Vocabulary
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| 对口 對口 | (of two performers) to speak or sing alternately; to be fit for the purposes of a job or task; (of food) to suit sb's taste | |
| 出点子 出點子 | to express an opinion; to offer advice | |
| 邦国 邦國 | country; state | |
| 女家 女家 | bride's family (in marriage) | |
| 口白 口白 | narrator; spoken parts in an opera | |
| 点卯 點卯 | morning roll call | |
| 幔子 幔子 | curtain; veil | |
| 禅机 禪機 | Buddhist allegorical word or gesture; subtleties of Buddhist doctrine | |
| 谶语 讖語 | prophecy; prophetic remark | |
| 别号 別號 | alias | |
| 等差 等差 | degree of disparity; equal difference | |
| 年庚 年庚 | date and time of a person's birth; age | |
| 再三再四 再三再四 | repeatedly; over and over again | |
| 鬓毛 鬢毛 | hair on the temples | |
| 听书 聽書 | to listen to a performance of pinghua storytelling; to listen to an audiobook | |
| 蝈蝈儿 蟈蟈兒 | erhua variant of | |
| 脯子 脯子 | breast meat (of chicken etc) | |
| 对打 對打 | to fight (one against one) | |
| 肉桂 肉桂 | Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia) | |
| 喜喜欢欢 喜喜歡歡 | happily | |
| 狍子 狍子 | Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus) | |
| 一抿子 一抿子 | a little bit | |
| 看不中 看不中 | not impressed by | |
| 病笃 病篤 | critically ill; on one's deathbed | |
| 男家 男家 | man's family (in marriage) | |
| 两重 兩重 | dual; twofold | |
| 五七 五七 | memorial activity 35 days after a person's death | |
| 半晌 半晌 | half of the day; a long time; quite a while | |
| 开花儿 開花兒 | erhua variant of | |
| 谥号 諡號 | honorary posthumous name; posthumous title | |
| 痨病 癆病 | tuberculosis (TCM) | |
| 半年 半年 | half a year | |
| 请坐 請坐 | please, have a seat | |
| 说不上 說不上 | to be unable to say or tell; to not be worth mentioning | |
| 出毛病 出毛病 | a problem appears; to break down | |
| 两口子 兩口子 | husband and wife | |
| 小孩儿 小孩兒 | erhua variant of 小孩; child | |
| 前边 前邊 | front; the front side; in front of | |
| 好玩儿 好玩兒 | erhua variant of 好玩; amusing; fun; interesting | |
| 请进 請進 | "please come in" | |
| 女孩儿 女孩兒 | erhua variant of 女孩; girl | |
| 真是的 真是的 | Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration) | |
| 北边 北邊 | north; north side; northern part; to the north of | |
| 南边 南邊 | south; south side; southern part; to the south of | |
| 忘不了 忘不了 | cannot forget | |
| 少不了 少不了 | cannot do without; to be unavoidable; are bound to be many | |
| 一家人 一家人 | household; the whole family | |
| 包子 包子 | bao (steamed stuffed bun) | |
| 东边 東邊 | east; east side; eastern part; to the east of | |
| 动不动 動不動 | (typically followed by 就) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc); at the drop of a hat |