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VOCABULARY.—Continued.
| Cheap | P'ee. |
| Chicken | Koy. |
| Child | No-keeah; keeah. |
| China | Tong-kok; Tong-hwah-kok. |
| Chinese | Tung-nahng. |
| Chop, a | Jee-haw. |
| Christian, a | Hong-kah-gi-nahng. |
| Cigar | Hoon (lit. smoke). |
| City, a | Seeah. |
| Clean | Ts'eng-khee. |
| Clear | (of liquids) Ts'eng; (of speech) ming-peh. |
| Clever | Leng-li. |
| Cloth | Nee. |
| Clothes | Sah-kho; ee-hok. |
| Clumsy | Ts'oon-poon. |
| Coal | Booay. |
| Coarse | Ts'o. |
| Cold | Ts'een. |
| Collar | Neesh. |
| Colour | Sek-dzooee. |
| Comb, a | S'eeoo. |
| Come, to | Li. |
| Come„ back, to | Tung-li. |
| Commissioner of Customs | Sooay-boo-see. |
| Compass, a | Law-kang. |
| Compensate, to | Pooay. |
| Comprador | Boy-p'oy. |
| Confucius | Khong-hoo-dzer. |
| Confused | Kong. |
| Consequences | Kahn-hee, |
| Constable | Ts'ay-goy. |