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Entry Phonemic Transcription Phonetic Transcription Tone Gloss 
1  No transcription given No transcription given  No tone given  My name is ___ and I will be speaking Hakka Chinese. 
2  pɑ pɑ  4  father 
3  pʰɔn pʰɔn  4  cooked rice 
4  fa fa  1  flower 
5  ta tɑ  1  to hit 
6  tɔ to  1  many 
7  tɔ to  6  knife 
8  tɔ to  2  to be picked by chance 
9  tʰɔ tʰo  2  to marry 
10  tsɛt tsɛʔ  4  thief 
11  tsɛ{p, t, k} tsʰɛʔ  4  to plug up 
12  tsiau tsiau  1  chew 
13  siau siau  1  smile 
14  lɔ lo  5  old 
15  kɔ ko  6  song 
16  kʰɔŋ kʰɔŋ  1  wild 
17  hɔ ho  2  fine 
18  waiŋwai waɪŋwaɪ  1  crooked 
19  ma maɪ  4  to buy 
20  nahi na'hi  1  bring 
21  ŋaɪ ŋaɪ  1  I 
22  ŋ̩ ŋ̩  6  fish 
23  h̩͡ŋ h̩͡ŋ  6  you 
24  fai vaɪ  1  bad 
25  tsʰuŋ dʒuŋ  1  to hit 
26  tsʰia dʒia  6  umbrella 
27  sui ʃui  5  water 
28  siu ʒiu  3  oil 
29  iau yiau  1  hungry 
30  ŋi ŋi  4  two 
31  lɛ{p, t, k} lɛʔ  4  to lift 
32  lɔt ləʔ  4  spicy hot 
33  kɔ ko  6  song 
34  lu lu  1  scrub 
35  lɔ{p, t, k} lɞʔ  4  to be burned 
36  sulɛ{p, t, k} ʒu'lɪ  6  strong 
37  ŋaɪ ŋaɪ  6  I 
38  tʰɔivan tʰoivɑn  3  Taiwan 
39  talɔn tɑ'lən  6  to break 
40  tʰɛuna tʰeuna  3  head 
41  tsiaŋ tsiaŋ  1  pretty 
42  liau liau  2  waste 
43  siu ʒiu  6  oil 
44  kua kua  6  melon 
45  sui ʃui  5  water 
46  tsɛ tse  3  sister 
47  tsɛtsɛ ts̩tsɛ  3  sister 
48  au au  1  to bend