Vocabulary
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| 老头子 老頭子 | (coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man | Colloquialism |
| 够 夠 | enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out | Colloquialism |
| 猫 貓 | cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem | Colloquialism |
| 挺 挺 | straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns | Colloquialism |
| 上海市 上海市 | Shanghai municipality (abbr. to 滬|沪[Hu4]) | Proper Noun |
| 道家 道家 | Daoist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), based on the teachings of Laozi or Lao-tze 老子[Lao3 zi3] (c. 500 BC-) and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] (369-286 BC) | Proper Noun |
| 挺好 挺好 | very good | |
| 陈 陳 | exhibit, display; plead; a surname | |
| 房 房 | surname Fang | |
| 每次 每次 | every time | |
| 套房 套房 | small room opening off another; inner room; suite; apartment; flat; (Tw) room with private bathroom | |
| 一遍 一遍 | one time (all the way through); once through | |
| 过得 過得 | How are you getting by?; How's life?; contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by; tolerably well; not too bad | |
| 小孩子 小孩子 | child | |
| 个头 個頭 | size; height | |
| 吹风机 吹風機 | hair dryer | |
| 买房 買房 | to buy a house | |
| 哪像 哪像 | unlike; in contrast to | |
| 长得 長得 | to look (pretty, the same etc) | |
| 过生日 過生日 | to celebrate a birthday | |
| 得要 得要 | to need; must | |
| 气人 氣人 | to anger; to annoy | |
| 拉近 拉近 | to pull sb close to oneself; (fig.) (typically followed by 距離|距离[ju4li2]) to bridge (the distance between people) (i.e. to build a closer relationship) | |
| 肉眼 肉眼 | naked eye; layman's eyes | |
| 天啊 天啊 | good heavens!; oh my God! | |
| 万岁 萬歲 | Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty; His Majesty | |
| 带走 帶走 | to carry; to take away | |
| 澳洲 澳洲 | Australia (abbr. for 澳大利亞洲|澳大利亚洲[Ao4da4li4ya4 Zhou1]) | |
| 实 實 | real, true; honest, sincere | |
| 那咱 那咱 | at that time (old) | |
| 发给 發給 | to issue; to grant; to distribute | |
| 口红 口紅 | lipstick | |
| 吃饱 吃飽 | to eat one's fill | |
| 不得 不得 | must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot | |
| 刘 劉 | surname; kill, destroy | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 黑车 黑車 | unlicensed or unofficial taxi; unlicensed motor vehicle | |
| 一层 一層 | layer | |
| 不带 不帶 | not to have; without; un- | |
| 当做 當做 | to treat as; to regard as; to look upon as | |
| 得很 得很 | (after an adjective) very | |
| 方便面 方便麵 | instant noodles | |
| 过年 過年 | to celebrate the Chinese New Year | |
| 干杯 乾杯 | to drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast); Here's to you!; Bottoms up!; lit. dry cup | |
| 洗衣机 洗衣機 | washing machine; washer | |
| 老是 老是 | always | |
| 从小 從小 | from childhood; from a young age | |
| 脏 臟 | viscera; (anatomy) organ | |
| 凉 涼 | the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西凉 (400-421) | |
| 太太 太太 | married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife |