Vocabulary
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| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 宁缺毋滥 寧缺毋濫 | better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option | Idiom |
| 万事如意 萬事如意 | to have all one's wishes (idiom); best wishes; all the best; may all your hopes be fulfilled | Xiehouyu |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 护工 護工 | nurse's aide; nursing assistant; care worker | |
| 不舒服 不舒服 | unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy | |
| 念叨 唸叨 | to talk about often; to reminisce about; to keep repeating; to keep harping on; to discuss | |
| 倘然 倘然 | if; supposing that; leisurely | |
| 我儿 我兒 | my child | |
| 评弹 評彈 | pingtan, a traditional Suzhou narrative art that combines storytelling and ballad singing, typically performed by two artists; also used as a collective term for (spoken storytelling) and (sung storytelling) | |
| 有缘 有緣 | related; brought together by fate | |
| 闯祸 闖禍 | to cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble | |
| 宅子 宅子 | house; residence | |
| 阿尔茨海默症 阿爾茨海默症 | Alzheimer's disease | |
| 犯病 犯病 | to fall ill | |
| 迷糊 迷糊 | muddle-headed; dazed; only half conscious | |
| 添麻烦 添麻煩 | to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience | |
| 聊以 聊以 | to use it (or do it) for the purpose of (allaying hunger, relieving boredom etc) to some extent | |
| 陪护 陪護 | to attend to the needs of (an invalid, disabled person etc); caregiver | |
| 闯荡 闖蕩 | to leave home to make one's way in the world; to leave the life one knows to seek success | |
| 百善孝为先 百善孝為先 | of all virtues filial piety is most important (idiom) | |
| 限时 限時 | to set a time limit; for a limited time; time-limited; limited period of time | |
| 大嫂 大嫂 | older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) | |
| 放鞭炮 放鞭炮 | to set off firecrackers | |
| 嚷嚷 嚷嚷 | to argue noisily; to shout; to make widely known; to reproach | |
| 惹祸 惹禍 | to stir up trouble; to invite disaster | |
| 民警 民警 | civil police; PRC police; abbr. for 人民警察 | |
| 外头 外頭 | outside; out | |
| 待会儿 待會兒 | in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] | |
| 岁数 歲數 | age (number of years old) | |
| 甭 甭 | (contraction of 用) need not; please don't | |
| 长假 長假 | long vacation | |
| 徒弟 徒弟 | apprentice; disciple | |
| 姑姑 姑姑 | paternal aunt | |
| 背着 背著 | carrying on one's back | |
| 总经理 總經理 | general manager; CEO | |
| 好不容易 好不容易 | with great difficulty; very difficult | |
| 师父 師父 | used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker | |
| 粥 粥 | used in 荤粥 | |
| 预约 預約 | booking; reservation; to book; to make an appointment | |
| 特意 特意 | specially; intentionally | |
| 扭 扭 | to turn; to twist; to wring; to sprain; to swing one's hips | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 咋 咋 | dialectal equivalent of 怎么 | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 播 播 | to sow; to scatter; to spread; to broadcast; Taiwan pr. [bò] | |
| 当作 當作 | to treat as; to regard as | |
| 厕所 廁所 | toilet; lavatory | |
| 趟 䠀 | classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip |