Vocabulary
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| 上都 上都 | Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) | Proper Noun |
| 里人 里人 | person from the same village, town or province; peasant (derog.); (of a school of thought etc) follower | 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 |
| 花都 花都 | Huadu District of Guangzhou City, Guangdong; alternative name for Paris | Proper Noun |
| 三明 三明 | Sanming, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province | Proper Noun |
| 中山 中山 | Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province; Nakayama (Japanese surname); Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党; same as 孫逸仙|孙逸仙 | Proper Noun |
| 大东 大東 | Dadong district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning | Proper Noun |
| 中国风 中國風 | Chinese style; chinoiserie | Proper Noun |
| 北外 北外 | abbr. for | Proper Noun |
| 谁知道 誰知道 | God knows...; Who would have imagined...? | |
| 有一些 有一些 | somewhat; rather; some | |
| 说起来 說起來 | Say | |
| 吃不上 吃不上 | unable to get anything to eat; to miss a meal | |
| 说真的 說真的 | to tell the truth; honestly; in fact | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 喜 喜 | like, love, enjoy; joyful thing | |
| 这是 這是 | this is; these are | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 玩家 玩家 | player (of a game); enthusiast (audio, model planes etc) | |
| 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 | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 小雨 小雨 | light rain; drizzle | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 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) | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 会不会 會不會 | (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 在一起 在一起 | together | |
| 每天 每天 | every day | |
| 等一下 等一下 | to wait a moment; later; in awhile | |
| 校花 校花 | the prettiest girl in the school; school beauty queen; campus belle; prom queen | |
| 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? | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 妹子 妹子 | (dialect) younger sister; girl | |
| 还好 還好 | not bad; tolerable; fortunately | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 早点 早點 | breakfast | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once |