manchu
6.
|fj
!p|
argument
tzA
ti,
here those
8.
E. wan
any way help himself.
9.
*J
10.
mi feng,
itself,
your behalf,
any trouble
ti
aud eyes
at
it
all.
of the clan
Pw
10
tsai cho,
M7^
iso,
besides
for,
a thing commendable in
and as for the trouble of speaking in
sc.,
is
>
neighbouring:
ta-liang, to reckon,
lessons
'
regular
give
Manchu.
for
inien, ch'ien,
5.
7.
in
no school
$, ycn
Ijif
to
and corner 2
is
by
may
to
any
don't
means
that
teaching us,
have
day.
myself,
assure you, in every hole
at
to translate too.
study Manchu
ing to
but
to lengthen,
that
busy
[Junior.]
present to leave any time for writing;
is
others
8.
4
you think
Manchu).
[Senior.]
7.
to the Essential in
I see
Yao" (Guide
Ah!
[Junior.]
in
6.
Chili
V.
tribe.
in addition,
to the
sc.,
blood
relations
aforesaid;
but ia
place, or furthermore.
feels obliged
men
i is
properly to stop
even shares
he cannot
PART
THE HUNDRED
V.
LESSON
1.
when
This morning
those lads
lessons
their
found one
than another.
prepared
went to hear 1
in
"
your
mind 5
to
With the
and endeavouring
you
credit
that
entitled to
It is
instead of sitting
get
work
not
you?
8
only that you are wasting day after day and
month
month, but I
after
am
want
pay so
"
1.
attention to
Heard
their lessons
raw
skiing,
4
i,
am
jj|
teng
what
by an
is
said to
them
elliptical process
to rest,
do
set to
13
with
of you."
really quite at
my
my wit's
You may
sponsibility.
as
you please
I've
end.
2.
3.
5.
little
down
make men
3.
my
to
said,
me, don't
is left
that
I
blood, I
my
expending
your
to
it
little leisure
12
you think that when
7
work; but when will it be accomplished if
you go on in this fashion, making believe that
are students,
if
just as
now
business,
4.
it's
stop and listen to me
that you are studying
There
10
ears."
your
"
them,
treat
your good
humming and
VI.
you
less
255
LESSONS.
done
listen to
all
me
my
re-
or not,
is
pei
stop: ch'ieh, for chan ch'ieh, temporarily, for the time being.
4'
J3.
ft
5-
}H
one's
arm
to catch a bird,
an
insect, etc.
undividedly, p'u, making such a forward movement, no, hsin, tender your mind.
6.
7.
ku', properly, to
~f
buy wine ku
:
hsii
false credit.
hand, to an end.
J[||
tu4 , to pass; hsil tu, to pass to no purpose; also, a rule, a measurement, a plan.
9'
&.
Ufa.
10.
8.
n.
12.
J
wan,
J^
[(
P'*
Jjj
|jf
5S
14.
jl[
tse',
>
a face
to
Sji p'i',
3-
^en
5B
to complete,
with
it
to
represent,
make
it,
ch'eng, to be,
wind by the
''"'
fi{j
originally,
what
my
na h
'*'
for instance;
tse-jen, responsibility,
requires
fault;
;
etc.
must be understood.
then will
it
be right.
25G
ERH
TZtT
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON
1.
As
[Senior.]
becoming a translator
and
to
Manchu, you
you can have no
in
difficulty
you need
All
translate.
own
learning to
exclusive
coming
your mind
If
who
the fisherman,
you go
days and
to
nothing.
2.
Will you do
[Junior.]
a few corrections
me
sir,
am
your
not qualified.
10
n
why, even the i-hsio sheny
and if so, how should a ksiu-ts'ai
Nonsense
may
stand
not
be qualified?
But the
hsiu-ts'ai
the favour
and make
as hard as
my
son
12
is
he can at Manchu
and
are
it
is
now working
for the little
in
you will be
work like
is
am
is
[Junior.]
4.
to
now
off
stand, but I
hands. 6
yourself as
a candidate at these examinations 7 that are
an
is
for
go up
of
VII.
[Senior,
2.
PJH
ko tuan, to interrupt
|{|j
by
ko,
by side, ai-cho
tz'-H-'rh,
3-
IP3
wany*, a
4-
8S vang jan,
Jj
ko\ a pimple; hsing', a star: ko-hsing, any spot on paper, wood, porcelain, etc.; hence, figuratively, defect,
5.
net.
in vain
for wang, as crooked, unjust, see Part III, 941; here useless.
blemish.
6.
78.
3J:
l|lfi
j^
ti
f
,
shcng*
j^
(JJf;),
those
to overcome
pi-t'ieh-shih, three
to tender, to
hand up
you
will
1
sheng
to sustain, to
9.
which
hand
to grasp in the
ts'ao'.
certain success
who
10.
11.
|<J3
ffj
(w,
only
the
^i-hsio:
12.
jjji
chih*,
13.
H| ;g
14.
jj||
man, a
clerk.
bitgheshi, a lettered
i,
nephew; here the son of the speaker who addresses the other person as his brother.
ming-tzu,, add your name, lit., supplementarily, as you have not yet returned it.
3 pu
chi hui, opportunity: chi, as elsewhere, the motive spring; hui, a conjuncture, the right
moment.
public
PART
V.
LESSON
1.
Never read
novels. 1
if
that will
and
VIII.
If
for you,
in
your
that once
he
and
1 *1
fairies,
scatters,
17
men.
that different
upon a
spirits
All
4.
this
is
evidently
told
to
false,
yet
receive
is
time, in
3.
t\\ =J
Hi
chien 4 , a mirror
jfc chiuh*, to
chih
beware
to
come
to
3js
JJ
5.
gjjj
tz'u-,
6.
^ ying
7-
blind
BiF hsia', properly,
8.
9.
to.
n.
12.
13.
|j
talk expressions
3
^r fu
ku-erh
tz'fi,
proposition
men
4
,
to fight, as armies
ward
to
properly,
;jj|f
fang'', to
off,
guard
also,
14.
jjjjyoi
15.
|||l
16.
jj
17.
so 3 to scatter.
18.
g|
fefl
19.
^U
21.
tat
j^jj
originally,
f|}j
hsien', fairies
chien-tzil, scissors.
a pleasant flavour
chirn-shih, experience
Ijjjj
depend upon.
parry a thrust.
20.
to
JL
introduced.
is
other.
chia*, to
to.
2jfc
of old
an axe, carpenter's or
very
becoming, made up
chang
shadow.
cheng
y'd,
is
of.
4.
^
;
ivel*,
any flavour:
tzil-wei,
a pleasant flavour, a
relish.
it.
4
,
slow, taking
no interest
in
it
the
as
people
there
stand
like
idiots, taking
gospel
they
18
it in with a
Men of sense 19
positive gusto.
it
stupid
how
he invokes are
auxiliaries
their audience
257
such books.
33
TZ& ERH
258
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON
1.
is
Has
[Senior.]
2.
come
that book
[Junior.]
yet
for,
ever,
but
it
Who
yet!
is
lad, sir.
When
he wouldn't
stir for
The young
him
we
first
us,
told
to go,
him
pery
know,
the book
sir,
leave
t'ao?
it,"
'
we
??
up
you
rfte *
2.
Jjjj
left out,
to lean against
$;
{',
4.
j*j^
hua?, slippery, to
5-
m
ItE y
7.
8.
9.
*<
severe
doubt,
is
to correct
him
severely
for-nothing
than he
is
now.
by
a, yao,
importance.
//IK'
ti.
to
j|| k'an',
;
La
(see
to, to
assent to
is
pu
more common.
i,
not to assent
to, to
be dissatisfied with.
slip.
kuan
chiao, to
here,
much
as
we
beyond doubt.
positively,
what he ought
etc.
hence, to incline
4
Hi tuan -tuan, decidedly,
|jg k'un*, to
IJdl
is
lou*, to leak, as anything holding fluid; to leak out, as the fluid itself; frequently used, as here, of things
3.
||Jf
6.
all
chin: some such word as attitude must here be understood; yu, he had
;
course, he
"
Of
as soon
so,
said,
beyond
get
world
going on, to
So we asked
in four.
is
article in this
off to
Was
[Senior.]
5.
him,
didn't matter
last I told
in
he said
was
it ?
[Junior.]
4.
We
Not come
[Senior]
3.
it
sent for
IX.
turn or time
elsewhere
it
may mean
that more
is
laid
etc.:
pu
PART
V.
LESSON
1.
X.
[Senior.]
Miuichus
as
Easy
it
so
it is
seems,
much
and
sir,
Well, look at
[Junior.]
4.
the reverse in
259
my
anything
fault
find
to
with,
shooting,
If there
please
is
correct
me.'
shoot so well
will
is
the difficulty
stiff
when
it
particulars,
ijfif
jl
3-
4.
^H
5.
3ft.
chien 4 an arrow
&
ch'ang
lei',
pu
7.
S.
9-
10.
continually to
la,
ts'ui 4 ,
JU?
to
better than
to
keep you
there be
any whose
tSee
tz-il
$Jj
jan, as of
s
,
in
evil or fault
books po
!
;
pa
ts'ui, to
la,
to be so good as to ch'u
lei,
tuft,
thereby
become famous
of those
so,
how many ?
there are
unconstrained.
ta-cho. additionally; it
31
po
itself,
shooting, come
^ ^ mao-ping,
jp-
few
a class or category.
JfJ
these
in
pre-eminence
such] to be extracted from the bunch,
6.
Reform
it
giving
style
the majority
under him. 14
good.
2.
and
shoot,
f$
Your
unsteady.
slightly
it
1.
enough,
is
13
withal that
thing to remark
stiff
nothing to be
is
What
[Junior.]
is
No, there
'
as to distinguish themselves 6
4 6
[Senior.]
5.
even so large as a
may be used
properly, to
move
hair.
with yu preceding
it,
po
material things.
win 3 , a finger not used alone chang-cho, relying on ; ta mu-chih-t'ou, the great finger great in the sense
JJJ
The middle finger is chung chih ; the next, ssu mu-chihthe series, the forefinger being erh mu-chih-t'ou.
The little finger is hsiao mu-chih-t'ou.
t'ou, but also, politely, wu-ming chih, the finger without a name.
1 1
of
first in
12.
fflft
ling*,
feathers; here,
fi^f
more common.
14.
to press
J]g ;/',
of ya, between
XXIII,
slightly.
The
being
first
much
reading
is
4.
down, as anything
and i-h'H.
resume; hence,
latter
l;iid
is
below
it.
Observe
i.
the object
260
ERH
Tztr
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
LESSON
1.
l
[Junior,
to you, sir
year
2.
You
5.
are
very good;
ness
1 1
[Senior.]
What
[ Junior.]
That
for
sir.
[Senior.]
won't hear of
you a kotow;
are
my
my
bounden duty,
as
13.
you
4
you a few of these dumplings
give
my
pay
me
9.
at
10.
so
let
me
spoil
I ate
%.
3'
good time,
it
find
your dinner
if
it.
A
Wliat, not see you out
Dear me! to think that you have
hsin hsi,
j|
sheng
Jfc
fu
1$
chiao
5-
ff
'(HI
kind of pretence
3
,
new
meet
visits in
likely story
[Senior.]
1.
[Senior.]
wondering.
much
2.
No
[Junior.]
16. [Seni-or.]
tea
gentleman.
have here.
some
Here, then,
it.
make some
home
sir.
elder.
8.
There
it's
must make
sir,
for this
Indeed,
[Junior]
12. [Senior.]
such a thing.
7.
I am in earnest, I assure
[Junior.]
You don't suppose, do you, that in
myself at
telling
No, no
pretence.
your house
sir.
you,
is all
to both of us.
[Junior.]
4.
happy new
[Senior.]
3.
entering.]
XI.
your
again.
for
nothing
Well, good-bye
till
Make my compliments
people, will
you
9
;
to
not
we
all
[year's] congratulations.
and honourable.
inside.
1
3
chuang chia , pretending; specially, pretending to have no appetite chia chuang is used of any
to
adorn
Note chia?, not chia*, as in Part IV,
chuang,
oneself, to dress up also, to pretend.
:
III, 13.
6-
my
$&
fan
ss *
9-
Ph
Ivmg:
people will
jjjlj
J3
3fj
iS? -S&
Construe
all
sc.,
run foul
of,
people's
ssfi
ssil
8fc
<>t
to the door.
that
to him.
I0
Hang.
we
eat,
or nothing presented
PABT
V.
LESSON
I
They
[Junior.]
congratulate
ching-ship.
2.
Yes
[Senior.]
at the selection
me
On whom
[Junior.]
3.
nominee
4.
in waiting
standing
Camp
[Senior]
Only with the Hunting
he has never served a campaign.
6
;
[Junior]
will
my
counting on
a certainty.
but
it,
to that, are
now
date,
and those
ta-jen,
later
army
same
Picked Archers. 11
Who
12
is
that
there, therefore, in
is
man
a better
than
you are
8. [Senior]
Don't flatter me, pray; I
have no particular merits of my own, and there
are too many better men than I in the field to
of
all
you are
presently.
admit of
all.
been promoted.
Then, as to your
have
been
in
the wars, you have
services, you
been wounded, and you are now one of the
6.
7.
you
service
[Junior]
all
entered the
have
5.
you come
who
know a
don't
at
you
it
A man
[Senior.]
[Junior]
9.
yesas the
effective
as
XII.
those
you, sir.
say you have been selected for a chang1.
261
may
if I
do,
the appointment as
have the luck to lay hold 10
it
will
TjC chang-ching
ift
tell
be by the virtue of
happy
can only
it's not to
be
shall
to offer you.
Manchu word
chanyin,
signifying an "assistant."
2.
3
3
j[! hsilan , to choose; ||j chien , to select:
by merit
slicing is
chosen.
3.
4-
|H
"Hif
point of a
^$
is
name
to the Throne.
the hsiao are military officers in Manchu corps, of the sixth grade; feny, the
one of the grand divisions of the Manchu army; the point in advance, or
vanguard.
5.
6.
^ Jn yu
3
surround; hence applied to hunting as carried on with a corps of beaters: kua , only, I
service ta wei, to go shooting or hunting.
3
7L llE k' un 9 ch'io', the peacock ch'iao is the common reading of the second character.
chih
to
to
and
look towards; to hope.
wang,
point
$5 |>g
4
the shade cast by trees, plants, etc. fu yin, the overshadowing of prosperity [due to the vi
jSf* yin
of
tsit
to
|jj wei~,
Camp
lao',
to take
|f
%fo
12.
^f ~f
13.
14.
^}| $Jc
ch'i hsia
ch'i,
is
ch'iang,
more
able, than
you
EKH
262
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON
all
7
away, showing no sign of life,
and spending his pay without doing any duty
for it, how can he possibly expect to be pro-
[Senior.]
dividual.
If
Your
present
may seem on
be,
service.
will
There are
the point
of attainment,
itself
it
XIII.
and
to
The foremost
duties of an employe'
9
He must
are
diligence
also
attentiveness.
not
nothing
a run of
They have
expect.
hands,
luck,'
their
is
let
can
till.
2.
Well,
[Junior.]
different opinion
sir,
think
am of an entirely
stumps or
fyj[ ch'a*,
lesser
this line,
a question
it is all
of exertion or no exertion. 6
1.
his
he
fail
and he
of success
is
certain to rise
how can
an employe'
If
an occurrence out
this
3.
air,
JjjJ
rare
is
ts'ai t'ou,
5Jj
3
gjf ch'ou , to see, to look
5.
|H yu
6.
gi &o P a
expression
7.
no work
is
$j
excellent:
yu
chieh, in
what
ts'an',
is
li,
3JL 5J
j|
bad; but
ko
t'ui,
ch'in'
10.
||| p'an
11.
S yung
3
,
sharp, quick.
teng, highest
degree of kao
siting, rising to
for
some other
diligent;
at.
high place.
g|i chin
3
,
and compel] to
attention
in this
combination, the
retire.
to drag
towards one with the hand; here, of pulling in others to do one's own work.
brave
also,
a "brave," or irregular
soldier.
The
character.
9.
ts'ai t'ou is
a good sense, as here, to exert oneself; in a bad sense, to intrigue for patronage.
purely colloquial,
for one's
wages
upper and lower parts of which are sometimes transposed.
8.
PART
V.
LESSON
CHANG
XIV.
sure to leave nothing undone that may relieve "
the sufferer. He really is an old man who has
This
of old
man
is
very friendly
with everybody
10
there
to
is
3.
8
Then he
is
^ * nin>
j|5i
j|fe
"$
yiieh
4.
i/tn
to rejoice
And
13
there
belonging to
on his whole
the old
is
is
man
with an
t cordial.
to lead, to guide
$B
chihpo
to point to
jU;
7-
$n*,
8.
U hu
9-
6.
to' (see
10.
4
;
jjj
yii
to tempt, to
gladsome
yileh she,
draw
on, in a
tint.
here, yin
yti,
draw on
to
12.
and
set right.
4
,
See above,
po
hu chmig,
:
X, Note
10).
to guide.
:
charitable, philanthropic.
to? chin, to
come
la 3, properly
hou, that
11.
is
all
"
is
ij|
brings luck on
14
charit-
taxless, n
am
to
and
He
^ an(
3.
4.
house."
so kind-hearted
12
visit.
him
what
distress as if
2.
needed.
it is
so strongly that
reprove,
when
advice
able;
ho
I feel this
quite dissatisfied
and
enjoys,
sit
win them 4
to
will
263
chi\ to accumulate
is,
thanks to his
too,
way
of
life,
tz'ii,
fjfc
$fc
^ }; pu kuo
i,
xliili,
it
^^
t'o
tai,
(see
14.
'5-
HE waw
ch'ung
Jg!
4
<7
>
tsu,
amply
6.
412
Jffi
sufficing
t-o,
filling to
the
blessings.
full.
35).
evil.
I-!.
etc.:
h^iny
'204
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON XV.
i.
[Junior.]
2.
[Senior.]
He
can
1
very quick and decided, and whatever
comes to his hand is certain to be turned out
is
Then he
shipshape.'
is
With
ties.
he
this
all
is
fail
to bring
them
and support
else-
me
all
it is
to say out
conduct and
my
Still,
my nature
and
this
if
5
4
game by a show of diligence,
well look out. They can't escape
require
my
what
language are
to be,9 1 suspect
the reason
is
their
as
what
did not
feel.
appointments or promotion at
the fitting season.
But if he comes across
fellows who shirk duty, eye-servants who try
make
day with
delinquents,
their claims to
to
are watching
real quali-
very kind-hearted,
forward,
When you
8
your respective merits be done justice to
do
day
your eyes, in the hope that
shall make a career for you, how would
after
very clear-sighted
He is not
nia\
to
it.
they may
him, and once they fall into his hands they
will not get away very easily.
i.
|jj[
those of a
-
word
man
^1
clear-seeing
in movement, active
J| chieh", quick
and prompt.
^ W 91 V
i ''"
li
representing the
order.
v
f
4.
ItS
*"lTI
j^j
MMI = to hoodwink.
.
/<s(t/<
to
make
offer to
here, to
make a show
of tendering
diligence.
5.
6-
4
jj chan so pronounced, to take without
,
EL
right
on a mark
clian p'ien
}j
|JJ
shang
a bundle of
sticks
corrupt for the same character written with the 17 7th Radical, pa*,
7.
i,
a.
is
taken a*
target.
bind
upon.
8.
9'
3
,
to confer
dE JK chmg p'ai*,
on an
inferior; hence, to
PART
V.
LESSON
Children are reared to be the prop 1 of
age, and a son should remember all the trouble
he has given his parents how kind it was of
1.
them
him up
make him show
to bring
should
3
now, while they are
as they did
his sense of
and
this
4
filial
duty
by finding them
alive,
If a
2.
parents, if
later,
his grief to
It will
he
'
fi5
23-
4-
uttering
it
be put
down
as a sham, got
up because
And
is
fan9*,
*ff loo
/&
1
,
pei, to
as for
make
2G5
XVI.
sacrifices,
you may
set
n
spirits
12
gobbled up
13
who
these dishes
enjoy
by the
dainties
any
living
ever
you
knew the
They
10
are all
than neglectful
children
who
will
tell
you
no
is
li(
21
and, in the twinkling of an eye, you will see
their children and their children's children as
evil.
^ RK
made
IB| clii', to
6-
^t
it
is
also used of an
hunger, to starve.
k'an tai is explained by the clause preceding it, without which tang tai or tai, alone, would be used
must be construed as if k'an were detached from tai and linked with the words preceding it.
7- IIB 5<t t'ung* k'u 1 to
cry bitterly t'ung, the excitement of strong emotion.
3.
9-
Io
chin 1 , jewels; fa; htiu*, dainty fare: chen hsiu, dainty fare; mei 3 (^|) teei, goodly taste.
Iiun 2 the spirit of life which leaves man when he dies; not his ch'i, the breath: hun ling, this same spirit
belonging to men dead or dreaming in abeyance when a man is half-drowned in ordinary men, not immortal.
3
12.
to enjoy, as happiness: shou hsiang, the same.
Ijf. hsiang
-
"
'3-
Eg nang 3
1
,
nang
like
a glutton.
what
is
and go
right
in
'$
1
own
6.
T$i
!&
~/fc
gj
/ffj
pu yu
ti,
also,
of one's
accord.
'7-
xj
!t pnjung,
1
not to tolerate
9-
'jij
yen
classical interrogative
$5
4
20. j^f
ching , still, tranquil
21.
chan 3 also
22.
ching-ching-ti, silently.
3
colloquially read cha ,
and
in books,
pien
3
;
to
wink the
eye.
hsiao*, to imitate.
34
266
ERH
TZtT
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
LESSON
XVII.
lose
they are
that
1.
the other as
will love
much
as
Up
affectionate as possible;
and
if later
in
life
most cases
they become less intimate, it is
because they are egged on 3 by their wives 2 to
*
tight about property, or because they listen to
is
in
and, in
there
fine,
is
any
who
your
is
flesh
?
17
his
life
help you
such an effort ? not a bit of
6 7
a feud
efforts to
it
he
in his
make
will sheer
18
he won't
being compromised
be able to get out of the way fast enough. 1 "
5. All this proves that there is no friend
so near one as a brother.
Why can't people
off for fear of
8
by daily calumnies that they
can think of nothing else, some fine day they
lose all patience, 11 and then come 10 blows and
altercations,
cannot be reproduced.
should
remember also that there
4. They
no ally like a brother who else, if you are
it off, it
flesh of
12
10
the brother
if
snap
in
little
13
in
mind
between them.
'
2.
two
1^1
TT ho'
$.
t'iao*, to set
teng,
who
is
espoused
fjf
c&'te/t.
4
,
the concubine,
who
is
purchased
man cannot
have
legally
ch'i.
3-
make
mischief: fiao
45-
6.
so,
trouble going privily; not to be confounded with t'iao', to carry on the shoulder;
to incite to contention.
cheng
^J
chicn*, to divide
||j
7.
to
(see
language that
ckien, separates.
strange
here, estranged.
8.
^jfc
ckih*, to cause:
10.
SI
MM?,
Dg
thoroughly saturated, as a thing steeped in water: the ear saturated, mujan, the eye dyed.
i,
using [the means above described] chih, they cause, what follows;
yii,
classically,
12.
J3> jc
^ pan*
(properly,
and
in this phrase;
ix\d, altercation.
13.
HI
14.
IS1
6.
17.
1
8.
19.
?c
yj
j^
to take a
che*, to
she
j|t SjL
jjjj
fh'ii
tieh
snap
to fling
lun
1
,
lei,
woman
off; also
to wife.
1
read she
to fling
away
life.
entanglement, complication.
pu
tieh,
pan-
TART
V.
LESSON
As
to friendship,
3.
as
it
7 8
it
to take
up
to
but
it,
keep
XVIII.
two informants.
he,
bad blood
and walked on
is
me my
cost
Here,
say
me
mo
life, let
"
what
me
that
up,
a two-headed snake
You have
shouted
tell
pretty near
you."
7.
back
"
"
his
for
4.
267
had
KUAN CHUNG
8.
took one
half,
and PAO
now."
SHU
two
13
i.
flp
way empty-handed.
Such was friendship as it subsisted
9.
between
friends of
the olden
time.
This
;
This startled 11
6.
12
to
15
to the
undoubtedly reads a lesson
w folks of our own
profit-at-any-price
day.
related,
IS P ao> <K
shu*: the
of one's father
first
character always a surname; the second, here a name, means the younger brother
colloquially, shu-shu.
SP chiao', originally, the knd at a radius of 10 li round a capital city; ]{j hiiang', barren, waste, deserted:
chiao, the country, as opposed to ground that is built over ; yeh wai, nearly the same.
3-
huang
4-
Sg
5'
5C
precious
is
kuany*, to
stroll,
to
walk
for pleasure
3
yuan*, properly, original here, in the sense of great
j* pao a jewel, here in the sense of something
chin yuan poo means simply a large lump of gold fashioned into the shape in which the Government silver
usually
o;ist.
3
6-
fit chien
7-
to pick up.
8.
Jg
liao', properly, to
9-
Hi HI chuang
throw down
chia 1
3
({ she , a serpent: a snake
1 1.
1$ hsia\
in
12.
HJ
ch'u',
a hoe.
'3'
ffil
is
a Chinese
Han,
10.
commonly
Hang
chieh
3
,
who
where
was.
it
lit.,
an agricultural labourer.
long reptile.
him a
great start.
she,
wang', here so intoned, but identical with wang*, to forget: the phrase chien
li
wang
i,
to forget justice
in
3
'5'
He pang y an 9, a lesson, an example: pang, amongst other meanings, the
which successful graduates stand.
list
268
ERH
TZtr
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON
You mean
1.
don't you
is
that
I do.
make
his
and
and he
When
6
is
and
home
his parents
living
he has none to
sequently,
1.
jg nang*, a
2.
fff chui
1
,
fault.
4-
yffi
yiian', a
5-
lit han-chang-'rh,
5C (chang), an
6.
7-
8-
^g
chil
Mfi
jiff
ii
ch'i
possibility, that
910.
1
,
not
will
fail to
bless
I0
him.
it,
set
phrases:
f|j!
po'
of learning,
fine fellow
9, a fellow
tien t'ou, to
3
''
Then, again,
?H
"
an awl.
7^
purse, a bag.
3'
extensive
will
dutiful to
is
respects
of
He
expenditure.
and
If
for you,
eare of
if
he
uncommonly
well looking
He
in a bag. 1
before long. 3
way
How is this ?
He is naturally
man
If a
he can,
can't, be the applicant who he may.
help
he's a regular awl
certain to
5.
is
assistance.
Ah
educated,
he
friend of ours,
young
2.
XIX.
how
ch'i yu,
how can
in token of assent
if
there be
is
common form
4B
lisiang* (not
pjj:
hsiang
),
to aid, to stand
by
how
if
he assent, then,
can there be
li,
etc.
a rational, just
life ?
or, as here, to
cause to descend.
fortiimitf,
in-
PART
V.
269
LESSON XX.
known
[Senior.]
1
pointment.
I first
it
the truth of
the proverb,
to
make a
"
'
$J
BE
but
done;"
is
No man
is
is
all
very
too
house where virtue accumulates from generation to generation will not fail to have more
resolution."
[Junior.} That
his father's virtues
2.
still,
at
shows
man
"If a
he wants to do
young
It
well, sir;
ntny y u can
-fif
it
be how
many days
to
hears that he
friends I find
to
when
now one
Heaven 4
q.d., it is
liao, that
and
i until
us.
by hmi
by-and-by.
1
4-
Izi
5-
HI
6.
^|
p'tc
known
wood
known
to
to
Heaven
Heaven]
only.
ts'ai,
his claims
must
etc.
as yet untouched
by
for
fang
2
,
9-
ffi
&
~T ho
its style
by a celebrated dynasty
here,
most
likely, corruptly
with
[the case]
is
chii
hua, saying.
used
270
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON
XXI.
the laws
[Host.]
The fact is
turn back without coming in?
that you were put out, I suppose, because my
people said I was not at home, eh ? Well,
you won't see why they should have said so
unless I explain so listen.
;
2.
must attend
place, as
you
to play;
never can
in the first
Now,
too.
haven't time
tell
jj
2.
fa
<idan,
4-
shih
announced
t'ung, passing
:
i,
through
if
against
my
I resolved, coilte
cotttv,
que
it
to
fang
6-
pj 1&
7-
^$
not to
as
they
deny
me
after
you post
ance,
my
Now,
in this matter
denied without
(ac.,
that I
am
to
blame
my
knowledge.
an oath;
lai, of
time towards
used without
hsiang, as in hsiang
ch'i shih, to
if ever,
til
should
now only
character.
So
3.
gaming
heretofore.
coming
^f
this point
3-
but I
and
lose
3
,
too
if,
but
ti, lit.,
if ; fjg is
to the
chiao*, properly, to
bottom
here,
PART
V.
LESSON
He and
XXII.
the farthest end
wanted
to
At
When
my
went
in search of the
3.
$|
'
ti
ff
ta,
3-
il
hsii
ties,
alley,
but
for half
an hour.
10
and
Then," said
I called, will
"
you
the old
woman was
so deaf
12
that she
house according
and up a blind
to their directions,
him
tell
in.
"
other.
they said he
2.
home
not at
but
friend,
and called
I
it
prevented
could find time until yesterday, when, as I
was passing that way, I took the opportunity 5
of calling at the house he used to live
fast,
when
last,
with him.
I called
though
when
for years,
271
at
tell
written sometimes with the 29th, sometimes with the 66th, Radical; properly, to state in order; not
hsii
*
P an c ^ 1 *) prevented, detained
-pan, to entangle, to
4-
$f
5-
Jvi
US shun pien,
following convenience
6.
JU
pan
hamper.
home pan,
:
to
itself.
to another.
kidnap but probably in the combination before us confounded with the same
character written with the 75th Radical, meaning a crutch: kuai wan, crutch-like bending, round a corner.
7-
&
$jj kiiai
fjj
roof, etc.;
9-
ff
q.d.,
BH
lea
to gull, to deceive, to
Bjf
$i
fall
liu 1 , properly, to
commences;
ka-la-'rh in
fall,
down a
rock,
Manchu means
wood
in
Peking,
it is
used
$&
12.
3|
lung', deaf.
'3
H:
1 '
ko* pi*
woman
in this connexion
commonly
ma
or
ma-ma:
first
a partition wall.
'4-
?Ji yen
4
,
tzn-'rh,
commonly
called
yen-t'ai
($1
),
the latter
272
ERH
TZl
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON
Keqi on your horse, sir,
1
|n-;iy
ought
havegotout of your sight.
Now, why should you go through the form of
dismounting when you are so tired ?
1.
'.
2.
what a tidy
[Junior.]
to
so nice
5.
and
sit
4.
Well,
Oh,
down a moment
But, dear
me
it's
what a show of
flowers
tier of it
has a character of
to 3
j$
in,
W yl
5.
6.
7-
8-
m
i&
A
#
9-m
10.
,i.
fpf
it
was created
13.
J|
4H
ssti,,
up
you
yen*
fan
ho' ju
2
,
and
2
,
disgust
(to /ma
4
,
every
And
wan
tame
that
much
Bore, indeed
[Junior.]
you
will.
it
will
be a
to time.
purely intensive.
See
making a
hill
been employed
tui-te,
I, p.
I tin.
hc,n ch'iao,
very ingeniously.
lit.,
how
;
if [I
do]
Ksing,
immense
felicity.
shall be the
properly, to create
good fortune
is
10
if
most
alone
and trouble
1
all
hsii,
clear,
provided
but
student,
score.
difficulty
on that
7.
And
lao, intensive of
pile, to pile
-fii
way
[Senior.]
real blessing 11 if
rn hsin
jjjif
off:
own
it's
tui',
IjJi
hsil ehiu,
/iao
4-
pi
is
and studying
yes,
6.
down ?
[Senior.]
men
work.
sir,
It's
[Junior.]
study with,
2
you ever so far off, you wouldn't
have had me keep on my horse, would you ?
[Junior.]
looks
it
it's
everything in
library!
the misfortune
I did see
3.
like us.
[Senior.]
XXIII.
PART
THE HUNDRED
V.
273
LESSONS.
LESSON XXIV.
When
his
first I
thought
be.
Then he
no
hu took
tion,
my
how
ask myself
11
used to
fancy greatly.
should best cultivate his
solid qualities.
man
man
12
drop into his net, and he is laid
13
on his back at once.
He has been the rum 14
Let a
of I can't say
praises.
how many
be constantly
15
you could count on your fingers.
3. His acquaintances, consequently, never
2.
But,
5
acquainted
to see that
we grew
as
by-and-by,
and we came
he was not at
to
what he ought
all
better
to
eminent ; a hero
3
fei wei , great, remarkable
smart.
htm
is
<T TO
an actor or musician
i^ Si
3-
ling
li is
my
fancy
hsien, to
li is
ling
mu,
ling, classically,
to oneself.
4-
5-
3C _L chiao shang,
6-
01 81 hurf-hun,
7-
S-
IE IS
Ia 1^ BK
"
to observe.
cheng ching, of persons, rightly going, well-conducted; of things, right and proper.
in his heart,
chiao, to
4
I? 3? won
9-
frame
is? k <a
?/*'*
AT ?S hao
k'ung, the
first
character
without, an
empty
an impostor.
hsien 3 , dark and dangerous, treacherous.
not letting
too,
men go
the right
way: observe
pit kei
in Chinese, to prevent.
1
HI
3-
sault, or
ch'iian
t'ao,
1
?$) chin , properly, the same as the 6gth Radical, a catty; here read
fall, is
not explained
yang
it is
also
'4-
'5-
$1
jli
jg
BJJ
so used whether of
means
by
man
or beast
JJ^J
why
ke,n':
Hi yang
3
,
to look
upwards
mean
a somer-
yang mien,
(-M-V
to admire.
falling into
cVu'-cho chih-t'ou,
lit.,
35
274
to
TZtJ
4. He is just one
whom the proverb
heart
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
5.
"The
applies exactly,
the coat of the stomach
concealed by
is
EBH
face,
him.
He would
me
have had
in escaping
in his grip
16
his mind."
'
Hi
lung
/o
4
:
to,
lung
3
,
1
properly lung' , a cage
lung
lo,
figuratively.
LESSON XXV.
1
you take things too easy.
If you can't do what
you are asked to do,
there's an end of it; but when you have
No,
i.
really,
undertaken
a thing,
to
if
is
business
1-
it
way you
get
through
-jjj p'i-,
Us P^ ying
4.
IB.
jfll
5-
%$
"fit
for
first
instance
his
mind would
your
to.
are
fo
eh'i, as
news
compared with
here, in
its
ch'i.
is
found
up
i:g.,
plain in the
have been
3-
.i|Kirt
tie
the
you
ashamed
far
It
you, I can assure you.
4
6
6
better, instead of dawdling along in this way,
to have told the man the truth 7 plump and
this
to think
feel
^jfc
14
so* hsing: so
3
,
may be
7.
also, to
hence, to curb or force ; so hsing, to do violence to, or curb, the natural bent of one's will, to stretch a point
fairly
-^
make an
effort, stretch
a point, and
citing
(see
tell
kuang-ching, circumstances.
in
some
XXI, Note
6).
in>!
PART
V.
275
LESSON XXVI.
1
What
all
is
about
this
The affair
yet, and if it
headlong random
me
The grand
2.
prematurely,
mind
of
It
it.
'
2.
3
in
is
made up
it's
cery,
whatever. 8
am
so
my
by getting
nature
my
If
constituted
must be
left
make me
act
decline
to
all
action
in
however,
But,
would have
fashion you
talk.
3.
me,
,-h'ih', late.
IP|
SL shang
to
ch'ieh,
a strong affirmative
q.d.,
till it
affair,
even he
is
no hurry.
4
press,
is
|[
ts'ui', to
urge on;
what reasonableness
Je
3t
Jg
5-
>r$)
6.
^=f
Jf
Hfj
"
fjii}
character
10.
is
5i&
shih, to get or
le
fang
3
,
if,
but
2
,
hsiert,
moving before he
does, urgently
if
become
solid, as
JUJ /an
you should
$jj[
in Lesson
XXI, Note
to hinder.
jo,
5.
and then, as
general
rule,
disjunctively.
This
ERH
276
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON XXVII.
Ah! you
know
don't
2.
tell
I'll
full
of heart.
you
my own
case
all
fell
One
lame
in with a
15
jerked
he
and
thing,
but before he
his foe
w;is
tried to dodge,
he
him a
10
great distaste for the
shows, doesn't
ing that there
in the empire ?
in,
to a considerable distance.
This gave
5.
uncle's,
the
and as he
upon
was caught u by
and he was so
my
it
his neck,
day, however, at
deli-
12
could recover
lance,
handy with
He
this.
was once
made nothing of 11 an
2
very fond of martial exercises, and I used to
3
practise them every day but after a time I
his
brother
my
antagonist like
Well,
4.
it,
is
that I
am
But
this
right in maintain-
10
the weapon
he was accustomed
to.
i
[
wang', properly, bright ; colloquially, of anything that is succeeding, or at its best
See above, Lesson XIV, Note 1
blood and breath, the constitution, which is wang, in its prime.
ih,
un 9
chin, to
move the
up some
practice or habit.
muscles.
J4
chiti*, one's
8.
1^
i'ttn
9H
10.
12.
l,:o,
ch'i*,
5R 51
j^ ch'a',
maternal uncle.
a village
rh'iieh',
individual
13-
fll
na
'
!'-'
rh
yu
' <a i i
1
14. Tfc chia , not to be confounded with chia? (Part III, 309); to keep fast hold
the arm, in the leaves of a book, etc.
*51
6.
1 *
5.
to pa?-shih, to do feats of strength or of anus a good authority explains pa to be the hand or arm
ff iC
the condition, or circumstances, in which the arm is placed while performing martial exercises (?).
si,
9.
ffi
1*
ch'u, to jerk
away
savour, taste.
liao, properly, to
put down, to
let fall.
of,
PART
V.
277
LESSON XXVIII.
No,
1.
1
you are too extravagant;
really,
fulness
you
man wants
if
to task for
accustom himself
to
to
economy
of
like
at
money
and fancy
in everything.
men
Besides,
3.
go on
he must
live,
2
your waste-
dishes,
to
you'll
uneasy.
2.
self about,
fact
my
that
is
friend, is
not,"
before
arrives here
it
la TO sheng-chien
4'
|f
a grain of
IS
li*,
6.
$&
fc'wn.
or
3
,
Old men
"
us,
10
12
it
long run; it
that day comes.
a kennel
ch'ien*, the
or chien-sheng, economy.
3-
5-
to
no easy matter.
is
8
but
you'll not only have no luck,
look to
please,
this
4.
The
eat
If
it
command, who
their
that.
like
la,
drag the
vessel.
rice.
k'un 3
properly, to tie
up persons or things
here, q.d.,
eating.
7-
!! 31
8.
fjf che, as in
meant one
9-
lo
1 '
chin
t'ou,
limit.
to
16,
snap
off:
che fu, to do a
to enjoy.
fa
hsi
fi
O /"
fa
&
|$!
fi
i,
t'ien,
hui kuo, to
know how
a Buddhistic expression.
money.
12.
'3' jSf
ai
2
,
you
will
come
to suffer hunger.
TZ& ERH
278
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON XXIX.
i.
What
[Neighbour.]
is
2.
knowledge of my
mere speculation ?
ing
How
eye.
few days,
ourselves a
before
it
or
is
indeed the
it
all
man
out, with
enough
would be quite right that I
We had
fit for nothing.
use of our time, then, and occupy
little
we grow
in
and home
When
old.
stiff,
dress don't
become
what pleasure
circumstances
is
is
there hi
No
that
all
life
to avoid excess,
is
on a man
to spare,
pray,
I
any enjoyment
2
we become
light
make
Were
me
make
money you
and
affairs,
best
of
[Host.]
under such
incumbent
would you
listen to
my
application
to a certain extent.
'
?? 3i fou
3
slieng, life, as if
to dazzle
5Jk
huang
3-
@l!i
4-
J5f
so ti
5-
6.
EH
t'an', to sigh
[but] 10,000 to
not dying,
we have
what they
say,
we
got.
to heave a sigh
k'ou
ch'i,
still
and then
how should
to die, that
I live?
would be well
PART
V.
279
LESSON XXX.
1.
2.
Who
[Senior.]
marks,
left
you
gratulate
3.
them
11
too; he
out laughing.
7.
8.
I said,
9.
5.
[Senior.]
6.
[Junior.]
little taller
than you
5
with a beard
up
he had a square
to his temples, 4
where
face,
prominent
[Senior.]
is
know, but
a card. 15
Wait, and
I will
at, sir.
he from,
You
wonder?
fellows
sir,
left
[Junior.]
again.
man
eyes,
tation, that
8
with
dirty; but one eye, and he squinted
that his face was densely pitted 9 10 with pock-
man you
;
'
3-
jE
&
2}5
31
4-
5?
5-
6-
?9 ~f
7-
tzil
purple
fang'
3j
1
4 hsieh slanting
8-
9-
|M
%$
c/t'ow
2
,
a species of crab
tree,
10.
the
line,
wood
of which
is
mahogany
coloured.
of over-boiled rice.
I2
J
3-
$
P$
&
I'hiian 3
Si yao
-cho she-'rh;
lit.,
!ln>
Crh.
'4
ch'ih 1 , the
first
character
is
chW
'?
Iff!
chili
liou*,
3?
wai', deflected, crooked; the opposite of cheng, upright: wai-wai niii-niii, turning
title,
but uswl
now
of
a monkey.
and
twisting.
$y t'ao', properly, the case for a bow; to put the bow in its case; it would then be concealed;
sense of to ponder, to devise t'ao liieh, concealed devices ; specially stratagems in war.
18.
liieh,
in the
280
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON XXXI.
1.
[(Senior.]
2.
[Junior.']
What!
Oh
are
you not
off'
yet
to you.
by.
short of
little
expenses/'
leaving
is
it's
easier to
go up a
hill after
4.
no purpose
your
As soon
and
3.
[Senior.']
lucky
you came
to
me
mise
&[
2.
3'/.<'..
if
ch'i shen, to
3
3H
Jig cheng
SH:
$5
to
li,
first
show kindness
who
serve under
rest.
hand. 11
interest.
It is
am.
the
as I return I shall
[Junior.]
pawn.
do myself the honour of repaying you both 6
principal
By
home
me
article to
I'll
tea,
When you
use.
your
for
be off by-and-
I shall
them
the half of
12
6.
of your advice,
days
I shall
and
sir,
never forget
to
the end of
my
it.
for
to-tzti,,
see
XV,
7,
Obs. 4
ch'an, to tie
4-
wi
ch'in*, to lay
5-
6?
BJt tang'-t'ou,
6.
7-
(see
wild beasts
Jfc
hu 3 a
,
tiger,
commonly
called loo
hu
tender back
of, evil-doers,
pen
li,
principal
and
and
hting-k'uei,
luckily.
9.
10.
J^
T '
^ Jl
12.
not so here
sh
eh'ang, the
hand
door.
kuan
hsi, to
have relation
let
to, to affect, to
concern
PART
V.
281
LESSON XXXII.
1.
When
[Senior.]
or
sir,
I've
I
[Senior.]
your return,
1 1
12.
in
hear, sir;
was not
It
we
you
likely
live so far
[Junior.]
this
1
from one
Wasn't there a
it.
low
[Junior.]
4.
How odd
[Senior.]
sir ?
[Junior.]
3.
many
14.
down
it is
to
it
years.
You
[Senior.]
3.
don't say so
[Junior.]
official
[Senior]
time you send there, please buy a few piculs
me
to ask
of pulse for me
out the account,
another
[Senior.]
5.
\\
ion of
[Junior.]
8.
9.
By
[Senior.]
[
Junior.]
[Senior.]
'hilili
c^* **^>
tiao*, properly,
I l"^i properly,
shu
belonging
ji
fc
6.
f? lao*, to flood
7-
&
9-
to
domineer
to,
^| sheng
Iff ts'ao
jj|J
with rain
but
1
,
1
,
a measure
(see
works
deep
it
much
be
will
better to have
for
it
it
111
here, the
name
tiao
yuan,
tar
otl.
of.
here, the
name
of a river.
yao
fruit or grain.
5).
it is
pay you
han, dry
I'll
horse trough
'o.
fi
the
indeed;
me,
you'll tell
cost you.
and
/urn
well
if
brought
than to be paying
charging us here.
in
to feed
Very
[Junior.]
it
1 6.
[Junior.] Aye; you are right. I sec
have
a number of horses standing in your
you
9
stables, which, of course, you must have pulse
<
is it
5.
whatever
It's
3'
is ?
Pa 3 Chou.
7.
10
name
ma
chien 3 , to diminish.
36
ts'ao, a
282
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON XXXIII.
1.
buy a good
to see
If
[Senior.]
and then
one,
in the stable
it
it
but
at
all,
will be a pleasure
waste forage
why
as this?
him, and
tried
there
know a
hard work
hunting
i-
is
is.
am
nothing for
I
it
16
for,
I to
do ?
and so
he'll
him than on
field,
is
such as he
it's
subject
and so gone
[Junior.]
The horse
sure-footed.
[Senior]
12
13
always coming down with him.
are
4.
3.
this beast of
14
as yours,
Besides, with a figure as unwieldy
1B
horse for you.
he is not at all a suitable
*
practice he didn't swerve a hair's breadth off
the course or within it he has a good mouth,
is
is
they
and he
10
yours
fellows
7
jaw drooping,
found that he
young
and
walls
of your fine
like
[Junior.]
I
his quiver
and handy.
>
answer
my
foot, at
any
better to be on
It's
purpose.
rate.
18
ill ts'an\ a word disparaging appearance: ts'an-t'ou, speaking of men, a blockhead; here, simply poor-looking.
xood-for-nothing.
2.
3-
sf
tien', here, to
te
is
secure, even;
wen 3
he shaken.
4:t
trench
5-
Ji kuo 3
;
if
f?c
properly, to
he swerve outwards, he
3
t'ui -tz&
"?
is
said to chang,
if
or cloth:
inwards, to
kito.
etc.
for the
common form
of t'ni,
fife
4
K|
c/ti
fi&
=&
J$
ying
sa-tai,
1
9-
10
1 1-
12.
JjpJ
kuan
$\L ta
'5-
49
'6-
51?
'^-
1
,
<''('
rarely,
fesi
4
.
a quiver.
lit.,
one
sort, like.
this horse
i'ere, is
J!>t
more
a falcon.
$x ipan;
fine fellow.
to
means, by an
effort to
make
place to another.
1C
tao-*At/i,
3JC
after
all.
I'AUT V.
283
LESSON XXXIV.
1.
cloak of sable
2.
the
Where
[Senior.]
in a
shop
No
[Junw-t:]
did
bought
at one of
4.
[Junior.]
5.
[Senior.]
Guess.
It's
all
it
[Junior.]
5
hundred, and went up, and when
hundred and
fifty,
got to two
7. [Senior.]
so cheap ?
I remember
fur
the colour
and smooth;
thick
so
is,
and the
7
along the edges is quite even the lining is
a piece of thick satin, 8 the figure on that is of
;
ii
new
cloak
pattern, and, to
itself
fitting you,
it
L
2
ffi
if it
add
is
As
to
you better
it.
is
The
hair
faded
!)
is
coming
wear
can't
if
Well, well,
[Junior.]
that's
the
10
pay-day.
[Senior.]
It's
fellows just
commencing a
you to put on
it
we
for you.
marten or
tiao', the
!} _t miao
you
it
case,
the
common price
much as five
look at it; how deep
sir,
it
out,
call
hundred ounces.
6.
don't forget,
[Senior.]
9.
You can
[Senior.]
If
[Junior.]
fairs.3.
8.
may
be
old, or
it
it all
but
the same. 14
sable.
shang, in the temple; one of two temples in Peking where fairs are held on certain days every
month.
3-
Jra
t'ai', to guess.
4-
3!
7 B? chihpu
come up
5'
cfet
4
,
to.
'fife
t'ien', to
" ^B
is
7-
add.
51 ^ M0
ch'i chidi.
8.
shao*, the tip of anything; also used in the sense of to carry, as a note or a
one's proper business or errand.
9-
10.
ffl
ffi ffag', official salary; kuan, probably in its original sense of to bar, to bolt; when the finy, official salary to
is assigned to
you Icuan fcng is now used to mean simply drawing one's allotted pay or rations.
'
EL &n pa
-
ijiJJ
'3
chieh, here, to
make an
effort to
a lev^e at court.
'4- ilK
too,
notwithstanding,
all
the same.
284
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON XXXV.
a friend who
I've
1.
He was
nerve.
is
man
10
out
open the doors of a standing-press
of this he took a large quantity of clothes,
n
12 13
clapped them under his arm,
hopped out
of the window, and away he went.
of great
to
14
whole body
eyes, its
hair
if this
when the
me
Dear
him
"
said he,
quietly
and
"
it's
a ghost
what
see
let
fell
f|p knifing*,
Bj- chen-g*, to
4-
$>f
17
lit,
j?
come
8-
9-
10
81
3>
"fjlf
3
,
hit'
%&
to
kind of
Note
4,
c,hing hsing, to
(sung
),
sleep.
3
generally pronounced ch'iao' or ch'iao
kuei, a standing-press.
jfc
ffif
11-
$$
BR
rkia', to
12-
wake
anyone he might,
affairs, business.
hsing
19
across.
it
The
My
again.
3-
'
once
J|j chih\ to
in
15
2.
to the
being
us watch
3.
at
5.
he takes."
line
came
2.
"
gallows-bird
friend
its
confusion. 6
all in
4.
;ind following.
13.
wo', a nest or
14.
an 4
<& meHg\
5-
'6
secret:
an
fierce,
courageous
JJ
7-
fl?,
8-
^ ku
19-
JHf
$fc
3
0^ hu
chao, the
i,
moment
rapidly,
q.tl.,
without fear
to intimidate;
it also
means suddenly,
<T
\'
PART
THE HUNDRED
V.
285
LESSONS.
LESSON XXXVI.
While we were so engaged,
of story-books
mine
an adventure
is
of
of a sudden the
my
4.
own.
we were
Some
at the sight,
all for
and
when
and don't be
2.
"
"
this
S?
'
fll
Jg
6-
89-
I0
"
4
,
close together
iE chung
wi
shu-shu,
-^ pai
fi chan
ao 1
curious,
tso.
also, secret.
is
it
catches anything.
father's
younger brother.
here, a
first
Mongolian word
for
boundary
spirit disturbed
4
,
i2
has
eh
to thank.
many meanings;
1
here, a
ceremony:
~T
5-
6.
chi\ properly, to
make an
hsieh-i, a thank-offering.
'4-
itt'ering,
saw myself
my
shou, to
tfi
12.
'3
fli
TJ[$
it ?
of metal.
wasn't
The
line.
^ mi
7-
St
4-
being made
for
3-
5-
and drink.
to eat
ls
and began
there used
Leave a thank-offering 12
15
to the spirit at the same time and
praying
the flame of the wine that had been in a blaze
place; let
"
;
a nice cool
is
he
3.
'
the spirit on the boundary 11 of his jurisdiction;' and the spirit of this spot has now
growth of
frightened," said
to be a saying,
<
all
offering of
meat
f|
tien
4
,
to pour a libation
286
TZfr
ERH
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
LESSON XXXVII.
1
3.
buy
do you inquire?
of mine wants to
house
is
[Senior.]
Why
[Junior.]
A. friend
them
The house
[Senior.]
An
haunted.
it
is
uninhabitable
elder brother of
live there
house
mine did
fine spacious
is;
and
and
in
good order.
when the
came
But
go
five
came
to be
'
ffi
-'">
and
the house
sir,
this is
spirits,
into
of
mine
heard
it
originally, a place;
let
12
[Junior.]
5.
of no use either,
rebuilt, all
bad at
for
on the spirits
all
place
my nephew's hands,
4
according to his account, the side buildings
5
got out of repair, and though he had them
so
10
so there
rows of buildings from front to rear, all distributed as they ought to be in a dwellinghouse,
it.
4.
it's
that
sort of
opposite yours
2.
What
[Junior.]
it,
will
I shall tell
and then
him the
I shall
truth as I have
have done
my duty
he sees
fit.
these
here, a collective
numerative of fang-1%9,;
all
2-
i&
3-
PI (S
4- Jfj|
ti
TOCTI
mien, not the face of the gate, but the gate-face, the face in which the gate stands.
commonly
it
not used
6.
VjL sui*,
4
colloquially, in disrepair; 'H^ ten , tattered, dilapidated,
7-
8-
W)
9-
Ia
7 W)
un 9 P u
IS Si chuang
Wfc
1$
t'i"
k'o, to run
up
by
spirits
against.
shcn, the act of female exorcists; they stand on a table and affect by
*>
}ff5
t'iao,
posture-making,
PART
V.
287
LESSON XXXVIII.
1.
[Junior.]
that I
sir,
yours,
5.
[Junior.]
6.
[Senior.]
7.
[Junioi:]
How
They're
Why
2.
[Senior.]
3.
[Junior.]
it's
So
conscience. 5
return for
2E
'
can
tell
for
better, I
Ah
12
wainscoting of the stove-bed, and I forgot to
put them by. When I came in I went to look
[Senior.]
I
I'll
There
r.hat is
my
pity
telling
which
what a
it
came
and
lost.
as
Oh,
are p'u-t'i
do you mean
1:t
them. 14
you.
p'an
is
4
fjjj su
properly, sung* ; pronounced su, it means to recite, as the Buddhists do their books; ffi chu', a
bead su-ehu, properly, the Buddhist chaplet. The character for su given in this note is the correct one.
2.
<ir
3-
is is
w)
every time
tsao' tsao,
T^1 '1
"
4'
e5
5-
9$ Aao
6.
Pg
7-
^ />V,
8-
i|J cfo'Mcfo or
2
>
lit,
to be reticent
every rencounter.
hai 1 an exclamation.
,
observe
its
first
relation
and
its
verb
it,
immediately precedes.
9-
rf
man
ou*, to saturate
"
^ kuang
5t
!2.
Ifjlj
wall
han*, sweat of
'- \%
or beast.
}^
t'ou, to
penetrate thoroughly.
slip, slippery.
cli'a*,
by whom
;tii(I
shadow.
of this rests
ag;iiii>i
.1
288
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON XXXIX.
1.
makes out
as correctly 4 as if
and
it
why
him
2,
predicts.
make
calculated
'
3-
4-
5.
6.
and
iF
He made
by him.
'<*' 1 thin,
W fhuan
^ M*,
U chun
"fit
out
my
9-
10.
1 1.
negative
^ pa
tzti,
is
one up a
bit,
and there
is
it's
home
9
only
here
to cheer
10
nothing improper"
most
the eight characters, taken from the Chinese cyclic system of 60 combinations of the 10 stein
;
the
ihu, to belong to
2j- 7/ao
2
,
HI" c hih
fjft
(jjj
first
combination marks the year, the second the month, the third the day, the fourth
is
calculated.
an 9 (observe
hao, anything small, as a thread of silk or a single hair; the minutest degree.
1
tang*, not tang },
it
only represents,
it
only amounts
to.
pj"
q.d.,
a small hair:
5>
still,
3
}j| chi , to crowd, to shoulder as in a crowd
the hour, in which the person was born, and on the eight his fortune
8.
true
ffl
Jig
all
2 branch characters
7-
what
be
may
father's
/V
Well, that
enough
friends
my
[Junior.]
3.
but, thought I to
myself, although
[Senior.]
All
8
;
tells
him.
brothers,
my
it
number of my
'
7
age, the
and mother's
[Junior.]
have you, of the
pu
k'o,
when
impropriety.
all is said,
part,
what impropriety
is
there
it
is
by the
PART
THE HUNDKED
V.
LESSON
LKSSONS.
XL.
time he freed himself
him
The sun
in in a body,
1.
I'll
was
as he
So
where
I stole
through
the
hole 3 in
it
safe in
he
made
flew.
but just as
fja
again,**
and
tmig*, properly,
was chasing
room, when
the
the
boys,
came
and we
all
"
Why,"
them
"
i),
liberty.
What
such stubbornness u
let
him have
happy,
the bird.
and
13
skipping,
a wooden framework
12
he
away
This
made him
went,
hopping and
also,
+ $R fi dma'
SIR cess
56.
W.
softly,
chu, the first verb indicating the motion of the hand, the dash
rh'ia hao,
I desired, I
made
made
ik.
]|ij
also
it
not be heard.
may
3-
quite
snare.
3<
so that one
tad
to fall
down, as a man, a
wall, etc.
here, to pass
4
transferring a shop, business in trade; not to be confounded with too , to pour (see Part III, 182).
of no meaning but to express the sound of a bird's wings in motion, or the like.
7-
Dg
fig-
8.
if
rhtng*.
9-
to-
1.
p'u'-lu
Note
word signifying
fg
i-hui*, to
j|jj;
ku
l
,
an axle-tree;
JUfe t'iao,
to
hung
jump;
to
hi*,
53.
to cover over either with the hand, a cap, a cup, or the like,
4 fnng
13
jJS;
12.
birds
the rungs of a ladder, etc.; read tang*, the open spaces between the rungs of a ladder or of lattice-work
means a trap or
it>
tang*, also
round
all
bopped about.
2.
him
east his
289
to spare
life.
is
tsuan, properly, to bore; here, indicating the action of the head as the child skips away.
37
290
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON
Was there ever such a brat,
[Junior.]
Other people have
as that boy there! 1
XLI.
1.
sir,
him
given
sorts of advice,
all
good, and to
For
what
is
right
up what
is
men
all
and proper as
my
say; on the
If
ear."
listen to. 10
he didn't belong
Why
should
certain to disgust
no longer,
it
is:
to me, 1
should be glad enough, I'm sure, to speak
in a way that would be pleasanter to him to
and he pouts 4
could stand
I lost
sullen,
Blockhead that he
bitter to
of tears.
4.
easy to pick
born to do no good.
on the
makes him
he's
full
eyes
vicious.
is
it is
Why
holes in
learning what
"
can't they
it
2.
till
He
3.
reason
him
if
be doing what
it
wasn't
is
for this
~? huai
'
SI $
IfJ rA'iiott
4
,
hai-tzti,
not spoiled in our sense of the term, but so bad that he will do no good.
to advise, to admonish.
$&
animal
spirits.
4-
chii,eh*,
5-
IHt li
6.
hi*, to weep.
7-
iiiamg',
9-
10.
ti en
'
^'-i to lgt
properly, wide
down
the face.
and deep
a friend.
chung', faithful, loyal, as a minister to his sovereign, as a friend to
hung
-cho
lit.,
rebellious,
opposed
to.
glad.
I'AUT V.
LESSON
Just see what a miserable creature
1.
that
is
he
not a
is
man
at all
he
a beast
is
XLII.
with another, like a
same scrape
into
up
short of his
down, and
that
As
3.
as
he
he ought
no use whatever.
to do, he's of
for
If
He's ready
you allow him
the length
one's
it
hand
ought to
wise he
or
a fidget
chien huo,
if
f5
U huo
And when
if
in.
15
man] yet he
is
not at
while living to put off the skin: he has grown up so that he resembles his father as
t'o,
Jif
attend
tn,
IB chtf-ku\
all
flit
fj|
5-
\m
OM
jere,
I^U
3R
t'ao'
7-
stammering.
a booby that people dislike and ridicule.
ch'i,
to attend
V %W
upon: fu shih
"D
f)
l;
B
ft
j*i
is
also.
k'o-k'o pa-pa,
f^f shih*,
if bis
to look after.
4-
6-
to
that
am
I've
give him
be,
14
poker may not be
but it's better than
man.
father,
in
Jw S.
'
all.
enough
any tomfoolery
no leisure, and keep him constantly attending 7
upon you, he does a little better but otheris all
is.
Life
trouble, trouble,"
the
he can't
When
4.
monkey
291
$j HI
;
how,
^^
(ching-ling) or
(i/ao'-cliiitt/j.
explained in the words that follow.
is
it is
intended
1
fl* fang chen: observe tang , in the sense of to stand for, to represent.
f
i&L
s ha differs
somewhat from
din, alone,
inflicted
by a
lethal
weapon.
l
~-
J2 jew
3
,
the pain
felt
by the heart
is,
bear.
fe
'4-
is
ERH
292
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
LESSON
1.
while
Yesterday,
was
those
out,
if
dumb
and walked
in,
and they
all
became
for
A'e
'
?lj[
"iffi
representing the
2
3-
!{$
"
"
hacking
Js
and so on
to die,"
UJI tgei
'K We fi 5i
first
Now,
if
a wink, to
make
3.
And when
off, all
7-
JtF
}T 5u
^'
S^
very
had
dja-mg
done,
took
they
as they went.
word, which
is also
read hai'
(see
the
ti
sound of coughing.
;
down.
painful feeling
your disorderliness
you
5-
thrash
I'll
do you,
look out
chiieh*,
ai
it
to give
"hih yen-shai-'rh, using colour of the eyes, with an expression of the eyes, to wit, such a- is
.il~<>,
q.d., thief and mice-like glancing at each other, took themselves oft' one by one
flit
js
stick, that
me
and
4-
6-
said to them,
happens again,
for
this
your skins,
themselves
<
we deserve
soundly,
promise you.
unless I do."
and
feel as if
2.
Oh
little,
Do you
pray
"
began to cool a
7
you can't be quiet ? if you oblige
you a thrashing, what good will
together,
begging pardon
so dolefully that
"
a cough
kotowing and
my wrath
and
praying
6
kept on
they
rascally servants of
XLIII.
"tl
ai ch'iu, to implore.
[is it
* sa *
y^i
because] your
if
flesh
fg
satisfactorily,
(yang
3
),
itches?
sc.,
PART
THE HUNDRED
V.
293
LESSONS.
LESSON XLIV.
1
[Senior.]
sir
mind 9
there
1
so
is, drunk again to-day; dead drunk,
that he can't keep his legs.
I asked him if
he
and
to
fro,
and he
and lurching
as
to-day
something
2.
lie
may happen
forgot to go
don't, I
vow 6
to me.
by to-day, forgive
time forth to
this
make up
~'
~m rP' the
3-
movement
IS PC yn?-pa
it'
4vk t'ung
any business.
5-
S. HI
6-
jg
l
,
dumb
person
may
tit-fa, to
let
him
but
off to-day,
make
oath
hou yang ho
hou referring
which
also
to
yang
means
%& %&
W -t
9-
iH iS
'fr
1 '
I'll
answer
for
it
more
3
,
it
hoarse.
may be applied
to the despatch
ch'i ahih, to
it is
so that I
am
q.d., if I
don't beat
him [may
for
present.
my
chieh', to
be
8-
?K
to
of the body.
7-
chance
for him.
IO
if I
word
his
the forward
and
he
him
he won't reform.
'
>r
it'
and
and
way
Ah
not,
what a hopeless
been; and as for drink, he'll give his life for
it
it's dearer to him than his father's blood.
this once
he does
if
you please
"
him
as
[Senior.]
3.
to blame,
to be
much
in this
wish
the bettor;
gets drunk
[Junior.}
happen
much
4
give the scoundrel a very severe
if I
'
correction
of drink.
little
I'll
10
couldn't he answer; he
ilumb
beware
find inside
desired,
to
ch'lng ch'i, to
make
face,
not to put
hen here
me
to shame.
chi*.
294
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON XLV.
1.
Your
it
Why,
[Junior.}
face
as pale as if
is
and since
saw you 2
on which
the head,
in
drains,
was
Yes,
[Senior.]
himself.
for
that a
all
i-
am
I'll
[Senior.]
a simple one
follow
eat sparingly.
If
give
you a rule
ti>
when you
you
do
will
are hungry,
this,
little
tea,
^Ij skua',
not, I
4.
to cool myself,
doing.
it
[Junior.]
had
if I
I felt as sick
it
could stand
as
myself,
care of
couldn't say
my
and
man
in
in the clouds.
3.
cool one
came on
and dizzy 7 n
head, a hoarseness
my
throat,
ku l ting 1 ,
all
who
is
ting,
a person, an individual
but
it
3-
He
4-
}$3 t'ao
5-
J$J y'oo
it'
latter is
||l
p'ao
my
fire
the drains.
t'ou han,
by
p'ao-tzti,
9-
10.
1 '
JL }$
driit,
vulgarly
th
:
t'u
i[Jj
heat: p'ao-tsao-ti, as
kua-tzit
u, to
t't
4
;
hu-hu, wool-gathering.
throw up everything.
? cheng, to hold oneself up by an effort q.d., eha, planted in the ground, cMng, struggling. Observe
[having done what I did I am able to-day to hold myself up by an effort ;] had it not been thus,
12.
under the
officials
the construction
yeh
fire
yiin*, dizzy.
9l- v(>
?&
by
1
pi ting', the mucous discharge from the nose: tin; properly,
to
suffer injury from, feng, the wind.
shang, short for shou shang,
**
(sao 4 , dried
throughout perspired.
dispensed with.
7- !ijb
whole person
made
the
effort, I
though you
Note
eiuio l-i.any,
j
cha?, not cha , as in Lesson VIII,
it
Note
12.
PART
THE HUNDRED
V.
295
LESSONS.
LESSON XLVI.
1.
what does
Dear, dear!
[Senior.]
this
sir ?
It was only the other day that
we met, and here you are with your beard
!
grown grey, and your whole appearance that
of an old man ?
Now, don't be angry with
found
mean,
all
is
bling
an
pit to
when
in the charge
falls
into
it.
If
he
do hear that
you had
me
speaking out
for
you
but
play,
2.
best give
up
This
[Junior.]
gossip, not a
the habit.
shadow of truth
in
it.
Inquire
you'll see.
quire of
his
own
1-
3-
4-
then
is
fat
the
i*
why should
No man
jfjt
dew;
in-
lou*, to
become manifest,
into: if
say that,
it
all I
bright.
every case
is it
for
all,
don't
gamble
'
;
insist
that's
on
my
inquiring."
to allow to be seen.
i,
hsien also
into [gambling],
means
na 3
in
what
[place], is there a
bottom
'
go his hold.
"
be that you
etc.
intimate
One word
it ?
ignorant of
the attributive;
!8i
is
= before
5-
else
I
doings.
31 Wi
hiu shih,
kuang
anyone
i
-
No, no;
[Senior.]
3.
are very
and then
carefully, if
merest
the
all
is
is
ti
nung, worked
to,
296
ERH
TZIT
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON XLVII.
1. You drink very hard, I
observe; you're
never away from the vine; you're too fond of
drink, you
you never think you have had
enough- till you can't stand on your legs.
it,
really.
so
drunk
This
is
better
making
it
ought to be wouldn't it be
were
to drink a little less than
you
;
respect
you do?
a
little
is
and
ei ftng,
~T i*
y$-
finished
^P sE
US ^S
here equal to
78-
9-
10.
"
12.
so used
>
repair to
you do
is
is
an act of
concerned.
happens.
you
hsi, see
ti,
jc
2
jji!
then,
when you
fu
hsi, to
you have
go to a great dinner.
it:
tS
ch'ing-eho : observe the antithesis of eh'ing and chung, and our corresponding idiom
or to the classical relative cho so often used to isolate the thesis.
or jo 3 , to
4
draw down,
to be beholden to.
^}
chieh
jijfc
3&
tu*,
f?
dting*, a mirror.
|j
tsao 1 , properly, the dregs left after distilling spirit; hence, a soft,
as evil things.
poison
is
as
4-
5-
the latter
it
your nose
not before.
SU /(64
3-
and day
how
to drink night
12
face.
that
is
see
you'll
get blown up
a thing that
3.
it if,
is
to pass.
3
4
dining out, or at a wedding,
excess doesn't matter much but what
one
If
2.
not as
if
On
yourself.
will get
:is
PART
THE HUNDRED
V.
297
LESSONS.
LESSON XL VIII.
1.
exhausted that
So
had no spring
left in
<;
me.
would be
been over a
in
night
thought
bed early, but it wasn't to be. There was a
rendezvous 3 of the whole family 2 at my house,
2.
last
had a pain
?
Well, though it
was a gruat effort, I did contrive to stay up
and keep them company but oh it was sore
work
I
my
it
till
moment they
did, I
$C
tt&
and
sit
when
it
had
carried
little
inside
away everything
indifferent,
more at ease
15
than
began to
had been.
I
till
slept
ytht to
or sitting up.
The
guests departed.
clutched a pillow 4 and
my
down n
3.
help for
all this, I
in the ears
would be
and
eyelids drooped,
9
and, to add to
it
lying
8
;
I to
fire
up
all
by stewing or simmering.
~'
3
3
5u p'u -H p'u -'rh,
a 5s a
hui
all,
ch'i, all
here, hui
ch'i-'rh, as if it
were hui ko
ch'i-'rh,
meeting made a
full
number.
4-
u*
5-
4
,
6.
p'eng
7-
(lit.,
'''"?
fa
ifcfl
the bowels.
puffed out
8-
k'ao 3 , to roast.
9-
_L
to-
fa jo, to be feverish.
Observe the construction also add to this [there was that which] hurt the inside
shang, to add to.
3
the pain was such that also the whole cheek
;
(chung ), swelled.
:
ffi.
yin
n. ^\ wo 4
12.
ff
3
,
to drink
to recline, to lie
t'iny', to stop, to
cause to stop
[5||.
t'ing
chu
skill,
stopping eating.
'3- J1E /, not differing in sound or tone from the same character in Part III, 826; but here, to swallow a dose:
4
i chi la i/ao, a dose of purging medicine
Hj p/it a dose, a mixture we cannot, however, say 'that a bottle contains
,
so
many
may
chi,
14-
f?3
net
'5-
Ja
[ft
4
,
inside, as
is
|)K
|^.
sung k'uai, the opposite of p'eng men, the comfort derived from getting
sung
38
k'tiai
298
TZt?
ERH
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON XLIX.
1.
He had
not
much
with,
care of himself.
He was
is
2.
2
paying
attention,
3.
evident
was
and blood,
acknowledgments."
in this strain, but
to
him
4.
We
merely observed,
"
You
it
was
effort it
are
too
to say
am
sensible a
you.
at the
am
Of
fullest
He went on
"
drawing-room to speak to us: Really, gentle"
4
men," he said, you do me too much honour,
there
and when
me;
7
expect you to take such an interest in me.
I don't
say much, but I sha'n't forget your
the penalty. 1
affair,
to
and
me
take in
strength to begin
to take proper
is
deficient
and
injured, fails
him.
2.
3-
4-
^*
5-
1-
3fc
is P u k an tang,
kan ch'ing:
my
lean, feeling in
my
heart,
of,
so
much kindness
my
am
gratitude for
not worthy.
it, is
pu, chin,
inexhaustible.
6-
7-
4B "f hsiang
tien
4
,
if
The character
tien
in me.
is
not in the
dictionaries.
k'o lou ch'u; the Vo has a certain disjunctive power, in answer to the sui jan in the preceding
such
words were in his mouth, his person, to say the truth, lou ch'u, allowed to escape, the appearance
although
Observe lai liao at the close, auxiliary of lou ch'u, the object intervening
of one who could not hold himself up.
8-
clause
Pf
{!}
its
auxiliary.
PART
V.
LESSON
summer he did contrive to walk,
but he has grown much worse in the last few
days so much so, indeed, that he has taken to
Last
1.
his
ill
is
and
of
3.
saw
it
was
he grasped
and he said,
I,
very tight,
deserve my fate
my hand
"
Ah sir,
don't suppose
no doubt
fit]
'J$i
hung
door
to close
of brothers
and then
and
my
all
in-
who
are
distressing
scene;
still
nearest relations
tears.
It
his eyes
was a most
and
iron
9
stone, one must have been quite upset
at
that after
and
in years,
own
in his
I first fell
and when he
done myself no
I've
destiny.
children;
?"
He opened
my
my
on
Since
lot.
justice.
so thin that
my
it's
I've
It's
2.
know
what
L.
course, I
299
Of
it
hence,
all
within
it
hence, of persons,
all
ho
chia-tzft,
the whole
family.
2.
3-
US
too
1
,
3
(not too , Lesson
XI, Note
6,
nor too 4
it
is
short
to gasp.
4-
7C TT
most
ta liao,
likely
5-
6.
tai
7-
Hi
$tr
8-
31
taken
all
9-
fe# ti'vng,
i/S
4
,
ta,
on the whole
liao, I imagine.
8.
cA'ny
/o,
of sickness only
to
oppression: wei
means truly;
relapse.
eh'u, as before, to
1^
Note
ts'an 3 , to be
moved
in the heart
te
bend; no injustice;
q.d.,
had
not
300
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON
night
he
man
If a
1.
be because
I
not to be killed
is
it
it is
must
and
come
didn't
2
;
picked up a
to
and though
I tried to
quiet his parents by begging them
not to be alarmed and assuring them that
confess, I
my own
mind,
must
treat
patient
He
4.
"
chuckled 9 as
no merit of mine
It's
in,
said to
after I
him the
leaning
"
Well,
was called
"
to
He was
flesh.
"
him,
2.
The day
little
paid him a
3.
That
LI.
am
out of
11
improved visibly
recovery,
rest of
it
now
take
my
it's
friends
it's
as to danger, 10
a most providential
it."
'
J^fc
S chiu
2-
3-
ff'
4-
H!
hun
5-
iU wei
7-
3fiC
~JC
1
,
4
,
huan yuan,
affairs.
to revive
',
water; hence, in some phrases, weighty: ch'$n chung, heavy, of things; grave, of
mind
to cause it
to console
an
life
again.
Observe the
may be
said to.
Note
not chuari*.
8-
J8t
&
t'o
you put
p'i,
off
c.,
you had
very
narrow escape.
to smile
9- Rff hsi',
10.
1 '
ff
tsai
^ $?
1
,
'
any misfortune
inflicted
by Heaven.
wan
liao, at last it is
a slight improvement.
Observe k'o, which does not here modify the
something that was almost despaired of. Cf. k'o te* liao, I've got it at last
i tien,
it.
PART
THE HUNDRED
V.
LESSON
1
very well your recommending
to take physic, but I have an idea of
me
my own
on the
If
subject.
was
it
really
a fool as to love
money
the reason
I object
why
And
medicine
4
killed myself
to
it
it
makes
my
of the
cent.
money
as
among
Van
it
10
good,
shall
all
to do
me no
i',
"j^
cMn
here
1
;
aaiig
3
,
it
in
no way
from k'an 4
life
not used
to treat, as a medical
-ff
be distinguished from chi 3 (see Part III, 7) chi-chi-hu, nearly the hu being here merely
ours would require yu, not mei yii, before sang liao ming.
to
of injury to another's
6-
adverbial termination.
5'
if
skill of
ts'eng*, properly,
2.
4-
the
all
11
myself; I shall get well enough.
i.
3-
the doctor;
it's
dies?
itn
then
4.
signify to
it,
calls
even now.
5
he
feels
that
is
He comes
case.
flinch
But
life.
LII.
3. Call one in, if you don't believe me,
and try him. He may understand medicine
or he may not; but if he doesn't, he won't
It's all
1.
301
LESSONS.
man
i-sheng, a physician.
Jj|j
mo 4
properly,
any artery
7-
$J ?S
DJI
^'
lH
~Jj
yao-fang, a prescription
$3
^ ma
9-
10.
ffi hsiao
yii ch'i, as
"
4
,
ch'ien, horse
'69
j$
is
bustling
;
the sentence
first
proposition],
pu
is
incapable of analysis
hu-li-ma 3 -'rh-ti
way
is
as often used.
or means.
fee.
withstanding,
first,
too,
the
not-
302
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON
What
1.
if
[X'-u/o/
.]
does
it
signify to
you
him
And
with
as
is
Oh you are
LIII.
is
2.
[Junior.]
same boat.
at all
this,
your
it
when they
Well,
doesn't concern
discuss
it
them
1.
j^
All
faao
No, no
UJ pun*,
3-
kita*, properly, to
4-
fit
_t shao shang
it
(see
Lesson
properly, to tie
up
6-
%. 16
7.
J1J1
eh' ung
9-
its
J$
hsiang-shili
10.
|j]
'
way
in
this
1
,
you'll
make
it
as
ai, generally, to
XXXIV,
moved:
chi-tsao, impetuous.
Note
impede:
9), q.d.,
i.e.,
kita-ngai, to affect,
its
more or
less prejudicially.
it
more
to drive out.
is
a drum head.
sitting here.
way
feel
nien 3
ti,
10
carries us along.
S3S pfaig
object in
storming
this
hook on to;
5-
8.
had gone
and
did nothing of
if a man has
to distinguish in the
2.
or less regards us
properly written with this, the I57th, radical; of the heart, easily
"
sitting
are
mortification
dissatisfied.
[Senior.]
the sort.
you
but instead of
3.
who
brings
under review,
less
place to stop
him
don't understand,
somewhat
these people
You
All
9
everybody out of doors.
They were so scandalised that they were ah thinking of
going
in the
it ?
this sort of
you
did, to
embankments
or,
to carry
away with
too,
1
3
Dj| slian jmig clamour as within a mountain: Jcuai chiao, devilishly crying out.
,
rush, as water an
PART
V.
LESSON
1.
[Senior.] Well, now, from what I have
seen of you in this affair, I should say that,
however Avell you may talk, 1 you haven't the
Remember what
comes
in his
way
so long as he
right; but
crosses
him
ever so
who,
it's
with,
ence, unaided,
he's
all
to
is
a terrible
course, so far
little,
that
sets to work,
you
10
11
might and main, tomakehisown side win, and
he neverstayshishand till he has carried the day.
wi 7E
'
chin shih
JtK
it
was the
to follow
right course
it,
aye,
to
5-
IB
6.
fj
$T
7-
in
your
^-
ning
to twist, as
to urge
of thinking. 18
chili
which precedes
it.
and
2
3
hence, to illumine: liao iiang, of intellectual brightness; liao also
3- Dj|
&'$', also written with other radicals
to provoke by anger or censure.
I'm
is
anyone that
not interfered
he
anyone, no matter
if
16
Everyone says
why
6
5
away as if you were possessed; and now here
7
you are again having got the worst of it.
fellow.
but then,
let
staff in
the villain. 8
[Junior.]
Exactly so
[-Senior.]
3.
2.
LIV.
not
sense
303
means
to
htiin ch'cn,
The Chinese,
a cord, a wire,
etc.
ting', a nail: p'eng liao ting-tzu, to run foul of a nail, to kick against the pricks, to
flea
ear.
i& 9E kai
to [his viciousness]
>'**
he
is
tell
me
[if
is
he?
There
is
no end
9JT '<" /'-'">' '*> to leave a portion, sc., of consideration for; fin being ch'ing fen, the apportionment of
the feelings, of which more would be shown to one man and less to another.
10
3s tieh'-eho, reiterating, redoubling; ching-'rh, muscle, muscular effort.
-
"
if
>u li
chan-c.hu, to stand fast; here, to effect a position, that is, if chan be written with the liyth Radical
it, it means to usurp ; but so written it is not found with chu.
written without
12.
Ilit
'3-
sH
hiing
to rouse to
ch'tf-'rh, pleasure
H- $% c.hiao', by itself, vulgarly, to struggle hard together like wrestlers, both with hand and foot: if
j^ tieh to slip or fall.
kuai-kun-'rh, a staff such as old men lean on, you will not tieh chiao, get a fall
you have
'
5-
;fe
3s
chao
is
to
move
6.
% knang
'7- JCE
Ja
JH
t'i
1
,
po
l
,
ch'i yu,
how
remind
is it
of.
a piece in the
304
T/f
ERH
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
LESSON
1
to
[Elder Brother,
younger.]
you down
because
sit
you
will
People won't
as having nothing in
still,
you
a decent,
as
34
orderly
person should.
one
Why can't
And what
your tongue.
be in going on as you do whenever you find
6
yourself in society irritating this person or
the other person by talking as if you wanted
5
You don't
to raise a laugh
against him.
LV.
what he
in with
of these days
you
who is not to
come to grief,
run by
2.
ther.]
will fall
someone
when you
you'll
says, for
7
you would take the same interest in you
and though you are so tall for your years,
you are
still
a serious
young
effort
you
break
to
really
must make
yourself of
this
habit.
3.
Quizzing leads to
sir.
[Continuing,
You
and
man
and
let
him
more
of the
world, he'll
mend
of
himself.
[Friend, addressing the younger BroWhat your brother says is very true,
he'll
S wen
'
3-
38
4- J||
s!t< >
$j
/>
'
(fh'ing-t'iao), levity,
want of manners.
wood.
to
go to the bad.
who would
article,
<o<
by the
ears
it is
7-
8.
:JS i-liao', to
^0
beckon
also, to
annoy or
excite.
kiian ch'ieh*, affectionately interested in: kuan, to connect; ch'ieh, to cut deep into, to chop up.
j$f r/iiVn
1
,
Jg
is
PART
V.
LESSON
1
sure
What odd
[Friend.]
He stammers
one that
so
behaviour
when he
to be
with any-
is
make out
impossible either to
it's
305
LVI.
remark about that; or
be staring
he'll
at
He came
to
split
pay
me
on,
little
2.
him
to task
He
thoroughly.
besides those
You may
has
many
to
know him
an absurd trick
'
Wi f
&a
timg-tso, behaviour,
G chidi
fall
myself.
have spoken to
but I found he was the kind of good-fornothing that advice won't improve so I don't
;
see the
any
use of wasting
my
breath
on him
longer.
pa, to stammer; as
Note
says one Chinese, hsia-pa, the chin, were chieh, tied to something.
if,
rhieh*.
3-
J5C
icei'
to fear:
or end, colloquially,
chih chiao, to point out a man's errors for his edification, to pull
$"
3-
6-
7-
^-
^jjt
k'an 3 a door-sill
,
$C 3L fu ^"j
*
Jit
5H
^>
mi 3
the tail
J& JG (& P a )-
4-
jffc
when read
chien 4 ,
properly, to support
it
chi,
up.
Note
him
persons or things.
39
:306
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON
Did you
1.
he was
all
observe,
how
sir,
ill-natured
old clothes
my
LVII.
shame
As
2. I
any
them understands
of
clothes
are
New
all.
out
What
ordinary occasions.
my home
at
it
I've
he nor
does
it
matter
2.
Bfj
<'D 2
jj
fc'tia',
to praise another, to
And what
swathed
^?
5-
55
ch'ih
6-
3
the corner of the eye
BJ| J^ yen chiao
to
be ashamed of
7-
9-
the feet.
$
$$
;
kno
3
,
silk
to
JU
tuan
wrap about,
4
,
and
to
swagger
respect-
makes a man
from head
to foot
fellows,
who have
make up
to
them simply
5)
ts'ao chin,
for gentlemen,
worn
many
and
regard
clothes-horses.
out.
in the spoken,
as thin
is
chi jv
is
to.
also written
8-
in silk
is
XXXVII, Note
and appealing
jjfc
and
made them
that
if
boast of oneself.
4-
kao, praying
to dress themselves
is
clothes,
c/i'iw
new
fine
a great deal
less
useful.
4.
i-
in
as they are
am
admit, but I
something
for
if
put
the worse for wear?
As
jauntily about, as
man
about. 6
Jjjt.
hsien->,
seldom,
my
eye do
hold them.
rare.
satin.
as a cord or bandage
swathed
in silks
and
satins too
ti,
down
to the bottom,
.,
PART
V.
LESSON
1.
[Senior.]
You have no
LVIII.
to be
right
had anything
[Junior.]
there
it
of
my
intentions
me
Admit
unjustly.
reverential, respectful.
hsing-tzti, a
'P ife kuo pu ch'il, not to be able to pass said of places through which there
unable to pass by, unable to put up with, the objectionable matter in question.
.1?!
yu'
T worn
14
censuring
You
sure
He'll lead
kung
4-
make
to
7
you on till he has wormed
your views out of you, and then he'll stand off
and watch his opportunity. The moment he
sees an opening, 8 no matter how small, he'll
'
3-
is
to take.
feelings,
have no sense,4
way
do any great harm. Supposing it was anyone else that was humbugging him, it would
be our place to remonstrate; and that you,
to
2.
you
''
but I
for, I shouldn't pull you up
can see that he's a very simple fellow.
A
shows
one
he
is
slow
that
too
single glance
with.
if
to say to him.
up
sir.
no love
307
"j
is
evil.
no way
here, of the
may be
used of
$&
78-
9-
lij
!/II
*J
c/tii
kou', to hook
?t
p'o chan
Mi 35
4
,
3ff tou'-p'i'-kui-chiang', to
also, to
i-
The king
the bottom.
vicious, malevolent.
See Lesson
LXI, Note
checkmate
p'i-Jcu, the
ton, to carry, as
buttocks
clear,
ti-tzti,,
cleared to
308
ERH
TZtJ
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
LESSON
1.
so
What
for
him
full
nothing
3
;
2.
what
of woe, 1 looking as
is
it,
all
about
out of doors
with a face
LIX.
if
to
few days
he cared
care
for
5.
He used
to be
day.
it
to sit in the
3.
4.
worn
'
house
so.
Still,
man
that has
all,
so yester-
ch'oii jwtig,
him
is not to be
frightened by the lesser ills of life
and seeing that What's-his-name has always
come very well out of any serious difficulty he
may have had on his hands in times past,
IS 3r
disturbing
it's
is
from
always
never at home, except on a wet
Dear me
sorrowful appearance,
man
mien,
don't see
why he should
importance to a
so
all
much
attach so
distress of
it's
much
not worth
mind, surely.
(see
3-
I/ft liao*,
j)j^
lai*,
much
listless,
apathetic manner:
$5
Bff
jan-$rh, read ja*~'rh, nevertheless : jan, thus, this being so, erh, yet, notwithstanding.
5- ll[
^H
f hih
4-
t,
is it
jE
1
(yu ch'mi), sadness and dissatisfaction.
lai also
1'AIIT
V.
LESSON
1. You can have seen
nothing of life to
be in such a state of nervousness as this. 1 If
LX.
be in this state of chronic alarm, and taking
all
these precautions
3.
intend to
of terror
or
other
that
which
he'll
fi
ti,
3-
that
is,
4is
!$C
*oei*-erh,
"uS
ti*,
low
nD
inei
lit.,
I'll
but
engage
I believe
that you
is
known
pu
of han-tztt, a Chinese
kao
ti,
$!H i'a
4
,
(see
up
and who
to be kao
Part
III, 906)
ti; to
try a
up
or falling
down
^i?
to warrant
the
a wrestler] he
Mi
has
{S kuan pao,
if [like
fall.
to spy out
t'an-tzU, a
spy
for information.
7-
urh chin,
do
a man.
will
it
for
scathe,
I
will bring
try
moment
murder you or
lai
in the matter,
ch'ieh*, timidity;
in at this
'
you are
2.
is
way
let
4
going to try a fall with you, he'll give
you no law and don't suppose that the state
if he's
ilevour you,
309
first
Van
t'ing, to
look out
310
EKH
T/l
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
LESSON
1.
[Senior.]
be such
to
old
knowledge
I don't profess to
[Junior.]
I
for
in
it
is
regard.
that he
[Senior] Didn't
3.
him
trust
for saying
you were
what I
indeed,
either for
but
it;
as well
may
did,
4.
far
verb says,
You may
satisfied
True enough
[Junioi:]
"
from
was
and
feeling that
5.
i-
it
on, or in
it
JB pu
ho, to treat
TP tang
5-
what
is
JJK
y, sc.,
9-
10
evil.
as,
to
hsin-i, intention?
make
j
of:
we indeed were
in
treating
me
as
hua
friend,
Cf. also
tsao, to tread
_t
lien
under foot
t'a,
it vE wang
TO
lai,
Icai*.
men
or
t'a,
to
down
tsao
to fall
fG.-
~~"
man
indiscri-
j^ iH
to
tW
is
It
that
[Senior.]
in ruins, to subside.
6-
10
all
minately.
4-
know
^j- teng', to
_h shang,
of good or
3-
it
doubtedly.
would be
marrying my
a shame 7 not to ask an old friend like that
son,
in
face,
as the pro-
knoAV a man's
what
tell
me
with
did.
it.
invitation,
as a
understand
him.
him an
t'riuuds,
LXI.
make
acquaintance.
PART
V.
LESSON
1.
He began
[Senior.]
You
said.
man
drunk again.
go on just as
should think
2
You
Hallo
how
is it I
only
now
you here
find
for
if I
him
certainly felt
him
me
I
duty.
I
didn't
However,
Sift
-
3-
him
he had
"I
said,
13
;
but
it
wasn't so at
all
he was flushed
If
[Junior.]
12
unintentionally I apologise for the rudeness
of my remark," one might have forgiven
my own
it
2.
?"
very angry.
necessary to argue the point with
to-day we'll see about it to-morrow.
think
if
as
to
is
are you?
me
duty
by what he
LXII.
contentious
it;
311
I'm not. 14
&
H&
jjj;
~f
tsou liao:
time
on what ch'ai
You
he gone?
its
parts separately.
?o 3 k'ung, withdraw [the person in order to enjoy] leisure. Construe: if it were as he says, I, [though I]
4without allowing myself leisure, for a whole month have been bearing his office for him [instead of having done well],
on the reverse, am in the wrong, am I! Note the tone of t'o.
5
|
rholer rises.
6-
SE
Hng
p'ei
oneself on the
the back of the neck: po-Mng-tzti, the back of the neck, which, say the Chinese, stiffens as one's
the mate
same
level as
JH yf
9-
H m
5ji
lift
/Jf
-f
to
pu
8.
Io
pan, of the same sort ; i p'ei, a match with i pan i p'ei, to put
fan pn shang (see Lesson LXI, Note 4), not good enough, not of
See "fit company," Lesson LXIII, i.
of,
;
the converse of
wrangle
shtia Isui
ch-ih tang,
match with
p'ei,
p'i-tzfl, ;
lit, to
in
fun or in earnest.
if.
hen ch'ien, in the presence of: when you stand before this sort of tung-hsi,
who
'Si fll chang chia, to increase in price or value of; said of things, or, as here, of self-esteem.
'
I2
?k ma shih: by my abruptness,
lR Hang
4
,
or inconsiderateness, I erred
combination being an
elliptical
form of
fj{f
fft lj
assume as
yuan
ch'ing
fact:
Hang
common form
in
yuan Hang
shih, bethinking
of apology.
it signifies
forgiveness, thi*
sc.,
my
4-
/?
}$t
pu
ch'&ng, a
common form
when nan
it.
TZU
312
a rage,
sir
drunken
I'll
villain
'5-
'6-
JH ma
tB
7-
Don't
properly j/i
names. 1
4
,
Si
eh'u rh'u
vent rage
ch'i, to
You
showing these
company
airs
to
me! am
not
fit
quiet.
said,
if I were to
go back on the past, the
next thing you would accuse me of 3 would
be of trying to show you up. 4
of Hjj
-f
What
3.
it is
that
you consider
entitles
it
to
^| ~f huai
"
because
'
'1
LXIII.
me
2
If I were disposed
your sleeve at me ?
to talk, we have been long enough in daily
contact to enable me to do so; but I don't,
my
sorts of
in
as
shake
all
it
right or wrong,
2.
I'll
him
to be
for
What do you
home
and
call
LESSON
1.
way and
and
'tj
15
corner, out of the way,
let
/"
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
[Junior.]
4.
CHI.
KIIII
I'm ready.
(ch'anf-tzit),
lit.,
If I
If
4
lit <''"' cfe'iao , to criticise covertly
the first character used alone; the second not without the first. The
be used of criticism either to a man's face or behind his back, the critic not speaking plainly, but
employing ch'iao hua, cunning talk, clever innuendoes the ch'iao of eh'iao hua, or ch'iao p'i hua is not as above, but f^f.
li
combination
may
3-
% mien
4-
$g
8e
5-
3
,
to avoid
wei mien, inevitably, yu, in the next place, you would say.
and
7-
8J
8-
56 fB
9-
10-
"
bullying, then
tso tsu, to
J5L
first
used by
jou-ts'o, to bully.
of.
4
(<s'o ), a verb of the
things of persons, as here, with
Observe the construction [since] you have ceased shou, to
itself of
is it?
lai.
specially,
if
to, people's
chieh tuan, to
hands
s/itt
to pardon.
niv ; lit, determined to twist something held in the hand you were in the wrong, yet you p'ien,
were ready to die rather than not twist determined to have your way.
i k'ou, holding one language unchanged ; yao 3 ting, biting fast, not yielding.
ssfi,
-^
j|l|
'''f/
>
ko teng-'rh (pronounced
tfrrrh) is
PART
V.
313
LESSON LXIV.
He's no good, that fellow; how came
you to take a fancy to him? He may be a
man in form, but he's a beast by nature.
So-and-so something
1.
Keep
2.
you
a mischief-making
scoundrel
come and
He's
a dark and
trifle
been a bad
way
'
2.
f} -p
3-
>C"
haug-txH;
BS hsin
or he'll go
lit.,
lit.,
I5fc
Mao
5-
~%>
J||
1
PU Wan not
6-
'f*
ISf
{j
<e
7-
8.
2
,
it,
his father
lot
fellow so odious
tell
tso
by which
intensified
to tolerate, intolerable.
$? .A ts'ung-chmig
virtue
spoken of
to
and contemptible.
"@
he's
4-
and
if
6
;
Ok nk 'Mm chang;
Ah
4.
that's intolerable
may
in
dangerous man.
According to him there's
a
storm
always
brewing somewhere. He'll get
hold of some small
he'll
do.
you, and
in order that he
to you.
z
tell
about
hao jen,
is
it.
emitted
|j
&
mediator
intelligence
by hun, preceding
Construe
to act as
its
(shuo ho)
it
to a degree, that I
is
equally admissible.
pu
story.
40
i'an.
314
ERH
Tztr
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON LXV.
I.
[Senior]
horseback.
to me,
and
Such a
you know.
cloak,"
"
come
fine
i.
originally, a clatter of
Ijt!
if
with
fur,
3-
2)5
if
he didn't ask 6
for another.
45-
day
more commonly
called p'i-wao 3
Construe: there
ma
somewhat shorn of
its
ch'ing ch'iu,
proportions,
to call, etc.
yu
JJJ:
'jjlj.
to
8-
^C 'f 3s
ii.
fg
ch'iu
their talents; he
J3. ton
yn hun, a wandering
to put in the
OBI tsa
Ia
4
,
mouth,
hsin*, to try
up one
for nothing.
pu chaojen, he no
is
spirit.
shih-cho, if he picked
7-
mean with
roam
hsi'-han?, rare
fp ^p
6.
9-
lai-cho is auxiliary, observe, of yao, to be about to, not of hsiu ju, to insult:
3s
doing
a meal;
for
trying everyone
sleek steed and light fur cloak (the light fur being expensive), are a classical passage,
signifying a wealthy condition.
was going
to eat,
after
about as restless as a
how he used
|$ hung',
my
of his head.
I've not."
Day
to
of his own, 8
sir,
he had
enough,
to
would
him to stop,
ashamed of himself; 3 but on second thoughts
"
Pooh what's the use ?
I said to myself,
it isn't his recognition of me that would make
me respectable who has got leisure to go
into such a question with him ? I am sure
!
his breakfast
to secure a dinner.
but
a day, and
Dear me
had
2.
saw me, but he took no notice of me whatever screwed his head back and looked up
to the sky.
without;
He
and person.
work
spirit;
in our
and
toilet
ago.
He was
set to
saw
old neighbour,
down
as soon as he
I
I
lived
sc.,
to assist
him;
here, with
money;
it
might
become independent.
properly, sunrise
5t thing k'uang, circumstances: k'uang amongst other meanings has, classically, that of to bestow;
hence, the condition of things bestowed by Heaven.
t'ai', to
men
them:
t'ai chil,
only figurative of
PART
V.
315
LESSON LXVI.
i
Well, of
[Senior.]
all
bad memories in
2.
[Junior.]
sir, I
particulars, for
ments you and I have been privately concerting have been made public, and at this
moment they
whether
shame
anger and
;
If
first,
in
if
their
me
if
meantime
whether
am
made my
In the
not.
should say that, instead of feeling unkindly towards me before you know
wouldn't
you
notwithstanding
assure you.
to
blame or
not,
of this
your doing.
plans
chu 3
'
command,
-
and be prepared
for
them.
is
to
as a superior.
mean
to leak,
and
the combination
is
H fi
nu, rage.
4-
Wi 1& t un 9
f ^'*
wi tn
lai as
e.g.,
aggressively.
5-
!^S
$S
tsung* jam, admitting that: although I were fenpien, to argue, [until there was] a teeth-clean-mouth-
were I to argue
tao-li,
till
my
is
LXIX, Note
4.
Ch'ing
again
make
316
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON LXVII.
i.
You
[Senior.]
are
too
him no law
you give
faults,
tell
him
act
of
J
;
blunt.
at all
correct
to
friendship
but you
a man's
It
one's
is
2.
for
friends'
it.
It
isn't
surely,
right,
up,
It's
astonishment
1-
Ho,
thought he,
3$L
&
^ 0C
4-
/J
ch'in
J5
sii
|8i
y'ti
wfr
near and
know
have
full faith in
as well as
the
anyone that
my
lips
Something
burn to speak,4 and out
comes.
it
thrown away.
and if 7 from
I'll
sir,
I'll
leave
give you
10
to spit
8 9
my
in
commit
kuei, properly, a
silent,
face.
compass
kuo, transgression.
far.
pu yu
faff
my
6-
ho,"
3-
5-
"
he may mean
man who
3
degrees of intimacy.
it
about
character.
to
am
This
complaint.
this bluntness
tender
to
my
it's
prescription.
gives
[Junior.]
of yours, sir
an
faults,
mischief."
will
you
plainly
pu
k'o, if it
abbreviated from
chin
pu
pu yu
erh,
and
ti,
yet,
not
one
etc.
t& fung*
ch'ien fei,
my
former errors
morally used as an
intensive of feelings.
Is
7-
fiS H5i
8.
0^
9-
?^ ""A
10.
fjfj
(see
Lesson
LXVI, Note
5).
ts'ui*, to spit.
properly,
ling'*,
scum
t'u,
to spit
t'u-mo, spittle
properly, the neck; hence, to lead; from inclination of the head (probably), to receive: ling show,
an injury.
PART
V.
LESSON
1.
There
is
LXVIII.
yourself,
l
derful about
to
man
nice book,
"
to look at, if
'
M?
eh'eng
sense,
3T wu 2
Radical to the
3.
you
^jj
tsari*,
to praise
which
send you
waited a
any news of
it,
him
first
all sorts
5.
of excuses.
As
very curious.
he gave
me
it
book
It didn't signify
deception of one
nothing so
much whether
is
or not;
is
extreme.
is
tsan, properly
meaning
from another
l
first person: chih wu , more properly written with the 75th
both characters, to make a defence, in speech or action, where none ought to be made.
hsi'-hani, rare
Note
I'll
left of
2p
"
like."
same
111
tsan of the
317
the phrase
it is also
LXV, Note
hsi also
meaning
rare, in
2
applied to thin or wutery paste, in opposition to ch'ou (see Lesson
XXX,
is
5, this
318
ERH
T/f
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
LESSON LXIX.
1.
[Junior.]
Do you
out.
I
came
2.
habit
treat
so late, or
As
to the
of
to
sir, I
me
really cannot
3
brought things in such quantities that
make
way because
in this
visiting
here
and
constantly,
birthday
course,
mean
don't
3. I
my
presence
iu 4
'
|
decline; kujan,
2
tliis
originally, fortified;
for
your parents.
to
eat
my
IflF
if
them places me
dilemma it becomes
ceive
to sit here as to
to re-
in a very disagreeable
as unpleasant for
me
'
go away.
fl.
J&
4-
$} gl kua
5-
6.
il? Jj
chiieh
but
ku
tz'H,
positively to
it
3-
Jj
presents,
4. I
contented
ago.
to say that
is,
it
ch'Mi, to
by
'*
sc.,
in
etc.
[No.]
speak
of.
eating or drinking.
7- $1 3
"J* |S too
make me a difficult course.
to
liao
(see
nan: [whichever
might do,
my
intention either
way
nevertholt'.s.-
PART
V.
319
LESSON LXX.
1.
say, sir
and
ruined,3
6 6
there
is all
in pieces. 7
come
would
no good,
the gallows-bird!
Last year he underwent
of
every species
suffering, and if he had had
2.
I said he'd
[Senior.]
to
"
man
If the
in this
it
tastes.
Wi
for
4.
he
sir,
him
it ?
it
him.
That
aid
you why. He is
so constituted, as you must know, that the
I'll
good suggestion.
Yes,
[Senior.]
and torn
tattered
hua-tzti, a
~?
4- ^fc
Ian 3 Hi 3
fS lU
3-
an epicure
ch'an*, to be
right thing,
him pecuniary
11
12
fa
I predicted
16
mess
scription
What
The
in the
have no breeches
will
is,
poor
man's mate, the mate 10
to wear." This is quite
says,
shall
[Junior.]
right in
9
any strength of mind, he would have turned
over a new leaf. We know what the proverb
tell
t'a ch'an*,
he
is
the two characters are not used apart from each other.
chih-tzii,
a fellow
who
has been
chan\ properly,
|D5
hsia
to? chan-'rh, to
ti
commenced
6.
7-
ifefc
and
tremble with
often, to tremble as
fear.
to shiver.
oft' it
coverlid.
die; the
9-
Io
ii.
it is
Ju
?K
fH
[11 i
swallowed
tffc
;
i hui kuo
we-'rh, to profit
lai,
3-
S$
'4-
_t
J7C
sc.,
kai-ssil-ti,
the deserving to
TO!.
1 2
'& i& hsin ch'ang, heart and bowels
heart to do this or that.
is
comes back.
mind
man
in sorrow
may be
said to have
no hsin ch'ang,
himself.
ch'iu, the
is
not so used
"pj"
Jg
k'o
tang
ts'uan*, to pile
up
be.
3.
a grand seigneur
the time,
now there he
man and
he was a rich
and then we
in
all
if
I said at
like a
rags,
as
[Junior.]
if
make up
a heap or
amount by
contribution.
320
ERH
TZfr
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
there
got hold of the money
would
fraction
would be an end to it not a
moment he
he keep in hand
<|S i t'ao, of
17.
common
good
clothes,
to
of
buy
some
use.
it.
p'ao-tzti,
and a
here, a
fcwa-fzfi;
whole
suit of
garments.
LESSON LXXI.
1.
How
[Senior.]
is
it
have been so
you come to
my
time to spare
little
anything additional.
4.
2.
[Junior.]
had a moment
to
I should not
myself from morning to night.
2
I
hadn't
if
even
have got away
adopted
to-day
me
go
3.
moment;
right
let
in consequence.
was just
come
at the
to
2.
on a
it
jf$j
Don't talk as
[Senior.]
3.
jfc ~J*
4-
HJ
chai-t'o, to
fang
take oneself
liao, let
me
combination
off,
to
When
if
you were
more days
from you, I
should have got something ready and sent you
a formal invitation; but this very ordinary
?
meal
is
it.
If a few
visit
to
will
me
not
na 3
'rh,
off,
tree, etc.
5.
1
to run; when read pen* it may stand alone, colloquially, for to go:
forms part of various combinations.
yf phi
as pen
makes me
it
refuse
[Senior.]
But, really,
down
a ruse; I said
[Junior.]
withdraw
pen.
off
oneself.
motion
sao jen, a
man
of troubles
elegantly, a poet
in verse.
5-
$P Ja wai
too,
why
an outsider?
6-
H W,
diih-ch't'iMj.
rendered ceremoniously.
truthful, reliable:
pu
shih-ch'&ng
is
it
PART
V.
321
LESSON LXXII.
I
Oh
[Jwnior.]
2.
was
we were
made us
Well, what
[Senior.]
this
starting
just
so late
for
fellow,
your
who
all
about nothing,
more or
him
spin
begin to
but
should have
feared that
that
it till
you would
to-morrow.
is
strangers,
surely
Nay, what
there
little
is
desire to
of showing
is
let
your
rice,
gentlemen.
to stop him by
we were busy to-day and
We
you.
we
If
there
my
only by way
there's nothing much worth
be hospitable
12
with,
offering you; but do eat something
was obliged
so I
11
we were
[Junior]
5.
here
feel
him
must put
it
out
it
pearance,
telling
a yarn
less of
if
sir;
slice of
You
these dishes. 10
us as
to,
do very well
will
to attend
No, no,
[Senior.]
4.
is
Be
gentlemen must
outside there
is
the
quick and set the table
be hungry; and look sharp with whatever
you have got to bring in.
who
Here
of time.
sha'n't
and
down our
lay
chopsticks
till
we
7.
more
In that case
[Junior.]
to say
that's
treating
I've
me
nothing
as
if
you
15
really loved me.
1
5E RJ s.-# jou, dead flesh, a fellow without animation unexpectedly there happened to present himself
certain ssil-jou, who provokes people's disgust.
1
1
2
2
tz'tl , properly, to prick with a
jjjlj
point here read la ; fa , to cut with a knife.
:
34-
$C
^ hsd\
gossamer, the
la la
down
pu
hsiu, the
of the willow
etc.,
to an
indefinite length.
5-
much
ty]
talk, a long
yarn
7-
dt )w
>K
1
properly read t'ao to receive, to be the subject
,
4
p'ien , to slice; paijou, meat boiled without salt or seasoning.
l
io.
ihu 1 , properly, wild vegetables: ts'ai su, food, dishes, in general,
or
jg|
,
intended.
9-
Jjjlj
is
of,
6.
"
when
<S
r4
k'o, representing strangers: do you taking us act towards us as strangers? or, merging pa in
Ha ^3r
wo-inin, as the object of the verb tai, do you treat us as strangers ?
I2 JB
chiu-cho ; lit., moving on to, proceeding to: adding something to the plain rice which they arc
already eating.
'3-
14
dishes
'5-
!?
shung
4
,
there
is
$5 5t
wo
in invitations to eat
41
322
TZU ERH
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON
1.
ask
may
Where
[Junior.]
2.
are
you from,
LXXIII.
sir,
have been to
[Senior.]
a rela-
visit
sir
10.
[Senior.]
Here
11.
[Junior.]
Not
I can't
smoke
bring a
light.
tion of
3.
neighbourhood,
4.
Do you
[Junior.]
sir
reside
in
Oh!
[Junior.]
moved
Go
you,
if
you
on,
[Junior.]
Drink
we
had
bring whatever
pray;
I'll
yourself to so
please.
where
I
8.
seat.
[Junior]
am.
Thank
[Senior]
But
are sitting,
what place
6.
ready;
Do
you, I
if
am
am
you
sit
I to
take
very well
235
lai-cho,
3'
elliptical for
_L 4
the
shang
(so, sit in
where you
?
But
so
I'll
too,
little
of anything
Not
[Junior]
just now,
you please.
thank you,
to-day
really
left
when one
seated
some
right seat, as farthest from the door, or from the outer wall, the place of honour.
$&
T^f
and eat a
say good-bye.
5-
6-
is
it's
to you.
j|
got
only whatever is
being prepared for you.
nothing
with you
jfj|
still
Jrl
called
do not put
4-
commonly
have
TO fS shun pien,
ment of
sir
I
'
try
trouble.
else.
[Senior.]
17.
9.
you
then, pray.
first.
No, indeed,
much
go somewhere
to
ready
[Junior.]
15.
follow
is
6.
who
first,
14. [Senior.]
sir,
13.
bring some
then,
Well,
this
[Senior.]
tea.
12.
to.
t chiang chin,
),
is
may
make an
effort
sc.,
is
is
PART
V.
323
LESSON LXXIV.
1.
terday
2.
friend
[Senior.]
;
went
he
lives
[Junior.]
of ours;
close
visit to
to the west
so that, altogether,
it
was
[Senior.]
portance that
I sent several times to ask you to look
but
in,
your servants said you had left home
I
and
going
great deal
yuan
"
to.
IE!
K,
Well," I said,
he'll
f^J
"
circle,
and
he'll
be certain
till
thing.
might
I had started
came to look for
me, and when I got home, and my servants
told me you had been sending for me two
or three times, I would have come to you at
4.
[Junior.]
was
out, sir
pay a
to
late yes-
once, but
you,
it
and,
was very
besides,
late
to be disturbing
waited
till
street
to-day,
circle,
sc.,
of our friends:
circle,
mathematically speaking,
is
called
-ch'iian-'rh.
>J> -j" fP9 hsiao-tzit-men, here, the servants, not the sons of the house.
3-
a wooden barrier or gateway at the eud of a street, closed at night: cka is properly the
lan-tzii is becoming the term for an
Ian, the transverse beams that connect the poles
this
Cf. also
$% <f
324
EHH
TZtJ
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
LESSON LXXV.
Wasn't
1.
you
left
town
to visit
it
6.
cemetery
no room
It was.
2.
How
3.
us,
day?
Our cemetery
4.
is
for
and we
city,
laid
We
indeed.
not,
the geomancers
is it
will
They
had a
in
it,
we engaged
some ground
out ours where it now
to look at
for
is,
you
go and return
can't
in a
day
besides, I
we must manage
to get to our cemetery somehow or other
like rich people, if we have money, or like
poor people, if we have none; and supposing
I started
stayed there a couple of nights.
the day before yesterday, the moment the city
;
my meat and
and com-
dawn
this
morning
that
is
3
gates were open, and I travelled all day but
I
it was night before I reached the place.
offered
it
to
will
do by him,
whose regard
so slight
is
5. Ay, they
may say what they like
about the preferableness of cemeteries that
lie a good way off, but if one's posterity have
9
piece of paper money to
grave-yard ever so near.
^ -f
i.
is
we
him were
the family
LXXIII,
I,
showing
returning.
" EH 5C ' n !7 t'itn, in one day. Note that we cannot say tang t'ien under any circumstances, hut taiifi' jih
and tang' jih are both employed, though in different ways, e.g., ^' H Jt j jfH -^ JS
%. H. and -t 11
It"
H El /J 2J5; t'Uifi' jih meaning "on the day that," tang* jih meaning "within the day" or "on one and the same
1
<<f.
lay."
3-
4-
IK
fit
M PI
kung*
1
(see
ti
n9
-f'
_t SI
ffl,
^$
%* H
had
ting,
run
my
read hung
1
,
it
it
was opened.
In chien, to
ff
eat
travelling.
its
be explained.
6.
7-
8
,
9-
jjj?
ying
t||
mai 1
JH
?fC
a grave-yard.
to
bury anything
a geomancer.
jfi
i$
is
k'an-fe.ng-
PART
V.
325
LESSON LXXVI.
Which
1.
dead
ago,
and
of their family
is
that
it
is
9.
call,
you can
me how
cousin of
brother
their
is
father,
dead;
is
his
own
his uncle;
It is
3.
dolence
con-
of
visit
7.
7^
Pu
4-
to
come
Jft
36
kaipan,
to one's turn of
6-
below,
it
may
"
fS
31;
W)
so
if I
do go
after him. 8
it
means not
at
home.
filial
piety, or, in a
more
roster.
is
money
more common
ch'rt,
pin
is
(see
above, Lesson
Lesson
LX, Note
6.
xung pin
may be
the
fan nao,
7-
running
?H
to
to
4)
tiao, lit.,
hang up, sc.,
mourn with the bereaved in Peking, fan sang
5-
power
affection.
fS
same, or
am
I don't
-5f-
tsai,
Note
their cemetery
is
Close by ours.
my
3-
Whereabouts
be
to
is
'
6.
for if it is not in
8.
do,
whole day.
buried
you
5.
pray, whatever
accompany the
Yes
4.
and
brother.
2.
tell
to condole with
you
sorry
his
it
am
in the
same
hirfa-rh, as
death
my
trouble, sorrow.
See
sense.
we
say, a
word of intimation
tsou
pu
Caution must be
TZ& ERH
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON LXXVII.
makes your head ache 5 with his exhaustive
3
chatter about all manner of dirty trifles that
the drawing-room.
I, talking so loud
Who
Oh
bore What's-his-name.
and
can this
!
be,
thought
of course,
it's
that
and he
It
really
too
is
3.
'
3-
jj| fang
5c
*t
fc"
4-
|5
No
whatever
it
advantage
strikes
jjj
will
be to their
stiffly.
sau 1 , rotten
rice,
Observe that
all
husk on ;
ch'en, that
is
stale,
and,
wu*, to hate
is
whose head
Hii ?ff t'ing te: [a person] listening arrives at the condition of a person
6.
them
up
up,
it
he
"H*
here, spoiling
do,
set eyes
staid such a
to
him
on anything; if you
asks no questions, but he just snaps
and away he goes with it.
he went away.
2.
call,
let
come
but
stale,
1
enough. And there he sat as stiff as a post,
and talked and talked, first of this and then
moment he came
they are
till
is
quite aching,
etc.
k'o-wu,
odious, detestable.
his,
no
mo
7-
w>
"
If!
'
a point, or
trait, of
generally, of picking
fragments
the
offal
up
things.
of sheep, pigs,
etc.
PART
V.
THE HUNDRED
327
LESSONS.
LESSON LXXVIII.
What
that you
It's
is
happen
positively
liking for
to a
man
2.
therefore, to lose
don't give
it
your temper
3-
ffl
^$*
fy pen fen,
JT iw shuai
5-
having.
fT
no capacity,
but that
is
it
not your
talked about as a
man
afraid of being
it/'
s&
to,,
to fling things about: shih hsing-tztt, giving vent to temper; shiiai tajin, to
affair
of
going
Suppose that
was something of yours that someone or
'
you are;
sin;
would be another
be angry be-
commit no
this, to
ill-tempered fellow
3.
knew what an
insisting
as well
feel if
disreputable.
it
to,
shou shuai
SI
yen-p'i-tzfl,
ch'ien,
the eyelid
to,
show
one's anger
Lesson
LXIV, Note
of no thickness
2.
is
thought worth
328
COLLOQUIAL SEKIES.
LESSON LXXIX.
"If you don't study in your youth,"
"
the
ancient proverb,
what will you do
says
when you grow old ?" the moral of which
1.
all
people
diligence,
But of
it
may be looked on
who study so hard
'
2.
3-
Now,
to
with
work
all
from his
place.
And
these
in
he acquire that
will enable
him
qualities will
to exert oneself:
career
official
is
and master
Heaven
t 4 , properly, ability:
3
55 nu
about his food nor his clothing; he is exempt from agricultural labour, coolie labour,
standard of qualifications an
a,
forti&ri a certainty.
2.
is
more the
for bringing
keeping him
in
him
li,
with
all one's
to
it ?
shou-i, handicraft.
nu
make
oliligent in learning.
PART
V.
329
LESSON LXXX.
What
mere
is
man's duty to
dhist
live,
1
2
Buddhas, or giving alms to the priests of Tao
or Fo, that are to be accounted well-doers.
them out
A man may
Buddhism enjoins,
temples and stay
may
he
Not
at
neither
all;
is
the
in
it
'
3s
*'*
>
else 5 if
if
you
here, to
3-
$P
4-
Of? 3sf
6-
fg
jjjj
hu'
7-
ch'-ih chui,
to fast
him
only used in
hu
And
if
they were
what
to
their sacred
the
convert
Could they
live
upon
air?
is
is
to parents.
show respect
Buddha by
to
8.
to be
all
seniors, as hsiao
not
elect of
fast,
money
of their
voutly fasting
of
power
is
it
he
if so,
7
;
8
taken for gospel.
If they did not
terrify
people with this tremendous story and that
tremendous story, how would they swindle
namely, duteousness,
It is not
and
truth.
subordination, loyalty,
to
those
who
spirits and
only
go sacrificing
is
talk got up by the priests of the Budand Taoist sects to enable them to put
mouth,
t'ien
with a
hun
ts'ai.
make something
sc.,
a plea
little food,
for.
to live.
8-
9-
Io
yu
'
jfjfj
Rf
'ft
Wi
hand
hu 3
(see
Lesson
it is, sc., to
Note
19).
XXXV,
priests,
and bearing,
to be devout.
them by the
priest
a former existence.
42
330
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON LXXXI.
I've come for the express
[Junior.]
purpose of asking your advice, sir, in a matter
1.
It's
It's
not in reason to
let
an advantage that
is
to
not doing
dilemma, and
it,
want you
[Senior.]
to
am fairly in a
tell me what line
me
perfectly
Your course
harm-
fpj hsien
clear enough.
is
3
,
brightness, visibility
3.
Jj$
HI
4-
ii
tlh
fi ~T
it's
5-
you
let yourself
be held
it,
but
It's
if
will find
little
little is
are
you
you don't ?
to be well
yourself in
good
you'll
neither
get
more nor
less
My
advice to you
not to hesitate
is
to grief.
make up
if
you
can't
give
up the
idea,
man who
be like the
a discreditable
that attaches to
affair.
ts'ai,
then, etc.
keep back from moving onward, where circumstances are the cause; were
The construction is here passive; q.d., if, delaying and doubting without
fast.
mouths shut
and that
difficulty.
out of
How
c ^'* c hu liaa, to
all
keep people's
And
2.
'<*
to
you'll
1
be
will
here, figuratively, of
moral deformity.
PART
V.
331
LESSON LXXXII.
1.
to ask
you
do
to
so I went
something I want
me, sir, but I feel some
There
[Junior.]
for
is
tongue
up the
to the
steps,
I don't apply to
you, there is no one else who
can manage the matter for me, and I am therefore come to trouble l you once more.
2.
Isn't
[Senior.]
it
3.
that, sir
4.
about
It
[Jumior.]
How came
is.
to
would have
CHANG was
Towards noon
out.
it,
Don't
~'
3
Jj| so , properly, fragments of precious stones
wi
i>C H[fJ
nP
'
's
you
arrange
went again
heard a noise of
1
possible.
there
but as
me
you
this
"
7
put out at my obliging them all to get up
from their wine to receive me so I withdrew.
[Senior.]
it
to
At first I thought I
but there were a great number
of the guests who were strangers to me, and
it struck me that
they would be dreadfully
merry as
would go in
as
know
it
disturb
all
however;
I'll
first
yourself,
ssti,
trifles
fan
so, to
give trouble
to.
to one].
3-
1
Pgf i-kieh , a flight of stone or brick steps
4-
JS?5 t'ien
5-
Jf|
\.
^'
"T
vSi
faf
A Ss
7-
3
,
word
t'ai, terrace,
"
3
e chiao
ch'ung san:
K.
'
tsai i eh'u;
if I
by
lit.,
stirred
ch'ung, breaking
up
in,
together.
places.
332
ERH
TZtj
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
LESSON LXXXIII.
1.
my own
It wasn't of
motion that
don't
out that
hi the case,
and he
knew
as I
At
first I
particulars,
to
He
never
me
let
for him.
Well, as
face to send
nothing I
me
leave
for
alone,
volens
4.
me
scowled at
to
no hope
me
as
come
So
So
my
principal
him.
3.
at
of
if I had
had known what was to
certainly should not have spoken
What
all.
speaking
a marplot, and
If I
left.
it,
as
object
kuei*, to kneel.
'P &\
3fe JU
*'"*
'
J"* k' a *
'
I t'ui,
though
t'o
fc'at,
away
from him.
3-
^P
^ ii
pu
man
strongest hopes.
4-
5-
(J
ch'e,*,
$&
3
I'-'cra
3
^ chou
the elbow
ch'e thou, to
bow
wan
7-
fl|
$1 ya p'ai;
^C yun
8.
;};$?
13
t'u
Mao
3
,
lit.,
official requisition.
to sanction, to give assent to: ying yiln, to promise assent, to agree to a proposition.
liao', to let
here, of course,
9-
down
liao
4
.
a map, a plan
here, a verb
to contemplate, to plan.
up such a
screen
it is
PART
V.
333
LESSON LXXXIV.
1.
difficulty
me
manage
2.
When
told
him
my
me
to
once,
and he
This
made
If that's to be the
I,
so be it;
and
him
3.
in return.
But then
I reflected
It
myself.
~
;@
flfc
jc
3-
&& wei
4-
3? 18 Jung
'
person speak or
5-
fc
we
would be a mistake,
* pien,
i tun, as
if
$|r
he and
which, after
him * a
4.
one time
I said, to lose
So
my own
of
all,
what
little
account;
be to the loss
besides
pains;
me
will it cost
to give
him run on
fl
I let
he was
sat
on and
on,
my
last assented.
5.
JH
2l
and
fell at
am
in to
it.
my
you
Now,
see,
if
your
had been a
affair
little
hasty,
settled.
ti,
the cause
that which
jang, to give
way
to
is
of.
let,
a,
act.
s '"'
say, I told
teo
shu
lo
t'a,
334
ERH
TZft
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
LESSON LXXXV.
1.
indebted
2.
what
ask to
May
[Host.]
am
visit, sir ?*
3
brought you and myself together in this world,
we are come to beg you to let us have your
daughter
all
in marriage.
5
son here
My
not at
is
mind
now, gentlemen,
shall ask
to be so
you
kind as to
tell
company.]
hear what
'
2l
'c?
have got to
5L wu
Hi
hsiung,
my
brother.
4.
ladies
can have
part, your
brought out for them to
my
see.
when
all
make
his
are all
fe
own
so.
us prefer
We
say.
little girl
[Host.]
they regard
independently of
on the other
you
him
we know,
7
goodwill, I
let
Marriages,
don't consider
their
nor does he ever visit those haunts of dissipation" where men lose their wits he has never
if
may
And
is
been astray.
it is
of the
superior,
either in
here,
all
it
Visitor.]
kinsmen
LXVIII, Note
word chien
is
2.
in
See Lesson
LXXX,
Note
3-
T| Wi
?/" yiia,n.
4-
HE
10.
or other junior.
5'
6.
43
j;j
ch'ao'
lit.,
to overleap
mf, to lose, to stray off, the road mi hu, or mi huo, to cause to stray and make unsteady
The expression ch'ii-ch'u-'rh, places one goes to, can be used in any connexion.
:
used specially
of libertinism.
78-
HI
ch'i*, to
"P &'ow
4
,
to
abandon
is
not to one's
xc.,
NOTE.
It should
taste.
is
PART
V.
335
LESSON LXXXVI.
1.
made
for
2.
sneered 9 at you
make
And what
[Visitor.']
people about
Yes.
[Host]
3.
[Visitor.]
are
6.
are
They
4. [Host.]
tailors
that have
sir.
clothes.
of a cotton
o,
hands took a
the soldier
tion
this
ing to
^f
hsii 4 ,
wife's parents
-
]\
we were
why we should
que
be like
good time, and contrives notwithstandbe late for parade. It would never do 12
when we knew
right well
behindhand, surely,
hsil,
flying.
i,
it
lift
4-
5-
%% sha
1
,
made
properly, the
same
as sha, to kill
We Uen *,
8.
M niu
as
pa
|H
ao 3 a
,
side.
7-
much
3-
6-
If
for us to let
things be
and the
it's a
questhe clothes will be ready in
all in
rest,
now whether
time or not.
the
it
there
on,
first place, is
time and
and when
In the
other.
all
if
[Host]
Still,
one, or
of buying one.
these
all
in
k'i'n*
f|)
is
JH
a' s
LXXXV,
Note
2)
here, witlnmt laughing outright, they laugh through the nose, sneer.
10.
and thumb
ch'ia-cho chih-t'ou
is
explained as meaning
"
to measure to
a nicety."
1 '
J!$r
ff
ffc
would
it
The
ch'i here is
so.,
by
(see
9).
ch'cng shih, to complete the matter in hand, sc., as it ought to be completed: ch'cng sM*-mo shih, howbe right, if to ching-cho, widely opening the eyes, we were tan wit, to make a mess of the business.
336
ERH
Tztr
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
LESSON LXXXVII.
1.
Where does
[Junior]
party
3.
4.
5.
the
7
8
[Senior] If your little girl had lived,
far would she have got in her teens ?
10.
[Junior]
11.
year
'.
One
old
[Senior]
a break. There were nine born, and there are
nine there
alive.
it
possible
Well,
me
sir,
a clever
is
Fortunate
[Senior]
sinned in a previous existence,
8.
more
You're
Well, we're
'
ffi
any
3-
^p
4- JJJ
lit.,
to
tl
,-hih',
class
9-
jjl ^If
m '^
^C l
"'"in-hsiang,
12.
it
her,
which sense
it
may be used
^|
q.d.,
was
subject,
8.
beholding,
If she
to be this relative.
"pj"
7-
11.
to ask
^ ^C
and
6.
IO
so different
complimentarily assumed
5.
She looked
it
story, just as if
anything.
alike in this
c 'l tt
of her
were,
Ah
[Senior]
11
quite touched one to look at her.
That little tongue of hers, too, could talk of
must have
think.
The
[Junior]
Folks that have plenty of children and
9.
world.
2.
so erect,
bearable, but
all
her seventh
in
in sober earnest I
lady
nurse
The mention
Is
[Junior]
7.
if
1
She was
[Junior.]
how
Jfi
'
the character
lit.,
may
is
is
used as a surname.
careful.
Observe the construction: the e,rh makes a substantive of k'o lien Men, with tender feeling
touched one as soon as one beheld her; crh, a person, to look on whom moved one directly; ti, of that
I'o lien.
she.
]|( -f-
f[
would be a substitute
PART
THE HUNDRED
V.
I.KSSONS.
337
LESSON LXXXVIII.
1.
when
you,
sacrifice
really too
had eaten
of
tlemen,
did you ?
dear sir, not a word.
My
and
It
4.
5.
and
their
things keep
no one I could
invitation, for I
have
to
that
is
and
up,
all
make
[Visitor.]
3.
made
insides
their
a messenger
Oh!
know
had
enough that
you
3H pei
midnight.
The pei
observed that
2.
38
^C $3
5'
6.
7-
word
^
~~
(a
jou
is
such an occasion
offered about
on
is
Friends
it.
*<-.,
Manchu
sacrifices (prepared
same day.
is
It
read teng
should be
1
.
with a knife any beast or bird good for eating, though an exception should perhaps be made
the meat which has been offered in the chi shen sacrifice, and which on the following daj
is
hsii* ch'ih, in
mf
i 'i") as
j'oo
i'o
1
,
sacrifices
is,
sacrifice.
our ages.
a stream uninterrupted, the seniors not ceremoniously declining the upper seats.
properly, a bubble
classically k'o*, to
signifying bounty.
spirits.
a stirrup,
tH
'if!
They
formalities
What?
game.
lit.,
(tang*},
3
?J? tnii , to kill
in the case of
3-
teng ;
removing the
after
sir
this
Eh,
like
an
by women)
to eat, gentle-
of.
well
beg you
these
I
[Visitor.]
me
little
on an occasion
are
Let
[Host.}
Put 6 a
men.
was just
Now, gen-
to the trouble
;
it,
my duty
going to send to you to invite you to come
over but you know how all my people here
to present
why
[Host.]
was
good of
your morning
send your evening l
to
yesterday,
sacrifice to-day
2.
was
It
[Visitor.]
More
be able
etc.
f^
(shen
yii),
Manchu
338
COLLOQUIAL SEKIES.
LESSON LXXXIX.
When we
2.
let fly
i.
kept
horse at
my
and the
it,
4
Strange to say, a deer that was coming
cantering over the brow of the hill in my
head.
he
Such a throw
but,
really;
as
shot,
and down
is
good a joke,
too
my
fell.
3.
least expect
it.
may
as
moment
to
'
Well,
were to
tell it
only a traveller's
Kuan, the
barrier
it
was
tale.
Proper.
:i
may
roebuck.
3-
ill
lUf
shan
this,
the animal
hill.
same
what other
is
nothing to show.
PART
V.
LESSON
1
[Senior.]
I find
it
[Junior.]
day
idle;
It is dull, indeed.
and
I
and
in
on
till
me
invited'
him
we came
to
for a stroll,
path
all
Don't take
1.
Ijfj
fro
of me,
sir,
Small
it ill
We spent a full
cheap.
meadows
till
was
and we went
was
people
went
go outside
a place that
to
it
He camu
XC.
the water, and on both sides 7 of
3311
that
we might
would be disagreeable
craft
come
without ceasing on
you, so
to
wished
feared
someone
with
in
fall
that
didn't
k'nang*, properly, empty, vacant; hence, disused: Ic'uang yeh, properly, desert
and
love
"pj"
k'o wai.
i'o, to
be justly
able,
sai, to
it.
3- ?ft
yen
yen
2
,
of.
4-
$li t'ao
5-
$$
6-
fH
fip
cm 4 a beach or shore
7-
from yen
Note
may be
3,
above) in that
it
finger, to play
on a stringed instrument ;
it differs
(see
e.g.,
we
say shany
with the
9- iix
hsia 1 shrimps.
,
also, to fillip
.340
ERH
TZt)
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON
The day
1.
excursion to
may
before yesterday
that
say
Western
tlio
anything more.
was
it
Hills,
we made an
and
I really
to
impossible
enjoy
heart
We
punted
themselves
gently
there
that
hill
and stream,
to
be
happier
we
than
were.
4
point in the hills there lay a broad sheet
of silver before us sky and water so blended
was which
had been
came round a
together
cares
down
8
felt as free as if all
its
by night.
2.
XCI.
life
too, in perfect
to turn
repose.
12
them
to
does,
it is
good account,
13
is
a pity not
it not ?
'
I!E ft c hin hsing, exhaustively pleasurable: chin, to exhaust; hsing, for kao Using, elevation of spirit.
kao-liao hsing, towards the end of the third paragraph of this Lesson.
2.
U|
See
3
ch'ang', properly, to penetrate; to grow, to increase: ch'ang k'uai, the sensation of happiness belonging to
3-
ftp
ch'eng
p'o, to burst, as
4-
Jj5f
St
5-
reeds
hi'-wei
3?^
a reed
ken
is i
3
,
reeds, rushes;
/!
Jjjt.
both
may
cli'cng
silver.
also, distant
Hi*, to
wei-tzit.
6-
7-
is
to
come
air.
hence, rare,
anxiety, forethought.
*
8.
chieh*, all
9-
ffi
l-
1S
fijj
lang
is
3ifc
chih*, a
form, or
12.
purpose
13.
who have
died,
left this
spirits.
bright.
word of many meanings in books, most commonly to cause, in which sense it occurs colloquially
hence, the cause, the occasion but here its
chih, whereby was occasioned, the result of which was
appearance; ching, see Lesson LXV, Note 10: ching-chih, scenery, landscape.
the combination
sense
1 '
in
4Jj|
;
t'u
with
Jff?
2
,
ti,
originally, to
to
no
a younger brother,
through:
here, t'u
jan
hsii tu,
hsii tu
one's age; I
PART
V.
LESSON
The day
1.
we went
before yesterday
it
though
stroll,
341
XCII.
4
nobody would stir; and there they sat on,
talking and laughing, until, by-and-by, they
out,
was not
saw that
it
was close
to sunset,
3.
By
"
and telling us that
crying out, Make haste
6
one leaf of the gate was shut to already. This
to
ever,
there as
lock. 3
'
2.
to
them
be
off;
and
'
fP g hou
3-
pfjj
Not a
way home."
a long
tsui;
lit.,
we
fang-cho,
to receive
let
4-
3
tl chin
fiB
5-
'|3t
II? liuang
tail,
Note
hn,
JH shan
JD
7-
^'
5ft Ji|
Hi
9-
of
mind
chia
to fan
1
,
;ei
3
,
add
to
here, to
come
too, the
to grief, to
bank
properly ch'eng*
it.
will,
at
lie
ij.d.,
their
it is
eh'tng
s<io
tion.
sharS-tzti, a fan
properly, to
mo
it
the same.
bit of
all
21.
punishment
laid
better
ports.
and we
shut out
got to walk,
all
ever,
I said
we had
Gentlemen,
all,
its
"
on
"
(see
3
.
away
to use.
.s-ao.
Ut.,
-tati-
842
ERH
T/A
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
LESSON
XCIII.
2
[Visitor.] It's dreadfully hot. I suspect
i.
to do,
year's
ring.
it
scorches 4 one's
more
"'
what more at
as I
you about
my
on a
ease.
fiery
day
like
this,
are
when
it is
yourself
2.
is
Do you
intend to
the perspiration
Are they as
well off
to live
upon
Besides,
it
kill
Let
it
it
will
This
[Host.]
jfc
and
till
the rule,
be cold.
Jt M
is
all
very
who have no
'
10
here, writing at
summer
am
fore
directions
all
so I
it,
alive,
feels.
official
business
hsia, the
divided.
2-
3-
hot day
I5
fe
$g
5-
j|
yiieh*, to overstep, to
6-
Jt ^S kuang-cho,
8.
nieh
"
Cf.
mai pu
if!
the action of
hence,
hit, as
a mark
Jl ft
Ji
i,
first
tsui
ho',
etc., in
fever, to suffer
nieh,
the street
in carter's parlance,
jj, yi t or
from heat.
yao
still
Had
or hot water.
fire
days.
Imy.
bare, naked.
10.
afford to say.
7- ;5f
we can
4-
9-
say,
t'ou i.
Construe the number one hot of days, the hottest of
Bl
we have had, he would have said chin t'ien ts'ai* j& (emphasising ts'ai).
away
we may
""""
used in Part
~T
><i ntiig Co
liao.
here, to change.
of
t'o.
also, to call to a
person to desist or to go
PART
THE HUNDRED
V.
343
LESSONS.
LESSON XCIV.
1.
to in
Hallo
[Host.]
2.
[Traveller.]
funeral of a friend.
still,
went.
Come
on,
my
of the weather
people,
;
it
rain."
as
Well,
3
came
sir.
shall
couldn't get on
as I
1.
$P
my
felt
hsiany*, brightness;
also,
coat or
3-
4-
fUjj
\m
'H man an
,
5-
6.
f[ chan',
<i
chu
1
,
7-
>f|| ch'i',
8-
or
a pig
any
in
eating
have nothing
this
still,
out-of-the-way
Oh no
[Traveller.]
excuses, pray, on
facing
my
it is
it,
is
fine.
like fabric.
also written f |f
day
felt,
to-morrow.
till
the score of
There
speaking,
steadily,
wasn't much chance of shelter, as you may
4
suppose, out there in the open country, and
5
4.
was
it's
be caught in the
down
as
"
and
change your
I will give
much worth
Never mind
[Host]
3.
clothes
in directly.
it
though
time, the
I
is it
344
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON XCV.
west of the house that sounded" as
dismal days
damp
what with
there,
lie
here and
rent asunder.
a place in the
my
leak
down
at last
And
5
tumbling and tossing about with-
I lay
2.
really
hisin
)jj
jjfj
$i
wiri*,
3-
J&
4-
OTJ"
ting
it
ahnu,
fco
-fsao
3
,
io
is
Yao 3 can
also
opened
te,
like that.
raining
sc.,
it
had attained
colloquially, to sting
stung me,
te,
6.
PJ
pi* t to close
fS>
~T
jjjj
ping
l|Sj
hsiang
fife
7-
8.
9-
10.
n.
^
|lj
13. 1$;
14.
'tao > I
it
kuan
(see
perforce I closed
used alone.
it
was
forwards: fan, to turn over; fu, to come back to the original position.
bore
is
my
it is
little
while.
XCIV, Note
i.
t'u*,
from a spring
12.
$n
books,
S /a"
until, etc.
insects.
S8
4
/ ' backwards and
had rained
tsao, in
5-
to,
bugs.
roar
or Isao', fleas
mosquitoes, gnats
4
off,
1.
nothing in the
:;
There
if
in to sleep.
)jj
properly, to
to butt against:
shan
2
,
to soak or moisten
gable of a house.
te ch'i,
could a
man go
through, the
PART
345
V.
LESSON XCVI.
Yesterday morning when I got up it
was so dark I thought the sun could not
i.
have risen
yet.
to look,
to
spit,
and soon
steadily
when
the yamen,
for
start
after I
so I sat
heard
down
it
again,
3-
thought
and that
it
it
was
But
day and
it
till
would wait a
held up.
all
in a perfect torrent.*
all
little,
last
and
very long,
start
it
rained
morning that
and
began to
I
might
everywhere.
to be fair.
is
well
saturated
are certain
^'*'
' e^ 2
fllj
thunder
p'i-lei
when
coming down
it
'
it:
44
346
ERH
TZfr
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON
It
i.
that
it
last
till
after
o'clock,
to
it
had
snow harder
the
began
grew larger and larger, and came flut34
down. Said I to myself, " I've
tering wavily
nothing to do; I wish a friend would drop
;
flakes
in for a chat
3.
To
moment
some
how
is
this to be
managed
'
them
yeh
to
li
shang tung,
<jh
3-
IS
p'iao
4-
JiB,
y&o
5-
$&
fit yiiehfa,
jljjf
'
6-
P ai Hang*
jfi!
1
2
!
friends to walk
my
in,
which they
The
did.
it
how
rolled well
to see
up
9
;
hill,
The
sight
made us
ever.
10
jollier
all
than
and played
it was
&
(;
white with
?"
my
visitors.
About eleven
breakfasted,
XCVII.
freezes at night.
of liang.
more than
See Lesson
ever.
make
it is
XCIII, Note
fire.
not found.
5.
The
this term.
7-
S.
snow
j|
iJH
lien',
ya
scene, as
9-
10.
3
,
is nice,
refined
i$J
/*
|fi
in
numbers and
split
bamboo, but
ch'ing
ya may be
materials.
the
fine.
in confusion
Note
i-h'i'-p'an is a chess-board;
composed of other
3
hsiieh* pai, not hsileh
c/t't-fcft'-Vfc,
chess-men: hsia
PART
V.
LESSON
1.
and
it
"
I don't like
we
XCVIII.
2
for I
are
up
had
just reached
accordingly.
2.
'
pitiful,
2.
'H
life.
hsi', the
my
it fell.
5.
such
sec-
cold."
heart-rending
347
gloomy
sad
3-
4.
J^ {^
chu
it fell.
chii,
348
ERH
Tztr
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
LESSON XCIX.
Man
1.
stands
of
highest
created
all
did not
he
differ
evil, if
education
8
he
If
creep.
right rule
3.
fellow,
him
speak.
made everybody
if it
all
this
disgusts people
me?
Now,
it
flesh
like a dog's
man
else;
one's
more
is
4. If
>.
is
his voice
2.
make
to
enough
he could not
wherein would
right,
is
Then
understand
can't
and
and he was
like him,
10
in consequence.
it.
father
arrived this
2
on
over-bearing
all
bullying
5.
may
He
and
pretension
i
jfj
iinimals
to
imagine
himself
man
for rising
of
like to
13
know how he
domestic animals
is
to
compass
should
it.
2-
jp; hao',
3-
^H
4-
ffi
5-
Ci
among
^ ku
7-
de
Note
s 'i(*
by prowess, heroic
q.d.,
it
leaving
to his
is
bad
materially
sense.
qualities of a bully.
tsui-pa-tzil,
fact-
here, in a
being ill-looking.
6-
8$0 $j> j u
a, the flesh creeping: ma, elliptically representing ma mil, hemp-seed and wood, used for
inanimate matter; hence, the affection of a foot asleep, or a palsied limb, which is ma mu.
g.
jjfil
brazening
it
out,
he
pu
chih eh'ih,
is
insensible
to shame.
10. J$L
t'ou
may
pu hao ; that
II ft fu fen,
i '
I2
PU
be hao or
%a
*3- I?S
the
is,
amount
he
may
XCI, Note
i)
a man's hsing-
be contented or discontented.
of happiness allotted [his family], his father hsiang chin, enjoyed to exhaustion.
8$
sc.,
as an
q.d.,
official.
career.
PART
V.
LESSON
What do you mean by
leading such a
life as this ?
All you do of a day is to fill
1
your belly, and then to take up your guitar
1
or your lute
no purpose that
make
to
propose
2.
name
you going
to get
for
our
return, then
your
to
be
ground that
when
and
is
We
master's.
you as a
2.
j|
ea p'i'-pa
t'ou ting,
what
3-
Bj|
4-
IS ;&
5-
19 Hr '*
7.
8-
my
head
4.
your regular
official
Certainly not
high in rank or
8
appointment
and
office
am
if I
not speak-
name someone
who owes
his
first
you?
sc.,
my
roof; chiao
the mind.
on a jewel.
shu, to study.
JJ* ch'u
the
IB
qualification in
career, pray
is
and remember
7
repute of being a dirty, low-caste individual.
Will your ability to play the giu'tar avail
while he
"
It is
that,
"
Manchus,
'
Surely
to tin-
would be better
it
families to the
all
Manchu.
3.
of
a disgrace
is
it ?
We
he
worth your while to be studying 8 than expending all the best powers of your mind on a
guitar-playing, or are
bread by
it
C.
this guitar-playing,
Do you
34!)
sMn,
mean and
to
commence an
official career.
it
or on the p'i-p'a.
tz'ft?,
or ts'ai
3
,
what
See Lesson
my
XC, Note
foot treads,
sc.,
my
8.
floor.
PART
VI.
352
ERH
Zir
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
PART
[CHAP.
i.
VI.
1.
time,
ter's,
4
temple at P'u Chou, which was
built a
Ssii.
age
was
side.
5.
11
3.
The
!l
2.
wife,
I.
KEPT.
son's
'
ill
W ~F>
IS
office; kuei, to
return to an original
condition of things.
2.
3-
'ff'-
ts'ui*,
a surname
IE
chio*
ts'eng as
is
name.
an adverb of past time, supplying the "once upon a time" with which the
story opens.
4"
5-
Tffl
HP
cheng*, a surname ; also the name of a feudal state in the Chou dynasty (B.C. 774-500)
P' U
c/ww, the
name
JJ;
Madame
7.
8.
shih* after
1$
cheng chutnj, to
latter is the
thus,
to.
me CH&JG.
Ts'ui,
of a prefecture in Shansi.
miao*
Sft
ling',
to the
two
tufts or
life,
an elegant synonym
of nien.
10. jfe
f,
3
3
high breeding: her ^a , excellence, tien , was of an orthodox kind, was regulated by the
titn,
canon
or standard, of education.
it-
fH
their excellence].
tt'ai, ability,
CHAP.
PART
I.]
stylos of
ter.
discovery of someone
handwriting
hand, the
li
to lend.
12
still
in
promised
of Madame Ts'ui's.
This CHNG
nephew
an
was
HKNG, unfortunately,
especially worth-
when you
least
was so greedy,
this,
vantage.
would cheat
certainly
clean away,
S:
3ff
running hand
ft
'3-
ts'ao li 4
expected
exceeded
10
And
it.
then he
22
if
He
was an out-and-out
rascal.
-'
for
life
J3i>
21
to this
sist
li,
cMn
Jj
and foraging
purpose of his
sole
until, in fact, it
Added
month and
to
8.
7.
17
month
16
18
he was very
dangerous. He would speak you fair, and be
20
so that you came to grief
tripping you up,
less person.
13
tion.
of
While
him
6.
353
VI.
chuan, ordinarily
known
formed
ts'ao,
the
and as wai when they belong to the females thus, Madame Ts'ui's brother's children were her nei chih-'rh and
nei chili ml-'rh, her sister's children were her wai sheng' ($f 5$}) and wai sheng nil-'rh; her brothers stood in the
relation of nei hsiung and nei ti to her husband, whose own sister's children were both her and his wai sheng and wai
2
s]ii in/ nil; his
brothers, elder and younger, being Madame Ts'ui's ta po (fc f&) an d hsiao shu (jj> jjjj) respectively,
family,
3
Peking, ta pai -tzti and hsiao shu-tzU; Madame Ts'ui's sisters, elder and younger, standing in the relation to
and hsiao i respectively. |f[, lit., constant, regular.
her husband of ta i* (fc
or, in
^)
'4-
a stall
1
(sc.,
5-
'6I
7-
8.
$f-
~f
p'ai
of wares)
is
to arrange in order, to set out; hence, p'ai-tzti, ostentation, display; pai 3 chia-tzti,, to set out
much the same sense. Note that jjg when used in the sense of only is read ching 4
used in
1. fortune
squandered.
fJ|J
'"
$1
|j!
'o
2
,
to forage, to
"cadge":
lo,
Note
9.
_^J, ran on from month to month and year to year: both chi* and
lei
lo.
mean to
accumulate.
'9-
2O
2I
tfa
*>
in addition; see
$? ~F> trip
to put the hobbles on.
who
RB
&
has seen
covets every
22.
doors to
"J"
little
new
ij$ ping
}i|j
jiff
pan-tzit (see
similar adverb,
must precede
ta.
_t $f -f,
greedy; strictly speaking, "shallowness under the skin of the eyes" is applied to a person
is generally used to indicate the childish
greediness that
object.
1
,
23. ;|s
vou U P
of themselves.
fist.
45
354
Tztr
EKH
COLLOQUIAL SEKIES.
CHI.
CHAPTER
man named
had been
it
occupation
T'IEN
RH,
whose
do jobs
to
up,
people.
and borrow a
little
money
of him.
With-
sole
for other
II.
3.
ii.
1.
[CHAP.
As soon
as
it
was
he saw at a glance
on,
that,
on purpose,7 there were also two buttonloops off, which he had to stitch on, and then
means
At the commencement
had not been by any
but he was now a reformed
as he
as
correct,
character. 5
2.
if
was
so
abilities of his
tiously, till
he got to T'IEN
knocked at the
RH'S,
when he
door.
'
&
fiS>
read hiio* kai, it was his destiny: ho, lit., to correspond to, to meet; kai, what ought to happen. Note
mean " served him right," but that the bad or good fortune, as the case may be, was foreordained.
3-
^ ~ pang
J|jj
chu', to assist
fj
M
:
4-
lit
S5 4&
^ "T
4J
^
jjji
hang, a row, a
Note
list,
line,
a series
second in the
is
cfe'e
list (q.d.,
of sons).
73.
la 1 p'eng*
ch'ien*, to
sail
Jg-
$C,
a house agent.
etc.,
lien, to
gather together, as a
must be understood.
Lien 4
is
number
of scattered articles;
$j&, to get in
Jfl fora
to 1 lien'
cf.
of a questionable nature.
Jjfc
7-
ti fi ^, $f>
8-
shake, to vibrate, or to
indicates a
XXVIII,
I?
as if
fisi
huan 3
"Jl,
on purpose.
J
2/ a
t'
lit.,
is
lien
volley.
u kuang* nao
move from
ring puzzle.
side to side
ti,
;
to side
is
CHAP.
PART
III.]
VI.
CHAPTER
RH came
T'IEN
1.
him
was, he asked
it
at
in
"
;
"
And
"
2.
CHENG
pray,"
?"
and how
world,
know.
mouthful
to get a
But now,
in
your
was
sir,
opinion,
this
way out
"
for
betake
sir,
of the question."
"
4
"
engage in handicraft
much
so full of years
sir,
less
me
position inspires
'
IB
3-
t'ai*
?f|
%%
Your
sir,"
continued
it,
in utter despair. 9
you
it
Now
to help
me
it is
for
you
to
do
suits you."
this
T'IEN
10
always had an eye to the main chance, and
he did not at all like to lose anything. So
as soon as he heard such words as these
could you,
on a pole
to ask
"j.
worthy
of
me
so or not as
am
I that
"
possible ?"
"
accord-
CHENG HENG
a journeyman,
to learn his craft of him.
me
As you
CHENG HENG,
relative of mine,
once wanted
"
6.
don't
He was
5.
III.
as
walk
to
and
to the door,
355
"
himself,
11
"
Your idea
means
lift,
is
also to carry
to
to stop
get something
men
yf
* fi n
t$|
'
w>2- fen
is
LXXX,
Note
wen
is
7.
~f $}, accustomed to comforts shou yung, comfortable, is elliptical shou, in the matter of what
yung, in what one makes use of [there is sufficiency] a sufficiency in the requirements of daily life
in other words, comfortable surroundings as compared with $j* jjfc, bodily comfort.
4-
ffi
one enjoys or
tft
gets,
5-
IB!
6-
^1 5i
how much
ho k'uang,
"51,
mu
hsien*
4
,
less?
to admire
lit.,
the
first
word meaning
l^r
IS y an 9*
yjfo
j|jj
f h'i,
up
self-respect, is
it is
down
pieh
synonym
for suppression,
9-
Io
3& RT
may
&
Jjjj
^,
JU
pieh tao in the present instance means to crush under the weight,
ruin a man.
one's indignation
sc.,
of feelings, etc., as
fa4
Note
^ ~~
q.d.,
fit
"P Jl-
of poverty
to
keep
[the want
49.
to get
"
76
356
TZtJ
12
for nothing;
what
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
"Whatever you
it?"
is
ERH
besides, that I
[CHAP, in.,
iv.
off in full, 15
and
not what."
time, I
can't
8.
T'IEN'S countenance
changed at once
an unfortunate
at
13
them
12.
te'ou* ch'iao,
^5
H 7
4-
i5
let
I'll
'S6.
3-
?R
7-
1 8.
it
opportune;
$ Men
you have
to
lit.,
mai pu shi 1 to
on credit wo shS cho,
,
swamp,
Part V, Lesson
to
money
lending
LXV, Note
6)
else ?"
anyone
Note
sell
I'll
the, to
buy
for.
or sell on credit;
wo
she
i.
to drown; used of persons or things, but with the former in combination with 5E> as yen
iH US
chin 3 kou, only just enough: chin, only, scarcely, exactly, with nothing to spare.
#j|f,
abort
|0 ^
myself; just
I should be
yen
drowned.
1
want something
hsin', to
kei ni,
ssti,
'3- Til
is
question
**#*
chuan pu k'ai, can't make both ends meet: both chou and chuan mean to revolve; chou
k'ai must be here used in the sense of clearing a passage, as in tsou k'ai, to get out of
K'ai has often the force of the adverbial termination able, which is the
the way, fen pu k'ai, undistinguishable.
Chou chuan pu k'ai, the circle or revolution
property of many other words in Chinese, such as jg 'fff, jfc, etc.
19.
j)!|
JJU chou*
( q.d.,
of
my
daily expenditure)
is
uncomplete-aife ; there
is
a block in
CHAPTER
"
That
i.
purchasing
of
grades,"
the
unwary;
purchase of land
How many
may
ask
_L fa shang
-
are
is
right enough.
"
"
acres
a$ st ~T
sir,
2.
T'lEN
"
wiN
that's
do, is
good enough
"
"
Are you
"
my
abruptly asked
business, and don't be
keeper ?
4
playing the dog after the mice, meddling with
CHENG HENG
what doesn't concern you."
was too great a coward ever to put himself
in
IV.
said
it
a qualified approval.
the
way
XL, Note
of a collision,
and finding
his
I.
Note that pa
4
liao without the prefix too
means
Bjft
mu3
4-faJ^^-y^
H?
ftfi
PART
CHAP. IV.]
vi.
"
Every man," said he, is bound
know how to stitch and patch 9 you
to
"
haste to say,
Dear me I only wanted to
borrow a little money of you if there was
if nothing, noanything to be done, good
you
And
containing a
only joking.
but dirt
"Now,
sum
We
as
"
don't
on
the
"how many
and
stove-bed,
things do
"
HENG.
any
So
mean
to say that
you are
ready to give
far as I
'
was possible
it
and
for us to be,
the better."
8.
would
it
"
there
I shall
"
T'IEN.
is
choosing."
said he,
You
7.
Money
well,
sir,"
of articles of dress,
out
it
you want?"
'
number
opened
having
will
6.
3.
"
thereupon he rose
to go.
up
me make
let
new?"
"Don't talk
5.
needn't be
thing
"
and over
friend,
357
9.
which he drew
still
to
up
to roll,
the same
to the ears
lit
upon
11
a brand
new 12
cloak,
t5 /J 15 kun3 tao chin 1 gristle that turns the edge of the knife, a tough customer, one on whom it is not
make an impression; also, a man who is ready to face any emergency: kun, to turn, to mil over; ff j;J
as a dog or a mule, in the dust kun also means to bubble, to boil, as kun
shui, boiling water, but k'ai shui is
5-
easy to
notice whatever
more common.
6.
7-
abandon
8
:1| /ere
FJiJ
dung fen
J5 SH
Part
1$
t'u,
T ~~ Hi
2,
Imng 1 thin
Iff ch'ien
c/t'i
4
,
ch'i,
to fling away, to
III, 1042.
after a pause.
3.
articles,
pin fen
shih,
10.
j |f
Tit
pao'-fu*, a wrapper:
n-
fit,
seam
lien 2 , a seam,
XXXI,
/tf?
seam, generally applied to hard
to stitch a
a matter which
but
it is
it is
than he did some time previously as the people in constant contact with him regard him with an accustomed eye
(^5 Sft ~T)> t'lev are no * a e to appreciate the difference in his appearance.
;
I2
first
3
v\ W( chan hsin', brand new, just cut off [from the original piece]: the character ? (chan*) appears in the
work and is also given in WILLIAMS'S Dictionary, but native dictionaries support the first reading.
edition of this
TZU ERH
358
"Chut!" said T'IEN
10.
"
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
"
14.
13
it
Try and put up with
you will disgust
if
show
are
never satisfied.
that
people
you
you
Take the thing and go your ways but once
said T'IEN
11.
else
now
fifty
catties in it;
it."
change
"
?
"I should
12.
"
that
at once
if
you
"And
what," said
here
it,
CHENG HENG,
what
do
shall I
she-ass
it
15
on,"
"
?
here
that
said T'IEN
tically
return
friend good-bye,
17.
10
?"
along
my
as
it
"
"
is
weight
"I've a stout
6.
I will
you
"You
CHENG HENG;
u such a
lift
it be
changed for something
asked CHENG HENG, smiling.
"Might
now
think of
15.
iv., v.
[CHAP,
1
'3- ^L @> poo han*, put up with, keep one's opinion to oneself; used generally with reference to presents given,
2
or as an apology for a blunder, etc.
f^ "S "&
Si 5i ft> he is inexperienced, make due
H. i^ IS
i&
:
N.B.
$1
'4-
phrase
Dialogue
ti
liu\ to carry in the hand, to carry by one's side or lift from the ground: the value of liu in this
N.B. Ti 1 , not t'i*, as in Part IV,
it is a colloquialism probably peculiar to the North.
to discover;
II, 36.
1?
15-
for
\vl
is difficult
some reason
'6-
3
ts'ao Hi, a she-ass: ts'ao, the female of equine animals, but colloquially only applied to asses and,
or other, to domestic fowls, though generally without the radical "horse."
iHJ
-tj3J
Jf
fi^
up
(see
also, a
CHAPTER
I.
old
For
all
a coat as
went straight
to a
to frequent.
The people
at
sighted.
something
of any kind, and they were quite surprised to see him all of a sudden with such
'
-
8 j& 8 1K VM Bl
3-
H.
4-
1W
5-
Note
to
does
"
don't
you?"
see
said
don't be chaffing
I want
5
of
this
for
me,
dispose
;
to eat
signify to
it
let
money
"
?
13.
that sense
"What
CHENG HENG
well."
means
Up
this.
"
What is this
him, accordingly, and says he,
made of ? [let's have a look ;] I'm a near-
V.
tfj
LIV, Note 3.
hua: ch'iao p'i is,
but when applied to speech it means to
See Part V, Lesson
of,
either
by pawning
or selling.
winsome,
attractive,
and
is
often used in
PART
CHAP. V.]
VI.
359
2.
3.
meat
Some
till
all in
bought
CHNG
down
was
it
lot of things
HNG
the
9
grantly others kneaded dough as fast as they
could and others baked the scons. And just
;
as all this
Now
for
still
my trying my
to-day, except
that what I want to do can't exactly be done
savoury dumplings.
CHNG HENG
when
by me
had
keep out
all
of
of his way.
7.
"
"
the proverb
Friends
is meat and
there
be
friends
when
may
only
wine going; man and wife will remain man
is
is
iE
*t*
ftii
tun
8.
D|f
@ ^'en
}H il
7-
11
11.
|^ |^
fjlf
'jjjj,
it
what
to his proposition;
So
far
from
own
minding what
lit.,
trouble 16
am
and
if
taken up for
I get into
I
it,
may
it
was
f^j (hsi
),
hsiang, gave forth a fragrant odour: p'en, to puff out, as from the mouth.
ch'uai 1 , to
being baked on an
10.
or wishes
alike;
15
to get hold
?"
destruction."
[There
plain
in adversity but the matrimonial.]
me
help
It will
said
is
rice."
thing,
do you say
True indeed
You
all alone.
the
hand
to prevent
observe,
10
"
thump
or
f$
(ping
3
)
iron,
J$f (too
).
po'-po', dumplings
also, small
fjif),
was turned
round to him.
I2
drank
:
f?H
(yin).
3-
Ifi
Cf.
36 "?
^j $J, happy,
t'u'-tza,
free
from
fhiln
lit.,
and joyously
(ch'ang)
out.
14.
|H tiao tsuan, unscrupulous
adjective expressive of general depravity.
^ iH ^) IS
care.
a bald-headed person
'S-
yin
and scheming
to a degree that
pu
Pan, properly, to contribute to, but here merging its sense into that of son, to distribute.
mean
Cf. J*[
is
an
in even part*
fJf
j&
^>
to strike an average.
'6-
|B
law ; just as
7 y.
JB A
get into trouble; not to break the law, but to get into trouble in consequence of breaking the
is a criminal under arrest, not a law-breaker who has not been caught out
360
in
TZfr
it too."
child's play
reflected a
If
18
And
still
to
such a
here
lot of liquor
so back they
"
said they,
There's
match
to a drinking
19
himself; "I can't carry much," said he,
"and
that
"
not."
as
much
fast
as
to turn to
hard as he could.
The drinking
went on
fifth
till
forced as
3iE f
19
4C
IP
fft fP9
ffi
p'an', drag
you
in for it;
well.
"
What ? "
cried he,
as he
lit.,
Robbery
in
broad day
Ah
it's
like
Note
my
10.
pai jao , for nothing; jao is here used in the sense of to throw something extra into a bargain;
ffi> throw this in as well
pai jao is to throw in something for nothing, to give absolutely away.
(Bo
IB*
SB
jf; Hang*.
-- JH
titan
4
,
here, to
21
~fc
ffi Is
demeanour which courtesy
-
2fc
'7-
22
drank so
all
It
legs.
l &-
?G
13.
on his
watch,
much
asleep.
21
using strong language, he became afraid that
there would be a general row. 22 So he had
them
no alternative but
ass
g.
so far
we
we
thought
don't do as he wants,
came
10.
This was
little.
"lie
tin -v,
"
[CHAP. v.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
you in
don't drag
if I
CHI.
17
The men
8.
no
bed
die in iny
\t'\-
for
ERH
fc
%j
hsiin*,
kuan
using strong language; hs'dn, properly, docile, modest, humble; the humility of
requires.
i SH
$j
(p. 149).
"fifc
^J!J
fit ?3
>
whole of the
would with him nao, get angry to the making of a tsao kao ; the first word is used of anything so
rotten or saturated as to have lost its consistency (see Part V, Lesson XLVII, Note 12) ; the second signifies a cake of a
Cf. tsao law, here's a mess ; used of any disastrous combination of circumstances.
certain kind.
parties associated
2 3-
?H
fii
24.
fH
ch'iao
55
4
,
lit.,
penetrating rod.
PAET
CHAP. V.]
luck; the worse
misfortunes be." 25
am
And
off,
worse
the
he went
so
VI.
361
my
on, crying
He had
his wrong-doing.
upon
33
paralysis
a stroke of
in his house
27
ment, confined his attention to taking bribes.
He had no feeling for the troubles of the
14.
people
was
would have
it,
that he,
riot
CHNG
36
had
in his childhood,
29
whenever a chance
something out of them
itself
he
would
turn
the public inpresented
;
terest to his
CH&NG H&NG,
15.
his
last
2 S-
is
2<^
ift
2 7-
1
zft tsao
1 Hi
yang
to
ken*-chi', stock
c&i,
j^ $g
ft
|j|'
a foundation, a basis.
j$?
Cf.
first
fx
||J, to offer
or
give bribes.
2 ^'
3
ft 3P Jt 83 iaji' fata Ait tot 3 : JitaJi, an aged widower kua, lone, alone here, a widow (commonly called
&, properly, fatherless, but here used of one without either parent tu, properly, single, but used of men in
1
:Jk $1?)
years
who have no
2 9-
JfiB
}3
3- TR
son.
lo
jPf
k'en
3
,
cftia
?,/
money from;
Jc'en
also
means
to detain
by
force.
private interests.
31
32
HI;
lei*
SI
ijgi
fan'-huan 4
34-
t'%', short
35-
KE
33-
fing", both meaning thunder, are applied to the anger of the Emperor.
paralytic, paralysis
fan, paralysis
from fan.
ffe
m 1?
for
feng ai
4
tsung
fa
(see
37-
^ ^C
j$C
kang
JH
1
,
an indigo vat
ch'iian chia
(see
(see
Part V, Lesson
38-
thuang
3
,
5c ?1 58
to be
(cf.
him
pai chin,
his
pai,
damaged
14).
chao 1 chang', the manifestation, t'ien li, of Heaven's justice, ssil hao 2, in the minutest degree
XXXIX, Note 8), pu shuang, is not incorrect; chao 1 , bright light; chang, manifestation of light;
j|
wrong
(see
46
362
ERH
TZtJ
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
CHAPTER
And now
HENG was
think that he
there he
(Miss ROSE),
like
looking, a very
handy
"
I don't
made me
has
feel so
low that
tan 1 , only.
-33
S,
4-
Jjfc
5'
tja
Sit hsiu*
j!f ya',
buds
it
he was so good.
is
the thought of
and
CHENG
you
by
servant.
handy
Hj
sisters.
(see
My
idea
him
budding
told
I'll
3'
6.
p'u*, master
H
i m chu
that
tell
3.
i.
when
miss," said
it."
Well,
have hardly
that keeps
from
in
you
taking pleasure
anything you are
"
about."
There, there," said YING YING with
is
speech.
2.
eh
is,
when we were
and ready of
servant,
it,
doing
spoken of by everybody, I can't help detesting him. We were nicely taken in indeed
mistress,
the cause of
in
vi.
VI.
[CHAP.
!.
hriu, to embroider.
The bud
of a flower
is
what do
CHAP.
PAET
VII.]
VI.
CHAPTER
While we leave them
1.
walk,
KuNG, and
his
his style 3
Our
since.
"We
VII.
mined
to take their
let
363
graduate,
is
shall be
light
have
"I have everything ready, sir," answered CH'IN T'UNG and next morning, very
of a courteous
complishment, whether as a
in the
way
of
man
4.
at
And
him.
ney.
now, most
2.
3^ kung
3
,
fSf
decline, to
IS
W UK
p'ei^
ffi
lit, friendly
2
,
name by which he
life.
is
known
to his friends.
9-
%j-
^ ^j
12
Note that
hsieh
is
here used in
primary sense of to
its
fp, to apologise.
and pleasing;
The expression
p'ei
fu
is
p'ei, to carry
Jjj(
f|f
^f
ifjf
^p> W-i the year of the great comparison; the metropolitan examination for the degree of chin-
shih (the highest literary grade), which is held once in every three years.
the author of the story is in the capital ; were he not, lai would be incorrect.
8-
place at
words of a certain philosopher upon his girdle and wear them constantly about him
'JK (see also LEGGE'S Classics, Vol. I, p. 160, 4).
^C Jt
their jour-
travelling
deter-
withdraw from
lit.,
wear ornaments.
style," or the
6-
7-
"
withdraw from.
ft 81 ho ai 3 ;
fit p'ei, to
on
5-
^T &>
hao*, a person's
3-
4-
set out
some days
no great distance from which the graduate CHANG remembered that a man named Tu 10 was living;
the two had been friends in adversity, 11 anu
ac-
of letters or
manly
man
ch'in* t'ung
ch'in, the
ready
2J$ JjC
*jj
^f
note
lai, indicating
that
yii
pei
ti,
hence,
bring to an end.
10. ;fc tu 4
,
properly,
also, to
shut out, as
Pfj
f^ ^,
(fj,
'fit
IS; Si*
were in harmony.
t'ou*,
accorded,
and
their
i,
opinions, ho,
364
COLLOQUIAL SEBIES.
and
exercises
movement
of
as the
vii.
[CHAP.
"
Ah
"
!
"
;
well, get
am exceedingly
for I
hungry."
he had in hand.
it
he arrived
at
3-
r 4-
fBJ
(tiao ping)
I
5-
General
sense
is
cc
it
The graduate
ate
this,
and
after
he
left
11
tu*;
lit.,
custody, to hold on guard; can be used alone, or, as here, with fang, for which, s*e
movement
T$ J?
it is
tiao
10.
little.
3
T? shou to have in
Part V, Lesson XVI, Note I.
1
9.
is
plans or arrangements
sometimes read t'iao*.
Manchu
General-in-chief, or, as he is
it is
also a general
term
commonly
<$, military
movement of troops
called, Tartar
affairs; jf[
munitions
of war.
J6-
also
$fc lao* lu*, fatigued: loo*, labour, trouble; In, properly, the unevenness of stony ground.
Lao
In
may
7-
T&
xSl
J/
huang*, to stroll: yu, to roam or saunter about; in Peking, more commonly '{?
P ^
ff
(liu' to').
3
3
shengt-k'ou a salted chicken: lu, brine, pickle; a chicken, which is generally called hsiao chinot
(or
unfrequently spoken of as sheng-k'ou, an animal, to avoid the risk of making the mistake of giving
the word chi an equivocal meaning by the addition of a common affix which is likely to slip out involuntarily.
*8-
feft
?fi %k.
erh), is
CHAP.
PART
VIII.]
VI.
CHAPTER
There was a temple gathering that
Kuan, and there was such a
r.
in the P'u
day
2.
T'UNG
became
2
ing
much
edifice
lofty,
impos-
was.
it
365
VIII.
head were
of her
7
;
have some
toilet
his
tea.
The
too
tea
pale in colour
it's
indeed
it
At the
was.
CHANG was
sight
of
so taken
us.
iJVjji
2i
farejr
to impede, to obstruct.
J^ iS wei
-wu?, imposing
shami or
ffi {Si
4
J>
jgjj
shabi, a
wei,
Buddhist novice
icJJ
3
*& tsuan , a chignon, a top-knot.
6.
1
Jjf eh'a , to thrust or stick, as a
7-
$C 9&
8-
910.
1 '
12>
J8&
ei
kuei 1
"? shou
4
,
a species of
Mao',
to scorch or
fig
35
cfto
sword into
its
Jlfi
^B
5-
4-
i'c
majestic, awe-inspiring
burn with
$$
fire
common monthly
J$jt Jjif:
in cooking, to scorch or
J,
the ankle.
etc., is
$j
(feu
).
a bracelet.
ts'ui
an edging round, to
set.
1 ^f
Ijfjj.
it
is
TZU ERH
366
it
They
rogated FA TS'UNG "Can I have accommodation here," asked he; "I want to come
When
family
he
18
Madame
died,
of His Excellency
Ts'ui
and
came
life."
22
18
please,
been
9. "Well, I've
all
What
a pity
difficulty in
days
my
I
longer,
20
examinations;
aminations, I
of this one.
being
and
may
if I
lose
miss
go up
my
the
got no sleep
all night.
opportunity here;
/i pufan', uncommon fan here in the sense of common, vulgar. See Part III, 563.
sgf. ffi
ordinary, common: hsiin is an ancient measure of 8 ch'ih in length; a ch'ang was
nothing to show how it came to be used in the sense of common or ordinary.
!
the word huan is a somewhat classical equivalent of kuan.
5- "a *E kuan huan*, official
J 3-
to try
tea,
inevitably
his
shall
12.
for it
is
it
sir,
with him."
"and
too."
temple
17
without a care in
live in the
11.
in this neighbourhood.
temporarily
They
are in very comfortable circumstances; really
pire,"
with no decision
irresolute,
came round
to the opinion
that with so fair a young lady [to woo] it
would be better 21 for him [to stay where he
self,
And
FA TS'UNG; "the
Ts'ui.
in a sore dilemma."
FA
is?"
'
he kept on
taken, until he
TS'UNG.
8.
me
really puts
so
young lady
[CHAP. vni.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
14-
2 hsiln; there
is
a wife
6:
'$
:f=p
'7-
tsjF
|a
for, to
of a family; the
love
women and
and
to leave on deposit
J 8-
members
chi also
"K v^
lo,
?f ^}, which
children,
children.
chi, to
Jf
lodge
your wife
also, to deposit
women
only; also,
(politely).
temporarily
cf.
^- ]^,
vital
5s
the dictionary of
circuit.
20.
21
"
jfe
Hf ~T
2 3-
lo applies
more
make
a complete
4
,
Hf
W7
]5E
3m
(ts'ai,
3
shih* chu , a patron, a benefactor: shih 1 ,
-IT
(Hf>
to.
wu
(see
56),
without
charity.
spirits,
PAET
CHAP. IX.]
VI.
CHAPTER
moment it was day, the graduate CHANG went
off to the temple and had an interview with
the old bonze, whose
kitchen
going farther,
honoured
"
3.
visitor's
some
When
move
into
it
if I
You
of yours,
proposed
"After
self,
all, it
be better,
you."
4-
it
4
^|J cfe'o ,
^H.
$&> to rent to
ifa
$L
p'u,
lit.,
little
Jfc
he
"
your charitable
under great obligation to
me
H,
16.
1
1
3
$& yGn hsiin huo Kao grimed with smoke and scorched by
burn ; here, stained by scorching.
S^
said
sir,"
i^C
properly, to
5-
from
JR
him-
Woo 4
to
6
only be risking a
intentions lay
3- ill
will
PN
2.
their residence.
Well,
fl
is
I-
over there;
rises
are
7.
words.
"
CHANG; "who
see
They
his
many
is
The temple
PN
said
family," said FA
occupy are on the
where.
"
6.
yet."
make
have
It
the graduate
repairs,"
the
may
proprietor be ?"
try,"
up myself; but
it
"
it
right thing to
PN
FA
in
is
thinking of doing
2.
IX.
1.
367
fire
by smoke
mw4 hua?
1
ch'ung* hsiu , to beg subscriptions for the repair [of Buddhist temples]: inn, to
men's
hearts; to evoke their sympathies [and obtain money for] ch'-ung, afresh,
sc.,
hsiu, repairing.
6.
flj
51
is, literally,
to rip
up
or open.
^ ge
a wetting; flj
^ {ilj
?,
Ill
run
368
ERH
TZtj
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
he asked FA
PN
once
ting,
lit.,
ywig,
PN
PN
workmen.
would
it
to
mount, to ascend,
Note the
is
all;"
won't do at
farther ceremony,
he
said,
2.
Is it
any business
of yours
"
?
said
"
what does it matter
the graduate in a rage
to you if I choose of my own goodwill to do
"
the old superior a turn ?
;
3.
thought,
'
will
be agreeable
plain
go his
;
him
how I'm to make any
people:' let
speaking
provokes
own way;
I don't see
q.v.
he went
"No
6.
and
tables
chairs,"
do just as
you want
careful if
altogether, sir
"
8.
articles
you want
tell
chairs,
do
Didn't I
"
graduate,
"
to five
make
And
seven?"
hand of it."
to please."
"How many
7.
X.
"
^jg
tone.
1.
"
ix., x.
that
CHAPTER
[CHAP,
"
moment should be
lost.
How many
work
PN
T-
BK
dictionaries),
2.
6,
and
7.
Ojj
Mng 3 -chih
2
,
1
,
is
hence, one
in
10.
"The
9.
who
keng
is
it
ft
(vide native
chih, straight
CHAP.
PART
X., XI.]
1 1.
The
vi.
had been
all,
"
there
to be
found
solid
And
this time."
no
fault
369
Then, as soon as
duly distributed.
3-
4-
4
|t hsilan , to turn in a lathe.
fu*, a roll
a rather long and narrow slip of paper with either writing or a design upon it
CHAPTER XL
They had been installed, master and
man, some days, when the graduate saw a
young girl come out, followed by a little boy
1.
she asked
PN
FA
if
FA
fixed
PN
said
yes,
silver gilt,
and her
arranged.
He nudged
i.
sex
g|
cfeiire
4
,
coiffure
(lit.,
"H
FA PN,
man
3
0p shou shih
ornaments in general.
this
house
1
,
and bodily
person hold in
"
3.
PN,
"What place
Madame Ts'ui's
in a low voice,
"
"She
is
is
HUNG
is
FA
Miss
qualifications
is
applicable only to
young persons of
either
in a thousand.
head ornaments
{g tv*, to gild.
NIANG.
one
is
red, near
black.
47
370
EBH
TZtJ
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
4
speech or action, and a girl of modest demeanour withal, trusts her with everything she is
;
this,
The
graduate,
veteran
all
"
FA PN, "I
and
since he died,
you,
sir,
you
will
I shall be
much
bring
in 6 as well;
will
this,
FA P^N
Before
could
HUNG
reply,
was
as ourselves
should he not
6.
and
5-
~~
^ $$
as a message
mien 3
iff shao
1
,
down
for a while,
"
What
and
as
why
you
to ask her,
in charge
of,
"Whose
miss?"
&
8-
3U %L jj,
home.
ifan,
me come
business are
in,
bring
me
in, let
me
join you
by a convenient opportunity.
4B
beamed with
a turn:
tot 4 , let
sat
/are
7-
9- j|g
gentleman is extremely
he can have his service
occasion
"
f fi f ft
he wants to
the
outside?"
his countenance so
4-
if
mean
doesn't
that
and
bonzes,
same time
it
Well,
possible ?"
5.
ever to
be
it
"except
obliged to
me
that
is it
Now FA P&N
7.
[CHAP. xi.
jj
Note
2J|
2.
% jj
fiff,
an ld
traveller; hence,
an experienced person.
CHAP.
PART
XII.]
VI.
CHAPTER
From
1.
used to
cv&te,
said he
shall
course use
necessary for
lost
your senses,
all
"
is
nothing,
am
"I
is
4.
as I
I'll
"
Well, that's
HUNG
NIANG, and
taking her leave of him, she went home.
she got home she said
5. As soon as
as
there, that
to
arrangement
with
to help you.
free
sir,
of
rather
getting
"Have you
"
;
are
"
"You
3.
to speak to her.
longer,
XII.
this
371
it
should be,"
YING YING,
"
said
You remember
miss,
the graduate
don't
you?
well, his
HI $E chou'-hsilan': chou, to make a circuit, to environ ; see Chapter III, Note 19, with which character it is
come back to the same point; the two in combination mean to get round an object
to,
as a host
to a guest.
2
has
much
meng*-tung
flf fit
native dictionaries.
>f0
to
"
understand
(hsiang*)
was
"
criminately to denote
fiB
!$!
3$;
fa
5-
Sfc fit
SI
and
c/uV-sften
careful, attention
chin, properly of
awkward
lips
&&3
is
awkward,
it
is
extremely
difficult to
$5 /K
indis-
small.
kan 3 -ch'ing
present instance,
now used
in large things
4-
is
clumsy
some
find
fact in
372
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
[CHAP, xn.,
"
felt
"
j.
equally
Meanwhile
the
remained
graduate
way
went
at
so hard
himself;
me."
"I came
sir,"
"
start
Oh,
stone
chill sitting
here too;
if
you
2.
shady
?F
up
~-
mind
under the
3-
which
trees.
the graduate
air
it
and
seemed more
was
to the eyes of
attractive than
1*
JB$!
BXi
M(l4
common
4- $fc
an
of
against.
$ft
the most
its
all
8
Moving on tiptoe to the wall, he
climbed up 9 it, and peeping over he saw that
it was YING YING herself burning incense
a number
if it
4.
5.
but
place,"
'
to run
Yes
to tell
bright as
he gave a
don't
"
"
;
you can go and get your own dinhe sat on without stirring 7 till just
at midnight, while the moon was shining as
don't
there's
To mimic
And
ner."
you think
there on that very
of scorpions
"
said he,
sir,"
N.B.
to
graduate
intolerable,
what ought
"
on
sat there
how melancholy
HUNG NIANG
and he
the
XIII.
said he to
it,"
of annoyance
it's
CHAPTER
1.
tell
6.
xiii.
$j( ping
many meanings,
of which
hsieh*, a scorpion.
pang, near.
p ing,
35
ice.
che,
1
,
etc.,
bite.
6.
I^S yen,
4
,
to swallow, to gulp
down.
7-
Z^ US Si
8-
SiS
9-
$ K|
elbows or hands
Jql) to
also,
go on
lit.,
tiptoe, to
walk
climb
stealthily
pa
1
,
lair,
form, or nest.
nieh*, to tread.
at,
^ ^,
to
hang on
XXXIV,
to the wall,
paragraph
7).
by the
CHAP.
at first
PART
XIII., XIV.]
VI.
in love
so that there
forming
such a
It is
all
As she
rattled
on in
"
"
that
sir
10
ma is
Si XR ma3
i 3,
also applied to
an ant ;
(see
Chapter
XIX, Note
it
seem
to be as
be,
2
his people in the
wrong.
2.
said
"The cook
"
'
the rice
is
full
is
"U _t 7\ v
of grit
it
45
fife
made
iP!>
4-
MT
fault, tried to
wash or scour
thai', a sieve
3Ht p'ieh*, to
skim
-f
5EL
off.
kuo
any
The word
f@ $D
XIV.
been properly washed
it
it,
"And
it's
flask
directly."
The
The expression
{6|
JT $,
is
-fc f
a quotation from a
_t 2f,
faults].
rice.
shai-tzti, to
fall."
of withes.
found
3-
5-
hasn't
to
3).
anything to
you were
one?"
ought to
side
for
if
What
"
wasps or bees
In a short time
too disturbed
would be no joke
CHAPTER
1.
it
8.
IO
373
shai
i shai, to sift.
common proverb
J
kuan*, a
TZU ERH
374
directly,
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
it
as
eating
sions
well."
6
4. "I've just bought a pomegranate,"
"
said the lad CH'IN, but I am not sure whether
7
in proper order;
it is
5.
will
you try
sir?"
it,
"
This
is
tively
The lad
very
soft
me
little
of
it,"
"
?"
beancurd,
some
soft
10
up
beancurd;
and
to
brought in
6-
7-
8-
9-
well.
flj
poo
suan', sour
JSSf
4
,
tou*-fu, beancurd
iH
\k Men 3
Jl|
cVuan2
*5-
&
/?
jS
fn
3
,
pu
to take
sloughing
LXXII, Note
it.
up the arm
Jcuo, it
flesh.
5.
3
(or lien ) ehia'-huo, cleared the table.
to double
tso
properly, rotten
1
DJJ too -
4-
5)
would
3
?ft t'ien , sweet, pleasant to the taste.
I2-
be
all
35 19
10 JH.
1 1.
14
he said
his obedience,
6.
was brought
It
will
[CHAP. xiv.
first
or leg.
it
tso,
i.e.,
PART
CHAP. XV.]
VI.
375
CHAPTER XV.
The next
1.
on
but
change;
the
morning
"
CH'IN
the fifteenth."
is
it
had
graduate
delay, and
said
Whereupon the
this
PN
"
the service.
it
Not
FA
quite," said
PN
"
;
his
to
4.
good of
"
you
duty to do
my
it's
think of
to
'
Y?
2 t$U
t'ing'
ffi t'ao
its
1
4-
5-
W it-
face
^'
together
9-
he
tang
eh'u,
1
,
his jacket),
ting
5y)
quality
511
;
1$
y'u,
on that same
lady
observing
style
that
he
from
the
to
the
belonged
is no
objection to his having
read on the same day as ourselves." After
which conversation the Buddhistic service
;
there
9
The people who
began up in the chief chapel.
had come to look on at the show, some of
them old
fellows
here equivalent to
is
j.
forked out."
lit.,
marks on the
may be known.
2
,
$?
Note
10.
term
$&
~ft
hsiao, to exert
UK
fpi
to expiate a crime
and
in combination the
by gratuitous labour
purification
mu,
to
(ghu').
^T f@ P3
(&
hsiin
Us
lit.,
"
herself,
it
and
said
like
old
class,
he should
my
metal by which
7-
very
3.
6-
sir,"
is
The
lettered
muneration."
3-
it,
"It
father,
graduate's
2.
late
day.
FA P&N,
to the graduate
but
will be presently."
the
after,
no
!f)
tien
4
,
** 3
4
,
&
to ask,
hsiin,
sc.,
made a
salutation
Buddhist
Laymen
priests salute
;gfc
^f
376
Tztr
remarks of
all
ERH
And what
with the
to do.
FA
PN
be a
little
more
in
of inattention,
off,
and another
observing that
moment
13
bonze, blind of an eye, who was running over
to have a look at YING YING, caught his foot
wood 12
splitting
this
[CHAP. xv.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
attentive, do."
really amusing,
FA
PN
but
it
irritated
came
of voices was
and fidgeted
whom FA
it
but,
5.
and cut
into slices.
his
still,
as
him
PN
changed
9.
10
11
12.
tone.
MW
3r
~fr
|j$|
|j|
la? P'O-
He was
to
he was
LXXII, Note
2.
an axe.
^|
and drew
it
his dress,
all
6.
3
firewood: p'i', to split, to cleave; p'i 3 -ch'ai, firewood; note the
p'i' p'i -ch'ai', to split
change of
'
'4- ?'\
ft
JEiu>
$t
!nL
a Peking vulgarism
fj|
Bj|
ft
A would be equally
admissible.
p'a
is
not
curse, to
men
!H1
wish evil
t'i
3
,
*' fll
or sa *> W1 $i shoes
XVI
down
also
means
to
at heel.
it
to.
^ iH
!& US Ji
I?-
last portion of
(see
paragraph
Chapter
XV,
PART
CHAP. XVI.]
VI.
CHAPTER
377
XVI.
in every direction.
1.
plans,
stood a mountain
2.
He had
able to suggest
affected humility,
that
gestion that
fellows
you
6
enterprise
"
3.
is
as this
Well,
camp
5
;
6.
now which
not so
difficult,"
7.
propose,
4. It
if it's
5S
to succeed."
to squat
3-
4
fa $& chan
cM 4
4
,
a bandit, a robber
had taken
too,
own
"when
the thing
rewarded handsomely."
shall be
captain,
having changed
self like
The
at a sug-
his dress
to give
ear to other people's counsel or to adopt their
'
marched
done you
an-
ideas.
is
it's
inquiries."
sir,
and
of the
"
"
?
one
forcible possession
who
:
chan, to encroach
(see
jjjJi,
thief.
Part V, Lesson
XV, Note
5)
M,
down, to crouch.
sl
chai
is
"
a stockade or
log
fort,"
of rebels or banditti.
IH
4-
1j
5-
31
=$
6-
Hi
3fo
'
7$ .A
',
is
file
it is
first
a quotation.
order
(t'ou).
48
378
Tztr
ERH
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHAPTER
1. He
there called upon the graduate
CHANG, and the two men having referred to
their long separation, 1 and interchanged some
2
phrases of compliment, CH'IEN said,
"
May
6
thing to be done was summarily to stop all
"
talk on the subject
so he said,
I really
trouble
2.
him ?"
"
Thank you, thank
"
how
;
true
it is
it
is
very sad,
that good
if
you
please,
best
sir."
sigh
are short lived
myself
me you had
8.
dead
to trouble
it's
very good of you to inquire,
graduate
but my father has long departed this life."
"
Ah " exclaimed the captain with a
3.
"
XVII.
his village,
inquire
[CHAP. xvii.
men
really."
stir.
the rest?"
5.
"Well,
I don't
"
it's
done separately." 3
"
Ah so," answered the captain " may
6.
I ask if it's true, as I have heard it said, that
last
10.
T'UNG.
village
as
more
"
;
to this place?"
man
is
a family
to-day everything
duate
outbreak
further
worse these
7.
for
the graduate
for
His words rather startled 4 the grahe fancied that he remembered this
came back
"
Why
are
"
;
The cook
is
here,"
said
he.
and why
5p
ifS jjj
usages restrictions
also
3-
|tjj
4-
f JE
means
5-
~f
fc'o
t'ao
(t'ao, lit.,
"
8>
hua, complimentary or polite remarks, set phrases lit., talk that is confined to the
envelope or case ; see Part III, 769), in force when treating with a stranger.
;
tjE Ung*,
was
startled,
to be silent, to pause, as
6-
i7H
g|
ill
ts'uan',
lit.,
3
PS tt c^a chu, put a stop
taken aback
to (the conversation).
t'ao,
restless,
nervous, agitated
ling*
2.
cha?, a
dam
or sluice, as in Part V,
3.
fang*, a turn, a time; but seldom so used except with verbs of motion, as
fang, the numerative of times or rows, sc., of figures, etc.
Ifc jjj
~f
|,
PART
VI.
to
13.
to
be docked, and
The cook
2.
"
we'll see if
foul
he
of,
my
exculpate
but
bowed
to the storm
himself,
shifted his
How
is it,"
dis-
asked
and
when
"
after that."
have
will just
379
14.
He
"It's
really
it ?
no
what
is it
fault
of mine,
that
you
sir,"
saying a word.
7-
Ifi
my money
^,
fp
put
my money
my own
out to
[my own]
damage
t'ieh, lit.,
have applied
use.
CHAPTER
XVIII.
1.
he could
be, did
as angry as
Your master's
much
I-
to the
i1?
iS 31
meaning
"
ta> shan'-cho, in
of this phrase,
you over-
trouble, I daresay;
and
"
Then
his
3.
You might
you
can't see
it."
There
is
be employed
in favour
another prefers f > jj|I[, and says that it means to come up to the point in an indirect way
preference has been given to the first meaning in this case simply because the authority is more trustworthy, but it must
be received with caution; in another instance it seems to mean a pretension of inadvertence (see Chapter XXVII, i).
of the above rendering
yen'-tai\ a pipe
why
tai,
a,
bag,
is
introduced
it is difficult
to say.
380
ERH
TZtJ
play.
worry
gate,
wrestling
there were
8.
let
to distinguish between
way
home
look after
it
moved
to-day, sir?"
them."
others, older
7
me
at the
to
start
to
make
by the crowd,
so he answered,
he saw a
man
starting;
had
It
3-
from
ts'u
III
I've
his
report to
"
Certainly,
sir,
his
I
chief;
was just
fine
"
arguing as to the
T0NG.
4.
[CHAP. xvni.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
ts'u.
4- $$5
yao
3
,
to bite,
is
5-
^5 $%
6-
iH JK
sfe"
yinf,
to lose
chiao,
and win
lit.,
XXX,
Note
13.
the ankle-bone.
respectively,
4
shing* and pai are the
S>
lay egg s
to
an4 ) an eSS-
ff 1i| Mi *a ming*-'rh,
makes a verb of it.
8*
9-
iff
vL j&
cord, a curtain,
etc.
la-cho,
to
crow
see
5.
hanging down:
ta,
to
hang down;
la, to
PART
CHAP. XIX.]
VI.
CHAPTER
This said, the two
1.
you may be
captain,
blowing
delighted;
all
loudly
The
to her.
their horns
have I met
say,
succeed.
the head of
greatly
may
Never
4.
seemed
it
my
experience, I
particular.
his expedition,
fail to
in all
SUN
to
XIX.
no time in
sure, lost
2.
The
parted.
and reporting
FEI-HU every
men
381
and
on to help
brother, and he
madame
Do you
me
rely
"
is
except one,
away
at
my own
elder
Su-chou (Soochow),
there
hear,
crying out,
a great band of brigands outside; their
chief, SUN FEI-HU, is a murderous robber,
is
5.
"Oh!
gestions
thing to
it's
of
FA PEN
as that," said
be done
is
to try
"
the only
for
your
any of the people living here in the
temple can suggest a means of getting this
force to draw off; which is doubtful, after all."
ladyship
4
beating gongs and drums, and shouting as
loud as they can bawl that Miss YING YING
"So be
if
it,"
you may
Madame
said
find
someone
Ts'ui
;
"Heaven send
go and ask
at once."
"RT UJ 69 Is 1H' "U the brigands in the hills. Note the peculiar use of k'o, which is here equivalent to ch'iian,
man, full. Of. the following: Rf
_t ;j$
$f Jjg, I feel uncomfortable all over; Pf
JjC
fft
Si $!> 'f %f ^> every road in the capital is bad ^f J|t -f
^' fj, the whole room jnu.^t be papered.
'
or
all,
*tlL
2.
a wasp
4-
IjflJ
&
3
D/\ Ia -pa', a trumpet, a long horn.
1
!&$
$| 6$
^-
^,
a bee
JH iU
~f fing yung
2j
(see
came on
s 'la *
in a
gong
(Io); lei
Jj| $^,
3
,
properly
f?3 'J* "RT> in no ordinary degree; lit., [the fright] was not (fei) identical with (t'ung) a small k'o:
here a noun, will not bear any of the meanings usually assigned to it, and must be treated as equivalent to
or some similar word.
5- $f-
which
is
81 !i
characters
mean
IS.
x. tieh* hsieh*, tottered, trotted, toddled; generally applied to the shuffling gait of old age.
to walk,
E.
II
Both
I'o,
^$
fg fg.
t'ao,
lit.,
I,
Note
10.
in combination the
two
382
ERH
Tztr
man
6.
TING
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
be disgraced 9 by so doing; if
I don't send you, I jeopardise the lives of one
and
of us.
all
there
is
anyone
am
at
"
was no
so
alternative,
11
way
is
there
Pai
Ma
the
Pu
Chiang-chun ; he is stationed
Kuan, and as soon as it was
rumoured that these robbers were on their
the
10.
thinking of asking if
the temple who can
in
letters,
war?"
shall
them,
of
[CHAP. xix.
she
good plan
I sent
certain to
12
or other."
He
Madame
11.
PN
the graduate
CHANG; he came
am
do
is
to set
The
g.
comes
it,"
9-
and
Ts'ui's
to
into
under
your heart at
10
;
quite able
all
difficulty
"
you have
she,
face,
satisfactorily
I shall feel
"
:
When
disposed
bound, you
may
of,"
our
said
be sure, to
rest."
31 A-
this
also
generally, to be disgraced.
Io
P? f^ hsiang' fu to bring
Part V, Lesson XIX, Note 10.
-
See
n-
.stationed at,
I2
'3'
officials;
a given place.
4
a plan) an expedient.
Ft ^1
<**
fa<
Ml
'P
W 5C>
&5l
>
up
against, to sustain.
PART
CHAP. XX.]
VI.
CHAPTER
1.
speeches
the
of
consoling
however, the
graduate's,
XX.
these
all
Notwithstanding
383
3.
now
YING YING
is
trepidation
but that
used he could do no
men
less
1
might make them good; hurrying out, he
asked, "Which of you, as a first step, will
carry a letter to SUN FEI-HU?" "SuN," said
FA PEN, " is a rude fellow he is a man of
no use writing
it's
"
to
out to him
4.
vailed
to
and
undertake
&
'
Bit
I don't
3
make
words good:
his
3-
^ 38
thing so carried.
4-
If-
fl> I
am
ch'eng* tan
1
,
the nearest
not
fit
is
fjlj
one's promises.
fjj fjj
H^
to undertake;
lit.,
first,
was
at last pre-
on or
in, sc.,
The expression
(ying*},
but that
is
is
is
no
1
duty: for sheng see Part V, Lesson VII, Note
,
6.
to undertake the carrying of: tan', to carry on a pole; tan 4 -taH, the
upon by
at
chieri1 , to tread
fulfil
anything so serious."
^ W>
FA PEN was no
off his
though he refused
Very
"
you be able to go and say a word to him ?
"11" said FA PEN " I am not fit for such a
mission,
draw
will
will
off 4 a
him,
send him a
"
a sad state of
in
he
be frightened."
to
if
no education
just
LXVIII, Note
2.
is
ff| $$,
^ JE.
384
TZU
RH
CHAPTER
FA
1.
PN
"
had heard
Which
time.
it,
is
Not one
2.
to say a word,
the
he heard
play," said he
how much
down, who
FA P&N
"
4.
recommend
him
'%}
-
/<*' swa
j'
'**!
3-
IX
JjjC
4-
name
0fe> cross-grained,
less
is
if
can you
was not
to
he would be
taste
m,
be gainsaid
when
"
;
and very
insipid they
quick, quickly.
breaks
for my dumplings,"
the air of a man who
have killed
recommend;
it
supposing
blame?"
to bear the
replied
have no meat 7
one were to
/^
if
"
;
that
this, in
insisted
fires,
anyone here
Ma
as
so cross-grained
is
he had something to
If there is
he
out,
"
he called
try,
to succeed
way
6
something that will pique him."
The graduate thought a minute, and
3.
the only
it
to say
we
of you,"
XXI.
certain to refuse
graduate, as soon as he
[CHAP. xxi.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
man
that
must be humoured.
fif,
a letter of introduction.
ehii in
this
combination.
5'
(|l
temper,
etc.
6.
ja
tou
is
H
ton,
cJii
4
,
1
fa, to pique, to rouse to action: chi , to rouse, to excite to; fa, the putting forth,
to delay, to loiter, as
up
little
7-
JE
5iL
-t
ill
5>
(cf.
jH %%
to loiter
^j|, to
on the road;
make a
child laugh)
would
q.d.,
of energy,
V, Lesson
XXV,
nevertheless, in spite of
Note 6:
that, stir
him
more.
/men. 4 , the meat or stuffing inside a dumpling ; mom-Cow, properly, steamed bread,
Cf.
$J
fi SH-
is
occasionally
made with
PART
CHAP. XXI.]
make mincemeat
sir
Ma Chiang-chun
if
the
is
to be responsible, pray
5.
And in order to
upon him, FA P^N put
8
an
the
letter,
but now,
doesn't come,
who
"
?
duate.
is
me
that's all
Pai
Give
of him.
VI.
affair of
in his
me
dispose of for
at the
"
that
same
you could
But
time."
"Well,
if that's
the
way
of
it,"
said
oppose him,
off
7.
step
gate, a solitary
385
horseman
"Which
along he shouted,
now, and
man."
8.
let
of
me
us see which
as
he galloped
you is coming
do your best
is
the stronger
shoulder of a
11
hill,
and
and he
it
easy going
down the
12
up with him.
to
it
stood.
8.
and,
Jj|
tui, try
UJ
J 3-
H Si!
ft> eg
31,
jS $L
ch'ieh
tui
is
said to be equivalent to
J,
to try
(of. jjfj
p'o-tzti,,
'*'>
and valourous
air
chi, press
him
the shoulder of a hill: p'o, a sloping bank; ch'ieh, here, deviating from the peris
JJ
of tone.
ch'eng*, to
^J)
affairs.
pendicular
12.
upon
11
hand
ch'ii
49
1
.
386
TZtT
ERH
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
CHAPTER
The perusal of the letter startled
the Pai Ma Chiang-chun; "Ah," exclaimed
1.
he,
"
this
is
indeed
business
pretty
XXII.
4
along
him
to the general,
as he sat
"
mercy.
4.
The Pai
made
Ma
and
when he had
Ssu.
[CHAP. xxii.
man go
hands would have
the skies
2.
by the
were
noise
if
falling
3.
espied this
his heart
great
beat :* there was only one course open to
he sheathed 3
'
3^ $1
his sword,
2 5i3
iiS
-
RS
Sfe
i<a S to
down from
*' ara3
''^>
him
Ml
in ruins
the top
hsieri*,
evil
courses and, returning to honest ways, submitted to the disposition that might be made
of
them by the
vulgarly hsilcm*, to
fall in.
authorities.
Note that
t'a
is
fan'
$})
a sheath, a scabbard.
3-
ch'-Mo',
4-
ts'eng', to
drag the feet along; generally used of the shuffling gait of old age; to walk hesitatingly or
"delicately."
5-
JE
fc
inflict
lit.,
PART
CHAP. XXIII.]
VI.
CHAPTER
And
thank him
them
4.
"
I have been trespassing
general said to him,
on
greatly
your hospitality for the last two
from death.
all
XXIII.
The graduate made his friend stay
two days, but when the third day came the
The chiang-chun on
days,
sir,
head-quarters,
3
praise, the general took off a deer's horn
4
thumb-ring that he was wearing, and presented it to the graduate.
him
his part
for their
5.
"We
2.
"accept this in
don't refuse 9
3.
him
sir,"
him
for his
fine workmanship
had a pattern upon it, and the
graduate asked if the design was artificial.
The general said that it was natural. And so
they went on conversing about one trifle or
of
it
more
another,
am
really
he
most concerned,
troops have
how your
it,"
his
said he;
"may we meet
me
in
to stay longer,
6.
it
up
present,
so I
at
pray."
ring from
honour of
it, sir,
pay
387
recount. 7
lio\ ability.
2
'
3'
4-
W.
XXX,
X, Note
8.
IS-
pan
J$c fa' f
chih-'rh,
8,
Obs.
Note
18.
^ iP
to refuse, as a present.
Jjt sftw
8.
9.
IO
Lesson
fjjj)
S?
II,
expression
hsiang
3
,
Sfi
W)
Note
7,
$g
jf[|
to narrate.
7-
No
commonly
called vif
2-
also,
a regiment.
soldier's pay.
*Ki
''hung shih, your whole brigade, thing tung, have been disturbed; shih, not, as in Part V,
a teacher, but a legion or brigade, originally consisting of 2,500 men.
Cf. the common polite
388
ERH
TZtT
[CHAP. xxiv.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
CHAPTER XXIV.
The graduate turned round and had
1.
mind was
along as if her
"
full of
something.
What
2.
day?"
the fact
HUNG
said
is,"
NIANG,
"
way
my
in his
The
6.
"Well,
that
5.
old
morrow morning."
"
Oh why
!
3.
should
you
to take
Madame
deserving
mands me
myself of
7.
ought
really
to go, I
shall
not
fail
to
avail
it."
day
he
And he
wouldn't
it
8.
Tw
tt 1t
2r
be better to ex-
You
"
what
5PC
SE
amongst Taoist
are put on.
madam,"
1
f 7J f 1\ mang, in a hurry; too , lit, harassed, oppressed with care.
flip*
%,
3-
"
said he
Ts'ui give
the wall
up your
e.g.,
JJ
^ 51
/!
@^
Jcuan 1 , a cap, specially the ancient form of cap, which is now obsolete except
priests; ch'i, complete; ch'u, in due order; the praise is less of the clothes than of the way they
3>
?=r
properly dressed
^
M
A>
hsien', to
lift,
$fa
J|
J,
f} Ui 11 the portrait of a person drawn when he is alive : t'u, the picture of one who is Using lo, enjoying
The hsing lo t l u is generally a represenpleasure, i.e., who is engaged in some pursuit that interests or amuses him.
tation of the individual engaged in his favourite pursuit.
portrait drawn during life for use sacrificially after death
.
is called
^f 5E
JjJ,
is
it
becomes a
frj.
The
is
difference
PART
CHAP. XXV.]
vi.
389
CHAPTER XXV.
The
1.
wine,
meats,
good
all
2 3
of old porcelain
2.
as thin as paper.
stranger of yourself,
too loose to allow of
room were
up with volumes
piled
HUNG
as high as
books were
Madame
6.
"
is this
worm
is,
the better
the work-room
"
objection to old books, that the bookbreeds in them so easily, and then of
"
these,"
There
is
said the
to
do
2.
W
^ yao
'
iSI I/*
3
,
4- /Ijt
tsti,
tz'ti,
j?
-pan
ch'i
4
,
porcelain
lit.,
"
5-
*& JH
6-
fS S. "F 4H
tvf-yu-tztt,
1
ching
is
an instrument of
a bookworm
tu,
3
,
"
arrived.
in
You
also,
an
is
pit,
as
^ ^i a
^jjjj ffi,
or pan-tzft.
flagellation.
insect,
somewhat
mamma
porcelain utensils.
7- f$[
Your
3-
company."
was not an
is
I-
rule,
visitor
to read
old
my
as
come
7.
and keep the graduate CHANG company at
breakfast, miss," said HUNG NIANG; "I do
but there
YING YING,
my
teeth are
my
them
The
pray;
sir,
etc.
shih, historical
works ;
tztt,
th
TZU ERH
390
[CHAP. xxv.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
12
And
a short
to hear you,
this
catch
13
she
time, knitting her brows in vexation,
took leave of the graduate and departed,
it ?
if
bounds,
you
please."
way?"
11.
what a pity
The
united,
nice
it
12.
formed by nature to be
to be sure
it all is
And
to
the
somehow
16
j
"
!
likewise
graduate
it
"
;
question,
HUNG NIANG
now 14
bit
thought
"There
alternative.
is
I forget
10.
my
to these words,
right
why
my
is
mother
"
chia' ou 3 , an admirable
9-
proverb,
round in
troubled."
is
match
ou, a pair, a
hun 1
sir,
when the
contract a marriage:
>
your goodness,
not
This
shifting
my
heart."
to
match
see," says
the
disinterested
1
properly, a bridegroom; yin , properly, a bride; hence,
hmi
yin,
marriage.
Io
"&
as the danger
I2>
is
HI
to transform
was
had forgotten her promise to marry YING YING to her deliverer as soon
over.
$f*j
tea 4
changed her plans or arrangements, came round to another way of thinking: pien*, to change,
which may be called the categorical indices of
Chinese philosophy, but here spoken of with reference to divination ; q.d., the good Jcua originally selected has been
changed ; fig. for someone's change of purpose after passing his word. For a description of the eight Tcua the student
" Chinese Reader's
is referred to MAYERS'
Manual," p. 333.
'3-
W. Jm 3*
a fixed air
>
t'ou
lit.,
f melancholy or vexation
lit.,
thought.
15.
j$
good things)
!jj
:
3>
mo 3
lit.,
to grind
(or
enjoyment of
PART
VI.
still,
he
out' in reply
all his
self-possession,
*6see also
}M
itfl
IS Wi
Part V, Lesson
!?
Madame
his way.
lost
huang* tang*, fidgeting and rocking himself about: tang, a condition of disturbance;
LXXXVI, Note 4, where it has a different sound and meaning.
huang*
li'
3J|
391
q.v.,
to individuals.
CHAPTER XXVI.
1.
HUNG NIANG
"
seeing
"
of
voice,
come
said
HUNG
"
;
is
5.
am
6.
you
"
DC 10
3
5u win cho
7f @f
>
tsui,
LIV, Note
15.
Some people
when
I tell
said
HUNG
you what
You
in vituperation or an outburst of
temper, etc.
"
IK *S
a plan in my head."
"
Indeed ? asked the graduate eagerly,
I've
some another,"
"Well," said
to
'
me ?
one's
I
had
"
to
way and
NIANG, laughing;
it is, I'll
guarantee it
play very well on the
?
well, the cithern is
who
feigns drunkenness or
makes
it
392
fondest of
is
let
Is it
The graduate sprang up
"
is
a
the
case
?"
said
that
he
really
suggestion, I must say, quite in accordance with my
;
Be
ideas.
an
see
it
on the
air
how
I'll
play
cithern,
it affects
me."
8.
went
HUNG NIANG
and
assented,
prise,
sound of a
of a sudden the
all
fruit
"
7.
[CHAP. xxvi.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
cithern.
sir
is
if
and bring
to
anything."
melons for
sale.
most
his feelings
the
likely
"
graduate
playing to relieve
observed that
when he
an
effort,
directly,
He
12.
was
it
then,
making
to-morrow,
and take
if
;
got up
I don't
to him."
HUNG NIANG
desired,
promised to do as she
the
There's
graduate
beginning of things," she told him.
does it show itself?" said the graduate.
;
to
sign of a
faint
"How
4-
ifi fjf
jj
$Hi
yiin*, here
1*
ffl "?> to
have a
fit
1 6.
how he
sold them.
the man,
HUNG NIANG
little
of ague
19.
HUNG NIANG
thanked
him,
but
6).
of
yourself?"
XCI, Note
man
HUNG NIANG,
"
;
there was a
CHANG," said
there ?"
But as
really am greatly obliged to you."
he was speaking a cold fit seized him, and he
shivered so from head to foot that it frightened HUNG NIANG, and she asked with a start
that
10. "It's
is
it."
gentleman
be more particular,
Very
14.
playing
you
to a clever
no need
"
is
is
to
it
is
raise,
PABT
CHAP. XXVI.]
me,"
said she.
eaten a
of
little
it,
vi.
little;
he,
many mosquitoes
22.
23.
trouble
is, I'll
my respects,
you
21
his
7-
am
afraid to eat
them
my
yang ;
ff
Ia
ffife
Jffc
'<w k'wan
it
to
to
nod with
to
signature
"
said he,
or
he handed
may
say
12.
3-
$T
yvn'
ifto
4
,
to
Sjf !n[
&5
his
in
HUNG
to
"
:
What-
when she
tell
sees
me, you
know."
lit.,
to scratch
me
to avoid them.
to itch; not
sleep.
it,
article, q.d., of
surname either of the person presenting the fan or of the recipient (distinguished
1 1-
3
51 ta'tun -'rh,
the fan,"
name 10 on
to take
it,"
some of the
present."
selected
it
it
she
wait a
sible
if
should see
"
HUNG
said
of peaches
called to her to
"I'll
393
W- bald-headed
poetry,
i.e.,
etc.
without a heading
or a
name
50
394
Tzt;
ERH
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
CHAPTER
Home
1.
HUNG NIANG
went
accordingly,
YING YING;
to
41
Where did
what
on
is
2
writing
ah
CHANG'S
berately to
way
show
his
contempt
for
me
deli-
in this
in consequence of some-
it's
my
it
what
will
Now
I tell
mamma.
"
3.
am
HUNG
NIANG, with
not the one to be blamed
"I
all
you
haste;
what
for
has happened, and I should never have ventured to suggest it and if your mamma were
;
to ask
me how
it
I ever
as
it
2.
3-
much
See Chapter
XVIII, Note
till
Hk
Ip:
jfiji
t^
2
3
)M. ts'un to , to reflect, to consider:
is
HUNG
NIANG
there
is
put him
to rights,
come from
we'll see
"He
5.
Is the
who wrote
of course,
"
girl,
"
this fan
it ?
XXVII.
would
it
xxvn.
[CHAP.
31-
pi-chi
6.
"
idea,
"
7.
8.
"
Oh
miss,"
she cried,
"
but don't
HUNG NIANG
picked it up;
she
held her peace
she
felt
indignant,
though
but as she thought it all over, she asked
10.
just
"
herself,
Why
should she
everything with
me when
fly in
I
a rage about
always do every-
I.
elsewhere
4
fru ,
jjJ>
ar>d
to estimate.
4-
Sit
-f
tit?
ch'i-txtt,
fJR chieii
3
,
tu, to
gamble, to wager
PART
CHAP. XXVII.]
me ? 6
here
am
VI.
I fetching
have
to get
been looking
and
and
it
Now the
HUNG NIANG,
12.
for
plain that I
this
11.
to the graduate
head?
much
satisfied."
together,
when
himself to
6.
Cf.
iS
H
7-
HUNG
"By
14.
52.
jit 2}5
?S
>
jjt
A,
9-
clear
Jco
!3>
or
tree
$1 HI
ti
fjlj,
pay
ch'a*-'rh,
most menial
offices for, to
tu*,
properly
to",
it ?
it
ch'a
2
,
properly
c/i'a
4
,
a branch of a
an adverb,
certainly
incident.
ch'io, here,
is
is
S f@ % hsiang
(} & ?), an unexpected
7 *X a 7 (**>
^'
to
there
NIANG.
E3 6$
rejoined
this
he addressed
fSj^f,"]^0^'fpJ'^
9
;
expectations,
lie at all?"
singular; to go on as
she did when she knew the graduate was
ill, seeming not to care about it, and then
the world!
his
should I
"Why
beyond
6.
"
far
so
17.
overjoyed at
mistress
communing with
came along.
13. She handed the note to the graduate
he opened it, and at the first glance he
perceived that, like his own message, it was
a stanza of poetry this he had to con some
old
"
herself as she
with him
my
the graduate
it's the strict truth
not the slighest mistake about it."
little
tell
getting
book
don't
if
am
"
anything by
395
ti
a bright spot
(see
TZU ERH
396
CHI.
[CHAP. XXVIIL
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHAPTER XXVIIL
The graduate took out the verses
tried their meaning this way and
that way, and the more he considered them
the more they fitted in with the guess he had
made " Oh that the evening were come,"
i.
again, and
2.
And he went
;
by-
fell
wound up l
responding,
Then
it
up
felt
as fast as he could.
indisposed to
show
much
mamma
quiries about
was simply
your
reflection, I
that fan
my
too,
after
the
to
the clock
wound
it
"
?
had stopped
He
of CH'IN T'UNG; why had he -not
that
is
it
Who
thought he.
the sun was
"
to
to satisfy
my
feelings
convey
to
it
have
wall,
glance
'
Piirt
_t
5>
wind up,
to
V, Lesson C, Note
have something
to
me
make
to
to
fail to
so,
in-
few days
else to say to
I feared if I entrusted
safest for
it
to
HUNG
you with
would be
you
What
in person.
take
the present
Emperor, as everyone knows, has the examinations for degree 6 in the highest esteem
is
this
it
that
but
you that
of a lady's
ground
in,
make
on the same
lightly
sc.,
2) is often used,
the clock.
2-
3-
t&i
MR
~f $$
huan*
sometimes written
4-
p'ei*, rings
hsi,
1<
JE EK
cheng yen
is
^j- ff
The
attentively, minutely.
dictionaries
is
ff
properly, a whetstone
^^
girdle ornaments
li,
5-
and
&}
k'e
ijfa
chia 3
se,
gravely
lit.,
JflJ,
the reigning
'fife
i.e.,
Emperor; a phrase
first,
;; ^4
specially used
he obtained
ffi
jfi
official
k'e,
he commenced his
employment
official career as
a graduate
in
one of the
not by
PABT
CHAP. XXVIII.]
'
VI.
7
You are a fine
beauty, the pearl powder.'
scholar why don't you aspire to the highest
FA
and then,
prize?
after obtaining
if
who had
visitor
went straight
to Madame Ts'ui in great tribulation and
if
you
would
you
it,
397
ill,
informed her.
you
much
concerned
as
9
any other private individual, and people
set
you down
6.
will
mediocre person of no
as a
in,
10
FA PEN when
and she sent
as
she heard
it
HUNG NIANG
what was
energy."
"
7.
asked
room.
"Ah,"
"
?
no
11
experience of suffering of any sort or kind,
and yesterday I had a wrong done me that
indignant though he was, he kept his feelings to himself, and jumping over the wall
so,
as he
it
before,
he returned
I don't
to his room.
5.
8.
The
intolerable
still,
he
explosion
lady's
felt
to
is
sword), Mng',
woman
8-
chia
$3
HH
:tf $!]
^!l
presented,
1
,
good,
*f|i
fair,
Hjf
i> &C
|PJ
H;
A:
I shall recover."
HUNG NIANG
all
poo
that
3
blazing) warrior; red fin , powder,
(lit.,
is
set up, a chili hsiang, resolution in the direction of) hi chan, standing forth
li,
ao
is
who
Ia
fro
ting,
I2
an individual
Ha ^P *^>
mm
troubles of
a mediocre individual
la,
hsi,
watery
things sour, salt, hitter, and pungent or acrid; hence, the vicissitudes or
life.
it T& Sfr -fc 2K 3 iJ?> the road to the grave is for the young as well as the old there
amongst the travellers on the road to the yellow spring chfiian*, a spring, commonly called jf|
likened to a hollow in the yellow clay where the springs lie.
-
of age
is
to the heart to
IB
ffl
13
be
suppose that
It cut
13-
ffij
is
no distinction
|jj|.
The grave
398
Tztr
ERH
I'll
g.
arrived,
he
said,
else the
mouth
of his
lfl
;
this is
is
is
as
symptomatic
of fever,
18
aggravated by suppressed excitement."
10. "The gentleman has got a cough
too,"
"
it
18
out
all
swallow
without
again
able
being
he asked
'4-
you
don't speak
till
_t P!
~?
'5-
men2
will
it
has done
HUNG NIANG
13.
21
powders, and pastes," said the
doctor, "are all medicine; the art of medi-
too ?"
cine
Pills,
a profound
is
22
study,
to acquire."
14.
CHANG
it."
his pulse, 18
and taking
out a packet of medicine, "There are two
medicines in this," said he, " which must be
mixed together 20 when taken you will take
to
11.
1 2.
running out
17
[CHAP. XXVHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
He
"
to."
2
thick, glutinous, as paste; hsien", properly yen' , the saliva of a sick
man
or
animal.
6-
iM ;8> a
9%. 3PI
will
7-
tend
1
8.
'9-
20
2r
'
difference
ch'i,
c ld
symptomatic;
p^g
~f ho
is
p'ai, the
22.
23. It
Hfc
Pz, ch'an'
shcn ao
may be
between or insert;
ch'iang' liao, choked in drinking: ch'iang, to eject anything that has gone
see
illness
Note
down
the windpipe.
6.
ft "-'*' san
between wan and tan.
^L
to place
4
4
$! BS hou* (commonly Aao ) mo
}H ft :H
(chia,,
excitement.
Icao
tan 1
pills,
There
is
apparently
little
4
,
profound
well to note that a Chinese doctor never tells his patient that he will call again, as this
is going to get worse.
is
PART
CHAP. XXIX.]
VI.
399
CHAPTER XXIX.
HUNG NIANG
1.
all
handy, with
a windlass 6 on the stage over the well CH'IN
T'UNG rushed along to draw some water out
My
ox to heaven."
"
2.
me,
will it
much
"
taking
on the
"
was going
won't benefit
HUNG NIANG
well
alarm
"Be
5.
3.
life
distance,
"
she said,
voice
warm some
CH'IN T'UNG to
little
more
careful,
pray; the
find
it."
is
it
2
ing any notice of the graduate's angry words,
she set to work to attend on him, prepared a
fire to
6.
it
on the
get hot.
and
he asked.
drink
for
"
the young lady
signedly misleading him,
8
There is a small hill in our
was fishing.
to
to let
keep stirring
it
4.
he
it
burn.
felt
would
'
him more
set
i$"
vS
hsifi
yuan'
St
73
he desired
vowed a vow:
hsil,
promised something
2
at ease, so
>
to promise;
V, Note
yuan
(or
)jji),
The phrase
hopes, expectations.
it
in all
is elliptical
hopes or desires.
Note
this
new use
of jao 2 , which
it is
is not,
Note
3-
JC ?!> prepared
4-
5fij
a drink
chou 1 properly
,
For
$j, see
Chapter VIII,
g.
5-
^ $&
tz
fl,
4
'
^* 2 > a windlass
Note
dm
14.
8.
Wi %h
For chi
f>f
mouth.
the
wooden apparatus
Emphasise the
tiao 1 , a hook, to
tz'u,
a thorn or prickle
reao, to scratch.
Emphasise
tz'u.
t'ai,
or
first lu.
5j, a fishing-rod
XXIV, Note
13.
Note
tsai',
not
tieh', as in
8.
tiao
yii,
to angle.
400
RH
TZtJ
CHI.
directions,
a pond,9 which
is
up
when you
and
to one's chin,
full
get well,
sir,
[CHAP. xxix.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
it
to
me ?
find
that
likely
HUNG
that I
is this,
coming to
a feeling of sisterly
satisfy
affection."
he was
10
possible forgotten
case
13.
still
talking CH'IN
and
his bath,
felt so
much
it
10.
hand
and broke
it
he, as
"
"
He had
upon him
"
;
evening to see
9-
10
11-
12
Ufa
"?
5C "T
fH
ch'en
6.
Ig|
hua-'rh
muttering, murmuring
huang* jail,
IE?
in a flash as
it
ch'a
1
,
ch'en, to sink,
were, to
wu 4
greatly
yin, to
comprehended
hum
it.
to.
cat.
8l> uneven,
full of pits
the
a flower-bed.
ch'ih-tz<&,
in
15
uneven, so he told CH'IN T'UNG to get some
earth and make it level. 16
this
yin
D^ Dj
moo', a
Js
a pond, a tank
rats
many
lest
all
it
flashed 11
coming
a good
room, and
it,
to study
meaning
probably
ch'ih*, a pool,
its
12
is
how
14-
She
^ IM st
^ ^>
he took
with earth:
1
,
t'ien
a pit;
2
,
to
wa
fill
1
,
a hollow.
in or
up; p'ing,
level.
or recite, as poetry.
PART
CHAP. XXX.]
VI.
401
CHAPTEK XXX.
And
1.
YmG,
YINQ
we leave him, and
came
discourse of
HUNG
turned to
HUNG
5.
moment
though the graduate CHANG was taking medicine every day, he did not seem to improve,
and that, according to the doctor, it was pro-
by
NIANG.
a steady, respectthe young lady for the
went on a couple
and
of paces
by
was
knew
than to be winking or
making any signs with her lips she merely
beckoned to the graduate with her hand, and
ailing.
2.
sigh,
and
was going
him
to visit
he,
"
all
our
lives,
3.
YING YING,
took a
was, there
though
how he
brother's
insignificant
HUNG
be afraid of
would be a
NIANG, "what
assiduously
is
there
trouble
work
distress him."
own
34-
|U
5- f=i
ch'ih, to
yin
1
,
iJS
(i.e.,
fulness
"
;
hsieh
hsil,
2
,
men
his
worthy
so
much
sister
the farther
does indeed
of
such
or
P
fits
jj
j^,,
or,
of tea,
the head.
j|ff,
women.
earnest, zealous.
trifling and,
to speak about).
by people of polite
ch'in
greatly
YING YING, concealing her bashwhen that great trouble came upon
careful, anxious
is
said
trifle,"
and that
"Why make
7.
to
etc.,
became com-
"he
should
quietly."
'
he,
"
to
of your unintelligent
person
serious," said
paratively
"
nice piece of work, wouldn't there ?
So
as
a
isn't
known
to
dead
long
thing
anybody
or alive," said
seat.
6.
"
mamma
been to see
tion,
"
that
honour
to
this
him
knowing by
Keally, miss,"
HUNG
said
better, of course,
51
402
rose,
home.
humble
this
day
this visit
from your
sister,
so
they
and love
their respect
HUNG
the
young
lady,
it's
miss, please
iEf jj^
gum
lit.,
and
down
dawn
From
this time
health.
chiao',
effort
made an
for
ing, until
HUNG NIANG
And
and
8.
COLLOQUIAL SEBIES.
or glue
the latter
is
commonly
called
CHAPTER XXXI.
1.
LANG
And now
us return to Ts'ui
let
he was in
reality
HUAN
1
parents, and had been adopted by the Ts'ui
He made no headway at all; his
family.
it
and
her
the particulars.
3
2. Madame Ts'ui was astonished
beyond
"
measure at what he told her
No wonder,"
all
i3 wi
'
i.e.,
said
4
>
last
few days
I felt sure
all;
this
minute."
is
doings
off
said she, " that your sister and her maid have
been so mysterious 4 about everything they
3.
called
HUNG
jump
to hear
Madame
girl
Ts'ui's message,
a look of which
unbroken succession; hence, a line of succession; kuo chi, to cross over to a line of succession,
kuo chi erh-taii, to adopt a son ; t'a shih kuo chi ti, he is an adopted son.
;
BH.
ffi
^H
Si 7$
and chinks
Ung
-feng-'rh,
IS
<^'i 4 *
4
>
to be astonished
i,
different,
extraordinary.
45-
& & Ok
IK
any manual
35^>
mysterious
like
fsh to do needlework
calling.
demons and
huo
chi,
lit.,
elfs in their
movements and
i.e.,
actions.
tso
huo, to work at
PART
CHAP. XXXI.]
VI.
young gentleman,
"
What
"
5.
what
it is
don't
really
"
some days
more
made the
This reply
my hearing
ma'am,
about," answered
has not so much
your slave
old
past."
deny
all
it
HUAN LANG
as well?
lady
anything he says."
me
has told
if
night [and I know it's all your fault]
you hadn't acted as their go-between they
;
and here
of the family,
consequence; who
it isn't
7.
you
said to
6-
?>
y&, i=p
turned towards
him
'ill
9-
I0
fyL
$1 nu
fg lai\
pei',
Jp.
vL
wives babble
your slave
(lit.,
aback,
ffi
10 3S 3c
15
HUNG NIANG
and
was never
Now,
an unmarried slave
LIX, Note
1?f
?>
given to tittle-tattle;
lit.,
girl
n pei
is
'41
5-
181
IS
ti.
3.
a busybody or
XXIV, Note
officious person.
I.
Note
sa',
not son.
tongues).
&W
Bjf tu
Part IV,
3
the feminine of hsiao
12.
(pp Dg tu' nang , to mutter: nang, or nung, to utter sounds the purport of which cannot be
not to be found in the dictionaries.
'3- }fl
taken
is
to be
file.
to repudiate, to deny.
P M k'"
^ T US
" HE
Note
this time.
8.
HUAN
Now,
HUNG NIANG
tell
if
?"
LANG and
7-
persist in
a fine scandal in
is
is
is ?"
13
up a thing here and a thing there, and no
one ought to pay the slightest attention to
still
are
"When you
furious:
12
to him
you muttering
"
isn't it on purpose
there," said the old lady;
to provoke me, this, when you know how bad
understand,
HUNG NIANG
"What
8.
CHANG'S
to the graduate
is
10
I ask you,
you mean,
of those
in your dreams
6
doing all this time without my knowledge?"
she burst out, with a face full of wrath, as
people
natural to breathe through?
this that
is
ain't
lady.
4.
403
tit, catches
lit.,
pulls east
made
out; tu
to observe, to see.
ch'ilan* pirn, shifts or
expedients, specially of a
change, to modify.
temporary nature
ch'iian, here,
temporary
pien, to
404
TZtT
ERH
CHI.
16
powerless to avert or to stop the way of,
she knew that concealment was out of the
question,
at once replied
you what
true," said
Madame
Ts'ui,
"you may
if
tell
say,
and
any more
you
show you no mercy."
I'll
positively
kept?"
"Then
all
along:
in
must say
the
first
this:
although
your slave
can answer for it that there was never any19
thing dishonourable about them your slave
their meetings
have been
private,
14.
HUNG
be angry; but
sha'n't
fibs,
it is."
"Anything
13.
perils
surely, that
to tell
[CHAP. xxxi.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
if
anything improper
has taken place, punish her, do, and welcome."
"
and in
it,
When
and a natural
and
that
for
invite misfortune,
attractive looking
18
when he brought
then,
carry her
off, it
it
to
is?
and
it,
to
that
when we were
later,
16.
1 7-
H|
sai*, to
lift
Bjf
throw ; lu or
is
12
lou, as
all
affinity
combined.
they
should you
One word
for all
if I
may make
so free, I
stop up, as a hole: sai-tzU, a cork; sai shang, to cork up; fang*, to ward
why
oil.
t'ou lu* (or lou) mien, of a woman, to exhibit herself to the world: p'ao, to cast, to
a verb, to become manifest, to allow to be seen.
Chinese woman showing herself unnecessarily
p'ao
said to throw her head [at the public], to disclose her countenance.
1
chih*,
piao chih,
!
9-
lit.,
good looks, attractiveness: piao, amongst other meanings, to exhibit; chih, delicate,
the expression generally refers to beauty of a refined and delicate sort.
;
exhibition of fineness
lieM chi
2
;
lit.,
discreditable traces.
fine;
PART
CHAP. XXXII.]
vi.
CHAPTER
After an interval of meditation, the
1.
HUNG NIANG
as soon as she
2.
at once to call
mamma
did
"
done
no more about
well say
NIANG
lady knows
"my
been doing so
"
3.
YING
that
all
of
YING
"
?
asked YING
4.
Oh
is
said
dreadfully agitated;
"
?
she asked hur-
"Well,
is
at
"
;
mamma
all
you have
to
do
is
to
11.
was
again,
i.
2i
ffi hsiao
^ $&
1
,
we i
it
was
all
to
Now,
first,
it
be sure."
one to do then
go to your
angry
may
it ?
HUNG NIANG
bit she
riedly.
6.
all
"
5.
What
9.
was
"
it;
"
HUNG
said
showed
that matter,"
for
face
in a great fright.
"
had been
and pity
quietly."
that
it.
and her
we have
injustice
8.
HUNG
said
that,"
but
was by the
as she
What
saw
YING YING.
"
XXXII.
at a time, over to
405
that
could take no
she
line
one way or
another.
ch'ii
1
,
a wrong, an injustice
also, to
do an
injustice to
ch'ii,
crooked,
wrong, to wrong.
3-
4'
& ^>
5-
fflJ
tz'ti,*,
ill
chih*, as in Part
6.
7-
$5
g,.
?i
Pu
chih, to
make arrangements,
to put in place:
pu
is
much
40G
But
12.
ever,
how-
and the
!& BS tan"
8-
hsiian
warm
cold and
1
,
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
hsiian, the
8
merely formal inquiries about health
and so on at the beginning, to be devoted to
after the
CHNG
HANG'S
finale.
warmth
The two
characters in combination
are used to indicate the formal inquiries in a letter after the health of the person addressed.
CHAPTER XXXIII
The
as destitute as he
there
more go up
to the
"
"
how
am
to live."
?
The gang committed themselves one
and
day,
being carried, CH&NG H&NG and the
rest, before the magistrate, were found guilty
career
CH&NG HANG'S
When
she had
Madame
the fellow
was
in the
same
line as themselves,
of the
and they
company; from
this
member
that in
life
no future
husbandman,
^C
to lie
perdu;
4- jfe
5-
'
Hi
her
less
B?
for,
to prostrate oneself.
lit.,
^^
wi HA
19 fK
letter,
however worthless
own nephew;
it
perused the
/',
2
the
who
tainly
to be trusted save
is
3.
is
'
'
ffj
Ic'ao,
lit.,
who
feet,
commonly
called
%M
fatigue, hardship.
5E
T.
t'o
1
,
lit.,
to drag
behind one;
lei,
PART
CHAP. XXXIV.]
VI.
407
CHAPTER XXXIV.
1.
in his
room;
conscience,
he was alarmed
lest
the proceed-
brought to light.
He
up
CHANG
true that I
corner
T'UNG
my
6.
hsiang-kung, it is quite
did say some time ago that I
5.
by HUNG
it
and
of the
room
HUNG NIANG
told CH'IN
the arrangement did not take place immediately was this, that in our house there
why
to
a smaller
if
you were to succeed in getting a
Han-lin degree, well, it would add something
4.
my mother-in-law
"Since
so orders
it,"
"
2.
3-
U^
|$
ffi
TJi
PJ
han*, a pencil
jSH
6-
7fill
chuang*
m$n
forfe.ng, see
commonly
Js
up a space.
1
,
t'ai,
to be with young.
called
<
$:
:
Yo-fu, a father-in-law
jjj.
tieh, see
(*
Part IV,
lp!f
5i
t'ai
ftng,
hence, to strengthen
& I? M T>
after all
$ yo^-mu, a mother-in-law
4-
5-
an unquiet conscience:
and
he saluted her,
"
come
admits of no
the matter
"
;
on
hsuan
commonly
allied <5C
A-
chi, properly,
trees
is,
a horn
TZtj
408
CHI.
he
tainly," said
"
;
was
it
to think of it;"
his luncheon-box.
into
the shoes
we'll
make a
more
as
slip-knot,
it is
HUNG NIANG
it
quite safe
9-
I0
or ho-'rh, a
and the
parting,
ft
strike, as in
k'ou'-'rh, to tie
fS
IDC
&
SS
e.g.,
a slip-knot
whether in
chi, see
life
Part V, Lesson
K'ou-'rh
a whip-lash,
was
it
li
huo
how sad
$6 ~f
fiS
went
and be-
to
it would be to meet
part and how pleasant
11
over and over thouwords
the same
again;
sands of times, and yet they had not said all
graduate
so the two
about
part of the night,
untied more
lent a hand,
And
12.
10
is all
moment the
"
how should
it?"
easily."
10.
the
packed,
kind of
really very
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
8.
you
ERH
is fco
li,
to
(5
3)
see
is
"
Of the
none
is
like
or in death."
strictly speaking,
be the same
5.
CHAPTER XXXV.
The moment the sun was up the
following morning CH'IN T'UNG and the rest,
with much confusion and bustle, shifted the
i.
'tidiness <>n
and she
NIANG, and the three of them accompanied the graduate some miles on his way,
Ih;.\(j
came
until they
i.
!
2.
to a place
In', >lry
>
by the
river-side
finish, to
bring to an end.
here they
journey,
all
sir,"
said she,
J
you by land or by water."
2
2. This
speech ended, she was for going
on board with YING YING to see him off,
befall
PART
CHAP. XXXV.]
NIANG had
them
to hold
first
up,
VI.
one and
by the gang-
board.
When
half,
required, to be lowered
6.
while,
way
as soon as ever
sir,"
answered the
We
shall get
under
all right,
When YING
cry; "My lord
tit ch'an
4-
mao', an anchor
5-
ifii
/'Mi
$f|>
lu 3 , a long oar
4
,
to support.
;
mao, to
wei'
kan
J'
9-
?b
12.
3-
tun
YING
they
On
kung, a steersman:
to,
reaching
the young lady and her maid went to their
room, after making the old lady comfortable
;
YING YING'S
there
tears
still
continued to
"
g.
first
XXVIII, Note
You must
HUNG NIANG
said
;
it will
be
all
not take on
"
;
everything
so,
is
20.
US
"{3J>
miss,"
hard at
all
home
%f
to*
like
$[L
this
hawser.
8.
1*
expression of sympathetic
interest on her part the graduate replied with
To
raise anchor.
7-
1 1.
3'
Io
ship's people.
6-
7.
3.
409
an intensive.
52
410
[CHAP, xxxvi.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
And
1.
here, leaving
YING YING
at home,
TUNG
2.
When
shall
"We
shall
anchor
and
as
out a
it's
Ts'ao Ch'iao
little;
is
a good place to
mud up
stop either,
and what
am
1 to
to one's instep
do
"
?
all
however, he could
but to wait till the sun
came
out,
it
and he was
YING'S clothes on
YING
when a host
the
to
anchor."
out
3.
anchor was
let
go.
he turned
As evening drew
his dinner,
near,
and shortly
after
He was
hot
all
'
tt
Jla '''("i
With a loud
"
"
he got on
his feet, and stepping outside, he found that
it was broad daylight.
K'o 7 after
in.
dry,
grass
all.
ah
and the
trade;
vessel
here a
The expression
is
probably
\K
fin
the
first
lair of
%&
5-
$ san
6
7-
tee
~"
3-
JSJ$
jfa
3
,
an umbrella:
rhien*, to splash
$~&
tempestuous.
nan
ta san, to
k'o 1 i
meng, a dream, the "baseless fabric of a vision;" for an explanation of this quotation,
J^
jjjj,
a place of trade
also,
p. 159,
No.
513.
The
unknown.
PART
CHAP. XXXVI.]
vi.
at the
411
thanked him
and
they contained foreign wares that were contraband still, to judge from the covers of
farther conversation
those
currency of China
he
smuggled from other provinces
"
as
he
said
to
It's
evident
himself,
sighed
if
being
were
10.
that
to
all
him
The man
some
after
appear
?
"The Chinese
are the
and these
do not under-
we complain so of others,
"
to look at home ?
that smuggling
is
7.
While
was
this
are
we not
in
his
forgetting
thoughts he
2.
"
They
there were t'u n hu here
"
of a t'u hu ?
1
common
"
meat
What language
are
they speaking
they
10
at all
am
of, if
ffi
$T
7 %
10.
$fl
$$
,Bj
fr-j
>
are
'*'
ff
&
among
5J,
'a
12.
3
Jff t'u
|f[
^p
is
to
so,
is
that
the business
man who
sells
The man thanked him for the information and took his leave, and a few minutes
he sent over a basket 12 of eggs as a
The graduate told CH'IN T'UNG to
present.
after
and
cash,
take the
and
tell
to give
him
to return with
his,
the
The
vessel got
on,
sailing
or
tracking
according
to
cir-
cumstances.
6.
13.
what
"
14.
"
of,
fee context.
ERH
412
COLLOQUIAL SEHIES.
CHI.
"
shouting.
What
graduate
'3-
}I
k'ang*, to
'4-
9t
'5-
iS $J
cany on the
1
'
3ff 00,
chang
an open
15
port,
go up the
some
with
this is
hills
to shoot;
other
and
10
and leopards
tigers
people say
woods up
in the
that
there,
too."
shoulder.
the
musk
In,
deer.
ports of China,
16.
Jjfj
hailing
A bear.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
In the midst of this chat the skipper
"Look out sharp, here's a ram's
out,
sang
1.
whirled
as the saying
turned to good, and
travelled
2.
YING
is
spirit
is
1.
spiral
come
5^
movement
2.
jfe
~f
after
it
by
walls of the
me."
movement
is
of wind.
jfc
be
its spiral
will
trouble
5.
YING
means; and her
bad fortune
if
is,
come across
him, he'll prosper all the same what does
a puff of wind like that signify ? And so no
more on this subject."
4. When the vessel came to its destination, master and servant disembarked and
case,
"
3.
is
PAET
CHAP. XXXVII.]
ing
vi.
it
by
CHANG
the graduate
as soon as
my
until
remember
in this
speaker always
the old teacher
that
in
years gone
brother was a considerable scholar:
1
he well remembered
and
himself,
depreciating
observed, "I
city proper,
compliment, the
of
strain
9.
in conse-
to receive strangers
might object
413
proficient
could he favour
me
he learned
YING had
sent
HUNG NIANG
by
that
YING
time
him a
long,
observing a paper with writing upon it, without thinking much of the matter, took it up
and
see that
One
7.
of the pupils, a
if
you
little fellow,
who
in his
him
"
me
You'll let
"
"
said he.
"You may;
go
said,
he,
Which
out ceasing
came forward
his
sir,"
"
"
Thanks
to
well in the
mansion of
3-
\$
4-
^^
hsi
5-
3C ~%
j5|
is it
by
were so dazzled
8.
commonly
41 yinf,
,
of 3
4
your literary talent was raoo , flourishing, or highly developed, and/M ", abundant.
7-
shih
hand
them out
tk
"
?
them up nonchalantly
E is 2j>
was casual and not done with set purpose.
fly
equally
mischievous
my eyes
not be able to
elder brother
6-
my
"and
and
it is,
your well-doing,
I fear I shall
rather dark,
visit to his
dim that
is
temple.
he saw
it
Well," said
3
"This room
are so
too, sir,
to read
hand "
table,
shou, short for i shen shou, a stretch out of the hand, implying
(^
41).
41
"
2.
CHI.
home now,"
to himself.
the praise
am
but
lir
''<( 2 <'<,
I"'.
**
fll IB*
and
it's
all
swollen,
6.
down upon
"
12
12),
lit.,
when
allegiance, enmity,
Ia
"
t'ou (see
pupil in
little
n he had
begun
think the man never would go. At last
$C tH
they came
1
3. They sat on together ever so long, the
conversation never Hugging, until the gradu-
/r
was
relieved,
as
civility.
9-
up rushed the
10
to
great grief:
15. "I've been stung by a wasp on the
to-day
pupil's friends
I shall
9
graduate even less than his compliments;
forced out a few words in reply because
gan
my
one of
must go
am wanted
14.
could
"I
"
;
time."
man
said he
at the house of
[CHAP, xxxvu.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
Ik-longs to
inu
ERH
TZtj
W $} *
H!
DJj-
4
hence, the doing of those things, the occasion of their being done ; Asi , properly, to perform a play ;
:
1
tto h*i, to do anything that amuses;
t'ing hsi, to go to the play; JJ |
f, a theatre; for ying ch'ou, see Part IV,
I
>r
done
Dialogue X, Note
n.
12
chi
8S
Obs.
I,
(soo
man
4.
4
,
m LX XV, Note;.
1
3-
$1 Ri
feng-tzil, a lunatic
feng
liao,
is
in
Part
mad.
CHAP. XXXVIII.]
PART
vi.
CHAPTER
415
XXXVIII.
1. When
they had got some distance
from the gate, CH'IN TUNG asked his master
who the old man of letters l was? " Ah," said
he was reputed
old now, and
escapes."
man
of promise, but he
is
"
2.
Run
temptuously,
no more
him
that he
is
indeed
and asked
if
they had any cli'n<j-xli<ni !
the people in the shop said they had not
then he tried another shop, and then another
why, there's
than in
i.
Note
2,
2
to
'
Ijl
Obs.
3),
WZ iS
it
a useless
and
after
lot,
to his temple to
rest himself.
man
hsio chiu, a
of letters
one
who
chiu, investigates,
X,
objects of study.
shuai*
he paid no attention to
in-doors again, he went
fl
HI
hsiin'
3f
I"?
huan 2
shuai, decayed,
worn out
(see
senility.
go
round.
4-
grass
hence,
56-
}
,
unmannerly, boorish:
p 5E y ao
!p
f^ (tang
).
in for a reprimand.
ling,
pi
which the pedlar sounds by turning his wrist a small bell is commonly
The drum mentioned below is also sounded by a turn of the wrist, and is used by ven<l<
lu,
M -t
$&
mang
it
miscellaneous articles.
II ~J" k'uai* Ian', to pass the arm through the loop or handle of a basket,
kind
of basket than g[ -f, though the dictionaries state the opposite.
to a smaller
7-
ill
etc.
Ian
is
commonly applied
[CHAP, xxxix.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
416
CHAPTER XXXIX.
A;M!
1.
now
us see what
let
"
YlNO Yixu
"
soothingly
And
hard to bear."
and
is
of a tree,
his
with an additional
"
3.
And my
Peking there
in
be home again."
YING YING, " I can sympathise with her; when the hare dies the
fox mourns
every creature feels for its
.g
"
7.
even the
went
tire
in her
webs 3
spiders
from the eaves of the
;
9.
Yixc;
but she
still
and
floors
it
'
T 5 SS
moon
Si H;
$P
4-
ft
is
3Jt
3L
JJJc
i
^
U3
YING
sorrowfully
to
own room
their
together until
suddenly occurred to
talking
it
better than
HUNG NIANG
'<'1
'"?
fo'i
fang
is
a house
web; a spider
is
also allied
tyfc
]j{, roof.
^C-
'
rliiniyfii, a lni
ffc ffi
are w..undr.l in
They returned
sat
"
and melancholy.
twelfth
trouble."
"
no more about that
YING, rebuking her,
let bygones be bygones."
HUNG
continued
indeed,"
all this
their
Yes,
mind she
had hung
"
8.
he'll
said
to
Ah !"
kind."
gives no heat?"
4.
thought she,
through this
when
uncertain
sweetheart,"
it,
woman weeping
last
paused to look at
"
as she
1
quarter of the year,
and so cold thai Yix<; YING found that even
was the
to her
in our staying
It
and
indeed
sion.
2.
no use
is
there
IIr.\>.
HUNG NIANG
5.
fcl-
fj*
,,y,
tin- In-art
for, rh'i,
an elder or senior
('it
4
,
(gee
Chapter
XXXIV, Note
A hare
is
is
commonly
mournful;
called
If
4).
wn\
(li
).
CHAP. XXXIX.]
PART
vi.
up
"Well, miss,
if I
may
be allowed to
No;
13-
made up
YING YING'S
in pairs
opinion, presents
would be better
still;
she
table, looking
on; the table shook, and her mistress attri-
buting
its
unsteadiness
to
her,
called out,
glj
of the table
directly, to keep
"^
*""
9
it
This
steady."
she was just about to recommence
one of those moths that will
about
effected,
when 10
fly
a light 11
flopped into the lamp and put
out; the lamp had to be lit
and
much
caused so
?,
I tt
at night.
'2-
all
with
lit.,
go to Peking
"
S-
^
& 13
xv
Les
of
ot
seal, as
chi', to send.
volelf addressed
7d
yourself,
t
to
as fast as
it
could
the examinations;
15
it and
having opened
read it from
to
he
looked at
end,
beginning
the presents, and
though the handkerchief
seemed a
little
faded,
still
than ordinary
P cket; a
care. 16
handkerchief
^ "* **
(m
Part V, Lesson
is
commonly
"**
XLV, Note
opposed to yin", an
all
called shou
to
2).
moths that a
official seal.
6Stablishment' a committee a
manufactory, a depot, an office;
it
>
open:
ch'ai, to
has other
force.
as a
t
it
See Chapter
VIII, Note 17.
<*'ot' i'ot, to
it
who was
the
^ "^ **'' ^
meanings bfsifs
14-
Then
despatched
to tell the
it
of a sudden :
Ung, in the sense of a shock
ft, a moth;
"**
ft
it
the lattr
fi
delay that
it
this
again,
* ***' "
417
P recious J ewel
Part V,
a person
starting on a journey.
53
418
TZtT
ERH
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHAPTER
now, unfortunately, we have used
the
detached
phrases in the original
up
rh Chi;" no slight
edition of the "Tza
And
1.
all
addition
has
the
l
composition of this narrative, but it is out
of our power to prolong "The Story of the
"
Promise that was kept any farther.
There
no need & to
how
is
tell
after
out,
how
[CHAP. XL.]
XL.
and silk tapestry, and the noise of
drums and other instruments, never was
lanterns
the
and
friends
relatives in the
Relation
of all
this
would be
like
somely
4
;
preparations
for the
them
reader,
in all things.
I-
Note
3-
^C
Jrjj
4-
n& $F
t<ri
4
,
to treat courteously or
sincere.
XXVI,
10.
5-
6-
^ H>
?a
to
make
1
ffl hsiian
preparations, to arrange
t'ien',
chang, to spread,
lo,
the net
(see
Chapter
I,
Note
17).
tl|
fifc
*% j$,
(see,
also Chapter
XXXII, Note
i).
PART
VII.
420
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
PART
VII.
THE
by
its
Chinese
title
(jjfc
*}j
(lit.,
compilation, lien 7tsi, for practice in, p'ing tse,
of Shun-tien Fu, classically distinguished as
in
the
in
department
metropolitan
tones),
vogue
286 and 287 of Volume I (Chinese text) repeat, in the
Yen Shan. It will be seen that
pages
same
order, but, for practice sake, without the orthography, the table of characters given
on
any
are ranged from left to right in their original numerical order, but
if
the
I.
The note explaining the sense of the Sound Index is composed in accordance with a
Chinese method of illustration Avhich cannot be too soon taken into account I have enlarged
;
upon
its
And now as
common to
the tones
so on.
Sound Index
is
the shang-p'ing taking the upper place in the series, the hsia-p'ing, the second,
Where no
marked by a
and
tzti is to
circle.
one syllable after another, he will not be long, unless his ear is unusually defective, in
catching
the chime of the tones, and this once caught, he will soon habituate himself to determine the
tone of any
tzti
that he
may
first
time.
The short exercises which follow the Tone Scale are composed of the words given in the
combined
each with one or more such words as they most
scale,
The
ordinarily accompany.
text of these is repeated in the following
with
and
tone
and
a
careful
marks,
pages,
orthography
translation.
As the combination given in the explanatory Chinese note
appended to each
S.>nnd Index in Volume I is itself always one of the exercises, its
meaning must be looked
for
these.
PART
VII.
421
the study of examples of greater length, and unrestricted by the regular sequence here observed.
Nothing can be simpler in such a case than to convert any number of short sentences out of
Parts III or
the
IV
a pure impossibility.
The Tone Scale has been made to include the entire Sound Table within
is
the
express purpose of enabling the student to test for himself the influence of tone upon the
From the notes in the order of the finals appended to these
independent syllabic sound.
observations, he will perceive that this modification
is
if
not
fully, to justify
us in representing the syllabic change effected by the tone as a distinct syllabic sound; but
that our alphabet is hardly equal to the emergency, this distinction would have been attempted
It remains to direct attention to certain departures from the rule
the
Tone
to which the syllabic sound is subject when it is not independent,
Scale,
prescribed by
but connected with other sounds, whether as part of dissyllable or of a longer combination.
To take the
first
The student will recall the few words said about Rhythm in page
him turn to the Chinese text of Part V (Volume I, page 229),
enunciate rapidly the words fou i tsv^-'rh-yao-chin-ti shih-ch'ing, the
last first.
9 of Part I, Volume
and get his teacher
I.
and foremost of
to
Now
let
voice carefully, that, even though he may be unable to declare that this or that syllable has quite
passed to a new place in the Tone Scale, the syllables first uttered are not uttered with the full
tone belonging to them as independent syllables. This need not alarm him. Tone is to the
much what
such as
It is
practice can teach just as rules of prosody will carry us only a certain length in Latin.
such
as
that
words
should
have
ConstantinSpSlUanus, m^mSrabUW,, v&gabund'tis
impossible
;
been articulated without a rhythmical emphasis more or less at variance with the apparent
prescriptions of prosody. The prosody of our own vowels is the sport of circumstances still, the
fluctuation in the value of the vowels in analysis and analytical, meteorology and meteorological,
;
is
somewhat analogous
to that
In the matter of just accentuation, therefore, the memory will be greatly relieved if the
language be treated, whenever construction will admit of it, as polysyllabic. The individual
syllabic
sound should be
ticketed, so to speak,
by
its
word
is
it
strict
its
component
parts.
422
ERH
TZtr
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
class,
first
or second
is
some cases
disturbed, in
some
slightly, in
much
so
as to
The following
word to a tone class not properly its own.
combinations read aloud will show to what extent the tone in different places of the scale will
authorise the relegation of the
lit
|f
Khan 1 hsi 1
hsi
[lj
^H
8/wm
the western
taw^ cA'at
chu
to be
3
^L jg tsao
3.
hills.
employed
gfc $fc
'
ch'ien
closes
is
a public
2
money
cMn
me much more
more remarkable
ma3
if
4-
office.
in general.
yueh
jih*
mu
shu
f^ swcm
ffi
jg
chu.
in hsi
shan
to rise
a small
|fij
cAi/i,
C/ti
face.
horse,
is
small.
a number.
4
to reckon,
hsiang
ambition.
there
ma
wash the
the horse
on the second in
is
to
3
to fall
to
pearls.
yd? men-
to be lower
hsi lien
J^ hsiao
>J
officially.
Under the
ch'i3
nan "
the
first
syllable
is
is
which the
Under the
modified.
if
changed nearly,
bushels of
five
tsao 3 ch'i 3
Jisi
lien3 ,
is
falls
as
mi3
syllable
first.
rice,
the last
is
the only word of the four that preserves the full 3rd tone.
wan*
hi suan-chi,
and you
second suan in
The words tzu, erh, appended to nouns, ti, following both nouns and verbs, and lian,
corrupted to la and lo, also after verbs, but more frequently at the end of a sentence, cannot
be allowed, while in this enclitic relation to other words, to
belong to any class in the Tone
Scale; but when not enclitics, they reassert then- rights, as in tzti? sun1
erh* ma-\
,
stallion;
becomes
cfto
ti
4
.
ch'io
4
,
4
3
positively; liao shih
to finish
an
affair.
posterity;
The word
c/to
when
enclitic
PART
VII.
423
a.
a
Under the 2nd, the
Under the
artful, architect.
commencing
Under the
ai.
latter if
i prevails, as
when a speaker
and doubt.
In the 3rd,
it is
expression, enclitic
as
it
though
The remarks on a
an.
more apparent,
is
if
2nd tone
itself
diphthong.
the a and o are uttered in the ist tone, as in ai, with a slight degree
more prolongation of the a than of the o. Under the 2nd tone, ao is almost du, or doo indeed,
in the words ao or ngao, it is nearly ou in loud.
Under the 3rd tone, as the voice rises on
In this
ao.
final
the
o,
The only
eh.
be written
ieh,
syllable in
which
this final is
found
is yeh.
tone, the
a claims
In the
ist tone, it
might
is
commencing
as
though
the sound to be uttered were yea, but rising suddenly to the sound of the e in yet. In the
It might be otherwise expressed by
4th tone, the sound is a prolonged declining yea.
Y-E-E-E.
e or
o.
It is
upper
apparent
The vowel
as
if le,
in the
give a fair
is
is
reduplicated in the
of the 3rd
There is properly no shang-p'ing tone in this sound, but, as will be seen in many
vowel sound of erh, when placed in enclitic relation to a word preceding it, is
the
instances,
or less in the vowel sound of that word.
more
The tone is also modified. It was
absorbed
erh.
424
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
called
classes.
my
In
in the other
tones.
in the shang-p'ing as
The vowel preserves its length, the difference
the
i of the fism-p'ing into ih.
shortening
between its sound in the ist and 2nd tones being faintly represented by that in cheer and
In the 3rd, the i is inflected, rising as if ee-ih ; in the 4th, as if ee .e. e.
appear at
all,
peep.
ia.
the a
is
chia*, is
rather
i in
almost cheyaa.
iang.
the
more
is distinct,
the
consonantal
ist,
3rd,
is
often
to
much
lyang*, nyang*.
The remarks on ao, ia, and iang apply to the effect of tone on this final. In
the ist, 3rd, and 4th tones, especially in the syllables liao, niao, the i becomes almost ey, in
the 2nd, it is y, the ao becoming a sound between aoo and ow.
iao.
As
ieh.
ien.
is
an
i in ieh
becoming an under
in uan, frequently
The en
more
The
ih.
represented by
difference between
the i in the
ist
is
faintly
inflected as La a,
e,
etc.;
then descending gradually in the 4th. Drop the consonants in the word limit, and prolong
the utterance of the latter vowel, to form some idea of the sound of the final ih*.
in.
ist
and
As
and 2nd
hi
ill.
tones,
first
after
n,
When
more
preceded by hs and
rarely.
I,
this final is in
tone, lio is
rather ny6-6-6.
iu.
In the
and even, as
two sounds
ee
and
is
oo, of
which iu
is
compounded, are
distinct
PART
VII.
425
In the 3rd, the voice descends on the ee, to rise sharply on the ooh; and in the 4th,
ee, and breaks off on the oo in a lower key.
yewli.
dwells on the
only found in the ist and and tones. The vowel i is not so
2
almost
distinct as in ia, ieh: in the ist tone and in the 2nd, i is nearly y; read hsiung
is
in
to
6
in
in
but
oo
the
2nd
and
sound
inclines
home
the
The
u
or
oo
tone,
ist,
syung.
final
were
a
or
a
French
nasal.
Jc,
nearly
g
pronounced short, as if the
This syllable
iung.
is
o.
is
it is
if it
shorter, as in shot,
were o6h.
In the 3rd
very slightly felt, the dominant sound being o, which is prolonged diminuendo. In
the single o, or ngo, the nasal pronunciation of it, much as it modifies the vowel sound, does
vowel
is
In the
ou.
ist tone,
ou
is
much
as in
as in lout, but
in the 3rd
and
oti-oo*.
ist tone, the u as in the French purete ; in the second, as in the French
In the 3rd and 4th, the reduplication and inflexion of the vowel noticed hi a, i,
4
s
- -u.
perceptible, as though u were u-uh, and ti u u
In the
ii.
tat, salut.
is
This presents the same difficulties as ien, so far as the vowel a is concerned.
ist tone, pronounced sometimes broad, as in the syllables ending in an, is
flattened sometimes to the a in mat, and sometimes modified so as to be nearly the e in
iian.
The a
of the
uen is the orthography of MORRISON and others. The native who was my guide, whatever might be his pronunciation under the ist, made little difference under the 2nd, uttering
the an as in the English can, mantle. In the 3rd, the uncertainty between a and e is greater
than in the 4th tone, which prefers the a. In both, the vowels are distinguished much as in
then
as
it
In the
lieh.
ist
tone,
pronounced as in sentry.
The un
iin.
slightly inflected, as
3
In tin and
u.
cated like
tin*,
i,
i, o,
above
very faint
w;
is
more prominent
very prolonged.
as if H-iih
in the 3rd,
is
it
4
,
u2
oo in cook.
In
in lutte,
ii
and
n.
u3
u*, the
vowel
is
redupli-
as ii-uh or oo-ooh.
ii is
oo in coon; the
but the eh
The u resembles
a,
upon
an
is
it
2
ua.
becoming
ah, which
there
is
if
laid
is
initial
54
426
What
uai.
ua
applies to
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
more or
is
far as the
is
concerned
u and
the diphthong ai; in the 2nd, u is conbut in the ist tone, the division
sonantal and ai shortened in the 3rd, the voice descends on u and rises sharp on a, to which i
between
is
is enclitic
the
first
The
nan.
6wan
In the
uei
is
ist, 3rd,
ob-w.e".i
kuei
In the
vowel.
and 4th
awn
in
is
as hi ua.
awning, or ohn
in the
German
final is
almost
ohne.
vowel sounds are nearly oowei; in the 2nd, wey ; in the 3rd,
on the e. The u in all four tones in
nearer
than in hui,
uen, un.
The double
and
In the
in the 3rd
4th.
is
if
gradually as
if
ist,
the
but
is
more remarkable
u-e-n.
As observed under
ui.
might be written
u or oo sound
.vowel
between that
final
and
This
ui.
is
most perceptible in the syllable hui, and under the 2nd tone in others, ui is nearly, if not
The syllable chui might otherwise be written choo-ey l chooy2 choo-Jy3 ch6o-ey*.
quite, uei.
;
The same
In the
un.
in hudn, Icudn.
ist tone,
there
In the 2nd,
it
is
is
quickly,
and 4th
The remarks on un apply generally to ung ; but in the 2nd tone, the inflexion
of the vowel is less apparent. The g final is faint in the same tone indeed,
ung* is somebetween
final
of
the
the
sounds
French
and
The
sound
is
rather
u than o
thing
longue.
long
Ting.
in yung.
kuo, shuo.
the
uo.
rest, it
to
which
have assigned
it is
shuo*, thu-dh*.
u.
The
flexions of it
difficulty
here
is
sound
consonants struck out, might represent szu 1 ; such, szu 2 ; the 3rd and
4th might be
otherwise written szu-uh, szu-u-h; but our alphabet aids us less hi this than hi
any sound in
the Table.
italicised
under
wing.
eft
down
for en,
for others.
under ih and in
finals,
Those under an
for ing,
under
suffice for
for
for
PART vn.
[A-CHA.]
427
P&T
as the
last,
partly inter-
rogative.
Jj|
PnJ
8 J|
^a
4
[ipj
2.
sW" 2 wo 2
ko l
It
is
Ah
so indeed.
What ?
a^1
f|
fgf
an,
f pf
c h'iu?
ch'en
5g|
1<j
Jcao
Wafi
ai* hsi*
an, peace
^ y'inj
ait
m^n
Wan,*
fP5
ho'
........
.......
........
........
wo.?
comfort
health
Ifx oo,
Tall
To
and short ; of
ao
'
fs'ai
Peace
TO *e
6.
The bank
........
........
........ A
.......
in price.
cAwn,4
at night
quilted
(Zit.,
may be
it
to
burn midnight
oil.
long or short).
;
arrogant.
unexpectedly.
Dregs
3
yi* cha
or shore of a river.
..'
c/ia
To work
and low.
2
k'uang' ao*
A provincial
To
ao 2 yeh*
things, high
love.
rising.
to cry to in tribulation.
Fine dust.
well-being.
........
........
........
To implore
High
5.
on.
^ai, to love.
iji
4.
3
<*
and so
ai,
<Sb ?J
3.
........
......
.........
a1
shih*
|5pJ
A despatch
A span.
........
....... To
see, or
to
an
inferior.
meet, unexpectedly.
428
7.
$?
//'<,
3 fg
jgj
[CH'A-CH ANG.]
tea.
....... The
eAu ........ Tea
y^ ........ To
........ The
shov?
Jjt
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
Be
ft
rA'af'*' a8
together.
Pl ace *^ e
shu* (A'a4
to stand a-kimbo.
fork formed
it
branches
off
from
the stem.
8. >jlc
li'ii,
ijf jfc
^J: J|j
1|J 2(5
%
9.
10.
narrow.
.......
........
cha& .......
....... To
chat 1 chick*
chu* chafl
k'uan 1
ch'ien* chai*
fljf
rlt-iii,
Jp
ft
-^*-
ch'af fan*
/yv
HI
flft
ch'ai
hit?
ffi
any similar
........ To
....... Wood
firing.
cA'a*3
~f yanlf
of.
be in debt.
tetl
.....
and
etc.
charcoal.
A book of patterns,
to decapitate;
JKchan,
strangling.
2
3
In the example of the 3rd tone,
by chiao a word in the 3rd tone, becomes chan
9
for it.
substituted
therefore, chan the numerative of lamps, has been
.
ffi
H
S?
11.
Jfi
5/i'*
'
chan*
tsa?
ton"
g|
12. 3|t
PR
saturated with
m P-
Government post
stations
courier offices.
Gluttonous.
estate
3
ch'an* Aut
"!
a rule
g chang
lit.,
ch'tng
3
/J:
J|
(g
chang* mil*
......
.......
.......
jfc ch'any
J|
7fc
fifc
cM*
titan3
ch'ang
mu* ch'ang3
ko l ch'ang*
one's ways.
Regulations.
To be born and
Bills; debts.
to
grow up.
to sing.
J|
to reform
a law.
theng chany
'-li'ang,
reform (neut.)
13.
la<
........ To mix
.......
....... An
....... To
ch'an*
3
i-lttnvj,
j|
Steeped in
<//'<(??,
till
........
..... A
......
*
1
JS y^ chan ^"S
....... A
....... Long
....... A
....... To
prostitute.
woodyard.
sing.
PART
[CHAO-CHENG.]
14.
vii.
429
fhao, a presage.
*J|$
fg Uf
/Hf
2f| ffi
Jfc
chao
,f!t
c/u
hail
to caU to.
also, over-eager, impatient.
search for.
presage
an omen.
.......
........
.......
.......
1
3
D|| ch'ao Jang
c^'*" 2
ch'ao3
!$* chien
hsien 1 chao*
;J
J| w
ch'a? chao 3
ty
........ To
........
....... To make
....... A
chao 1 hu l
ch'ien? ch'ao*
Nest
To
of birds
fry in
lair
is
of beasts
here atonic.
den of thieves.
or,
is
oftener called a
ch'ien-p'iao.
^
!p|.
Ijfa
j||
che
che
j|L
,^
Ji
ilL
IS $1
yen
a carriage,
cart,
ch'e
fco*
ch'e
2
Again
(in
argument)
J^
4
1 c ^ e* &'iM*
$1
drag
more,
etc.
also, to implicate.
trh
.....
to abrogate
etc.
.......
........ A
........ An
chen 1 chia?
2
3
5Jf chen t'ou
life
jB
'*
chen*
True and
false
pillow;
lit.,
yi,
this one.
earthquake.
El
ch'dn,
4
ch'tn1 kwa*
"K
I3E
;U
chiin
$pf
j^
k'o
^^
21.
is
chen, true.
JL fg
20.
what
chei, this.
H?
3
19.
farther ;
etc.
a law,
18.
This one.
ch'e
(s'ai
To
To
........
........ To
....... To
ma3
this.
........
........
........
........
tsou*
tsai* che
Jf flg<Ae
17. If? ck'&,
pronoun
BE
ch'en?
ch'en3
ch'en* cho*
....... To
.......
.......
.......
historically,
Taking advantage
of, sc.,
things.
circumstances, opportunity,
etc.
cheng, upright.
....... The
.......
cMng* ....... Of
cheng
JH
3
cheng ch'i?
IE
hsiA^
?|S
yiieh*
first
Eegular
moon
in symmetrical order.
figuratively,
430
22.
clt'eng,
JJjJt
$}
accomplishment, as opposed to
pan*
23.
ton
jjzf
I'M, of
^f
respect).
failure.
punish, punishment
of,
crime.
lit.,
good omen.
chi 1 cfc'iion
$j|
eh'enff
[CH'ENG-CHIANG.]
failure.
Accomplishment or
rh'fng- pai*
3
=J.
....... To
.......
....... To
.......
hu l
ff. cli'cng
J& Hi
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
.......
that has been devaPoultry and dogs ; e.g., none left in a country
stated the place of them to be shunned by a compounder of
certain medicines, because his operations should be conducted
;
.......
........
........
"
2
||j
c '11
Kl
tea
fj
f ^'i
pf
chi
*** '****
IB 41
24.
hsiung
c h'fl
pa
^^
ch'i-
tt
flj
c/i't
chia, a
tljc
^5
tfc
cA'u
hsiieh
house
c/iM 4
3 *
chia 1
chia- tai*
chia
Ep tfvtf
g|
home
eh'ia
-^
ch'ia
hua
teft
curious
constitution
........
........ To
.......
....... The
To
strange.
lit.,
home.
live at
carry privily
price
lit.,
of mail
armour.
of.
with exactly.
....... To
........ A
.......
fh'ia* ch'iao
how
the family.
chia* ch'ien*
}g ft
^ J5
the beginning.
The
$4
To put on record
........
.......
....... At
.......
27.
Oneself.
Strange
-Jr
Seven, eight.
'i*
25.
in quiet.
strange.
*t /V
jg
Customs
barrier
its
also,
stem.
in exact coincidence.
.......
in
say,
round
hand.
28.
$L
chiang, a river
^
fj
te4 chiang 1
3
chiang
chiu 1
....... The
....... To
great river
sc.,
the Yangtze.
EA
chiang* je
.......
is
particular,
A workman
an
is
chiang-chiu.
PART vn.
[CH'IANG-CH'IEN.]
431
Sound
tiao*
IB? ch'iang
in accord; in tune,
also,
figuratively, of things.
4
eh'iang
f| 3|
2
3
ch'iang to
JOt.
30.
3* H!
yfC ch'iang*
pi
To rob
mu*
to steal.
Wooden
supports.
chiao, to interchange.
55
"ft*
chiao 1 tai*
To hand over
servant or subordinate.
P|J
chiao 2 kuo*
One's bread
lit.,
to eat,
one's days,
to
pats
kind.
^
Dlj.
31.
^5
uS chiao 3
BSP 'h
Pjg
han
chiao*
ch'iao,
Hand and
To
cunning but
;
also, clever, of
call
men
To
to?
out loud
ch'iao
f{
ch'iao 2 liang2
J3J
j^
ch'iao 3 rniao*
Of men,
f^f
to call to a person.
ingenious, of things.
UJ ff
ch'iao* p'i
foot.
bridge
lit.,
to
_f |,
Of women
only, well-looking
also, well-dressed
used
fig.
of fair
allusions.
chieh, a street.
Pj
@i
i
1
jjj chieh tao*
j^*
$f
H.
wan2
Public ways.
chieh2
ch'ieh1 jou*
ffi
ch'ieh
completed.
to explain.
Of. solvere.
moreover.
^jjg
untie
To borrow.
^J
^_
To
chieh* tai*
ch'ieh,
JJ
To complete
kai 1
chieh3
ffl
f| -g
33.
at a door.
knock
bridge beams.
3
k'liang* ch'ieh
chi
To
slice
(Amongst other
tati,
Moreover
Concubines
ch'ieh*
farther.
;
without
in
used
chi.
Jf
^
Jj^
35.
fo
To diminish number
ftjfc
'jgf
f ^
^
fjj|
mien*
chien*
owe
1
ch'ien
ch'ien
1
J?J?
chien3
ts'ai
ch'ien, to
$H
chien1 ch'en2
shen
To have an
or quantity.
interview with
during a
to be deficient in.
wan*
ts'ai?
Money;
ch'ien3
kai 1 ch'ien1
tite-a-tite.
wealth.
the depth
of.
36.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
432
$0
jg
fa
$y
chih 1 too4
<
fjj
&
/isKOij
tfc
'""?
rft'i/i
di'ih
</'
To be on duty
in one's turn.
To point out;
to indicate.
ch-ih
$3
resolution.
<7/'i7(,
JT
P*"
'''*'"
Jjij
H^
38.
;<
r/uVi
jg
To know.
tliilr' tU',n
JUj
jg
37.
know.
to
(/<(/'-
[CHIH-CH'IO.]
*'*1
<
wu
t.<'un*
<
as red cim be
Red
*'* fcl
To
fail,
or ruin,
by unpunctuality.
sW.
A bird's wings.
pang
'
fp pg c/uV
/larej
"
see
p. 213.
$g Hf
chin3 hsiu*
3
g?
39.
nearly related or
cl'in,
^
JJ ^
<-''
f8,
t 'i"
r/t itt
silk, etc.
chin*
yiian
Embroidery, in gold,
allied.
c 'tC **
Connexions by marriage.
chien3
j^ cfc'M.* AA?
<-l<ttuj,
Bji Bfl
y en3 chind
;}
chinf
.JjJ
^ ^ an
41. 1|!
>
The dog
cfe'in.
The eyes
ch'iian2
vomiting
ching*
Quiet
a dog's vomit.
lit.,
th'ing
tranquil
chung*
B[|
yin ch'ing*
1
In "$ ch'inf an
jj
42.
79
tiao*
fjj ch'ing*
chio,
$1
said
appetite.
opposed to heavy.
|^
is
Wells and springs; but with shui, the water of either or both, as
distinguished from river water.
/'''#, light, as
|M fi
is
mind
a well.
40-^f
low 3
O^j
and
To
fine
also,
rainy or fine
the weather.
a form of salutation.
liorn.
& ch'
The
sc*
particular business in
he belongs
to.
You
which a man
ask,
what
is his
is
engaged
chio se?
the class
The word
43.
|j|J
ck'io, to
^|
Ciii
-J-jJ
etc.
stop abruptly.
1
c/t'io
decline; to refuse.
sS
I'AKT VII.
[CHIU-OHii.]
44.
V0
Chinese wine or
ctiiu,
diiu pan*
iwr
JS
3
$0 fhiu
43&
spirit in general.
5u
To inquire
and punish un
into
offence.
joii*
4
wC Wi chiu hu*
;i
niiui
autumn.
$ $i
To
Snrli
i-h'un
ch'iit
title
to Confucius.
l
$k jR yan 9
ch'iu 2
To beseech
|R
eh' in-
~f fan*
IfJ
lion
5g jg chiung
47. jpf
48.
49.
^-
i-ln>,
50.
a table.
ifj
^J
{$
"fej
$!jE
Ifa
^f=
^-
ch'e
lo,
nearly foV
etc.
poverty.
muddy
r/iott
$$ $*
ett
ch'a-
f^
IJjl;
Silk
fesiarejr
cft'on
and
Good
article of a lot.
Ugly and
chilli*
1
night,
fair.
short clause.
fhil
ch'u
A dwelling-place
tu3 chu?
pao
3 chii 3
4
.
chii*
tuan*
ono's abode.
Note
one.
cfe'w
Iffl
against
round.
all
To examine one
w * twan *
ch'on 3
lit,
Day and
i/e/i.
c/i'oM
$&
bump
axle-tree.
The arm
^g
The
draw towards
to
cM, a
Surrounding
chou*
)j
^
^
to
In easy circumstances.
8
eftou
yei
f/t'ou,
^Q
J^
To poke and
p'enij^
'
52.
Clear and
t'lton 1 ch'o*
1
gj chon wei"
iff
''h'
cli-ou,
g$
>,
51.
pressed,
Very poor
did1
ch'ing
//'(>,
5J:
not so strong ax
is
$8
Hard
p'in* ch'iung*
flj
but
of space or fortune.
p'o*
cho 1 ting*
jp|
j^
intensifies ch'iu,
above.
see,
h' lung,
f| %%
The
yang
which
for promotion.
Note pao 3
diii*.
55
434
53. J$l
<-li' it,
%,
to take, as
yi""* (A'"
kou 1
JJJ jf|
ch'ii
$H jg
3|j
64.
....... Wronged
........
........ To
........ Coming
in general
Government.
....... To
.......
.......
contribute in aid of
Government
necessities
chia chuan*
lit,
to contribute
and present.
;jj :jf
oppressed.
and going.
shu1 cftuan3
%fr j-g
sung*
1
chiian no.*
|jij
[CH'U-CH'UO.]
opposed to presenting.
ch'ii*
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
/ai2 ch'ii*
^ chuan,
ffi
55.
RH
Tztr
One's family
fist
and
children.
ch'iian, complete.
c 'l '** <M *
BO 2$
'*en3
|8f
fc
3
gJJ ch'iian fei*
ch'i
ch'uar?
chieh*
'
ch'deh
iuffl?!.
|gf
|g
?l
iS i
^|
dog's bark
warn ;
lit,,
lit.,
cfeiteft
and warn
against,
sc.,
ch'ueh
to pout.
ciit off.
Ziao4 cfeiteA
chueh 4 sang*
{^ pn
Completeness
....... To
....... To
The
.......
tsui 3
Circles
off.
? TO
.......
.......
....... A
....... To
fafl.
horse kicks
liao
meaning to
lift.
Churlish.
deficient.
.......
To
fill
up a vacancy.
Lame.
Positively so.
58.
3p
.......
........
.......
2
an^r
3
^f
chiin
^^
/-him
jH]
59.
Ip
hsiu*
J$
60.
tzii
chiio, nobility;
ft
fit
^w
The Sovereign
in its ancient
The term
is
unknown
and
classical sense.
in Peking.
also,
.......
a party of persons.
To make a group
or party.
high position.
m& ........
ch'io.
Position,
is
PART
[CHTJ-CH'UAN.]
62.
chu, lord
Jf ^
1
fj
Jj[
pj
chu 2
1
3
pin chu
tzii
dm*
ch'u, to
{fj
chu yang
He. fi&
63.
master
wai*
JfJ
ch'u
Jig
ch'u3 fen*
*
fi $a ^M
<
fang
c ^'
u*
J^ $
chita
if R.
65. %fc ck'ua,
3tj[
66.
H 8S
jjjj
of.
leave
home
ch'u 3 , to regulate
hence,
disgrace.
........ To
...... A
chua3 tzu
ch'ua
chuai 1 ni 2
y al chuai?
la
chuai*
**
shtng
.....
tear
etc.,
upon.
fowl's claw.
air.
........ To
........ A
........ To
fling
mud
at
duck waddles
huai2 ch'uafl
ch'uafi
mo2
chuan, special
Tljt
jjilj
fling
is
not explained.
....... To
....... To
chuan s
fllf
ching
feel for,
y?
chuan*
.......
.......
...... The
j||(
jji JUa
PjjjJ
Lit., the
'''''
[a thing] stuck
or, fig.,
pursuit.
....... What
A'uon* .......
....... An
......
lit.,
by
corre-
the tradition.
fan2 ch'uan3
1
JS ch'uan* t'ung
sc.,
carriage
asthmatic affection
by land and
t'an,
In
collusion with.
apparel
water.
ffi
ch'uan1 tai*
J
garment
in the breast.
individual.
1
2
p^ chuan mien
:g
To kick a
69.
for
kitchen.
:JJ|-J
^g Jp
one's residence.
>U
68.
Jjj?
-frfi)
host.
any whistling sound produced by the rapid movement of something through the
~S
i!& '^
67.
p'o*
chi 1
to go out
........ To
........ A
........ The
........
farming stock.
bamboo.
435
host.
.......
........ The
........
........
go forth
Quest and
fh'u*
1
#[> ch'u
VII.
TZO ERH
436
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
[CHUANU-E.]
To
tsai
"'
uan9i
ffl- ;fcc
iS
5j
chiuing
'*
'^
Bulky
cAii4
'^" n "5r4
load
to put into
to contain.
dimensions.
or, simply, of large
Robust.
gj J5
fcn
r/i'iMiHj
window.
QH
fl)
di'uang
To burst
ji<
in ''h'wg* thik
p'u*
cli'uatig*
is
as here.
is
one's
To found
into.
way
to invent
to originate.
jg
J(|
c/u/i'
|g
74.
/^
Zf.
i-li'
ifjfc
to rack
and
ruin.
'''''"''
1/i'ui
g^
'
a3
shou s
c/i?i3
To
let
down
hands so hanging.
|j|j
J[
r/i'iin
(p^
3;
*f
i-li
yo
hsia*
hmi*
Morally sound
'a a-
A'i(/t
:i
pin
sincere.
ioai*
i-Iiiitiy
^Ij
central; inner.
inicj,
cjj
mi, spring.
i-li
76.
overtake.
To go
i7(a, to authorise.
JJ|
75.
fi
To
"4
/*** f'11
t<ms
in the capital
native and
foreigner.
W.
||[
77.
rli'
3fc
ffi 'l'"i"f'
3i
ti
"'
the weight
'/<'
tang
"f/
Representing
filling
the place
S8 !
78.
^
HJ
y*
Creeping things
at 4
To be
'"'''
'''''""
'=S
....
lit.,
reptiles
of.
and
ants.
petard
&
79.
of.
nrt,
l-iinij
''
e,
ch
'
wl
limit, as of
^m
$g $
t'ai* e
2
r!
shu*
I
^^
Collision in general
P'titf
A<"'4 e*
number
lit.,
laterally.
or quantity.
An
obsolete
official title
the
name
of a sword in history.
A fixed number.
You and
(;).
PART vn.
[EN-FENG.]
80.
en,
,.
jj[
81. U-fv e
$$
<i
too
Grace
humph
82.
|!pj
jf
83.
force.
1
en? a
To hum and
to
haw.
a son.
J^jJ, e.rlt,
JP
[a
(If
lit..,
To keep
a sound
</,
437
favour.
"VKI>,
Jft rd
crfc
lit
The
saw
crfc*
Two
ear
3
properly to .
to',
or three.
fa, a means.
?x
ch'ien3
/ftl
To send
into exile.
tzti,
Means
plans
m^2
-^ /a
2
EM 1 ''" /ft3
J^j
fi PI /"
Tne
back or
S! SI /"
/a
Pfe
iR
over.
topsy-turvy.
Distressed in mind.
tao*
ch'ih 1
resources.
To turn
''ewy
3
rt ' 12 raa
$il fSi
'SH
7tl
Upset
To
fan*
turned over
eat rice
on the contrary.
generally, to eat
any meal.
~Jj
H!
MM
fan 9 yUan?
i
fan 9 wul
JU fg fang
^^
86.
fei,
Jjt
BE
jg|
fang*
ch'a?
To make inquiry
ssti*
To
jjf.
shih* fei 1
H /*
H
sh
way
[is
into.
u*
Fat and
tei 2 /ei3
to
commit disorderly
acts.
s/i i7t
lean.
:i
Expenses
/ei
sc.,
in the
way
of fees, etc.
fen, to divide.
^> j^ fni
Ill
SB
3/
^
Ic'ai
To
mtt4
"^
"
e ft2
c/i i/t
3
/e)i
$jj
$>
Mi /".'/,
^ ,^
-fit
'
chih fen*
Srave
a graveyard.
The
duties of one's
cosmetics in general.
office.
wind.
1
lH
88.
give
the house
^ ^
87.
''
"f/
3
2/"
ts'at
Wind and
2
feng
$. kung* feng*
To
rain.
N.B.
T'ai-/<;nj<, a
tailor.
Make
TZtT
438
not
if fou,
JJt
91.
/ou
k'ou
f"-
fix
Axes
yiith
mt '3
K&
"fi
tfj
fi"
/wtoo4
.....
kov?
^*2 ma3
.....
sWnj
^ ? hi ........
.......
^ chiang
H*
hai
........
^
I'"!-'
hat 3
^f]
Hi
frog
lap-dog.
Dried
some such
frogs, or
?g
jf
Q% \$
jjig
$^
jj|
from Manchuria.
A child.
The waters
lit.,
rivers
and
seas.
than good ;
and damage.
.......
.......
....... To
....... Manchus
HMin 1 Aan 1
Dilatorily, undecidedly
font- liang*
han3
rhiao4
'man8
Cold.
call to
ham*
to call out.
and Chinese.
'
fj" {
!. fj
/.o
hang
Jg
hang
[fj
I"'-<>>
hang
4
96. jfj
eatable, brought
Inn, cold.
j^jlj
95.
a battle-axe.
also, profit
94.
by the arm T
moral or material.
.......
to hold up, as
To laugh heartOy.
........ A
...... A
pa
yiieh,
/,
7ta.
1
'l<l2 IJM)4
Aot1
wife.
sound
3
fa ha
4
i^ **
and
4g Aa Ao
4H
sect.
so or not.
........ Husband
........ To
........
........
a husband.
fit- ch'ih?
latter,
^'^
fn
the
man
fu
.......
........ Whether
........ Any
fou* ch'(n~
P fou
fit,
[FO-HAO.]
so.
^ -gj<in
JHjs.
........
to
&
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
Buddha.
90.
ERH
gd
J[ J
U^
***1 *
to love
Every
ch'iian
3
ts'oo
hao1
........ To
........
....... A
;
to be addicted to
........
........
trade.
to
be in the habit
The
if
hsi
KM?
......
........
Is
it
of silk
floss
i
i? ha<P put
of.
To be addicted
sc.,
to [any pursuit,
good or
evil].
artemisia.
common with a
N.B.
it is.)
Hsi
is atonic.
PART
97.
JH
lie,
j||
VII.
hei, black.
2
hei1
(=j
pai
tell
JH
439
}m3
jj[
ioit
Black beans
q.d.,
he can't
black pulse.
94th Radical.
$[ shang
f|E
hen?
S
if 'f {& /W
55J 'i'i
tH
ti*
The
wound.
scar of a
Exceedingly good.
yuan*
Animosity
vents.
Mug, constant
1
1
D^ B Ung ha or
99. '|S
jg fa Mng*
$f
ho, a
Ufa
pg
enduring.
1
1
cny a
To hum and
chin3
H)r hsiung
Ijjl
100.
Ferocious
ffl
101.
haw
a long time.
brutal
river.
ch'ih 1 ho 1
To
2
chiang ho
Rivers in general.
ho* hsi?
To
^ Jp
for
Enduring
Mng*
to
eat
and drink
congratulate.
|Jj
feow
1^
/wien.
Briny
The two
kung hou?
^j|
salt
first titles
tinct
m niu
^^
<^.
hou 3
ch'ien?
102.
Jp
hou*
of oxen
lion.
hu, a door.
5J
;
H
J5
103. ^j
The lowing
tfc
hu 1 jaw2
|f
ch'a?
Ju
Of a sudden.
A tea-pot.
hu 2
2
3
3
^i<7 hu pang
Dragon and
A family
hu* k'ou3
population
lit.,
who
fc
huu, flowers.
^2
^
B&
|^
Jjl
hua 1
ts'ao
ni-
hua
Bit
'"* a3 1*1*
shuo 1 hita*
jig-
The mud
4
3^
huai hsuing
\
ru/f?
huwi*
vegetation.
slippery.
To speak
To speak
is
to talk.
to destroy.
To think
To
spoil,
to cherish a thought.
be spoiled, more or
less
said of things.
TZO ERH
440
105.
/.mi,), to
$(
COI.LOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
exchange.
........ To
.......
Ai .......
Man
....... To
Auon hif
Jg
$t
$5
106.
/'
ft"
jfc
Anon1
li,,i-
k"' 1
<a '
.......
......
huang
.......
huang
fa
yi'
1
fa huang Iwm*
j|
}5& I
eh'ing
2
JS^L
107.
[fil Inii,
s'Vi,
[tjj
/mi-
108. "M.
|g
ffi
Pg
ft 2
jjji
fg.
&T
huang*
//
^j
J|[
jjL
hui
Itou*
I,
a,
110. ^C/M-<>,
zeal, industry.
<^
'rh
.....
disorder
e.g.,
by a bad
that occasioned
year,
by brigandage,
etc.
To
said of ripening
com.
tell lies.
flash
its
duration,
hou*
/wan 4
hn,t*
= a moment.
hui.
repent,
The
spirit of
man
after death.
stupidly honest; that will not see another's faults; not used
Lit.,
bad
in a
sense.
fig.
of the
red
.......
........
AM?^ .......
.......
>""i<l
'''''i
/(*
fc'<w
To heat
before the
Hi*
Red and
hung*
To smelt
IIHIIIJ-
/i',
........
.......
........
.......
fam'
go back.
To
fire.
lii,*
deceive.
quicksilver.
tire.
~F
'IM
* <OM3
s/iHt
/u(o
'2
.....
........
.......
An
Dead
en-
alive;
hut>*
........
a gap in a wall
whether he will
cannot
an
tell].
\Vatcr and tire; a poor man fcas thesethese and nothing beside;
they are said to be wu* eh'ing', unnatural, unreasonable, in
cases
JJ
mingled in confusion.
s
>
J^|wft &0
ring on ring.
Bribes.
an*
Kjt
hni* lu*
n</,
^^
q.d.,
Lime.
ch'ii*
fairf*
$& $;
&E
change.
Wild
.......
....... To
........ To
........
fan 1
/""'<', /''"',
109.
$t
jiff
of circles in a pattern
to turn back.
-fl
to delight in.
lt?l<7, J'ellow.
^Sf
Slackened, as
^ ^
rejoice
"' l3 1
;i
[fiUAN-HUO.]
iif
to shiii
before
huo 3
PART vn.
[HSI-HSING.]
111.
Itsi,
]f[
fg
|f
Jffi
^|f Hfc
ffl $fl
112.
JJ
113.
SI
lB
,g,
~Jj
/J"
hsi 1
lung
hsi s
To
ts
'
huan 1
ul hsi*
jg
|nj
Jjl
fc
'fjfe
hsia 1
tzV,
2/"
fine.
hsiang
ssti
fan9
in the direction
ch'ou*
hsi*
of.
Minutely; detailedly.
man
hsiang
blind
ch'un 1 hsia*
Mm
'
$5
hsiang
To think
hsiang*
4fc
fan2
bethink you
To diminish
To chat and
hsiieh
A trifle
wei 1
hsieh
'fiJL
hsieh2
ifil
,!, hsieh*
size of.
laugh.
en
in a small degree.
^%2 hswh3
W.
fall off.
little of.
few;
1
to
An apprentice.
hsiao*
HJ
^t
chien 3
a()1
hsiao 2 t'u?
3
]\ ta* hsiao
$ft f
To bleed
commonly written
^.
bleeding.
To thank
hsieh,
for favour
shown.
^^
hsien 1 hou*
j^ 1^
ch'ing
^L Kt WR ^
|$j|
Before and
hsim2
hsien
hsien* ch'i
)jji
>|)J
fit;
hsin
^
^
[gi
J^
Jjl
^J ^g
hsi
To ask
A note
shu 1 hsin*
name
su*
The
wei 2
Conduct;
shui* hsing 3
2
hsing*
ming
a limited period.
of the heart or
mind
its character,
morally.
return.
letter.
surname.
hsing
for a thing
hsing
etc.
the mind.
The nature
tung
hsing, family
fj
also,
hsin 1 hsing*
z
Dangerous.
fljj
Ifi III
Tranquil
after.
A given date
(to guests).
to be pleased with.
^a
Jisieh,
&
118.
like
a thing.
summer.
'
116.
dinner
hsiao, small.
f@
115.
chiu 3 hsi 2
ksiang, towards
IB]
^j.
114.
west.
hsia,
PH -^
441
stars
lit.,
star-constellation.
actions.
Asleep or awake
to
wake
up.
56
442
119.
[HSIO-I.]
hsio, to learn.
y
120.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
&
flSJ
mn4
A*to*
hsiu, to repair
U3
^ttt
to prepare.
To put
'**
in order,
***'"*
Rotten.
k*u*
Collar and
cuff,
e.g.,
mechanism, roads,
or sleeve
etc.
man.
121.
Jt
5t
ffo
htiung
t4
JaJ
122.
^K
J||
1
A. * rt,
ion hiiung*
jn*
jjjb
htif fit*
Jg |
hiii
Must
chteA 1
sure to.
is
To take time
tati8
yti?
fjK
necessary; must.
>$
A dog-bear
in devising
to deliberate.
To promise.
In
ftiii*
lit.,
receiving,
123.
Pa
hoii'tn,
Pf PH
hsiian 1 jang3
Clamour of many
jg| Jj^
Auan2
To be suspended
ilia*
JH
chien* hiiian*
jSg
hou* hsiian*
124.
It
ffl;
nii eh,
gj
To
[Of
voices.
to chien'.
awaiting selection.
snow.
1
/wwe/i
/wiA.2
J5
-B|. !/
ft
faAs
1
ttuan hsileh*
Note
To
mine ; of wild
excavate, as a
yii
changes to
yii*.
beasts, to dig a
den to
lie in.
3E
jf
)55 3tl
hsiin1 chtng 1
tH
2/raj
Of steamy vapour
To go
'
A military post
hsiin*
fen, etc.).
lit.,
battalions, or cantonments
and minor
stations.
||
127.
i,
thtng
A pupil
a student.
yi, clothes.
^^
|H
j|
hsiio
ehang
to*
pa
tail
of beasts,
3}
un? **
t V
One.
The
i,
Easy
yung
fish, etc.
Note
III, p. 4.
i 3 properly
wei 3
PART
[jAN-JU.]
128.
VII.
443
Jan, to dye.
t*? Jan
Is
thus or not
it
Whether
? also,
it
be so or not
[is
uncertain].
ffi
129.
%i chan jan?
Vjj^
jang jang
? Jan9
ill
an
Ril J
To blab
The
tztt
f ncto*
To
ch'ien 1 jang*
it | jo
quarrel
$1
13-
(act.
and juice ;
also,
the works of a
etc.
to
man
man
to
make a
row, as
or many.
it.
and neut).
Affluence
yii*
^ wefijao
To
wind round
but also
one
IS 91
literally,
to be noisy.
watch,
OH
chit
joo
lit.,
To enwreath;
to
wrap round;
also,. fig. of
a siege.
also, fig.
of affairs
hand-tied.
ft? 3Jf je
tft
132.
Hk
yV j<?n,
A. fy
ling* je,*
wu*
Jen
(se
Men and
jen
jen
135.
7J$
136.
n J^
%jo,
|>jj
"
Responsibility
$H
To
fling
lit.,
away as
jung
useless
the day.
If
also,
jou
lj$.
fg kang jtm
$jj
faf
it
be argued ; also,
with reference to.
one
if
is
flesh.
i*
tolerant
y^ e^
meat
65
137.
if.
jou,
(flj
temperature.
fj
all
Forbearing
\n SlJe? A'*
134.
or provoke trouble.
man.
if t& Jung
Hf
TO make
ti
i*
sMng
1
.
Hard and
soft
jo
1
1
iD US JM ^J^
gg
ch'iang ju
Of management
3
To
also, of health,
good.
force wares
force
Pa
c 't<u
3U
in
also, in
444
ERH
Tztr
138.
jiiAin, soft.
H jua
|3g
139. 3S|
./"*.
........
jo
blessings
^ 1lal J'" 3
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
iS
^ /wtan^jui
feeble.
prosperity.
........ ^
.......
<$5
[JUAN-KANG.]
stamens an(*
Prosperous condition,
a flower.
pistil
of a State.
sc.,
JH j$ jun
141.
........
fe
31 91 jut?
2
|| ig j""? moo
3
142.
Brilliant,
corttge, etc.
Down
as distinguished
etc.,
.., as
damp;
of birds' feathers
from that of
trees.
4
4
yao also read yo
tijfc.
<L
H5 6$
ff
"5 ^i a3
P$
^?
$t
143. ~fc
soft, slightly
.......
.......
yoo*
[Of weather]
/.'",
-Jf
'
l8fc
|^
k1 J^"4
k" 1 k* 1
>r
2
^"a3 ***
***
S^
^5
ch'ia,
e** 1 ***
**
te"4
A roar of laughter.
^
P^ ay a *
>
fco-VA is a
cross-grained fellow
-A-
'
rfc
kaU
wooden
ball struck
not sympathetic
with a
stick.
Cry
of a hen laying.
An
a post in a pass.
........
i'a 1
...
......
......
ittre
ch'ia? or k'a?.
144. ifc
/'"',
|g -^
jjjr
{g|
^t HE
145.
to change.
foti
^
itt
fc
t oi3
fcan, to see
JJ 0J
pfjlj
....... To
........ To
....... To
(Aien*
hard
1
^J
PH
W ^ k""?
ianjc
''
hardness
te'ai
Pjlj
i iS ?
g^
probably.
sc.,
a gate, a shop,
u3
Note
etc.
3
fc'ams
fc'ai
3
.
bitter.
go after; to pursue.
to look at.
tao 1 i'are3
/atJi'/,
good or eviL
AbiUties.
fare1 shou3
^ ^ fan*
148.
or closed
Sweet and
cAui few3
3f 3p
generally
Liberal; large-hearted.
........
........ To
........
k'u3
ts'af kan*
'
g-
147.
open.
j|J
sc.,
general outline
........ Open
.......
V
^ ten
H
^^
rightly to be.
change,
i'ai 1 i>i4
'
t$
yiew*
^i*
k'ai, to
p)
Ought
farej
3
fait
'
........
........ To
........ A
Cat- kang4
***
rA
also, firm.
.......
fcl7lS|2
^V
.....
.....
.......
Just
Only just;
exactly.
is
Note
S'w 3
becomes
t'
before kang 3 .
PART vn.
[K'ANG-K'ENG.]
445
1
k'ang chien*
Jl
h' an 9
]H
''a*
At
ease in
To
3
3
k'ang k'ai
>)|J
huo 3
jfc
?U Q kao
ti
two
k'ang*
in vigorous health.
men,
|||| fjlj
mind and
to.
the height of
of degree
or ability.
^ Kl kao
^f
151.
3
4
^a
alf
J|
To inform
fat3
k'ao
"H"
Official
****
The
k'ao 3 ch'a?
IS ft ^
papers
to tell to
su alone
is,
'
'c
etc.
os coxendicis.
To examine
office.
properly, to complain.
k'ao, to
3?
an1
To depend
to search.
on, as a friend
authority.
153.
To
properly
5^lJ k'ei,
$B
San(f faP
k'ei
$\\ $$[
154.
sou
k'e,
to engrave
issue, as grain,
money,
To annoy
pay
to troops, etc.
k'ei sou.
ken, root.
ken 1 pen3
jjg 2jC
man
et
lU
1
2
PJJ tou ken
J^ ^j
ken* kua*
The "chaff"
The symbol
or diagram
Mn ;
the family
pa
philosophy
155.
"|=f
wish
k'en, to
1=f
^P
"If
k'en
stable.
to choose.
3
pu* k'en
Will you
? lit.,
will
effect,
not so
strong.
Jjl -^p
156.
J5
keng,
||f
JE
H
157.
Jtfl]
jj
ill
more
keng
~P
ta
JJ keng
k'eng, a
$j
3
Jcai
4
to
to change.
^"S"
To change
3
fe
Aoy
hollow
3
k'eng k'an
1
J/L
i 2 k'en* tzti
More
;
a ditch
to alter.
by the
side of a
pit.
A dip in a road.
field.
encircle.
440
158.
ERH
TZtT
%r
each
ko, kt,
[KO-KUA.]
every.
.........
^frlfoyinfko- ........
ff ff
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
lo to 1
l
Elder brother.
159.
&
&
f@
Pf
/,"<>,
&
1 *
r/ii
ko 4
<*"*
**
>rh
to be able
14
|jf
|gf
flR ?
[
Cot?
shut 4
i'o
fc'o'
^i
?g pin
k'o
1
Ig ion
>J,
JpJ
cA'ii
52,
Jff J$J
Jg,
161-
chu lou
tsu 2 kou.4
PP
jjj|
t'ou 4 t'ou 2
^.
g-
jg
jjjj
[B]
ku 1
liao*
lu
^ iu
jlj
163.
t'ou
how many ?
chin1
Mm,1
nod with
sleep.
and
thirst.
ei
1
.
........
........
Ditches
(To a child)
ch'ii,
small waterways
-^ Vu
ku 4
k'u3
tea
fc'"*
tol tu<l3
generally,
(not abusive).
also,
M.=domestic animals
in
general
Sufficient.
'*a
.....
To work
........
........ To
a hole
finger.
Note
^w3
liao
enclitic,
lo*.
nearly
Altercation.
........ To
........ A
........
........
estimate, as cost,
bone
amount of
to kotow.
materials.
one's bones.
4
3
properly t'ou here t'ow
in past times
and at present.
........
........
Sweet and
bitter
Trowsers.
........
........ Many
....... To
iwa 4
k'u, bitter.
^ ^ <-wn
much
in Latin.
........
k<oul P' 4
t'ou 3 she 2
mouth.
k'ou, the
fll fiS
a certain number
........ To
........ To
........ Hunger
........ A
f}^|
Some
guest.
is
oneself.
kotow.
S
*'
-By
........
be right
to
k'e,
Gourds and
fruit
and few
how many ?
the
number
of.
here ku'
t'ou
PART vn.
[K'UA-K'UEI.]
447
166.
Hf
1
1
3JJ k'ua chiang
To
3
~P k'ua
tzfl,
$|
jig
ma?
To
k'ua*
kuai, singular
*n
5H kuai chang
3J
strange
same
etc.
side.
monstrous.
Of
own
with others.
ktiai 3 p'ien*
IS
To do one out
of anything
slaves, etc.
U
167.
*fcfe
k'uai*
kuan, an
jlj
^
^a
kuan
2
to"
'fll
man*
li
Jfs
Jj=|
kuan*
;
J|
is elliptical.
of.
An
official
To manage
yuan meaning
practised in
to be expert at
K yu
before
li
3
.
the breadth
;
of.
expenditure.
brightness.
ta*
kuang*
Bright; intelligent.
Extensive.
To
stroll
to exercise
to travel, as a tourist.
k'uang, moreover.
1
To humbug
k'uang p'ien*
|i |jj
6:
IS k'uang wang*
J51
3
k'uang* ch'ieh
jJjIi
scratch an itching.
k'uai' before yang 3 ,
k'uan 3 hsiang*
kuang
~fc
j$i|
172.
The sentence
roomy.
HJ kuang ming
5ft
To
To be
$L
wonder
k'uan 1 chafi
171.
No
official.
k'uan, wide
....
kuan1 yuan2
fjH jB|
169.
^H
*jji
strange
k'uai, quick.
tH i8
168.
Not
II
to cheat
to swindle.
station.
Moreover ; in addition.
^ ^g
kuei 1 chii*
3
kuei cha*
|d f
^fj
^ fu*
Rich
kuei*
lit.,
chii
3
.
deceitful.
lit.,
rich
and honourable.
jg
H fa
k'uei1 ch'ien*
-
k'uefi
k'uei
hua 1
lei
To be
The
in debt.
sunflower.
marionette
lei 3 ,
ts'an* k'uei*
Shame.
lit.,
an ugly doll.
k'vti* before
448
174.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
[KUEN-LAN.]
$d
ffl
1
SS /a" iufo*
81 ~f %$
~fr
fcsS
jfj[
[je]
[S3
A-'id'/i
km.
Mi.
i'u&i8
'"
/<>
Whatever belongs
woman; used
to
SK;
also, as feminineness.
;.
176.
H/
H. kung,
Vufa*
labour.
1
Labour
,1 3$ kung fn
3
IS c^" kung
'
JH dt
kung
t'ung
also,
the time
it
Gold mines.
^ ^ k'ung
^ JL
g3
178.
5;2
k'ung
hsuti2 k'ung*
The
With nothing
to
do ;
leisure.
kuo, fruit.
^:
'1
k^" 1
-A-
chia 1
The State
H ^
J:no-
gjj.
chith- kuc?
j&
k Ho 4
c/i'
pan
The
to
cook rice
;
fruit is
To pass
lit.,
in.
State-femily.
formed;
also, fig.
by.
k'uo, wide.
^ Wln 1
E^
5
180.
hsii,
"'<.'*
IS $k /rt
179.
fe
/",
'
Extensive
e.g.,
as a country.
draw; to drag.
to
}lt
k'uo*
'"-
1
(
'''^
To
sc., a person
also, fig., to implicate
ship of someone with one's relation;
drag,
also, of
q.d.,
the relation-
such a person
l'-i-
Slovenly in dress
prompt, decided.
A trumpet.
?pa}
cAu2
te 4
181.
$J
5J5
$
182.
$$
'f""
rft'ii
"
!
18
wax
candle
but used of
all candles.
come.
lai, to
Properly, a
'"'
To come and
To
go.
rely on.
^, idle.
J M sau
i
1
||C<m Zin
1
Jfc
tS If
"
JKW!'-
:1
'<>
Dawdling;
itfc,
of hair dishevelled.
Covetous.
Idle.
(W
lo
),
PART vn.
[LANG-LIANG.]
183.
lang, a wave.
JpJ.
^
3H
ffifi
ping lang
ling*
J$
The
hu3
Wolves and
%M
fo'*' 1 ?
lanf
jg ^o fcmj
jjfc
Bright
tigers
atonic
is
184.
449
when
unblemished
fig.
ku
e.g.,
Waves.
too, old.
i
ta? ^a
To
visible or invisible.
^^
185.
lac? k'u 3
3?
ijj lao
ijL
yu*
lao 4
han 4
If'
1||j
under
it
is
not used
?t
'6
so 3
To "squeeze;"
^m&wm^U
186.
j||fr
^E
r
187.
jg
|J
Tfr
i^
*&
lei
fci
'e *
rejoice, to
To
strangle.
make merry,
Thunder and
Time
tz'a*
sw2
To
to extort anything
from
to embarrass.
fiere
hi 3
'
entangle
ssil
lightning.
after time.
One's relatives
q.d.,
le"g, cold.
^^
2
chio 4
leng
J/it.,
of
tfi
?jf
^, ^ n f 3*
t
fal
To be absent
ting*
fig. for
extremity,
q.d.,
3
chio also chiao .
;
temperature.
to stare idiot-like
to be taken aback.
^L
3^|
ft (P/^*
189.
jjj*
${
-f[_
fiff I'm,
chan 4
li
^ aS
Politeness
To stand
Two
sal
properly IV.
members
of a family dispersed.
manners.
up, as persons.
or three.
jjt
?S
^ Hang
Jj-
thong Hang
yiian
To
consult together.
jo
chin1 liang3
2
|^
P^ Hang,
jjijf
Separated, as
'*'
4
3
|^ U mao
1f
190.
Glass
Catties
4
Imng
and ounces.
To pardon.
57
450
191.
TZtT
H<n>, to
"]f
~p 0j
$
192.
JJ5J-
Zioo
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
[LIAO-LO.]
end; to complete.
wit 2
Jpp
|jft
ERH
f ioo
's'at
tuan
liao4
without resource.
In despair
To decide
definitely, as
it(.,
Materials;
e.y.,
a case in court
building materials.
JH
An
lieh 1
PJJ ;*
about
j}|j
Vj\
ffl
common
interjection,
Whining
of small children
phasise the
DJJ Dj|
tsui
pai
To
lieh*
all
first lieh.
fj^ JlJ
in
man
speech of a drunken
lidi
at the
it.
corners of the
Note
hostility.
e.g.,
mouth
in a
way
indicative of
a rank of
soldiers.
^ Jl Hen
^
194.
hri*
To
linl fel
3fc
dm4
J|J
ft 3~
II fanf
to couple.
face.
a forest; a grove.
& fe
lin 2
*'* 3 lai z
Began
to drizzle.
A forest.
tzti,
Tne cross-beams
lin3
tsu 1 lin*
To
hire [a
of a roof.
room or
house].
ling, additional.
-jft
^$
4
ling- *ui
SI
flS ''"y
fft
%\> ling*
196. 5^-
hsiu 4
Fragments
mou2
ij$.
wai*
Separately; additionally.
lio, originally,
197.
H^
Ifl.
195.
To compassionate.
The
lien,
$fc
mien*
lien
lin,
coupled
Jg jg
^C
United
shcmg
ht it*
lien
<(J|
iio*
e.g.,
in fields.
Strategical combinations
plan of a campaign.
^ief
jg
^J"
J|
/in 1 to
s/wit
To
liu2
stroll
To take
to atonic.
in,
of time.
HI
$fl
-fc
198.
?o,
3%
5$
S
yanf KM
The willow.
tvu 3 liu4
Five or
a mule.
^
,B|
tt
/o
|$ I*'"'
ft
six.
|g
/'<'
-f"
^"'-i
Co 2
*' i3
<
^u
I*..'.
To tuck up the
Mules and
horses.
Stark naked.
camel.
sleeves.
length
199.
lou,
|j[
Ill
HI
spirit or
mean, in
&
^H
}fj
PART vn.
[LOU-LUN.]
'"
=8;
shany
appearance
451
To hold up the
lou* fang*
A house with an
chiu 3 low 3
Wine
baskets
upper story.
Note
200. |fl
PjS
1*
JH ,^
fjjj
201.
$H
fife
202. @
lii
?fc hi
$9)
Several times
H*
HH
Han* or
See
liio.
hard
lu,
etc.
to say
From
when
home,
this character
is
friends, etc.
pronounced
lileh
and
from indifference
carelessness,
....
whirl round.
shih
Soaked with
tztt
See
lio (196)
and lueh
ta* liio*
fc %$
Djjjj
It is
lueh*
z
liiri
liin
205.
lio (196).
1
ffi huen* lun
$; g|
&
To
liien*
repeatedly.
luo.
liln, to
-jfflj
JH
204.
tz'it*
mi hu
Hi*
when
203.
ma3
lueh.
u*
a statute.
lil,
sc.,
rain.
word meaning a
characterless
weal.
(202).
General outline.
a road.
5U
^t1 lu1
bunch of grapes,
common
j^
2
'$_ lu tsao*
jjjti
fH
jjj|
$f! j|l
fire.
The
too 4 lu*
hum, confused;
206. ff[
kitchen
ch'uan 2 lus
commonly
called a
"
yuloh."
disorderly.
Of things jumbled
luan*
tsa?
together.
S? t&
TliB
I
'
ch'e
lun 2
2
3
^] KU hu lun
M.
$fc urn
lun*
The wheel of a
cart.
In the
Not
to speak of
of bolting
down
452
208.
TZtt
HO
ERH
CHI.
-COLLOQUIAL
H J&
$]
3
lung* hu* pang
ffi
'""0
'
hu 4 lung* chip
J|j
.....
........
:!
3b 58
.....
hole.
The published
The
4H
'1
mal
*^ 1
7JC
>Bj
^C wa3
^J"
ma mu
2
to
!j|
-iva
nearly wo?.
Of any thing
or affair
managed
;
which seems
as to be worthless
chit,
all right,
:
properly, a chess-board.
........ Daddy
........
........ A
........
and mammy.
ntanl
mo. 4
saddle.
....... To
....... To buy
........
2
Jf (san^ mat
J|
1
5| sAou
li
Treat
abuse.
man,
slow.
7Jwin
J/
"3 TOan2
?^ /t?>1 ? man3
$t
man*
hurried
ft mang,
4jr
.......
.......
.......
.......
han 1
k'uai*
fc
1
$i P a ^ man9 mang
^^
chi z
mang
lii?
....
.......
.......
mang*
3
Dilatory
Abundant,
sc.,
as a dinner
The
the speed
feng
teu, plentiful, as
a year.
of.
own
applied
by an ancient philosopher
carelessness as a farmer.
mang
Cf.
4.
In a rough-and-tumble style
before
Observe lu 3 nearly lu 2
3
.
hair.
........
ffl^yifmcup ........
moo
......
mao .......
ma
fc>*
f$i
?(JI
J)|]
^|J
40
$fa haiang*
k't*
<nt* fan*
=3t
^,
""
St
B^C
''"
j^
$k
the opposite of f
summarily.
to his
% mno,
hasty.
l
}?:
For sa^ e
W
&
bury.
ma **
fal
IS iS
213.
Note
niai, to buy.
JH
$jfj
212.
or placard, of
iBj)
roll,
tigers.
lines
or deeds
211.
list
dragons and
or
210.
[LUNG-MEL ]
209.
SERIES.
'''
mM>t
n!***
'
The
lit.,
in such phrases as
feathers
and
etc.
hair.
woman's beauty).
........
...... Handsome
........
PART
[MEN-MIU.]
THE TONE
vii.
453
i:\i:i;cisr.s.
i
215.
HH
PJ m&n, a gate
.tint
V^A
a door.
........
....... The
ff
Groping, as in the dark: men, to press the hand on; sun, to mem-
men* shan*
JJ!
it,
object.
leaf of a door.
Sad:
i/u,
grief ; roe,joylcssness.
HT
*
.te/i,
gg
2/
" 1? 3
Uao
ch'ii
.....
mV .......
....... Ardour
....... To
m^W3
"?
/?
B* 01 5B m*
wn fcM
$
^W
\if
^
218.
"|^f
7
1
yew
.....
EyeS
fjji
>]\
lose>
hsiao
^ miao*
yil
as
we
who has
say, bread.
word or deed
of cats.
Temples
in general
1
;
yii
properly
yil
mich, to extinguish.
$JJX
iao*
>AC
.......
To extinguish a
light or a
fire.
II 7
miera2
^7 mienS
It Hi fe
221.
^ miw,
hual
li
.......
........ To
....... The
Cotton.
exert oneself.
face.
KA
TO "'
$|
lien*
'|f{j
min3
........
........ To
lien,
Ml
(see lien',
nnder 193)
is
to
223.
^4
>f4
^T hsing* ming*
fp
h-iing*
minf
.......
.......
Name
Life
and surname.
as in the phrase, cases of
life
and death,
etc.
miw, perverse.
g mm
pi
wang*
lost
etc.
........
.......
........
mioo 2
mmo
1
"S $j IS "4 ""ao miao 1 it uwto 1 chiao* The mewing
2
IS" ^o
to man.
off.
in general
''"'S
1
4
g? cW mi
^
J$j
in fight, in
study, etc.
*3
husk
"If
219.
J-EI
........
........ Food
........ c ^
dream.
^^
To mate away
to gwindle out of
To bind oneself by an oath, to Heaven or
.......
e.g.,
aspirations or actions.
show
pity.
4J4
mo
224. ?
tMC en d or
'
~^,
JjJL
"jjf
t
j@f
mo 1 pu 4
mo* ku
Jj;
in
pft
^ mu,
jn
227.
........
........
mu* ........
m " V "?4
4
m s
$}: /
3
pfc ts'ao
81
Jg
5|5
||
3$
>i<;
'sai
cft^
VA. iui
l
.
Here
fco*
........ To
......... Which
.........
2
Atfc
Jj
j^f
f&
Og
g
^ na
z
(sai
mu'
alone,
a mould.
expletive.
thief.
Which?
one?
Note K 3
there.
also in
na 3
na 3 -li, where?
na consequently remain-
the ktter
nan*
fit
nang
nang
tai*
4
'"w* 1 *
y*
........
........
in
a dream.
a purse.
........
........
*
^
* ......
T -~ 7} -f tMn
HI A ~f 1Mn^ P*
HI
Cow's milk,
man.
' 11
a bag
| nang,
Bgp
male
tlie
B6
........
........
nt*
not 4
fl|
fi
That place;
?t
)ii
JJ uon,
R3
milk.
-/!/.
i$. ffi
231.
or things
in this place.
seize
ing
230.
men
Zt 4 ;
229.
So-and-so.
Style, appearance, of
tsset-
f[U
JU J^ nt
$#
2fl$
j(
228.
man
certain
tree.
2
fail
a plan.
........ To
........ A
mou
A mou
:*j
226.
f'
|j
To
4
i
to plot;
wow,
225. |S
.....
mushroom.
:i
*'"'''
[MO-NAO.]
tip-
chao-
........ A
........ To
........ From
mo3
t'u-
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
liao
tao1
fafl
fe
To mumble
money bag
to talk indistinctly
or purse
to babble, as a baby.
into [a man].
Note
liao enclitic.
nao, properly, noise of voices very commonly, to be angry also, of things that should
not happen, to happen; as we say, war, plague, or less matters, broke out.
;
nao 1 cho
""02 V>'
"oo"
4
jo nao
4
........
........
........
........
Fingering
fiddling with.
fair,
street, etc.
232.
$|>
Wk
jjffc
|fl?
ts'av*
'
8!
Ill
3J|
g|
/i!
t'
|? jg
starvation).
tender, of meat,
young
plants.
Capacity
* rn
^n9*
Tne
5|!
H|
u3
ability.
roacls a* 6 sticky.
iwfc
To suggest
2
ts'ang
To hide
ni*
mother
2/(6?i.
in the plural,
an unclean room,
etc.
(act.
evil intent.
women.
niang
niang*
for
a storm
fermenting, as liquor.
niao, a bird.
,(|/
=ft
Iffi PJJ-
fi'Sf
ft W( H ^ a
|j
^
j|Jj
|p ip
niao 1 niao 1
sh
nieh
Filth
To mould,
Loutish
tsui* nieh*
The
nien hua
to
3
g| nien
dung and
lit.,
nieh 2 tai 1
remember
2
if _J nien yiieh*
jjfc
urine.
fingers.
nung*
72
moo 1
nien, to think of
ft?
ti
^*3 ^w104
w>/t, to
Jfi
i^
239.
young sprouts
Tough and
ning
tao
*v *
'
238.
ni, thou.
$B
237.
veng, to be able.
*E 51 $t
ftft
nen*
lo-o*
%
235.
iiei
3%
ftl>
nei* wai*
tung*
$j|
234.
455
233.
PART vu.
[NEI-NING.]
to knead, as dough.
stupid in appearance.
also, to read.
To pick
flowers.
The
fei?
as clay
Nien-fei,
lit.
Filchers, a banditti
who
infested
the borders
^
240.
To
recite, as
^
241.
nin 2 na*
The same
ji|
as nin.
^ an
3$) jj|
tt
ning
ning
ning*
is
also admissible.
In a state of peace.
Inwi*
on
To
spoil
by
A specious,
lit.,
4jG
242.
|H poo
nio*
tyranny.
^-
IJj-
HiM 1 'rh
,Bj
$\
$$
One's
" "2
w^3
s
)iiu
fo
'
^JJ
244.
[NIO-OU.]
unnicaL
V
j
243.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
~%> i
Pu k *
no, to
JJP
'{ft!
^
if
one's cattle.
k'ou-tzti,
are, strictly,
flat
buttons
niu-tzii, round.
There
is
place to another.
"
horses
"*w4
2j
little girl.
Oxen and
To
Imbecile
of
officials, to
of no ability.
l-
246.
1
4
Mug 7wm
Jjp
^C MI
249. ^5t
^Ji
1^1
a slave
"
2
!
f'"
'
250.
$$
252.
/isi
A slave
To
tH
^ J*"
2
3
^ Cjm
also read
ch'dng) uneven.
etc.
nang
huo*.
fp
faint.
To busy
MMV*
'*'
s/ioft
Mng1
o4
1 1 ft "'
'"
::
To give an
also, to
meddle with,
o of assent.
c'1 '*
beat.
Accidentally
?..\
H sK OM
to deceive [people].
JJ$
H^
Warm
tan4
nwngr
n, "'jo,
fffe
tig
?oo 3 nwra4.
jf|
iK
exert oneself.
Temper /
2
3
ft nuan ho
wife.
women.
u4
"^ nung,
253. gft
when
/i'
nun.
fg
agricultural operations.
t^
Bjj
251.
$*;fa""
^Sgt
weed
ftti
S-
to
niio.
'/iw,
and
till
woman.
^ ^ ruM*
248.
To
To provoke
q.d., it
man
causes] wrath.
occurred thus.
to anger
by
one's
words ;
lit.,
to spit [that
which
PART vn.
[PA-PANG.]
457
A
$1
tC
JL
*'*
ffi
-j^p
c'i/"'
P"2
Eight or nine.
P al
To
2
P aS c&'ih
prefer, or give
a chance
To engross power,
to,
man
one
There
business.
before another.
is
another
expression for
liao
~f pa*
It is
ended ;
that
or,
is all
about
it.
}A
2?.
257.
P' a
To
fat "
To
'**
To
|Q k'ung p'a*
pni, to salute
jjif
M
^
pai
k'ai
1
3 hei
|J
ffi ?
258. fyt
hence, to
!6'
fear.
as an apple, etc.
To
to
imb U P a mast or P
pai* k'o*
?'***
visit.
lieh*
pat*
i>'<u,
t& ff
pai
crouch, as a dog
visit a
person
commonly,
the paying of
visits.
to
To tap with the hand, somewhat hard e.g., a box, to see whether it
is full or empty
a dress, to shake the dust out of it ta atonic.
A wooden board or tablet, such as is carried in processions.
;
7[C j{^
&
p'afi
US $&
^ P'^
who
takes a seat
uninvited.
^
259.
JSt
To send
fin p'ai*
in different directions
persons.
pan, the
||
^
H3
)
lun
half.
pan
To
serve in turn.
pan? p'ien*
III, 414.
;
e.g.,
printing.
cUnf pan*
half.
3p
faio
p'an
break
5=t
2
2
y'aw ch'a
To
|g p'an* wang*
me
gjj-
off:
search, as the
To look
p'an',
XV,
7,
4.
for; to
hope for;
sc.,
of things, etc.
%
$jfl
!fr
!$
P an 9
3
fc'we'i
ch u
pang
To
3
help.
To bind with
cords
k'un* before
f$$
hui 3 pang*
To backbite
pang
to ruin
etc.
3
.
58
458
262.
[p'ANG-P'EN.]
a house, etc.
/''</, the side of the person,
7^
9$
M l"u
5!>
2
i4 / an# p**7*
a finger.
Swollen, as the body, a liinb,
'''"/
"J
'
The
[Jjj
ffi
263.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
0$
,-h-i<P p-aiiu
$[
p'any* shou*
^e
To brag
ky tne
s "* e
p'ang-tzti,
a corpulent person.
to enclose, enclosed.
/<>, to wrap up; to envelop; hence,
JE
kuo 3
;>ao
To wrap up pao
:
a cloth,
as in paper, in
singly, to wrap,
etc.
iwo,
pao
kuo
hou* pao 2
JfE
$|
ffi
H pao
alone.
To succour
hu*
own
or
another's.
^g
264.
j^
h mi
.flj
i-
pao
To
an article.
carry in the bosom, as a child,
To
fling
>(>, to run.
ao- ktia
|g
|g.
$L
Jlfa
p'ao*
JM HI P'
t-o
PW,
worn
out, useless
also,
money, goods.
off,
is
To run
artillery.
^^
pn
jg ^
Imang*
^
4
To
pei /it
iai
266.
po
]>'ei,
^5
ijfc
to bear
P' e i* i
2
267.
{^
p-ei
j^
p'ei* oti
to be
mate
To throw
To be mate
man9^
tt P
$ ien
^
pin
t'oii-
one's clothes
To be a comrade
of things, where
we speak
to.
jjfc
company;
pan*
P*f
ijtf
268.
Front and
^C
pei
IP]
to
See
Running about
to
etc.
well-mated
Teen (154).
in haste, as a
man much
occupied.
To
ptn
fly to
at,
as the
house of a friend.
p'en,
a bowl
1
"S %.
p'
a basin.
s^'"
hu 1
a watering pot.
2
jj
;>'eii
kuan*
Earthenware;
lit.,
kuan
also,
meaning bucket.
Oft
.''
"'
^""i^
To
when
of wood,
TART
[PKNG-PIEH.]
269. j|
pevg, to
jump
$8
VII.
to leap.
chin?
pi''"/
459
To
^
xS
270.
!fe$
fe
Hfe
p?
''^o
if;
271.
^-
xliou 3
fcit
W.
p'cng* P'
i$
pi,
jg
272.
ko p'eng
about, as a
Friends.
3
flea,
ko, to cut
lit.,
To break by
To
pi p'o*
unduly
Jg p? mo*
also, fig.,
ffi
Must
is
p?
skin
Features, face
^ P'^
P'i n 9
fc
moo 2
p'i
%%.
To
........
P'^ ku
M 3t P^
^ ^ piao
^ piao
w* n
hence, to
make
shul
p'iao
a
ini !8f p'i
^
H^ ?
^|j
j|lj
manifest
it.
collision.
(well or
ill
looking).
Often
um pi'.
li
official
fire.
To bleach
8.
tail
ink).
its lining.
fishes' entrails
eh'ien2 p'iao 1
Of
p'iao pit
hence, a watch.
TOO*
of,
q.d.,
now
profligacy in general.
cash note.
different.
1
pith men*
pus in an abscess,
^']-
ll
B'l /''
To
P*"
^ ~F P^
niu
tsu
floating,
linen.
5h
Note
the breech.
2
piao' before
pieh, to separate
^ p^
p'eng, to fry
hobby.
sure to.
iH
a clam.
chiao 1
Ifi
Sji
The buttocks
lit.,
positively
criticise,
The
hao*
hide.
$t
Peking pang
must.
ft.
p'i,
in
etc.
up the meat
jj
k'ou*
ping
Sjj-
,fi
275.
a dog,
1
;
To hold up
p'eng
4
^ # p'P
273.
necessary
jfi.
Cookery
P'V yo
$j
To have a
lj
To jump
p'eng, a friend
Jj
nimil:ir
etc.
teti
etc.
A toothless person.
Stiff-necked
of,
tsui 3 .
460
276.
xztt
ERH
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
[P'IEH-P'ING.]
of changing the subject in con/;</, to sweep or brush aside with the hand; jig.
HJ
versation.
1
9^ P9 l''^
~f
jjg
277.
*1
fc'
p'ieh? liao
is
Note
still
liad* enclitic,
3
p'ieh
/>ten, flat
^fjj
........
....... Round
.......
1
'i
\\}
I'?:
The edge
3/e
3
!/' tn2 pifi
JH
fiS
~}j
278.
.......
........ To
(g JE
fU
^j
^f:
ching*
p' ien* i*
& IB
etc.;
.......
........
........
.......
p'ien
ai* p'ien3
flat.
Convenient.
fang picn*
^r p'ien,
and
p'ien* titan*
Cheap.
Note
and impartial.
fig., partial
properly
i*.
tion, etc.
Lit., clauses
is
i P"
^JS[
ck" 3
ll
5ft
........
....... To
Guest and
pin* tmng*
inter
280.
f|
host.
bury ; a funeral
tsang, to
it.
in, poor.
i>
.......
ming*
To expose
p'an*.
in ~ tn'iung2.
Jt SI
l''
no $m
]>'in
!^J;
........
........
z chi 2
p'in*
Official
grade;
(Politely) the
lit.,
class
and
step.
mu
ma, a
stallion
p'in
niu, a cow.
281.
ping, a soldier.
& ~f piny
282.
ting
fg
ping* poo*
^ fy
aM* ping*
JfL
$S
1
1
'"?
P'ang
f'ing" chii*
4
4$
''"?
*
c}lia
soldier
ting, properly,
In a bad way
/>''">!/,
J''
....... A
....... To
.......
in very
bad
health.
.......
.......
.......
Of a crashing
noise of
any
of.
sort
e.g.,
of a
man
in a rage, a house
falling, etc.
Proof
q.d.,
To marry
one's daughter;
1
in
p'ing
Peking, p'in .
lit.,
of.
PART
[PO-SAI.J
v.
283.
VII.
461
>-
(K
po, a
?JC $fc
!f$
?fii
shui
po
The
chun 3 po 2
38;
po* chi
ripple of water.
3
3
SI /$ po mi
fresh.
........
........ To
........ To winnow
........ A
Note po 3 nearly
po'.
284.
break by
p'o, to
-
t'u
p'o
;Jjj[
Ip
fiaF
p'o
lo
collision,
by
letting
fall.
........ A mound
........ A
........
front.
e.g.,
jj{[
285. ~%*
286.
lolj p'ou,,
?5!i
*|j
287.
^>
this pronunciation of
pou ;
t"B
P <oul
3 k'ai 1
288.
"If"
iSfe
'pf
........
.......
Only
k'o
pu*
he
To
a grasping
is
official.
j* ^1
'fit
(Mencius.)
rip
........
........ Not
....... To
........
I say
shih*
fruit.
no
a vacancy.
fill
It is not admissible
fl,
p'u, universal.
1
kai*
^ p'u
zgj
M. jg
JSf ~3. sa
"
Grapes
p'u pien*
J- p'u*
HJI Hit
tzti,
sai, to rival
{W
tjfe
tu
4 c'1 "1
sai*
*
y en3 sa
e ^ao
'
'
'
t'ao atonic.
ne e y e
To
hsing* sa*
shop
........ To
^
^
........
........ He
4
$4 $H
s*i
all
shov?
so 3 sao
In
$j|.
to sprinkle.
^g i&
I9j
........
........
........
........ A
One's bedding.
t'ao
$Q ",
289. }Hi,
used in poetry.
not, is only
1
P uS ch'ileh
Ig |g p'u
290
no.
P ul
-^ pu?
^-'
|^ p'ou
^^w
f$J
pu
to pieces.
to rip open.
pu, not
Smashed
p'o* sui*
to let
called
SA
(a
and sweep
Manchu
........ T
........ To
go ;
06 chee^ 8
>
chia atonic.
compete with
to bet.
(a floor, etc.).
surname.)
Note sa 3 nearly
-l'>-
291.
HI
if!
.--''/I.
H
fg
........
........ An
....... To
'
Mil
|j
Three or
3
sail
^J
[.SAN-SU.]
"""* /""!/ 4
four.
umbrella.
distribute, as alms, food to the poor or to prisoners,
small employes,
292.
SERIES.
to disperse.
fli Jfc
-COLLOQUIAL
,-(<</,
pay to troops,
etc.
.......
$ t$
WILLIAMS) the
home of
;
hence, the
trees
one's
fathers.
Og ^j||
293.
tuny
tang*
........
........
teil
eh'i
The
throat.
Ill-omened
eh'i atonic.
MSO, to sweep.
fi|f
soo 1 joo3
jjr
sow3 '**
$1
^| J| MO*
flj
In ing*
........
........
.......
To
3
,
V, Lesson
in
Peking,
LXXI, Note
4).
1^,1.,
a reverse of fortune
also,
dejected.
294. @j"
se,
to love inordinately
lin
295.
%$
ae-n,
jjj|
to covet.
........
*e*
y<-n?
Niggardly.
........
Very
severe.
297. ff{
'o*
so, originally,
........
s<)1
**
so 3
so
$jg
298. is|
<
5|E
sfctm
OTX'
i-'c
r/,'a
,,/3
sow 4
........
........
........
jg
i5
^1 *'
J1&
^%
To
lock, as
To
desist
a door, a box,
lit.,
to
etc.
$W
gg ng
299.
a rope.
.........
sAtj ........
g{ _t
........
^
ff- >fc
Priests,
./..,;/'
''"''
<"<
To
search
and examine.
Reverend Sir
(classical).
Note
To cough.
unadorned.
.......
........
.......
in
which stands
In great haste
Heretofore;
as fast as possible.
lit.,
interrupted.
PART
[SUAN-SHANG.]
VII.
40:5
&!J
li$
(J-F
swoji 1
feswn 2
<i
ti
Sour and
salt;
inability to distinguish
301.
3j
Iff
$P
sui,
Kt j$
SR IH
sui 1 jan?
'^ nl s '" 2
*3
s
2
^| $
302.
-^
word
taste.
To reckon up;
also, to calculate
an
issue, etc.
broken in fragments.
3
fi k"
p}*
.......
suan* chi*
sm
Kiii?
........
........
........
........
Although.
Following [a person].
The marrow
of the bones.
Fragmentary
miscellaneous
sun, a grandson.
-f $,
ft
fl|
'2
* 3 S!ml
su '^
y^
........
........
303.
Si
........
^ ^ sung
ma
^ sunf an
^ H* 4S ^
1
shu*
The
fir tree.
Horror-strack
of fcu 3
jig ying
jjj]
JE
^^
.......
sung*
HjHj
s 'ial ss
c/i't'A,
*3
sha?
(zif
^$
kan 1
by xnng
)\\
HI
fJvJ
3|
J|
........
........ A
To
^" 3
kill, sc.,
human
beings.
XCIX, Note
off.
skai*
........ A
........
........ To
sieve.
t'ou*.
by exposure
to the sun.
.......
........
shan1 ck'uan1
Hills
Thunder and
shan 3
shan* o 4
and streams.
lightning.
xliang, to bestow.
1
jgj
-g
s/iany
fj|p]
/p shang
[J
__ "f
3.
shan, a mountain.
[lj
307.
shai 1 tz&
shai*
"gg ^f-
l-Lf
to
Note
though followed
U -f
306.
all,
kill.
305.
To welcome
lit.,
hardly modified, if at
is
shan
/icKiy
2
wm3
tz'ii*
shang* hsia*
....... To
.......
....... To
....... Above
Noon.
confer on
to bestow on.
and below
befoii-
7.
464
308.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
[sHAO-SHU.]
nhao, few.
ty
tfc j$l
JJ
f=J
^J
>jf
Awo3 <Aoo l
l,io
In
309. iff
*{/
$&
How many?
shao*
tne tongue.
the 1 eh'ien*
H*
rVt
{ft ffi
310. Jjp
|g
of a
bun
or cake.
also, to
shoo*, a
good number,
or,
what a number?
debt.
discussion.
To abandon, a
To shoot
= much
arrows.
the body.
*/<''?,
||.
rhien*
.v/i,'
name
to expend,
Lips and tongue; after fei,
she-
To owe;
the
also,
f- c/iW
ihoo-
"'>
"/
fire
Aoo s
;i
;g
Burned by
f.
in
certain phrases
only as
more
polite
than
then-teH.
jpljl
^
311.
f[|j
*/H'H'- nsi'en
'-7i
to licar, as children; to
.-//''//</.
Jj|
-&
fl^
312.
*M*f
s '""!ir4
)( '
^C $r
^L
Jjji
s '"^
'
-(- c^i
R|
x/i i/i
an
Ninety
4
1fcf
also,
To employ a
-^
Affairs
an
s/ioH
shih
To mend
out
{:
j|J$
^ J^
ft g[
314. fly
>/<.)',
Hf
to be
employed as a servant.
Note
affair.
ch'ing
the hand.
.V//OH,
1|
etc.].
nine or ten.
servant
almost to ch'ing 1
313.
remnant,
*^'*ll
''''
[a balance, a surplus, a
aifair.
/man,
'^
correct.
Every province.
AtA.
Mn of a lower order.
cord.
There remains
<l4
be born.
fa -f d"
''"
shmg chang*
fairies
To
Pil]
jn.
and
Spirits
shiny
shov?
/-
c/t't'n*
fco*
to put to rights
shou, to put
as fruits, etc.
Hand and
= united as
Wild
foot
birds
and wild
also, referring to
away
brothers.
beasts.
a book; a writing.
shih 1 shu
The "Shu Ching," Canon of History, and the "Shih Ching," Canon
of Poetry (commonly known as the Book of
Odes) of persons,
;
educated.
)0j[
|p
^U
^g
To redeem,
'<
shn* ch'ienx/m 4
7u 4
To count
to
pay ransom
for,
cash.
of.
a crime.
315.
|jl
J5fc
shiun 1 hsi3
shtia 3 hsiao*
To
wear out
tihuai, to
jp[
jjjj
shuai 1 pai*
f*
lIC
J
317.
jS
s huai3
ts'ao s
banter.
to decay.
Downcome
tung
hsi 1
....
shvai*
To switch
to be ruined, decayed.
or flip
away a
thing.
Carelessly [executed].
1
ty $3 shuan
?W
318.
465
shua, to brush.
J^IJ
$1]
316.
PART vn.
[SHUA-T'A.]
ffl
k'uen 3
To bind
shuan*
To
s'
fH shnang, a
shuan, to
make
fast
k'uen, to bind.
rinse.
jfc
pair.
shnang
ch'eng
To moke
shuang k'uai*
|J|
*jfc
|!|
^ ahuang* shing
Brisk
pairs, or
pair.
frank.
Twins.
?J(C
(^
320. lip
-A
Jjj|
Whose?
ti
shan 1 shui3
tm, obedient
4p
Scenery.
shui* chiao*
ying shun
To
;
A species of falcon.
shun* tang
Jit B^
321.
323.
uhuo, to speak.
1
|^ gj shuo him*
/&
tang atonic.
To speak
.
The
first
and the
f&
.^c
ssftl
[3
31
ssfl
ss *
^*
silken thread
threads of
silk.
sheng
ww^
Four or
or alive?
Life
and death
[in
five.
tu, great.
Jft.
ij/L
HJ
;jT
<a a ying*
to2 'hi'"'*
To help
on 3 to 3
To
fc
t]\
t'<i,
^A
ta* hsiac?
ta in the sense of
<ra
to assent.
Emphasise
hooking arm
te.
to arm.
assault, to
Note
-ftfi
moon.
"*#, silk.
324.
ffffc
322.
sleep.
nearly ou*.
hence,
size,
extent, degree
of.
he.
t'
al
J^
f$
ff
Wi ch'uang
Zt<a'3
2
t'a*
A third person.
A Buddhist pagoda.
A bedstead t'a used
;
politely in the
same
sense, alone, as
59
wr
TZ& ERH
465
325.
to!,
j$
|f
326. ~fc
'at 1 nidi*.
Aoo 3
(at 3
rAtoo
t'n
i,
U B&
Jl H
^
;
^[
H
?
IS
328.
^t
........
........ To
sWn* ........ To
' <a *
Cat*
the quality
of.
hao*.
the fetus.
*
to "S '** ta
ton4
t'ai,
from even.
.......
......
........ A
shuang
be pregnant
t'at*.
i'any
^1
Se under 30.
tat*.
A'"1*2
ton.
Courageous
hen
'
Hi., large
of liver.
s e g-
''", charcoal.
^
|
58|
ijfif
''an
/n4
^''!/
c/t'ai
'<171
.......
....... To
....... To pawn
I s properly
4
3
(anj c/iu
etc.)
and
charcoal.
:!
;t
officials).
to chat.
Care 4
right.
/ /.
converse
^^
^
Jl *
J/" 1 ?
Grasping (said of
''ai3
H? tony,
Jj|
.......
........ To
.......
.......
Can 1 tsang1
^p ;H
Jjb
329.
much.
too
tn,
327. jfl
[TAI-T'AO.]
bad.
5* f
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
tagi
or pledge
tien, in this
combination, to mortgage
tang,
to pawn.
Pg j^
l
|jK
6^
41
^
3ie
'' a71
soup.
........ To
.......
wo
....... To
....... To
Vang
1*
too,
JJ
^F
g| ^.
331.
/lo
''o?
White
fang* shov?
:i
drink soup.
sugar.
down
lie
t'ang, to lie
lie
on the
side.
(no
.......
....... To
........ Hind
........
ch'iang
ta 2
Jg Hj
(wra
JH fg
'ao
^t*
too3
reel silk.
part before
upside down.
Iff
compounds, clearly
332.
j$fe
'
||/J
'<">,
,,
uj
"^en,
'
*
<a 3 J/*
1
[gj
^, Coo y'oo
^
ig
3
.
to flee.
''(to
j-fc
li
cfc'tMM
....... To
....... To
........ To
....... A
Coo4
receive
fly,
bounty or a favour
lit, eat
bounty.
demand,
to press for,
333. fl|
to obtain
te,
Hc 'c
^f
shih
ti
te
4^
Note the
talk.
Prosy
To gain and
turn
334.
467
to succeed in.
WJ WJ huai
M?l
PART vn.
[TE-T'IAO.]
first ti is
heavily accented.
and
to lose; success
ill-success;
of.
special.
t'e,
}Jf JJj
' <<Ml3
t'e
Infirm of purpose
little
and
used,
J fft
( fan t'u).
4
$f
i*
I'*'
li&
special purpose
on purpose
intentionally.
'
335. flf
(corrupt for
tei
te
'J^ISSiiiS^iS fr53|: 1
^' pi*
336.
tei
$$
;jg
tei
must have.
tei
ti
a place in a series
shing
Must
chu
teng
must be
teng, a class
1
yao),
hsiao 3 lo 2 'rh
'rh,
struck.
positively.
to wait.
The
lights
lit.,
lanterns
light in the
lantern.
3 hou*
To wait awhile
^? $1 teng
jjj
U| ma? Ung*
337.
to await.
Stirrups.
^
i^
ti,
fft,
ku3 shing 1
'rh
The sound
of a tom-tom.
In pain.
t'eng*
to
ti
t'ou
c ^'<"<
1JC
t'eng ti
t'ung*
P anS
jjf|
({
'' 1?
iffi
fe $
338.
To hang
2
the head.
An enemy
ti
ch'o-u,
feud
ti,
etc.
ta 4 **3
PJ J&
J^
339.
'"',
fli{
340.
1$
uZ
( '^
i&
fif
*'*
J^
t'i*
ti'io,
jljj
Jfc
I'*
Ii
tfe
tt
U|c
at last
To
staircase to
select
To show
an 9*
1
as
we
say, Nature.
of.'
kung
To do
an upper story.
a person by preference.
consideration to.
another's
work
for him.
to hang.
tiao 1 p'ft
tiao*
t'iao, to
To the bottom
ti*
j/E
^J
341.
t'ien
t'iao
t'iao
t'iao
ss-O
Sable
marten's fur.
pick out.
1
hsiian3
ch'en
cho
To
to pick
and choose.
or report in sections to the Throne.
iao*
select
To present a memorial
(or i/o )
To
in a man.
a horse,
etc.
468
342.
TZtT
Jl
a fold; to
f\<-h,
^ j|
343.
HA
tt
IS
345.
t'ith
t'ieh*
IH SS
<"^'
anl
t'ien
fa
g3 chitang
1H Wi
Bl
t'icn*
i'nuj,
but
cfcMTOj',
heavy.
To humour
to
Copper and
accommodate ;
also, to
sympathise.
iron.
members
of a guild
inn.
ti*.
ch'ting
heaven.
t'irn,
346. /I*
Note
Repeatedly.
....... To
........ An
<fci3.
k'a* tien*
"2f
wl Hang*
**
fft 3J
[TIEH-TO.]
a shop; an inn.
}K j|
........
.......
........
fft t'uwj
ticn,
<tA!
**** t'ieh
ifi
>'//,
xf fe .V
344. J
.......
.......
tvh nianf
efc'nnj
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
fold.
jjg
ERH
'"
tzti
tin <? te *4
S '"'^
w2
<<01*
t<ieu8
........ To
pi?
to fix; to
(tny
......
t'ien?
k"**
make
stationary
work the
farms.
when about
to write.
to establish.
........ A
........ Th
....... To
nail.
button on the
lay
down
official
rules
to settle
an order of proceeding;
lit.,
to plant
flag, to hear.
347. HJ
ftof
chien*
f^ Jh
tlin9*
<** s
jffi
|g
HJ
348.
-r
....... To
....... To
....... The
hear ;
cease
shu* t'inf
q.d.,
;
bough of a
//'",
$8 ''"^
*' i2
fafl4
J0712
have
Let [him,
it]
To
as a child
!/
fl4
........ A
*~
lose,
to
shoo9
3
^j
<jf ch'iang
ft
ft hua>
to
4
.
to
to3 'rh
......
many.
$}
own way.
inanimate.
you are
to,
[his, its]
to lose.
something
2p
tree, larger
'
% Us
349.
hearing to perceive.
to cause to cease.
bud.
q.d.,
oh
who
has failed in
fellow,
PART vn.
[T'O-TUI.]
350.
t'o,
secure
t'o
ff
469
sound.
To ask
ch'ing*
fluence.
'
It
.ft
3c
*'
ma
tan y 4
mo4
To
'
f o4
|g| -J^
351.
The
Also written !
ostrich.
spit
mo,
spittle
4
also t't , to spit (saliva only).
t'o,
to)tl ** S te
/S "P
K<?-,
garment or the
like
tou-ti-tzti,
receptacle.
ton3
sheng
Jj- ;={
i$l
352.
P.
' !'
3s
to "
1
pint,
=
dry measure; ou 10 shing (WILLIAMS).
the head.
t'ou,
fHf
i'ow 1 too 4
2
Ol
To
BK I&
J8 }S
t<OM4 c
steal; theft.
The head
Zi<;?l3
''
lit.,
To penetrate thoroughly,
subject
also, to
^
^
3JH
'
llF
*a*4
To
To gamble.
US t$ "
^ ^P
t'u,
^ -^
^^
-J^
c/ii
fit
t'w
fu
A
3
To
fit3
'"-o
envious
also, transitively, to
envy.
clay.
mo
bald man.
efface, as writing.
Dust.
-See
under 350.
tuan, short.
$1
titan 1 c^^tgr4
2
<<ii3
l<ajl9
( ''
J|
also,
moral rectitude.
356.
3|
4
|g (?m
chiich?
t'uan, a ball
|HJ
357.
poison.
Jealous
tea
ch'en
'
jffi.
tu*
earth
1^ ?^
355.
province.
354.
Tu
fw3
!tl
[J t'uan
as with a knife
To cut
off,
Round
as a ball
also
a lump.
y'd,nii-
Ufa |j|
igj-
tui 1 chi
Tf{ tui
mien4
used figuratively.
To
pile together
Opposite to
to accumulate.
the opposite
of.
and
defects,
470
358.
&
[T'UI-TSAI.]
Ciii
icfi"'
fuat4
Fast legs
chin4 t'ui*
a good walker.
To advance and
a dilemma].
f-fc
fiti 1
j8
jtt
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
to ruthv.
I'n-i,
^ *J
U $J
359.
ERH
TzCr
Jjr J|[
ff
Honest
(a3 (u " S
5i
8i
fcott
sincere
staunch.
>r
Note
|J
j||
360.
f///i
c/i'/'/i-
to swallow; to bolt
/'"<;,
fM)l1 (<unl
t tt
t<1t3
<<MS
Of a man who
will tell
Note the
(anything).
|g gj
t'vn- t'ie>r
Lands granted
fun* shou3
|jg
to soldiers
first
t'u
3
nearly fit
<'
military colonies.
do
for
warmth's
sake.
361.
tuny, winter.
kwB*
chiwf
To be
To understand.
HJ
362. |5J
t-n.n
5S jj
tuiig*
movement;
motion and
lit.,
rest.
//,
'
stirring
'"'
l
l
'J
' ft2
To permeate,
iis
general.
fgj
hui* t'ung 2
^IJI
t'ung
shuafi
United with
in association with.
generalissimo; in
modern
military power.
^
363.
;{<fl
tao,
BS
^
0|
364.
:Sfl
f^L
fi3
As'(/,
365.
^b
Jfe
'
ffil
'
<<l2
'OT
to
's
al
1
Dirty ; also read ang tsang*.
uan
l'
ft
confusion.
.;
rub clean.
al TO 3
be
-"'''''
as with a cloth.
to be in or at.
'
'
An omnium-gathenim
Why? Why
'
^g^-.'^/m
:I
tsai, to
$5
In great pain.
miscellaneous.
'
j?r.
f ''?4
(l '
''i
To
plant.
To
kill aniiii:ils.
To be
Note chung*,
at home.
to plant
rhung*, a sort.
PART vn.
[TS'AI-TS'E.]
366. ~ft
f
5. %
-Jf
hsiang
ts'aP
km*
'
<? ts
(s'ai
imagine
to conjecture.
Ability.
aiS
4
five colours.
Victuals
/an
lit.,
(saw 1
-^
mew 1
^U
(s'aw
(saw
^6 $
fs'aw
fc'ao
official title.
'IS
1fi
^
M
ch
'
ts
'
'
il ts
an*
.......
.......
.......
........
an3
ou
t'
k'uei*
(s'aw
'|$|
>[||j
put by money.
is'cm, properly,
'Jiff
head-gear.
cfc'ww2
3
g& tew
jig
........ Women's
........ We
....... To
....... An
tztt
's*
1H" 1P9
368.
....... To
........
........ The
........
's^ 1
|g
;3J
jf
471
ts'ai, ability.
ijjg
367.
To compare
Shame,
authorities.
felt at one's
own wrong-doing.
Misery.
man
369.
f^
moi2
tsang*
JH
ts'itng,
.......
.......
fan 1 tsang 1
j^j
j^
370.
screw."
t*(mg, to bury.
covet, as a grasping official
tsawjr, in
[a corpse].
a granary.
1
ts'ang
Jjj[
To
To bury
Jc'u*
2
ts'ang
.......
.......
Granaries and
money
vaults.
j^ jS
fsao 1
.......
.......
...... To
........ To
All round
3p
di'uan 1 (sao 2
2j
^L lm-
fa
tsao* hiui*
j|r
tsao3
te
q.d.,
iif., to
have come
fig.,
to
early.
create, as the
Deity
born with
a man.
372. IpL
ts'no,
M |*
VT*
ffi
^
373. fUJ
374. Ill
ts'ao
specially, grass.
........ To
........ A
lien
I'l*
ma
Jffl
ts'ao
TfC
tse,
glj
plants
ts'ao
ts'e,
ft ^1
mw4
then
a plan
c
drill
to be drilled.
consequently.
2
tse' li*
fs '^
.........
;
Laws
regulations
isi
a means.
........
Ordinarily,
any plan ;
TZU ERH
375.
5S
'-'
ftfc
376.
378.
fH
(z'tl
........
'#, to add
'*'
....... To
....... To
" ?1 c hienS
4
a layer
tx'Sny,
a story of a house
l
Ilf
'3? jL.~fjjfcti't>ig
#:
'*''.'/' tz'&*
?^ !S
'-';/''''"/*
Jff
Uneven;
e.j.,
to.
fc'"** feeds'
jjfj
uneven, irregular.
(s'en
particle.
........
"*>
tf<!n3
/.--
ffj"
379.
an interrogative
ts'en,
^6
........
litir/a?
[H
ti'n,
she,itg
increase
a step in a
2
series.
One jump
381.
382.
Sit
make
to
ts
tsotjih*
^1
<so
E\
;o
f*'<>,
'
SI J nw2
ts
j$
Izfl
Jj
(x'o
Regular order.
it is
not
JH /^
f*>i,
igl
^.
jjl
ll
who
is
q.d.,
drag in walking
one that can never get on.
ting, of
4
always teo whether singly or compounded.
,
The workshop
sold.
Yesterday.
........
........ A
........
in the
company
when followed by pu
move
4
s/iifc
tx'ou*
....... Of
....... To
the subordinates,
>V
to be
under 194.
to annoy.
a grandfather.
f'
be collected together.
........ Of
'
to irritate
to walk.
ho
dwarf.
ts'ou, to collect; to
in which senses
own
move
shih1
(s'o*
txou, to
383.
and he was up on
error.
}^e
except
>/ t
384.
yu*
t.io*
do
........
........
........
........
fan Q
to
(lit.,
the house.
inability to
/.so,
modification.
shang*liaofang
.......
.......
and diminish
fault of his
380. "f
[TSEI-TSU.]
''.
35 JH
377.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
.......
One's ancestors.
of funds con-
PART vn.
[TS'U-TSUNG.]
385.
j|if
IB
-See
in
un(ler
.......
ch'ih 1 ts'u*
Pf
386.
coarse.
)|H. tn'u,
IB.
473
jfjji
Jealousy
lit.,
to eat vinegar.
|H
j^Js
....... To
....... To
....... To
tsuan 1 tot
0J
tsiui.li? /is///,
J^
tsuan* chu
strive
in a
bad
sense, to strive to
often,
compass by intrigue.
revise, to recompile,
is
8t
f!l
....... The
....... To make up
.......
ts'uan 1
' s '""'"'
bound or leap
's'ow
of a horse.
a set of things, or a
and borrowing
x!l
388.
$i
S? a
*'
tsui,
^H
$J IP /fm
389.
fH
j^ jg
IH
fifi>
^^
390.
~^f.
........ A
.......
^ ........ To
H
"\1"
tsn/
pi
IJJ
!{
^^
^
transgress
........ To
..... k^
........ A
chf
lit.,
to
n ' ln S
if>
elsewhere sui*.
t-s'ui*
tsun
chieh
esteem
to
show esteem
for.
tit.,
to
walk in
an inch.
ts'un 1
clmang
ts'wn?
wamfp
ts'un
linnrj
ch'ih'' ts'un*.
...... A
....... Dead
....... To
village.
and living
think over
e.g.,
to reflect on.
-ij-
tsung, a kind
fc
....... To
....... To
tsun 1 chung*
if;]-
^
' s<m
ts'ui*
ts'un,
f^
392.
lips
the mouth.
urge.
(s'wi
any objects]
pile [of
The
ch'un-
tsun, honoured.
j^C jjr
391.
ts'ui, to
lips.
1
Hfe i* tsui
tsui
of
(Said pompously of rebels or any enemy) flying from one place and
finding their way to another.
to'***1**
the
sum
there.
to
a sort
also,
a collective.
........
minf .......
1
tsung
jjjjSl
^g tsung
|ji
^J
tsung*
yung
or juiig
.....
The
larger proportion.
A general designation.
To
to tolerate license.
60
TZ& ERH
474
393.
1$.
'"
I;
^ $;
.......
........
"4
* l(
'""!/'
''
[xs'UNG- WEI.]
onions.
tx'UH'.i,
f,
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
'*''"i<r
Onions and
According
garlic.
to, sc.,
etc.
/;'
^jf
........
I:,,-
'"'
........
......
''"'
;?;-
395.
S%
5i
'
(:!
'-''
/"
jlfc
:i
?Jj
396.
%L
/-.',)'
J=
tl'J ^
2
4
V" '^ ^siao
........
........
wo
.......
wa ........
";al
"'"
'''"
c/ntttJi
/'.i'*
j^ ^|
/(x,';
/''"""
^^
397.
write.
To
grin
to
Porcelain
as one laughs.
from wa?.
you and
Note
mutually.
7>i
nearly
Regular order.
a tile; pottery.
'*'-",
j[
rtl <*<>
........
........
........
fata* (&'*
i&
To
a time; a turn.
':'<",
fift
on the books.
Sons and grandsons.
To dig up
or out.
Bricks and
tiles.
wai, outside.
^
^J
.......
........ To
"''"' f'tc' 1 ?
IE
"
7JC
Note
bale water.
jcai 3 nearly
wai 2
also, native
and
properly j/ao
'
"-'"' 4
""'
foreign.
j-_%j
398.
TC
tenninated.
"'"/!,
n
(//(-
i-/i.'uan
V/l
'*""
,
'
'(//
399.
il
""".'/, to
:/'
i^
'".7
35 tt
,i
400.
'
cW
S& "":/'
.....
.......
.......
.......
bay.
Early and
"
.)""
jjjj
'
sooner or
ten millions
Note
later.
Jig.,
teao 3 nearly
any number.
come and
intercouise.
forget.
........
.......
....... To
to go
we;'
Siil;l\.
4
,
because
of.
Actions; conduct.
""" l "
l\
'
to.
.......
.......
....... To
....... To
"v/-), to
'
late
Thousand myriad
'
"'
in a state of completeness.
Completed;
X.
under 60.
depute an
officer;
the
officer
deputed.
'
^ji
401.
X wen, ornament
j^
Kvn
f[J
"" ;'"
3t 5t
^ wen
foj
403.
jjf
?X
to 2
lacP w&ng*
:l
s '""'
""-; "f/
f.
rpn
jH,
TIC
fft
wo 1
'"
ch'oo
:i
fo 4 wo
g|^
^ff
4t yn 3
we= educated.
ta' elsewhere to 1 .
-See
man used
;
I.
under
15.
........
old
tine
You
" n(l
^ ote w*
1-
nearly
Tit'.
under 380.
........
........
........ ^
*CTtl
Buildings
"'
1M
!(
ne ln y r i ll(i things
........
........ The
........
........ To
-^ servan t girl
3
'jo? ch'ih
2
31 UJ
.'/'
l4 ta
all
things in creation.
girl's
side of
head.
teeth.
;
well-bred.
edge of water.
........
t'ien
jgj
?/
5^
>
an unmarried
Polite
ya?
%fc
yai
The
horizon.
yang, sheep.
Jfe;
2/
a?l ?
i/M(/'
^'o
4
2/
ft?l
>
j/ao
1^
i'Mi3
jgi 2/*
:i
2/i'
i/ao
lit.,
to invitingly beg.
support persons
to rear, as animals,
rish,
plants, rtr.
Every kind.
!/
u <w to want
3
yang huo
f'j
^^
....... To
.......
........ To
........
cfc'w 2
?j,w
ffi
^
5c
existing or not.
*' 0!t2
2/*
% 1i
^ wen
tenements.
yn, a tooth.
$i
Possessing or not
wu3
M^
408.
and military
........ The
....... A
lint?
2
j^ wen
4
l!;cl "
]Jr
407.
Civil
wit, military.
jl
(ln S f2
406.
Warm.
W)3
'
M M/
405.
......
........
........
........
'
475
literary culture.
^
404.
";M 5
$$
huo
VII.
mho
an 1 wen3
^f |i;
402.
PART
YAO.]
|\VI:N
to wil1
to be
about to
........ The
.......
...... To
k'ou
back;
lit.,
written
jjj|.
Very
distant.
give a bite
to.
the
loins
t'ui
mmv
r..i
ii (l
iily
476
409.
........ To
yd* ........
.........
........
1
ych chu
7,,
ffi
410.
0^
tf
fff>/<
HfJ
[j*-
411. ^5t
3
?/"
/r
i/,
iSfee
c/ii/ij/.
;,o
fso
jj
i/c"
yi
-4
,
to.
;|
;i
Advantage.
,./,;,
The bank
......... To make
........
........
JS
yi*.
412.
>j!n,
g
***-
sound.
j/Mi
in
r/!
win
413.
$B
...
2
.
........
fnuungtyin* ........
s
45
.......
s/n'/iy
4> *^
ffi
toi j/m
^/"'ff.
Gold and
jfc 'i'l'O
jg
kail
<-li :,
</;,<</-
inveigle
To
........ Ou
....... To
......
To
iA
^
415.
|J4
;
,
fS
1^*1
Jg
JH
i
,
yin
i/o
l
i/
'
;/,(-
/i-st'a
!'"
?J
"4
2fc
evil.
to seal officially.
8ht to
an engagement, a
receive, as a guest.
is
no sign
recomP ense
'
'
*''
M Heaven.
treaty, etc.
........ To make
........
an appointment with.
......
........
^"O2
No.-
Muddled; stupid;
Fish in general
cho, turbid.
lit.,
fish
and
shell-fish.
under 88.
........
Ready
to
make
ready.
/,9>
c^o 2 or
"j.j.j
Jj&
any
fJB
fish.
!/'''
M ii*
/0
/y
*ijt
416.
to engage
to entice into
To
Tllere
i/o,
silver.
to welcome.
414. ^ij
name
under 40.
V/i
jfoggjli-ch'u
fro
lit.,
smoke.
yen
iidvantage; addition
^/',
ffe
........ To
........ Words;
......
jpj JQ.
the throat.
words.
c/i't/i
;gj
Midnight
yeA
;xiH
fast, in
",
.'/'
stick fast, to
Si r; a gentleman,
for the sun.
JK^,,, /,;*,'
<
[YEH-YUAN.]
the night.
//</',
Pg
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
.V"""
''''
"" """
'' ti2
.......
........
first
,,
To
wish.
instance
in fact.
or
word
"'
thing>
PART vn.
[YUEH-YUNG.]
417.
^n
ytieh, the
t'~<V
I'll
y^
Sf.
418.
ft
moon.
yiwh
........
.......
.......
.'/'"'''"
nienfyiith,
''"""
.'/"'
^ % yinr
M it
^ j^
ll
tt'ai
!l>^
!l'"'J
4
r-//.-;
-^
477
c.n-
To munch.
of time.
yun, cloud.
Bl ft
419.
TIII-:
yi'm*
........ The
........
........
........ Luck
Clouds.
To
consent, to.
;
yun
5t
1
i
.
'"
'/''"'-'
........
.......
.'/-
x^"
2
M
^
:i
v/
''
ICK-.
X/'i;
under 404.
.'/'.
under 380.
:i
Sad
Oil
(iii
liiMi-t
made
and countenance).
(ifso.sinmiii
^P
.......
l>'"".r
!/""'.l
Commoniil.-icc:
ji'ing,
even,
= not
unintelligent.
'
Jj
?/""V"'
'
<s ir
;i
fc iS
ffl
.'/""!/'
n'''
s'
.V'''
4
:i
.'/""!/
under 127.
.......
.......
Forever.
To employ.
//(/,
here,
PART
VIII.
This
I'ait is
I.
II.
INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS.
ARTICLE.
III.
IV.
NUMBER.
AND PLURAL.
V. CASK.
VI. CKNDKI:.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
ITS
DEGREES OF COMPARISON.
XI.
THE PREPOSITION.
XII.
THE CONJUNCTION.
XIII.
THE
INTERJECTION.
PAKT
VIII.
PART
481
VIII.
I.
[INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS.]
1.
sir
what
2.
seems to give your countrymen a good deal of trouble to acquire our language,
the difficulty ?
There are several difficulties difficulties of pronunciation, difficulties with the
It
is
Yet
all
4.
No
is
difficulties of
composition.
seem
foreigners
still,
it
is
interjectional.
When we
This
man
man's head
is
is
dead,
5.
affects
is
Would
imperative.
Do you
interjectional.
that that
understand
Perfectly.
my
man
community
now
come
to
were well
3
sir
is
optative.
Alas
there
is
Cut that
!
man
that
are speaking of
language,
of sentiment 4 conform.
Just so
dead, That
meaning,
all
6.
off,
is
Is that
may
it is
2
3
4
Character of expression
Interjectional
My
meaning
Community
slwn
pi
i,
of sentiment
more
literally,
it is li,
its
61
ERH
TZtr
48-2
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
The
8.
We
may go
they
is
How
9.
writing
it] is
In this way: foreign nations have for the purpose some twenty odd characters, the
of
combining which so as to form words it does not take very long to understand, and
principle
2
whereas 3 in a
this once learnt, the sound of any word one meets with can be determined
10.
is
That
11.
we
them
learn
is
true
enough
as single words
when we
are
young
children. 6
Exactly but we foreigners, not having committed Chinese books to memory, cannot
of course fail to encounter the difficulty I describe with single words when we read Chinese,
12.
and our
6
immeasurably greater when we come to combine words in composition.
have understood that foreign composition is a somewhat simpler matter than ours.
difficulties are
13.
14.
Yes ; because in foreign languages, considered with reference to composition in them,
the single words are each referred to a particular category, and for the formation of these into
sentences and clauses 7 there are special works which set forth the rules of construction so
clearly
that they
may
and
Succeed
Can be determined:
lit,
he
is
in
'
manner
etc.,
it
by neng.
3
4
sound]
is
s
any
forth*
6
Whereas, on the other hand: ehih, to come to [another question, namely], jo, if.
criterion
lit., there is not a place [at which a person] can chmi, decide as by standard,
[that such a
No
Combine
ires
*
chi, to
little fellows,
we
hsien,
first,
= before we
go
cAut
and
4
,
to connect, to
clauses: to
remember, and
sew together.
a. clause in a sentence.
he remembers the fc* yang,
phraseology, chi tsai, recorded and inserted, in books.
chi, to record.
Note
PART
VIII.
483
of composition.
The single words in Chinese are classified generally in two grand categories, as
hsu tzu (empty or unsubstantial words) and shih tzu (solid or substantial words); but I have never
arrived at a thorough understanding of the distinction, though I have looked carefully into the
question over and over again.
The denomination
15.
is
generic of
all
regular (or bond fide) signification and these are subdivided again according as they
employed into ssu tzti (dead words) and huo tzti, (live words).
may
It is
be
mo
(Don't you want money? or, Won't you have money?) the word
pu yao
mo has no regular [say, translatable] meaning; it is used simply to show that the sentence is
Of the remaining words 2 in the sentence,
interrogative ;* it is a hsu tzu (an unsubstantial word).
sentence ni
pu
ch'ien
and yet
in Chinese
it is
(thou), yao (to want), and ch'ien (money) are all shih tzu
ssti tzu (dead words) and huo tzu (live words), ni and
accounted a hsu
(substantial words).
ch'ien are
The words ni
tzu.
Distinguished as
is a
live word.
The word
-is
a live word, 4
yao tsai su (The essential is despatch), the words yao and su are unquestionably dead
Is there no live word then, you will say, in the sentence ? yes, to be sure
the word
or is in) is a live word. If you go farther and ask which words are substantial and
ch'i
phrase
words.
tsai
yao, again,
(is,
is
that the two words ch'i and tsai, though each possesses a
17.
every word
6
Perfectly capable to such an extent that
is half a dead word and half a live word.
;
of saying that
The
limitations
In the one division the single words are referred each to one of
Interrogative
lit.,
is
ting-wen
ti,
interrogating.
q.d.,
The verb
don't you?
1
3
part to emphasise
q.d,, it is
is
made on
the one
To such an extent
Limitations: hsien, to
are somewhat
sstt,
shen, in extreme degree, to such a degree as chih, to arrive at this, that there are people, etc.
mark bounds; chih, originally, to cut; laws; to govern; hsien chih, the Lnvs limiting
dead, inflexible.
484
ERH
TZtl
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
nine categories (the Parts of Speech); the other gives the rules by which single words are
into sentences, ;md sentences into longer sections of composition.
Is the distinction that
19.
we observe
in Chinese essays
20.
in Chinese composition
at all the
between the ku
same
it is
as the
is
(pairs of
chu fa (laws of
important, and
made
it is
is this,
mu
it is
it
t'
//'<
f:tf.
"
"
rain,"
cannot well be regarded as a sentence; if, for instance, we were merely to say "man,"
horse," without adding a huo tzu to these three words, we should have the head of a
tail,
neither
tzu.
The sentences, The man is good, It rains,
employment
any
The horse is fast, are sentences because their intelligibility is complete. 6
Then as to subject and predicate, in the first of these sentences the word j&n (man) is the
In the second sentence,
subject, and the words which treat of his qualities are the predicate.
in
Rain
is
case of
or not falling
is
In the third,
the predicate.
ma
(horse)
SECTION
[THE
21.
tion,
but
speak
II.
ARTICLE.]
The distinction of the kang from the mu is not wholly ignored in Chinese composihave never heard before of the distribution of words into nine categories that you
of.
22.
categories.
1
Naturally not, sir in Chinese the words are not assigned in this way to particular
In English, all such denominations as
transaction, circumstances, are
person, thing,
Essays
essays required at
*
The ku
members
(lit.,
all
the thighs) of
'a
they must
in pairs
us of
life,
inn!
An
essay
may
be
all of tuan, or
predicate: kang, properly, the drag-rope of a net; the chief consideration with reference to the
subjects of writing, as
we
Cf.
Intelligibility is
complete
lit.,
tell
one
i,
is
expressed].
PART
VIII.
485
The words
When
no words are
there
know
is
2
speaker there is an indefiniteness as to the individuality of the person in question. But if a
3
speaker were to say, no, ko jdn lai liao (The person, that person, is come), the hearer would
know that the person come was the person who had been earlier mentioned. By means of the
Our words
23.
and
down by the
and
no,
die,
speaker, there
is
that.
5
phrase na
That
25.
is
ch'i
to that use of
7
is
rule, to
correspond
You
are right; in the phrase ch'i yu ti (The remaining ones), the word ch'i shows
definitively that all besides certain [things or persons] already excluded are included [in the
proposition of the speaker]. The ch'i in the phrase ch'i yao tsai tz'ti (The essential is this), again,
26.
mind)
(lit,
no questioning
is
(he, his).
Nouns
ming, name
all
mu,
in English
still
q.d.,
name and
necessary to observe that although no violence is done to the real meaning of the combination
it nomina, the Chinese do not apply the term to any word as a grammatical distinction.
2
An indefiniteness many, a waste of waters, wu ting hxiang, no certain direction.
index.
It is scarcely
ming-mu by tran^
to place, ponere
phrase, It
may
be stated as
6 I shall
an axiom
that, etc.
See 26,
na
k'o
pu
ts'o.
return: the ch'ieh, elliptical for chan ch'ieh, for the present;
lit.,
=
Note ch'iieh, on the contrary, at the
chuan, special, particular, the word employed.
rendered in English by the disjunctive but at the beginning of the first.
8
=
English and Chinese: lit., in the language of both nations there are places instances [in which the words
with.
described] k'o she, may be dispensed
7
The na employed
head of the
486
"
Tzft
and
"
"
man,"
silver
gold,"
"
ERH
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
aro generic denominations, and as such can be used without any article
SECTION
III.
NUMERATIVE NOUN.]
[THE CHINESE
1
whenever a
Chinese nouns, on the other hand, have the following peculiarity:
2
an
associate
to
it
be
(or attendant)
noun, person, or thing occurs in Chinese, there may
prefixed
noun. In the sentences i ko jen, i wei kuan, i p'i ma, i chih ch'uan, the words ko, ivei, p'i, and
27.
c/'
<h are
kuan
(officer),
ma
(horse),
and ch'uan
These
(ship).
for
it,
mai
liao
niu
was buying
(I
buy ? he answers,
noun proper, and
noun
the attendant
for the
noun proper
noun
in the
To conclude the true function of the attendant noun is, apparently, to distinguish
30.
the generic from the specific (or the general from the particular). The nouns t'ien, being huang
fien (Heaven), or tu, being hou t'u (Earth), 3 are general designations incapable of subdivision into
minor denominations they have consequently no attendant nouns associated with them. Where
:
the general designation [applies to what] is capable of subdivision into parts or items, the
attendant noun is of use in numeration in that it represents the item as distinguished from
the
total.
31.
list is
f^ chan
[numerative of lamps e.g.,] Bring a lamp I want to read. The word chan is
synonymous with the word wan (a cup) ; you may say yi chan cli'a for a cup of tea, or yi
wan ch'a, with equal propriety; it is not, however, applied to hand lanterns
the
;
also
(teng lung),
numerative of which
'
is ko.
*
3
Heaven, Earth
a particular property.
to,
Chapter VIII.
etc.,
PABT
VIII.
all
such words
487
2
paper, loom, net, as being things which show a certain broadness.
J*f[ chen [numerative of showers, gales, outbreaks, etc. ; e.g.,] a heavy fall of rain, a gale
of wind, an uproar, uproarious discussion, of a certain duration.
The word clten means, properly,
to fight an action, and is used as a numerative with reference to the suddenness which is the
number
is,
chi (a dose).
^fij
implies, say,
It is
it
of drugs are
2}fl
chia
chi of medicine
made up
[literally,
a draught 4 composed of a
a frame; you
you may
is
say,]
number of drugs.
of
as
spoken
yi liao yo.
is
hawk
When
or falcon, a
but
[HD
chien
it
is
is
hao (that
is
that house (na ko fang-tzU), and he were to reply, Some thirty chien, he would be speaking
of all the apartments 7 into which the house is capable of being subdivided [all the spaces
defined by four
wooden
pillars],
We
wu
it is
Which show
when
note the fan supported by die, hsieh tzit at the end of the
it is because
a certain broadness note the literal meaning
its divisions,
; if
chien wu-tzti
ch'i
two
Referring to
cla-.'
its
fashion.
3
4
Ch'eng
is
ting, to chairs
The
great gate: i ko ta men, the one great gate; q.d., the sole great entrance.
All the apartments: construe, He does not distinguish great from small; an ko chien, he lays the hand
Observe that mi. aimingst other meanings, = ch it, to hold in the
on, *c., counts, each apartment, erh, and, speaks.
hand; both an and chit being commonly rendered according to; i/.il., by what I have hold of I infer. Note a similar
7
under
li.
hereditary,
488
(/((<')!
-king the
When you
ft
fliicn
number
[originally,
may be exchanged
We
How many
ask,
he were
We
to say,
in the
clothing.
If
is
he would mean,
u-u--t:ti,
u four pillars.
.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
to divide;
to
enumerate]
is
a pair]
is
yang, and
which
it
acts as numerative,
it
t'ao.
tiger,
ship,
like
words;
and
ti
pi (a pencil)
(a flute),
difference between rhih and chih-tzu: you
[properly, the
cli<m
!f[il
mounted
is
i chih
hua
(a stalk of flowers)
same stem.
more common.
You may
is
used
is
may
nave of a wheel].
The expression i chou hua-'rh signifies a
is used with reference * to the two knobs of the roller which
show themselves at the lower end of the scroll. For the same reason the kao-feng (patents
according rank to the parents or ancestors of an official, be they living or dead) are spoken
of as
many chou
so
brin,!,'
in number.
"flj
chii is
<>r
at/ (say,
hat
;
it
with
ts'e-tzti
(a roll
ku
a number of chu
(a limb),
and
five
kw
packet).
ch'u (place)
fgji.
walls
is
j|3i
(sticks
but pen
is
When you
ch'uan [a string of things strung together, as] pearls, priests' beads, court beads, 3 cash
A string of priests' beads or court beads may also be spoken of as a kua of beads. The
numerative of bead, as a single bead, is k'o.
Is
'
it,
superior to inferior
patent
is
fing, properly,
fief,
kao-ming.
.'',
(ttt
Part VII,
3
the
fourtli
roll
or return,
xc.,
roll,
ts'e
9).
Court
IH-;K].-:
the
ncckliii.-f
worn
is
in full dress
by
PART
chuang
is
fang
(square),
489
(piles),
~)j
VIII.
[in
regular heaps],
also of
excavation [work].
"
fp n9
ifej
letter
tzti,
and
r igi na lly,
like words.
shu-hsin
fief;
later,
(letters).
3
[properly fu*, also fu (see below) a strip, numerative of paper] is not the
same as chang ; it rather approaches t'iao ; still, the difference of width [respectively indicated
4
A fu (sheet) of note-paper is a chang of note-paper.
by the two words] is not so very great.
/-
tyS
by the/u,
may
may number
lengths of silk
pjlj
fu
[a
originally, to divide in
(scrolls
two
hence] used
cannot be used [with ch'iavg as musket, or] with the other nouns mentioned.
$|
pole,
bamboo
nouns
similar
is
With
flagstaff, staff
or
head
employed.
is
^J*: k'o
k'o [originally,
a small head
tree.
numbered by
k'o.
Note
See also
chiieh'-tzii, a
to,
peg
e.g.,
To keep concealed
Not
Mnv
so very great
or
may
not
is Tc'uai,
a piece.
a tent peg.
The numerative of
below.
when
because
cliai,
tliis
the width
all
of.
[such use of
it] is
use.
62
490
ERH
TZfr
P
many
k-ott
mouth)
(the
But though
persons.
of so
with cooking-pan, bell, sword, water-jar
does act as numerative to all these nouns, there is a distinction
it
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
it
spoken of separately are also k'ou; of men, you say so many ming (names) or so
many ko (individuals). The word too with k'ou means weapon (sc., a sword) you may also say
1
The bell described as i k'ou chuny is
i pa too for a sword also, for the pork-butcher's knife.
Jtfou; females
that
hung
in temples
ku
JJ
it
[properly, the
k'uai (a
^|f
kuan
ku = t'iao;
in
make
it
sound.
with
a piece); you may use it with dollar, ink-cake, brick, door-slab (pien);
but it is very comprehensive; e.g., take a dollar and buy a carpet (or, [someone] bought a
carpet with a dollar).
bit,
(a tube),
in all
which
cases,
however,
it
may
3
|Jj k'uen [properly, to bind in a bundle], used with firewood, as faggot straw, etc., as
bundle onions, as bunch meaning always that some of the article spoken of is bound up.
;
$L U
[properly, a grain of
rice],
[U mien
(a face) is
and
flag or banner,
^uei
pao (rush
screen).
pa
or chuinj.
[properly, to wrap] is numerative of
7
such, for instance, as sugar, opium.
^J pao
packages
Butcher's knife
Tongue
(o
4
,
all
articles
that can
be made into
clapper of a bell
to kill
hu, a person
t'u
mu
sc.,
of pigs.
she,
mouth.
K'un
is
Rush
screen
Slice
u-ci,
the bulrush
made
of the bulrush.
plate of tin or iron with a long handle, used to take things fried out of the pan.
6
Whatsoever be things that [man] can wrap up out of sight, [speaking of
Packages: note the construction
Observe that the subject of both verbs, shou-kuo and ywig,
these] all, can [one] use pao to act as the attendant word.
In Latin fan^cumque in qiuncumque, the qua being represented
is in reality jen understood.
which stands for
:
the ch'an?
is
flat
by
things;
thou=in
termination in
7
in involve; the
bilis.
words
dm,
ti,
Coin a word and the sentence would run Quascumque sint involubilia.
t'u, suioke-cky, so called from the colour and form of the balls in which the drug
Opium: yen
is
imported.
PART
04
ma
which
491
p'l [anciently,
(horse)
VIII.
is
/E
p'i [originally written as p'i (numerative of horse), forty Chinese feet], sole
off [as
we
it
is
numera-
p'ien [originally, before the invention of paper, a bamboo writing tablet], numerative
(the essay in measured prose), fu (the essay in rhyming prose), and lun (the
in
four
essay
paragraphs) each of these terms signifying a piece of composition. The question,
How many p'ien are there in this book ? has reference to the number of sheets ( = leaves) the
^fff
of
wen chang
p'ien here has a different sense from the p'ien used of a piece of composition.
$j| p'u (to spread out)
is
The p'u*
tone.
J|
fan],
its
shan
is,
on account of
i so fang-tzit (a
its
poetry
is
still
wanting.
hence, a beginning
here, a stanza] is only used with
[originally, the head
a
of
as
word marking the beginning and ending
the lines [lit, sentences, sc., that
shou
q.d.,
1
away the heat and give oneself air [a
called shan.
That house has not got all
make
a stanza]. The writer makes any number of stanzas according to the subject of his
verse, and the number of lines in each stanza varies it may be four, eight, twelve, or at the
most sixteen. The stanzas are not necessarily of an even number one may with equal propriety
2
make a poem
some
score.
t'ai is, properly, to carry, as two or more persons lifting an object by united action.
funeral the bier may have as many as sixty-four t'ai (bearers) [hence, applied to the
thing borne, the numerative of presents sent]. The smallest wedding trousseau consists of eight
Whenever presents
t'ai ; if the family be wealthy, there may be as many as a hundred or more.
At a
is
man
on a
porter's pole.
The
tan ch'ai-huo (he is carrying a load of fuel) means that the person spoken
phrase
of bears the pien tan (the flat pole) on his shoulder, and that fuel is borne at the two ends of
If the fuel borne be but a single faggot or parcel, it would be borne (tiao) on a
the pole.
t'a t'iao-cho i
kun-tzu
staff]
t'iao]
on the shoulder.
1
ch'ii',
properly, to drive
to drive
away
invite air.
2
sui
tso,
The
man, the
poet, k'an
t'i,
looking to what
is
propounded,
= ft m,
his subject,
77
tint
ttn>
ci knife),
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
of paper so placed.
ill tm> (a road) is used always in the sense of t'iao (a strip), with river, bridge, wall,
wound
The bridge
is
a san tao
i t'ao
a work
t'tio
may
[properly,
>
t'ao
is
$j?
t'ao.
(the somewhat shorter outer garment) you ch'uan (put on) the p'ao
over it) the kua. I t'ao chiu pei is a set of twelve wine cups of graduating
kua
other.
it is
common
HA
cataplasm).
of the
Tft
/<
fit
t'ieh
'/<!/
(the
(a
to
bud)
nouns.
is
[anciently,
for the
bud'2
but
also,
a target
to,
the numera-
to is
used with ox, mule, ass; it is equally correct to use ko with these
chih, not by fou.
[The word t'ou is the numerative to many
head ornaments, cap plumes, etc.]
numbered by
are
tu [anciently, a wall of
Mfe.
tui
is
is
an ante-chamber
in confusion.
(sc.,
ku-to.
Sheep
is
unopened flower
5^
tive of
t'ieh
like to (a heap);
Like
to it is
fifty feet
but
long]
is
to applies to
numerative of wall; tu or
tao.
is
piled
used with wood, brick; also with earth and like things. 4
Triple bridge
any seat
etc.],
used with
in ku-to
has no meaning.
Like things:
ti
inds, things
homogeneous.
1'AltT
VIII.
493
If-
is
respected,
you use
it
with
three officials
tail),
numerative of
fish
t'iao
may
position of
3c w^n
to date
H^ yen
(the eye)
is
used as numerative of
well.
SECTION
IV.
in some, plurality is
represented by the reduplication of the noun; in some, such words as the following are
employed
chung
to
to
to
(all,
(many)
a multitude)
shao* (a large
hao hsieh ko
tou
may
it
(a
ta chia
number)
good many)
(all
chu
(all)
fan
(all
te'ng
Lastly,
or
(all)
(all
specially, both)
chun
the persons)
whatever)
(a class, a sort).
Respected
cannon are had in special respect, and under certain circumstances are
See note
sacrificed to.
",
below.
3
Three officials: in German, French, Italian, and other languages, indeed, though more rarely, in English,
the appellative of respect is tacked somewhat in this way to certain nouns, but appositively, not numeratively e.g., their
The French might translate chi, i wei p'ao by monsieur It
lord-ships the commissioners, messieurs les deputes, etc.
;
(lit
canon.
3
Were you
three, four, or
<
the prince
5
Chou
to ask, etc.,
= Did
in
any number.
Chou dynasty
who suppressed
:
First coined
dynasty, when,
the last of the three long dynasties which preceded our era, overthrown about B.C. 200
his brother feudatories and made himself Emperor of all China.
construe thus:
in coining cash,
the origin of the use of the word wen [in this connexion] had
were added thereon.
tail, written words,
wen
its
by
cause in the
494
Tztr
number
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
33.
to
ERH
hear chung
jn
(all
34._How many are there ? There are IMO hsieh ko (a good number).
What kind of people are they l (ton) ? They are chun (all) people
35.
of perfectly good
dial
have they ch'ilan (all) come, or come in a body? They have to chia (all)
wei (you gentlemen) 3 to manage for them ?
public business, which they beg chu
4
These men (jen teng) of
There is a clue [to be found in] fan shih (all affairs).
37.
Why
36.
38.
hsil to
to
shao
may be
39.
lai,
say hao hsieh ko jen (a good few) you mean that the
1
a glance how many there are.
tolerably large, such that you cannot tell at
When you
40.
is
yu jen
number
of persons
The people (na hsieh jen-men) in that house (the members of that family) are on
41.
8
with each other.
bad
terms
very
Unless the speaker is alluding to persons, the word men is not employed. 9
42.
The words niu yang in the phrase t'a lai ti shih mai niu yang (He is come to
Were
sell oxen and sheep) must not be construed as meaning a single niu or a single yang.
a person to say t'a yao mai chih niu or mai p'i ma, he would certainly mean that he was
43.
going to
is
sell
In fl'' </! if'n fang-tzti, one chien only is meant, but cM fang-tzti means that there
44.
a number of chien (apartments), greater or less, in the house. [See the numerative chien,
p. 487-]
1
Good
how
You
character
gentlrini'ii
All
Number
affairs
see farther
of people
flo,
violent
and
vicious.
</<
teng,
man
class,
many.'
6
7
3
Tolerably large
Tell
lit.,
as
it'
rhiao, to
:it
compare
here,
and
often,
= rather.
mu=wi
pu
or discourteous.
!><
noted that men may inako the plural of most personal nouns and all personal pronouns. You
hsieh jen-rmn, those people, ta-jcn-men, their excellencies; k'e-shang-men, the merchants; but it is used
not always, where the noun is preceded by a demonstrative
pronoun or the definite article. The nouns
are used both as singular and plural: ni-min-ti ych-men ton san-liao mo? have all your
It should
may
say
na
dly, if
yeh-i"
:!
"Mice!
yu ko
woman
come.
The
chi-mo-cho, na-mo-r/to, the cho being probably corrupt for cM, the classical relative.
syllable
men becomes me
or
mo
in
PART
VIII.
495
[The following examples illustrate a variety of plural formations.] There are some
How many? Four. What are they come about, those people? They have
people come.
some
horses
here.
Who is going to buy the horses ? They are not all going to be
brought
45.
sold
one
be possibly bought.
may
much
I don't
care to
SECTION
buy
horses.
V.
[CASE.]
The English noun has three distinct modes 2 of use assigned it, which are variously
3
As no such distinctions exist in Chinese, we shall here
according to circumstances.
46.
applied,
make
shift
with a series of three places, the order of which the reader will find illustrated in
5
if he will have the
goodness to look at them.
Who
smashed
48.
Who
was
49.
Which
47.
smashed
Who
(or,
is
it
it
That
is
man CHANG 7
The
Whom
50.
What
51.
it.
Going
Three
to
is
is
that
be sold
woodman doing
construe
modes
distinct
lit.,
it is
dog.
Whom, What,
beating the
is
He
all
Which.]
little girl.
is
must
sell
Make
will bear in
employed interchangeably.
we shall fen
mind the history
The reader
He
there
classes or gradations.
wrote them.
make
ch'u,
of our
word
the perpendicular, the cases were the divergences, the fallings away
not a case at all but as it is in all inflected languages the first of the series of forms so styled,
made the first of the three classes between which and the cases an analogy has been attempted.
;
them]
Have
to be
6
it
the goodness: lit., please look at the four paragraphs below; chiu shih, in that case [you will find
pang-yang, examples, of the division into three ting, places in a series.
Who
smashed tea', to smash by throwing down or letting fall. Note the construction, which might be
The f<! in speech would as often as not be ti; it is best to treat it as a
transposed, as tsa-te na ch'a wan shih shui.
verb auxiliary of the verb immediately preceding it, and so with U in hsieh-tc in the two following examples, whether
you construe thus, Who is it that wrote these words 1 or, Whose writing are these words the latter idiom giving force
:
>.
That man
to begin shih
na ko
CHANG
note the
hsiiiy Chauij
ti, it
na
is
tztt,
would
still
end as
ti,
which
in the
Were
Woodman
ch'iaofu, the
man who
M-ntence
in the text.
8
Animals: ch'u 4 sheng, the brute; also used, as with us, of people, as a term of abuse; ch'u, read
liu ch'u, the six ch'u, are horses, oxen, sheep, poultry, dogs, and pigs.
9
olij<
tin-
7i<", to
rear;
496
ERH
TZtJ
[Tlie Possessive,
Whose was
52.
Had you
53.
lent
that book
made him a
not
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
present
It
book of yours
of that
No
it
was only
him.
54_ Well,
him
then, ask
book of his
for that
to replace yours.
His
is
as mine.
What day
55.
asked
Why
56.
me
to lend
If
57.
died
it
him, but
it
it
him
him
it
I lent it
He met me
before yesterday.
and
I refused.
how came he by
refused,
you
it ?
When
I said I
wouldn't
let
him have
he
it,
out of
Oh
58.
'.
to
According
English grammar,
parent's
/'/</-, :/f
(house)
possessive
60.
outlaws.
in the sentence
the
first
case),
my
c;ise).
61.
this
is
tlic
is
scries,
This
is
shown 9
The
In a word, in every case the noun representing the agent 10 is in the first place of
the noun representing that which is acted on is in the second, and the noun
in the third.
representing the possessor,
'
book?
/in-'.',
\Vhosc was
has
pOBSes.-1-cl.
hook:
tlint
'lahVis
Tin
lo>t
In
fa
possessed by
(if
It
which
it
Made
present:
before
jii
"
p&n
.7i
participial
inflexions in
Came
lie
by
it
.Snatched
it
As-o.-iate:
</i'iv
:
how
1*
Note two
ti,
ml.
a)ixtr<i..ii;
In,
from
./,'/;,(,/,
to
intimate relations.
7
u.-e
Inn
j,',<
,!/;,
would not be
\vron--.
mode of expression.
on and one answer you will then perceive it.
10
Agent: /i.<i'ii;/ /<', the one thai acts; acted on, subjected, xtmn li, the one that receives; possessor,
the one to whom [ihe prupertyj MOII-.-; fcuet, lo return; com[)are re-vert.
commonly rendered
ti,
n-<>
Shown
III.,
but
myself.
how can
[one] see
it
pl.rase,
l;n
,'
i!
PART
VIII.
SECTION
497
VI.
[GENDER.]
The sexes
62.
of the
brute creation, as
kimy
wood, and stone
Mountain, water,
63.
than he
is
[Sex
man and
that
human
of the
(male) and
mu
(mother).
that
is.
have bought seven chickens, of which two are cocks, and five, hens.
The male of horses is erh mu (stallion); the female, k'o ma (mare).
The bull 2 is [colloquially] kuwg niu ; the cow, mu niu.
64.
65.
66.
SECTION
[THE ADJECTIVE
AND
ITS
VII.
DEGEEES OF COMPARISON.]
For the qualifying 3 and classifying [in the order of their qualities] such of the TJ//
as are shih-tzu (nouns substantive), other words must be added to them.
The substantive
67.
mu
as
it
its
is.
(its
adjective).
The word "good," for instance, means nothing by itself; it leaves you nowhere f
"
"
"
"
you must add person or thing to it, and then it will serve the purpose of qualification.
68.
In This paper
different kinds of paper.
70.
71.
the words
"
is
is
is
red, the
man
words
"
is
white
"
and
"
red
"
"
good
"
specify
In the phrases Coarse paper and line paper, This paper is coarse, That paper is fine,
"
"
coarse
and " fine distinguish the [one paper from the other as differing in] degree
72.
Has gender: yin, the female principle of nature; yang, the male. Note the term
The bull mang properly, a piebald ox or cow not used colloquially.
Mti
Qualifying
eho lo
when
it is
Characterise
Gradation: ti'engtz'u;
lit.,
succession of layers.
63
40S
6RH
TZtT
He
73.
is
most intelligent of
intelligent than anyone.
That
74
Of
still.
You
intelligent.
is
all
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
more
are
intelligent.
He
is
more
these people.
is the most intelligent
He
impracticable.
That
is
are
more
man
He
He
is
more
1
in the world.
more impracticable. 2
[all]
You
That
is
more impracticable
is that.
to his.
77.
My
abilities are
78.
He
is taller
79.
Which
Who
than
I (or, I
am
mandarin
Li
is
the two.
80.
is
SECTION
Also Li.
VIII.
[THE PRONOUN.]
81.
himself when he is
[Personal Pronouns.] The word by which a man designates
wo (I, me) the word by which I designate anyone that I am addressing in conversa(i
is
talking
tion
ni (thou, thee).
is
you and
The
82.
concerned)
83.
Any
ni-men
(ye)
pronoun
is
wo-men
(we)
jn
him
(a third party),
and
if
fa.
or, all
of us
t'a-men (they).
in speaking of birds
and brutes
in Chinese, but
it is
not
84.
nn kun
under heaven.
'
In the world
More impracticable you might transpose kcng and shih, or introduce shih before tsai.
Xot to be compared pi pn ch'i, cannot rise to a level with his abilities on comparison.
lit.,
T,
;
which is strong
[jo lun, if we consider] these three men's lisio-wen, learning,
rh'iang here strongest, because the comparison is of more than two; in the foregoing sentence,
r,
ber;in-e
Addressing:
that
'it'
tin-
correlative conjunctions,
or pronouns;
e.g.,
ni
110,0
to-shao,
'i
= wh.
11
want many or few, you can take many or few sit Hi ji'n xli/i ?c, be it person, be it tiling
you come upon them so make use of them; sui, to follow, here and
:
ling to.
7
is
Tc'o
Cf. geqiiar,
secumln m.
lai, auxiliary,
t'i ch'i.
PART
85.
2.
4.
5.
CHANG.
6.
Is
7.
What
lane
8.
I said
Tiger-skin Lane
is
his
g.
That
Whom
1 1
He
is
What
He is
14.
Which
15.
1
6.
17.
am
You
86.
is
he teaching them
Who
still
9
putting the
he
my
relations.
official
yourself, sir
at the
was
[e.g.,]
it
that
it,
correspondence,
last year.
10
told
you
come
to
she n -mo
na
whether
ko,
it,
etc.)
etc.).
are
you come
room
to rights.
You may
89.
lives
(shui)
What
88.
is
am
CHANG
are
use
is
side.
What
Lane
he teaching at present ?
teaching two people, both of them
13.
2.
mandarin. 2
lives in Tiger-skin
is
10.
me
'.
CHANG who
the
it
name
on the west
Whom
He is
What
3.
499
[Relative Pronouns.]
1
na
VIII.
for
am come
na
What
or things.
1
Who used note the position of the muuerative, which with
words which are formed by ti = U into an attributive of the noun;
:
yi, one,
lit.,
= the
[the
article a,
man]
is
after,
the
fonnerly-teach-me-mandarin-
or
at,
and
Kuan hua
What lane
or
til,
which, as
lit.,
we should
it
it is
was.
that lane [described
by
Construe: It]
all
is
be in
the-fte-great-east-street-south-end-road-wc-t-
What
is
he teaching them?
lit.,
k'o,
tasks?
hung, labour;
k'o,
originally,
examination.
6
of Confucius
8
9
10
"
;
Meng
Who
was
it
official
documentary
style, as distinguished
"Ta
that
Men chang,
that
na when
perceptible improvement
interrogative
is
"Chung Yung,"
;
q.d.,
[men] chien,
na 3 when demonstrative,
ti is
the
as often used as
t(.
see,
not.
the Dicta
RH
TzO
500
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
90.
91.
over there
He
me what
it is.
92.
1.
2.
3.
93.
i.
2.
3.
7.
8.
There
4.
5.
6.
~'
94
[Possessive Pronouns.]
Is he not your father
2.
No he
3.
Indeed
4.
He
5.
Is that
6.
It is
is
my
what
'
is
his age
8.
g.
You
it is
are going
I can't;
11
10
to take a
His age
greater than
is
mine by
it ?
am
CHANG
to
buy
for you, 8
Yuan
is it
not
to-day, aren't
you
on duty to-day.
Whosoever breaks the law: so yu, whosoever or whatsoever there be; so, originally, place, position;
is this, ?/, there are law
transgress-ing [persons]
hung, all, tei, [man] must, try and punish.
the position
*
I (or,
own.
it is
Xo,
10.
my
behind.
is
Ah
No
left
elder brother.
7.
is
q.d.
Be they who they may wu lun [the agent, here government], does not discuss who it is that has broken
who has broken the law, having broken it,] chiu, in consequence, must [the government] try and
:
punish.
3
Fall in with
[let
them] meet
whom
[they
will], all
they slay.
Passport chih, to grasp in the hand, chao, that which shows, a testimony chih-chao is generic of various
document* of the kind which are ling, taken out. Understand ti jen after nei ti, the interior, all persons that enter,
:
Xotr
that
in'i ti is
China
Be
Recommended:
as distinguished
construe:
leave
it
to
him
to
who
will tell
it, all
are shui,
any persons;
all
Is
it
lit., still
Buy
for
rif:
10
"
You
I
can't
may
ti,
as
my
wo pu
you?
own.
for
tieng hsing.
you go?
or,
go.
PART
12.
1 3.
14.
it
do
fault with
Who
15.
95.
501
Wouldn't
1 1.
VIII.
would
if I
by
my
superiors.
them
tell
6.
[Demonstrative Pronouns.]
Which of these two horses
is
1.
2.
In
3.
Which
4.
There
the better
is
5.
6.
is
7.
8.
They
This
is
a bad one.
this side is
somewhat
barren. 5
Which
9.
to
out themselves.
my
it
of
them
is
not mine
not yours.
n. Very good; then I can do Avithout 7 that one; leave those.
10.
96.
is
[Distributive Pronouns.]
8
Every member of the
1.
Those two
2.
men have
official
each
his
4.
5.
Two
3.
own
duties.
10
that day, and had he attended to either 11 he might
people gave him advice
have saved his life unfortunately, he attended to neither.
;
Much
construe
[If
ti,
that which
[is
it
be well or not?
The
transact,
What
i yang,
difference:
cf.
uni-form.
you individually=you
what non-uniformity
Lit.,
your own transacting, hai, compared with, another man's transacting, there
is
reproof;
fault; ch'ih
5
yourself,
.'
t'iao,
to pick out,
sc.,
one's
6
7
Do
pu yao
q.d.,
those, be
it,
I do nut
claim.
8
Every, each
<-hu,
fancies; hsia
11
Attended
to either
etc.
t'ing,
had he listened
to shui
ti,
502
6.
He
asked
him
told
whether
either
wanted
would
It
8.
They
1.
12.
do.
;
go
There
will
10.
to take the
does not signify which of you two copies this paper either will do.
home three times a month, one being allowed to go on each occasion.
two
7.
9.
me
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
1
The other day he got drunk and struck everyone he met.
2
You say that these banditti all wear red turbans, don't you ?
8
Whether they all wear them or not I can't say, but every one that
saw had
Which
3.
5.
6.
17.
Either
8.
Which
19.
97.
They
in here,
good as the
other.
are both
good
if I
belt ticket. 4
am
you have
to choose one,
the one
is
as
good as the
other.
[Indefinite Pronouns.]
Which
2.
He
3.
Which
4.
5.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
want
to
buy ?
all.
The
it
as
is
1.
6.
Latin
they have
all
died of
but himself.
There
is
is
self-
Struck everyone:
Cf. the
yii chien jen, [when] he happened to meet persons, chin, thereupon, he struck.
or cumque, originally quumque, our ever, generalising time, and hence, events.
Bed turbans note that tou pluralises tsei ; did you not say that those brigands all are round the head
runt/tie,
2
Note
Belt ticket
fa>
io 4 every one, each one those that I saw were each swathing red cloth ones.
yao p'ai, the badge hung in the girdle tai, specially, to wear as a girdle, but freely used as to
,
carry, to lead.
5
'
Two
jade things
ChooM- imr
f%ao
<
there
is
no one able
'Ming tenaciously
te, is
viiriouly, ta suan,
../, twisting.
to
make
calculation.
PART
He
503
greatly to be pitied;
13.
1
nobody takes an interest in him, and it isn't only
that people in general don't take an interest in him, but there are some
people
who hate him very much.
Could you say how many ?
14.
How many
12.
6.
7.
is
do you suppose
make out
15. I
five.
1 8.
98.
VIII.
how much
me
Here, I say,
2.
3.
4.
You
5.
I said a large
quantity,
6. If
was
who
buy a
to
more.
coal have
i.
said that I
many
large quantity.
sell
some
much
of
it
as this.
to
somebody
else.
How many
7.
8.
9.
10.
If
11.
was
it
1 2.
There
1 3.
What
so dear there,
no other
is
?
why
didn't
it
at
you go somewhere
when
else
was in P'ing-an
Street, I
coal-stores.
14.
15.
There are some some way off, but they have all an understanding" with each other.
But even if they have, you might beat them down; they don't all mean to patronise 7
each other to such an extent as each to stand out for exactly what the other
And the coal doesn't look very good either it's all nonsense asking four
takes.
;
Take an
interest in
Bought here: che ko mei; how much of this coal have you been buying?
3 Did
q.d., you are in the position of
you pay note the construction
shih, to be, untranslatable in our idiom
having bought it for how much I
4
Four tiao: originally, a Hang, ttvel, ounce of silver, = 1,000 copper cash Peking currency; I tiao^oo such
cash now the tael is worth 13 tiao and upwards.
The proper cash has not been coined for some years, and its place
is taken by a very base lo-eash piece, really worth about two cash.
5 In this
neighbourhood lit., [if you go] from this to tso chin, what is on the left side and near too elliptical
for tso yu, right and left.
:
6
Understanding: t'ung ch'i, intercommunicating, co-operating, spirit; used also of a third party's mediating or
communicating between two persons.
7
Patronise: ch'en 1 , properly, that which is worn next the skin usod ;is. to deal with, tin- custom of a customer.
;
RH
TZ&
504
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
1 6.
1
If I recollect right, last year this
17.
Anyhow,
2
just put out so
1
8.
of
it
and
sell it to
someone
And
will
for it
money
it;
you
else.
want
you don't want the whole of it, how much do you
will do if you keep three or four piculs.
If
19. It
20.
much
another day.
SECTION
IX.
AND
VOICE.]
Words that predicate being, doing, suffering, whether of person or thing, are in
99.
No
of the Verb, to wit].
English referred to one of the nine categories before mentioned [that
4
such line being drawn in Chinese, and the invention of an equivalent [for the word verb]
on us to employ the term huo tzti (live words), which,
and
we shall endeavour, with the reader's permission, to
unobjectionable,
though incomplete,
show by examples the analogies and contrasts of the huo tzu as employed under different
presenting some difficulty,
6
we
shall take
is
Were a Chinese to say ma p'ao, niao fei, ch'ung p'a, yu yu, these sentences, uttered
100.
thus consecutively, must be taken to signify that, as a species, the horse gallops, the bird flies,
the reptile creeps, the fish swims.
Should you happen to hear a man say ma p'ao, you would in that case infer that
101.
he was speaking of some particular horse as being in the act of galloping; it is much more
usual, however, under these circumstances, to say iia ko ma p'ao.
The sentences
102.
that
we two
t'a
moment
arc at this
but he
is
asleep,
t'a
shui,
wo
lising-cho
Va shui-chiao,
t'a
some
'
Recollect right
"
seem
to
Predicate
i,
4
5
Equivalent
Incomplete:
it is still in
''
hsing-cho, or
wo
shih hsing-cho.
common
of extraordinary application of
Government funds
tzii
Construe
In English, whether
chi, reaching to, touching.
yang, whatever words there be of the kind that i chi, treat of, wei, being,
jis
etc.
lit., it is
lit,
no way improper.
lill'erent
tio
verb
awake,
tenths.
3
do
am
remember.
in
of
wo
either
^vo hsing-cho
shih shui-chiao,
men
it is
may mean
I write)
and
PART
VIII.
505
Those are mainly examples of the verb as predicating being [the verb substantive].
postpone consideration of the verb as active and passive until wo have said something
104.
We shall
may
be used.
k'en
my
pu
k'en (will
106.
[The Conditional Mood.] Were I to say, If lie comes
words would imply an uncertainty whether he was really coming.
t'a (I like
wh:it, is
is
[The Potential Mood.] The sentence, He may (or can) act as a teacher,
is
competent to be a teacher or that he can be a teacher if he pleases.
107.
him),
meant
may mean
either that he
108.
command him
come
to
tsou
so,
pa
(go
When you
!)
p'ao a
(be off !)
according to English
good thing to study), where it applies generally to all persons whatsoever, and that of the k'an
t'a k'an shu (he studies), where a particular person is indicated as the student.
110.
in
[The Participle.]
is
In the following
deal with.
When
the shell
down escaped
this
5
;
Emperor
of the
Han
conspired
against
him
1
the i-ssit, purpose, of plainly
Direct unconditional
lit., the words ai and k'en respectively tang, represent,
Strictly, they do not; it is show
indicating and definitively establishing direct assertion and direct interrogation.
the context.
:
Ai
being governed rlii, since, shu, is T'A feit so chu, that which the word
to, subordinate to, in the jurisdiction of.
:
t'a
<>nly
means belonging
3
Manifest difference
and
last of these
t\\
the jioints
'
of non-identity can at one sight be comprehended; liao, to comprehend, jan, the true-rn
4
More or less explained although the five pien-huan, transformations, have been
shuo ming, explained, hai, yet, there is one kind comparatively difficult to illustrate.
:
Was
sick
liio,
in outline,
summarily,
to].
3
This Emperor, na, that = the. Most favoured: <7t'f/ to love, to favour, as Heaven the Emperor, as the
is Hsien
referred
of
the
a
The
Han
to,
Ti, about A.D. 220.
Han,
Ti, Emperor
Emperor subject.
7
8
a shell
Conspired
rebellion.
cha
made up of huo,
fire,
and
<7ia,
suddenly;
hnp'ao,
k'ai, to explode.
64
506
1
My rheumatism
down
A
tin'
forms
so
is
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
bad that
am
sitting, or
lying
2
State in disorder resembles a tottering wall
C,'iin-ui-t!
yao
be ranged under the sixth mood or modification of the verb. The use of the
words ti and chu appears to be this: the addition of them to the verb, whether of being or
3
in support of that primarily indicated by
doiiu,'. helps it to bring out a secondary meaning
of
whatever is, or is done, is one either of
condition
it
they are intended to show that the
-li.
will all
now
-;
grand
[The Tenses.]
112.
The grand
Whether
it
went to the
yamen yesterday I am
The following are illustrations of the subordinate distinctions
113.
I am writing it.
Have you written that despatch
I have bought it.
2. Have you bought that book ?
I was eating my breakfast; when he returned
3. When he came in the morning
in the evening I had gone out.
;
Rheumatism: lit., bones sore; construe: my bones na-mo, being thus, as they are, are truly of a soreness;
recumbent, standing, sitting, all ways am I not at ease.
2
Note that in these examples wherever ti has been made to represent
Tottering: lit., a wall about to collapse.
as the relative: the child
I'ial inflexion, it might in English, with equal if not greater propriety, be construed
'
that
ning: ''.,
that the verb, whether
Han
we
carefully
it
ti
and
when standing by
itself,
is
the che.ng
i,
proper or
priiiKi:
or cho,
ti
and they
p'ei eh'u,
by
i,
we
is
what
s
it
is
Future
lit.,
that which
is
not yet
wei
is
as in wei pi,
it
net certain.
6
'
Subordinate distinctions: the simple English grammar which I have more or less followed describes the
in paragraph 112 as the main tenses, and subdivides these in the order of the
examples given in
is
130, viz.
:i.
'Am
'
2.
Have bought,"
present complete.
"had
future incomplete
'
'
Have been
'Do
"did look
PART
When
4.
you come
will
I shall be
affair for
am
VIII.
me ?
to
507
come to-morrow
Shall I
going to the
at
noon
I shall
No
at
noon
again.
5.
6.
writing
(or,
7.
114.
and
its
Moods
Tenses.]
3.
4.
Beating something.
1.
2.
6.
7.
How
5.
9.
10.
1 1.
all.
What do you mean by no one at all ? I was looking at him (or, I saw him) when
I first said I was, and I am still looking at him (or, I see him still). 1
2.
3.
14.
15.
6.
17.
1
8.
there
8.
Had you
seen
him
before I put
my
first
question to you
go and see
if
there
is
any
man
that
you
will
at.
be able to
tell
whether there
is
or not.
19.
20. If
21
22. Yes, I
have
23. If there is
2
3
concluded
but
man
I shall
there
sitting here.
when
I get there,
I'll
At the time I first spoke, seeing was seeing now still is it the fact that there is seeing.
before:
note chiu isolating and emphasising tsaa.
Long
By the time you return: tao pu liao, [time] will not have reached your return; I then shall have for certain
Construe
my
business.
508
24. I shall
2j.
How
28. If
29.
30.
31.
26. I say
27.
least three
tho truth.
How
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
that it will
can
I possibly
you were to go
5
might have been looking
32. I
at
him when
but
I said so,
it
You mean
that he
is
you had come upstairs, you might have seen him yourself.
You would not let me come up then will you let me now ?
You can either come up or go after the man, as you please.6
What would be the good of my going after him I might be chasing him
the morning without finding him ?
36. If
37.
38.
39.
don't be angry.
not angry, but I don't believe
41. I
42.
am
43.
/I /I
Now, don't go on
I
spoke
before, I
am
You
47. If I
could easily
had gone
say.
harm ?
have, what
then,
go at
way
me
taking
what you
supposing that
speaking the truth now.
in that
46.
all
you think
it's
all, if
told
you
to go.
not so certain that I should have taken the same road as he.
7
you're so full of objections.
To prevent any confusion, the reader should understand that the person seen by the speaker sitting upstairs
has moved from where he was when the conversation began, but is still in sight. Shall have been laughing: chili pu
Construe: I await your k'an ming, seeing clearly, completely; at the least
cki, see Part V, Lesson XXXIV, Note 4.
1
[J-CIM
du],
lia>.
ming, inquire so
a.-,
= shall
tn ax-ei-tain;
shall still
be laughing.
implied.
->
'li
in,,-.
on
coni|>
Looking at lv
language of one who was actualh
5
I
might IM
not follow that now [you] are
still
II,
all
Note 4
tins
Full of objections
me
say he
is still
the time.
>,
[though
it
does
y.<7.,
its
own.
PART
49.
Am I
50.
No you
to
go
VIII.
509
you
go,
now I'm up
whether
here,
know him
show me what
I shall
go home.
direction he took.
can't be
back again
next
for the
three days.
53.
Where
54.
He
55.
will
56. I
gone
to superintend
cemetery ?
did not recognise him at
57.
first,
60.
61.
How
62.
63.
He was
You do
64.
it
was
WANG
Li.
59.
could
if
he was on a mule.
don't like.
The foregoing dialogue was intended to illuscontains comparatively but few instances of the
4
good this deficiency in the following examples.
115.
Passive Verb,
it is
proposed to make
but as
it
The
an
act.
The words ni
wo (you
ta
in ivo pei
And
ni ta
in Chinese
horse?
Suspicious
is
you
nearly uniform.
ko-tzfi-ko-'rh,
your own
self, raise
we now
doubts.
Deficiency
illustrative of,
5
shou
pu
tsu,
ti,
when
this
is
treated of in
('!
rendered by chiao, to cause, the precise operation of which is obscure, is produced by the employment of certain verbs
to receive, to perceive, or to suffer; all of them active verbs to which that which we regard as the verb
signifying
reality,
becomes the
object.
510
TZft
118.
i.
That
E.g.,
man
keeper some
ERH
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
WANG
he used to be
ta-j$ris gatecertainly to be pitied;
time ago, and in that capacity he was falsely accused of taking
is
about
presents and saying nothing
it
for
discharged.
place he
in
2.
As he was returning
3.
carried off into the mountains, and not only stripped of everything, but so
have died had he not been picked up by a cart
terribly injured that he must
2
that was passing that way.
to his own village he found that the whole country had been
When he
to
his native
fell
got
his father had been burnt out, and everyrecently overrun by banditti, that
him destroyed. 3
His wife, who had come from a well-to-do family, had been deserted by her sons
when the troubles broke out, and when he applied to her friends to see what
thing belonging to
4.
5.
to this extent,
utterly cleaned out ; and, to wind up, after being victimised
was there ever such a case of misery ? 5
is made fun of by his wife's relations
he
Lit.,
subject
men's wrong
of,
him discharged
formerly, at
money
WANG
because of
that a cart
by that place
he was the
this,
[him].
He
Lit.,
fell
;
also received
lifted
also destroyed.
4
His wife was originally a virgin in a family, the proprietors of wealth at the time the robbers appeared,
was the subject of, her sons' abandoning [her] and running away the man seeking found out his fatherin-law's family; asked them on his behalf to calculate a little; they, although they had money, answering said, (mitrade has of late been very bad; in everything have we suffered (lit., eaten) loss; it is ten thousand times ( = infinitely)
Lit.,
[she] chiao,
difficult to
help you.
Bethink you ; in the first instance, chiao, he suffered, men's false accusation ; endured beating, endured
reviling; afterwards he suffered robbery, robbed and received wounds; in addition, utterly was there not one so </,
that which is (
anything) in his house; he in his single person having received all this hardship, still chien //.-."">,
feels the laughter, is ridiculed, chiao, by his wife's family: resembling this kind of misery, heretofore has there been .1
Lit.,
man's receiving
Note
which is not to be explained except in one of two ways: either it is corruptly used for chiao,
otherwise chio, to perceive, which, however, is only read chiao* in slmi-chiao, to sleep; or it is to cause, and must lie
This last construction might stand in chiao crh-tzil jeng hsia, was
governed by an impersonal agent understood.
chiao*,
(q.d., something made her sons abandon her), but will not explain the chiao in chiao t'a n
chien hsiao; for the subject of chien, to see, to perceive, to be sensible of, is at once pronounced by Chinese to
be t'a understood. Practically, it is in general simplest to ignore the etymological claims of chiao, and to translate it
as by. It is noteworthy that shou, to receive, originally meant to give ; ai, to
endure, originally, to strike ; }>< i, in
suffer, to be the subject of, originally, a coverlid, thence, to cover, to affect.
chia
li
PART
VIII.
SECTION
511
X.
119.
Will that
1.
man
he
may
come to-morrow.
Why
Why
2.
he come yesterday
He
3.
4.
didn't
5.
You
tell
I don't
6.
him
No,
sir
My
after
business at the
late.
is
yamen
over 1
out.
is
over.
How
do you mean ? wouldn't you see him if you were to go to the yamen
No, I should be sure to miss him he would certainly have left
directly ?
;
the
7.
8.
When
to Peking,
g.
10.
1 1
1 3.
14.
live there
in.
At the time
of your
first visit
sir.
That
is a
long time back.
be ten years.
Yes,
it's
first
isn't it
Indeed,
How many *
first
12.
WANG
it
soon will
No;
ta-jen?
Five times in
all
the
When was it that your father 6 came to Peking ? In the 23rd year of Tao Kuang.
And when did he go home again
After three or four months' stay.
And your second visit? That was two years later; I was sent up here by 7
my father on business.
?
1
Business over: note san, properly, the dispersion of a number, thence, as below in example 5, applied to
the individual in a number, of employes.
Is over: that is, habitually ; ch'ang shih che-mo-cho, always it is thus.
Don't think
How many:
I fear it is
it is
not to be done.
certainly the fact that indeed quickly [will be] 10 years ended.
tz'il,
how many
Then
alive
haim fu,
my
we seldom
use
throughout.
6
Sent up by
position of
he
luul
yu
had
late father:
t.<nn.
been sent.
TZtJ
512
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
No
remember the occasion very well; you didn't stay very long that time.
I had been in Peking but a few days when I was recalled by a pressing
15.
ERH
letter
from home.
Yes?
16.
17.
1
it
was
to tell
my youn^r
my memory
If
8.
of his illness on
And
19.
my
Of course;
after
up
I couldn't
after
I got home.
4
mourning was over, and
my
at the time
ill
it
to
Peking again
for
him;
came
WAM;
accompanied
In -jen.
WANG
He
he
will
be
5
hear that you purpose leaving Peking yourself, sir, shortly ?
Yes, I shall be
here
is over.
of
service
as
term
home
as
soon
I
to
my
go
presently
expect
off
20. Is
ta-jen
still
in Peking
is
away on duty
at present, but
[Adverbs of Place.]
120.
1.
Where
2.
Which
3.
4.
5.
is
that
Chou.
to T'ung
Wan
Chou
Reckoning from
How come
was
me
to
Chang-chia Wan.
6.
7.
8.
9.
the time
111
'
So long:
;it
its
I suspect
commencement.
mourning of an
specially, the
official
ting,
solitary,
q.d.,
orphan:
yu, sorrow.
am
Mourning over
Native place
man fu,
having completed
pu
chi*, originally,
registered as belonging.
my fu ;
to tijih-tzil.
a tablet
Men, the
pen
chi,
the
pkce
to which
PART
VIII.
513
am not quite sure whether they live inside or outside the SUNG I mean
used to be in the Censorate. 1
To be sure; I have been at his house often
10. I
enough.
Wasn't
1 1.
it
home ?
remember exactly
I don't
often.
What
time was it that he came to such grief on the road? Oh, that time! that
was the year before last a relative of mine was with him.
He fell in with some robbers in Ta-ming Fu, didn't he? Not robbers; they were
braves 4 that had mutinied. 5
12.
13.
Did he meet them, or was he pursued by them ? 6 Neither; he heard that there
was trouble on the high road, so he turned off by a branch road 7 in a southerly
14.
direction.
how was it that he didn't contrive to keep out of their way? So far
from 8 keeping out of their way, he went right in amongst them.
Was he in a cart or riding? In a cart; and when he got to a certain spot he
found the mutineers in his front and in his rear, so that he could neither
Well, then,
15.
1 6.
advance nor
retreat.
was told that they fired upon him too ? No, they didn't fire.
How came he to be hurt then ? Well, in this way he and my relative were both
9
in the same cart, my relative sitting on the left side, and the Censor SUNG on
17. I
1
8.
10
the right
Dear
19.
Censorate
was
It
me how was
all
yu shih ;
luck u
lit,
that after going so far the braves didn't take their lives
that they escaped.
it
imperial historiographer
style the Censorate.
an ancient
title
now
ls
we
Often enough: hao hsieh fang; the word fang 4 otherwise tang*, here = times.
Back and forward treat shih-ch'ang-ti as the adverb continually, constantly, etc.
,
4
5
Braves
Pursued by them note chiao ; did [something] cause them to overtake him.
Branch road lit., he going by a ch'a tao, forked road, slanting south went.
:
So
The Censor
10
the
left
far
from fan
:
Crowding
in
tao,
SUNG
yung
bosom
from
" Threw
it
te
pushed
it
was that
it
heng fang
14
All luck
chiao hsing
see
fall
by reason of the
65
\
514
TZtJ
EKH
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
*
providence came to their rescue ? Well, as the braves were dragging
their baggage out of the cart, their servants, who were all mounted, came up
What kind
20.
from behind, 2 and the braves, not knowing what to make of the sound of the
3
horses' feet, were panic-struck, and fled in all directions.
[Adverbs of Number.]
121.
How many
1.
Kuan
Ti ?*
Why
2.
didn't
after
first
Before
And
3.
had
that I
it
was
They wanted
my
first
it,
but
I said
4.
recommended me
And what
5.
On what grounds
6.
did,
the
much
as I did
on
first
[Adverbs of Degree.]
122.
is
very good; that is very much the reverse.
does not write well his brother writes very well.
This
1.
He
He
2.
3.
it
they, you didn't give anything the last time you came, sir.
But when they took this line didn't you say anything about feeing them
7.
impracticable
to try again.
10
praises
Kind providence
what chiu
lit.,
dismay dispersed.
4
5
6
Kuan
Priests' fee
Han
God
of
War.
More impracticable
Superior
go
they
still
tang-chia-ti, the
manager
Praises
titan,
in.
tsari*,
of.
is
in a shop
PART
4.
5.
6.
7.
VIII.
515
Ho was
1
highly flattered by your invitation to dinner the other day.
That affair to the north of Peking incensed the Emperor extremely. 2
You were excessively angry about a thing of no importance, and then you said
that's said
to him.
8.
When
me
that thing
It
9.
10.
"
11.
12.
Those
Chien
the
hills
7
care
of
"
used to be covered thick with wood, but the people have taken so
it
that there
is
now hardly
Those are
14.
He
little
any.
13.
know CHANG,
to-day, I hardly
all
Liu.
15.
1
6.
17.
1
8.
9
punished them all severely, but WANG more severely than any of them.
10
for the purpose of presenting his son to me.
called on me to-day, principally
He
He
these two
to be sure
Isn't it
We
your plan?
can have a talk about this one
the other
is
utterly impracticable.
20.
Li's house,
21. It is
Highly
blowing
flattered:
lit.,
terribly.
he much
t'i
chio, felt,
sc.,
conferred on him.
*
Incensed extremely
Very
discourteous
lit.,
t'ai
what we
call the
it.
Treat
it
Except
it
here adverbially
be used in
:
probably
So
Have
little
to
care
t'ai,
do with
too much,
sc.,
pu
all,
as employes
yw
is
peculiar
yao, to discharge,
a servant or subordinate.
9
10
11
More
severely
Principally: chung
To be
sure:
yuan
ti,
by position = weightiest.
516
ERH
TZtT
CHI.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
23.
24.
That tea
25.
22.
26.
27.
is spoiled,
but not
all
this evening.
spoiled
there
is
some of
it
that
it
will
do to
use.
well.
123.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Where is the child ? He's nowhere but 2 in the house he can't be anywhere else.
when he did it, where he did it, why he did it, and
I know all about the thing
how he did it.
The moment he heard about the thing he went off.
;
He
He
from).
6.
7.
8.
9.
He
He
The tiles were blown clean off the roof just as he left the house.
The morning was clear, but all of a sudden the sky clouded over.
3
10. I
11.
1
2.
1 3.
14.
15.
17.
He
8.
19.
20.
in time. 4
He had
1 6.
them packed
He took a good deal of pains in the matter, but without any result.
That place was once very thickly peopled it is sadly bare 7 now.
;
21. It's
Beautifully bright : are bright [so that man] Wo, may properly, hsi, rejoice.
Nowhere but: note tso yu; q.d., [seek him] to the right, [seek him] to the left; tsung, in sum,
not beyond, shih tsai chia, being in the house.
*
pw
kuo, he
is
3
:
huang , properly, a hanging curtain ; here used as implying uncertainty (swinging to and
as
a
rule
I
but
sometimes I do not, etc.
fro;); q.d.,
get up,
4
Packed in time note pu liao, could not, inserted between tai and lai, the whole clause being the
subject of
the verb shih; [the cause of] my inability to bring the boxes was [that the
person or persons packing them]
Most mornings
-i
in the
not arriving, did not complete; sc., at the same moment that I departed.
5 Too
late
kan, [though] hastening, could not get out of the city.
'Cashiered: huai kuan; q.d., to ruin one's official position; he ch'aitien, wanted but little, = a little more
pu
chi,
and he would.
7
Sadly bare
sights or sounds
WILLIAMS, rue)
PART
VIII.
517
SECTION XL
[THE PREPOSITION.]
124.
i.
A man
2.
He
3.
is
time,
4.
5.
Is there a
9.
There
10.
11.
12.
1 3.
14.
15.
1
6.
it
that I would
a temple on the hill, and some houses in a hollow 4 at the back of the
went past the Tung-hua Men.
We
is
we
since
He
6
brought his horse out of the stable, jumped upon him, and rode
walked round the Huang Ch'eng 7 yesterday.
17. I
1 8.
He
19.
20.
CHANG
21. Is
come
first I
is off
to
parted.
ofi'.
lao-yeh
hill.
road.
Intimacy chiao ch'ing, reciprocation of [friendly] sentiments the days of this state of things are then, deep,
many. The passage is translated in this way merely to bring in the position beticeen; various other English idioms
would of course be equally correct.
1
put
Caught my foot: pan, properly, to wrap round and so to embarrass; lit., they taking a log of wood, hcng,
on the road [it] caught me, [and by catching caused me] a fall.
Note the curious idiom he encountered hen li hai ti, or tt, that which was so
Serious risk hsien, dangerous.
it crosswise,
3
li
hai that
4
5
interior
See
ko hsien, a danger.
tung
Eight through
li
hai above in
many
places.
4.
many
other verbs;
q.d.,
by way
of the
penetrated through.
used, often
7
became,
A hollow
we
6
it
meaning
p'ien, to get
on a horse ;
in the
form hen-
to cheat.
wall
some
Emperor's
jv
at Peking.
8
Faced about
the dictionaries.
pen
1
,
to run
The
to,
come towards
my
part.
518
TZtt
ERH
23.
24.
Seven days.
22.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
CHI.
a steamer.
25. I
26.
line. 1
the
SECTION
XII.
[THE CONJUNCTION.]
125.
i.
2.
3.
4.
He came
to the
yamen although
it
The winter this year is not very cold nor yet very damp.
Not only the boys went to see what was going on that day, but the girls too.
His idea is that people can make out what he writes whether he has written
it
carefully or otherwise.
6.
2
go at any rate, whether you go or not.
Both he and I were wounded.
7.
8.
Do
9.
5. I shall
10.
it
This
either
way
which
is
tried
it.
is it
to be
but useful as
SECTION
well.
XIII.
[THE INTERJECTION.]
126.
which
differ
according as
is
so correctly.
2.
Ah
is
it
man
Odious
done
1
he has not only wasted time 6 doing nothing, but what he has
done so badly.
Do
it:
the
SucVii
us
etc.
ch'ii is
Merely pleasant
Construe thus
no
Along the line yen, properly, down the tide used as along, a road, an edge,
Whether you go: pu kuan, I regard not, it matters not to me.
ckiu.
is
many
chiv, in such case, [the shin di'i, spirit of the expression] skill, will be,
spirit,
o;
f.
tW,
sigh; dili'
6
thcmstlvi
AV
>
luite;
jxii,
PART
4.
Poor fellow
little
5.
6.
Ah
to be so near
VIII.
his promotion,
and
1 !)
importance.
3
your foreign contrivances are really most ingenious.
4
WANG lao-yek greatly admired those verses you wrote the other day; he kept
!
<>u
exclaiming, Beautiful
6
Astonishing that a man should prefer a bad thing
thing it's utterly unreasonable.
!
7.
8.
9.
May CHANG
lao-yeh soon be well of his wound, and he will come to our rescue.
Indeed ? that's good. 7 And what is more, they say
I hear that he is well again.
that he
it
'
is
be so
may
The day
after
to-morrow
May
8
!
is
(lit.,
to strip),
Contrivances
chi,
Ingenious
4
ch'iao,
Greatly admired
a spring, ehi
cunning
tsan
ch'i,
things
moving by
miao praised
springs.
fine.
as fine.
l
Kept on exclaiming lien hu repeatedly cried out.
6
Prefer: lit., he fang-cho, putting down, q.d., not touching, the good thing, pu yao, rejects or declines
p'ien yao, preferentially demands, the bad thing ; is there such a principle, such reasoning, as this I
7
That's good hao chi, the height of good.
8
May it be so pa pu te, one can't lay hold of it, it is too good to be true.
it,
522
Tztr
ERH cm.
COLLOQUIAL SERIES.
PART
III.
l\l-L
III.
Page
136.
5.
fm*
143-
755.
i.
i'
3.
1 54.
792.
174.
4.
Mei
183.
939.
88.
965.
PART VII.
PART
VIII.
6.
306.
i.
For
"
read
ch'e,
is
kua
Chapter
395.
Note
398.
9.
read
412.
Chapter
For
"
"
"
"
"
fc$ ?iiJ<
1
,
"
!^j
For "Where may have you been" read "Where may you have been"
some read }j
3.
Page 437.
88.
447.
165.
457-
257.
463.
301.
Note
XXXVII,
Sfread^
After "before sui 3 " insert "Colloquially, ku* sui\"
Cancel Note
493.
32.
38.
yii
492.
Note
so
1
ch'ianrj read chiang
494.
"And
491.
495.
For
3.
For yu 3 read
3.
For
text.
t'iao
3.
1
shao* read to' shao
"
"
"
read
not intonated
read with the 4th tone
For " ch'iian-chieh, provisionally" read "tui fu cho, as
to
"
4.
6.
to tread"
j|
XXVI,
8.
cA'e-feit
6.
ch'iao 3
"noti
8.
Note
"
p|j
391.
504.
his bean,
For
Omit " or
9.
291.
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