Vocabulary
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| 九月 九月 | September; ninth month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 杨贵妃 楊貴妃 | Yang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong | Proper Noun |
| 西门 西門 | two-character surname Ximen | Proper Noun |
| 太岁 太歲 | Tai Sui, God of the year; archaic name for the planet Jupiter; nickname for sb who is the most powerful in an area | Proper Noun |
| 人大 人大 | Renmin University of China | Proper Noun |
| 天外 天外 | abbr. for | Proper Noun |
| 十月 十月 | October; tenth month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 点点 點點 | Diandian (Chinese microblogging and social networking website) | Proper Noun |
| 五月 五月 | May; fifth month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 七月 七月 | July; seventh month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 中行 中行 | abbr. for | Proper Noun |
| 上元 上元 | Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar | Proper Noun |
| 进学 進學 | to advance one's learning; to enter the prefecture school under the imperial examination system | Proper Noun |
| 水上 水上 | Shuishang Township in Chiayi County, west Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 十一月 十一月 | November; eleventh month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 南京 南京 | Nanjing, sub-provincial city and capital of Jiangsu Province; Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368-1421) and of the Republic of China (1927-1937 and 1946-1949) | Proper Noun |
| 中都 中都 | Zhongdu, capital of China during the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), modern day Beijing | Proper Noun |
| 天后 天后 | Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu; Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name) | Proper Noun |
| 上高 上高 | Shanggao county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi | Proper Noun |
| 京都 京都 | Kyoto, Japan | Proper Noun |
| 北宋 北宋 | the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) | Proper Noun |
| 上水 上水 | Sheung Shui (area in Hong Kong) | Proper Noun |
| 中国人 中國人 | Chinese person | Proper Noun |
| 赵国 趙國 | Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC) | Proper Noun |
| 西汉 西漢 | Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called, Former Han Dynasty | Proper Noun |
| 三门 三門 | Sanmen county in Taizhou, Zhejiang | Proper Noun |
| 大和 大和 | Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc; Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc | Proper Noun |
| 朱子 朱子 | Master Zhu, another name for Zhu Xi | Proper Noun |
| 谁知道 誰知道 | God knows...; Who would have imagined...? | |
| 说起来 說起來 | Say | |
| 哪知道 哪知道 | who would have thought that ...? | |
| 有一些 有一些 | somewhat; rather; some | |
| 说真的 說真的 | to tell the truth; honestly; in fact | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 二奶 二奶 | mistress; second wife; lover | |
| 这是 這是 | this is; these are | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 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 | |
| 家的 家的 | (old) wife | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 二哥 二哥 | second brother | |
| 哥儿 哥兒 | brothers; boys | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 前儿 前兒 | before; day before yesterday |