Vocabulary
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| 啃老 啃老 | (coll.) to live with and depend on one's parents even upon reaching adulthood | Colloquialism |
| 排档 排檔 | (coll.) row of vendor stalls; street stall area; (Tw) gear shift; gear selector; transmission control (in cars or motorcycles) | Colloquialism |
| 不赖 不賴 | (coll.) not bad; good; fine | Colloquialism |
| 小样 小樣 | galley proof (printing); unimpressive; (coll.) little guy (mild insult also used as an affectionate term) | Colloquialism |
| 惹毛 惹毛 | (coll.) to irritate; to annoy; to piss sb off | Colloquialism |
| 劲爆 勁爆 | (coll.) awesome; stunning; electrifying; breathtaking; (originally Cantonese); also pr. [jin4 bao4] | Colloquialism |
| 公主病 公主病 | (neologism c. 1997) (coll.) self-entitlement | Colloquialism |
| 发神经 發神經 | (coll.) to go crazy; to lose it; demented; unhinged | Colloquialism |
| 磨牙 磨牙 | to grind one's teeth (during sleep); pointless arguing; (coll.) molar | Colloquialism |
| 铲屎官 鏟屎官 | (neologism) (coll.) pet owner (lit. "official in charge of cleaning up poop") | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 雷 雷 | thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 却是 卻是 | nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... | |
| 芦苇 蘆葦 | reed | |
| 幽魂 幽魂 | ghost; spirit (of the dead) | |
| 帝都 帝都 | imperial capital | |
| 师哥 師哥 | older martial brother | |
| 水煮鱼 水煮魚 | Sichuan poached sliced fish in hot chili oil | |
| 岂不 豈不 | how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? | |
| 诬蔑 誣蔑 | variant of | |
| 决斗 決鬥 | to duel; a duel; decisive struggle | |
| 大餐 大餐 | sumptuous meal; banquet | |
| 未婚妻 未婚妻 | fiancée | |
| 堂堂 堂堂 | grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance | |
| 水患 水患 | flooding; inundation | |
| 侠士 俠士 | knight-errant | |
| 阴险 陰險 | treacherous; sinister | |
| 聚餐 聚餐 | communal meal; formal dinner of club or group | |
| 面膜 面膜 | facial mask; cleanser; face pack; facial (treatment) | |
| 靠谱 靠譜 | reliable; reasonable; probable | |
| 有道理 有道理 | to make sense; reasonable | |
| 不觉 不覺 | unconsciously | |
| 为师 為師 | as your teacher | |
| 贵公司 貴公司 | your company | |
| 良家 良家 | respectable family; decent family | |
| 家公 家公 | head of a family; (polite) my father; (polite) my grandfather; your esteemed father | |
| 小龙虾 小龍蝦 | crayfish; (esp.) red swamp crayfish | |
| 删掉 刪掉 | to delete | |
| 感冒药 感冒藥 | medicine for colds | |
| 情商 情商 | emotional intelligence; emotional intelligence quotient (EQ); (Tw) to ask a special favor of (sb) | |
| 矜持 矜持 | reserved; aloof | |
| 糖醋 糖醋 | sweet and sour | |
| 咯吱 咯吱 | (onom.) creak; groan | |
| 有缘 有緣 | related; brought together by fate | |
| 妖孽 妖孽 | evil omen, monster | |
| 丫鬟 丫鬟 | servant girl; maid | |
| 不顺 不順 | unfavorable; adverse | |
| 秀恩爱 秀恩愛 | to make a public display of affection |