nineteen, ninety, ninth, no, nobody, nod, noise, noodle, noon, north, nose, not, notebook, nothing, notice, November, now, number, nurse
O— o'clock,
October, of, off, office, officer, often, oil, OK, old, on, once, one, only, open, or, orange, order, other, out, outside, over, own,P— p.m.,
pack, package, page, paint, pair, pants, paper, parent, park, part, party, pass, past, pay, PE (physical education), pen, pencil, people, perhaps, person, pet, piano, pick, picnic, picture, pie, piece, pig, pink, pizza, place, plan, play, player, playground, please, point, police, polite, poor, popcorn, popular, pork, possible, post office, postcard, pound, practice, prepare, present, pretty, price, problem, program, proud, public, pull, purple, push, putQ— queen, question, quick, quiet, quite
R— rabbit, radio, railway, rain, rainbow, rainy, read, ready, real, really, red,
refrigerator, remember, repeat, rest, restaurant, restroom, rice, rich, ride, right, ring, river, road, ROC, room, rose, round, rule, ruler, runS— sad, safe, salad, sale, salt, same, sandwich, Saturday, save, say, school, sea,
season, seat, second, see, seldom, sell, send, senior high school, sentence, September, serious, seven, seventeen, seventh, seventy, several, shall, shape, share, she (her, hers, herself), sheep, ship, shirt, shoe(s), shop, shopkeeper, short, should, shoulder, show, shy, sick, side, sidewalk, simple, since, sing, singer, sir, sister, sit, six, sixteen, sixth, sixty, size, skirt, sky, sleep, slow, small, smart, smell, smile, smoke, snack, snake, snow, so, socks, sofa, some, someone (somebody), something, sometimes, somewhere, son, song, soon, sorry, sound, soup, south, space, speak, special, spell, spend, spoon, sports, spring, square, stand, star, start, station, stay, steak, still, stomach, stop, store, story, strange, stranger, street, strong, student, study, stupid, successful, sugar, summer, sun, Sunday, sunny, supermarket, sure, surprise, surprised, sweater, sweet, swimT— table,
Taiwan, take, talk, tall, tape, taste, taxi, tea, teach, teacher, team, teenager, telephone (phone), television (TV), tell, ten, tennis, tenth, test, than, thank, that, the, theater, then, there, these, they (them, their, theirs, themselves), thin, thing, think, third, thirsty, thirteen, thirty, this, those, though (although), thousand, three, Thursday, ticket, tiger, time, tired, to, , today, together, tomato, tomorrow, tonight, too, tooth, touch, towel, town,‧ 國
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toy, traffic, train, tree, trip, trouble, truck, true, try, Tuesday, turn, twelve, twenty, two, typhoon
U— umbrella, uncle, under, understand, unhappy, uniform, until, up, USA, use,
useful, usuallyV— vacation,
vegetable, very, video, visit, voiceW— wait, waiter, waitress, wake, walk, wall, want, warm, wash, watch, water,
way, we (us, our, ours, ourselves), weak, wear, weather, Wednesday, week, , weekend, welcome, well, west, wet, what, when, where, whether, which, white, who, whose, why, wife, will (would), win, wind, window, windy, winter, wise, wish, with, without, woman, wonderful, word, work, workbook, worker, world, worry, write, writer, wrongY— year,
yellow, yes (yeah), yesterday, yet, you (your, yours, yourself, yourselves), youngZ— zoo
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Appendix O: 1200-word List Stipulated by MOE (2008) The underlined words mean the ones that can be explained by sound symbolism.
A─ a(an), a few, a little, a lot, a.m., able, about, above, abroad, across, act,
action, actor, actress, afraid, after, afternoon, again, age, ago, agree, ahead, air, airplane (plane), airport, all, almost, along, already, also, always, America, American, and, angry, animal, another, answer, ant, any, anyone (anybody), anything, apartment, appear, apple, April, arm, around, arrive, art, as, ask, at, attack, August, aunt, autumn (fall), awayB─ baby, back, bad, badminton, bag, bake, bakery, balcony, ball, banana, band,
bank, barbecue, base, baseball, basket, basketball, bat, bath, bathroom, be (am, is, are, was, were, been), beach, bean, bear, beautiful, because, become, bed, bedroom, bee, beef, before, begin, behind, believe, bell, belong, below, belt, bench, beside, between, bicycle (bike), big, bird, birthday, bite, black, blackboard, blanket, blind, block, blow, blue, boat, body, boil, book, bookstore, bored, boring, born, borrow, boss, both, bottle, bottom, bow, bowl, box, boy, bread, break, breakfast, bridge, bright, bring, brother, brown, brush, bug, build, bun, burn, bus, business, businessman, busy, but, butter, butterfly, buy, byC─ cage, cake, call, camera, camp, can (could), candle, candy, cap, car, card,
care, careful, carry, case, castle, cat, catch, celebrate, cellphone, cent, center, centimeter, chair, chalk, chance, change, cheap, cheat, check, cheer, cheese, chess, chicken, child, China, Chinese, chocolate, choose,chopsticks, Christmas, church, circle, city, clap, class, classmate, classroom, clean, clear, clerk, climb, clock, close, clothes, cloudy, club, coat, coffee, cola, cold, collect, color, comb, come, comfortable, comic, common,
computer, convenient, cook, cookie, cool, copy, corner, correct, cost, couch, count, country, course, cousin, cover, cow, crazy, cross, cry, cup, cut, cute
D─ dance, dangerous, dark, date, daughter, day, dead, deal, dear, December,
decide, delicious, dentist, department store, desk, dictionary, die, different, difficult, dig, dining room, dinner, dirty, dish, do (does, did, done), doctor (Dr.), dodge ball, dog, doll, dollar, door, dot, down, dozen, dragon, draw, drawer, dream, dress, drink, drive, driver, drop, drum, dry, duck, dumpling, during
E─ each, ear, early, earth, east, Easter, easy, eat, egg, eight, eighteen, eighty,
either, elementary school, elephant, eleven, else, e-mail, end, engineer, English, enjoy, enough, enter, envelope, eraser, eve, even, evening, ever,‧
every, everyone (everybody), everything, example, excellent, except, excited, exciting, excuse, exercise, expensive, experience, eye
F─ face, fact, factory, fail, fall, family, famous, fan, far, farm, farmer, fast, fat,
father (dad, daddy), favorite, February, feed, feel, festival, fever, few, fifteen, fifty, fight, fill, finally, find, fine, finger, finish, fire, first, fish, fisherman, five, fix, floor, flower, flute, fly, follow, food, foot, for, foreign, foreigner, forget, fork, forty, four, fourteen, fox, free, French fries, fresh, Friday, friend, friendly, frisbee, frog, from, front, fruit, fry, full, fun, funny, futureG─ game, garden, garbage, gas, gate, get, ghost, giant, gift, girl, give, glad,
glass, glasses, glove, glue, go, goat, good, good-bye (goodbye, bye), goose, grade, gram, grandfather (grandpa), grandmother (grandma), grape, grass, gray, great, green, ground, group, grow, guava, guess, guitar, guy, gymH─ habit, hair, half, Halloween, ham, hamburger, hand, handsome, hang,
happen, happy, hard, hard-working, hat, hate, have (has, had), he (him, his, himself), head, headache, health, healthy, hear, heart, heat, heavy, hello, help, helpful, hen, here, hey, hi, hide, high, hike, hill, hippo, history, hit, hobby, hold, holiday, home, homework, honest, honey, hop, hope, horse, hospital, hot, hot dog, hotel, hour, house, housewife, how, however, hundred, hungry, hunt, hurry, hurt, husband
I─ I (me, my, mine, myself), ice, ice cream, idea, if, important, in, inch,
insect, inside, interest, interested, interesting, Internet, interview, into, invite, island, it (its, itself)J─ jacket, January, jeans, job, jog, join, joy, juice, July, jump, June, junior
high school, justK─ kangaroo, keep, key, kick, kid, kill, kilogram, kind, king, kiss, kitchen, kite,
knee, knife, knock, know, knowledge, koalaL─ lake, lamp, land, language, lantern, large, last, late, later, laugh, lawyer,
lazy, lead, leader, learn, least, leave, left, leg, lemon, lend, less, lesson, let, letter, lettuce, library, lid, lie, life, light, like, line, lion, lip, list, listen, little, live, living room, lonely, long, look, lose, loud, love, lovely, low, lucky, lunchM─ machine, mad, magic, mail, mailman (mail carrier), make, man, many,
map, March, mark, marker, market, married, mask, mat, math(mathematics), matter, may (might), May, maybe, meal, mean, meat,
medicine, medium, meet, meeting, menu, middle, mile, milk, million, mind, minute, Miss, miss, mistake, modern, moment, Monday, money, monkey, month, moon, more, morning, mop, most, mother (mom, mommy),
motorcycle, mountain, mouse, mouth, move, movie, Mr., Mrs., MRT, Ms., much, mud, museum, music, must
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newspaper, next, nice, night, nine, nineteen, ninety, no, nobody, nod, noise, noodle, noon, north, nose, not, note, notebook, nothing, notice, November, now, number, nurseO─ o'clock, October, of, off, office, officer, often, oil, OK, old, on, once, one,
only, open, or, orange, order, other, out, outside, over, own, oxP─ p.m., pack, package, page, paint, pair, pants, papaya, paper, parent, park,
part, party, pass, past, paste, pay, PE (physical education), peach, pear, pen, pencil, people, perhaps, person, pet, photo, piano, pick, picnic, picture, pie, piece, pig, pin, pink, pipe, pizza, place, plan, planet, plant, plate, play, player, playground, please, pleasure, pocket, point, police, polite, pond, pool, poor, popcorn, popular, pork, possible, post office, postcard, pot, pound, power, practice, pray, prepare, present, pretty, price, prince, princess, prize, problem, program, proud, public, pull, pumpkin, puppy, purple, push, putQ─ quarter, queen, question, quick, quiet, quite, quiz
R─ rabbit, race, radio, railway, rain, rainbow, rainy, raise, rat, read, ready, real,
really, recorder, red, refrigerator, remember, repeat, reporter, rest,restaurant, restroom, rice, rich, ride, right, ring, rise, river, road, ROC, robot, rock, roll, roller skate (roller blade), room, rope, rose, round, row, rule, ruler, run
S─ sad, safe, sail, salad, sale, salesman, salt, same, sandwich, Saturday, save,
say, scared, school, science, scooter, screen, sea, season, seat, second, , secretary, see, seed, seesaw, seldom, sell, send, senior high school,sentence, September, serious, set, seven, seventeen, seventy, several, shake, shall, shape, share, shark, sharp, she (her, hers, herself), sheep, shine, ship, shirt, shoe(s), shop, shopkeeper, short, shorts, should, shoulder, shout, show, shy, sick, side, sidewalk, sight, sign, simple, since, sing, singer, sir, sister, sit, six, sixteen, sixty, size, skate, skirt, sky, sleep, slide, slim, slow, small, smart, smell, smile, smoke, snack, snake, snow, snowman, snowy, so, soccer, socks, sofa, soldier, some, someone (somebody), something, sometimes, somewhere, son, song, soon, sore, sorry, sound, soup, south, , space, spaghetti, speak, special, spell, spend, spider, spoon, sports, spring, square, stairs, stamp, stand, star, start, station, stay, steak, still, stomach, stop, store, story, straight, strange, stranger, straw, strawberry, street, strong, student, study, stupid, subject, successful, sugar, summer, sun, Sunday, sunny, supermarket, sure, surf, surprise, surprised, sweater, sweet, swim,
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T─ table, tail, Taiwan, take, talk, tall, tape, taste, taxi, tea, teach, teacher, team,
teenager, telephone (phone), television (TV), tell, temple, ten, tennis, terrible, test, than, thank, that, the, theater, then, there, these, they (them, their, theirs, themselves), thick, thin, thing, think, third, thirsty, thirteen, thirty, this, those, though (although), thousand, three, throat, throw, Thursday, ticket, tidy, tie, tiger, time, tired, to, toast, today, toe, together, tomato, tomorrow, tonight, too, tool, tooth, top, total, touch, towel, town, toy, traffic, train, trash, treat, tree, trick, trip, trouble, truck, true, try, T-shirt, tub, Tuesday, turkey, turn, turtle, twelve, twenty, twice, two, type, typhoonU─ umbrella, uncle, under, understand, unhappy, uniform, until, up, USA, use,
useful, usually