Vocabulary
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| 干活儿 幹活兒 | erhua variant of 干活; (coll.) to work; (coll.) to be employed | Colloquialism |
| 星星 星星 | (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky | 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 |
| 拉 拉 | to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels | Colloquialism |
| 好时 好時 | Hershey's (brand) | Proper Noun |
| 新店 新店 | Xindian or Hsintien city in New Taipei City, Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 道长 道長 | Taoist priest; Daoist priest | Proper Noun |
| 西湖 西湖 | Xihu or West lake (place name); West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang; Xihu or Hsihu township in Miaoli county, northwest Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 大发 大發 | Daihatsu, Japanese car company | Proper Noun |
| 万年 萬年 | Wannian county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi | Proper Noun |
| 长子 長子 | Zhangzi county in Shanxi | Proper Noun |
| 湖里 湖裡 | Huli, a district of Xiamen City, Fujian | Proper Noun |
| 拉拉 拉拉 | Lala, Philippines | Proper Noun |
| 长毛 長毛 | (derog.) the Longhairs (Taiping rebels of the 19th century) | Proper Noun |
| 卡拉 卡拉 | Kara, city in northern Togo; Cara, Karla etc (name) | Proper Noun |
| 开封 開封 | Kaifeng, prefecture-level city in Henan Province | Proper Noun |
| 见过 見過 | seen | |
| 挺好 挺好 | very good | |
| 那时候 那時候 | at that time | |
| 别提了 別提了 | say no more; don't bring it up; drop the subject | |
| 刘 劉 | surname; kill, destroy | |
| 府 府 | prefecture; prefect; government | |
| 义 義 | right conduct, righteousness | |
| 房 房 | surname Fang | |
| 什么时候 什麼時候 | when?; at what time? | |
| 当家 當家 | to manage the household; to be the one in charge of the family; to call the shots; to be in charge | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 易 易 | change; easy | |
| 可就 可就 | certainly | |
| 两句 兩句 | (say) a few words | |
| 不得 不得 | must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot | |
| 杀人 殺人 | homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) | |
| 难不成 難不成 | Is it possible that... ? | |
| 咱家 咱家 | I; me; my; (often used in early vernacular literature) | |
| 百姓 百姓 | common people | |
| 身 身 | body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 | |
| 营 營 | encampment, barracks; manage | |
| 大黄 大黃 | rhubarb (botany) | |
| 不可能 不可能 | impossible; cannot; not able | |
| 不该 不該 | should not; to owe nothing | |
| 在此 在此 | hereto; here | |
| 司 司 | take charge of, control, manage; officer | |
| 借钱 借錢 | to borrow money; to lend money | |
| 那咱 那咱 | at that time (old) | |
| 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 | |
| 成了 成了 | to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! | |
| 一定要 一定要 | must | |
| 让开 讓開 | to get out of the way; to step aside |