Vocabulary
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 这不 這不 | (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) | Colloquialism |
| 那是 那是 | (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed | Colloquialism |
| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 吃的 吃的 | (coll.) food | Colloquialism |
| 今儿 今兒 | (coll.) today | 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 |
| 好不好 好不好 | (coll.) all right?; OK? | Colloquialism |
| 不行了 不行了 | (coll.) on the point of death; dying | Colloquialism |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 小两口 小兩口 | (coll.) young married couple | Colloquialism |
| 昨儿 昨兒 | (coll.) yesterday | Colloquialism |
| 这会儿 這會兒 | (coll.) now; this moment; also pr. [zhè huǐ r] | Colloquialism |
| 菜 菜 | dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor | Colloquialism |
| 山 山 | mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on | 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 |
| 人行 人行 | People's Bank of China | Proper Noun |
| 美国 美國 | United States; USA; US | Proper Noun |
| 谁知道 誰知道 | God knows...; Who would have imagined...? | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 明 明 | bright, light, brilliant; clear | |
| 这是 這是 | this is; this is the ... | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 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) | |
| 早点 早點 | breakfast | |
| 每天 每天 | every day | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 说说 說說 | to say sth | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 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 | |
| 话说 話說 | It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 会不会 會不會 | (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 三十 三十 | thirty; 30 | |
| 怎么回事 怎麼回事 | what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? | |
| 想要 想要 | to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of | |
| 不在 不在 | not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased | |
| 上手 上手 | to obtain; to master; overhand (serve etc); seat of honor | |
| 走你 走你 | (neologism c. 2012) (interjection of encouragement) Let’s do this!; Come on, you can do this! | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 好几 好幾 | several; quite a few | |
| 您好 您好 | hello (polite) | |
| 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 | |
| 到家 到家 | perfect; excellent; brought to the utmost degree | |
| 打烊 打烊 | to close shop in the evening; also pr. [da3 yang2] |