But learning the Tsou language wasn't easy at all. I saw Hsiu-chen's notebook, and it was full of markings in Chinese characters, the Chinese phonetic alphabet and Western romanization, plus curlicues to show where to vibrate the tongue.
不過學鄒族的話倒不是非常容易，我看秀珍的筆記上注滿了國字、注音符號、羅馬拼音，還有卷尾巴表示顫動舌頭。