Vocabulary
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| 大为 大為 | very; greatly | |
| 本地人 本地人 | native person (of a country) | |
| 於 於 | in, at, on; interjection alas! | |
| 早茶 早茶 | morning tea | |
| 上山 上山 | to climb a hill; to go to the mountains; (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons); to pass away; (of the sun or moon) to rise | |
| 一会 一會 | a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3] | |
| 茶点 茶點 | tea and cake; refreshments; tea and dim sum | |
| 上天 上天 | Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days) | |
| 不下 不下 | to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) | |
| 年间 年間 | in the years of; during those years; period (of dynasty or decade) | |
| 欢 歡 | happy, pleased, glad; joy; enjoy | |
| 喝茶 喝茶 | to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") | |
| 三分 三分 | somewhat; to some degree | |
| 他用 他用 | other use; other purpose | |
| 日出 日出 | sunrise | |
| 多个 多個 | many; multiple; multi- (faceted, ethnic etc) | |
| 十二 十二 | twelve; 12 | |
| 第二次 第二次 | the second time; second; number two | |
| 友 友 | friend, companion; fraternity | |
| 出水 出水 | to discharge water; to appear out of the water; to break the surface | |
| 八十 八十 | eighty; 80 | |
| 看一看 看一看 | to have a look | |
| 看家 看家 | to look after the house; (of skill, ability) special; outstanding | |
| 不可 不可 | cannot; should not; must not | |
| 说说 說說 | to say sth | |
| 人从 人從 | retinue; hangers-on | |
| 也就是 也就是 | in other words; i.e. | |
| 等等 等等 | et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 一个个 一個個 | a number of; each and every one; one by one; one after another | |
| 大一 大一 | first-year university student | |
| 有一点 有一點 | a little; somewhat | |
| 校 校 | school; military field officer | |
| 女的 女的 | woman | |
| 年过 年過 | over (a certain age) | |
| 一个半 一個半 | one and a half | |
| 韭菜 韭菜 | garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives; (fig.) retail investors who lose their money to more experienced operators (i.e. they are "harvested" like garlic chives) | |
| 和风 和風 | breeze; (Tw) Japanese-style (cooking etc) | |
| 本帮菜 本幫菜 | Shanghainese food | |
| 碱水 鹼水 | lye water; alkaline water (used in cooking) | |
| 蒲菜 蒲菜 | edible rhizome of cattail | |
| 潭水 潭水 | deep water | |
| 不可以 不可以 | may not | |
| 脑 腦 | brain | |
| 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) | |
| 二次 二次 | second (i.e. number two); second time; twice; (math.) quadratic (of degree two) | |
| 中人 中人 | go-between; mediator; intermediary | |
| 京 京 | capital city | |
| 个个 個個 | each one individually; each and every |