Vocabulary
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| 为 為 | as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) | |
| 自己 自己 | oneself; one's own | |
| 但 但 | but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just | |
| 让 讓 | to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) | |
| 啊 啊 | interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! | |
| 一星半点 一星半點 | just the tiniest bit; a hint of | Idiom |
| 不客气 不客氣 | you're welcome; don't mention it; impolite; rude; blunt | Xiehouyu |
| 好吃 好吃 | tasty; delicious | Xiehouyu |
| 对不起 對不起 | I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint | Xiehouyu |
| 干 乹 | dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder | Xiehouyu |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 走人 走人 | (coll.) to leave; to beat it | Colloquialism |
| 好不好 好不好 | (coll.) all right?; OK? | Colloquialism |
| 不会 不會 | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all | Colloquialism |
| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 一块 一塊 | a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as) aspect; area; dimension (Example: "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same | Colloquialism |
| 这不 這不 | (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) | Colloquialism |
| 菜 菜 | dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor | Colloquialism |
| 块 塊 | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units | Colloquialism |
| 花 花 | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful | Colloquialism |
| 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 |
| 里人 里人 | person from the same village, town or province; peasant (derog.); (of a school of thought etc) follower | Proper Noun |
| 美国 美國 | United States; USA; US | Proper Noun |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 明 明 | bright, light, brilliant; clear | |
| 买菜 買菜 | to buy groceries | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 这是 這是 | this is; this is the ... | |
| 每天 每天 | every day | |
| 天天 天天 | every day | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 八十 八十 | eighty; 80 | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 做菜 做菜 | to cook; cooking | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 小票 小票 | receipt; banknote of small denomination | |
| 好几 好幾 | several; quite a few | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 开门 開門 | to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business | |
| 是的 是的 | yes, that's right; variant of | |
| 不太好 不太好 | not so good; not too well | |
| 记不住 記不住 | can't remember | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 不住 不住 | (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) |