Vocabulary
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| 有本事 有本事 | to have what it takes; (coll.) (often followed by 就[jiu4]) (used to challenge sb) if you're so clever, ..., if she's so tough, ... etc; Example: 有本事就打我[you3 ben3 shi5 jiu4 da3 wo3] Hit me if you dare! | Colloquialism |
| 昨儿个 昨兒個 | (coll.) yesterday | Colloquialism |
| 这会儿 這會兒 | (coll.) now; this moment; also pr. [zhè huǐ r] | Colloquialism |
| 山 山 | surname Shan | |
| 花 花 | surname Hua | |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | surname Na | |
| 着 著 | to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in | Colloquialism |
| 老子 老子 | Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1] by Laozi | Proper Noun |
| 茅山 茅山 | Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容[Ju4 rong2], Jiangsu Province | Proper Noun |
| 六月 六月 | June; sixth month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 巫山 巫山 | Mt Wu on the Changjiang River (Yangtze) by the Three Gorges | Proper Noun |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 弟妹 弟妹 | younger sibling; younger brother's wife | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 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 | |
| 星月 星月 | the moon and the stars | |
| 这是 這是 | 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 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? | |
| 家的 家的 | (old) wife | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 说出 說出 | to speak out; to declare (one's view) | |
| 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 | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 衙门 衙門 | yamen, government office in dynastic China | |
| 会不会 會不會 | (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not | |
| 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) | |
| 开门 開門 | to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 还好 還好 | not bad; tolerable; fortunately | |
| 在读 在讀 | to be studying (at a school or research institute) | |
| 还给 還給 | to return sth to sb | |
| 读书人 讀書人 | scholar; intellectual | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 早点 早點 | breakfast | |
| 个个 個個 | each one individually; each and every | |
| 百年 百年 | hundred years; century; lifetime | |
| 吃不下 吃不下 | not feel like eating; be unable to eat any more | |
| 不明 不明 | not clear; unknown; to fail to understand | |
| 回事 回事 | (old) to report to one's master | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 太好了 太好了 | very good | |
| 中人 中人 | go-between; mediator; intermediary | |
| 他日 他日 | (literary) some day; (literary) days in the past | |
| 在下 在下 | under; myself (humble) |