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VOCABULARY.—Continued.
| Q. | |
| Quality (of goods) | Dzung-t'ow; pahn-t'ow. |
| Quickly | May-may or meh-meh. |
| R. | |
| Rain; (2) it rains | Ho; (2) law ho. |
| Rather | Yow; lahn-law; say-soo. |
| Raw | Ts'ang. |
| Read | T'ak dzer. |
| Ready, it (anything) is | Peen leeow. |
| Ready made | Dzaw peen. |
| Ready money | Heen dzee. |
| Receive, to | Seeoo. |
| Reckon up, to | Sung-seeow. |
| Red | Ahng. |
| Regulations | Dzeeang-t'eeah. |
| Relative | Ts'een-ts'ek. |
| Reply, to | Yeen. |
| Rest, to | Heeah hek. |
| Rice | (uncooked) Bee; (cooked) pung. |
| Ride on horseback | Kheeah beh. |
| Right, you are | Put ts'aw; baw ts'aw. |
| Right hand | Yeeoo ts'eeoo. |
| Ripe | Sek. |
| River | Khoy. |
| Road | Lo. |
| Roast, to | Seeay. |
| Room | Pahng. |
| Root | Kern or (German) kön. |
| Rope | Saw. |
| Rough | Khee-khoo. |