Chit kúi kang kā chit pún chheh khòaⁿ liáu liáu. Kiông-lia̍t thui-chiàn.
Lōe-iông, Chia̍h pá ·bē ê lâng ke-kiám í-keng chai-iáⁿ, m̄ koh chit pún chheh ū chē chē gián-kiù kap sè-chiat:
- Ùi Tāi Chheng Tè-kok kah Tiong-hôa Bîn-kok kau hiān-tāi ê PRC, "Tiong-kok" ā sī "China" chit ê miâ sī ùi toeh lâi ê?
- Hàn-jîn, Hàn-cho̍k, Hôa-jîn án-ná tēng-gī, hun-piān, ùi toeh lâi?
- "Tiong-kok" ê lâng, le̍k-sú, léng-thó͘, chú-koân, gí-giân téng téng
Chia ê mi̍h-kiāⁿ, chit pún chheh lóng ē chim-chiok koan-chhat, siông-sè kái-soeh.
Khòaⁿ ū Eng-gí ê pêng-iú, ē sái kā tha̍k khòaⁿ māi ·a.
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300234824/invention-china