Vocabulary

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Lǎo Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
xià to lay (a foundation); to conquer (a city etc); to shoot down (a bird etc) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
yuè January; first month (of the lunar year) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Zhōng Zhongdu, capital of China during the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), modern day Beijing Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
èr nǎi mistress; second wife; lover ∼HSK 1
ge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
mèi zi (dialect) younger sister; girl ∼HSK 1
zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
nǎi nai de damn it!; blast it! ∼HSK 1
Xīng thrive, prosper, flourish ∼HSK 1
hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
(slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1
tiān tiān every day ∼HSK 1
tài imperial physician ∼HSK 1
ge 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 ∼HSK 1
zǎi zi offspring of an animal; brat; bastard ∼HSK 1
xià rén (old) servant; (dialect) children; grandchildren ∼HSK 1
dian to bribe; to get (luggage) ready; to put in order; to organize things; (baseball) RBI (run batted in) ∼HSK 1
zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1
chū jiā to enter monastic life; to become a monk or nun ∼HSK 1
xiǎo (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) ∼HSK 1
ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
míng liǎo to understand clearly; to be clear about; plain; clear; also written ∼HSK 1
xiǎo shì trifle; trivial matter ∼HSK 1
le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
bìng not at all; by no means ∼HSK 1
Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
zhè xià this time ∼HSK 1
yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
guà to tell sb's fortune using divinatory trigrams ∼HSK 1
xiǎo (literary) underage male servant ∼HSK 1
zhe ne comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather ∼HSK 1
like, love, enjoy; joyful thing ∼HSK 1
yāo he to shout; to bawl; to yell (to urge on an animal); to hawk (one's wares); to denounce loudly; to shout slogans ∼HSK 1
zài or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
wèn to pay no attention to; to disregard; to ignore; to let go unpunished; to let off ∼HSK 1
yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
màn zǒu Stay a bit!; Wait a minute!; (to a departing guest) Take care! ∼HSK 1
jiā jiě (polite) my older sister ∼HSK 1
wài rén outsider; foreigner; stranger ∼HSK 1
you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) ∼HSK 1
zuì shì (before an adjective, to indicate superlative degree) the most...; (literary) what exemplifies this particular quality to the highest degree is... ∼HSK 1
èr one or two; a few; a little; just a bit ∼HSK 1