cutting a water spinach----holes at both ends (getting nothing) 刀截蕹菜----雙頭空
tying up a red silk ribbon to the basket containing pig dropping----an ugly person is fond of makeup (fake beauty) 豬屎籃結紅綢----假雅
Conversation Tropic VI:Shopping II
shopping II 買物件二
hawker 小販
client 人客
Miss, would you like to buy some fruits? I guarantee they are fresh and sweet. 亞姐買生果,保證鮮甜個。
Really? You are kidding, aren't you? 真實個?有騙人抑無?
I'm doing business honestly. If you don't trust me, you could try it first and buy afterwards. 阮做生理尚老實,唔相信你好試睇,試著好正買。
Sure, how much is the mandarin orange? 唔,柑做呢賣呀?
My mandarin orange is certainly the best in Shantou. It costs three dollars for half a kilo. 柑,全汕頭我只塊尚雅,一斤三個銀。
How many pieces for half a kilo? 一斤大概有若㩼個?
It depends on larger or smaller sizes. The larger size has got three pieces, while the smaller size has got four pieces. 有大有細,大個三個,細個四個。
I would take half a kilo of the large size. 我欲一斤大個。
Thank you! Thank you! What else do you want? 㩼謝,㩼謝。還豈欲別個?
Sure, how much is a hand of bananas? 唔,弓蕉一裘若㩼錢?
A hand costs one dollar. For acquaintance, I'll give you a twenty cents discount. What else do you want more? All stuff are 20% off. 一裘一個銀,二家相熟,算平兩毫乞你。還欲乜個,一律兩折。
You mustn't deny your words. 你呾個孬反嘴。
Sure! 唔。
I'll take this, this, this, and this, this, this.. 我欲只樣、只樣、只樣、佮許樣、許樣、許樣‧‧‧
Apple and water melon, one piece for each. Mango and orange, two pieces for each. A car. 蘋果西瓜各一個、檨佮橙兩粒、汽車一隻、
A house, a table, a bed, a shirt, two trousers. 厝一間、床一隻、眠床一個、衫一個、褲兩條、
A pair of shoes and socks, two formal dresses, a man. 鞋襪各一雙、禮服兩副、大夫一個。
All together one million two hundred and thirty-four thousand five hundred sixty-seven dollars and eighty-nine cents. 攏總一百二十三萬四千五百六十七個八毫九。
the 12 zodiac animals based on Chinese Lunar Calendar