Vocabulary
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| 突然 突然 | sudden; abrupt; unexpected | |
| 除了 除了 | besides; apart from (... also...); in addition to; except (for) | |
| 比较 比較 | to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison | |
| 根本 根本 | fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all | |
| 注意 注意 | to take note of; to pay attention to | |
| 表现 表現 | to show; to show off; to display; to manifest; expression; manifestation; show; display; performance (at work etc); behavior | |
| 消息 消息 | news; information | |
| 当然 當然 | only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt | |
| 使 使 | to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger | |
| 如何 如何 | how; what way; what | |
| 只有 只有 | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | |
| 任何 任何 | any; whatever; whichever; whatsoever | |
| 由 由 | to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... | |
| 美 美 | (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) | |
| 每 每 | each; every | |
| 已 已 | already; to stop; then; afterwards | |
| 心 心 | heart; mind; intention; center; core | |
| 为了 為了 | for; for the purpose of; in order to | |
| 发生 發生 | to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out | |
| 死 死 | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned | |
| 所 所 | actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive | |
| 就是 就是 | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if | |
| 被 被 | quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) | |
| 把 把 | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) | |
| 女大十八变 女大十八變 | lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom); fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was | Idiom |
| 说来话长 說來話長 | start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly | Idiom |
| 难看 難看 | ugly; unsightly | Xiehouyu |
| 正好 正好 | just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that | Xiehouyu |
| 开心 開心 | to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb | Xiehouyu |
| 丫头片子 丫頭片子 | (coll.) silly girl; little girl | Colloquialism |
| 打狗 打狗 | Takow, Takao or Takau, old name for Kaohsiung in the southwest of Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 见过 見過 | seen | |
| 别提了 別提了 | say no more; don't bring it up; drop the subject | |
| 挺好 挺好 | very good | |
| 老夫 老夫 | I (spoken by an old man) | |
| 长得 長得 | to look (pretty, the same etc) | |
| 得很 得很 | (after an adjective) very | |
| 术 術 | art, skill, special feat; method, technique | |
| 一只 一隻 | 一: one; a, an; alone · 只: only, just, simply | |
| 不得 不得 | must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot | |
| 府 府 | prefecture; prefect; government | |
| 做完 做完 | to finish; to complete the task | |
| 英 英 | petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English | |
| 花草 花草 | flowers and plants | |
| 物 物 | thing, substance, creature | |
| 头上 頭上 | overhead; above | |
| 房 房 | surname Fang | |
| 早知道 早知道 | If I had known earlier... | |
| 天道 天道 | natural law; heavenly law; weather (dialect) | |
| 斯 斯 | this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle |