Apartment for Ladies 1970
女子公寓
Betty Ting Pei plays the lead, a Taiwanese singer searching in Hong Kong for her younger sister, who disappears after coming to HK to be discovered as a nightclub singer.
Vocabulary
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| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 台湾 台灣 | variant of | Proper Noun |
| 香港 香港 | Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC | Proper Noun |
| 姊妹 姊妹 | (older and younger) sisters; sister (school, city etc) | Proper Noun |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 这是 這是 | this is; this is the ... | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 是的 是的 | yes, that's right; variant of | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 怎么回事 怎麼回事 | what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? | |
| 妈咪 媽咪 | mommy (loanword) | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 这位 這位 | this (person) | |
| 还给 還給 | to return sth to sb | |
| 做事 做事 | to work; to handle matters; to have a job | |
| 第一次 第一次 | the first time; first; number one | |
| 有了 有了 | I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 一对 一對 | couple; pair | |
| 等一等 等一等 | wait a moment | |
| 十八 十八 | eighteen; 18 | |
| 你妈 你媽 | (interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking | |
| 快慢 快慢 | speed | |
| 不一 不一 | to vary; to differ | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 会不会 會不會 | (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not | |
| 并不 並不 | not at all; by no means | |
| 不在 不在 | not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased | |
| 五号 五號 | the fifth; fifth day of a month | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 早点 早點 | breakfast | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 说出 說出 | to speak out; to declare (one's view) | |
| 二十 二十 | twenty; 20 | |
| 一家 一家 | the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group | |
| 不见了 不見了 | to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found | |
| 几岁 幾歲 | how old are you? (familiar, or to a child) | |
| 客 客 | guest, traveller; customer |