Vocabulary
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| 着 著 | to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in | Colloquialism |
| 闽南 閩南 | Minnan (southern Fujian) | Proper Noun |
| 陕西 陝西 | Shaanxi Province, capital Xi'an | Proper Noun |
| 印度 印度 | India | Proper Noun |
| 大山 大山 | Dashan, stage name of Canadian Mark Henry Rowswell (1965-), actor and well-known TV personality in PRC | Proper Noun |
| 水上 水上 | Shuishang Township in Chiayi County, west Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 老子 老子 | Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi | Proper Noun |
| 五月 五月 | May; fifth month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 天后 天后 | Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu; Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name) | Proper Noun |
| 中国人 中國人 | Chinese person | Proper Noun |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 每天 每天 | every day | |
| 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 | |
| 这是 這是 | 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 并不 並不 | not at all; by no means | |
| 变得 變得 | to become | |
| 一家 一家 | the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group | |
| 中的 中的 | to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 叫做 叫做 | to be called; to be known as | |
| 二十 二十 | twenty; 20 | |
| 几年 幾年 | a few years; several years; how many years? | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 年来 年來 | this past year; over the last years | |
| 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 | |
| 在外 在外 | outer; excluded | |
| 果 果 | fruit; result | |
| 现 現 | appear, manifest, become visible | |
| 一二 一二 | one or two; a few; a little; just a bit | |
| 对家 對家 | partner (in four person game); family of proposed marriage partner | |
| 年间 年間 | in the years of; during those years; period (of dynasty or decade) | |
| 第二次 第二次 | the second time; second; number two | |
| 出菜 出菜 | (at a restaurant) to bring a dish to a customer; to serve food | |
| 十几 十幾 | more than ten; a dozen or more | |
| 在一起 在一起 | together | |
| 一种 一種 | one kind of; one type of | |
| 五十 五十 | fifty | |
| 什么的 什麼的 | and so on; and so forth; and what not | |
| 早在 早在 | as early as | |
| 四十 四十 | forty; 40 | |
| 老天 老天 | God; Heavens | |
| 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) | |
| 分钱 分錢 | cent; penny | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 驿站 驛站 | relay station for post horses (old) | |
| 第一次 第一次 | the first time; first; number one | |
| 本地人 本地人 | native person (of a country) |