Vocabulary
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| 走后门 走後門 | lit. to enter by the back door; fig. to gain influence by pull or unofficial channels; back door or under the counter connections | Xiehouyu |
| 干 乾 | dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder | Xiehouyu |
| 不会 不會 | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all | Colloquialism |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 这不 這不 | (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) | Colloquialism |
| 好不好 好不好 | (coll.) all right?; OK? | Colloquialism |
| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 一块 一塊 | a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as) aspect; area; dimension (Example: "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same | Colloquialism |
| 老奶奶 老奶奶 | (coll.) father's father's mother; paternal great-grandmother; respectful form of address for an old woman | Colloquialism |
| 那是 那是 | (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed | Colloquialism |
| 对不对 對不對 | right or wrong?; Is it right?; OK, yes? (colloquial) | Colloquialism |
| 一块儿 一塊兒 | erhua variant of 一块; a piece; a chunk; (coll.) one yuan; one dollar | Colloquialism |
| 奶奶 奶奶 | (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; (coll.) boobies; breasts | Colloquialism |
| 菜 菜 | dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor | Colloquialism |
| 爸爸 爸爸 | (coll.) father; dad | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 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 |
| 八里 八里 | Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City, Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 北大 北大 | Peking University | Proper Noun |
| 上都 上都 | Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) | Proper Noun |
| 有一些 有一些 | somewhat; rather; some | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 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 | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 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 | |
| 大为 大為 | very; greatly | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 见习 見習 | to learn on the job; to be on probation | |
| 这是 這是 | 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 着呢 著呢 | comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 跟着 跟著 | to follow after; immediately afterwards | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 这位 這位 | this (person) | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 半个 半個 | half of sth | |
| 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 | |
| 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) | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 小子 小子 | (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) | |
| 人人 人人 | everyone; every person |