Vocabulary
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| 之间 之間 | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 作为 作為 | one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 忙乎 忙乎 | to be busy (colloquial) | Colloquialism |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 小金 小金 | Xiaojin County (Tibetan: btsan lha rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, northwest Sichuan | Proper Noun |
| 洛杉矶 洛杉磯 | Los Angeles, California | Proper Noun |
| 老总 老總 | boss; sir (person with a leading role in an organization); (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA; (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official; (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file | Proper Noun |
| 旧金山 舊金山 | San Francisco, California | Proper Noun |
| 财 財 | wealth, valuables, riches | |
| 大叔 大叔 | eldest of father's younger brothers; uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) | |
| 叔 叔 | uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] | |
| 走调 走調 | out of tune; off-key | |
| 食 食 | eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184 | |
| 存钱 存錢 | to deposit money; to save money | |
| 有空 有空 | to have time (to do sth) | |
| 没法 沒法 | at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice | |
| 破费 破費 | to spend (money or time) | |
| 费心 費心 | to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth); may I trouble you (to do sth) | |
| 石 石 | stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 | |
| 味 味 | taste, smell, odor; delicacy | |
| 生活方式 生活方式 | way of life; lifestyle | |
| 打发时间 打發時間 | to pass the time | |
| 乱花 亂花 | to spend recklessly; to waste money | |
| 每月 每月 | each month | |
| 管他的 管他的 | don’t worry about (it, him etc); doesn’t matter; whatever; anyway | |
| 一时半会儿 一時半會兒 | a short time; a little while | |
| 养儿防老 養兒防老 | (of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age | |
| 养老送终 養老送終 | to look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die | |
| 比照 比照 | according to; in the light of; contrast | |
| 小太阳 小太陽 | parabolic heater; heat dish | |
| 亲亲 親親 | dear one; to kiss; friendly | |
| 性子 性子 | temper | |
| 不管三七二十一 不管三七二十一 | regardless of the consequences; recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast | |
| 一声 一聲 | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) | |
| 五音不全 五音不全 | tone deaf; unable to sing in tune | |
| 车费 車費 | passenger fare | |
| 到时候 到時候 | when the moment comes; at that time | |
| 程 程 | journey, trip; schedule, agenda | |
| 别管 別管 | no matter (who, what etc) | |
| 失 失 | lose; make mistake, neglect | |
| 旅居 旅居 | to stay away from home; residence abroad; sojourn | |
| 死活 死活 | life or death; fate; no matter what; anyway; for the life of me | |
| 不愿 不願 | unwilling | |
| 华人 華人 | ethnic Chinese person or people | |
| 房东 房東 | landlord | |
| 一方面 一方面 | on the one hand |