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VOCABULARY.—Continued.
| Blowing, it is | T'ow hwong. |
| Blue | Lahm. |
| Board | Bak-poy. |
| Boat | Dzoon or dzooen. |
| Boatman | Keeah-dzoon-nahng. |
| Body | Seen-t'oy. |
| Boiling | Kooen. |
| Bones | Koot. (Of a dead man—koot-t'ow.) |
| Book | Ts'ay: dzer. |
| Book-case | Ts'ay-kay or ts'eh-keh. |
| Boots | Oy. |
| Borrow, to | Tjeeay. |
| Bottle | Dzoon; kwahn. |
| Box | (large) Seeay; (small) ahp-koeah. |
| Boy (servant) | Shee-dzi. |
| Bread | Mee-pow. |
| Breakfast | Dzah-pung, |
| Brick | Dzung. |
| Bridge | Keeay. |
| Bring | (of things) Kheeay; (of person) leeah |
| Broad | Khwah. |
| Brothers | Heeah-tee. (Elder) ah-heeah; (younger) ah-tee. |
| Brush | Sooey. |
| Bucket | Dzooee-t'ahng. |
| Bundle | Pow. |
| Burn | Seeay; seeay teeow. |
| Business | Ser; (official) kong ser. |
| Business of mine, no | Kahng-wah baw syen-kahn. |
| Busy | Hwong-mahng. |
| Butter | Goo lah. |
| Buttons | Neeoo. |